The Authority of the Believer - 26
As we come to an end of our teaching on authority, let’s remind ourselves of several things.
Satan gained Adam’s authority. Jesus came, took satan’s authority, and gave it back to us. We have to individually accept or receive that authority. After we receive Jesus and that authority, satan tries to get that authority back from us individually to use on us as he did Adam. If we give him that authority, it’s no one’s fault but our own that we walk in defeat and failure.
For this purpose was the Son of God manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Satan’s works are destroyed. He has been rendered powerless. His demonic forces have been stripped of their authority and power. We can rest in the finished work of Jesus Christ for us. It is interesting that in Jesus Christ, the fight of faith is really a rest, resting in what we know and using the authority we have been given to stay in that rest. We are not to get uptight and stressed out when something happens that is contrary to good in our lives. We are to turn to our Father and see where we are seated—with Christ in heavenly places and realize that we are seated in a winner’s seat, having a position of power and strength and victory. That is the position from which we must operate. We have no power in our own selves to do anything that will take care of our lives. It is God’s power and authority He has given us to use on the enemy and to keep our victory enforced, all the time, every day, forever. Jesus is with us always by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. Our responsibility is to get to know what belongs to us and then to operate from that position of power.
Confess this:
I am created in the image of God. When Adam fell, he lost that image. When I was born again, once again God said, let us make man in our image. I have been restored to the position Adam had. When satan comes around, instead of entertaining him, it is my responsibility to order him to leave and to guard, to protect the garden God has given me, my body, my mind, my family, my home, my belongings, my community, my earth.
Colossians 3:10 tells us that we are renewed in the knowledge after the image of Him that created us.
Ephesians 1:10 tells us that we are recreated, created again, born over again in God.
In Genesis, chapters 1-3, is played over again every time man is born again, created again in the image of God. The authority of God is then ours as Jesus got it back and gave it to us. Satan tried to steal it and use man’s own authority against him on an individual level now.
It’s an aggressive thing. You don’t sit around waiting for satan to come. You go after him and let him know you know who he is, no matter how weak you feel. As you do it, speak out against him, you’ll feel the strength of God flow through you, energizing you to fight the good fight of faith with the Word of God by the power of the Holy Spirit because of the blood of Jesus that speaks life and victory and releases God’s power on our behalf. You are victorious. You have been given the authority to win every time in the battle you face. It doesn’t depend upon your feelings or what the circumstances look like. It depends upon the Word of God. If the Word of God says you win, then you win. If the Word of God says you have authority, then you have authority. It doesn’t have anything to do with how puny or strong you feel as a person. It is the strength of Almighty God that takes care of you.
Satan gained Adam’s authority. Jesus came, took satan’s authority, and gave it back to us. We have to individually accept or receive that authority. After we receive Jesus and that authority, satan tries to get that authority back from us individually to use on us as he did Adam. If we give him that authority, it’s no one’s fault but our own that we walk in defeat and failure.
For this purpose was the Son of God manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Satan’s works are destroyed. He has been rendered powerless. His demonic forces have been stripped of their authority and power. We can rest in the finished work of Jesus Christ for us. It is interesting that in Jesus Christ, the fight of faith is really a rest, resting in what we know and using the authority we have been given to stay in that rest. We are not to get uptight and stressed out when something happens that is contrary to good in our lives. We are to turn to our Father and see where we are seated—with Christ in heavenly places and realize that we are seated in a winner’s seat, having a position of power and strength and victory. That is the position from which we must operate. We have no power in our own selves to do anything that will take care of our lives. It is God’s power and authority He has given us to use on the enemy and to keep our victory enforced, all the time, every day, forever. Jesus is with us always by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. Our responsibility is to get to know what belongs to us and then to operate from that position of power.
Confess this:
I am created in the image of God. When Adam fell, he lost that image. When I was born again, once again God said, let us make man in our image. I have been restored to the position Adam had. When satan comes around, instead of entertaining him, it is my responsibility to order him to leave and to guard, to protect the garden God has given me, my body, my mind, my family, my home, my belongings, my community, my earth.
Colossians 3:10 tells us that we are renewed in the knowledge after the image of Him that created us.
Ephesians 1:10 tells us that we are recreated, created again, born over again in God.
In Genesis, chapters 1-3, is played over again every time man is born again, created again in the image of God. The authority of God is then ours as Jesus got it back and gave it to us. Satan tried to steal it and use man’s own authority against him on an individual level now.
It’s an aggressive thing. You don’t sit around waiting for satan to come. You go after him and let him know you know who he is, no matter how weak you feel. As you do it, speak out against him, you’ll feel the strength of God flow through you, energizing you to fight the good fight of faith with the Word of God by the power of the Holy Spirit because of the blood of Jesus that speaks life and victory and releases God’s power on our behalf. You are victorious. You have been given the authority to win every time in the battle you face. It doesn’t depend upon your feelings or what the circumstances look like. It depends upon the Word of God. If the Word of God says you win, then you win. If the Word of God says you have authority, then you have authority. It doesn’t have anything to do with how puny or strong you feel as a person. It is the strength of Almighty God that takes care of you.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 9:11 AM
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