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My goal is I got some heavy 
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preach it somewhat quickly 
because my hope is that by the 

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time we get to the end of this 
evening, we'll minister to one 

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another. 
Tonight we're talking about the 

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Believers Authority. 
And so when I talk about a time 

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of ministry at the end, I'm not 
talking about y'all coming up 

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and having the pastors or elders
or deacons lay hands on you. 

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We're just going to minister to 
each other as we need it. 

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If you don't need it, that's 
between you and the Lord. 

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But I want to lay out what we're
talking about. 

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Believers Authority is also a 
popular name of a book on the 

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subject, but this teaching does 
not come from that book. 

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It's important that you 
understand the Believers 

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Authority before we go any 
further this month. 

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If you would go ahead and turn 
to Luke 10, that's where we'll 

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start tonight for the next 3 
Wednesdays. 

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This is going to be supplemental
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about on Sundays. 
And on Sundays it's been about 

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the devil's playground. 
What are the attacks that he's 

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using? 
How do we fight back against 

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them? 
No pun intended. 

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But this Sunday, at least for 
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weighty. 
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weight of worthlessness and, and
how he tries to SAP all of that 

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drive out of us. 
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Wednesdays we're going to talk 
about what the authority is that

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you have as a believer. 
The next week we're going to 

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talk about how to cast demons 
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And then on the final week we're
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free, which is a very under 
taught subject. 

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A lot of people love to have the
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of a demon being cast off, of 
freedom being achieved. 

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But there is work to be done 
once you've gotten your freedom.

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And so that's what we're going 
to talk about. 

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Some of it'll be a little bit 
heavier for a Sunday, which is 

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why we're doing it here. 
But y'all, take what the Lord 

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gives you and just make sure you
take it wherever you need to 

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take it. 
Be obedient to Him. 

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While you are still finding your
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tell you a true story about a 
woman who was named Hedy Green 

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Anybody know Hedy Green? 
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None of us were around back 
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She was there in the early 
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I'm from the late 1900s, but, 
but she was known in history as 

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the Witch of Wall Street. 
By all accounts, she was one of 

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the wealthiest women in the 
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If you were to take the money 
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transport it to today, she would
have had over $100 million in 

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her bank account. 
And she didn't waste it. 

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She did not waste 1 penny of it.
This is not a teaching I'm 

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giving though. 
She's not a great role model. 

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She was very strategic with her 
money. 

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She invested wisely. 
She built that wealth and then 

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she was afraid to spend it. 
That's what she's remembered 

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for, Not for her fortune, but 
for her fear. 

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Because despite her riches, she 
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And I mean that literally. 
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her. 
You can look her up later if you

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want to, but not during church 
because that's sinful. 

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Maybe not sinful, but she wore 
the same black dress every day. 

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Some of you are like, I watch 
Wednesday. 

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What's wrong with that? 
It's not the same. 

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She ate cold oatmeal every day 
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would raise her utility bill. 
She never used hot water, so I'm

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sure her hygiene was excellent. 
She was so afraid of losing what

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she had that she never enjoyed 
any of it. 

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She was so focused on saving 
that she forgot that she had 

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access to anything she could 
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True story. 
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leg and she could have paid for 
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We're going to figure out how to
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So she dressed them up like they
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tried to get free medical care 
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By the time he got medical care 
in the early 1900s, they had to 

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cut his leg off because it had 
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too bad. 
I wonder how many of us do the 

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same exact thing spiritually. 
You have been loaded up. 

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If you are partnered with the 
resurrected savior of Jesus, you

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are loaded up with power. 
You have so much authority on 

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this earth that it is 
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But we seem to be content just 
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make us feel better or a song 
that picks us up and we just 

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walk out and we say, God, you're
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That sky is so blue. 
Go Tar Heels. 

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We well, it's not Duke Blue. 
I'm just telling you, there's so

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much more to it, and worse yet, 
we're content with so little. 

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But we're afraid of so little 
from the enemy. 

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The enemy comes in to intimidate
us, right? 

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The devil's ultimate goal is to 
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We'll talk about that in a 
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But he comes to do all of these 
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the authority to do any of them.
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little intimidation because if 
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he'll then go to your loved one 
and he'll start messing with 

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your loved one. 
And your loved one might take it

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out on you. 
Or you'll say, well, I don't 

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want you messing with people 
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off. 
It takes so little intimidation 

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from the enemy when you're the 
one that is loaded to the gills 

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with authority and power. 
That's what tonight is about. 

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You have access to Kingdom 
authority. 

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You have been given spiritual 
riches in Christ. 

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Maybe you don't have $100 
million, but I'll tell you this,

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you've got power, you've got 
protection, you have the peace 

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of Christ accessible to you 
today. 

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So instead of walking in 
confidence, we tip to tiptoe 

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through life all too often. 
And I just don't want us to be 

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dressed up like beggars, seeing 
if we can get a little bit more,

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squeeze a little bit more out 
from the Lord. 

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I'm going to take what he's 
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it. 
And so, like I said, over the 

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next two weeks, we're going to 
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We're going to talk about how to
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But I do want you to know that 
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I'm not here to gas you up and 
talk about how awesome you are. 

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But I will talk about how 
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talk about how awesome the tools
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And I'll talk about how amazing 
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But to get there, I want to take
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disciples. 
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72, not just the famous 12 and 
Luke 10. 

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He sends out 72 disciples and 
this is what it says. 

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The Lord now chose 72 other 
disciples and sent them ahead in

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pairs to all the towns and 
places he planned to visit. 

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These were his instructions to 
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So these guys were literally 
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They're going to the towns that 
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He was organized. 
He said the harvest is great, 

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but the workers are few. 
So pray to the Lord who is in 

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charge of the harvest. 
Ask him to send more workers 

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into his fields. 
And that interesting he said 

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that to 72. 
He ended up with 12. 

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So somebody didn't get that 
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He says, now go and remember 
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among wolves that is not 
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should. 
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wolves that are in sheep's 
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But y'all sheep lambs, you are 
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wolves to try and bring them 
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This is our mission. 
He says don't take any money 

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with you, nor a traveler's bag 
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There are some ladies here, I 
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very upset to hear they can't 
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don't stop to greet anyone on 
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He says whenever you enter 
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God's peace be on this house. 
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peaceful, the blessing will 
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blessing will return to you. 
It's interesting, isn't it? 

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Don't move around from home to 
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Stay in one place eating and 
drinking what they provide. 

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I messed up a lot of Jewish 
dietary rules. 

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Don't hesitate to accept 
hospitality because those who 

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work deserve their pay. 
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welcomes you, eat whatever is 
set before you heal the sick and

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tell them the Kingdom of God is 
near you now. 

