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We are intended to walk in both power and authority!

In order to fulfill our individual destinies, we must operate in both authority AND power for HIS Name to be glorified.  We must not allow ourselves to be slaves to sin!

Spiritual authority over the earth was taken by satan and he operated in that authority for 4,000 years until Jesus took it back.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 4:

1 Afterward, the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to experience the ordeal of testing by the accuser.

2 And after fasting for forty days, Jesus was extremely hungry.

3 Then the tempter came to Him and said, “How can You possibly be the Son of God and go hungry? Just command these stones to be turned into loaves of bread.” 4 He answered, “The Scriptures say: Bread alone will not satisfy, but true life is found in every word that constantly goes forth from God’s mouth.”

5 Then the accuser transported Jesus to the Holy city of Jerusalem and perched Him at the highest point of the temple

6 and said to Him, “If you’re really God’s Son, jump, and the angels will catch You. For it is written in the Scriptures: He will command His angels to protect You and they will lift you up so that You won’t even bruise Your Foot on a rock.”

7 Once again Jesus said to him, “The Scriptures say: You must never put the Lord Your God to a test.”

8 And the third time the accuser lifted Jesus up onto a very high mountain range and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and all the splendor that goes with it.

9 “All of these kingdoms I will give to you,” the accuser said, “if only you will kneel down before me and worship me.”

10 But Jesus said, “Go away, satan! For the Scriptures say: Kneel before the Lord Your God and worship only Him.”

11 At once the accuser left Him, and angels suddenly gathered around Jesus to minister to His needs.

The Holy Spirit will allow you to experience testing as He did Jesus.  How can you know your level of faith without it being tested?

The adversary had authority over the kingdoms of the earth else Jesus would have challenged his statement.  Jesus knew the adversary’s time was short and would not be tempted to remove his authority before the appointed time.

Notice that the adversary did not mention “power”, only authority.  Satan knows that authority trumps power.  Every time he tempts you is to get authority from you.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 6:

16 Don’t you realize that grace frees you to choose your own master? But choose carefully, for you surrender yourself to become a servant—bound to the one you choose to obey. If you choose to love sin, it will become your master, and it will own you and reward you with death. But if you choose to Love and obey God, He will lead you into perfect righteousness.

17 And thanks be to God, for in the past you were servants of sin, but now your obedience is heart deep, and your life is being molded by Truth through the teaching you are devoted to.

18 And now you celebrate your freedom from your former master—sin. You’ve left its bondage, and now God’s perfect righteousness holds power over you as His Loving servants.

Whoever you obey, you become their slave!  You are either a slave to sin or a slave to GOD.  Every time you sin, it takes authority over you.  You have given satan more authority in your life and removed GOD’S authority from your life.

We need to distinguish between power and authority!

Jesus is our primary example of walking in both.  In order to fulfill our individual destinies, we must operate in both authority AND power for HIS Name to be glorified.

If we are sensitive to The Holy Spirit, we will be able to discern whether to use power or authority in a particular situation.

In Mark chapter 4, Jesus rebuked the storm and the sea.  How did the disciples respond?

41 But they were overwhelmed with fear and awe and said to one another, “Who is this Man Who has such authority that even the wind and waves obey Him?”

By His authority, Jesus quieted the wind and waves.  He did not command a miracle to come forth but instead removed the opposition with His authority.

GOD didn’t remove satan’s power, HE removed his authority.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Jude:

8 Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.

9 Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

Michael respected the power of the devil and did not have authority over him so he deferred to the Supreme authority of THE LORD YAHWEH to rebuke him.  You and I operate not in our own authority, but only in the authority of Jesus Christ.

When you pray for the sick, you need authority.  When you pray over deformities, you need power; sometimes you need both.  For example, you can cast out cancer by authority, but you may need to restore or regenerate the organ that has been diseased and is only operating at a low level due to the compromise.

Both power and authority are often needed together!

Power is a gift that is given to us, we did nothing to deserve it.  If we deserved it, it would be a reward.

Jesus spoke in Acts chapter 1:

8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Luke recorded what Peter said by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 2:

38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

And in Acts chapter 10:

44 While Peter was speaking, the Holy Spirit cascaded over all those listening to his message.

45 The Jewish brothers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on people who weren’t Jews,

46 for they heard them speaking in Supernaturally given languages (Tongues) and passionately praising God.

47 Peter said, “How could anyone object to these people being baptized? For they have received the gift of The Holy Spirit just as we have.”

