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Luke 10:19 “Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”
DAILY READING; Romans 1:1-15; 1 Samuel 8; Psalm 54
In his book, ‘The Believer’s Authority’, Kenneth E. Hagin stated that in 1952, the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to him in a vision and talked to him for about an hour.
He said that towards the end of this vision, an evil spirit that looked like a little monkey ran between Jesus and him and began to make shrill noises and spread a black smoke. This made it difficult for Kenneth Hagin to see or hear Jesus anymore.
Hagin said he wondered why Jesus didn’t rebuke the demon that was disrupting their conversation.
Unable to hear the important instructions that Jesus was giving him, Hagin almost panicked and in his desperation, he shouted at the demon, “In the name of Jesus, You foul spirit, I command you to stop!”
The minute he said that, the little demon fell to the floor and immediately ran away.
Jesus said to Hagin “If you hadn’t done something about that, I couldn’t have.”
He went on to tell Hagin that not one single time in the New Testament is the Church ever told to pray that God the Father or Jesus would do anything against the devil, because the believer has been given the authority to do so.
Kenneth Hagin was shocked on hearing that and asked Jesus to prove it to him by at least three Scriptures of New Testament. Jesus gave him four Scriptural references.
The first was Mathew 28:18 where Jesus said ‘All power [authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth’ and then He immediately delegated His authority on earth to the Church.
The second reference was Mark 16:15-18: which listed signs that shall follow those that believe; and the first sign was that in the Name of Jesus they shall cast out devils.
The next reference was James 4:7 which says: “.. .Resist the devil, and he will flee from you”.
The fourth Scripture Jesus gave Hagin was Ephesians 4:27, which says “Neither give place to the devil.” Jesus then explained to Kenneth Hagin that the devil cannot take any place unless he is given the permission to do so. So as long as a believer occupies his place of spiritual authority he will always be victorious in life.
As Christians we are destined to always triumph against the forces of wickedness because Jesus has defeated them through His death, burial and resurrection.
1 John 3:8 says ‘.. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.’
Colossians 2:15 says ‘And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.’
In our battle against the enemy and his forces, we should keep in mind that we are above them and have authority over them because Jesus has conquered them.
In Luke 10:17-19 Jesus said “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.’
As a child of God you have the power and victory over the enemy. Therefore refuse to tolerate his afflictions of sickness, infirmities, poverty, etc
It is only lack of knowledge of God’s Word that can cause a believer to suffer defeat in life.
This is why as we wait upon the Lord, we also spend the time in seeking deeper revelations and greater understanding from God’s Word.
As we study the Word our faith will be built up to address every affliction with boldness and authority.
God’s Word which is the sword of the Spirit is our formidable weapon in spiritual warfares.
As soldiers of Christ in these end-times, we must train up ourselves on how to engage our spiritual weapons of warfare which are not carnal but mighty to the pulling down of strongholds.
In these perilous days when the enemy is working overtime because he knows his time is short, we cannot afford to remain spiritual babes.
It’s time for us to rise up in the authority that Jesus has given us and begin to resist every attack against our lives.
Let this season of fasting be a time to declare war against those things trying to steal our health, our peace, our progress, our prosperity etc.
As we begin to exercise our spiritual authority, surely every hindrance will be destroyed and we shall gloriously step into the greater open doors destined for us this year.
PRAYERS; Father, today I receive the grace to pay the needed spiritual price so as to walk in power and authority. Thank You Lord for always causing me to triumph over every enemy of my destiny in Jesus Name
QUOTE;
You are too loaded on the inside, to ever consider failing in life. WORDBITE 222
Shalom!
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