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But if a town refuses to welcome
you, go out into its streets and

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say, we wipe even the dust of 
your town from our feet to show 

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that we have abandoned you to 
your fate. 

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And know this, the Kingdom of 
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He says, I assure you, even 
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than a town, than such a town on
Judgement Day. 

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You understand how powerful this
is, that when you go somewhere 

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and it doesn't welcome the 
message of Jesus, you can remove

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yourself so fully that you 
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dust with you from that 
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But please hear me when I say 
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Not until you have really tried.
Not until you've really put your

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blessing there. 
Not until you've really prayed 

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for that peace to settle in on 
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Every human being matters is 
made in the image of God, he 

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says. 
What sorrow awaits you, Corazine

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and Beth Sayeda? 
For if the miracles I did and 

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you had been done in wicked Tyre
and Sidon, their people would 

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have been would have repented of
their sins long ago, clothing 

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themselves in burlap and 
throwing ashes on their heads to

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show remorse. 
Yes, Tyre and Sidon will be 

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better off on Judgement Day than
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And you people of Capernaum, 
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No. 
You'll go down to the place of 

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the dead. 
By the way, those three towns 

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still to this day have not been 
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There are remnants, there are 
relics. 

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You can find the old walls, and 
they have not been rebuilt. 

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They never came back. 
It's just worth noting. 

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And then he says to his 
disciples, anyone who accepts 

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your message is also accepting 
me. 

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And anyone who rejects you is 
rejecting me, and anyone who 

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rejects me is rejecting God who 
sent me. 

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When the 72 disciples returned, 
they joyfully reported to him, 

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Lord, even the demons obey us 
when we use your name. 

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Even the demons obey us when we 
use your name. 

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And he says, yes, I saw Satan 
fall from heaven like lightning.

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And he says, look, I've given 
you authority over all the power

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of the enemy. 
I feel like I should read that 

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again. 
He says, look, I have given you 

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authority over all the power of 
the enemy. 

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And then he says, and you can 
walk among snakes and scorpions 

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and crush them. 
Nothing will injure you. 

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But don't rejoice because evil 
spirits obey you. 

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Rejoice because your names are 
registered in heaven. 

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This was never meant to make 
people handle snakes in the 

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church service or do really 
weird things. 

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This is him saying, look, you've
got all this authority. 

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The evil 1 can't even touch you.
Now why do they have authority? 

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Because who are they identified 
with? 

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He said, if they accept you, 
they accept me. 

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He said if they reject you, they
reject me. 

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So it's all connected to Jesus. 
It's all centered around Jesus. 

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And they're like, yeah, but the 
demons, they, they're, they're 

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listening to us. 
And he's like, that's great. 

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Don't let that be the most 
important thing. 

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But what's interesting is this. 
He doesn't shut them down. 

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When they come back, When they 
come back and they're saying, 

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Jesus, we've never seen anything
like this. 

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The demons, they, they obey us 
right now. 

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He does not question their 
experience. 

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He does not minimize their 
excitement. 

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Many of us would. 
If somebody came to us and they 

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were like, I saw a demon 
manifest and I said, you shut up

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and he shut up. 
We'd be like, I need to hear 

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more details. 
He doesn't question it. 

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You know what this means? 
He looked at what they were 

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saying as if they had witnessed 
something real. 

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This is not a theological 
footnote for us to see. 

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They saw darkness back up when 
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authority, and for many of them,
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that they truly realized that 
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sends someone, but Jesus is just
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He follows it up with a couple 
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them. 
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when he redirects them, he's 
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authority doesn't matter if they
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authority, He's telling them 
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from is all the more important. 
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spiritual power isn't the 
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Sonship is. 
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High is because if you find all 
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your calling, it will eventually
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Every gift that the Lord gives 
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somebody else. 
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realize, well, I can go anywhere
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like, don't let that be where 
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It's not in your authority. 
It's not the authority of Bob. 

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Sorry. 
If there's a Bob here tonight. 

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It's the authority of Jesus. 
And authority isn't something 

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that you can shout your way 
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Just a quick show of hands. 
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how many of y'all have been to 
some sort of deliverance service

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before anybody? 
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How many of y'all have been to 
something that was very loud as 

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they were doing this before? 
Anybody ever go to one that you 

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don't think it really needed to 
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OK, All right. 
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It's like almost like all the 
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If you have that much authority,
why do you have to browbeat them

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to get them to leave? 
Why do you have to keep yelling 

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at them? 
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we'll talk about it more next 
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and intimidate you and wear you 
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And if you're not confident in 
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part of it. 
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running up to you and saying, 
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No, it is. 
That's often how we treat it. 

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Listen, if you don't stop 
stealing things, I have a gun in

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the car. 
I'll go back to my car. 

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And when I get back here, this 
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But it's not a game, right? 
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hang on as long as they can 
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full authority or we've given 
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should have. 
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is too much anyway. 
Jesus wants you to know 

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something, that when your name 
is written in heaven, you don't 

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have to scream at the darkness 
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You just have to state what's 
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And you can't earn that 
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You don't get merit badges in 
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You only accept something that 
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it to good use. 
You inherit it because you have 

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been made one with Christ, and 
you only activate it by being 

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obedient to Him. 
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tonight. 
So the first thing that I want 

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to talk about is just how to 
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And I'll be reading from Acts 
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It's one of my favorite New 
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But authority is not something 
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emotion or confidence either. 
It's not about how you portray 

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yourself. 
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somebody who is really good at 
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though they were crippled with 
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this is not something you can 
bluff your way through When it 

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comes to spiritual warfare. 
It is not about how loud you 

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pray. 
It's OK if you pray loudly if 

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that's who you are, but I'm just
telling you doesn't give you 

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more power than the ones that 
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It's not about how long you've 
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It's not about how much 
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True spiritual authority begins 
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activated through obedience. 
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without these foundations, the 
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only become ineffective, you 
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So if you are not being both 
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Lord when you attempt to use his
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more vulnerable than you were to
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So that's a caution for you. 
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this comes from the chapter and 
the the couple of verses I'm 

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about to read right here. 
Because Luke tells the story of 

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a group of Jewish men who had 
seen the apostle Paul cast out 

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demons in the name of Jesus. 
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power that they witnessed and 
they decide to try it for 

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themselves. 
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It seems like it's working. 
I'll read it. 

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It's just a couple verses. 
Verse 13, it says a group of 

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Jews was traveling from town to 
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So obviously it worked. 
Said they tried to use the name 

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of Lord Jesus in their 
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That is problematic right there 
saying I command you in the name

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of Jesus, whom Paul preaches to 
come out, seven sons of Sceva, a

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leading priest. 
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But one time when they tried it,
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Jesus and I know Paul, but who 
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overpowered them, and attacked 
them with such violence they 

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fled from the house, naked and 
battered. 

