Today's study from Kenneth E. Hagin's Faith Food is very vital for all born again believers! See it here:
"Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you" (Luke 10:19).
Authority is delegated power. Its value depends on the force behind the user.
Jesus said, "I have given you authority." Who gave it? Jesus did. Who is Jesus? Jesus is God manifested in the flesh! That means that God said it. Therefore, God said "I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy." (Serpents and scorpions represent demons and evil spirits and the power of the enemy.)
God Himself is the Power, the Force, behind this authority. The believer who is fully conscious of divine authority can therefore face the enemy without fear or hesitation.
Behind the authority possessed by the believer is a Power far greater than the power that backs our enemies. And those enemies are compelled to recognize that authority! No wonder John says, "Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world" (1 John 4:4).
In order to walk confidently in this authority, we MUST develop faith in Him and what His Word says! Look at what Paul says in Philippians 3:10a:
10 [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection AMP
When we understand that when Jesus said this in Matthew 28:18-20.......
18 Jesus came and told his disciples, "I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. 19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age." New Living Translation
....... He was giving US the same power that operated in Him, AND the instructions on what to do with it, then we will be able to expect the same results that Jesus had when HE did these things! Meditating on Who Jesus is will show us who WE are, in HIM! Amen! Happy studying! Once this Word becomes real to you, then you will have the confidence to go out and do the works of Jesus, and then the greater works that He spoke of in John 5:20! All for the Glory of God! Here is Hillsong Chapel with "Lost Are Found":
Shalom in Him!
