What's Stopping You

Out of all the tragedies that have happened in the history of man, the greatest one occurred when Adam committed treason by choosing to disobey God resulting in relinquishing the authority that God vested in him and giving it to Gods enemy, Satan. Man was bankrupted. He lost fellowship with God, He lost his ability to approach God, the one whom he was master of has now become his master, he had opened himself to all the vile wickedness and destruction his of his new master, he was helpless and hopeless and could not save himself, he became spiritually dead.

We can look at human history and see that mans depravity has caused untold losses of live through wars, dictators who have slaughtered millions, the fetal murder of millions of children and on and on. But none of this would have happened if Adam chose God above his own desires. Due to Adams transgression, this left God with a problem. Was God able to provide man with a redemption that would set him free from the authority of Satan and give him the authority over Satan that he once had, remit all of his sin that he had committed, recreate him and make him a new creation with the nature of God so that he could once again approach God without condemnation, guilt, shame or feeling inferior, all on legal grounds? Yes He did. He did this through the incarnation, deity and humanity coming together in the person of Jesus.

Everything that has held man in bondage for 4000 years came to an end when Jesus rose from the dead and presented His blood to the Father (Hebrews 9:12). Jesus had conquered Satan. Jesus took away all of Satan’s weaponry. Let's look at some scripture concerning this very thing... 

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

1 John 3:8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Colossians 2:15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

Hebrews 2:14-15 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 

Sickness, disease, poverty, fear and so much more have all been defeated. For those who have come to believe Jesus to be Savior and confess His Lordship have been given the ultimate weapons against the works of darkness, the name of Jesus and the Word of God. The Bible tells us... 

Mark 16:17-18 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

Luke 10:19-20 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.  
Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

If the church could just get past its reformation hang over, believe and act on the Word of God and let the Holy Spirit have the preeminence in the church once again, the church would turn this world upside down once again. Gods presence, power and glory would be in every service and would also manifest wherever we would go. The church would again make it very difficult for the second greatest tragedy to continue in mans history. Jesus said, He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (John 3:18) We also read, Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

That's right, the second greatest tragedy that continues to happen in mans history which is worse than war and the slaughter of human life is what happens to those who past from this life to the next who have not confessed the Lordship of Jesus Christ and receive Him as Savior. They will be cast into everlasting fire (Matthew 18:8) where their worm does not die (Mark 9:44) where there is darkness, weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 8:12) Is there one person who would want this to happen to another person. Well if you are truly a Christian then your answer is absolutely not! So, what is stopping you? If we have the ultimate weapons, which we do, then we must get out of the fort (church building) take authority over the darkness and enforce what Jesus has already accomplished, No one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house. (Mark 3:27) Jesus has bound the strong man (Satan) and plundered his goods and has given believers a mandate, And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. (Matthew 16:19) So let's use our authority and win souls for Jesus!!!