Invested With Jesus’sAuthority
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt. Luke 10:19.
As believers, we have received delegated authority; this means that not only are we given the right to use the name of Jesus, but we have been granted access to the power of the Holy Spirit to perform the will and purposes of the Father. It must become a living reality in our lives that we are never serving a historical Jesus, but the risen Lord and Saviour, whose authority has been entrusted to those who belong to Him.
This is of tremendous importance to understand that the authority of Jesus has:
- Has never diminished.
- His power has never waned.
- And His Word has never failed.
We have not just been called to merely to admire this authority of Jesus, but to walk in the authority invested in us through His Name. Jesus declared, “In My Name they shall cast out devils” (Mark 16:17).
This is delegated authority—authority that originates in Christ but is entrusted to the believer to exercise in faith and obedience. To take Jesus at His Word is to honour His authority. To walk in His Name is to demonstrate His victory. The world will not be changed merely by those who speak about the Name of Jesus, but by those who live under His authority and exercise the authority He has entrusted to them.