Stop

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A policeman who weighs 140 pounds can stand before an 18-wheeler and with uplifted hand say, “Stop, in the name of the law.”  He is appealing to an authority higher than himself.  The truck stops because of that name or authority.  The policeman certainly did not and could not stop the truck with physical force.  His badge and uniform carry the authority of the government he represents.

We need to learn a lesson right here.  Our authority over Satan does not rest in the fact that we are stronger than he is.  We indeed are not.  Yet when Jesus sent out His disciples He said to them, “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 you: (Luke 10:19).  What Jesus literally said was, “Behold, I have given you authority…over all the power of the enemy.”

Note the difference between power and authority.  The policeman stops the truck with authority, not with power.  Likewise, we overcome Satan not with power, but with authority.

Satan, power, authority, spiritual warfare, law

Luke 10:19

Adrian Rogers, The Power of His Presence (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1995), 30.

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