We Have Authority & Power On Earth!

  As I was editing the new devotional, Shaping Tomorrow, I noticed that I had let some things slip. Isn’t it amazing that we can know spiritual truths but then, under pressure, forget to apply them.

   Authority is a subject that the devil would like to keep from you and from all the church of Jesus Christ in order to keep YOU in subjection to his ways: darkness, sickness, and torment. Jesus said, “Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you” (Luke 10:19 ESV). 

   This version of the Bible correctly translates the words “authority” (exousia) and “power” (dunamis). Sometimes it has been incorrectly translated as “power over all the power of the enemy.” This is very important. You see, authority is greater than manifest power. Does the devil have power? Some . . . he has potential and most of his power is his ability to lie and then deceive humans to speak and act upon his lies. So when confronted with lies against your mind or lying symptoms in your body, use your AUTHORITY delegated to you by Jesus Christ Himself because he has given you HIS NAME.

“. . . that in the Name of JESUS every knee should bow, of beings in Heaven, of those on the earth, and of those in the underworld” (Philippians 2:10 Weymouth NT).

   There is no authority above the name of Jesus and there is no power (dunamis) greater than God, Who raised Him from the dead. And there is no authority or power over your life that can defeat the Son of God and the armies of the hosts of heaven! You not only have authority, but you have been clothed with dunamis power and can speak with authority and with the anointing of the Spirit to annul every weapon formed against you!

   Read this pamphlet carefully and consider the position God has placed us in—with authority and power here on this earth at this very time and place. And don’t forget . . . apply your authority today to any situation or circumstance in your life that is not in agreement with God’s will for your life. 

In Christ,

Annette Capps

Click Here to view this month's teaching by Charles Capps, Authority in Three Worlds