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0:00 You are listening to Waters Church podcast. Waters Church is a multisite, multigeneration community of faith on the East Coast of America. Now for a message from our pastor.0:13 Thank you for those that are joining us from multiple locations and online. It's wonderful to come together and worship Jesus, isn't it? My name is Gerald Rovis Masinde. I'm0:25 from Uganda. I am married to 1 wife. And last week, we0:37 celebrated our seventeenth wedding anniversary. God has been good. I'm sure there's a picture right there.0:49 That's not how I looked 17 years ago, I can tell you. And God has blessed us. My wife has been so generous to give me 4 disciples,1:01 and praise the Lord. It's an honor for me to be here and bring the word. I met your pastor, pastor1:13 Tim, about 3 years ago. He came to Uganda with a team of pastors through, compassion, And, I was a compassion sponsored1:24 child. From when I was 10 years old, I was sponsored through school by compassion, and today, I am1:36 a pastor leading many to the Lord in Uganda and God has been surely surely faithful. So shout out to every compassion sponsor that is here.1:48 You're sending money every month. I am a testimony that God can turn your story around and use you for his glory. Praise the Lord. Amen. I'd like us to2:00 go into the word of God this morning. The title of my message is the believer's authority. The authority that we have2:12 as believers. And I trust that the Lord is gonna speak to us in this moment in Jesus' name.2:25 I would like us to pray. Heavenly father, in the name of Jesus, we come before you. We thank you for the2:37 breath of life. Thank you for the opportunity to come and worship. So Lord, I pray that you will use me, use my vocal cord, may I cease to be that you2:49 will be glorified. I am just a vessel, so I pray that you walk through me to bring a message to your people in the name of Jesus.3:01 Amen. I would like us to stand as we read the word of God. Matthew chapter 10 verse 1. We'll also read verse 7 to 8.3:14 The bible says, and when he had called his 12 disciples to him, he gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all kinds of sickness and all3:26 kinds of disease. And as you go, verse 7, as you go preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the3:38 dead, cast out demons, freely you have received, freely give. Luke chapter 10 verse 17 to 19.3:50 Then the 70 returned with joy saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name. Behold, I give you the authority, Exusia, to trample over4:01 serpents and scorpions and over the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you. Please be seated.4:15 I would like to start my message by bringing to your attention that as a believer, God has given you authority. And the the 2 Greek words that4:27 are expressed in these 2, verses are translated as authority and power. The Greek word means delegated4:38 authority, and means ability. When Jesus was with his disciples, we see through the scripture, he handed them the authority. He says the king, the keys to the kingdom have4:50 been given to you. Go out into the world and do the ministry. But he also tells them in the book of acts chapter 1, and5:02 he says that do not leave Jerusalem before you have been endured with power. Stay. So authority is given, but power comes through devotion. Praise the Lord.5:14 He says in Luke chapter 10 verse 19, I give you exousia over the dunamis of the enemy. So delegated authority is vested in us or that is vested in5:26 us gives us the right to oppose and overthrow every evil work that the enemy can do. This authority is not just or was5:38 not just intended for the apostles, but also for us as believers. Amen. We state the follow peace for the following reasons. Matthew5:50 chapter 16 verse 18 to 19, the Lord Jesus clearly expressed that the church is building will exercise authority over the powers of darkness. And the church is6:02 building will have the keys to bind and loosen us as it is written, so the church carries delegated authority. And the church, ladies and gentlemen, is not the6:13 building, but it's the people. So the authority that Jesus has given to us as believers is supposed to be used. Mark chapter 16 verse6:25 17 to 18, the authority to cast out demons and do signs and wonders is in the name of Jesus. So believers today have a right to use the name of6:37 Jesus. The name of Jesus has not lost any of its power. We pray in his name, and we also6:49 exercise authority in his name. Mark chapter 16 verse 17 to 18, it says, and these signs will follow those who believe.7:00 In my name, they will7:01 cast out demons. They will speak in new tongues. They will take up serpents and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them. So we have delegated authority that is7:13 divine authorization to act in Jesus' place to do the things that he wants us to do. The big question today7:25 is how do we exercise our authority? But before we get there, let me say this to you. Write this down. His name, the name of Jesus is our badge of authority.7:38 He says everything we do, let's do it in his name. Everything we do, we do it in his name. There's power in that name. So we have been given7:50 the legal right, the power of attorney, which is delegated authority to use his