With Authority and Power

And they were all amazed and said to one another, What kind of talk is this? For with authority and power He commands the foul spirits and they come out! Luke 4:36 (AMP)

Luke 4:31-37 tells of a man who was possessed by an unclean spirit. When Jesus came near him the spirit, and those with him, said, "Let us alone . . . have you come to destroy us? I know who you are - the Holy One of God!"

Rest assured, when the Anointed One of God, Jesus, is on the scene, demons know it.

Jesus rebuked the devil and said, "Be silent and come out of him!" and he came out of him. Why should we, then, be amazed when the demonic forces working in the sons of disobedience become agitated in our presence (Ephesians 2:2)? Is not Christ, the Anointed One and His anointing, in you? Don't you know that you are the very residence of the Spirit of Holiness (1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19)? The "Greater One" lives within you (1 John 4:4)! When He comes on the scene, demons cry out and those that are being used by them become extremely agitated.

Don't get confused. There is a war raging between the forces of light and the forces of darkness. It is not a war between mortal human beings. They are simply the agents through which light or darkness are manifest in the land (Ephesians 6:12). Our war (wrestling) is not with people, but with the demonic personalities that would seek to steal, kill and destroy those they control.

Use the authority that Christ has given you and deliver the captives. Let the anointing within you open the prison doors and set those locked in free. Even the devil himself is no match for the greater won within you (1 John 4:4). When you speak, let the people say, "What kind of talk is this?"