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I'm going to tell you what that 
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it's 50% terrifying. 
It just is because it's easy to 

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read the story and laugh at the 
visual of it, but can you ever 

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imagine that you are there 
trying to get somebody into 

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freedom and you're trying to 
cast out a demon And they're 

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like, I know who Jesus is, but 
who do you think you are? 

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Well, you start questioning 
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They didn't have a lot of time 
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They were getting beaten and 
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But it's one of the scariest 
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when it comes to understanding 
spiritual authority because you 

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need to understand these men 
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These men were not anti God. 
They were the sons of a priest. 

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They were the preachers kids in 
that day. 

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They believed in spiritual 
things and they'd seen others 

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use the name of Jesus. 
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confront evil using words they 
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they had no intimacy built up 
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And so the spirit that they 
faced this time wasn't impressed

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with their, as the scripture 
puts it, incantation. 

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Jesus is not a magic word you 
can throw at darkness. 

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Jesus is somebody you partner 
with, identify with, or you 

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don't and you better decide. 
So when it comes to this, I'll 

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give you an example. 
I-1 time had a chat with 

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somebody who was very convinced 
that when you baptize somebody, 

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you need to baptize them in 
Jesus name only. 

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It's very common amongst United 
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We baptize in the name of the 
Father of the Son and the Holy 

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Spirit. 
And they said, well, the problem

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is what father, what son? 
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but there's only one Holy 
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And I said, can I ask you a 
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They said, yeah. 
And I said it may not be common 

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in this country, but there are a
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however, is pronounced in the 
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Not everybody knows this. 
There's more than one Jesus in 

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the Bible. 
And so if you say Jesus, do you 

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have to say Jesus born of the 
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How far down the resume do you 
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They were not swayed. 
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this is one of the distractions 
that the devil tries to get at 

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us. 
OK? 

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You understand the authority you
walk in, and I'm telling you 

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that those in the spiritual 
realm can see it so much clearer

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than we can. 
You do not have to nitpick over 

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all of this, but you can't treat
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formula. 
There's a big movement that if 

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you don't say his name is 
Yahushua or whatever, the 

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original Jewish translations are
not translations, but 

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pronunciations are, that you're 
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The devil loves these kinds of 
disagreements because it 

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splinters the body of Christ and
it takes your eye off of the 

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Great Commission. 
We'll get to the Great 

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Commission, though. 
You can't treat it like a 

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formula. 
It's a position when you use the

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name of Jesus, you are saying 
Jesus is here rebuking you. 

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Because even for these demons, 
if they accept the authority you

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wield, they accept that 
authority from Jesus, except 

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they don't have the option to 
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That's how powerful humanity is.
So they used it like a magical 

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phrase as a speaking. 
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But the authority of the name of
Jesus only rests on those that 

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are fully submitted to him. 
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were not submitted to Jesus. 
They just wanted whatever that 

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power was that they had 
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And so the story does sound 
extreme, but it also reveals a 

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pattern that is present in the 
church today. 

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A lot of times, believers, we 
have tried to fight our battles 

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with borrowed authority. 
A lot of times we will place all

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of our our hopes in charisma of 
a speaker or some sort of 

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spiritual leader or somebody's 
passion or the reputation of a 

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church or past experiences. 
We will lean on our connection 

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to a church or a favorite 
podcast preacher or spiritual 

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mentor. 
Some people depend on their 

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emotions and when they feel like
God is present, then it's all 

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the more powerful. 
When they don't feel it, then 

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they they act like there's a 
problem and your emotions are 

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not a good gauge of what God is 
doing. 

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I'll just tell you that some 
people feel like if they shout 

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loud enough in their prayers 
that the enemy will back down. 

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But you cannot blow out the 
enemy's eardrums. 

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Spiritual warfare does not 
respond to emotion, period. 

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You cannot speak with heaven's 
backing if you are not under 

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heaven's covering. 
So there are Christians who walk

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into battles while they're still
clinging to pride or bitterness 

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or compromise or hidden sin, and
they believe they can still 

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operate in authority. 
But you're not really operating 

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in obedience or submission then,
are you? 

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And so Acts 19 is a really clear
reminder that you can't cast out

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something that you're still 
living in agreement with. 

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If you want to grab a hold of 
the authority that Jesus has 

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handed to you, it's going to 
involve letting go of some other

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things, and it's going to be 
painful and it's going to hurt. 

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That's why Paul's words and 
Colossians are so important. 

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He writes this in Colossians 
113. 

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You don't need to to turn there,
But it says he has rescued us 

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from the Kingdom of darkness and
transferred us into the Kingdom 

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of his dear son. 
So he's transferred us into a 

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new Kingdom. 
And that language doesn't mean 

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you're just forgiven. 
You were rescued. 

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You were a hostage. 
And he busted down the doors and

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pulled you out of a hostile 
situation, pulled you into a 

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brand new Kingdom, gave you 
citizenship, full credentials, 

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full authority, full access. 
And we just say, well, I'm glad 

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I don't have to deal with them 
anymore. 

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No, but now you get to deal with
them in a different way. 

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The whole power dynamic has 
shifted and that's how we're 

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called to live. 
I also think it's worth saying 

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that the enemy is not 
intimidated by religious 

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activity. 
He is not intimidated when you 

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take communion. 
He is not intimidated by 

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baptism, as important as those 
things are. 

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He is not intimidated by the 
posture of your prayer or how 

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often you prayer journal. 
He's not intimidated if you play

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24/7 worship music. 
These are all good things. 

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He is intimidated when you use 
the authority that you've been 

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given. 
So I don't want us to be like 

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the sons of Skeeva, trying to 
use a name that we haven't 

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submitted to. 
We have to submit to his name. 

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It's really heavy and really 
spiritual. 

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Anybody like The Office? 
OK, good. 

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Years and years ago, John 
Krasinski, who played Jim 

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Halpert on The Office, they were
still in the middle of filming 

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it. 
And he and his wife, Emily 

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Blunt, they went over into 
Europe and they went to some 

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obscure location, and they were 
just enjoying themselves and 

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they were relaxing. 
And they stopped by a local 

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market. 
And there was this older man who

452
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,240
looked at him and he said, do 
people ever tell you that you 

453
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,880
look like that guy from The 
Office? 

454
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,000
And John said, yeah, actually, I
get that a lot. 

455
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,280
And the man stared at him a 
little bit longer than finally 

456
00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,040
said, you know, you could be his
twin. 

457
00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,240
He said, if I didn't know 
better, I would say you are him.

458
00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,720
And he never told the guy that 
really was him. 

459
00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,240
He had no idea he was speaking 
to the real guy. 

