Sometimes come in life, and some things happen to us or people we know, and we keep wondering why God allow such to happen. Have you ever wondered why the man (a good and dedicated christian) had to die in the car accident/died of cancer/any other diseases, and God didn`t stop such from happening? Why did this/that happen to me and God did not interfere?...
There was a man (minister of God), God appeared to him in a vision and talked to him about the devil, demons, and demon possession. At the end of the vision, an evil spirit that looked like a little monkey ran between Jesus and the man and spread something like a dark cloud. Then this demon began jumping up and down, crying in a shrill voice, "Yakety-yak, yakety-yak, yakety-yak." the man couldn't see Jesus or understand what He was saying.
He couldn't understand why Jesus allowed the demon to make such a racket. He wondered why Jesus didn't rebuke the demon so He could hear what He was saying. He waited a few moments, but Jesus didn't take any action against the demon. Jesus was still talking, but he couldn't understand a word He was saying—and he needed to. He thought to himself, ''Doesn't the Lord know I'm not hearing what He wanted me to? I need to hear that. I'm missing it!''
He almost panicked, became so desperate and cried out, "In the Name of Jesus, you foul spirit, I command you to stop!" The minute he said that, the little demon hit the floor like a sack of salt, and the black cloud disappeared. The demon lay there trembling, whimpering, and whining like a whipped pup. "Not only shut up, but get out of here in Jesus' Name!" He commanded and the demon ran off.
And the man thought, ''Why didn't He do something about that? Why did He permit it?'' Jesus looked at him and said, "If you hadn't done something about that, I couldn't have." That came as a real shock to him—it astounded him. And he replied, "Lord, I know I didn't hear You right! You said You wouldn't, didn't You?" He replied, "No, if you hadn't done something about that, I couldn't have." The man went through this four times with Jesus and Jesus was emphatic about it, saying, "No, I didn't say I would not, I said I could not."
We Have Been Given Authority To Reign On Earth.
Jesus says in Luke 10:19, "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you." which means that we have been given authority (delegated power) to reign here on earth. While Jesus was about to ascend to heaven, He told His disciples that "All authority is given unto me in heaven and in earth.", when Christ ascended, He transfered His authority to the church.
He is the Head of the Church, and believers make up the body. Christs authority has to be perpetuated through His body, which is on earth. Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father, and we are seated with Him [(ephesians 1: 18-23 ), (ephesians 2:1-7)].
Originally, God made the earth and the fullness thereof, giving Adam dominion over all the works of His hands. In other words, Adam was the god of this world. Adam committed high treason and sold out to Satan, and Satan, through Adam, became the god of this world. Adam didn't have the moral right to commit treason, but he had the legal right to do so. Now Satan has a right to be here and be the god of this world until "Adam's lease" runs out.
Satan had the right to rule over us until we became new creatures and got into the Body of Christ, as we see in Colossians 1: "Giving thanks unto the Father... Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son...." (vv. 12,13). That's why Satan has no right to rule us or dominate us. Yet the average Christian has more faith in Satan's authority and power than in God's!
Jesus said in Matthew 28:18, "...ALL POWER is given unto ME in heaven and in earth." All the authority that can be exercised upon the earth has to be exercised through the Church, because Christ is not here in person—in His physical body. We are the Body of Christ.
Even though we have prayed, "Now, Lord, You do this and that," leaving everything up to Him, He has conferred His authority on the earth to His Body, the Church. Thus, many problems exist because we permit them to—we're not doing anything about them. We're the ones who are supposed to do something about them, but we're trying to get someone else, including God, to do something about them.
Demanding Your Rights.
I have found that the most effective way to pray can be when you demand your rights. Peter at the Gate Beautiful did not pray for the lame man; he demanded that he be healed (Acts 3:6). You're not demanding of God when you demand your rights; you're demanding of the devil.
Jesus made this statement in John 14: "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do... If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it" (vv. 13,14). He's not talking about prayer. The Greek word here is "demand," not "ask." On the other hand, John 16:23,24 is talking about prayer: "And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full." (The Father is mentioned here in connection with prayer, but He isn't mentioned in the passage from John 14.) The Greek actually reads, "Whatever you demand as your rights and privileges ... ." You've got to learn what your rights are.
Stand Your Ground Through Faith.
Faith is involved in exercising spiritual authority. As long as Satan can keep you in unbelief or hold you in the arena of reason, he will whip you in every battle. But if you'll hold him in the arena of faith and the Spirit, you'll whip him every time. He won't argue with you about the Name of Jesus—he's afraid of that Name.
Always base your faith on what the Word says. Some peoples faith is not based on the Bible, however, it is based on a manifestation, they operate outside faith in the sense realm. When circumstances don't change immediately, some people become discouraged and slip back into the natural. They start talking unbelief and they defeat themselves. They give the devil dominion over them. As Smith Wigglesworth often said, " I`m not moved by what I see. I'm not moved by what I feel. I'm moved only by what I believe." So stand your ground.
Exercise Your Authority.
You dont pray that Jesus will lay hands on the sick; you do it. Notice, that the hands are not in the Head; the hands are in the Body: " They ... shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." When you lay hands on the sick, you are exercising authority over the devil. That authority is yours whether you feel like you've got it or not. Authority has nothing to do with feelings. But you must exercise it.
When we were first saved, we were baby christains, and God permitted others to pray for us and carry us on our faith. But after a while, God expects that baby to grow, walk, and start doing things for himself. God puts the baby down and tells him to walk, but many won't.
Too many people still want to be babies and have someone else pray for them all the time. We need to teach people so they can grow and use their own authority, because the time will come when they will have to use their own authority if they want their prayers answered.
Conclusion.
Romans 5:17 says, "For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." God's plan for us is that we rule and reign in life as kings; to rule and reign over circumstances, poverty, diseases, and everything else that would hinder us. We reign because we have authority. We reign by Jesus Christ. In the next life? No, in this life!
Sometimes, believers say they will try something because it has worked for someone else.. If they study God's Word and clothe themselves in its teaching on authority, it will work for them. But if they try to act on God's Word without really having that Word built up in their spirit, the devil will defeat them soundly. You'll only defeat the devil when you've got a foundation of God's Word and you act upon it. The Bible says (speaking of Satan), "Whom resist stedfast in the faith..." (1 Peter 5:9). Your level of faith is directly related to the degree of God's Word dwelling in your heart, that is, that Word which is reality to you and in which you are daily walking.
Conditions exist because we permit them to. Matthew 18:18 says, "Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." That was the King James Version. Another translation renders it, "Whatsoever things ye refuse to be permitted on earth will be refused to be permitted in heaven."
Exercise your authority.
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