As
the opposition from religious leaders heavily tried to hinder Jesus' first manifestation on earth, so it will be as we draw near to the second manifestation
of Jesus' return. They constantly were scrutinizing every move He made and never could see past their traditions to understand the heart of what He was trying to accomplish. They were blinded to the idea that the Messiah could come in any other form than their presupposed notions.
The days that we are living in will be no different. Jesus said that no man is greater than His master. If they hated Me, they will hate you. But why would anyone hate Jesus? Didn't the bible say He went about doing good? There is only one conclusion to this mystery. Satan hates anything that will displace his control, and he has his clutches of control in the seats of religious power. Jesus displayed true power and authority through love. Ones controlled by religious mindsets, self-preservation and a critical spirit do not operate in power because they have no love. They are only acquainted with the law but are foreign to a relationship with God. This same spirit is at work today and will hate you when you begin to manifest in Jesus' power.
When we truly become acquainted with Jesus, we will operate in the same manner that He did. We will displace the stronghold of power the enemy has in our lives by understanding our authority in Him and the greatness of His love. Once we are born again and cleansed by His Blood, we become the manifestation of Him on the earth. We become His Body, acting out the things we see Him do in the Word. Jesus said He only did what He saw His Father doing, and in turn we live by the same principle...doing what we see Him do.
So what did Jesus say we would do? His commission was for us to heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, and do GREATER works than He did. His charge granted us all power and authority over the enemy. He told us to win people over to Him by displaying His love and anointing through us. Some might say this is presumptuous and arrogant. Then what did the Son of God pay for, being fully man and fully God? Was it just salvation and someday heaven? God sent Jesus to restore what Adam had lost. What was his loss? Adam lost his DOMINION. Hence, if Jesus paid the price for all that Adam had lost, which was our dominion over the earth, the curse and the enemy, it was given back to us through the finished work of the cross and His resurrection! Jesus said He came to destroy the works of the devil. If we are to do greater works than Him, then certainly we were designed to destroy the works of the devil also. How did Jesus do this? He confronted him, rebuked him and cast him out! And so must we!
The days that we are living in will be no different. Jesus said that no man is greater than His master. If they hated Me, they will hate you. But why would anyone hate Jesus? Didn't the bible say He went about doing good? There is only one conclusion to this mystery. Satan hates anything that will displace his control, and he has his clutches of control in the seats of religious power. Jesus displayed true power and authority through love. Ones controlled by religious mindsets, self-preservation and a critical spirit do not operate in power because they have no love. They are only acquainted with the law but are foreign to a relationship with God. This same spirit is at work today and will hate you when you begin to manifest in Jesus' power.
When we truly become acquainted with Jesus, we will operate in the same manner that He did. We will displace the stronghold of power the enemy has in our lives by understanding our authority in Him and the greatness of His love. Once we are born again and cleansed by His Blood, we become the manifestation of Him on the earth. We become His Body, acting out the things we see Him do in the Word. Jesus said He only did what He saw His Father doing, and in turn we live by the same principle...doing what we see Him do.
So what did Jesus say we would do? His commission was for us to heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, and do GREATER works than He did. His charge granted us all power and authority over the enemy. He told us to win people over to Him by displaying His love and anointing through us. Some might say this is presumptuous and arrogant. Then what did the Son of God pay for, being fully man and fully God? Was it just salvation and someday heaven? God sent Jesus to restore what Adam had lost. What was his loss? Adam lost his DOMINION. Hence, if Jesus paid the price for all that Adam had lost, which was our dominion over the earth, the curse and the enemy, it was given back to us through the finished work of the cross and His resurrection! Jesus said He came to destroy the works of the devil. If we are to do greater works than Him, then certainly we were designed to destroy the works of the devil also. How did Jesus do this? He confronted him, rebuked him and cast him out! And so must we!
