I could
write a book on this alone, so this is highly simplified. Some of it, you’ll have to research on your
own. God created Adam and Eve, and gave
dominion of the earth to them ( Genesis 1:28 ).
They sinned, God’s Gifts are without repentance, He never took dominion back after the
original sin. Mankind’s spirit, was
given over to the world of darkness. The
link to God (who is a Spirit) was severed.
However, having dominion over the earth was still retained by mankind.
Therefore, God (by His own decree), has to work through mankind, to fulfill His
Will. The devil, has to work through
mankind, as well. I challenge the
reader, to find one time in the Old Testament, that God did not work His Will
through a person. Moses had to stretch
forth His staff to part the red sea. Hit
the rock three times, for water to come out.
Walk around Jericho everyday for a week and then yell, for it to
fall. Yes, the directive came from God
to a person, but the person had to act.
Moses had to command the ten plagues, etc….
The devil has no power apart from mankind, flesh and
blood. But because mankind’s spirit was
turned over to the kingdom of darkness, most of mankind would simply do as the
devil commanded. They had no protection
from the devils “fiery darts” of suggestion or possession. The in-dwelling of Holy Spirit did not happen
until Jesus’ resurrection. In the Old
Testament satan, Lucifer and the devil are only mentioned 16 times. In the New
Testament 89 times, why? Because until the in-dwelling of the Holy Spirit
(Being born of the spirit) man had no protection from evil. The exception was those who the Spirit of God
rested upon. The Biblical hero’s,
prophets etc…..Mankind has natural (God given) authority over the earth. The devil uses that authority to steal, kill
and destroy. This is a point I wish to
drive home, he was the prince of the
world, because he could so easily control our actions through our thoughts and
for those not In Christ it is the same today.
This is why evil exists and will as long as one person has an unrenewed
mind. We give the devil way to much
credit. Ever wondered why when Jesus
cast out legion, they wanted to go into the pigs? Because flesh and blood pigs has more
authority on earth than they do.
Proverbs
4:23 “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”Psalm
19:14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of
my heart, be acceptable in thy
sight, O Lord, my
strength, and my redeemer. Matthew
12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil,
speak good things? for out of the abundance of the
heart the mouth speaketh. James
3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a
matter a little fire kindleth!
All of the above verses speak of how what a man
believes and speaks, controls the atmosphere around him. There are a thousand
such verses in both the Old and New Testaments.
Now, the Father used those He chose, to
accomplish His Will. To bring salvation to us! The prophets of Old prophesied
for three main reasons, as proof of Himself, as warnings of what is to come,
and to speak into existence the person of Jesus into man (who already existed
as THE WORD). In Luke 1:20 Zacharias, was struck dumb, because of his
unbelief. Because his words, could have
undone God’s plan. Why is Jesus the Son of God and Son of Man? Because only God
could fulfill the task at hand. But because of natural (God given Authority) authority
only a Son of Man had the authority to fulfill all the miracles, He was to do. Our
Messiah had to know the perfect Will of God, and speak only His Perfect Will,
for fulfillment of the Mosiac Law, but had to speak from mankind’s authority to
have it done. Jesus won back for mankind; spiritual authority (In His Name).
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be
improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is already bound in heaven; and
whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in
heaven.
Matthew 28:17-19Authorized
(King James) Version (AKJV)
17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spake
unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost:
In Jesus we now have
spiritual authority, we already had authority on earth, but no spiritual
authority. In other words, we had to be
given the spiritual authority, by Jesus to loose what is already in Heaven,
prosperity, health, healing, all spiritual blessings! And to bind (on earth)
what is already bound in Heaven ie…..evil.
I stated all that to be perfectly
clear. Evil existed before the New
Covenant, because mankind’s spirit was dead and we had only earthly authority,
without the spiritual authority. Now,
Jesus gave us everything we need to abolish evil off of this planet. The
problem……….we don’t use it!! We are deceived into thinking that sickness,
disease and death are normal. Research in the Old Covenant Abraham’s death,
Jacob’s most of the men of God’s deaths.
Scripture states Gave up the ghost! Jesus gave up the ghost! Death required our permission! It still does with the exception of
persecution for His Name’s Sake.
Sickness and disease under the New Covenant require our permission as
well, but we accept these things by 1) Our speech 2)an un-renewed mind 3)by
default
Our Speech- James 1:7-9
Authorized
(King James) Version (AKJV)
“7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the
Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in
all his ways. 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:” Romans
8:6”For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and
peace.”
Being double-minded is speaking with an unrenewed mind, a mind not in harmony with
God’s Will. Example “I feel a cold
coming”, yet asking for healing. Carnally minded, is to only rely on
circumstances the physical world/our earthly authority, to believe that sickness
is normal and we can do nothing about it. Sin is normal and we are slaves to
the world.
To be spiritually minded is: Colossians
3:2 “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
What is in heaven….God’s Presence/His Spiritual authority is there
sickness in heaven……death….evil…..poverty? Then according to Matthew 16:19
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be
improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is already bound in heaven; and
whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in
heaven.” We now have the spiritual authority to bind what isn’t in heaven and
release what is in heaven. We need to
operate from heaven to earth! Thy Kingdom Come, thy will be done on earth as it
is in heaven! This is a mind renewed to
the Will of God. Things happen when we speak according to what He is speaking.
We speak from what is in our heart: from what we have fed the
inner man. To change our speech, we must change what we feed the inner man!! Just as important we need to yield to Holy Spirit to change us.
Psalm 19:14Let the
words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my
redeemer.
Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?
for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
What does the majority people feed their inner man? We feed our
inner man through our senses what we hear, watch, speak and think. I will stop at this point, the next topic we
will talk about; is this and prayer for healing!
