WEARING AUTHORITY OR BEING AUTHORITY

WEARING AUTHORITY OR BEING AUTHORITY

A police officer puts on authority each morning when he dresses. He transforms into a different person when he is in uniform. Before putting on the uniform his commands are as any other man and only carry the power of his personality. But the uniform gives him the power of the government he serves.  However all too often the man inside the uniform may be a criminal himself. When he is discovered, he is demoted,  Shamed, and sometimes imprisoned.

A church leader can do the same. Those in the five fold ministry can put on authority, using the pulpit or a collar as a badge and uniform, to speak with the authority of heaven. People used to honor and heed what came from the pulpit, but many pastors, were found to be spiritual criminals and hypocrites. They were found to be living the opposite of what the proclaimed officially, and they became laughing stock to be ignored. "You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its quality), how can its saltness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men." Matthew 5:13 (AMP)

The government of heaven does not take kindly to this behavior, this is what we proclaim to those church leaders;   "Woe to you, ... pretenders (hypocrites)! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but within they are full of extortion (prey, spoil, plunder) and grasping self-indulgence. [26] You blind (preacher)! First clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may be clean also. [27] Woe to you, pastors and leaders, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you are like tombs that have been whitewashed, which look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead men''s bones and everything impure. [33] You serpents! You spawn of vipers! How can you escape the penalty to be suffered in hell (Gehenna)?" Matthew 23:25-27,33 (AMP)

True believers do not wear their authority, they actually  become authority.  "You are the salt of the earth... [14] You are the light of the world..." Matthew 5:13-14 (AMP) You have as much authority in the shower or the bedroom as they have behind the pulpit, because they truly are representatives of the government of heaven. However here is the part you may not know; every person in the pulpit, pew or street, who  truly names Me as Lord, has the same full authority and backing of heaven. If you are living what you say, you can command the rulers of the darkness, and the will obey. If you are phony they will ignore your words and attack you.

There were seven phony dudes that tried it, an this is what happened;  "some of the traveling Jewish exorcists (men who adjure evil spirits) also undertook to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I solemnly implore and charge you by the Jesus Whom Paul preaches! [14] Seven sons of a certain Jewish chief priest named Sceva were doing this. [15] But one evil spirit retorted, Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you? [16] Then the man in whom the evil spirit dwelt leaped upon them, mastering two of them, and was so violent against them that they dashed out of that house in fear, stripped naked and wounded. [17] This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, and alarm and terror fell upon them all; and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled and magnified." Acts 19:13-17 (AMP)

Let Me warn you when you play with kingdom authority, you are going to get hit from both sides. Hell is going to kick you in the teeth and I am going to spit you out of My mouth, so never talk the talk, unless you walk the walk. If you are phony, "I know your record of works and what you are doing; you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! [16] So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth!" Revelation 3:15-16 (AMP)

Now that the negative has been made clear, let me give you the good news, this is the authority My government has given you as a true believer; "He who believes who adheres to and trusts in and relies on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth and is baptized will be saved from the penalty of eternal death; but he who does not believe who does not adhere to and trust in and rely on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth will be condemned. [17] And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; [18] They will pick up serpents; and even if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well." Mark 16:16-18 (AMP)

If you will just be real, heaven will always back you up!

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Jim Hammerle

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