The Believer's Authority
This year we must learn how to use the authority that God has given us in our dominion over satan and all of his demonic forces. Oh, yes, there will be challenges to your open doors this year and there will be challenges to what God wants you to do. Do you think satan is just going to sit down and say: Oh, look at them. Isn’t that nice!
But we must know who we are in Christ Jesus and walk in that knowledge. With the Holy Spirit of the living Christ in us, we are walking in a “greater than” authority. Greater is He Who is in us than he who is in the world. The Greater One in us takes care of us. With the Greater One is us, we are more than conquerors. Have you ever thought about what you are as one who is more than a conqueror? A conqueror is one who comes in and takes over the situation and controls it. A “more than conqueror” is one who enjoys the benefits of the stuff that the conqueror took over. That is the person who didn’t have to do anything but partake of the spoils of victory. Jesus won the victory. We get the prize. And that prize is called FREEDOM. He set us free from sickness and disease, sin, poverty, lack, want, doubt and unbelief, fear, death. And the list goes on.
Let’s look at Luke 10:19, a very familiar scripture for most of us. In the King James Version , Jesus said to the disciples (and to us as well);
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
That first word for power is the word exousia, a very interesting word.
It means: Having the right, authority, the freedom, permission, liberty or capability to exercise might, which is God’s ability, power, strength.
Now I want you to let that thought sink into your mind and spirit for a while. Jesus said that He was giving us His power, His ability to take care of the enemy. We have the permission, the liberty, the freedom to use God’s power as our guard. That power is the power that created the universe and created you and me. That power is the greatest power available. No wonder the last part of that verse says: And nothing shall by any means hurt you. I guess not. I don’t think anyone can mess with God’s power, ability.
So, you know what my next question is. What is our problem? Why do we bellyache and whine when things get tough and we are tackled? Why do we look at our own human ability, which amounts to nothing, when we have access to God’s ability? Do you want the answer? I thought you would. I am going to give it to you whether you want it or not. We have not been trained properly. We must train our minds, our senses to respond with God’s authority, not our own little “fix-it” possibilities. We must stay in the Word until we are so God-inside-minded that we don’t even think about what is going on around us. That is when we are so heavenly minded we are no earthly good, according to some people. Well, let me let you in on a secret; the more heavenly minded you are, the more earthly good you are because you see into situations by the Holy Spirit and take care of them ahead of time. You are on the offensive rather than the defensive, trying to catch up all the time. Wouldn’t you like to be like that?
We have been given God’s authority to use by the unction, the anointing of the Holy Spirit. If you don’t know about the authority you have been given, learn about it. Then use it properly. One thing I must say to you. This authority has not been given to you to lord it over humans. It is strictly to use for the Kingdom of God and your life over principalities and powers and rulers of darkness and wicked spirits in high, heavenly places. Remember that we are not fighting flesh and blood. I know sometimes it looks that way. No, what we are fighting are the spirits that control these people. If we know what spirits are attempting to exercise control, we can take authority over them and render them incapable of harming us.
If you need a good book to read regarding our authority, the best one I know is Bro. Hagin’s book on THE AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER. Yes, to those of you out there who have read it as many times as I have, it won’t hurt us to take it off the shelf and do a review.
But we must know who we are in Christ Jesus and walk in that knowledge. With the Holy Spirit of the living Christ in us, we are walking in a “greater than” authority. Greater is He Who is in us than he who is in the world. The Greater One in us takes care of us. With the Greater One is us, we are more than conquerors. Have you ever thought about what you are as one who is more than a conqueror? A conqueror is one who comes in and takes over the situation and controls it. A “more than conqueror” is one who enjoys the benefits of the stuff that the conqueror took over. That is the person who didn’t have to do anything but partake of the spoils of victory. Jesus won the victory. We get the prize. And that prize is called FREEDOM. He set us free from sickness and disease, sin, poverty, lack, want, doubt and unbelief, fear, death. And the list goes on.
Let’s look at Luke 10:19, a very familiar scripture for most of us. In the King James Version , Jesus said to the disciples (and to us as well);
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
That first word for power is the word exousia, a very interesting word.
It means: Having the right, authority, the freedom, permission, liberty or capability to exercise might, which is God’s ability, power, strength.
Now I want you to let that thought sink into your mind and spirit for a while. Jesus said that He was giving us His power, His ability to take care of the enemy. We have the permission, the liberty, the freedom to use God’s power as our guard. That power is the power that created the universe and created you and me. That power is the greatest power available. No wonder the last part of that verse says: And nothing shall by any means hurt you. I guess not. I don’t think anyone can mess with God’s power, ability.
So, you know what my next question is. What is our problem? Why do we bellyache and whine when things get tough and we are tackled? Why do we look at our own human ability, which amounts to nothing, when we have access to God’s ability? Do you want the answer? I thought you would. I am going to give it to you whether you want it or not. We have not been trained properly. We must train our minds, our senses to respond with God’s authority, not our own little “fix-it” possibilities. We must stay in the Word until we are so God-inside-minded that we don’t even think about what is going on around us. That is when we are so heavenly minded we are no earthly good, according to some people. Well, let me let you in on a secret; the more heavenly minded you are, the more earthly good you are because you see into situations by the Holy Spirit and take care of them ahead of time. You are on the offensive rather than the defensive, trying to catch up all the time. Wouldn’t you like to be like that?
We have been given God’s authority to use by the unction, the anointing of the Holy Spirit. If you don’t know about the authority you have been given, learn about it. Then use it properly. One thing I must say to you. This authority has not been given to you to lord it over humans. It is strictly to use for the Kingdom of God and your life over principalities and powers and rulers of darkness and wicked spirits in high, heavenly places. Remember that we are not fighting flesh and blood. I know sometimes it looks that way. No, what we are fighting are the spirits that control these people. If we know what spirits are attempting to exercise control, we can take authority over them and render them incapable of harming us.
If you need a good book to read regarding our authority, the best one I know is Bro. Hagin’s book on THE AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER. Yes, to those of you out there who have read it as many times as I have, it won’t hurt us to take it off the shelf and do a review.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 8:38 AM
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