The bases of this study from the Word of God came through a missionary to China. Bro. John A. MacMillian. The Lord has used his writings to stimulate faith in the body of Christ so that we as the children of God might exercise our God given authority in this world to glorify the Name of Jesus.
Delegated Authority
Matt 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. NKJV
Seated with Him in Heavenly Places.
Eph 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. NKJV
Eph 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, NKJV
When we realize that the authority that belongs to Christ also belongs to the individual members of the Body of Christ and is available to us, our lives will be revolutionized!
1 Cor 12:12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body — whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free — and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For in fact the body is not one member but many. NKJV
1 Cor 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually NKJV
Let us focus on this powerful revelation given to the Apostle by the Holy Spirit.
2 Cor 6:14 Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? 15 What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? 16 And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:
“I will live in them
and walk among them.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
17 Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,
and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.
Don’t touch their filthy things,
and I will welcome you.
18 And I will be your Father,
and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”NLT
Note: Every believer is called, righteousness, light, and part of Christ !
1 Cor 6: 17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. NKJV
The Bible says few will find the way to eternal life.
Matt 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. NKJV
Many that come to the cross of Christ for salvation remain there. But thanks be to God , Jesus
has been raised from the dead, and has ascended to the right hand of power and authority at the throne of God Almighty. Unfortunately we have preached a cross experience instead of a throne experience. We need to come to the cross to be saved, then go on the upper room to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and speak with other tongues, then begin to live the ascension experience and begin to reign with Christ at the throne of God ! Hallelujah, praise God for ever more, Amen !!
We don’t wait till heaven to reign, we reign ……..Now!
Rom 5:17 The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to be king over all, but all who will take God’s gift of forgiveness and acquittal are kings of life. TLB
2 Tim 2: 11 This is a faithful saying:
For if we died with Him,
We shall also live with Him.
12 If we endure,
We shall also reign with Him. NKJV
Let’s rejoice in the promise of reigning with Christ and at the same time let’s remain balanced.
There was man who called himself…..Father Devine. He found these truths in the Word of God and began to think and say, “ if we are Christ, then I am Christ.” Then he begin to think and to say, “ If Christ is God, then I am also God.” Believe it or not people began to worship him as God.
John Alexander Dowie was a Scotsman , ministering in Australia, around 1900. He made several trips by ship from Scotland to Australia. During one of these trips a sever storm arose at sea.
Dowie stood up on deck and rebuked the storm in Jesus name and the storm ceased.
Mark 11:20 Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
“And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.” NKJV
Jesus’ own words
John 14:12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. NKJV