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| Stace4Jesus | Dec 23 2006, 03:13 PM |
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Shared: I (Billye Brim) was editor of publications for Kenneth E. Hagin almost ten years. In addition to editing his books, I kept track of book sales. There was a book he'd written in 1967 before I came to work for him that far outsold any other title. When I left in 1980, millions were in circulation. And we received more testimonies from this book than any other. That book is called today, The Believer's Authority. In the Foreword, Brother Hagin gave credit to writings that inspired him as he studied and fed along the line of spiritual authority. Brother Hagin said, "…I came across a wonderful pamphlet entitled The Authority of the Believer by John A. MacMillan, a missionary to China (and the Philippines) who later edited The Alliance Weekly." Someone—I don't know who—sent me The Authority of the Believer by John A. MacMillan with a note saying, "This book contains the pamphlet Brother Hagin read." About three weeks ago, I opened the book. Wow! It grabbed me. From Brother Hagin's teaching I was acquainted with these truths. But the phrases were so powerful. Maybe it's the timing—in my own life, as well as in these prophetic days. Following are a few of the many portions which captivated me: "The rapidly approaching end of the age is witnessing a tremendous increase in the activity of the powers of darkness…To meet the situation…the urgent call is for (believers), wholly yielded to the Lord, whose eyes have been enlightened to see the ministry in the heavenlies to which they have been called. Such believers…may in union with the great Head of the Body exercise an authority to which the powers of the air must give place wherever challenged." "…The Master said, 'All authority is given unto me in heaven and in earth' (Matthew 28:18). His formal assumption of that authority took place when He sat down 'on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens' (Heb. 8:1). The right hand of the throne of God is the center of power of the whole universe… "The elevation of His people with Him to the heavenlies has no other meaning than that they are made sharers, potentially for the present, of the authority which is His. They are made to sit with Him; that is, they share His throne…they have been thus elevated in the plan of God…that they may even now exercise, to the extent of their spiritual apprehension, authority over the powers of the air and over the conditions which those powers have brought about on the earth…" "Do we believe that God 'hath quickened us together with Christ and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus' (Eph. 2:5,6)? If we do, our reaction will be a fervent, 'Lord, I accept Thy gracious word. I believe Thou hast thus wrought for me. In humble faith I do now take my seat in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus at Thy right hand. Teach me how to fulfill this sacred ministry, how to exercise the authority which Thou hast entrusted to me. Train me day by day that I may attain to the full stature of the perfect man in Christ, so that in me Thy purpose of the ages may be fulfilled. Amen.' "If we are walking in the Spirit, our normal life is in the heavenlies. To secure the consciousness of this, there must be daily acceptance of the fact. Let us, morning by morning, as one of our first acts of worship, take our seat with Christ (as suggested in the previous paragraph) and return thanks to God for all it implies." MacMillan wrote, "As our faith learns to use…the Authority of Jesus, we shall find the spiritual forces yielding obedience in ways that will surprise us." ___ Thanks Caroline 
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