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can function is when people don’t resist him—when they believe his lies and yield to him. When
any child of God stands up in the power of the Spirit, in the authority and Name of Jesus and
resists him, the devil has one option: Flee. If you say, “Well, I just don’t know about that,” until
you know, it won’t happen with you. It happens by faith. Faith gives you confidence.
Verses 25 and 26 say, “And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace…” We might say, “Shut
up!” “…and come out of him. And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud
voice, he came out of him. And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among
themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth
he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.” Glory to God.
Now, if you read carefully in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, you know this is not an isolated
instance. Jesus did this as a regular thing, and when it came to sickness, He did the same thing.
In Luke 4:32, it says, “And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power,”
and that is the word for authority. Verse 33 says, “And in the synagogue there was a man, which
had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, Saying, Let us alone; what have
we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth?” Can you see that they are afraid?
Some say, “Yes, but that’s Jesus.” How can we overcome hundreds of years of wrong thinking?
By the Word of God. Yes, it is Jesus, but He is operating as a Man, and the enemy is afraid of the
authority He is walking in. The enemy is afraid of the anointing. We don’t read about this kind of
thing until after He came out in the power of the Spirit, after the Holy Spirit came upon Him.
(Acts 10:38) What does the anointing do? It destroys yokes. It removes burdens. Who is in the
yoke-making business and the burden-building and burden-loading business? It’s the enemy, and
this anointing terrifies the enemy. He is scared of it. This anointing is in you and on you; it is in
me and on me.
How about we put a stop to some things? How about we act in the authority of Jesus’ Name?
Let’s do it. Let’s be here on kingdom business and say, “I believe this, and Lord, help my faith to
get stronger every minute while I read this. I’m receiving it. I believe it. I’m willing to act on it.”
In verse 36, they said, “What a word is this! for with authority and power he commands the
unclean spirits, and they come out.” Verse 38 says, “And He arose out of the synagogue, and
entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they
besought him for her.”
“Is she really sick?”
“Oh, yeah, with a big fever.”
“Well, then, we’ve got to get a lot of people and pray hard.”
Some ask me, “Why do you say it like that? I don’t like the way you say that.”
