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It's a month of Progression.
Luke 10:18-19
While addressing this some time ago I drew your attention to Ezekiel 2:6
Jesus was talking to an assembly of people that were familiar with the words of the prophets. So when he used the words of the prophets they knew what he was talking about.
He called people scorpions. He was talking about people who had become so wicked and evil in their ways.
When Jesus said "I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions", these are agents of the devil, the wicked. .Jesus said "you are of your father the devil and the works of your Father you will do".
He classes them all together along with their Father, the devil.
Serpents are demons.
Scorpions are evil people.
Luke 10:19 refers to the wicked, their Father the devil and all his ability (everything he can do).
Jesus said "I give you authority".
The word "Power" is used twice in that scripture.
The first one is Exousia- Authority.
The second one is Dunamis- ability
Behold I give you AUTHORITY to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the ABILITY/WORKINGS of the enemy..
And nothing shall by any means hurt you
Oh! If God's people would believe this! It should not be difficult to accept. We must know who we truly are, what we have and what we can do.
If Jesus says "nothing shall by any means hurt you", it doesn't matter how they try, it means he has deprived them of the ability to harm you.
AMPC- nothing shall in any way harm you.
To talk like that, Jesus had to have all power. If he didn't have the power to say that, then we are sunk. Truth is, He had the power to say that.
John 16:33 KJV, AMPC
Great peace in Christ! Learn to live in Him
If you live in Christ, you will always be any peace and at rest and nothing will move you.
I have overcome the world and its system.
Be of good cheer: Take courage. Be confident, certain and undaunted.
He has deprived the world of power to harm you and conquered it for you.
Live in his name. Use his name. He has co wuered the world. We are masters over the world. it doesn't matter how we feel or not. It's plain truth.
1 John 5:4 AMPC
whatever is born of God is victorious over the world.
Our Faith here isn't the faith that we express. it is our way in Christ. That is Christianity. This life that he has given us in Christ Jesus. This gospel that we have believed in. It is the Christian Faith that is the victory that overcomes the world.
Years ago He said "This is my beloved son hear ye him..All creation is still hearing him today. All creation heard when he told us to go in his name. We are joint heirs with Christ and we live above the world. We live above fears and doubts. For we are children of the most high. And so we speak as sons of God and pray as Sons of God.
He said "and thou shalt decree a thing also and it shall be established unto thee".
Wherever you are today I want you to use what God has given you. Pray as one who inherits all things in Christ. Pray as one who has been given the victory. Tell the devil and the demons of darkness that you have power over them.
You have power over all demons of darkness .
Proclaim it with your mouth.
(Prayers)
Luke 10:18
Jesus is talking to his disciples. I want you look at the spirituality of Jesus and how he wants us to understand the spirituality of life.
Those are not the words you hear from a politician or the intelligencia of life. You have to be a fool to think Jesus didn't know what he was saying.
If you don't believe in Jesus you don't have this power over the enemy.
We have amazing power.
Understand that life is spiritual. No matter how intelligent you might be, don't foolishly interpret life on the basis on what you can see or what the mendacious news media tells you. When are you going to understand that they've been lying to you?
Don't look at life from the outside.
Life is spiritual. You may not be interested in the spiritual but that just means you are a fool. If you don't believe in the spiritual you don't believe in God. Jesus said "God is a spirit".
The fool says in his heart "there is no God"
Since the Bible tells us God is a spirit and the very first book Genesis says "in the beginning God created the heavens and earth", it means he pre-existed the beginning.
And there you are saying "there is no God".
The spiritual pre-existed the physical.
The wisest thing you can do for you is to start learning about the spiritual and there is not better way than the word Of God. Learning what God's word says. And He is the embodiment of all wisdom and knowledge. Don't forget it.
With his wisdom, we can tell when the world is foolish.
For example, a few nations passed some foolish laws which they say are "anti hate speech laws". and some are considering doing the same.
What is Hate speech by the way?
All those things (bills and laws crafted so called against hate speech) are Satanic. They all have to do with robbing you of the right to express yourself especially your faith.
And then there is the anti conversion laws. Very foolish and devilish. They are forbidding a man the right to choose his faith.
There are certain things you can't negotiate. We can discuss the matter of hate speech from sun up to sun down and we will just get each other angry. So let's use the power of God to deal with it. The argument will not go anywhere.
If there is a law against hate speech and laws against conversion in your country I want us to pray. .
Today and tomorrow we will neutralize them.
In the name of the Lord Jesus, everywhere that such laws have been promulgated, we neutralize them and they are abrogated in the name of Jesus.
Life is spiritual.
We have to choose a side according to the Scripture (God's word)
We take sides with God through the scriptures. We can't negotiate it. No need for foolish argument.