name. Philippians chapter 2 from verse 9 to 11, scripture says, therefore,8:01 God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name. So that the neigh at the name of Jesus, every knee should8:13 bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the father. Ladies and gentlemen, listen to me. He says,8:25 everything in heaven, on earth, under the earth. There are things that are challenging us as believers, and God is calling us to stand up to our place of8:36 authority. Just because you are a believer does not mean everything is gonna be nice and easy. As a matter of8:48 fact, because you are a believer, the enemy opposes you. The things that the enemy is doing,9:00 his agenda is to steal, kill, and destroy. So the enemy is not your friend. Stop trying to play like he's your friend. The battle lines have been drawn,9:12 hallelujah, to the lamb of God. So God requires us as believers to operate in our God given authority, to stand up to the things that the enemy is throwing at us.9:24 Scripture says, wake up, oh sleeper. Wake up, oh sleeper. Why? Ephesians chapter 5 verse 14, for anything that becomes visible is light.9:35 Therefore, it says, awake, oh sleeper, and arise from the dead and Christ will shine on you. It is time that believers take their rightful place. Stop9:48 accepting everything the enemy is throwing at us. This is what some believers say, oh, it is the will of God. No. It's not the will of God because the will of God is known. He came that we may have life and have it in9:59 abundance. I come from a background where from Africa, where we we deal with high level witchcraft.10:14 When we 8 years ago, when we planted the church, the Lord spoke to us. I quit my job, and I I told my wife, I said, well, God10:26 has spoken to me and, we didn't have funding, we didn't have sponsors, but we had a word from the Lord to plant a life giving church in our community. It was hard.10:38 My wife asked me, she said, are you sure you heard from God? Not because she doesn't believe in me, but wives always wanna be sure.10:51 So I said, well, I I did. I I had I had from from the Lord. And and let me tell you, our faith was tested. I have never seen warfare.11:03 My family was attacked. My son, our first born son, Ethan, is now, almost 16. He's he's he's11:15 he was hit 1 time. We we almost lost him. The gate hit him and cracked his he has a scar on his forehead. These things were not happening before I planted the church. I11:27 wanna encourage you if you're here and you're doing something for God. This is gonna be your position, but you need to stand in your God given authority and silence the enemy and say in the name of Jesus.11:43 Things became tough. The place where we have, the church where our church is located, there's a there's in in in Uganda, we have tribes and different11:55 tribes have kings. So we have this famous tribe that has a king. And where our church is is located is a palace where that king sits.12:07 And it is known that this king and his subjects practice witchcraft, open witchcraft. They have shrines all over the place. So we were in that community, and there's a lot of things12:19 going on, prostitution. There's a lot of, you know and and sacrifice, you would hear about child sacrifice. This is the background we're coming from. And God is telling us, you12:31 are going to be a beacon of light in this dark community. How are we going to to to, challenge the forces of darkness without the power? I am12:42 reminded of a story of John in the book of Revelation. I wanna read something for you. This dropped12:54 in my spirit. Revelation chapter 1 verse 18 talks about John, the revelator at the island of Patmos.13:07 Now the thing is, it says, I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and the kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God13:18 and the testimony of Jesus. So the spirit of God didn't take John out of Patmos. He lifted John into perspective. Praise the Lord. So13:30 your location may be hard, but your revelation would still be higher. I like to say this so you hard places in life do not hinder heavenly revelation.13:42 The thing that is coming against your family is gonna be your greatest message after you go through it. So don't waste your pain. Praise the Lord. If you view,13:54 if you only view your personal partners as a prison, you will never raise your perspective to see that actually your prison can be a portal. Hallelujah.14:07 That God can use the things I I almost gave up. Have I felt like quitting? Yes. Because I was like, God, do we have to deal with this? Do I have to14:19 lose my family just because then I remembered? There comes a time when you remember that you carry authority in God, and we were in a 21 days of prayer and fasting. The hour was14:31 starting, and the Lord encouraged us and told us it's time to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, the battle is not between God and Satan. The battle is between God and Satan and14:42 man. Praise the Lord. The battle is between the enemy and you. That's the reason why God has given you this authority. So how do we14:55 exercise our authority? Number 1, write this down. We resist exercising authority to protect and prevent. James chapter 4 verse 7 says, therefore,15:07 submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. The word resist means to