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68 The Believer's Authority<br />
16:23).<br />
Jesus wasn't saying that Peter was Satan. He was showing<br />
that Peter had sided in with doubt, unbelief, and the devil.<br />
Sometimes Christians unconsciously yield to the enemy, but we<br />
can take authority over that spirit.<br />
The Bible says that we also can take authority over fear—<br />
even fear in our own lives. We need to know that. However, we<br />
can't always take authority over fear in somebody else's life. I've<br />
been able to control fear as long as a person was in my presence<br />
and didn't know how to stand against it.<br />
Second Timothy 1:7 says, "For God hath not given us the<br />
spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."<br />
Notice that the Bible calls fear a spirit. God has given us a spirit<br />
of power, love, and a sound mind.<br />
Even when I was a young Baptist pastor, I always took<br />
authority over fear and doubt. If I was tempted to doubt, I would<br />
say, "Doubt, I resist you in the Name of Jesus." If I was tempted<br />
to fear, I would say, "Fear, I resist you in the Name of Jesus."<br />
Doubt and fear will leave you when you do this.<br />
We even have authority over those who oppose the truth.<br />
In Texas there was a Full Gospel minister who lived next<br />
door to a policeman. The policeman belonged to a denomination<br />
that is vehemently opposed to speaking in tongues.<br />
The minister got the policeman to visit his church. Then the<br />
policeman somewhat jokingly asked the minister to go with him<br />
to his church. The minister decided to go because the policeman<br />
told him his minister was going to speak on the subject of<br />
tongues.<br />
During his sermon, this minister didn't base any of his<br />
remarks on the Bible, but told about different things he'd heard<br />
had happened among these "tongue talkers." Then he began<br />
imitating speaking in tongues. Hearing this, the Full Gospel<br />
minister took authority over the situation. The speaker stopped<br />
abruptly, turned pale, and sat down without finishing his sermon.