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Spiritual Warfare
Our
Authority in Jesus for Spiritual Warfare
Andy
Faith is connected to authority
Faith and
authority go hand in hand. You have faith because you know what you have in
Christ.
Ephesians 1:17-19
“[17] I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you
may know him better.
“[18] I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order
that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his
glorious inheritance in his holy people,
“[19] and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power
is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the
dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms.”
a) Who He called me to be.
b) What I have in Christ: His nature, provision, protection.
c) What I am called to do according to the full power of God.
Authority of the name of Jesus
by Kenneth E. Hagin
The Name
of Jesus is above all names.
The Name
of Jesus is greater than every name.
The Name
of Jesus has authority in heaven, in the earth, under the earth.
The Name
of Jesus has authority at the throne of God.
The Name
of Jesus gives me authority
over the demons of hell.
over the demons of hell.
The Name
of Jesus belongs to me today, in the earth.
“For if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they
shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where
two or three of you are gathered together in my Name, I am there.” Jesus is here.
He’s here to see that my prayer is heard and answered. He’s here to
honor what I say — for ‘If you ask anything in my Name, I will do it.”
His Name
has authority. He has authorized me to use that Name against my enemies — all
of hell, all demons, sickness and disease, and sin as well — oppression and
depression.
So, in
the Name of Jesus, I am free. I declare my freedom today.
For Jesus
has set me free. And all that He’s done, and all of His power, and all of His
authority, and the might of all His conquests, are invested in the Name.
And that
Name belongs to me! I’m more than a conqueror through Him that loved me and
gave Himself for me.
So, I
take the Name and I walk victoriously.
The right to use the name of Jesus
Four-fold right to use the name of Jesus
1. We are born into the family of God and the Name belongs to the family.
2. We are baptized into the Name, and being baptized into the Name, we
are baptized into Christ Himself.
3. It was conferred upon us by Jesus Who gave us the Power of Attorney.
4. We are commissioned as Ambassadors to go and herald this Name among
the nations.
We do
everything in the name of Jesus and use that as our ultimate trump card because
it was Jesus that got us back into the power, the glory, the life of the Garden
of Eden.
It was
Christ who got us the access to the Father.
Authority we have in Jesus
I am in
the world but not of the world. My authority is with Christ, which has already
dethroned all powers of darkness and the prince of this world. (according to John 17:11-16)
Ephesians
1:20-21 KJVS
“[20] Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,
and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
“[21] Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion,
and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is
to come:”
Ephesians
1:20-21 AMPC
“[20] Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and
seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places],
“[21] Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and
every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in
this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to
come.”
Ephesians
2:6 KJVS
“[6] And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus:”
Ephesians
2:6 AMPC
[6] And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down
together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue
of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
The
victory of Christ belongs to us but we have to carry it out.
Kenneth E
Hagin
Authority of the Head and the Body of Christ
Colossians 1:17-20 KJVS
“[17] And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
“[17] And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
“[18] And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the
preeminence.
“[19] For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
“[20] And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to
reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say , whether they be things in
earth, or things in heaven.”
Christ is
the head and we are the body. We are completely dependent on each other.
He needs
a body to operate on the earth and we need the power he gives us. This is what
demons try to do but we can never be possessed by demons because we are already
indwelt by the Holy Spirit.
It is
because of this that God has power on earth.
In every
other capacity it is a fallen world but for the Church. Thus, we can bind
everything here as well as in Heaven because we are in both places!
Matthew 18:18-19 KJVS
“[18] Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall
be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in
heaven.
“[19] Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as
touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father
which is in heaven.”
This is
how we can boast.
Mark
11:24 KJVS
“[24] Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye
pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”
Because
these things only work when we have the mind of Christ.
Christ’s
work, on the other hand only works when the body, the Church, responds. This is
why we have the great commission to empower the body.
Matthew
28:18-20 KJVS
“[18] And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given
unto me in heaven and in earth.
“[19] Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
“[20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded
you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
The body,
however, can only work through redemption, which comes through forgiveness.
This is
why we can only have power in prayer when we forgive and why power and
forgiveness is one and the same; it is love.
Mark
11:25 KJVS
“[25] And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against
any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
Authority of the Word of God
Isaiah
43:25-26
“[25] I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine
own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
“[26] Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that
thou mayest be justified.”
Jeremiah
1:12
“[12] Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will
hasten my word to perform it.”
USE THESE SPIRITUAL WARFARE
CONFESSIONS DURING THOSE TIMES WHERE THE ENEMY IS BOMBARDING YOU AND YOU ARE
OVERWHELMED. DECLARE WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST USING THE WORD OF GOD.
God's War Plan
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