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Our Authority Through the Covenant

Foundational Scriptures
Genesis 22:1-18
Genesis 20:7
Genesis 22:8
Galatians 3:13-16
Galatians 3:29, AMP
Matthew 26:39		 Luke 22:44
Acts 2:24, 31
1 Corinthians 1:29
Romans 8:17
John 20:31
Romans 5:1
 Romans 6:23
Romans 11:36
Ephesians 2:7
Luke 10:19
Ephesians 6:10
Summary

The new covenant was cut between God and Jesus; it cannot be broken. As a result of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, the covenant has been extended to you. By making you a joint-heir with Him, Jesus allows you to share in His covenant relationship with the Father

  1. Spiritual authority was placed in the hands of a man.
    1. Adam had dominion and walked in spiritual authority until he turned it over to Satan.
      1. His treacherous act caused him to experience spiritual death—separation from God.
    2. Satan, an archangel who was a being of lesser rank, gained authority and dominion over the dust of the ground all the way up to the throne of God, but not including the throne of God.
    3. God needed another Adam—someone with His blood (“type G”) flowing in his veins—to place authority back in the hands of man.
    4. Jesus, the last Adam, was sent to take back man’s authority and dominion.
      1. Just as Satan entered the Garden of Eden illegally, Jesus was taken to hell illegally because He never sinned.
      2. Jesus was the first One to be born from death to life.

  2. God cut a covenant with Abraham as a means of getting His Word into the hearts of men.
    1. Everything begins with God’s Word.
      1. Whatever you want in your life must be established with the Word.
    2. In His covenant with Abraham, God promised that His Word is true.
    3. Abraham’s covenant with God was tested so that God could prove to him that He would not break His covenant (Genesis 22:1-18).
      1. Abraham was instructed to take his son Isaac and sacrifice him.
      2. The sacrifice of Isaac was to take place on the same mountain where Jesus would be crucified.
      3. Abraham was so confident that God’s promises would come to pass in his life, he envisioned God raising Isaac from the dead.
      4. Abraham’s words that he and his son would return were the words of a prophet (Genesis 20:7)
      5. Because of his obedience to God, Abraham was given a ram as a substitute for Isaac so that he would not have to die.
      6. Jesus was your substitute so that you wouldn’t have to die for your sins.
    4. As Abraham’s covenant partner, God had to do whatever He asked Abraham to do.
      1. God never breaks His covenant.
      2. Because He asked Abraham for his only son, God gave His only Son.
      3. When Jesus said on the cross, “It is finished,” He was referring to the Abrahamic covenant.
    5. God promises Abraham that his seed will be blessed and that through his seed all nations shall be blessed (vv. 14-17).
      1. Jesus is the Seed (verse 18, AMP).
      2. The promises of God belong to all descendants of Abraham’s descendants (Galatians 3:13-16).
      3. You also possess the promises of God by right of inheritance through Jesus (Galatians 3:29).

  3. The cup, sacrifice and blood are all elements of cutting a covenant.
    1. Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane, “...let this cup be passed from me” (Matthew 26:39).
      1. He prayed so hard that blood fell to the ground (Luke 22:44).
      2. Jesus was the priest and the sacrifice, which made His sacrifice legal.
    2. God cut a covenant with Jesus.
      1. The agreement was that when Jesus stepped out of life into death, after three days and three nights God would bring Him back to life, allowing Him to be born-again.
      2. Jesus died a spiritual and physical death.
      3. His separation from God began while He was alive on the cross—when He took the sins of the world upon Himself.
    3. Jesus entered hell with nothing more than His covenant with God (Acts 2:24,31).
      1. Death, hell and corruption couldn’t hold Him there.
      2. He took back the keys to death, hell and the grave.
    4. Jesus made it possible for you to partake of the covenant He has with the Father.
      1. Jesus makes the difference.
      2. When you are in Him, you are who He is and have what He has (1 Corinthians 1:29; Romans 8:17).
    5. Belief in Jesus gives you life through His name and authority over the Enemy (John 20:31).
      1. Everything you need is available to you through Jesus (Romans 5:1; Romans 6:23; Romans 11:36; Ephesians 2:7).

  4. You have power (authority) over the power (ability) of demonic forces (Luke 10:19).
    1. You cannot stand against the Enemy in your own power (Ephesians 6:10).
      1. A police officer doesn’t operate in his strength, but in the authority that has been delegated to him by the government.
    2. You are nothing without Jesus; your authority is through Him.
    3. The Devil has to cease in his maneuvers against you when you exercise your authority through the name of Jesus.
 

 
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