Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.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.Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.
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… Behold, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Wow. You know what's so cool about that? See the word fall? Jesus said, I saw Satan get beat down. Pipto is the Greek word. I saw Satan get a beat down. He got tripped up. He got shoved down, down to the ground. He failed. Implication? Satan was seen stumbling, falling down and being defeated when the gospel ministry went forth. Isn't that amazing? When the gospel's proclaimed, Satan gets tripped up and stumbles and falls. Jesus says, I saw him fall like lightning. When you guys were out there preaching the gospel, when you were telling people that the Messiah had come and he's gonna go to the cross and die on the cross for their sins and be resurrected from the dead, that the salvation of God has arrived, I saw Satan, when you said it, I saw Satan fall like lightning. …
… I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. Now what's amazing about this is Jesus sends them out with his power, and he reports, he didn't have to tell us this. While you guys were ministering, while you guys were out there, coming up against the kingdom of darkness, I saw Satan's kingdom fall. think of that what does that mean well we we know this satan is still out and about but he's lost his authority he listen satan will brag will boast and will assume his authority but jesus said his kingdom is broken his kingdom has been defeated with the coming of Christ. Think of this. So he's a liar and he says, you are a child of molestation and you'll always be broken. …
… serpents, scorpions over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this. Don't find that your point of joy, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. Jesus didn't say, I saw demonic powers fall from heaven. He didn't say, I saw principalities fall. it said I saw the prince and power of the air that governs over all those principalities I saw he himself through your ministry fall like lightning it was not a gradual floating to the ground it was a destructive force as the powers of darkness fell because they were disempowered and it was disempowered not by just believing believers please catch this it was by companies of people it was the small groups of the Wesleyans. It was the pairs that Jesus sent out. It was the two or three that gather in his name. It was the two or three that make agreement in prayer in his name. It was the partnership together, the intentional joining our faith with the faith of another believer. It's hard to do because you only do it intentionally. You have to actually plan it. You have to purpose it. You have to carry it out even as a discipline. When you see stuff like this, you find out why in Hebrews, the writer of Hebrews calls fellowship a sacrifice. The effect of fellowship, the effect of partnership, the exchange of life, one member to another. I pour into you, you pour into me. It's not just …
… It's metaphorical. I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions. Don't try it. It's metaphorical. It's just showing you you got a lot of power because every snake don't slither. Some speak. Every scorpion don't sting, some wear Make America Great Again hats. and you got authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing will hurt you and Jesus closes out right here verse 20 I'm done nevertheless do not rejoice at this don't you just rejoice cause a demon submitted to you in my name no that's a little shout let me give you something big to shout about. Don't rejoice at this that the spirit submits to you but rejoice that your name are written in heaven oh church folk don't know when to shout let me help make it plain you shouting over what you've done for God the real shout is what God has done for you that you couldn't do for yourself can you reach over and shake somebody
… So they return with joy, and Jesus says, Behold, I've given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. Okay, I think this is so key. Because if you're like me and you're in the beginning of this journey and you're pursuing this, there's so much frustration when nothing happens. And God doesn't want us frustrated like that because then when something happens, we're going to rejoice in that. Like, in other words, I mean, I don't think he's saying, like, don't rejoice at all, but the point is, I've got to always rejoice in the fact that this is happening, that I'm connected to him. Okay? Because I can be one of those people, you get focused, and this is the gifts, and I'm just thinking, man, in fact, you know, I was praying with someone up here, you know, and my daughter, my, I don't know how old she is, it's like my one of my younger ones she uh I've got seven kids she's either six or seven and uh but when I left the house yesterday she just total total big time fever like just miserable as I'm leaving she's crying because she just hurts so bad and I prayed over her and I knew right then I didn't have the faith. I just kind of said, okay, daddy's going to pray for you. And I just …