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Use Your Spiritual Authority
Blessed Are They THAT DO His Commandments
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Rev. 1:8 KJV
And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Rev. 21:6 KJV
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Rev. 22:13-16 KJV
Adam Ignored God’s Words
The first man, Adam, aborted God’s Original Plan by not using his spiritual authority as he was instructed to do. Consequently Adam; brought death and sin, forfeited his rulership, lost divine fellowship, and subjected his world and his descendants to Satan’s rule.
You and I, as Adam’s progeny, were born in this fallen realm now governed by the god of this world: Satan.
And because we inherited the sinful nature of Adam, we are helpless to do right for doing wrong: Sin and rebellion is humanity’s default setting from birth. Rom. 3:10-18 KJV;
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
That is why each person must be born again, Born of God’s Spirit.
Who Rules The World?
If you imagine Almighty God is in charge of this world think again, His written word tells us plainly that the Evil One governs this world, 2 Cor. 4:3-4 KJV;
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
But Surely The LORD is Sovereign?
Indeed The LORD is sovereign over all His creation, Almighty God is the supreme ruler, but He delegated the Earth to Adam as his domain to keep, protect, subdue, and populate. Gen. 1:27-28 KJV;
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
The first man capitulated his divine responsibility over creation, consequently Satan became the legal ruler of the world.
The LORD is righteous as well as supreme, therefore He honours Adam’s choice, deals legally with the Enemy, and permits the Devil to rule the fallen world: Until, that is, Christ returns.
Meanwhile, Christians walking in the kingdom by doing God’s words are free from the power of Satan: More than that, we have authority over him through the Name and Blood of Christ. Rom. 6:14, Lk. 10:19 KJV;
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
This is what we are here for: To demonstrate Christ’s kingdom victory over sin, sickness and Satan.
Walk in The Light
Believers walking in the kingdom of light, in step with the Spirit of Christ stay safe, but everyone in the world lies in sin, under the dominion of the wicked one, 1 Jn. 5:18-19 KJV;
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Halleluia for Jesus’ Blood, and the faith He’s given us to follow Him, so we are continually preserved from the power of the wicked one.
When Christians Fail as Adam Did
However, believers who, like Adam, don’t use their spiritual authority, permit the evil one to cause havoc in their; lives, bodies, families, fellowships and workplaces.
Adam passively allowed the Serpent into his domain, stood with Eve as she was tempted, knew that the Serpent was contradicting God’s Word, yet Adam kept quiet and yielded to the Deceiver along with his wife.
Adam Caused This Mess
Adam ignored the Word of God instead of doing what he was created, and equipped to do: Keep the Garden, by honouring God’s Words.
Believer’s Authority
When Christians fail to use their divine authority in Christ, and do nothing, they commit the sin of omission and permit evil: They resist God and submit to Satan instead of submitting to God and resisting evil.
Why Evil Reigns
Ever since Adam relinquished his duty to honour God’s words there’s been turmoil and corruption throughout this perishing world.
It’s ruler is depraved and dishonest, as are his subjects.
Nothing but the power of God can fix it.
Only One Way
Christians need to stand in our office as children of God with divine authority, and use the Name of Christ in faith by the power of His Spirit, to keep our domain safe, prospering, and glorifying The LORD Jesus Christ.
Using our New Covenant authority in Christ requires faith in our authority.
When you really believe, you’ll say and do what The LORD says in His written word: The Holy Bible.
We observe the results, and our faith grows from experience of The Fruits of Obedience and Righteousness.
But without taking this step, we allow circumstances to rule us, instead of the Word & Spirit ruling our situations.
We become passive, like Adam, instead of active Christ-like ones: Wimps instead of Warriors.
Learn to Say What God Says
If a Christian will believe in his, or her, heart what the written word declares, then trusts that witness above all else, and says what the word says from his heart, God in the Flesh says he will have whatsoever he says, Mk. 11:22-26 KJV;
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Notice as well as believing from the core of your being, and saying what God says, you must also embrace and manifest divine forgiveness and walk in the God kind of Love.
Holding onto unforgiveness wrecks the whole deal, so Learn How to Forgive as God has forgiven you.
Then you will be an Alpha and Omega Christian and…
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© 21 Colin Melbourne
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