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  Date / Time: 3/30/2009 12:09 PM UTC

  What Is the devil's Authority?
  

  What Is the devil's Authority?
  
  The devil obviously had access to Adam and Eve in the garden of
  Eden. Scripture does not tell us why God allowed this. One
  theory that makes sense involves mankind being allowed to judge
  the devil, possibly after the devil complained that God was not
  just or fair in condemning him. First Corinthians 6:3 does say
  that Christians will judge angels — and the devil is a fallen
  angel. If this theory is correct, God would have to allow the
  devil access to influence mankind, or be seen as unfair by all.
  
  The devil gained a certain amount of control over mankind by
  Adam's disobedience, which plunged Adam and all his descendants
  into spiritual death.
  
  At the time of the temptation of Christ, recorded in Luke 4,
  the devil obviously had a great amount of authority in the
  world system.
  
  LUKE 4:4-7 NKJ
  4 But Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall
  not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.' "
  5 Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him
  all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
  6 And the devil said to Him, "All this authority I will give
  You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I
  give it to whomever I wish.
  7 "Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be
  Yours."
  
  Through His death and resurrection, Jesus defeated the devil
  and stripped him of his authority (Colossians 2:15, Hebrews
  2:14-15).
  
  Because Jesus announced that He had all authority after His
  resurrection (Matthew 28:18), the devil evidently retained no
  authority.
  
  However, in the Epistles, the devil is still called the god of
  this world, or age (2 Corinthians 4:4). This does not mean that
  the devil is the god of the earth, but of the ungodly world
  system. He has this control through the yielding of ungodly
  people to speak his words and do his deeds.
  
  The devil gains a measure of authority through any human being
  who will yield to his ideas and speak them, or act on them.
  Even Christians can, like Peter in Matthew 16:23, fall into
  this trap.
  
  A perverted use of this authority is exercised when people
  "curse" or "damn" things or people. We should use our authority
  to bless — not curse.
  
  All authority the devil may be using now is illegitimate. Only
  through deception and ignorance is he able to carry out his
  evil plans in the earth.
  
  If the Church of Jesus Christ fails to exercise its God-given
  authority against the devil, he will operate virtually
  unhindered. This is because unsaved people are already under
  his dominion, and find it hard to resist him (John 8:44, 1 John
  5:19).
  
  As members of the body of Christ, we have been delegated the
  use of His authority on earth to see that God's will is carried
  out (Matthew 16:19, Luke 10:19, Philippians 2:10). We must
  exercise that authority.
  
  SAY THIS: My Lord Jesus defeated the devil, stripped him of his
  authority, and gave authority to me over all the power of the
  enemy as a member of the Body of Christ on earth.
  
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