You Have Authority - Use It!

Matt 10:1

1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power [exousia] over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.
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Luke 10:19

19 Behold, I give you the authority [exousia] to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
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My Comments:

In the course of His ministry on earth, it is written that Jesus gave His disciples power to cast demons out and heal the sick in Israel. It is interesting that just before Matthew 10, it is also written that Jesus was filled with compassion for the people in Israel and He said to His disciples to pray that more laborers be sent out into the field because the harvest was plentiful. Immediately after that, Matthew 10:1 says that His disciples were given power to do the mentioned.

There are several different words used for the word 'power' and in Matt 10:1, the word 'power' is the word 'exousia' which means 'authority'. Authority is defined as 'The power or right to give orders, make decisions and enforce obedience.' An example of the same Greek word being translated into different English words is seen in both Matt 10:1 for 'power' and Luke 10:19 for 'authority'. Both words are the same in Greek - exousia.

So when the Bible says that Jesus gave His disciples power over unclean spirits, it actually means that He gave them the power or right to give orders to demonic powers, make decisions and enforce obedience from those demonic powers! The disciples could heal the sick and command demons to leave based on the authority that they had from the Lord.

Likewise in today's context, because we too disciples of Jesus; and even better, we're children of God, we have the same authority that the disciples had in the Bible. All we need to do is use that authority when we find we have sickness in our body! Exercise your right to command sickness to leave your body in the Name of Jesus, and enforce obedience from that sickness!