Andrew Wommack: The Believer's Authority - Week 1 - Session 1

welcome to gospel truth with Andrew Wommack a teaching ministry that emphasizes God's unconditional love and grace and now here's Andrew welcome to our Monday's broadcast of the gospel truth and today I am really excited about a brand new series that I'm beginning today called the believers Authority and what this is talking about is that we are in a spiritual war there's a battle raging between the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness and we are the deciding voice vote in this battle and it's in us taking our authority that either we win or lose and most people aren't aware of this and let me just mention before I get right into that that I've got this brand new book this is the very first time we've advertised it entitled the believers Authority and the subtitle is what you didn't learn in church and I tell you this is a great teaching we're going to be talking about some things one of the things we're going to cover is who made Satan and the obvious answer to that is that God made everything but I think that there's some things we're going to share here they're going to make a big difference we're going to discuss what I believe to be a major problem in the body of Christ today about spiritual warfare I think it's one of the most weird abused areas and I know that by saying that without any explanation I may offend people but I encourage you to stay tuned because there are some things here we need to learn also we have this recorded live this is a live DVD teaching that I did it one of our gospel truth seminars on the authority of the believer we've got the TV programs that you can get actually from there of course here is a CD set that we have on that and we have this study guide and as you can see this is a huge study guide and it goes through this entire teaching in a format where you can teach other people and I really like this this is one of the things that we've been doing lately is putting out all of our books in a study guide form to facilitate Bible studies or sunday-school teaching and we are getting some great response from that so anyway we're beginning this brand new teaching talking about the believers Authority and I believe that this is one of the most important things that the Lord has ever taught me of course I say that about just about everything I teach but I really believe that I teach just basic things fundamental things that are absolutely essential to the Christian life and I really feel that this is an area that most people are allowing Satan to beat them in is because they don't know the authority that God has given us and so there's many believers that are just passively dealing with their problems and petitioning God and asking God for deliverance for instance from sickness and disease not understanding that God gave the power to heal to us it is not up to God whether or not you get healed and whether you petition him but you have to understand your authority and take your authority and Bible says in James 4:7 submit yourselves therefore unto God resist the devil and he will flee from you the Lord put the responsibility on the believer to resist the devil the word resist means to actively fight against and as we resist the devil he flees from us and yet most Christians today are asking God to get the devil off their back asking God to heal them asking God to prosper them and the Bible says in Deuteronomy 8:18 that you shall remember the Lord your God for it is he that gives you the power to get wealth God doesn't give us wealth he has given us power and the authority to use that power and it's not up to you praying and asking God to give you money you need to recognize God has empowered you and you need to accept the responsibility take that authority and begin to start releasing the things of God through you using your authority as a believer I don't know if you got what I just said but that's major if you could have understood I guarantee you the vast majority of people watching this program all over the world if you could have gotten the true Jews out of the just those few introductory remarks I made if that was to make its full impact on you it would revolutionize your life your health would spring forth your prosperity would spring forth you would recognize in relationships with other people if you truly understood the believers Authority how that there's a spiritual warfare going on I guarantee it would change the way that you relate to other people but let me just introduce this by making a statement that is going to shock some of you but really most believers are very humanistic in their dealings on a daily basis now the word humanist our humanistic is very offensive to most believers of course there's a humanist manifesto and Alan went along Dylan is but basically people who call themselves human estoy God deny that there is any spiritual power either God or the devil they think everything is only on a human level therefore any problems that you have there is no spiritual basis to any of it everything is just physical sickness is all physical emotional problems are all physical relations are all physical everything has its answer in people they don't believe in God or any spiritual realm and of course that's offensive to believers but did you know that to a large degree most believers live their life like a humanist not realizing that there are spiritual powers going on and warring against us every day let me just give you a couple of for instance I won't take time to turn over and establish this we'll be going through a lot of this in more detail and looking at it closer but there are many times I'd say close to 50% of all of the healings that Jesus produced when he was praying for people were spiritual he would cast a spirit of deafness out of a person and instantly they would hear dumbness not an ability not to speak was demonic a fever in the eighth chapter of the book of Matthew where Peters mother-in-law a fever he rebuked the fever in other words implying that there was a spiritual power behind it so a fever a headache was something that was demonic in origin the woman who was bent over and couldn't lift herself up which would be comparable to curvature of the spine today and things like that that was demonic Jesus many times cast demons out of people to affect a physical