48 So he instructed them to be baptized in the Name of Jesus, the Anointed One. After their baptism, they asked Peter to stay with them for a few more days.

It is through the Ministry of The Holy Spirit that we have power.  What do you think happens when we grieve The Holy Spirit by our actions or words?

Authority is not a gift given to us.  There is only one way authority comes, it is my relationship with The One Who has Supreme Authority.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 28:

16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.

17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.

18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

20 teaching them to observe (faithfully follow) all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Authority is proximity centric.  Relationship requires close proximity.  We need to be in close proximity to THE LORD!

We need to distinguish between power and authority!

Jesus is our primary example of walking in both.  In order to fulfill our individual destinies, we must operate in both authority AND power for HIS Name to be glorified.

As I wrote yesterday, the miraculous is always the regeneration or recreation of something.  Power is the miraculous; authority is healing.

When Jesus ministered healing, He commanded something to be removed from the person.  He could remove a health issue, a demon… whatever the issue.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 17:

11 On His way to Jerusalem Jesus passed through the border region between Samaria and Galilee.

12 As He entered one village, ten men approached Him, but they kept their distance, for they were lepers.

13 They shouted to him, “Mighty Lord, our wonderful Master! Won’t You have mercy on us and heal us?”

Notice that the ten lepers acknowledged Jesus’ authority.

14 When Jesus stopped to look at them, He spoke these Words: “Go to be examined by the Jewish priests.” They set off, and they were healed while walking along the way.

They acknowledged and responded to His authority by following His command to go.

15 One of them, a Samaritan, when he discovered that he was completely healed, turned back to find Jesus, shouting out joyous praises and glorifying God.

16 When he found Jesus, he fell down at his feet and thanked Him over and over, saying to Him, “You are the Messiah.”

17 “So where are the other nine?” Jesus asked. “Weren’t there ten who were healed?

18 They all refused to return to give thanks and give glory to God except you, a foreigner from Samaria?”

19 Then Jesus said to the healed man lying at his feet, “Arise and go. It was your faith that brought you salvation and made you whole.”

Jesus operated in both authority toward the ten, and power toward the one.

Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 8:

16 That evening the people brought to him many who were demonized. And by Jesus only speaking a Word of healing over them, they were totally set free from their torment, and everyone who was sick received their healing!

17 In doing this, Jesus fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: He put upon Himself our weaknesses, and He carried away our diseases (removed) and made us well.

Removing a demon is classified as healing in Scripture when it says that demons are cast out and they were all healed.  Delivered sin is the authority to remove a spirit being from a person and relocate it somewhere else.

Signs of authority are displayed by that which you exercise authority over.

Mark recorded by The Holy Spirit in Mark chapter 4:

35 That same day, after it grew dark, Jesus said to His disciples, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake.”

36 Leaving the crowd behind, the disciples got into the boat in which Jesus was already sitting, and they took Him with them. Other boats sailed with them.

37 Suddenly, as they were crossing the lake, a ferocious storm arose, with violent winds and waves that were crashing into the boat until it was nearly swamped.

38 But Jesus was calmly sleeping in the stern, resting on a cushion.

39 So they shook Him awake, saying, “Teacher, don’t You even care that we are all about to die!” Fully awake, He rebuked the storm and shouted to the sea, “Hush! Be still!” All at once the wind stopped howling and the water became perfectly calm.

40 Then He turned to his disciples and said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Haven’t you learned to trust yet?”

41 But they were overwhelmed with fear and awe and said to one another, “Who is this Man Who has such authority that even the wind and waves obey Him?”

By His authority, He removed the hindrance to peace and calm.

Perfect timing belongs to Our Heavenly Father alone!

It’s all about timing.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 26:

18 And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.”‘”

19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover. 20 When evening had come, He sat down with the twelve.

21 Now as they were eating, He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.”

How did Jesus know that it was time?  FATHER revealed HIS timing and Jesus embraced it.  Jesus was intimately aware of FATHER’S precise timing.  He knew exactly what “certain” man for the disciples to approach.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 2:

1 Now on the third day, Jesus’ mother went to a wedding feast in the Galilean village of Cana.

2-3 Jesus and his disciples were all invited to the banquet, but with so many guests, they ran out of wine. And when Mary realized it, she came to Jesus and asked, “They have no wine; can’t you do something about it?”

4 Jesus replied, “My dear one, don’t you understand that if I do this, it will change nothing for you, but it will change everything for me! My hour of unveiling My power has not yet come.”

Jesus spoke again about timing in John chapter 7:

2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.