stand against, to oppose. So there's an element15:19 of there's work to do. Help me tell your neighbor there's work to do. Tell them there's work to do. Yeah. So the Lord expects that we'll resist. He says, sub therefore,15:31 submit to God. Resist the devil and he'll flee from you. So you don't first resist and then you submit. You submit. So power comes through submission. Praise the Lord.15:43 Power comes through submission. This indicates that there will be times when we'll have to use our authority to stand our ground and defend our God given territory and counteract any15:54 efforts of the enemy to enter in. Satan is like a thief. He comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But the scripture says, but I came that you may have life and have it in abundance.16:06 Praise the Lord. Our God given authority gives us the ability to successfully stand against him.16:18 That's why we have the name that is above every name. Otherwise, we will be swallowed up.16:30 Satan is a master at mind games. That's why scripture says, be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. And that does not end. You16:42 don't renew your mind today and tomorrow you are all good. No. Every day, there has to be a mind renewal so that we become more and more like Jesus. Praise the Lord. We are16:53 sanctified. That's a theological word. Sanctification. We become more and more like Jesus. Why? Ephesians 6 and verse 12 says, we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against17:04 principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. So it's not your17:16 husband. The thing that is that wants to destroy your marriage is not it's it's not it's not human, it is spiritual. The thing that is making17:28 your kids get dragged and, you know, stuff like that that they don't wanna come to church is not physical. So stop using physical ways to address spiritual things.17:40 Praise the Lord. You use spiritual weapons to address spiritual things. There's a reason why your husband is acting up, and17:52 it's not physical. Hallelujah. How many of you pray for your18:03 children? You don't need to raise your hand. Pray for them while they're still younger because when they get older, it's harder to lay hands on them. You'll have to convince them.18:17 We resist. Number 2, we bind, we lose, we pull down. In other words, we exercise authority to18:29 stop and destroy. Luke chapter 13 verse 11 to 12 says, and behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity 18 years and was bent over and could in no18:41 way raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her, he called her to him and say to her, woman, you are loosed from your infirmity. So we have the authority to bind a certain work, a certain18:52 effort, a strategy of the devil. Binding something means you are tying the hands of the enemy and making him inoperative for that task. From19:07 now, we need to do some binding. Praise the Lord. Because there's stuff around us that doesn't look like Jesus. There are things around us that do not reflect the life that we carry.19:21 He's also talks about loosing. Loosing someone from the work of the devil is to set them free from some form of bondage or captivity. You are exercising your authority to19:33 bring release of freedom into that person's life. 1 of the things that we sensed in our community is because of these spiritual hosts19:45 in heavenly places. Heavenly places mean a place of spiritual activity. So we were doing everything good. You can have the best programs. You can have the best19:58 strategy to bring people to Jesus, but it doesn't work because there's an enemy fighting your strategy. People were not responding to the gospel. We didn't know what was happening. We're doing so much.20:11 And then while we were fasting 21 days, fasting is not a requirement, it's a choice. But when you do it, it has so much power.20:23 The Lord ministers to us and says, this is what is hindering salvations in this area, and we start to pray. And the first thing I'm talking about is20:35 is 12 hours with no food, just water. Praise the Lord. I know food is a big deal here in America.20:48 I visited a family a few days ago and and everywhere that I went, there was food in the fridge and everywhere in the bedroom, every I said, wow. I said, this you are21:00 so privileged and blessed. In Africa, there are families that can hardly have a meal. We have members of our church who we I mean, and as a pastor, you don't only21:12 minister to people's spiritual needs, but also their physical needs. Because you you won't preach to them while they're hungry and you think they will receive what you're preaching. So you must feed them fast. So you are21:24 blessed as an as a nation that you have all all meals and a bonus every day. Praise the Lord. Some of us have21:36 to enter forced fasts. Praise the Lord. Because there's no food. Hallelujah. And then he says to Luz, Luke 13, he says, we read about a woman.21:48 She had a spirit of infirmity 18 years and was bent over. There are things that have made you bend over. There are things that have made you you you you you are you you22:00 are not recognized. You are you are in a dark dark night season of your life. And scripture says, Jesus, he exercised his spiritual authority to set her free. He say to22:12 the woman, you are loosed from your