The Believer's Authority !

THE BELIEVER'S AUTHORITY: Too Often we believe is acting like young birds, having our eyes shut and our mouths wide open. Anybody can come along and feed us anything, and we're ready to accept it. Well, I'm not going to keep my mouth open and my eyes shut; what I will do is keep my eyes on Jesus, who is the Word and the author and finisher of my faith, and my mouth shall boldly declare what says the Lord as ! For example, many Christians equate humidity with poverty. One preacher once told me how humble another was because he drove a very old car. I replied, "that's not being humble----that's being ignorant !" Driving an old car was that preachers idea of humility. Another fellow remarked, "you know, Jesus and the disciples never drove a Cadillac !" There weren't any Cadillacs then. But Jesus did ride a donkey. It was the Cadillac of that day--- or a Mercedes the best means of transportation they had. Believers have allowed the devil to cheat them out of every blessing they could enjoy. Wrong teaching will results in wrong thinking and wrong thinking will result in wrong believing. God didn't intend for us to be poverty stricken. He said we are to reign in life as kings. Who would ever imagine a king being poverty-stricken ? Who would ever imagine a queen being poverty-stricken ? The idea of poverty just doesn't go along with kings and queens. EXercising Authority in Your Family: God didn't intend for the devil to dominate our families. When your children were small and the devil will try to put sickness on them. You would rush them to the nearest hospital, you should have gotten mad with the devil and tell him to take his hands off your child. But how could you when you had no knowledge of the Word built into your spirit ! I would tell him, I'm ruling over my domain. You're not ruling in this household; I am ruling through Christ Jesus. I put him on the run, and he ran. You can put him on the run, too. However to do this, you must have the knowledge of God's word which is the power of God unto deliverance, unto preservation, unto soundness, unto healing ! Which is salvation. LEARN TO BE EXALTED: We believers and Christians must learn that we are seated with Christ. We must learn to be exalted to the place where God wants us ! The church fails to often in this ministry of authority. Instead, she is bow down in defeat and he is overcome with fear. And each individual has a vision of themselves as sinners and not perfect. (Ephesians 1:22) says, "and had put all things under his [Jesus] feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church." Jesus is head over sickness, disease, and anything else that's evil, as He proved when He was here on earth. By reversing the words, we'll bring out the deepest meaning more clearly: ". . . Head to the church over all things." Jesus Christ is head over all things for the churche's sake. We need to meditate upon these divine truths so that our spirits may fully understand them. Most people read the Bible like is a novel. But the Bible is the power of God unto salvation. Once we do, we'll reap rich rewards. When we have this reverent attitude, the Spirit of truth, the Holy Spirit, can lift us into a place where we can see the truth meaning of God's revelation. In Ephesians, Paul prayed that the church at Ephesus also might have this spirit of wisdom and revelation. God made Christ to be the head over all things to the church. It is for our sake that He's the Head, so that we through Him might exercise the authority over all things. When we understand what belongs to us, we will enjoy the victory Jesus Christ has won for us. The devil will fight to keep you and me from getting there, but through stubborn faith in Jesus Christ, the victory can be yours !