460
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,160
But John, later on in an 
interview, he just laughed. 

461
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:38,840
And he said, you can't get mad 
when this happens. 

462
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,560
He says, no matter what I do for
the rest of my career, there 

463
00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:45,760
will always be some people that 
just know me as Jim from the 

464
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:46,760
office. 
OK. 

465
00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:48,600
He earned A reputation. 
Why? 

466
00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,240
Because the office had a lot 
more exposure than a lot of 

467
00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,800
other things that he's acted in.
He's been in some pretty big 

468
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,760
things since, But the point is, 
because that was such a big 

469
00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:01,400
deal, it got wide exposure and 
he now has a reputation. 

470
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,360
Now, I've mentioned this book a 
couple weeks ago, but in the 

471
00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:07,080
book Liberated, the author 
Rodney Hogue explains that the 

472
00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,880
spiritual world is not divided 
the way that our world is. 

473
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,280
We tend to feel like here's 
heaven, here's hell, earth is 

474
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,400
somewhere in between, and that's
just how we see it. 

475
00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,160
But to the spiritual realm, it's
all one plane. 

476
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,920
OK, so they understand 
everything in a way that we 

477
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,760
don't. 
We've got a lot more than 

478
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,480
they've got when push comes to 
shove. 

479
00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,480
But why do I share that with 
you? 

480
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,080
Because that's not how it works 
for them. 

481
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,280
It's all one piece. 
And every act of obedience that 

482
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,640
you do echoes through the same 
spiritual dimension. 

483
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:39,520
When you speak the name of Jesus
in true faith, when you minister

484
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,200
healing, when you live under 
surrender, you will gain a 

485
00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,320
reputation. 
And this is what the author 

486
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,240
Rodney Hogue is getting at in 
the book Liberated. 

487
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,720
Isn't it interesting? 
Paul is not on the same level as

488
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,080
Jesus. 
When the names are mentioned, 

489
00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:57,080
the demons say Jesus we know and
Paul we've heard of. 

490
00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,000
So when you move for the Lord, 
you'll gain a reputation in the 

491
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,520
spiritual. 
But when I say in the spiritual,

492
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,080
I mean you'll gain a reputation 
amongst heaven and you'll gain a

493
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,800
reputation amongst hell. 
Now for some believers, that's 

494
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,480
enough to scare them away from 
any of this kind of teaching or 

495
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,840
trying any of this. 
Well, I don't want hell to know 

496
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:16,440
my name. 
Yes, you do. 

497
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,640
Yes, you do. 
You were made for it. 

498
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,600
You were created for this. 
You're equipped and empowered 

499
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,960
for it. 
You want them to know your name 

500
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,880
because you want them to know 
the name that you are identified

501
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,680
with. 
Because if they know that you're

502
00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,720
identified with Jesus, they 
ain't going to mess with you the

503
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:37,360
way that you think they are. 
OK, Now Jesus had a reputation, 

504
00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,520
yes. 
But Paul? 

505
00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,760
What was Paul's reputation that 
day amongst people? 

506
00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,560
He was a persecutor. 
Paul was somebody who was so 

507
00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,360
sold on Judaism that as 
Christianity started to rise up,

508
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,520
or as they called it, the way he
persecuted, the way to try to 

509
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,960
protect Judaism, he had a 
reputation. 

510
00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:00,160
I mean this, make no mistake, 
I'm not, I'm not exaggerating it

511
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,400
when I say that it would be 
similar to a notable terrorist 

512
00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,360
today getting saved and wanting 
to go around churches, to 

513
00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:09,280
churches and get people saved. 
And a lot of churches would be 

514
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,680
like, I don't know if I'm going 
to let you have access in here 

515
00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:15,120
because we would be scared. 
He had dragged out people's 

516
00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:17,920
family members. 
What I'm trying to get at is 

517
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:21,560
this, the reputation you have 
here on earth is not necessarily

518
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,840
the reputation that you have in 
these spiritual realms. 

519
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,840
And they actually have a better 
view of what your reputation is.

520
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,880
So this matters. 
And what we're after tonight is 

521
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,400
the kind of life that becomes 
recognizable in the spirit. 

522
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,520
We have to be submitted to him 
and active in advancing His 

523
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,840
Kingdom, and that's when that 
reputation comes in. 

524
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,840
So if you want to take 
authority, you have to come 

525
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,880
under authority. 
And that begins with asking a 

526
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:48,640
deeper question. 
And this is where I want us to 

527
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:49,880
do a little bit of soul 
searching. 

528
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,240
Where in our lives have we been 
living under the wrong 

529
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,880
authority? 
Or maybe even more dangerously, 

530
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,120
have we been living under our 
own authority? 

531
00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,920
This happens a whole lot more 
often than we think. 

532
00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:03,920
Because you can love Jesus, you 
can go to church, you can serve 

533
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,480
at church and still unknowingly 
operate in areas of your life 

534
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,440
where you have surrendered to 
something other than Him. 

535
00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:12,760
So I just want to list a couple 
things that we sometimes submit 

536
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,760
ourselves to, whether we realize
it or not. 

537
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,320
And some of them, they're just 
well used in scriptures. 

538
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:19,960
There was a little fly up here 
and I just killed it. 

539
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:25,600
I want you all to know I, 
Miyagi, did all right for some. 

540
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,520
For some, we have bent our knee 
to fear. 

541
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,160
Listen, there's no believer 
without fear. 

542
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:37,200
I understand this. 
But if you've let anxiety shape 

543
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,400
your decisions and your 
relationships and your schedule 

544
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,840
or maybe even your calling, fear
has become the voice that you 

545
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:48,400
obey. 
Secondly, many believers today 

546
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:52,400
struggle with bitterness or 
unforgiveness, and if you are 

547
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,440
walking with Jesus but your 
heart is tethered to a wound, 

548
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,640
that wound is leading you more 
than the Spirit is OK. 

549
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,960
Third, some submit to cultural 
pressure. 

550
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,920
Some people allow the world's 
values to define what's 

551
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,480
acceptable instead of standing 
firm on what God has already 

552
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:13,680
said. 
Others fall under the authority 

553
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,560
of shame. 
This is probably the most 

554
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,800
prevalent 1 because a lot of 
believers believe because of 

555
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,680
what they've done, they don't 
have the right to walk in 

556
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,600
spiritual confidence. 
But instead of standing in 

557
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,600
Christ's authority, they shrink 
back, hoping to just survive 

558
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,320
unnoticed and enter in the 
Kingdom, even if they smell like

559
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:33,120
smoke. 
Too many Christians identify 

560
00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:36,480
with their shame more than they 
identify with Jesus. 