infirmity. To lose someone from the work of the devil is to set them free. No wonder scripture22:23 says that he has given us the power to proclaim liberty to the captives. Everything holding your family captive, today we speak the word of God. Hallelujah. And then he says,22:35 pull down. Second Corinthians 10 verse 4 to 6. Through the authority and the weapons that God has given us, we are able to pull down or tear down strongholds. We22:48 are able to pull down, he says, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but have divine power to destroy strongholds. A stronghold23:00 can be in the mind. A pattern that has built up in your mind. There are believers that God has opened the door for you to be free.23:12 The door to freedom has been opened. When Jesus went to the cross, he died for our freedom. But we are still walking in bondage because we don't know what it means to be free.23:24 Today, I bring good news that he went to the cross so that he can bring freedom to the captives. He can bring freedom in your family. Praise the Lord.23:37 Strongholds are places of power or dominance. And this can apply to an individual or group or or or society or a geographic location.23:49 We know that a stronghold has been pulled down when Satan and his demons have no longer have the same power and control and influence and dominance in that24:00 person's life. They are set free by the blood of the lamb. Oh, can I hear an amen? Amen. If you don't respond, I'll preach for 2 hours. I said amen.24:12 So he's charging us to rise up. Praise the lord.24:23 Now I understand you could be dealing with some infirmity, but Jesus is a friend of many. Praise the Lord.24:35 Amen. Oh, there comes moments when everybody else has forsaken you. And everybody else has has I I mean, I kept asking. I said, God, do we have to24:47 go through this? 1 time, I was I think it was New Year's Eve few years ago. I am crossing the road. Now where I come from,24:59 it's chaotic. The roads, I'm sure you've seen some things on online and, you know, in the news and and the news sometimes depicts many things about25:10 Africa that are not quite true. Praise the Lord. Because there are good people that come from Africa like myself. Clap for me. Come on.25:26 So I was crossing the road and I was going to get some groceries, and my family had parked by the roadside. My family was in the car. And so the car25:38 comes from nowhere, I didn't see it coming, and hit me. I felt right in the broad and there are cars moving. And you see, these things were not happening to us25:50 before we planted the church. So there was a reason why the enemy is fighting. But the Lord promised us that he will never leave us nor forsake us. So there26:02 there there will be things that will discourage you. We would wake up and the whole week, everybody's fine. The kids are okay. My wife is okay. Saturday night, everybody's26:14 sick. The kids are sick. We take them to the hospital and they check. They do everything, and that the doctor said there's nothing wrong. I understood26:26 that this is spiritual. So what do you do with spiritual things? You exercise your God given authority. Stop treating demons with,26:38 medicine. Praise the Lord. Because you cannot disciple a demon spirit. You cast it out. Hallelujah. Stop giving26:50 Tylenol to demons because they will not go. You cast them out in Jesus' name. Number 3 is cast out. We exercise our surrogate to27:02 advance. Matthew chapter 8 and verse 16. When evening had come, they brought to him many who were demon possessed,27:14 and he cast out the spirits with a word and all healed who were sick. This has to do with evicting or expelling demonic powers from their immediate27:26 habitation. We use our God given authority and force the demons to leave a certain place or person where they are residing.27:40 I get asked this question, can a Christian be demon possessed? A Christian believer who has received Jesus as their Lord and27:52 personal savior has received a new spirit. Praise the Lord. So 2 spirits cannot reside in 1. But a believer can be demon oppressed. There's a difference.28:04 There's a difference between being possessed by demons and being oppressed by demons. So you cannot be possessed, but you can be oppressed. And we see that happening to many believers.28:16 And the foundation of this is because, 1, is because we are not using our God given authority. But also Satan is an intruder. There are openings. Sin28:28 is 1 of them. Stop living a casual Christian life because you're not ordinary. Praise the Lord. Scripture says your body is a temple of the holy spirit. Hallelujah.28:40 So you cannot just let everything enter the temple that is hosted by God. You have to choose to make a decision. And it's not by might, not by power, but by the spirit.28:52 Matter of fact, when you stop depending on your own strength, you're gonna see victories in your life. Scripture says, let the weak say, I am strong.29:07 People were healed of their diseases and delivered of unclean spirits. The power of the holy spirit flowed out of him as he ministered to the people, healing and delivering them.29:20 We can be sure that this would have been repeated several times in the ministry of Jesus. The wonderful truth is that the same anointing, the same spirit of God is working through us as29:32 believers. Hallelujah. First