Exercising Authority !

EXERCISING AUTHORITY : The door to exercise authority pivots upon two phrases Paul pray for the Ephesians: ". . . And set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places" (Ephesians 1:20), and ". . . Hath raised us up together" (Ephesians 2:6). Meditate on these two prayers. Learn to pray them for yourself. Feed on their truths until they become a part of your inner consciousness. Then they will dominate your life of prayer. But don't try to accept them mentally; you're God to get the revelation of them in your spirit. Notice that not only is Christ seated at the right hand of the Father, above all the powers in Satan's realm, but we're there, too, because God "has risen us up together." Not only have we been made to sit, but notice where we are sitting: "Far above all principalities, and powers, and might, and dominion. . ." (Ephesians 1:21). In the mind of God, we were raised when Christ was raised. When Christ sat down, we sat down, too. That's where we are now, positionally speaking: we're seated at the right hand of the Father with Christ Jesus. The act of Jesus Christ's being seated implies that, for the time being, at least, certain aspects of His work are suspended. All the authority that was given to Jesus Christ belongs to us through Him, and we may exercise it. We help Him by carrying out His work upon the earth. And one aspect of His work that the word of God tells us to do is to conquer the devil, demons, and evil spirits ! In fact, Christ Jesus can't do His work on the earth without us ! You see your body is the temple of the Lord, not in your building that you call church. In the same way that God needs a body because he is a Spirit, even so demons and devils and evil spirits need a body to operate in this earth ! Someone will argue, "Well, He can get along without me, but I need Him." No, He can't get along without you anymore than you can get along without Him. You see, the truth that Paul is bringing out here in Ephesians is that Christ is the head and we are the Body. What if your body said, "I can get along without the head. I don't need my head." No, your body can't get along without your head. And What If Your Head Said, "Well, I can get along without my body. I don't need it; I can get along without hands and feet." No, you can't. Likewise, Jesus can't get along without us, because the work of Christ and God is carried out through the Body of Christ which is the Church. His work never will be done apart from us--- and we never can get along without Him. "In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness overcame it not." (John 1:4- 5). Now if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with the other. The light of God's Word is the path that we all should be walking ! But men love darkness. Why because the God of this world has blinded the minds of them that believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." (2 Corinthians 4:4).