561
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,920
But if you feel like you can't 
walk in the authority Jesus has 

562
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,080
given you because of your shame,
then you, whether you knew this 

563
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,000
or not, believe that you can 
earn the authority that Jesus 

564
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,920
offers you. 
You can't disqualify yourself 

565
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,280
from what happened then if 
you're living for him now. 

566
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,880
Now maybe you'll find yourself 
in different arenas, different 

567
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,960
circles. 
There are consequences for our 

568
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,680
actions. 
But I'm telling you, the 

569
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:00,920
authority of Jesus is available 
for every believer. 

570
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,320
And probably the worst master of
all when you run from Jesus is 

571
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,760
yourself. 
Sometimes we just take control 

572
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,480
and we try to be our own 
authority. 

573
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,760
We move ahead of God. 
We speak without being sent to 

574
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,320
speak to somebody. 
We act without checking the 

575
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:18,600
condition of our hearts and 
asking the Lord if we can do it.

576
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,160
And we try to cast things out of
other people that we haven't 

577
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:22,920
even let God deal with inside of
us. 

578
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,800
Have you ever had somebody come 
to you and ask for prayer over a

579
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,920
certain problem and you're 
thinking, I'm dealing with it 

580
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,280
right now, but nobody knows it? 
Well, how do we counteract that?

581
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,680
The first thing is you have got 
to be aware of it. 

582
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,440
I cannot understate this. 
It is so important that you are 

583
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,760
open and vulnerable to God to 
highlight what needs to be 

584
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,080
changed in you. 
Many of us avoid certain prayers

585
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,720
because if we ask them, they'll 
be answered. 

586
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,560
God, show me anything in my 
heart that displeases you. 

587
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:54,560
You know what He normally says 
to that. 

588
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,680
OK, but then you got to deal 
with it. 

589
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,080
You either have to deal with it 
or be disobedient. 

590
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,120
My advice is deal with it. 
So you have to be aware. 

591
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,280
So ask the Holy Spirit to show 
you areas that you've been 

592
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,400
living under different authority
and then submit that area back 

593
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:11,680
to Jesus. 
That's the second thing you've 

594
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,240
got to do. 
You have to let Him be the final

595
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,160
voice. 
I'm just saying stop asking Him 

596
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,480
to bless what He's not been 
allowed to lead in your life. 

597
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,040
And so if you want healthy 
relationships but you have not 

598
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,600
let him take the lead, repent 
and submit it to him before you 

599
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,120
ask him to bless it. 
If you have not allowed him to 

600
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,720
be the core in the center of 
your marriage, repent and submit

601
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,440
your marriage to him so that he 
can bless it. 

602
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,040
If you have been taking things 
under your own control, repent, 

603
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:38,680
submit it to him so that he can 
bless it. 

604
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,640
OK, now the last thing you have 
to do there is you have to agree

605
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,120
with your identity. 
And if you struggle with shame, 

606
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,360
this feels impossible. 
But hear me when I tell you that

607
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:53,120
it is not. 
Your identity is one of the 

608
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,360
Kingdom of light, not the 
Kingdom of darkness. 

609
00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:00,480
You are the apple of God's eye. 
You and I Look at this and I'm 

610
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,880
going to tell you what, in my 
own estimation, that does not 

611
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,600
feel fair. 
And it's not. 

612
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,160
But it works in our favor. 
There's nothing we've done that 

613
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,640
should earn that kind of love 
and affection from God. 

614
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:16,280
And yet it is ours to receive. 
But so many of us, we live in 

615
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,040
such a way that we really want 
to pour out our love for God and

616
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,160
prove to Him and to others how 
much we love Him. 

617
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,520
But we don't know how to just 
sit there and receive the love 

618
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,120
from Him. 
You have got to learn to receive

619
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,960
this intimacy with the Lord. 
If you want to walk in power, 

620
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,120
you have to take your authority.
But in order to take your 

621
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,040
authority, the other thing I 
want to share with you tonight 

622
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,440
before we minister to each other
is you have to take your seat. 

623
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,600
You are seated with somebody in 
authority. 

624
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,000
And when you are seated with 
somebody in authority, you do 

625
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,720
not panic every time there's a 
problem. 

626
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,120
You trust the one that you're 
seated there with. 

627
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,520
If you were at a use the police,
again, if you're at a 

628
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:56,840
policeman's banquet and one 
person came in and said this is 

629
00:30:56,840 --> 00:31:00,680
a robbery, would you try to run 
out of there and find somebody 

630
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:04,360
to handle the situation? 
Or would you say, I think 

631
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,680
somebody here has got this. 
You are seated with people with 

632
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,560
both authority and power, and so
you understand that they'll take

633
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,080
care of it. 
So here's what this means when 

634
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,200
these trials come your way. 
And guys, I cannot promise you a

635
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,920
life without trials, troubles, 
things that cause fear. 

636
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,840
I can't promise you that because
Jesus promised you something 

637
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:22,960
else. 
And it's the opposite. 

638
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,800
He said if he was persecuted, 
you'll surely be persecuted, but

639
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,000
he also promised he'd be with 
you. 

640
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:33,600
You are seated with Christ 
positioned in a seat of victory.

641
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,600
You rest in His power. 
You share in His authority. 

642
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,280
And so the reason you don't have
to be afraid is because you've 

643
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,400
already been lifted from the 
battle. 

644
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,360
OK, and I'll show you what I 
mean in Ephesians chapter 2. 

645
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:46,520
I'll read the first 6 verses 
there. 

646
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,960
You are not standing on unstable
ground when these attacks come. 

647
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,800
The attacks, they can surprise 
you because a lot of times they 

648
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:58,160
come from people, places, faces,
situations we didn't expect, and

649
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,840
I'll give you that. 
But you can't be surprised that 

650
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,520
there are problems. 
We've got to grow beyond that. 

651
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,880
We have to expect and anticipate
that there will be problems and 

652
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,840
regardless of where they come, 
it will be the Lord that gives 

653
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,880
us the authority. 
In Ephesians chapter 2, Paul 

654
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,760
starts with this. 
He says once you were dead 

655
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:20,240
because of your disobedience and
your many sins, you used to live

656
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,120
in sin just like the rest of the
world, obeying the devil, the 

657
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,680
commander of the powers of the 
unseen world. 

658
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,440
Do you hear this? 
The power and the commander, all

659
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:28,680
of the authority language, 
right? 

660
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,000
We used to obey him. 
He's the spirit at work in the 

661
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,800
hearts of those who refuse to 
obey God. 

662
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,680
All of us used to live that way,
following the passionate desires

663
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,240
and inclinations of our sinful 
nature. 

