If police could not enforce laws, no one would obey them. This should tell you which comes first. I used to wonder about that-whether authority came from power or power came from authority. Satan would have you believe just the opposite. He tried to take authority by means of power-he led a rebellion that was quickly over thrown.
Gangsters like to have authority and use power to enforce the authority they choose to have.
If they didn t use power, their authority would be nill. Teen aged gangs operate the same way. They use power, and terrorize people to hold authority over them. God never arranged things that way. God says, power comes from authority.