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Even though Satan lost all his
authority on this earth the day Jesus rose from the dead, for the past
2,000 years he's been running around as a spiritual outlaw—continuing to
kill, steal from and destroy all who will let him. But, you know, he's
not going to be able to do that much longer. There's coming a day when
he's going to be put out of business completely. There's coming a day
when the evil he's done here on earth will be put totally underfoot by
the power of God.
Most believers know that's true. They've shouted
and rejoiced over it—but they haven't really understood how it's going
to happen. They haven't realized that they are the foot that's going to trample down the works of the devil!
Jesus
is the Head of the Church. You and I are the feet. We are the ones who
are going to take His authority and power and stomp on sin and sickness
and every other demonic thing in this earth. We are the ones God is
going to use, as Acts 2:35 says, to make Jesus' enemies His footstool.
That's
what Jesus was telling us when He said, "Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature...cast out devils...lay hands on the
sick" (Mark 16:15-18). He was saying, "Go ye and be My foot." He was
saying, "All power and authority has been given unto Me, both in heaven
and in earth. Therefore, you take it and use it to put the devil under."
But
instead of obeying Him, we've waited around wondering when God was
going to do something about this mess here on earth. We've sat around
wondering why it's taking so long for Jesus to come back.
We're
the reason it's taking so long! Jesus is waiting on you and me. He's
waiting on us to step out in His power, put the devil in his place, and
win the world. He's waiting on us to drop our silly doctrinal
differences and get busy doing what God said we would do.
The
Bible says that one can put a thousand to flight and two can put 10,000
to flight. Every time we get together, we increase our strength
astronomically. If we'd just get together and figure out who we are, if
we'd realize that we're the feet of Jesus, we could kick Satan out of earth's affairs with ease.
Do
you want to hasten Jesus' return? Then quit sitting around staring at
the clouds! Start stomping around in the spirit. Start putting the works
of the serpent under your feet and we can wrap this thing up and go
home to glory real soon!
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