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Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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LK 10:18 He replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

 

 

I have a question for you tonight if you had all the power in the world what would you do?  

I would never sweat over history tests again

My brother would clean my room forever

I would have billions

I would make that woman fall in love with me

I would make my husband put the seat down… whoa, hold on sissy… Don’t flex that power to much. 

 

 

I.     Jesus did not push his authority

How did Jesus show his authority?  Not by making vast claims for himself, though such claims were implicit.  His authority seemed to reside in what he was and what he did rather than in what he specifically claimed to be

 

1JN 3:21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 24 Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

 

 

v. 20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Jesus compares the disciples power versus their place. Power is great… but its not all that. 

 

What do you really think this means? Be happy that we have a place in heaven… So let me ask you a question, do you think thats what its all about? Just getting into heaven?

I honestly believe it is about what having our name in the book of life actually means.

Let me put it this way… if I said be glad your name is on the bank account for Elon Musk. Would you be happy that you can go to the bank? Or would you be happy that it means you know Elon Musk, and you have access to all that Elon Musk has in his account? 

 

I strongly believe Jesus is saying don’t just rejoice in your power BUT rejoice that your name is in heaven and what that means to you, don’t just rejoice that you have power… but rejoice that you have all that I have for you - from right now here on earth, to the rapture, to the work in the kingdom of God in eternity. YOU GET IT ALL! 

UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE BY HAVING YOUR NAME IN THE BOOK OF LIFE! 

LIFE ETERNAL… YOU HAVE ALL THAT HE WANTS FOR YOU NOW AND IN ETERNITY… FOREVER EVER EVER EVER

 

 

III.   Do you know your power?

On July 15, 1986, Roger Clemens, the sizzling righthander for the Boston Red Sox, started his first All-Star game.  In the second inning, he came to bat, something he hadn't done in years because of the American League's designated hitter rule.  He took a few uncertain practice swings and then looked out at his forbidding opponent, Dwight Gooden, who the previous year had won the Cy Young Award.

Gooden wound up and threw a white-hot fastball past Clemens.  With an embarrassed smile on his face, Clemens stepped out of the box and asked catcher Gary Carter, "Is that what my pitches look like?"

Clemens quickly struck out, he went on to pitch three perfect innings and be named the game's most valuable player.  From that day on, he later said, with a fresh reminder of how overpowering a good fastball is, he pitched with far greater boldness.

Sometimes we forget the Holy Spirit within us and how powerful our witness can be.  The gospel has supernatural power - when we speak it in confidence.