If called on to cast out a demon, would you find the nearest exit? Would you stay but keep one eye on the door? Are you excited by the prospect of sweating for 3 hours to cast out 2 demons or have you learnt to cast out demons like Jesus did: with a word (Matthew 8:32)? Some believers look at you askance when you dare to command rain to cease. Some, however, will agree with you. Still some have become experts at locking and unlocking the heavens. I’m yet to see any Christian lock up the heavens for three years like Elijah though, probably because we don’t need that. Lol!
As I go through the bible, I keep seeing that we’ve got so much authority we’re not using. Let’s leave demons & rain for a moment. Look at Daniel in the lion’s den, exercising Adam-like dominion over the animal kingdom (Daniel 7:22). Look at Joshua in the valley of Ajalon, commanding the sun & moon, suspending the natural order of earth’s rotation for a whole day (Joshua 10:12). Elijah was a fire man. Fire answered to him (1Kings 18:38, 2Kings 1:10 & 2:11), even his exit was by fire! This same Elijah exercised authority over water and death (1Kings 17:22 & 2Kings 2:8), so did Elisha (2Kings 2:14&22; 4:35). Elisha took it to another level, over the animal kingdom (2Kings 2:24), the plant kingdom & poison (2Kings 4:40-44), wood & metal (2Kings 6:6) and the leprosy-causing Mycobacterium leprae (2Kings 5:10&27).
Jesus came and showed us the picture of the new creation.
He exercised authority over sin (Matthew 9:6 & John 20:23), sickness, fishes, bread, money (Matthew 17:27), plants, demons, rainstorms, the wind, the sea, distance (John 6:21) and death during His earthly walk as a man. When He ascended, the apostles carried on. Peter stopped death & disease in their tracks (Acts 5:15 & 9:40); when a snake bit Paul, he shook it off (Acts 20:5). History has it that John was thrown into hot oil but came out unhurt; the Roman government had to exile him to Patmos!
When the 12 apostles left the scene, others carried on. There came a dark period, however, when this authority lay unused for centuries because the Holy Spirit, His power and His works were literally kicked out of the Church. Once again, God raised men and women who were not too ashamed or politically correct to move in His power. Where power flowed, authority became evident once more. John G. Lake exercised this authority over sickness so much that the city of Spokane was declared the healthiest by the American government in recognition of his work. John Knox’s authority uprooted Queen Mary of Scotland from her throne. Smith Wigglesworth and Archbishop Benson Idahosa made nonsense of the entity called death. The archbishop also put witches to utter embarrassment on national TV. Aimee Semple McPherson made a weekly appointment of emptying ambulances of their sick passengers for years. In the Indonesian revival of the 1970’s, Christians exercised authority over water, walking on it just like Jesus and Peter. A number of them in this 21st century have also reported miraculous deliverances from Tsunamis that laid waste to the entire regions.
Today, it is my turn; it is your turn to exercise our authority over all. Jesus has given us His name as a staff of authority to use as His representatives in the earth (Mark 16:17, John 14:12-14 & Acts 3:6). He has also given us power by His Spirit to help enforce that authority (Acts 1:8). Angels are standing at alert, ready to sweep into action as we give voice to God’s Word (Psalm 103:20). Get this, child of God: EVERYTHING, EVERY BEING in heaven, on earth and in hell is designed to respond to the authority of the name of Jesus (Philippians 2:9-11). That name is yours to use like Peter did in Acts 3:6. I have seen little children join their faith with mine to stop rain. I have seen a tree fall by itself within a day of releasing the spoken word. Demons have screamed out of their hiding places, sicknesses and situations have given way. I look forward to exercising this authority more: over weather, money, bullets, nations, animals, water, death, sickness….EVERYTHING. And I am unapologetic about it!
You need things to respond to you? Speak to them!
Speak to that mountain, speak to your body, speak to the rain when necessary, speak to money, speak to sicknesses, speak to dead bodies, speak to anything and everything, they’re designed to hear and obey. Use the authority you have in the name of Jesus. It’s yours to use, so use it!
As I go through the bible, I keep seeing that we’ve got so much authority we’re not using. Let’s leave demons & rain for a moment. Look at Daniel in the lion’s den, exercising Adam-like dominion over the animal kingdom (Daniel 7:22). Look at Joshua in the valley of Ajalon, commanding the sun & moon, suspending the natural order of earth’s rotation for a whole day (Joshua 10:12). Elijah was a fire man. Fire answered to him (1Kings 18:38, 2Kings 1:10 & 2:11), even his exit was by fire! This same Elijah exercised authority over water and death (1Kings 17:22 & 2Kings 2:8), so did Elisha (2Kings 2:14&22; 4:35). Elisha took it to another level, over the animal kingdom (2Kings 2:24), the plant kingdom & poison (2Kings 4:40-44), wood & metal (2Kings 6:6) and the leprosy-causing Mycobacterium leprae (2Kings 5:10&27).
Jesus came and showed us the picture of the new creation.
He exercised authority over sin (Matthew 9:6 & John 20:23), sickness, fishes, bread, money (Matthew 17:27), plants, demons, rainstorms, the wind, the sea, distance (John 6:21) and death during His earthly walk as a man. When He ascended, the apostles carried on. Peter stopped death & disease in their tracks (Acts 5:15 & 9:40); when a snake bit Paul, he shook it off (Acts 20:5). History has it that John was thrown into hot oil but came out unhurt; the Roman government had to exile him to Patmos!
When the 12 apostles left the scene, others carried on. There came a dark period, however, when this authority lay unused for centuries because the Holy Spirit, His power and His works were literally kicked out of the Church. Once again, God raised men and women who were not too ashamed or politically correct to move in His power. Where power flowed, authority became evident once more. John G. Lake exercised this authority over sickness so much that the city of Spokane was declared the healthiest by the American government in recognition of his work. John Knox’s authority uprooted Queen Mary of Scotland from her throne. Smith Wigglesworth and Archbishop Benson Idahosa made nonsense of the entity called death. The archbishop also put witches to utter embarrassment on national TV. Aimee Semple McPherson made a weekly appointment of emptying ambulances of their sick passengers for years. In the Indonesian revival of the 1970’s, Christians exercised authority over water, walking on it just like Jesus and Peter. A number of them in this 21st century have also reported miraculous deliverances from Tsunamis that laid waste to the entire regions.
Today, it is my turn; it is your turn to exercise our authority over all. Jesus has given us His name as a staff of authority to use as His representatives in the earth (Mark 16:17, John 14:12-14 & Acts 3:6). He has also given us power by His Spirit to help enforce that authority (Acts 1:8). Angels are standing at alert, ready to sweep into action as we give voice to God’s Word (Psalm 103:20). Get this, child of God: EVERYTHING, EVERY BEING in heaven, on earth and in hell is designed to respond to the authority of the name of Jesus (Philippians 2:9-11). That name is yours to use like Peter did in Acts 3:6. I have seen little children join their faith with mine to stop rain. I have seen a tree fall by itself within a day of releasing the spoken word. Demons have screamed out of their hiding places, sicknesses and situations have given way. I look forward to exercising this authority more: over weather, money, bullets, nations, animals, water, death, sickness….EVERYTHING. And I am unapologetic about it!
You need things to respond to you? Speak to them!
Speak to that mountain, speak to your body, speak to the rain when necessary, speak to money, speak to sicknesses, speak to dead bodies, speak to anything and everything, they’re designed to hear and obey. Use the authority you have in the name of Jesus. It’s yours to use, so use it!
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