"Submissive Snakes"

"Submissive Snakes"

"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)  Evil is real; satan is real; demonic spirits are real; possession is real  ...  But, the "asps" are subject to the authority of The Blood, The Word, and The Name of Jesus Christ our Lord, and that makes them "Submissive Snakes!"

"They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly

thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick

and they shall recover."  

(Mark 16:18)

The words "take up" in the Greek is "afro" meaning "to kill," or "remove."  They shall "KILL" snakes!  The authority given to the Holy Ghost filled Christian is to subdue the enemy with our sword of the Spirit, the written Word, even as the Angels of God conquer fallen angels and demonic spirits.  YOU don't know there's a devil until you become a Chrisitian!  Then, the war begins  ...  And, the closer we get to the Rapture of the Church, the more demonic forces will attack, come forth, and thwart our every effort, unless and until we "attack" back, and "remove or kill" their influence  ...  then, we dance in demon blood!  You say, "That's sounds a little crude."  Oh Yeah, it's crude, because if you've ever battled demons  ...  that's what I'm talkin' about  ...  

"Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as

he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the

heat, fastened itself on his hand  ...  But Paul

shook the snake off into the fire and suffered

    no ill effects." 

(Acts 28:3,5)

The Lord was with Paul, and the scriptures proved true; the people around him kept their eyes on him; they were expecting him to fall dead; he didn't  ... it was a submissive snake  ... submissive to the power of God!  Notice, the viper was driven out by the "heat."  Ah, HEAT, FIRE; the Holy Ghost and fire is being poured out in every Nation, and people are speaking in tongues all over the world as the Spirit of God gives the utterance, and demonic spirits are running rampant  ... driven out by the "heat."  The hatred and venomous evil abounding in our world today speak of antichrist spirits and ungodly actions permeating our globe.  What do we do?  Take authority over them, by the Blood of Jesus, the Name of Jesus and the Word of Jesus!  But, hey we have to be filled with the Spirit of Almighty God, (Acts 2:38), prayed up, fasted up, powered up, and consecrated up, to attempt to pronounce power over the enemy.  Otherwise, he'll say, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"  

"... they will place their hands on sick people,

and they will get well."

(Mark 16:18)

The Lord Jesus Christ has given us authority to lay hands on sick people to heal them.  I have laid hands on people I've worked with, neighbors, friends; I've prayed for people on the phone and they were healed.  It was not me; it was the power and authority of the Name of Jesus Christ spoken over them, that brought the healings. 

This is the same authority that is applied in baptism.  No person in the Bible was ever baptized any other way, than in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.  It is not the water or the preacher that washes away our sins, but it is "what is spoken over us" that has the power to wash away sins.  In Matthew 28:19 when Jesus said, "Go ye  ...teach  ... baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost;" the key to this scripture is the "NAME."  Many churches today baptize their people by just "repeating" the words, but Father is not a Name; Son is not a Name; Holy Ghost is not a Name.  The Name of the Father IS Jesus Christ (Jesus said "I am come in my Father's name." (John 5:43); the name of the Son is Jesus; the Holy Ghost is the "Spirit" of Jesus Christ (a ghost is a spirit of a departed one). 

The Apostles understood what the Lord Jesus said in Matthew 28:19 and did not just "repeat" it, but they obeyed it.  The Church began in the Book of Acts, and every single person was baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins. (Acts 2:38; Acts 8; Acts 10, and Acts 19)  Preachers everywhere are rebaptizing their congregations in obedience to the Word of God.  Why is this so important?  The authority is in the "Name of Jesus Christ!"  Jesus said it, "And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus ..."  (Colossians 3:17

The mighty ones of the old testament exercised authority in God; they didn't know it, but it was Jesus Christ then too, because He said, "Before Abraham was, I AM!"  (John 8:58)  Since the casting out of satan from heaven, there have been "snakes," demons, and evil spirits; the people of God have stood up to them and conquered them.  We must move in the authority of God  ... over elements, spirits, and every evil thing that rises against God!  

                                What does Authority in God look like?

Moses

Deborah

Paul

 The Authority of Jesus Christ our Lord flies on the wings of eagles, soars in winds of the Spirit, lurks over sandled feet walking on water, saturates the mud for the blinded eyes, forces squealing pigs into oceans, turns harlots into saints, washes away the sins of men, and sends the dust to its knees  ...  It turns faces of evil into "Submissive Snakes."

                                   What does Authority look like?  

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)