“Light from on high”
– Luk 1:78 (AMP)
Authority in the natural & spiritual realms
Because of the importance of the message the Lord gave us last Sunday, I need to just briefly repeat some pointers and Scriptures, as a reminder:
Firstly, we need to know that God gave us AUTHORITY to RULE over:
- all the physical world: Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” (Gen 1:26 NKJV)
- all the spirit world (excluding of course God’s Heaven): Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy (Luk 10:19 NKJV)
Secondly, we are engaged in a BATTLE against devilish forces in the spirit realm (note the original Greek word in the following Scripture):
- For we wrestle… against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places (Greek: epouranios) Eph 6:12 (KJV)
Thirdly, we RULE WITH CHRIST in that spirit realm (note the SAME original Greek word is used as in “high places” in the previous verse):
- Eph 2:4 & 6 (NKJV) But God… made us sit together in the heavenly places (Greek: epouranios) in Christ Jesus
This means that through Jesus we have authority over the physical, as well as the spirit worlds! This is an amazing authority, but also a very serious responsibility.
Finally, it is vital to keep in mind that our authority is not vested in our own power, but in God’s power. We dare not exercise the authority given to us flippantly, but under the direct prompting of the Holy Spirit. We simply exercise that total authority according to His will.
May God bless and use you in His Mighty Kingdom!
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- All persons who desire to take up membership with the Lighthouse are invited to the Orientation session: TONIGHT 19h00 at Church (20 Feb 2018);
- Water Baptism Information session: THIS SUN, after the service (25 Feb 2018);
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