We Have Power In Jesus Christ

Jesus has all power!! When we are born again, we, too can have the power that He has. He fulfilled the prophecy in Isaiah 61 and tells about it here in the passage in Luke.....

Luke 4:16-21

16He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. 17The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
19to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

20Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him, 21and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."


Isaiah 61

1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,

2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,

3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.

We, too have this power! Hallelujah! Why are we not using it? Why are we not seeing deliverance? Healings? Miracles? I think it is because we have become apathetic Christians. We are too prosperous and fat in this great nation. We don't want anything badly enough. We are not grieved by the works of the enemy badly enough to want to tear down his strongholds. We'd rather live with them in complacency than confront them. How sad and pitiful we've become. I want this power! Do you?

Jesus said in John 14:12-14....

12I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

We are beginning to ask Jesus for His power to equip us for this type of ministry, because we want to see people saved and delivered. When they get saved we need to immediately pray for deliverance and cast out demons, so people are no longer tormented by them. There are too many Christians sitting on the pews in churches who are tormented by demons that are residing in them or hanging onto them. Why do we allow their very existence? We need wisdom and discernment to call them what they are and send them back to the very pit of hell.

God is beginning to do some mighty things and we are humbled to be a part of it. We just want to be His vessels. Are you ready to let God operate through you in a mighty way? Begin to pray and seek Him....He will show you what to do and how.