Join us on this empowering episode of the Concepts of Faith broadcast as Charles Capps dives deep into the spiritual dynamics of authority on Earth. Explore how believers, simply by being born on this planet, hold a powerful legal status that surpasses the feared forces of darkness. Through biblical references and practical teachings, learn how to stand firm against the adversary with the assurance that your birthright is your guarantee of victory.
We are glad you could join us today for the Concepts of Faith broadcast. This program is dedicated to teach you how to put the Word of God to work so that it will make a positive difference in the everyday circumstances of your life. And now, here’s Charles Capps.
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Now, Satan is illegal on this planet. He has no authority here, but he has lorded it over God’s heritage by fear and trying to con you into believing that he is the big devil with all the almighty power. Satan, the devil, is no match for any Christian born of the Spirit of God that knows his right standing in Jesus and his righteousness in Christ. If you’re born again, you have become the righteousness of God in Christ. And Christ dwells in you. And Jesus gave him a licking that he has never forgotten. And when he looks at you and sees the righteousness of God, he don’t know whether that’s you or God in there. All right, we’re in 10th chapter of John. Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, he that enter not by the door of the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same as a thief and a robber. You see, every one of you that are born on this planet have a legal document in your possession somewhere, almost every one of you, that will prove in the Supreme Court of this land that you have legal authority over demons and evil spirits. It’s called a birth certificate. If you don’t know nothing else to do, When the devil comes around your business, around your house, around your family affairs, if you don’t know anything else to do, get your birth certificate out. Say, hey, Mr. Devil, look. Born January 4, 1934. Bromitt, Arkansas. Somebody say, big deal. What’s that mean? The devil knows what it means. You have a legal document that says you’re a legal resident of this planet, which gives you authority on this planet. He doesn’t have one. He does not have a physical flesh, blood, and bone body. Therefore, he’s illegal on this planet. And the only way that he can do anything on this planet is he has to get in some body, right? He has to have a body to manifest himself. Don’t give him your body. That’s the only way he can get any authority. And the Garden of Eden, you notice, he borrowed the body of a serpent. You see, spirit beings, unless they have a body, can do very little on this planet. You see, the devil would destroy this planet in an instant of time if he could. He destroyed it years ago. But he can’t do it. He has to get in somebody to do it. Now, right on the other hand, God is limited by the same means. God and the Holy Spirit can do very little on this planet unless they can get in somebody. You know why the devil wants your body sick, crippled, or dead? Because it’ll inhibit your authority. Have you noticed people, when they lose their body, they don’t vote, they don’t demonstrate. You lose your right to operate on this planet when you lose your body. Now see, demons and evil spirits, they climbed up some other way. They were not born here. Somebody said, well, Adam wasn’t born here either. No, but God gave him dominion. And you see, we inherited it through the fact that we were born here. We’re legal residents of this planet. No Christian should ever be afraid of demons and evil spirits. Isaiah said they’ll narrowly look upon him. And they’ll say, is he the one that deceived the nations? Probably some little hairy monkey looking thing about a foot and a half tall. And the Christians run from him for years because he portrayed himself as the big devil. Somebody said, oh, aren’t you afraid to say that? No, I want him to hear me say it. I want him to know that I know that he has no authority on this planet. People that have physical flesh, blood, and bone bodies have the authority on this planet. Satan has none. He’ll exercise your authority if you’ll lend it to him. If you’ll lend him your mouth, he’ll cause you more trouble than you know how to get out of. If you lend him your body, he’ll send you to hell. He’ll destroy you. Right on the other hand, God says, I sent my word and healed them and delivered them from their destruction. But you’re going to have to lend your body to God. Paul said, present your bodies to God. You remember what Jesus said? Jesus said, sacrifice an offering thou wouldest not, but a body thou hast prepared me. Jesus got his authority on this planet by having a physical flesh, blood, and bone body. Now, Luke chapter 4. Now, you’d have thought they’d want to vote Jesus in as pastor after he’s preached that great sermon. But they didn’t. They wanted to kill him. You think you’ve had it hard. First sermon he preached in his own hometown. They wanted to kill him. They wanted to throw him down a hill headlong. Now he went from there to Capernaum. And verse 32 says, And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was with power. And in the synagogue there was a man which had a spirit of unclean devil, cried out with a loud voice, saying, Let us alone. What have I to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. Now listen to this. Here’s a demon crying out and said, I know who you are. You’re the Holy One of God. Now what’s going on? You mean to tell me now demons have started witnessing for Jesus? Why in the world would a demon witness for Jesus? Well, it looked to me like demons would say, don’t believe this fellow. He’s a false prophet. Why would a demon tell the truth? Only if he thought it was to his advantage to do so. You know what he was doing? He was challenging the authority of Jesus. He said, I know who you are. You’re God manifest in the flesh. You’re not pulling any wool over my