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