i know that you've been tortured by the
enemy i know that there have been times
in your life where
he has attacked you and caused you much
pain sadness and even turmoil
and i know that you don't like it and
i'm pretty sure that there was something
you could do
to put that joker in his place you would
do it
which is why you need to listen to
today's episode
because i'm going to be sharing with you
the unbelievably
easy way to put the devil in his place
so stay tuned
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now the devil spends all
of his time harassing and attacking us
it's what he does he does it day in and
he does it day out
but you know one day he rolled up on the
wrong one and that wrong one was the
apostle paul
now in acts chapter 16 verses 16 through
18 we find
paul out ministering he's ministering to
the people and fulfilling his purpose
for his life this is what paul finds
pleasure and fulfillment in doing
he's doing god's will but as he's doing
this
a slave girl who is possessed with a
demon shows up
and she begins to shout out these men
paul and silas are servants of the most
high god
who proclaim the way of salvation
now on the surface it would seem as
though those cries of this
demon-possessed woman
would be helping paul's ministry but
paul's no fool
he understands that the devil is trying
to be slick with his tactics
you know although he's proclaiming one
thing out of his mouth
his intent is very clear he's trying to
take away from paul's ministry
and paul is very annoyed now for the
first few days he doesn't say anything
he just plays it cool and puts all of
his energy into focusing on the task
that's before him
because that's what god's called him to
do but you know after several days have
passed
paul can't take it no more the brother
is irritated
and he's sick and tired of the devil
harassing him through this slave girl
and so he turns to her with a posture
that says enough
is enough and with holy spirit fire
burning within him
he looks the girl in the eyes but he
speaks to the demon
and with the voice of authority he says
i command you
in the name of jesus christ to come out
of her
and for some reason that demon with all
of his demonic power
did not resist he did not try to fight
and he didn't respond back to paul
instead he immediately left that poor
girl's body
paul commanded him to leave and he
obeyed
talk about putting the devil in his
place but we need to take a few moments
to figure out
what in the world happened and why is it
that the devil responded to paul in this
way
and the simple answer is paul had
authority
and he possessed it because jesus gave
it to him
but did you know that jesus has given
you the same authority
in luke 10 19 jesus says
behold i give you the authority to
trample on serpents and scorpions
and over all the power of the enemy and
nothing shall by any means
hurt you now this is a powerful
statement
god has given us authority over all the
power of the enemy
which means we have the power to command
demonic spirits to flee
and they will do as we say but the
problem is too many believers aren't
taking advantage of this gift
you see just because jesus gives it
doesn't mean
we accept it so how do we accept it
well we accept it by inviting the holy
spirit to dwell within us
and making sure that we get rid of all
the crap and the things that are not
like god
so that the holy spirit will have room
to dwell within us
you see you've got to understand that
the reason the demon packed up his stuff
and left
was because he was responding to god's
authority
because it was god's authority not
paul's
that paul possessed so if you want to
have victory over the enemy
and have all power and authority over
him
you need to accept the gift of authority
god has given you
and the easiest way to do this is by
asking for a spirit
you see the word of god tells us in luke
11 13
if you then being evil know how to give
good gifts to your children
how much more will your heavenly father
give the holy spirit to those who ask
him
it's just that easy you can put the
devil in his place
but you can only do it if you possess
the authority
that comes from the holy spirit dwelling
within you
so just pray and ask god for it now if
you've ever prayed and asked god for
something
and then while you're waiting wondered
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