664
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:43,520
By our very nature, we were 
subject to God's anger just like

665
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:47,320
everyone else. 
But God is so rich in mercy, and

666
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:51,120
He loved us so much that even 
though we were dead because of 

667
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,840
our sins, he gave his life when 
he raised Christ from the dead. 

668
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,480
And it's only by God's grace 
that you have been saved. 

669
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:01,760
For he raised us from the dead 
along with Christ, and seated us

670
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,760
with him in the heavenly realms 
because we are united with 

671
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:08,600
Christ Jesus. 
The language here is so much 

672
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,480
more beautiful than you think 
because Paul doesn't just say 

673
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:12,880
that Christ was raised from the 
dead. 

674
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,000
He says you were raised with 
him. 

675
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,280
And not only that, you are 
seated with him in the heavenly 

676
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,560
realm. 
And that is not symbolic. 

677
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,880
That is a promise that is not 
for someday. 

678
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,000
It is a present spiritual 
reality promised today. 

679
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,840
When Jesus rose from the grave, 
he defeated sin, death, hell, 

680
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,160
and when he ascended, he took 
his rightful place. 

681
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,160
He was given his authority and 
then he shared it with you. 

682
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,680
So this means your position has 
changed. 

683
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,680
You are no longer beneath. 
You are no longer stuck. 

684
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,800
You are no longer under the rule
of the enemy. 

685
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:50,560
You have been raised and seated.
OK, now that phrase, I want to 

686
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,320
share this seated with him, It's
not Bible study. 

687
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:54,840
You thought you were going to 
get away from Greek. 

688
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:56,400
I don't have a Greek word for 
you. 

689
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,720
But that phrase seated with him 
is not about inactivity. 

690
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,400
It's not like you get to rest. 
It's not like when you read 

691
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,000
Psalm 23 and it's like, oh, you 
prepare a table for me in the 

692
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,520
midst of my enemies. 
Seated with him. 

693
00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:12,040
It is authority language. 
And This is why, because back in

694
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:16,760
this day, in the ancient world, 
anybody with authority was to be

695
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:21,520
enthroned. 
Rulers SAT, kings SAT, judges 

696
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,639
SAT. 
If you weren't sitting down, you

697
00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:29,159
were serving somebody who sat. 
And when Paul says you're seated

698
00:34:29,159 --> 00:34:31,400
with Christ, he's saying you've 
been given access to the same 

699
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,920
spiritual authority that Jesus 
operates from. 

700
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,920
And just to be clear, I don't 
feel like I have to say this, 

701
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,840
but I will. 
It does not make you the equal 

702
00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:42,880
of Jesus, but it is somebody 
who's united with him as a Co 

703
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,360
heir. 
And so a lot of believers are 

704
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,199
still trying to fight from the 
ground and they don't even 

705
00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:47,880
realize they've got a better 
vantage point. 

706
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,080
And this actually matters in 
your battle strategy because 

707
00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:53,600
when you know where you're 
seated, you will stop panicking 

708
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,080
when the enemy attacks. 
You won't respond to the attack 

709
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,440
out of fear. 
You'll stop begging God to do 

710
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:01,280
what he's already empowered you 
to walk in. 

711
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:03,920
We'll go to him. 
We'll ask for him to partner 

712
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,320
with us, but we're going to take
part in it because we'll 

713
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:07,840
understand the authority that we
have. 

714
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,120
So most of all, when we realize 
this, we start resisting and 

715
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,360
declaring and standing from a 
place of confidence. 

716
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,160
There's a lot of people that are
heaven bound but lack spiritual 

717
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,000
confidence and we got to grow 
it. 

718
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,360
And this just so that you know 
is why the enemy fights your 

719
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,440
identity so hard. 
This is why he tries so hard to 

720
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,640
make you identified with the 
most shame filled things you've 

721
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,160
ever done or the things you feel
like you failed at. 

722
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,760
This is why he tries so hard to 
create division amongst the 

723
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,560
brotherhood so that you can 
start to wonder if this person 

724
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,360
is really from the devil or if 
you're really the the problem 

725
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,280
all along. 
He fights for your identity hard

726
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,880
because once you know it, he 
can't do a thing because you're 

727
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:46,040
seated in a place of authority. 
So the question really isn't, do

728
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,120
you have authority? 
The question is, are you living 

729
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:52,360
like somebody who has authority?
I could not help but share this 

730
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:53,320
with you. 
And I'm going to read just a 

731
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:54,720
couple more scriptures and we're
going to pray. 

732
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:57,920
But this guy has one of the 
funniest names of all time. 

733
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,040
But this is one of the baddest 
spiritual stories I've ever 

734
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,320
heard. 
Anybody ever hear of Smith 

735
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:07,760
Wigglesworth? 
So this man did crazy cool 

736
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:12,480
things for the Lord and he was 
known for healing ministries and

737
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,040
and preaching and deliverance 
and getting people free. 

738
00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:19,440
Smith Wigglesworth One time he 
was staying, he was traveling, 

739
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,640
so he's staying at a friend's 
house or a hotel, something like

740
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:23,680
that. 
And he was constantly harassed 

741
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,720
by the enemy because the more 
you do for the Lord, the more 

742
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:29,080
the enemy takes notice. 
You see that reputation we 

743
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,080
talked about? 
And this is the story from Smith

744
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,600
Wigglesworth. 
He woke up in the middle of the 

745
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,200
night and rolled over and saw a 
demon manifested sitting on the 

746
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:42,920
end of his bed. 
And he looked at it and he said,

747
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:49,080
oh, it's you, and then rolled 
back over and went to sleep. 

748
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:55,520
Now, I wasn't there, but this is
something he told all the other 

749
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,800
ministers that he was with. 
And he does have a proven track 

750
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,760
record of ministry. 
Why does this story matter? 

751
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,720
I told this to somebody earlier 
and they were like, why didn't 

752
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:05,280
he just, like, cast it out? 
And I said, what was it doing? 

753
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:09,840
It was sitting, it's not going 
to it's not going to stay there 

754
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:11,000
if it's not going to be 
effective. 

755
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,480
I guarantee you that entity 
wanted to see if it was going to

756
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:15,880
intimidate him. 
And he looked at it. 

757
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,480
There's nobody else in the room.
And he said let's see you again.

758
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:24,000
He was not concerned Why? 
He's protected, he's seated, 

759
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,320
he's empowered. 
What does he have to be afraid 

760
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:31,400
of? 
And if you notice, while it was 

761
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,960
believers that always had a 
demon in the New Testament, 

762
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,760
never heard about it with one of
the disciples except for the 

763
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,640
time that somebody wasn't 
submitted to the Lord. 

764
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,360
And it said at that point Satan 
entered into him. 