3 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.

3 His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing.

4 For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”

5 For even His brothers did not believe in Him.

6 Then Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil.

8 You go up to this feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come.”

FATHER’S timing is not conditional on us in any way.  HE is sovereign and HE determines the precise timing events are to take place.  HE does not estimate the timing of events nor does HE rely on us to determine the precise timing.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 4:

1 Let me illustrate: As long as an heir is a minor, he’s not really much different than a servant, although he’s the master over all of them.

2 For until the time appointed by the father, the child is under the domestic supervision of the guardians of the estate.

3 So it is with us. When we were juveniles we were enslaved under the hostile spirits of the world.

4 But when the time of fulfillment had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law.

5 Yet all of this was so that He would redeem and set free those held hostage to the law so that we would receive our freedom and a full legal adoption as His Children.

6 And so that we would know that we are His True Children, God released the Spirit of Sonship into our hearts—moving us to cry out intimately, “My Father! My True Father!”

7 Now we’re no longer living like slaves under the law, but we enjoy being God’s very own Sons and Daughters! And because we’re His, we can access everything Our Father has—for we are heirs because of what God has done!

When is the second coming of Christ?  I don’t know but, in the meantime, I will continue to do what The Holy Spirit leads me to do.  I won’t sit around and do nothing.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Ecclesiastes chapter 3:

1 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under Heaven:

9 What profit has the worker from that in which he labors?

10 I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.

12 I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives,

13 and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor-it is the gift of God.

Yes, I long for the second coming but I view each day with gratitude.  When I look around, I see miracles of life with all its complexity.  Don’t sweat the timing but instead focus on being led by The Holy Spirit, He will order your steps.  The second coming of Christ will not arrive a minute early nor will it arrive a minute late!

Peter also wrote to the church concerning Noah’s parallel in the last days!

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 24:

36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of Heaven, but My Father only.

37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

The apostle Peter the Apostle picks up Jesus’ “days of Noah” theme and adds depth in three key ways—he explains why people missed it, what Noah represents, and what it means for the future judgment.

1. Noah as a “preacher of righteousness” (ignored warning)

Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Peter chapter 2:

4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;

Peter expands Jesus’ point: It wasn’t just that people were distracted, they were being warned—but chose not to respond.  Peter is emphasizing accountability. The generation of Noah wasn’t unaware—they rejected a clear witness.

2. God’s patience vs. human indifference

Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Peter chapter 3:

18 Christ suffered and died for sins once and for all—the innocent for the guilty—to bring you near to God by His Body being put to death and by being raised to life by the Spirit.

19 He went in the Spiritual realm and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison 20 because of their disobedience of long ago. For during the time of Noah God patiently waited while the ark was being prepared, but only a few were brought safely through the floodwaters: a total of eight souls.

21 This was a prophetic picture of the immersion that now saves you—not a bathing of the physical body but rather the response of a good conscience before God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

22 Who is now in Heaven at the place of Supreme Authority next to God. The very powers of Heaven, including every angel and authority, now yield in submission to Him.

This adds an important layer: The delay before judgment = mercy, not absence and time was given for repentance.  What was the response?  Only a few (eight people) entered the ark!  So Peter frames the “days of Noah” as a tension between Divine patience and human indifference.

3. The flood as a pattern of future judgment

Peter makes the comparison more explicit than Jesus did.

In Second Epistle of Peter 3:3–7, he warns:

3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days mockers will multiply, chasing after their evil desires.

4 They will say, “So what about this promise of His coming? Our ancestors are dead and buried, yet everything is still the same as it was since from the beginning of time until now.”

5 But they conveniently overlook that from the beginning, the heavens and earth were created by God’s Word. He spoke and the dry ground separated from the waters.

6 Then long afterward He destroyed the world with a tremendous flood by those very waters.

7 And now, by the same powerful Word, the heavens and the earth are reserved for fire, being kept for judgment day, when all the ungodly will perish.

8 So, dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape your notice: a single day counts like a thousand years to the Lord YAHWEH, and a thousand years counts as one day.

In the last days, scoffers will come and they will say: “Everything continues as it always has”.  That’s exactly the mindset of Noah’s generation: they are assuming stability and are dismissing the idea of coming judgment.

Peter’s key point of comparison: The ancient world was judged by water (the flood) but the present world is reserved for judgment by fire.  So the “days of Noah” pattern becomes: past judgment proves future judgment is certain.

