By
the power (dunamis-ability/can) of the Holy Spirit (pneuma-breath of
God) We are loosed. Acts 2:2, “And suddenly there came a sound from
heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where
they were sitting.” With the power and might of a great wind, the
Holy Spirit-filled the house. By the power of Almighty God, the door
of Satan's prison springs open and we are free. I am reminded of Paul
and Silas in Acts 16:26, “And suddenly there was a great
earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and
immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were
loosed” KJV. Several of the other translations read that the
earthquake was so violent that the doors flew open and the chains
were loosed and fell off. The Spirit of God that possesses our mortal
body has broken the chains and opened the barred doors. Thank God we
are free!
We
are free but free for what purpose? We are free so that we can lead
others free. Jesus came to set the captives free. As His Holy Spirit
indwells us, we are free to be the visible evidence of the delivering
power of God. We belong to Him. There is no power of hell that can
defeat an obedient child of God. We are free in God to restore what
the enemy has stolen.
The
army of Christ is rising up. Rising up in the mantel of Jesus Christ.
That mantel being the manifest presence of Christ in the Holy Ghost.
I feel the urging of the Spirit calling upon the Body of Christ to
rise up in the power of that mantel and do His work. What is that
work? To share the gospel for the salvation of souls. If we will
accept the commission, then we have a promise. The gates of hell
cannot prevail against the Body of Christ. Why because we are covered
in Christ's mantel. We are filled with His Holy Spirit!
Matt.
16:17, “And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou,
Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee,
but my Father which is in heaven. 18And I say also unto thee, That
thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the
gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Matt.
28:18, “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is
given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19Go ye therefore, and teach
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even
unto the end of the world. Amen.”
The
Devil is like a roaring lion (a wild animal) seeking to devour and
destroy everything and everyone that would proclaim salvation and
freedom in Jesus Christ. The power of God Almighty will break the
chains of sin, disobedience, and rebellion. We are His servants. We
stand where He stands by His power. We will do His work and break
through the enemy's fortresses. We will go into the enemy's domain
and rescue the perishing in the NAME of JESUS, the CHRIST, the SON of
the LIVING GOD! Let us go together. Does the Devil hold any of your
precious treasures? Let us mount up with renewed strength, renewed
inspiration, and restored victory.
Isaiah
40:28, “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the
everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth,
fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his
understanding. 29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have
no might he increaseth strength. 30Even the youths shall faint and be
weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31But they that wait
upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with
wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall
walk, and not faint.” (continued)