DEMAND! ARE YOU SURE?????

Here's a blog that will blow your mind! At least, it did me when I first came across it.

John 16:23b says, "Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you." One Bible scholar, E. W. Kenyon, claims that the word "ask" in this verse has the connotation of "demanding."

Now, let's get one thing crystal clear. We do NOT demand anything from God. OK?

Kenyon claims that this verse is not even referring to prayer; rather it is talking about taking authority over our circumstances and demanding THEM to change, to be turned around, to leave us. (Yep, we can talk to our circumstances!)

We do have authority over evil spirits. Luke 9:1 tells us that Christ gave the disciples "authority over all demons." In the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18-20, Christ passed His authority on to the disciples. Scholars agree that that authority has also been passed along to us. I John 4:4 states that "greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." Putting all these Scriptures together, there should be no question in our minds that WE DO, in fact, have authority over evil powers. (And yep, we can talk to those evil powers!)

Then, there's also the thought of using Jesus' Name. Again, we have the legal right to use that Name. How many times in the New Testament do we read about the disciples doing great works and miracles in the Name of Jesus? It's as though Jesus were standing here before us in person when we use His Name. (The use of that Name has been passed along to us as was our authority over demons.)

So don't you think it's high time we rise to our privileges in Christ and start taking authority over the powers of darkness that come against us, that try to discourage us, that try to wreck havoc upon our lives, etc., etc., etc?

Remember our positive confessions we've spoken about in different blogs? OK. "I have the right to use Jesus' Name, and in that Name I command the spirit of depression (or whatever your need is) to leave me according to John 16:23."

Does this give you new insight into "demanding"? And a new weapon to use in our fight to be victorious Christians?

We can "demand" after all. It just depends upon who and what we are demanding!

Preacher's Kid