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Authority Over Demon Spirits, Not Human Wills 63
before he finally understood spiritual authority. (Some of us
preachers are slow!) If I could have been with other people
constantly, I could have helped them, too, but I can't live with
people; I don't have time.
Breaking the Devil's Power
Years ago when my older brother was bound by the devil, I
said, "Satan, in the Name of Jesus Christ, I break your power
over my brother's life, and I claim his deliverance and
salvation!" In approximately two weeks he was saved. I had
been trying to get him saved for 15 years, but nothing had ever
worked. When I took this stand and exercised my spiritual
authority as a believer, it worked.
Someone heard me say this and said they would try it and
see if it worked. I knew it wouldn't work for them, because I
hadn't tried it—I had done it.
Sometimes believers say they will try something because it
has worked for someone else. If they study God's Word and
clothe themselves in its teaching on authority, it will work for
them. But if they try to act on God's Word without really having
that Word built up in their spirit, the devil will defeat them
soundly.
You'll only defeat the devil when you've got a foundation of
God's Word and you act upon it. The Bible says (speaking of
Satan), "Whom resist stedfast in the faith..." (1 Peter 5:9). Your
level of faith is directly related to the degree of God's Word
dwelling in your heart, that is, that Word which is reality to you
and in which you are daily walking.
Why People Lose Their Healing
When people are in a place where faith is high—where
there's a mass faith—or where the gifts of the Spirit are in
operation, it's comparatively easy for them to receive healing.