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JOTS FROM OLD JAKE AUTHORITY OF THE CHRISTIAN: The word authority has been used a lot in some circles of the Full Gospel realm. I can remember some ministers teaching that the woman should have no authority in the church. Another taught that the Pastor of the church should have full authority of the parishioners. I even had one of my childhood friends get married because of a prophesy of the �Church Leader.� His marriage ended up in a shambles and his three kids were born deformed or retarded. I haven�t heard from him in years, but the last time I did he wasn�t living for the Lord. (I should talk� at that time I wasn�t either.) When I speak of the authority of the believer� I am referring to the power that was given to us by Jesus Christ because of his shed blood on the cross at Calvary. In Luke 10:19 Jesus tells us that he gives us power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy! Learning just what that power means to us it extremely important to being ready to handle anything that is thrown at us.
Bye for Now! References: Isaiah 54:17 (Amp)
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