The Authority of the Believer - 29

When satan runs into a Word person, somebody who won’t bow, all he’s got is deception, perversion of the Word, a perverted version, to cause you to walk in fear rather than faith. If you won’t fall for that, he’s helpless.

Jesus in 3 ½ years reeked havoc on satan’s kingdom.

THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, it looked like Jesus was helpless—the crucifixion—it looked like satan had won. The Bible says that had the princes of this world known,they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

Instead of Jesus wearing a crown of glory, satan caused people to mock Jesus and put a crown of thorns on his head and laugh in derision at the inscription on the cross—KING OF THE JEWS.

As far as hell was concerned here, Jesus had lost.

Jesus descended into hell, and 3 days later, justified right in the midst of hell’s rejoicing, Jesus lifts the crown off satan’s head, puts it on, disrobed the devil, took the keys to death and hell and turned to the demons and spoiled them, stripped them of their authority. He leaves satan and his forces with no authority and no power. He goes to paradise and sets the captives free. In Psalm 24 He is called the King of Glory. Jesus took the crown back to earth and breathed on the disciples just as Adam was breathed into by God. He gave them back their authority. Mankind once again had the authority of God to use on their behalf.

Wear the crown of glory as Adam was to wear it originally, AND DECREEE, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, OUT OF MY LIFE DEVIL!!!!!!!!!! In Job 22:28 we read: You shall also decide and decree a thing and it shall be established for you. Jesus paid a precious price for your crown-----don’t let satan get it and don’t give it to him.

After Jesus got the crown back for man, satan tries every plot to stop the people who are given this authority. He fails at every turn until he hits on what will render this authority powerless. Get man to become religious. Cause him to lose insight into the power of God and preach man’s traditions which are established. Confine man to church buildings. Get him away from people who need Christ. Get him inside the four walls and cause him to become fat and satisfied. And he did, and man fell for his trap.

And satan started building his kingdom again. The Dark Ages came. The Word of God was hidden away from the ordinary man so that he couldn’t see truth and use it against satan. THEN, God finds a people who won’t be religious, who won’t be confined, who would rather be persecuted by the religious people and be free in Jesus. Martin Luther, John and Charles Wesley, Smith Wigglesworth, John G. Lake, Azusa Street people. Amy Semple Mcpherson---nothing stopped them.

AND God is raising up a people the devil can’t stop. The devil can’t stop us this time. This earth belongs to us. We’re taking control again. We are created in the image of God and we know it. Revelation 3:11 tells us to hold fast that which we have and let no man that our crown. We have the crown of glory on our head, the armor of God on, the name of Jesus, the authority of God, the Word of God, the blood of Jesus, and we’re stomping satan’s territory. We’re taking back what belongs to us. Jesus got it all for us. We’ve got it back.

Here’s how you wear your crown of glory.
Decide to make the Word of God first place in your life---top priority. See yourself in the mirror of the Word of God. See yourself the way God sees you, with the victory every time you are assaulted by satan. God has given us His Word to tell us how to operate. Let’s do it and win the rest of the world for Jesus. We’ve got to tell them what He has done for them. They can’t be ignorant any longer. Oh, God, give us the nations; give us the heathen for our inheritance. We can’t let them die and go to hell.

Wake up, church, and go forth in the name of Jesus with the authority that you have been given to take charge over the devil. It is not just for you. It is for those who don’t know Jesus yet. Use your authority over the principalities and powers in your neighborhood, your home, your marriage, your children, your church, your place of work, your schools, your city, your state, your country. Take back what the devil has stolen from you and walk in your inheritance, not just for your sake, but for the sake of those around you, that they may see and know that God is a good God and that Jesus paid a tremendous price that they might be free like you are. Go forth in the name of the Lord and set the captives free, just as you are free.

Jesus is coming soon, sooner than you think. Let us work while it is yet day to bring in as many as we can when we go to heaven. Let’s take a gang with us, rejoicing all the way. He is coming!!!!!!!!