You Got Authority - In Christ You are MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU FEEL! All believers have authority!!!

Notes:

The 70 where not the 12 apostles (Luke 10:1)
The 70 were called lambs, not sheep (Luke 10:3; Matt. 10:16)
The 70 were nameless in the Bible, not in the book of life (Luke 10:1; 20)
The 70 were not given authority over demons as the 12 were (Luke 10:1-12).

1. Walking in an assignment is where authority is found.
Jesus acknowledged their authority after they came back from the assignment. Authority not for the renewed mission but simply as disciples.

2. Walking in authority attracts attacks.
We are lambs among wolves [being attacked]. Benjamin is compared to a sweeping wolf. For example, criminal princes (Ex. 22:27); false prophets (Mt. 7:15; Acts 20:29); enemies of God’s people (Mt. 10:16).

Persecution from religion Matthew 10:17
Persecution from government Matthew 10:18
Persecution from family Matthew 10:21-22, 34-36
Persecution from society Matthew 10:22

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets. Luke 6:26

Before you label everyone attacks you as a wolf make sure you’re acting like a sheep, not a goat.

We are lions among scorpions [doing the attacking]
Tradition teaches that if people speak badly of you that means something is wrong with you.
Tradition teaches that if you will do God’s will the enemy will retaliate.

We are promised rejection from people not retaliation from the devil.

3. Exercising authority diminishes Satan’s influence in our territory.

Legion was out of the man but not out of a region. (Matt. 8:31-32; Daniel 10:12)

There are three heavens: “the heavens and the earth” Gen.2:1; “the heavens declare” Ps. 19:1
First heaven - visible.
Second heaven - invisible. “the ruler of the kingdom of the air” Eph.2:2, “spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” Eph.6:12
Third heaven - God’s presence. ““caught up to the third heaven….to paradise…” 2Cor.12:2-3

4. Bring Jesus joy by walking in His authority.

God is joyful God 1 Timothy 1:11
The Lord rejoices in His works Psalm 104:31
The Lord rejoices to do good to His children. Deuteronomy 30:9b
The Lord rejoices when a person gets saved. Luke 15:32
The Lord will rejoice over Jerusalem Zephaniah 3:17

5. The authority of the name of Jesus has been granted exclusively to believers. 1 Samuel 17:45; Mark 16:17; Luke 9:49; Luke 9:40

“We should fight devils, not people who fight him.”

The name of Jesus is not a spell or a charm. Acts 19:13, 15-16

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