healing as a matter of fact it says in Acts chapter 10 verse 38 it says how that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with power and with the Holy Ghost who went about doing good healing all that were oppressed of the devil that verse makes it very clear that the physical healings they were oppressions of the devil now I don't believe that every physical sickness is demonic like for instance if you cut yourself with a saw or something I don't believe it's demonic that caused your finger to fall off or if you get an infection I think some things are natural but there certainly are instances in the Word of God where sickness had a spiritual reason and if you are trying to deal with sickness that has a spiritual root and you're trying to deal with it with physical things then that's humanistic you are denying the spiritual power that is behind it and I can tell you many instances that I've prayed with people in nice they say things like well the doctors are just baffled they've run every test there's no reason they can't find any reason why these things are doing and so as I pray with them the Lord speaks to me and shows me that the reason that the doctors can't find any physical thing that's causing it is because it's not physical its spiritual and there are many times I would suspect hundreds maybe thousands of times that I've prayed with people and take an authority over a demonic thing and seeing people instantly delivered and set free and it's because there wasn't a physical route of this thing it was spiritual in its nature and again see if you I know that most of the people probably watching my broadcast right now all over the world what I'm saying is a it's kind of offensive it's out of the norm and you think oh I'm not sure that that's so but see again to me that reflects how you monistic we've become even in the body of Christ to where we are looking for a physical organic reason for all physical sickness we do the same thing with emotional things many believers are thinking that there is just some imbalance in their hormones they've got a chemical imbalance they've got all of these things they're looking for some organic reason when there are plenty of examples in scripture where things are demonic in origin origin and see if you don't understand this if you don't recognize it we're in a spiritual war and so you go about trying to fix your physical body your emotions your finances relationships I'm going to show you some scriptures where Jesus turned around and I mean - Peter just said get behind me Satan and he wasn't talking to Peter calling him the devil but there was a demonic power speaking through him that was causing problems Jesus perceived that and very clearly made the statement that Satan was the one inspiring why Peter had to say that's in the 16th chapter of the book of Matthew we're going to talk about that in more detail but see if you don't understand this that relationships finances physical things all kinds of things I have as a route a spiritual origin Satan is coming against you we are in a battle every single day and if you don't understand that that doesn't mean that the battle isn't raging that doesn't mean that you're exempt from the war just because you don't acknowledge it no it's raging and what it means is if you aren't aware that many things I could even say probably most things that we are dealing with have a spiritual root to it and if you don't know how to take your authority and resist the devil to see him flee from you it doesn't mean you won't be in the battle it just means you're going to lose the battle because you can't win a spiritual battle with physical weapons you can't fight in the flesh you've got to recognize that there is a demonic realm out there demons are real they are not all in some third-world country where they have doctors and they're still practicing pagan rituals in all of the developed countries in the United States Europe all across the world every place that this program has been watch there is demonic activity and there are things going on and you've got to be aware of this spiritual warfare and recognize that you have to take your authority and use it to win this war it is not going to be won automatically it is not going to be won without your awareness and without you dealing with it I'll tell you that is just so simple and yet again I say that most Christians are not focused on the spiritual realm they aren't aware of the activity of demons and because of it that is just giving Satan a free hand to rule and to do it e wants to do so part of this series is just being making you aware that there is a spiritual warfare going on and that we have to take our authority and use it in order to see victory let me use this verse out of seasons chapter 2 and in verse 1 it says and you hath II quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world according to the Prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience notice in verse 2 it says it before you got born again you walked according to the course of this world according to the Prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience this isn't just a statement that is made about one person who was very given over to the devil like the gathering demoniac and marked the 5th chapter or something like this this is just a blanket statement that before you were born again every one of you now think about this some of you are going to struggle with this but according to this verse the spirit of this world the Prince of the power of the air worked in every one of us before we were born again now there are many of you that would just reject that out of hand and say there's no way I wasn't demon-possessed and I'm not going to get into this I'm just going to mention this and we're going to go on but I'm not going to debate being possessed oppressed depressed some people make a major deal and say a Christian could never be possessed you could only be oppressed and they make a big deal in the Greek the word in every instance where it talks about a person having a demon it basically literally transliterate stew being demonized it's just saying that Satan is afflicting you there are varying degrees sometimes he just inspires you as I've already used that example about Peter Peter had just made the statement that you are the Christ the Son of the Living God a tremendous