"Authority We Can Trust" Malcolm Duncan considering the way and extent to which we can trust those in authority. Recent weeks in the political life of the United Kingdom have shown that those whose word we have trusted can let us down, lie to us, over-promise and change alliances almost in the blink of any eye! God is the only one whose authority we can trust absolutely - we know his word is truly his honour, and that he continually has our best interests at heart.