"and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus," (Eph 2:6).
Jesus, right now is on the throne and we are on the throne in oneness with him. What this means is that in Christ we have already inherited the throne. We are one with Christ, as such anything that Christ is we also are. Anything that Christ have we also have. Everything that Christ has been given is actually ours.
"And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth."" (Matt 28:18).
He is seated on the throne in heaven, and we are inside him, sitting on the throne also. All authority has been given to him, and we are inside him wielding all power and authority in heaven and on earth.
"and upholding all things by the word of His power," (Heb 1:3 NKJV).
"and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command." (Heb 1:3 NLT).
"sustaining the universe with his powerful word." (Heb 1:3 GNT).
He has this powerful word of command and he sustains the whole universe with this word. He created the whole world with his powerful word of authority. He speaks a word and it is so. "Let there be light" (Gen 1:3) and light came out of nowhere. Light that was none existence heard his word and came into existence. Even the none existing things obey his voice, how much more that which exist.
When he speaks there is immediate obedience. His mighty words cannot be resisted. There is nothing strong or powerful enough to resist his word of power. And now in oneness with him we wield same word of power. We command such authority, we are empowered to speak the same mighty words — words that even the none existing things obey. "Who art thou that will resist my mighty words? What in the universe that is powerful enough not to obey?"
Such power we have in Christ. Oh, such greatness. We do not repeat ourselves, just a single word of command and response is immediate.
"Suddenly, a man in the synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out, “Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” But Jesus reprimanded him. “Be quiet! Come out of the man,” he ordered. At that, the evil spirit screamed, threw the man into a convulsion, and then came out of him. Amazement gripped the audience, and they began to discuss what had happened. “What sort of new teaching is this?” they asked excitedly. “It has such authority! Even evil spirits obey his orders!” The news about Jesus spread quickly throughout the entire region of Galilee." (Mark 1:23-27).
The Israelite were not surprised that Jesus cast out demons. There have always been demon exorcist in Israel. But these people would spend hours or days trying to cast out a single demon. The Israelite were amazed about Jesus because he spoke a single word and the demons obeyed. He didn't need to repeat his words. There was never a time that Jesus said "come out" twice before a demon obeyed. They don't have a choice, whether they want to come out or not they know they have to whenever Jesus give the order.
"When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They came out of the tombs and were so violent that no one could go through that area. They began screaming at him, “Why are you interfering with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before God’s appointed time?” There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding in the distance. So the demons begged, “If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs.” “All right, go!” Jesus commanded them. So the demons came out of the men and entered the pigs, and the whole herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water." (Matt 8:28-32).
There was never a time that a demon argued with Jesus. "Who art thou", you don't argue with authority, you just obey whether you want to or not. The life of Jesus is a picture of the authority we have. He told us that we would do even much more than he had done (John 14:12). Oh such power we have in Christ, such mighty word of authority. One day I was in a contemplative prayer, pressing into oneness with Christ. As I press I got to such oneness that I could literally feel the power in my mouth. The power was so great that I was afraid of opening my mouth.
I fears that if I opened my mouth and speak there with be thunder and earthquake — yes, that was how intense it was. I could only whisper gently. I felt like if I should authoritatively say anything at that moment it will come to pass immediately. Such level of power is scary. Oh, I only touched it for a moment. I wish to remain like that always, to walk with such level of oneness with Christ that I might might always manifest my true self — the new man.
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