eyes. You’re Jesus of Nazareth, the Holy One of God. And you can’t cast me out. It’s illegal because you gave man authority on this planet. And I happen to know you’re God manifest in the flesh. You’re the Son of God. You’re not a man. And Jesus, I like what he said. He just said, shut your mouth and come out of it. Thank God he did. He came out of him. Confused as the devil himself. How did he do it? How did he cast me out? I can just hear the demon whining. How did he cast me out? Devil, you told me that he didn’t have authority to do it. But you see, the devil didn’t know everything. See, he was confused about the virgin birth too. The Bible says if the prince of this world had known, he wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory. I guess not, because all he did was plant him. And he came up. One of the worst things Satan ever saw was when Jesus arose from the dead. Then the next worst thing he ever saw was on the day of Pentecost. You see, he couldn’t handle one Jesus. And on the day of Pentecost, there was 120 poured out of the same mold. With demon, devil casting out powers to heal the sick and raise the dead. And if that wasn’t bad enough, before the day was over, there was 3,120. And there’s been more every day since. And it’s not getting any better for the devil. Glory to God. The more people that get born again, the more Satan gets on tranquilizers. Brother, he’s had it going in. Now watch the things that happened here. Go to Matthew, the eighth chapter again. Let’s see it again in the Scripture. Verse 29, And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Jesus, the Son of God? Art thou come hither to torment us before the time? Now what’s he talking about? This demon is saying, Jesus, I know who you are. You’re the Son of God. Here he goes witnessing for Jesus again. Have you come to torment us before the time? What time? See, the devil and demons know there’s a time set. He’s talking about when the lease runs out. When the lease on this planet runs out. He’s had it and he knows it. But he’s challenging Jesus. It’s not time yet. You can’t torment us. But he cast him out. Now if you notice in Mark the 5th chapter. There again Jesus is challenged. He challenges his authority. In verse 7, he cried with a loud voice and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God that thou torment me not. Now what’s going on? Here is a demon trying to bring God in on the deal. He thought God was going to take up for him. Can you imagine that? The demon thought, if I say I command you, see, that’s a military term. A juror is a military term. I command you by God that you torment me not. Now, see, he thought he had some authority to do that. because he knew that it was illegal for God to destroy the works of the devil, and he knew that Jesus was, in essence, God manifest in the flesh. But what he didn’t understand was what Philippians 2 says, he made of himself no reputation. The Greek says he stripped himself when he came to the earth. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor. He stripped himself of his divine authority. He came to this earth as a man. He had the legal authority and the legal body of a man, which gave him legal authority to exercise dominion in the planet earth. But until the Holy Ghost came upon him, he didn’t have the ability to cast out the devil. Now let me show you something where we’ve missed it. We’ve said he did it because he was a son of God. Jesus said, the Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he’s anointed me. Now, if it were true that he was God manifest in the flesh and all of his divine Godhead powers, why would God have to anoint him? That proves that he wasn’t. He came as a man. He was a son of God, all right. He was God in essence manifest in the flesh, but not in his divine Godhead powers. But after he lived 30 years perfect and upright under the old covenant, it was legal for God to anoint him with the Holy Ghost and healing power. I’m glad you joined us for the Concepts of Faith broadcast today. Now we’re talking all this week about authority and we’re offering CD offer number 7411. It’s called the Authority Series. Four CDs for $29 plus $5 postage and handling. A total of $34. Now, if you don’t understand that you have authority on this earth, you’re going to let the devil run over you roughshod. I’m telling you, folks, there’s some things that you need to understand about authority that God has given us. First of all, you need to understand that You have a physical flesh, blood, and bone body. Your body gives you authority on this earth. And so many times you hear people saying, oh, we just got to beat the old flesh to death because the flesh is so sinful. No, it’s not. No, you can train the flesh to be righteous or sinful or any other way. It is neutral, really, and you train it the way you want it. When Jesus was born on this planet, he had to be born here to have authority here. The Bible says that he came to destroy the works that the devil had done. Well, he had the authority to do that because he was born on this planet. He was a legal resident of the planet Earth, and that gave him authority to destroy the works of the devil. But did you notice he didn’t destroy the works of the devil until the Holy Ghost came upon him when he was baptized in the River Jordan? And then he began to do great and mighty miracles and cast out demons, heal the sick, raise the dead, and kill fig trees and stop storms. I’m telling you, he had authority on this planet because he was a man. Now, why didn’t he do it before he was 30 years of age when he was baptized in the River Jordan? because he didn’t have the ability to do it, because he was born here as a man. He was a son of God, all right, but he took on him the authority of a man so he’d have authority, and it was legal for God to anoint him then to cast out demons and heal the sick and destroy the works of the devil. You need this series. It’s offer number 7411, Authority Series, four CDs for $29 plus $5 postage and handling. A total of $34. 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