Authority - 11
Next let’s look at the Abrahamic covenant in Genesis 12:1-3 and Genesis 17:1-5. This was a blood covenant. What I have is yours and what you have is mine, even to my life if the other has need of it. This is serious business here. God established a legal entry for Him once again to give man help to draw on God and His resources so the devil’s works could be destroyed. This covenant regulated how God dealt with Abraham and how Abraham dealt with God. (I remind you again to notice that each covenant gets stronger.)
The offering of Isaac was a result of the covenant between Abraham and God. Abraham was willing to give the life of his son for God and paved the way for God to give the life of His Son.
Then we have the Mosaic covenant which was a way of God blessing man and benefiting him as He had intended if individuals would obey what God set up.
And now we come to Jesus, the miraculous conception of the Messiah, the Son of God, son of man in one being. Through the various covenants and the voice of the prophets God had set in motion the coming of Jesus, the deliverer from all that satan had stolen.
Isaiah 7:14: Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:6,7 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called wonderful, counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever, the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Matthew 1:20-25
What the angel of the Lord said to Joseph:
That which is conceived in Mary is of the Holy Ghost. She shall bring forth a son named Jesus: he shall save his people from their sins.
This was the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy.
Luke 1:26-38 is the story of the miraculous conception, the virgin birth, the incorruptible seed of the Living Word of God conceived in the spirit, then manifested in the natural realm. The door of legal entry into the earth is being born of a woman. John 10:1,2----satan’s entry to earth was illegal. Jesus’ entry to earth was legal.
The Word of God had prophesied of Jesus’ death and its significance in Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53.
At Jesus’ baptism, satan’s guesswork had ended regarding who was going to take his authority. So, he set about to get Jesus to surrender to him just like he had caused Adam to surrender to him. Jesus went into the wilderness to be tempted of satan in three areas that man had fallen. In temptation 1 when satan told Jesus to turn the stones into bread, this represented the lust of the flesh and the surrender of the prophetic office. In temptation 2 when he told Him to go up on the highest pinnacle and throw himself down and it wouldn’t hurt him, this represented the pride of life and the surrender of the priestly office. In temptation 3 when he told Jesus to bow down and worship him, this represented the lust of the eyes and the surrender of the kingly anointing. Each time Jesus used the Word to defeat the temptation. It is written, it is said, it is stated. Jesus gave us the example of the way to defeat temptation every time, regardless of what kind of temptation it is, whether adultery, stealing, gossip, lying, the temptation to be sick or give up or surrender our will. We use the Word of God and take the authority God has given us to defeat satan in every area. We can use God’s Word of authority against all problems. IT IS WRITTEN-----THEN SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD THAT APPLIES TO THE SITUATION.
The offering of Isaac was a result of the covenant between Abraham and God. Abraham was willing to give the life of his son for God and paved the way for God to give the life of His Son.
Then we have the Mosaic covenant which was a way of God blessing man and benefiting him as He had intended if individuals would obey what God set up.
And now we come to Jesus, the miraculous conception of the Messiah, the Son of God, son of man in one being. Through the various covenants and the voice of the prophets God had set in motion the coming of Jesus, the deliverer from all that satan had stolen.
Isaiah 7:14: Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:6,7 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called wonderful, counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever, the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Matthew 1:20-25
What the angel of the Lord said to Joseph:
That which is conceived in Mary is of the Holy Ghost. She shall bring forth a son named Jesus: he shall save his people from their sins.
This was the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy.
Luke 1:26-38 is the story of the miraculous conception, the virgin birth, the incorruptible seed of the Living Word of God conceived in the spirit, then manifested in the natural realm. The door of legal entry into the earth is being born of a woman. John 10:1,2----satan’s entry to earth was illegal. Jesus’ entry to earth was legal.
The Word of God had prophesied of Jesus’ death and its significance in Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53.
At Jesus’ baptism, satan’s guesswork had ended regarding who was going to take his authority. So, he set about to get Jesus to surrender to him just like he had caused Adam to surrender to him. Jesus went into the wilderness to be tempted of satan in three areas that man had fallen. In temptation 1 when satan told Jesus to turn the stones into bread, this represented the lust of the flesh and the surrender of the prophetic office. In temptation 2 when he told Him to go up on the highest pinnacle and throw himself down and it wouldn’t hurt him, this represented the pride of life and the surrender of the priestly office. In temptation 3 when he told Jesus to bow down and worship him, this represented the lust of the eyes and the surrender of the kingly anointing. Each time Jesus used the Word to defeat the temptation. It is written, it is said, it is stated. Jesus gave us the example of the way to defeat temptation every time, regardless of what kind of temptation it is, whether adultery, stealing, gossip, lying, the temptation to be sick or give up or surrender our will. We use the Word of God and take the authority God has given us to defeat satan in every area. We can use God’s Word of authority against all problems. IT IS WRITTEN-----THEN SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD THAT APPLIES TO THE SITUATION.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 3:42 AM
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