The Authority of the Believer - 20
Jesus has also given us authority over demons and evil spirits. They are under the direct control of satan. Through his government they carry out his specific orders, especially in the realm of mental and emotional disease.
According to Daniel 10:13 every governing body (area) local, state, national, world has its own spirit ruler, prince. There are different degrees of demonic dominion. In any area—includes home and neighborhood—before the Word of God can have any lasting effect, we must bind the strong man in that area first and take full authority over him. The Holy Spirit will reveal to us the demonic forces over which we are to take authority, as we seek the Lord in prayer for our area.
Satan is an angel, and as such, he is not omnipresent (everywhere), omniscient (all-knowing) or omnipotent (all-powerful) as God is. He is limited in knowledge, ability and power. He is still an angel in charge of other angels.
You are not limited as he is in knowledge, ability and power because the all-knowing, all-powerful God dwells in you and gives you His ability.
The reason satan appears to know so much is this. He has been with God and knows something about God’s operations and laws and principles. He can try to imitate them and appear as God to those not walking in the Spirit of God with the Word of God residing on the inside of them.
Colossians 2:15 tells us that Jesus Christ has spoiled principalities and powers. He has made a bold display or show of them openly. He has triumphed over them in the cross.
To spoil means: Strip the hide from an animal; completely disarm a defeated enemy
Jesus stripped demonic powers of all authority as one would skin an animal.
SO--------
It is complete for us. Jesus Christ has spoiled principalities and powers (Colossians 2:15).
He has rendered satan powerless where we are concerned (Hebrews 2:14,15).
Satan’s works are destroyed (1 John 3:8).
Jesus has the keys to hell and death (Revelation 1:8).
What more do we need! Jesus has done it all for us and given us the authority over all demonic powers.
When we speak of satan and demonic powers, we must also address the issue of death. Man was not born to die originally. Death, the work of the devil and its power over us is destroyed. Through death Jesus destroyed or rendered powerless him who had the power (capability of producing) of death.
When Adam accepted satan, he accepted death. When we accept Jesus, we accept life, absolute life with no death in it (zoe, the God-kind of life).
In the Old Testament this victory over death was prophesied. Hebrews 13:14----I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: Isaiah 25:8----He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away all tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
We simply accomplish our assignment here on earth and God tells us when it is done and we obey and change from earth to heaven as our home. It is not to be dictated by satan and his works of sickness and disease telling us when we leave earth, but when God tells us.
All of us will leave our bodies when our work is done, whether by the grave or by the rapture. The point we must remember is that we listen to God, and we are the ones who decide when we go, based on His instructions, not the death and disease of satan and this earth’s robbery.
Hallelujah!
Say this with me: I have been loosed from _______________! (You fill in the blank). Jesus has set me free.
According to Daniel 10:13 every governing body (area) local, state, national, world has its own spirit ruler, prince. There are different degrees of demonic dominion. In any area—includes home and neighborhood—before the Word of God can have any lasting effect, we must bind the strong man in that area first and take full authority over him. The Holy Spirit will reveal to us the demonic forces over which we are to take authority, as we seek the Lord in prayer for our area.
Satan is an angel, and as such, he is not omnipresent (everywhere), omniscient (all-knowing) or omnipotent (all-powerful) as God is. He is limited in knowledge, ability and power. He is still an angel in charge of other angels.
You are not limited as he is in knowledge, ability and power because the all-knowing, all-powerful God dwells in you and gives you His ability.
The reason satan appears to know so much is this. He has been with God and knows something about God’s operations and laws and principles. He can try to imitate them and appear as God to those not walking in the Spirit of God with the Word of God residing on the inside of them.
Colossians 2:15 tells us that Jesus Christ has spoiled principalities and powers. He has made a bold display or show of them openly. He has triumphed over them in the cross.
To spoil means: Strip the hide from an animal; completely disarm a defeated enemy
Jesus stripped demonic powers of all authority as one would skin an animal.
SO--------
It is complete for us. Jesus Christ has spoiled principalities and powers (Colossians 2:15).
He has rendered satan powerless where we are concerned (Hebrews 2:14,15).
Satan’s works are destroyed (1 John 3:8).
Jesus has the keys to hell and death (Revelation 1:8).
What more do we need! Jesus has done it all for us and given us the authority over all demonic powers.
When we speak of satan and demonic powers, we must also address the issue of death. Man was not born to die originally. Death, the work of the devil and its power over us is destroyed. Through death Jesus destroyed or rendered powerless him who had the power (capability of producing) of death.
When Adam accepted satan, he accepted death. When we accept Jesus, we accept life, absolute life with no death in it (zoe, the God-kind of life).
In the Old Testament this victory over death was prophesied. Hebrews 13:14----I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: Isaiah 25:8----He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away all tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
We simply accomplish our assignment here on earth and God tells us when it is done and we obey and change from earth to heaven as our home. It is not to be dictated by satan and his works of sickness and disease telling us when we leave earth, but when God tells us.
All of us will leave our bodies when our work is done, whether by the grave or by the rapture. The point we must remember is that we listen to God, and we are the ones who decide when we go, based on His instructions, not the death and disease of satan and this earth’s robbery.
Hallelujah!
Say this with me: I have been loosed from _______________! (You fill in the blank). Jesus has set me free.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 7:45 PM
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