Embracing the Power and Authority of Jesus

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### Quotes for Outreach

1. "I love all superhero movies, DC or Marvel. I love it when the hero comes and intervenes in a very dangerous situation and rescues a powerless victim. I love those moments. And then after being saved, the victim sometimes exclaims something like, 'You're my hero.' What they're trying to do is, you know, the grateful person is trying to acknowledge the hero after with personal and potential great sacrifice, save them from mortal death. Now, as Christians, when we refer to Jesus as our savior, we're saying about the same thing. You're thinking I'm, on a bigger scale. I ain't granted. It's on a bigger scale. But when we're saying, Jesus, you're our savior, it's because he's rescued us. What has he rescued us from? Not just mortal danger, but eternal death. That's what he has rescued us from." [43:00]( | | )

2. "Blameless. He's perfectly righteous and pure. I mean, there's not enough superlatives in our language to fully describe God because he is flawless. But we are flawed. And because we are, our sins separate us from a holy, God. Okay? Because the Bible says the wages of sin, the paycheck for sin is eternal death or eternal separation from God. And just to be clear, we have all sinned. Everybody say amen. Yeah, we know it. We've all sinned. And so that sin separates us from God's holiness. And that's where Jesus steps in. I gave you a little background so you understand when Jesus steps in, he never sinned. He was perfect. So he didn't deserve to die, but he chose to die a horrific death to take our place on the cross, to pay the price for our sins." [44:47]( | | )

3. "I think it should assure us that even though we feel alone in our situation, Jesus sees us. Yes, he's in heaven, but he sees us. He's interceding for us. He's interceding with us. He is with us when you feel all alone. Turn to your neighbor and say, Jesus is praying about it. Consequently, Hebrews say, Jesus is praying about it. And Jesus is praying about it. And Jesus is praying about it. And Jesus is praying about it. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him since he always lives to make intercession for them. When you feel like nobody's there for you and nobody's even praying, just remember Jesus is always interceding for you." [53:11]( | | )

4. "When we pray in Jesus' name, please hear me now, when we pray in Jesus' name, it's not a magic word. It's not like abracadabra, now I can get everything I want. Neither is Jesus' name a postscript that we add to the end of a prayer, 'In Jesus' name, amen.' That's not how you use Jesus' name in prayer. You use the authority that is found in the name of Jesus. So when you're coming to God in prayer, you're standing in Christ's authority using the authority that is what gets the prayers answered, not just saying it like a magic word." [56:24]( | | )

5. "I want everyone to please stand up right now, would you please? If you have a pain anywhere, I want you to touch the area of your pain and sickness. I want you to put your hands on it right now, would you do that for me? Just put your hand in the area of your pain or your sickness. Why don't you put your hand on it and in a moment, I want you to say to your body, be healed. Can you do that? Amen, amen. Okay, we're going to count to three and then I'm going to ask you to declare it, to shout it, to believe it because you're coming in the authority of the name of Jesus. It's not about how spiritual you are, it is about the power of that name." [01:10:15]( | | )

### Quotes for Members

1. "Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith. Christ was revealed in human body, vindicated by the Spirit, meaning he was proven to be right by the Spirit. He was seen by angels. He was believed in through the Holy Spirit. He was seen throughout the world and taken up into heaven into glory. Jesus, the Son of God, fully God and fully man at the same time. And if that sounds a little bit confusing, that's because it is. Paul just explained it as the mystery of our faith. The Trinity is a mystery. It always has been." [36:54]( | | )

2. "Either Jesus is and was the Son of God, or he's a conman, an egomaniac, or even something worse. Now you can, you can, you know, ignore him as a fool. You can spit at him and kill him as a dangerous criminal. You can spit at him and kill him as a dangerous criminal. You can spit at him as a dangerous criminal, or you can fall down at his feet and call him your Lord and God. That's your options. Can't stay in the fence with this. Either Jesus is who he said he was, or he's a liar. Just one or the other." [38:51]( | | )

3. "Jesus told us heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You have received without paying, give without pay. Now the name of Jesus is the most powerful name. We've read it twice today in heaven and earth and throughout scriptures and throughout church history. We see it. The name of Jesus is the most powerful name we've read it twice and throughout church history. It is an attitude that is the most powerful. We've seen it in Jesus, that devils are cast out, bodies were healed, the dead was raised, peace was uttered in and, and, and authority. Courage, true courage was instilled through the name of Jesus. Why? Because Jesus' power is released to the authority that has been given to us by his name." [01:09:30]( | | )

4. "Jesus himself said in my name they will lay hands on the sick and they will recover. Mark 16:17 and 18. Now I've had a lot of people asking me a lot of questions through the years about praying for the sick. Blameless. He's perfectly righteous and pure. I mean, there's not enough superlatives in our language to fully describe God because he is flawless. But we are flawed. And because we are, our sins separate us from a holy, God. Okay? Because the Bible says the wages of sin, the paycheck for sin is eternal death or eternal separation from God. And just to be clear, we have all sinned. Everybody say amen." [59:41]( | | )

5. "Forty days after Jesus rose from the dead, he kind of hung around the earth, to give clear and unmistakable evidence of the resurrection. And then he rose into heaven, ascended into heaven to sit on the right hand of the Father. But he didn't just sit down on his throne and make himself comfortable. Ever since he arose, he ascended into heaven, he has been making intercession for you and for me. Now, for all believers, actually, he's been doing this since he rose. He's been making intercession, because Satan in the Bible is called the accuser, right? He accuses of sin. He casts blame and shame on God's people. But Jesus, our advocate, sits on the right hand of the Father, pleading our case. He's interceding on behalf. He defends us from the enemy's accusation, and he defends us because our sins have been atoned by his precious blood and our sins are gone." [50:29]( | | )

6. "When we talk about the name of Jesus, what we're talking about is Jesus himself and so we're talking about who he is, his nature, his characteristics and because it represents who he is, his name brings authority which releases power. Do you hear me? It brings power, right? We say that but it's because of the authority. Yes, they say authority in mixed unity in Christ's in the name of Jesus that releases another one in the name of Jesus, right? Isn't it to answer this prayer does it open up to the saviors it's supposed to open wouldn't it say my lord was recording address it early into Christmas John 14 13 3 4 another time Bible says whatever you ask in my name this I will do that the father may be glorified in the son if you ask anything in my name I will do it." [54:43]( | | )

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