This is war, a
spiritual war. Eph. 6:12, “For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places.” We are not fighting flesh and blood but against
spirits and against the very ruler of the darkness of this world. But
there is hope. His name is Jesus. God will give the victory to those
who are willing to go with Him. The Devil is already defeated. When
Jesus embraced the role of His sacrifice, He declared in a deafening
shout on the cross at Calvary. Luke 23:34, “...Father, forgive
them; for they know not what they do.” The battle is won because we
are forgiven and the enemy has nothing to hold over our heads. We are
redeemed by the blood of the precious Lamb of God.
There is power is
the blood of His sacrifice. Power to march into the enemy's domain,
the places he has hidden the souls of the lost, hopeless, lifeless,
imprisoned bodies of human kind. The power and light of Jesus Christ
will reach into these deep dark crevices of life and set the captive
free.
However, somebody
must deliver the message. Someone has to invade this realm of
darkness in the power of Christ and declare freedom to these
imprisoned souls. Are you ready to be used of God in such a mighty
endeavor? Let us go together! My prayer is that God will ignite a
fire in the Body of Christ. A fire that will become a raging,
consuming fire of God so that we burn so hot and so bright that the
darkness cannot stay where we go.
The demoniac
recognized Jesus when He encountered them. His presence demands the
reverence and fear of Almighty God. Mark 5:6, “But when he saw
Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 7And cried with a
loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou
Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me
not.”
There is coming a
time in the future when all creation will bow at the feet of Christ.
All creation will declare true reverence to Him as the King of Kings
and Lord of Lords. But I am convinced that Christ Jesus wants to use
the Body of Christ to attain the fulfillment of His miraculous power.
Mark 16:17, “And
these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18They
shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall
not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall
recover.”
John 14:12, “Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do
shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do;
because I go unto my Father.”
I am convinced that
the Lord Jesus wants to use the Body of Christ to march into Satan's
house, the very seat and throne of his rule and rescue perishing
souls.
Isaiah 61:1, “The
Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath
anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to
bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and
the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2To
proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of
our God; to comfort all that mourn;
These are the words
that Jesus read in the Temple and declared “...This day is this
scripture fulfilled in your ears.” Luke 4:21. That was the scope of
Jesus' ministry as prophesied by Isaiah. That was the authority of
His mantel. He gave that authority to the Church as He commissioned
Her to complete His ministry. He passed His mantel of authority to
His Body. Let us embrace His command and go in the power and the
authority of His Spirit.
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