After we are born again, we don't live as
"sinners" anymore. We live as
heirs of a Kingdom. This doesn't mean
that we don't need to continue to cleanse our minds every day and ask the Holy
Spirit to reveal any wrong motives or sin that might try to sneak inside of us,
but we don't continue to live in a slavery mentality. We were slaves to sin and death before we
were born into the Kingdom of God. But when
we ask Jesus to come into our heart (which is our spirit), we become a brand
new creature. We then become His
child. Our soul, which is made up of a combination of our
mind, will and emotions, have to just catch up. The three parts of our soul have to be
transformed by the Word; by the way God thinks.
When it is, our soul will have dominion over our flesh, and we can live
in the spirit of true life, which is a supernatural life.
Religious spirits will attack you with guilt, shame, accusation and rejection to hold you back from
taking authority over the enemy and just accepting your "lot in
life". What if your accepted "lot in life" is
not the plan of God at all, and actually the enemy has held you or your family in bondage for decades or even centuries? Do we just accept that way as
normal and resolve that there is no hope for change until heaven? Or do we dare hope that God could have a more prosperous way to live? Does He get tired of helping you each day as you learn to overcome this earthly realm while learning to wield the sword of His Word that is growing inside of you? Why do you think it is referred to as a weapon? It's to use against the accuser, the old serpent, the enemy of your very being!
Be wary of false voices that tell you that you must exist in any less than a supernatural life with God...the ones who project disgust and shame...the ones who want to hold their positions of power and don't want you to surpass them...the ones who want your outward works changed before your heart is changed. When ingested, their words leave you hopeless and defeated, not even desiring to try to overcome. Through these voices, the lies of the enemy travel like wavelengths through your mind and make you believe you are powerless, ineffective and defeated.
So how does God bring you into His power? He writes on the tablets of your heart and changes you from the inside out. His desire is to help you break through. He wants to know you personally and partner with you to change your atmosphere and the atmosphere of your entire domain. When He draws you by conviction of His spirit to detach from something unclean, it's not to condemn you. It is to bring you into legal alignment with His perfect plan for your life; to bring you pure joy and peace. That’s what a true father does. He desires to give his children an inheritance of power and authority as they grow in responsibility. There is no difference with our Heavenly Father. In fact, how much more does He want to entrust the authority that Jesus walked in on the earth to you. He doesn't want to beat you up. He wants to GROW you up so you can maintain His power in love and not ingest the glory to yourself. When He can get all the glory, then He can pour His miraculous power inside of you! And He can then trust you to hold places of influence and become a light for all to see.
Why do you think the enemy doesn't want you to know what power you have available to you? When you learn and start to walk in it, he loses.
From the words of Jesus... “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. Luke 12:1-2
Be wary of false voices that tell you that you must exist in any less than a supernatural life with God...the ones who project disgust and shame...the ones who want to hold their positions of power and don't want you to surpass them...the ones who want your outward works changed before your heart is changed. When ingested, their words leave you hopeless and defeated, not even desiring to try to overcome. Through these voices, the lies of the enemy travel like wavelengths through your mind and make you believe you are powerless, ineffective and defeated.
So how does God bring you into His power? He writes on the tablets of your heart and changes you from the inside out. His desire is to help you break through. He wants to know you personally and partner with you to change your atmosphere and the atmosphere of your entire domain. When He draws you by conviction of His spirit to detach from something unclean, it's not to condemn you. It is to bring you into legal alignment with His perfect plan for your life; to bring you pure joy and peace. That’s what a true father does. He desires to give his children an inheritance of power and authority as they grow in responsibility. There is no difference with our Heavenly Father. In fact, how much more does He want to entrust the authority that Jesus walked in on the earth to you. He doesn't want to beat you up. He wants to GROW you up so you can maintain His power in love and not ingest the glory to yourself. When He can get all the glory, then He can pour His miraculous power inside of you! And He can then trust you to hold places of influence and become a light for all to see.
Why do you think the enemy doesn't want you to know what power you have available to you? When you learn and start to walk in it, he loses.
From the words of Jesus... “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. Luke 12:1-2
Julie
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