45 Warfare Part 4: Your Authority
The Place We Find Ourselves
Adam Young
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
When it comes to resisting the assaults of evil against your heart, the starting place is stepping into the authority that is yours. Jesus Christ has set you up to succeed in warfare with evil. However, it’s essential to get clear about the authority that Jesus has delegated to you. This entire podcast began with the claim that “you have a story and that story matters.” The corollary today is “you have authority and that authority matters.” Are you aware of your authority?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the place we find ourselves podcast. I'm Adam Young and this is the fourth episode |
| 0:07.5 | in a series about the place we find ourselves namely we find ourselves born into a world at war |
| 0:14.8 | The forces of the kingdom of God battling against the forces of the kingdom of darkness |
| 0:20.6 | The strategy of the kingdom of darkness is primarily to break you down |
| 0:26.1 | by accusing you of sin and failure and by deceiving you into making agreements with it with evil |
| 0:33.3 | Today we are going to begin to talk about how to fight back how to do what the Bible calls |
| 0:41.1 | resisting now let me say at the outset that although nothing is more serious than this war |
| 0:49.2 | There can actually be a lot of rest and play in waging war against evil |
| 0:57.0 | Indeed, this does not have to be exhausting it requires effort |
| 1:02.0 | But it can also be playful and even restful |
| 1:06.0 | In fact the only way that I think to begin a discussion about waging war against evil is by talking about singing |
| 1:14.8 | by talking about music by talking about song why |
| 1:18.5 | Well because when it comes to warring against evil singing is actually rather important |
| 1:25.2 | So let me begin today by quoting the bridge to a song called the great I am |
| 1:31.0 | That was written by Jared Anderson and here's what he writes in the bridge |
| 1:35.6 | The mountains shake before him the demons run and flee |
| 1:41.1 | At the mention of the name king of majesty |
| 1:44.8 | There is no power in hell |
| 1:47.8 | Nor any who can stand |
| 1:50.4 | Before the power and the presence of the great I am |
| 1:55.7 | And here's one more here's the bridge to a song called what a beautiful name by Hillsong here's the bridge death could not hold you |
| 2:04.1 | The veil tore before you |
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