statement that Jesus said blessed are You Simon bar Jonah for flesh and blood didn't reveal this to you but my father which is in heaven he credited that with an inspiration from the Holy Ghost and said that it was through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that he was able to make this great confession and in just minutes Peter turned around when Jesus said that he was going to be crucified and buried and then risen on the third day and Peter turn around says that be far from you Lord it'll never happen I'll defend you to the death and Jesus turned right around him just minutes after he had complimented on him on being inspired by the Lord and he said get behind me Satan for you and a are an offense to the things of God and he recognized that Satan was behind those those statements you know I know that many of you get shocked with this in fact well I've never had the devil use me man anytime you get into anger and bitterness and fear and you gripe and complain and you gossip and you do so there's just so many things we're going to be expanding on this in a lot greater way did you know that that is yielding to the influence to the suggestions to the promptings of demonic things now we have a fallen nature that of course some of these things just seem to come normally especially before you're born again but there is demonic powers that inspire people and cause offense and do all of these things and if you aren't aware of that well then you just are missing the truth here that every one of us every one of us not some novice not the really bad ones not that just terrible god haters every one of us walked according to the course of this world the Prince of the power of the air the spirit that is now working in the children of disobedience this is talking about a spirit a spirit a demonic power that is operating in unbelievers there is a spirit of Antichrist that is loosed in this world and I know that I'm unsettling some of you because you've got your life all figured out and it's just so simple and you don't realize you just have ignored the spiritual realm you are looking at everything in a totally humanistic way and you just think that there's a physical reason for everything and I'm unsettling some idea to bring this up but this is what the Bible teaches and if you aren't aware that it is not just people that you're dealing with there are demonic powers operating through people and that's causing a lot of things if you don't know that and if you're trying to just deal with people on a human level and not recognizing that there is a demonic power operating behind and through people then you are going to be ineffective here's another scripture in the book Ephesians chapter 6 and in verse 11 it says put on the whole armour of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil it's talking here that we are resisting the devil there is a spiritual warfare and then in the next verse it says for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in high places that's just as plain as you can make it we are not wrestling against flesh and blood there are some of you watching this program that think boy those kids of mine and I just can't understand why they're doing this and you're trying to deal with everything only in a physical humanistic way even as believers you may be praying and asking God for intervention but you think it's all just organic you think it's there hormones because they turned a teenager in and something happened I'm telling you that there is demonic intervention and if you don't recognize that some things I'm not saying that everything but some things are demonic in their origin if you don't understand this and if you're dealing with things only from a human standpoint and thinking that there is only a physical organic reason just a chemical reason in there you know as they're changing in their body that there's just natural physical things if you think everything is totally natural you are totally in violation of what the scripture is saying right here because we are not wrestling against flesh and blood you aren't wrestling against your children you aren't wrestling against your mate you aren't wrestling against your boss or the person that's at work it's not just physical it's not just human there are demonic powers operating behind the scenes that are inspiring people and you know the sad thing is that it seems like that there are many more people who are yielded to in cooperating with the devil then there are people who are cooperating with God I mean there are many people that are just allowing the devil full access to them and there is hatred and bitterness and strife and selfishness and criticism there are people at work that will stab you in the back and you look at it as well what's wrong with that person well some of them have just given themself over to the devil and there are demonic things operating through them and you are again let me just say that you are not going to win a spiritual battle with physical weapons it's not going to be natural the point I'm trying to get across is I begin this series on the believers Authority before I get to talking about how you where you get this authority from how you use it who you use it against and all of the things that we'll be dealing with you've got to realize that it is not just natural what is going on there is demonic there are demonic forces at work behind the scenes now let me just balance this as I go through this series I'm going to spend a lot of time trying to balance this but let me just say today in a balance all the things that I've said that if you are just hearing this for the first time and all of a sudden you know you realize that some of the things that you've been dealing with in just the natural room you now realize that there's a spiritual power behind it there is a danger that you get to where you see a demon on every doorknob to where you think that every time a person twitches you know if they have an eye twitch or any habit that you think that that's a demon controlling them I remember those things in my own life when I first came into this I saw a demon everywhere I thought everything is totally domani that's not what I'm saying I mean I think that sometimes the devil actually takes notes on us you know I believe that they might have a manager's meeting in Hell and boy they were