Shalom,
Luke 9:1-2 & 6:
1THEN JESUS called together the Twelve [apostles] and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases, 2And He sent them out to announce and preach the kingdom of God and to bring healing. 6And departing, they went about from village to village, preaching the Gospel and restoring the afflicted to health everywhere.
Here Jesus gave both "power", the Greek word "dunamis", which means: force, miraculous power; and "authority", the Greek word "exousia", which means: the right to exercise power. That means that they had the ability to set people free from the works of the enemy and the right to do so! They had this because HE gave it to them! Under the New Covenant we have received the power AND the authority IN us because He lives IN US by His Spirit! You do NOT have to have a special anointing or call to the ministry in order to do the works that Jesus did! Matthew 28:18-19a says:
18 Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. 19 GO THEN
BECAUSE Jesus had bought back the authority that Adam had given up in the Garden, everyone who accepts and receives Jesus of Nazareth as Lord and personal Saviour receives HIS power and authority! "GO THEN" is the command of JESUS sending US out into the fields that are "white unto harvest" (John 4:35). YOU have been empowered and sent, so let's be about obeying this call! Amen! Kenneth E. Hagin's "Faith Food For Spring" says today:
But think about what Jesus said in Matthew 28:18 and 19, "All power, authority is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore." The Lord Jesus Christ conferred the authority on the earth upon us. He commissioned us to go.
Actually, the authority that Christ can exercise on the earth has to be exercised through the Church. The Church is His Body. And the Church is here. Christ is not here. He's at the right hand of the Father. Christ is the Head of the Church, but all of His orders have to be carried out through His Body. Everything Christ does on the earth has to be done through His Body.
You're a member in particular of Christ's Body. He has conferred upon you authority over all the power of the enemy!
Confession: I am a member in particular of the Body of Christ. I am a worker together with God in the completing of His work upon the earth. I am well-equipped. I am endued with power and authority in Jesus' Name. And I will faithfully fulfill my part in God's plan.
Fulfill God's plan for YOUR life by obeying His call to GO! Rewards for obedience are great on this earth and beyond description in the life to come! Hallelujah! Here is Hillsong United with "You":
Shalom in Him!
