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