SATANS DOMAIN - 7 - THE REALM OF DARKNESS

[FAITH]

Power Study - G36

(Rule In The Midst Of My Enemies)

(Read Luke 9 & 1 Corinthians 1)

 

1 John 4:4 ⁴You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. (Peace does not come from extreme indifference, nor is it from becoming so spiritual that you fail to notice a problem.  It is being so confident in God’s love that I know, regardless of the battle and the difficulties in my circumstances, that He that is in me is greater than any problem that Satan can put in front of me.  I am not self-assured, I am God-assured.)

 

Romans 16:20   ²⁰The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (To wage effective spiritual warfare, we must understand spiritual authority.  When you have spiritual authority, you have established peace in an area that was full of conflict and oppression.  Therefore, to truly be able to move in authority, we must first have peace.  When we maintain peace during warfare it is a crushing blow to Satan and fear.  My victory never comes from my emotions or my intellect. My victory comes by my refusing to judge by what my eyes see and my ears hear, and by trusting what God has promised will come to pass.)

 

Matthew 8:23-27   ²³When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. ²⁴And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. ²⁵And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!” ²⁶He said^* to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. ²⁷The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” (Jesus’ authority over the violent storm was the exercise and expansion of His peace over the elements.  He did not fight against the storm nor did He fear it.  He faced it’s fury and subdued it with His authority, in perfect peace.  I will never know Christ’s victory in it’s fullness until I stop acting humanly to my circumstances.  When I have authority over something I can look at that thing without worry, fear or anxiety.  My peace is the proof of my victory.)

 

Philippians 1:28   ²⁸in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God. (When Satan hurls his darts against me the more peace I have during adverity, the more truly I am walking in Christ’s victory.  My peace, my immovable stand on the word of God is a sign I am positioned correctly in perfect submission to the will of God.  The very fact that I am “in no way alarmed by my adversary” is a sign that I have authority over him.)

 

Psalm 23:4 ⁴Even though I walk through the ^£valley of the shadow of death, I fear no ^£evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. (There is a place of walking with God were you simply fear no evil.  David faced a lion, a bear and a giant.  In this Psalm he stood in “the shadow of death” itself, yet he feared no evil.  David’s trust was in the Lord.  He said “for thou art with me!”  Because God is with me every adversity I face, will unfold in victory as I maintain my faith in God.)

 

Psalm 23:5   ⁵You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. (The battle I am in will soon become a meal for me; an experience that will nourish and build me up spiritually.)

 

Revelation 4:6 ⁶and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. (The sea of glass is a symbol: there are no ripples, no waves, no anxieties troubling God.  The sea around Him is perfectly still and totally calm.  All my victories flow out from being seated here with Him.)

 

Galatians 4:26 ²⁶But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother.

Ephesians 2:19 ¹⁹So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, (God is our Father – the heavenly Jerusalem is our mother, the birth place of our new nature and I am a beloved child of God, part of the Father’s family and a member of His household.  I must know by revelation not to struggle to get up into heaven, rather, I was born there in spiritual rebirth.)

 

Psalm 110:1-2 ¹The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”²The LORD will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying,“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

Colossians 1:27 ²⁷to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Before you go into warfare recognize that it is Christ in you that will make your enemies your footstool and give you the authority to “rule in the midst of your enemies”.)

 

Ephesians 2:6 ⁶and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, (We have been raised up and seated with Christ in heavenly places.  That is why the Holy Spirit continues to speak to us that worship of God is our first response in battle.   I position myself in the presence of God, sitting at rest in the knowledge that Christ has already made my enemies the footstool for my feet.)

 

                                      Summary

 

Peace is Spirit power.  The first step to having spiritual authority over the adversary is having peace in spite of my circumstances.  When Jesus confronted the devil His peace overwhelmed Satan, His authority then scattered the lie which sent demons fleeing.  Rest precedes rule.  Peace precedes power.  As I submit to God’s rule over me, I rule over Satan and experience the victory that comes from seeking God until I find Him --  having found Him, allowing His presence to fill my spirit with peace, as I rest in His victory, I rule in the midst of my enemies.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

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