765
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:49,880
And we know the story of Judas. 
Jesus stood before his disciples

766
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,160
at the end of his earthly 
ministry and he gave them the 

767
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,320
Great Commission. 
And I don't know if you've ever 

768
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,200
thought about the Great 
Commission in terms of authority

769
00:37:56,200 --> 00:38:00,600
before, but it's absolutely 
littered with authority speech. 

770
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,480
He didn't leave them with a pep 
talk. 

771
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:05,560
He didn't say, hey guys, it's 
been great. 

772
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,960
I got to go do some other 
things, but you got this. 

773
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,200
He had everything that he gave 
them centered around his 

774
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:13,640
authority and aimed at the 
mission. 

775
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,760
This is what he says at the end 
of Matthew 28, starting in verse

776
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,640
18. 
He says, it says that Jesus came

777
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:23,320
and told his disciples, I have 
been given all authority in 

778
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:27,400
heaven and on earth. 
Therefore go and make disciples 

779
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,600
of all the nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father 

780
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,400
and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
That's why we do that. 

781
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,720
By the way, teach these new 
disciples to obey all the 

782
00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:38,720
commands I've given you and be 
sure of this. 

783
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:41,040
I'm with you always, even to the
end of the age. 

784
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,200
So I want you to understand that
Jesus didn't just say that He 

785
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,600
had all authority. 
He passed that authority on to 

786
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,680
His believers. 
He didn't just give us a task, 

787
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,560
He gave us His presence. 
So as you go into that world, if

788
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,120
they receive you, they receive 
Him. 

789
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:57,680
That's why being seated with Him
matters. 

790
00:38:57,680 --> 00:38:59,600
It's the position that you and I
have to live from. 

791
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,360
And the reality is that a lot of
believers know this in theory, 

792
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,600
but they still live like they're
begging for access. 

793
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,240
And so we hesitate to pray bold 
prayers. 

794
00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:11,560
We're afraid that if we pray one
big prayer and it doesn't come 

795
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,520
through, what will happen to our
faith? 

796
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,000
But it's not about what you get 
from Him. 

797
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,400
It's about what we do when we're
partnered with Him. 

798
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,000
And so a lot of people shrink 
back from spiritual resistance, 

799
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,440
and they assume spiritual 
authority belongs to the mature 

800
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,640
or the experienced or the 
chosen. 

801
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,480
But Jesus gave this Commission 
to a group of disciples who were

802
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,640
still learning, who were still 
flawed, and they were still 

803
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,920
figuring things out. 
I think He can still work 

804
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,280
through you and I. 
That same authority that sent 

805
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,680
them into the world, I want you 
to know, is the same authority 

806
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:45,840
that you carry. 
You are not operating on your 

807
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,400
own. 
You have been raised with Christ

808
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:51,000
seated in the heavenly realm and
you have the full backing of 

809
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,600
heaven. 
So just three things for you. 

810
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,600
How do you live like someone who
is seated and not panicked and 

811
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:00,160
not afraid? 
The 1st is that you learn to 

812
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,000
speak from your position. 
And here's what that means. 

813
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,080
When fear or anxiety or 
temptation show up. 

814
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,680
And they will, I don't care how 
long you're on this earth, they 

815
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,760
will. 
You don't respond like somebody 

816
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,160
who's under attack, you respond 
like someone who has already 

817
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,120
won. 
Because you're seated with 

818
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:16,880
Christ, you already have the 
victory. 

819
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,080
You can speak Scripture aloud if
that's helpful to you. 

820
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:22,280
But either way, you can declare 
the truth over the situation and

821
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:23,560
use the authority that you've 
been given. 

822
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,520
So when the temptation comes in,
instead of God delivered me from

823
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:28,600
temptation, I mean, Jesus 
already prayed that a little 

824
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,520
bit, right? 
The temptations here. 

825
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,360
Oh no, you're not going to have 
me today. 

826
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,840
I'm tempted to do this, and you 
will not win this battle. 

827
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:38,760
Jesus has already won this 
battle. 

828
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,720
And so I'm calling on the 
authority of Christ to help 

829
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:43,720
carry me through it. 
You do it with any sort of thing

830
00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:46,560
that comes in fear, anger, 
that's unreasonable, any of 

831
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:48,880
these things. 
You have to declare truth over 

832
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,160
your situation because you are 
sitting there. 

833
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:54,080
Act like it. 
And the second thing, and this 

834
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,200
is probably where most 
Christians fail because we are 

835
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,160
pretty good at throwing out 
those declarations. 

836
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:03,160
You have to obey quickly and 
consistently. 

837
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:07,480
Both of them matter. 
If Jesus tells you get away from

838
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:16,720
that and you're like, OK, you've
already failed and you might 

839
00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:19,520
have one victory and say, oh, I 
listen to you right away, Jesus,

840
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,840
OK. 
But when Thursday comes and he 

841
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:26,120
tells you to get away again, you
have to do it again quickly and 

842
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:27,480
consistently. 
Why? 

843
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,400
Because small obedience builds 
spiritual momentum. 

844
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:34,120
The quicker you want to grow is 
the quicker you need to be 

845
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,560
obedient. 
As soon as the Lord convicts you

846
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:40,320
of something, you move on it. 
That's the more that you'll 

847
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:41,680
grow. 
And then the third is you have 

848
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,200
to make room for His presence. 
I love it. 

849
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,600
That's the first song we sang 
tonight, right? 

850
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:48,560
Make room. 
Jesus didn't just say go, He 

851
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:53,600
said I am with you always. 
And so authority always flows 

852
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:55,680
best when you are aware of His 
presence. 

853
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:57,800
You have to stay connected to 
them. 

854
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:02,040
Worship, pray, open your word, 
not just for information, not 

855
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,840
just because there's a problem 
at home and you're trying to 

856
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:05,360
research the subject. 
That's fine. 

857
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,040
But don't just open the Bible or
pray because you're trying to 

858
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,080
get through the day. 
You are seated with the one who 

859
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:14,160
holds it all together. 
So you need to be with Him and 

860
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:15,600
connect to His presence all the 
time. 

861
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,360
And I know for some of us, the 
idea of praying out loud, 

862
00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:22,840
especially around people we 
don't know, can feel 

863
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:27,120
uncomfortable. 
Here's why stretches us. 

864
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,800
It exposes us. 
Although normally when I talk to

865
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:32,400
somebody who doesn't like 
praying in front of people, 

866
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:33,920
they'll just say I'm not good at
praying. 

867
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,560
And it's wild because most of 
the time when somebody says I'm 

868
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:38,600
not good at praying, I always 
want to say, well, you're good 

869
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:43,040
at talking. 
And that's really what prayer 

870
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,640
is. 
But we don't understand our 

871
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:48,200
authority. 
We don't understand what to ask 

872
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,120
for. 
If that's your prayer, that's 

873
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:51,600
OK. 
Make your prayer. 

