Pastor, teacher, and author Adrian Rogers has introduced people all over the world to the love of Jesus Christ,

and has impacted untold numbers of lives by presenting profound truth simply stated.

Thanks for joining us for this message. Here's Adrian Rogers.

Be finding please, Romans Chapter 5. We're talking today about kingdom authority and the authority

of the Holy Spirit. Now, so often we think of the Bible having authority. We certainly know that

Jesus as Lord has authority, but we need to think today about how that authority comes to us

and it comes to us through the Holy Spirit.

May I say that a church that is not living in and exercising kingdom authority

has ceased to be a force and it has become a farce.

A Christian who is not living in and exercising kingdom authority

is living beneath his privileges

and he is living beneath the dignity that God expects for him to have

as he lives with kingdom authority in this life.

And as such, he is the heartbreak of heaven.

He makes angels weep.

He is the mockery of demons.

He is the stumbling block to the lost, and a great disappointment to himself.

Many people are wondering, why is my Christian life in such shambles?

Why don't I have all of this glory, this happiness, this victory that has been spoken of?

You see, God is not intended for you to live a life of defeat or desperation.

When God saved you, God endowed you with something called kingdom authority.

You're to have authority over the world, the flesh, and the devil.

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