The Authority of the Believer - 24
Let’s talk some more today about sharing the spoils of the victory that Jesus Christ has purchased for us.
A new man, immortal, incorruptible, never again subject to death is now my ADVOCATE in heaven. His name is Jesus.
Every believer has been legally pardoned from the sentence of death and all its results and restored to the position Adam had before the fall.
In Ephesians 1:17-23 we read that we are far above all spiritual might, satanic energy directed against us. All things are under our feet. We’re the feet in the Body of Christ. God’s commitment is to rule the universe through the church, to put down satanic opposition through the church and to exercise His Lordship through the church. He is the Head over all things to the church. As the Head, He has conferred all His authority and work to us here on earth. This is the reason it is imperative that the church operate in unity. In our physical body if the leg pulls one way and the arm another and the other leg in a different direction the body gets nowhere. If parts are contrary one to the other, the body is disjointed and standing still. The same is true of the Body of Christ. We must cooperate, work together to get anywhere.
Our unity is dependent upon Jesus. He is the Head of the Body of Christ and gives the directions for the rest of the Body to follow in working together smoothly. We must identify with Jesus now as He identified with us. We died with Him. We were raised with Him from death and sin. We ascended to the Father in Him. (Colossians 2:12,13; 3:1; Ephesians 2:6) When Christ was raised, we as the church were raised, seated with Him on His throne, sharing His authority, sharing the spoils of the victory. This is the true meaning of identification with Christ and the purpose of redemption. We have Christ’s mind, His nature (fruit of the spirit), His ability (gifts of the spirit) and His authority. We are implanted in Him—one with Him. He is in us and we are in Him.
We are to reign as kings in this life. In Romans 5:17 we read in the Amplified Bible: For if because of one man’s trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself—reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
Our legal position now as believers is this: We have been totally delivered from the authority of darkness into the kingdom of God’s dear Son. Colossians 1:13,14 in the Amplified Bible reads: [The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in Whom we have our redemption through His blood [which means] the forgiveness of our sins.
We have been enthroned with Christ. All that happened to Him as our substitute happened to us in Him. We are free today because of Jesus Christ. We can live in the freedom of being set free from satan’s bondage because of Jesus Christ. He paid it all for us and took on all that would ever come against us. He took our sicknesses so that we could go free into health. He took all our pain so that we could go free into a pain-free life. He took on our poverty so that we could go free into a wealthy place. He took our defeats and our failures so that we could go free into victory and success.
Jesus Christ paid it all. It is there for us. We must receive it. And here is where the problems exist for most Christians. They have not been taught how to receive. In Mark 11:22-24 we see two kinds of faith in regards to receiving. In verse 23 we see that we are to speak to our problems (not about them) and command them to be gone and believe in our hearts that what we say will come to pass. And in verse 24 we are to pray and believe that we receive the good things that we are specifically asking for. Notice I say specifically and not generally. What are you believing for today and choosing to receive? Can you tell me specifically? If you cannot, no wonder you do not have what you want. You have to be specific. Take some time today to check up on what you are believing. Do you know how to receive it? Are you being specific? What word are you basing your receiving on? It is possible to receive. We must step out and do it.
A new man, immortal, incorruptible, never again subject to death is now my ADVOCATE in heaven. His name is Jesus.
Every believer has been legally pardoned from the sentence of death and all its results and restored to the position Adam had before the fall.
In Ephesians 1:17-23 we read that we are far above all spiritual might, satanic energy directed against us. All things are under our feet. We’re the feet in the Body of Christ. God’s commitment is to rule the universe through the church, to put down satanic opposition through the church and to exercise His Lordship through the church. He is the Head over all things to the church. As the Head, He has conferred all His authority and work to us here on earth. This is the reason it is imperative that the church operate in unity. In our physical body if the leg pulls one way and the arm another and the other leg in a different direction the body gets nowhere. If parts are contrary one to the other, the body is disjointed and standing still. The same is true of the Body of Christ. We must cooperate, work together to get anywhere.
Our unity is dependent upon Jesus. He is the Head of the Body of Christ and gives the directions for the rest of the Body to follow in working together smoothly. We must identify with Jesus now as He identified with us. We died with Him. We were raised with Him from death and sin. We ascended to the Father in Him. (Colossians 2:12,13; 3:1; Ephesians 2:6) When Christ was raised, we as the church were raised, seated with Him on His throne, sharing His authority, sharing the spoils of the victory. This is the true meaning of identification with Christ and the purpose of redemption. We have Christ’s mind, His nature (fruit of the spirit), His ability (gifts of the spirit) and His authority. We are implanted in Him—one with Him. He is in us and we are in Him.
We are to reign as kings in this life. In Romans 5:17 we read in the Amplified Bible: For if because of one man’s trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself—reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
Our legal position now as believers is this: We have been totally delivered from the authority of darkness into the kingdom of God’s dear Son. Colossians 1:13,14 in the Amplified Bible reads: [The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in Whom we have our redemption through His blood [which means] the forgiveness of our sins.
We have been enthroned with Christ. All that happened to Him as our substitute happened to us in Him. We are free today because of Jesus Christ. We can live in the freedom of being set free from satan’s bondage because of Jesus Christ. He paid it all for us and took on all that would ever come against us. He took our sicknesses so that we could go free into health. He took all our pain so that we could go free into a pain-free life. He took on our poverty so that we could go free into a wealthy place. He took our defeats and our failures so that we could go free into victory and success.
Jesus Christ paid it all. It is there for us. We must receive it. And here is where the problems exist for most Christians. They have not been taught how to receive. In Mark 11:22-24 we see two kinds of faith in regards to receiving. In verse 23 we see that we are to speak to our problems (not about them) and command them to be gone and believe in our hearts that what we say will come to pass. And in verse 24 we are to pray and believe that we receive the good things that we are specifically asking for. Notice I say specifically and not generally. What are you believing for today and choosing to receive? Can you tell me specifically? If you cannot, no wonder you do not have what you want. You have to be specific. Take some time today to check up on what you are believing. Do you know how to receive it? Are you being specific? What word are you basing your receiving on? It is possible to receive. We must step out and do it.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 5:35 AM
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