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Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 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: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. Eph 1:15-2:7 KJV
Pop Quiz! A few questions concerning the two previous lessons!
What is the most precious
commodity that is an ever constant factor before the Father?
Why is the Blood of Christ
described as precious? Where was Christ’s Blood offered up?
So just how valuable is the Blood
of Christ to us?
What is required take to see God? (Pursue, persecute
holiness)
Is holiness made
up of a series of do’s and don’ts? So what is holiness?
Where is the
Holiest place? How can we enter into the Holiest place?
AUTHORITY AND
DOMINION WAS GIVEN TO MAN
And God said,
Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth. So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And
God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the
earth. Gen 1:26-28 KJV
MAN LOST THE GOD
GIVEN DOMINION
But one in a
certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or
the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the
angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the
works of thy hands: Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For
in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we
see not yet all things put under him. Heb 2:6-8 KJV
JESUS CAME TO
WREST CONTROL FROM THE ENEMY
He that
committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For
this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of
the devil. 1Jn 3:8 KJV
Forasmuch then
as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took
part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of
death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all
their lifetime subject to bondage. Heb 2:14-15 KJV
JESUS HAS GIVEN TO THE BELIEVER AUTHORITY
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. Luk 10:19 KJV
The Father was enabled to strip
authority from the principalities etc that were struggling to ensure Jesus
remained in the realm of the dead which would have made all our belief and
preaching vain! However God the Father raised Him up and stripped forever all
authority from the opposition and handed it over to Jesus!
And Jesus came
and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 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.
Mat 28:18-20 KJV
WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE AUTHORITY
We need to recognize the source of our authority and how it
came about to become ours.
Imagine Jesus about to be
resurrected and all the hosts of evil combining to restrain Him and keep Him in
the realm of the dead. Then the strength and power and authority of the Father
is displayed by the Almighty Holy Spirit as He wrenches His Son from their
grasp without even breaking a sweat!
He not only raises Him from the dead
but raises Him FAR above ALL principality might and dominion, and every name
that is named in every age, past, present and future.
Then realize that the authority
commanding this unspeakable might and indescribable power is bestowed on the
believer who is now one with the Father and the Son! He's got your back and all
of you!!!
As believers and
disciples of the Lord, we are already positionally at the right hand of God the
Father in Christ. So even though my body is resident here on earth it is a
temporary setting in anticipation of my full inheritance through final
redemption of the body. Spiritually I presently have access to the throne room
of God and an audience with the Father into whose presence I can appear anytime
through Christ's Blood with which I am sprinkled.
The spiritual armor is essential to
combat the forces of evil that attempts to draw the believer out into the open
where he may be successfully attacked.
Beware of abuse to this authority.
Do not become a son of Sceva!
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