You will notice there are Spirit-anointed prayers at the end of the first and third chapters. Because this book is based on Ephesians, let me encourage you to read the first three chapters over and over again for several days. The authority of the believer is unveiled more fully in the Book of Ephesians than any other epistle written to the churches. They will know what is theirs, and they will do the work that God intended they should do. (His pamphlet was reissued several years ago and is available from Christian Publications, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.)Īs a result of my studies, I concluded that we as a Church have authority on the earth that we've never yet realized authority that we're not using.Ī few of us have barely gotten to the edge of that authority, but before Jesus comes again, there's going to be a whole company of believers who will rise up with the authority that is theirs. MacMillan, a missionary to China who later edited The Alliance Weekly. I wondered, "Is the Spirit of God trying to show me something?" So I began to study along this line, think along this line, feed along this line and I began to see more and more light.Īn article in The Pentecostal Evangel prompted my study on the words "power" and "authority." Then I came across a wonderful pamphlet entitled The Authority of the Believer by John A. Like others, I had stumbled upon it and had exer-cised it without knowing what I was doing.
I had had little glimpses of spiritual authority once in a while. We are delighted to share this new, expanded book with you, our loyal partners and friends.īack in the 1940s, I asked myself the question, "Do we have authority that we don't know about that we haven't discovered that we're not using?" In 1984, in honor of Dad's 50th anniversary in the ministry, we reedited this book and added the information he always has wanted included. He often has said he wished this book could contain these further insights.
Since 1967, however, Dad has gained even more light on the subject of spiritual authority. During the years, the important Bible truths in its pages have literally transformed the lives of many people.
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