You’ve Got The Power

Luke 9:1-2

Then He called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. He sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

Christians today are laboring under a misconception that is really devastating to their lives and to their witness. For some reason, there is this teaching that anything miraculous and anything supernatural has either been done away with or is of the devil. Now where do you think that teaching would come from? It seems pretty obvious to me. It would come from the one who does not want you, as a Christian, to live the life of victory and power. The one who surely does not want that teaching to get into mainstream Christianity. It would be none other than the father of lies himself, the devil.

It is not surprising that this is the case, he has been wanting to be like God for a long time now. That is what led to his expulsion from heaven. So, when he promotes the idea that miracles and sign gifts come from him, he has accomplished two things at once. First, he has alienated many Christians from their rights to have the Holy Ghost power in their lives, after all, no good Christian want anything to do with the devil. Secondly, he has elevated himself to the place of God by taking credit for God’s works.Don’t be misled by the father of lies. The Bible clearly says that Jesus gives to His disciples that same ability that He had while walking on this earth. It is by the same power that He did His miracles that we are able to also do the same things that He did.

Just as surely as we are commanded and are able to preach the kingdom of God, so too, we have power and authority to go out in His name and cast out demons and to heal the sick.