DAILY DEVOTIONAL: THE CHURCH HAS AUTHORITY

 22-2-2021

THE CHURCH HAS THE AUTHORITY

Colossians 2:15

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

After the fall of man, the devil gained the authority man had, from Adam. He gained the adamic authority, which originally gave man the power to dominate the earth. Thus the devil became the prince of this world, on account of the authority Adam lost to him. It therefore became legal for Satan to exercise power over anyone and anything as he wished. 

But in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Jesus defeated Satan and his entire army. He disarmed principalities and powers, defeated them completely and publicly disgraced them, as He triumphed over them! To prove this, He went down to hell, messed up all devils, set the captives free, came up with them (Matthew 27:50-53), and death couldn't stop Him, because He defeated death as well.

The resurrection of Christ is proof that the devil lost totally already. So the devil lost that authority he had gained from Adam. Christ brought restoration to the world, making it illegal for the devil to exercise power over anybody or anything, because He (Christ) has taken the authority from him (the devil). 

Now the devil doesn't have that authority he had as the prince of this world. He lost it. Also, Christ did not ascend into heaven and keep His authority to Himself, no! He gave that authority to the church (Ephesians 2:6). So now we in Christ, are the custodian of the authority and power of Jesus Christ, because of the Holy Spirit in us. Your authority is on the name of Jesus. You must know your place, and exercise your God given authority in Christ. You're blessed. -TCF

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