Commanding Power by Kenneth Hagin Jr

Author:Kenneth Hagin Jr.
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-01-03T16:45:49+00:00

Chapter 4

JESUS COMMANDS

Everywhere I look in the Word of God, I begin to see the sick being ministered to, and I see Jesus walking around stating, "Pick up your bed and walk!" "What do you want, blind beggar? You've got it!"

When those ten lepers came to Jesus crying from afar off for Him to have mercy on them, Jesus didn't tell them, "All right, let's get down and pray a while." He gave a command: "Go show yourselves to the priest!"

(Under the Old Covenant, the only way a leper could come back into contact with society was to have himself pronounced clean by a priest. That's why Jesus told him that.)

All through the pages of the gospels, we see Jesus commanding. Another example is the storm on the Sea of Galilee.

Peter's got his foot propped up on the bow of the boat, peering through the storm. "Go to the left a little bit," he's saying. "Go right! I can't see what's in front of us. Slow down!" About that time a wave washes over him. All the other disciples join him in wailing, "Ohhh! We're going to sink! We're going to go under!"

Jesus is asleep. The disciples awaken Him.

"What do you want?"

"Carest Thou not that we perish?"

"What are you talking about—perish? I said to go to the other side, didn't I?"

"Yes, but look at this storm, Jesus!"

Did Jesus get up and hold a prayer meeting? No, He looked out across the water and said, "Peace, be still!"

Everybody thinks Jesus always spoke in a very low voice, but He didn't. When you're dealing with the devil, you don't. (Like Lester Surnrall says, "The devil's deaf, and you've got to get his attention.")

When Jesus drove the moneychangers out of the Temple, the Bible says He picked up a whip, started kicking over tables, and started popping that whip around. He commanded, "Get out of my Father's house!" He was commanding something.

When we deal with the devil, demons, and evil spirits, we must command respect. If we don't, we'll get run over. You can't say, "Well, I believe I'll meditate. Lord, here I am. Come by here, Lord. Here I am, Lord. I'm going to sit here and meditate very quietly until You come by. You do something." (And all the while, the devil is raking you over the coals.) Before you know it, you are a whipping post, and after that, you're a floor mat and the devil is doing a little dance on your head.

When I see people who are sick and afflicted, it does something to me. I get upset. I would like to do something about it.

Once we learn who we are in Christ—once we learn how to use the gifts of the Spirit properly—once we learn how to command—we can tell the devil when we encounter him, "Get out of here! Desist in your operations and move on!"

We don't need to be pushed around. We can use the Name of Jesus. We have been given the highest Name that's ever been known to mankind.

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