The Power of Authority

“You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.” I John 4:4

Adrian Rogers illustrates the power of authority with this analogy:
A 275-pound defensive tackle exhibits brute force that can be intimidating to most people on or off a playing field. But you know what? A little man in a striped shirt half his size can blow a whistle and order him off the field.

The striped shirt signals his authority, and the football player must recognize it and obey it, or he isn’t allowed in the game.

Jesus has given you a striped shirt and a whistle.

You have Kingdom authority over the power of that terrible creature who bedevils the Earth. It is time that you and I whistle him off the field!