The Authority of the Believer and how to use it
By Dr. Billye Brim
A Blog by Dawn Wier
This little book lifts three chapters from two of Billyes' other books, How You Can Pray
in the End of Days and My Call to Help the Pray-ers. This suits me just fine, let's get down to the meat of the message!
In the 1980's after the Communism fell, a Newscaster interviewing a Communist
Chinese Officer asked him, “What was the cause of the fall as you see it?”
The Officer's reply was “it was the CHRISTIANS!” (YEA!)
Years previously, Rhema Bible Training graduates passed out 3.3 million copies
of Kenneth E. Hagin's books including, The Believer's Authority, behind the Iron Curtain. (Simple little books like this are POWERFUL!)
In the Preface, Billye quotes James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
I like the New Living Translation But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what
it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
Kenneth E. Hagin asked, “Do we have authority that we don't know about – that we
haven't discovered – that we're not using?” “Is the Spirit of God trying to show me something?” He
said he began to think along these lines and study along these lines and he began to see more and more light. We as a Church have authority that we don't realize and that we're not using. We need to rise up with the authority Jesus gave us.
King James Version of the Bible uses one English word for POWER, to translate several different Greek words.
dunamis = inherent power; the power of reproducing itself.
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto
the uttermost part of the earth.
exousia = authority, or delegated power; the liberty and right to put forth power.
John 1:12 but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
In Luke 10:19 both forms of the Greek word power are used,
Luke 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power [exousia] to tread on serpents and
scorpions, and over all the power [dunamis]of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Jesus delegated to them the authority to dominate Satan's cohorts.
Authority is a delegated power. (I love that!)
Jesus defeat Satan by living a sinless life, by His death, burial and resurrection. He
presented His blood to the Father as a final sacrifice then He returned to earth and told His disciples
something that applies to all believers today.
Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power
[exousia] is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the
world. Amen.
Jesus delegate the authority on earth to His body of believers on earth.
Come see me in the bookstore for more on The Authority of the Believer and How to
Use it. Only $4 dollars! See you there! Dawn Wier
By Dr. Billye Brim
A Blog by Dawn Wier
This little book lifts three chapters from two of Billyes' other books, How You Can Pray
in the End of Days and My Call to Help the Pray-ers. This suits me just fine, let's get down to the meat of the message!
In the 1980's after the Communism fell, a Newscaster interviewing a Communist
Chinese Officer asked him, “What was the cause of the fall as you see it?”
The Officer's reply was “it was the CHRISTIANS!” (YEA!)
Years previously, Rhema Bible Training graduates passed out 3.3 million copies
of Kenneth E. Hagin's books including, The Believer's Authority, behind the Iron Curtain. (Simple little books like this are POWERFUL!)
In the Preface, Billye quotes James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
I like the New Living Translation But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what
it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
Kenneth E. Hagin asked, “Do we have authority that we don't know about – that we
haven't discovered – that we're not using?” “Is the Spirit of God trying to show me something?” He
said he began to think along these lines and study along these lines and he began to see more and more light. We as a Church have authority that we don't realize and that we're not using. We need to rise up with the authority Jesus gave us.
King James Version of the Bible uses one English word for POWER, to translate several different Greek words.
dunamis = inherent power; the power of reproducing itself.
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto
the uttermost part of the earth.
exousia = authority, or delegated power; the liberty and right to put forth power.
John 1:12 but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
In Luke 10:19 both forms of the Greek word power are used,
Luke 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power [exousia] to tread on serpents and
scorpions, and over all the power [dunamis]of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Jesus delegated to them the authority to dominate Satan's cohorts.
Authority is a delegated power. (I love that!)
Jesus defeat Satan by living a sinless life, by His death, burial and resurrection. He
presented His blood to the Father as a final sacrifice then He returned to earth and told His disciples
something that applies to all believers today.
Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power
[exousia] is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the
world. Amen.
Jesus delegate the authority on earth to His body of believers on earth.
Come see me in the bookstore for more on The Authority of the Believer and How to
Use it. Only $4 dollars! See you there! Dawn Wier