reporting there saying boy did you see how this person screwed up their life did you see the way that they have totally destroyed their life and so many terrible things have happened and probably those demons come back and report and the devil is taking notes on us and saying I've never thought of that I never thought of how I could destroy a person's life I mean I'm sure that the demon sometimes are amazed at the way we supernaturally destroy our own lives and some of the things that we do I am NOT saying that everything that happens is demonic we live in a world that is fallen we live among people that have a fallen human nature and there is plenty of bad and evil things that happen without demonic intervention and so there has to be some discernment as we go through this I'm going to be talking a lot about this and I'm going to be talking about how you have to take responsibility for your own actions you can't just blame everything on the devil it's totally incorrect to say well the devil made me do it one of the major points and I'm going to make as we go through this series is that the devil never made anybody do anything he can't force you to do anything all he can do is tempt you he can't do any into you without your consent and cooperation and so there's abuses on both sides of this there are many people I would say the majority of people go through their life really not even understanding that there is a spiritual war they are fighting things in the human arena thinking that all of their problems physical financial emotional relational everything is just human and so therefore they're only using human effort human power and they aren't getting the results because they don't recognize it's a demonic root to the thing I'd say that that's where most people err but then there are some people that go the other direction that put so much emphasis on the devil that they take no personal responsibility and they say well the devil made me do it when that's not true he can't force you to do anything there's a balance between these two and I just wanted to mention that we're going to get into a lot more detail and deal with that in greater depth but you need to recognize that there is a spiritual war and that we have the power and the authority to use God's power and it depends on whether you use it as to whether Satan is going to be overcome now I'm out of time today but we do have all of these brand new materials and I encourage you to listen to our announcer as he gives you some information about how you can get that please call or write today and receive these materials the believers Authority is available for the very first time in book form you can receive your copy for seven pounds request book T 327 when you contact us a Spanish version is also available request book t 735 the believers Authority companion study guide is available 417 pounds fifty request study guide T 427 when you contact the ministry this teaching is also available in a six part CD album or it's available in a DVD album made from Andrews daily TV broadcast each is offered for 19 pounds request CD album T 1045 C or DVD album T 1045 d the first teaching in the audio CD album titled we're in a spiritual war is also available for three pounds but if you're simply unable to afford it Andrew and his partners will provide this first CD free of charge request teaching number TL 18 when you contact us and we'll be pleased to send it to you let me emphasize once again that this is a brand new teaching that I have out I have this brand new book this is the very first time we've offered this book and its companion study guide and I think that this book on the believers Authority what you didn't learn in church it's going to make a huge difference this is one of the foundational things that God has taught me and I tell you it makes a big difference in my life I believe that this is really going to help you so we have a lot of information on this you've got this book you've got the study guide we've got a DVD that was made live from a gospel truth seminar where I taught on this subject we've got our television programs that you can get and a CD set so a lot of different ways that you can take advantage of this teaching our helpline is closed today to allow our employees to celebrate the Easter holiday but you can always reach us through our website where you can order ministry materials online 24 hours a day seven days a week at a WME net if you prefer to write to us our dress is a WME that's Andrew Wommack ministries of Europe p.o box for 392 Walsall WS 1:9 a our England we hope to hear from you today we'd like to point out andrew's upcoming speaking schedule he'll be an Amsterdam for the Euro spirit conference May 21st through the 23rd Colorado Springs Colorado for the annual summer family Bible conference June 29th through July 3rd and in South Africa for a gospel truth seminar July 21st through the 23rd for more details on Andrews next meeting in your area call our helpline or visit our website at aw mi dotnet this is aimed and I'd like to invite you to join me on May the 21st through the 23rd in Amsterdam I'm going to be speaking at the Euro spirit 2009 and we're going to have a number of different speakers I'll be ministering to each day the 21st through the 23rd of May we're going to be holding this at the Victory Outreach in Amsterdam it's going to be a great time and so all of you watching over God TV I'd encourage you to come and be a part of this May the 21st through the 23rd Victory Outreach and if you just know what God told you to do then it's not a challenge it's an adventure I wasn't ready to make a commitment until I really knew that this was God so we decided that okay from this point on we're not gonna speak to each other we're not gonna write we're not gonna be in contact I gave up marriage and I thought all right that's it I need to read the Bible I need to find out what what it says I need to find out who God is we could be dropped from a helicopter anywhere on the subcontinent of India and somehow God was could direct us God has given us a plan and we're seeing people change forever and it's not just surface it is in their spirit be sure to tune in tomorrow for more gospel truth

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Length: 28min 31sec (1711 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 16 2013