874
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,000
God, I don't even know what to 
ask for, but I'm in a mess. 

875
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:56,000
I think I know things to ask 
for. 

876
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:57,400
I don't know if they're the 
right things. 

877
00:42:58,240 --> 00:43:00,160
Wish I had time to talk about 
tongues tonight, but it's not 

878
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:03,720
the time to pray about that. 
Maybe you're new to this kind of

879
00:43:03,720 --> 00:43:06,440
teaching and maybe you're new to
praying around other people, but

880
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,440
I just want to tell you before 
we start ministering to each 

881
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,080
other tonight, this is family 
business. 

882
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,800
And so even if you feel that 
way, we are not strangers in 

883
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:17,640
here. 
We are brothers and sisters. 

884
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:21,200
We have the same dad, we have 
been rescued by the same Savior,

885
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,040
We've been covered by the same 
blood. 

886
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:25,040
We have been filled with the 
same spirit. 

887
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:27,960
We are seated in the same 
heavenly realm, and we have the 

888
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:29,880
same enemy. 
And I want you to know this. 

889
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:31,960
The enemy counts on your 
silence. 

890
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:34,400
He counts on you isolating 
yourself. 

891
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,600
He banks on the hope that you'll
stay quiet and stay stuck. 

892
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:39,760
And so tonight, how about we 
make sure the enemy's 

893
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,880
disappointed? 
There is nothing strange about 

894
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:44,560
taking authority back in your 
own life. 

895
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,920
There is nothing inappropriate 
about closing a door and you 

896
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,280
don't have to be embarrassed if 
you've left the door open to the

897
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,240
enemy and you should have closed
it a long time ago. 

898
00:43:52,240 --> 00:43:54,400
Tonight's the night to have your
brothers and sisters help you 

899
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:58,400
nail that sucker shot. 
Next week we'll talk about how 

900
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:02,120
we will actually come against 
these demons and different 

901
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,240
entities. 
And as a matter of fact, I'll 

902
00:44:04,240 --> 00:44:06,680
just go and I'll give you the 
the glimpse of what we're doing.

903
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:09,760
Next week we're going to talk 
about what the spiritual 

904
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,920
opposition actually is because 
contrary to popular belief, it 

905
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:16,400
is not just demons. 
Scripture reveals there are 

906
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:19,080
multiple types of evil spirits. 
There are unclean spirits, 

907
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:22,560
tormenting spirits, lying 
spirits, even religious spirits.

908
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,400
And they don't all operate the 
same way. 

909
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,440
And the reason that we're going 
to talk about that is so that we

910
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,160
can learn how to cast them off 
and walk in freedom. 

911
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,400
But I'll just tell you this one 
time I was ministering to 

912
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:34,960
somebody and they were not a 
believer, but I could tell that 

913
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:36,880
they had oppression. 
And they were asking me, well, 

914
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:40,520
you believe in it. 
They said, can you cast it out 

915
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:46,840
of me? 
And I said yes, but I won't 

916
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:51,800
because if I do, it's going to 
come back. 

917
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:54,400
It's going to go and get more. 
And we'll read that scripture 

918
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:56,160
next week. 
It's going to go, it's going to 

919
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:57,200
get more, and it's going to come
back. 

920
00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:58,760
You'll be worse off than you 
were before. 

921
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:02,840
Ultimately, the demonic realm 
has to obey the authority of 

922
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,200
Christ, and I'm partnered with 
Christ. 

923
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:07,080
So yeah, I could help you for 
now. 

924
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:09,920
But I want to give you spiritual
Band-Aid when you need surgery. 

925
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:15,280
So I'm not going to do it 
because when push comes to 

926
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:18,200
shove, Jesus has authority over 
the vessel that is your body, 

927
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,800
your mind, your life. 
And I'm not going to be around 

928
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:22,640
with you all the time to cast 
those things away. 

929
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,720
You have to take authority over 
your life and your mind. 

930
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:30,680
So we'll go there next week. 
But tonight we're just going to 

931
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:33,840
operate by reclaiming authority 
in the position. 

932
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:35,520
We're going to get seated in the
right place tonight. 

933
00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:38,360
So I'm just going to do this in 
a couple things. 

934
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:41,480
I'm just going to corporately, 
we're going to repent together 

935
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:46,320
for having our own authority. 
And then for those that want to,

936
00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:48,320
we're going to just go ahead and
repent together. 

937
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:50,880
We're going to renounce ever 
having our own mastership over 

938
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:52,760
our life. 
We're going to we're going to 

939
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,280
renounce having fear or shame or
any of these things in the 

940
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,960
driving seat, any of those lies 
that the enemies whispered 

941
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:01,000
driving our decisions. 
And as much as I want everybody 

942
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,760
to participate, I want you to 
know if you need to go or 

943
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,000
something and go be with the 
Lord and process it, go. 

944
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:09,320
You will not get one ounce of 
judgement for me, but I am 

945
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,080
telling you that there are 
brothers and sisters here ready 

946
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,000
to partner with you, ready to 
pray with you and agree with 

947
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:14,160
you. 
I don't know where I'd be 

948
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:15,440
without the ones that pray for 
me. 

949
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:18,800
So would y'all just join me in 
prayer? 

950
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:24,520
Well, Lord, we do repent just 
corporately as a church, the 

951
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:27,640
areas that we have relied on, 
things that seem like you or 

952
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:31,080
seem like they're working for 
us, maybe they have worked for 

953
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:33,560
us for a season. 
But God, we do repent because we

954
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:36,080
ultimately want to rely on you 
and you alone. 

955
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:38,800
Thank you for the people you've 
placed in our lives. 

956
00:46:39,240 --> 00:46:41,480
We repent forever letting them 
replace you. 

957
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:45,280
Thank you for the calling and 
the jobs you've given us and the

958
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:47,520
positions you've given us. 
And we repent forever letting 

959
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,320
them replace you. 
Thank you for placing us in a 

960
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:53,480
wonderful country, in a 
wonderful nation where we can be

961
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:55,440
free to talk about this and to 
pursue you. 

962
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:57,680
And we repent if we've ever 
allowed it to replace you. 

963
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,240
God, we want you to have the 
ultimate authority, and we want 

964
00:47:01,240 --> 00:47:03,440
to be seated in the seat that 
you have for us. 

965
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:06,120
So, Father, whatever's been 
sitting on the throne of our 

966
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:10,640
heart, we remove it now and make
room for you, just as you made 

967
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,280
room for us to sit next to your 
Son. 

968
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:16,400
We repent and we invite you into
our lives in the name of Jesus, 

969
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:18,280
Amen.