Stepping into Our Authority
by David Cross
In the Church today, do we believe these words of Jesus? Do we see sufficient of the reality of these words with regard to healing and deliverance in our day to day lives?
While my wife and I were chatting and praying recently with a dear brother and sister in Christ, we were led to the verse above. What a challenge! It seemed that the Lord was reminding us of the spiritual authority that He has delegated to every member of the Body of Christ, and that He was waiting for us to faithfully exercise that authority, so that the Holy Spirit could powerfully extend the restorative influence of God’s Kingdom.
We felt no condemnation from the Lord, but rather an encouragement to enter the fullness of all that He has invested into the covenant made with us through Jesus Christ. Jesus reminded His first disciples that He had been given all authority in heaven and on earth, and He instructed them to make more disciples, who would put into practice all that Jesus had commanded those first disciples (Matthew 28:18-20).
Down through the centuries, disciples have continued to make disciples, releasing them to walk in the same spiritual authority from Jesus that we see recorded in the Gospels and the Book of Acts.
Is it time now to confess that we have drawn back from the challenge of exercising the fullness of our covenant right, as children of God, to boldly preach the Kingdom of God and perform healing (Luke 9:11)?
David Cross David is part of the Executive Leadership of Ellel Ministries, with particular responsibility for the Ellel centres in Western Europe. He is married to Denise and they have three grown up children and eight grandchildren. David has been a civil engineer and ski-touring instructor in the Highlands of Scotland. He is passionate about the teaching and practice of the healing and deliverance ministry of Jesus and has written several books: Soul Ties, Trapped by Control, God’s Covering, The Dangers of Alternative Ways to Healing(co-authored with John Berry), an A to Z Guide to the Healing Ministry, What`s Wrong with Human Rights? and, most recently, God`s Way out of Depression. You can follow a daily thought from David on Twitter: @dmcross62
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