John chapter 4 and verse 4 says, you are of God, little children and have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than29:43 he who is in the world. The battle is spiritual. The war is raging. What does scripture tell us? Scripture says29:55 the battle belongs to the Lord, but we still need to fight. Isn't that an irony? Yeah. He still requires that we exercise our authority.30:10 But we know who has the victory, isn't it? We know who has the victory. It's like me. If you put me in a ring with Mike Tyson and there's a prize,30:23 I will definitely show up because there's a prize. Praise the lord. But 1 punch may send me to heaven Because there there's30:34 no that I can't compete with Mike Tyson. That's what it is. There's no match between Satan and God. Our God has won the victory.30:46 So he wants us to walk in that victory, hallelujah, to the lamb of God. So now it does not matter what you're going I know that there are things that are coming up against30:58 you. I know that there are things that want to separate you and your wife, but hold on a little longer. Can you fight for a little bit? Praise the Lord. Can you use your authority in God and tell31:10 some things? This does not look like Jesus. So in the name of Jesus, I command you to leave. I command you to31:20 leave my children. I command you to leave my household. I command you to leave my ministry. I command you to leave my atmosphere. I command you31:32 to leave everything that belongs to me. I I command you exercise your authority. Say in the name of Jesus. Cancer will be gone. In31:44 the name of Jesus. Tumors are healed. In the name of Jesus. Demons are living. In the name of Jesus. We will serve the31:55 Lord. Oh, scripture says, but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,32:03 and you shall be witnesses to me.32:09 In Jerusalem. He32:13 says you you will be. Yes. You have received power when the Holy Spirit has come upon32:24 you. I I have been through situations when if it wasn't for Jesus, I'll be gone.32:34 But I remembered I remembered32:40 second Corinthians 1 21 says, now he who establishes us with you in Christ has anointed us in God. We are anointed by God.32:54 We we cannot deal32:55 with spiritual issues with a earthly mindset. We've got to shift our thinking and so that we can deal with spiritual33:07 issues. I like to finish. Isaiah 10 and verse 27 says, it shall come to pass in that day that his burden will be taken away from your shoulder33:20 and his yoke from your neck and the yoke will be destroyed. Why? Because of what? The anointing oil. Anointing is divine ability.33:31 Anointing is divine ability. So listen to me, Waters Church, and everybody at their different locations, those watching online.33:43 When you receive Jesus, the spirit that raised Jesus from the dead came upon you. It came upon you.33:56 It did not come to visit, but it came to reside in you.34:03 I'll say it again. I said he came to reside in you.34:09 The Holy Spirit is not a force.34:12 The Holy Spirit is not34:14 a theology. The Holy Spirit is a person.34:18 And when a person resides in you, it means they are gonna stay forever.34:29 The anointing that destroys yolks and removes burdens is on you. As you step out boldly and minister to people, the34:43 work. But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Thanks be to God. So the34:55 victory is already sure. We are not fighting for victory. We are fighting from victory. We are not fighting from without. We are fighting from within.35:08 I'd like you to raise your hands right now. Come on. Begin to speak to some burdens around you. Begin to speak to things that don't look like Jesus. Begin to speak to that situation. Exercise your authority in35:20 the35:20 name of Jesus. Begin to bind.35:25 Spirit of infirmity, cancer, you35:27 have no hold on us. Every demonic oppression,35:32 maybe you've been noticing certain things over your children. Yes.35:37 Come on, raise your voice to heaven. Well, raise your voice to heaven. Yes. Let there be a cry of desperation. Let there be a cry of35:49 desperation. Spirit of grace, we welcome you. Spirit of grace, have your way. Have your way. Move among us. Move among36:00 us. Have your way. Move among us. Have your Move among us. Have your way move among us.36:16 We give you praise. We give you praise. Let36:28 me finish with John chapter 736:55 whom those believing in him would receive. And the presence and power of the holy spirit flows out through us.37:09 Come and raise your hands 1 more time and receive. And receive. And receive. Lean in. Lean in.37:22 Sometimes all we have to do is to forget who we are. Forget where we've come from, and focus on Jesus. And let him have his work in us,37:35 and so that he can walk through us. So father, we thank you right here and all those37:47 joining in this service. Yes. That young man is receiving boldness to say no to certain things.37:59 That mother is receiving the boldness to rebuke and cast out certain things. Oh, that husband who is wrestling and fighting for his family,38:12 and he's waking up every morning to seek your face. Scripture says the righteous are as bold as lions. So receive the spirit of boldness38:24 to contend for what belongs to you. We bless your name. We bless your name.Show more
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