4. The ark as a picture of salvation

In First Epistle of Peter 3:20–21, Peter connects the ark to salvation:

20 because of their disobedience of long ago. For during the time of Noah God patiently waited while the ark was being prepared, but only a few were brought safely through the floodwaters: a total of eight souls.

21 This was a prophetic picture of the immersion that now saves you—not a bathing of the physical body but rather the response of a good conscience before God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

The ark carried people safely through judgment.  He compares this to salvation (even linking it symbolically to baptism).

Just as there was one means of rescue then, there is one means now

Being “in the ark” parallels being in Christ

5. Why people will miss it again (Peter’s insight)

Peter goes deeper than just behavior—he exposes the heart issue:

In Second Epistle of Peter 3:5, he says:

For this they willfully forget: that by the Word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,

So unlike simple ignorance, it’s willful blindness, a chosen refusal to acknowledge God’s past acts and future promises.

6. What believers should do in light of this

In Second Epistle of Peter 3:

11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in Holy conduct and Godliness,

12 looking for and hastening the coming of the Day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;

In summary:

The “days of Noah” isn’t just a warning about the world

It’s a call to live differently in the middle of it

Jesus described the conditions of Noah’s days.

Peter explains the Spiritual dynamics behind them:

Warnings were given → but ignored

God delayed → out of mercy

People dismissed judgment → by choice

Judgment came → suddenly and decisively

A remnant was saved → through one provision

The same pattern will repeat—only the final judgment will be even more decisive!

Jesus gave us a specific sign concerning the last days!

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 24:

3 Later, when they (Jesus and His disciples) arrived at the Mount of Olives, His disciples came privately to where He was sitting and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what sign should we expect to signal Your coming and the completion of this age?”

4 Jesus answered, “At that time deception will run rampant. So beware that you are not fooled!

Jesus described the times in great detail and then He said:

36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of Heaven, but My Father only.

37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

And Luke records what Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 17:

26 The same things that happened in the days of Noah will take place in the days of the Son of Man.

27 They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, and they were given in marriage until the day Noah boarded the ark and the devastating flood came and swept them all away.

28-30 “The days of the Son of Man can also be compared to the days of Lot. The people of that time lived their lives as normal. They got married, raised families, built homes and businesses, yet they were totally unaware of what was coming until the day Lot departed from Sodom. The sky opened up and rained fire and burning sulfur upon them, destroying everyone and everything they had built. So it will be on the day of the unveiling of the Son of Man.

31 “On that day, if one is outside, he won’t even have time to go back into the house to gather his belongings. And those toiling in their fields won’t have time to run back home.

32 Don’t forget the example of Lot’s wife and what happened to her when she turned back.

33 All who are obsessed with being secure in life will lose it all—including their lives. But those who let go of their lives and surrender them to Me will discover True Life.

Jesus described the pattern of what the world would be like before judgment and deliverance.

Here’s what that comparison means in context:

1. Normal life continuing—right up to the end

Jesus said people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage.

In other Words, life looked completely ordinary. There was no widespread awareness or urgency. The key point: people were unprepared because they didn’t take the warning seriously.

2. There would be widespread corruption and moral decay.

Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Genesis chapter  6:

5 But YAHWEH saw how extremely wicked humanity had become, for they imagined only evil, for all they thought about was doing evil all the time.

Every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil continually. 

Violence, corruption, and wickedness had become the norm. So “days of Noah” implies moral compromise becoming widespread; evil being normalized rather than resisted

There is no question that the world as embraced moral compromise and evil!

3. Spiritual blindness and disbelief

Noah was building the ark and warning people.

Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Peter chapter 2:

4 Now, don’t forget, God had no pity for the angels when they sinned but threw them into the lowest, darkest dungeon of gloom and locked them in chains, where they are firmly held until the judgment of torment.

5 And HE did not spare the former world in the days of Noah when HE sent a flood to destroy a depraved world (although he protected Noah, the preacher of righteousness, along with seven members of his family).

6 And don’t forget that HE reduced to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, condemning them to ruin and destruction. God appointed them to be examples as to what is coming to the ungodly.

7 Yet HE rescued a righteous man, Lot, suffering the indignity of the unbridled lusts of the lawless.

8 For righteous Lot lived among them day after day, distressed in his righteous soul by the rebellious deeds he saw and heard.

9 If the Lord YAHWEH rescued Lot, he knows how to continually rescue the Godly from their trials and to reserve the ungodly for punishment on the day of judgment.

10 And this especially applies to those who live their lives despising authorities and who abandon themselves to chasing the depraved lusts of their flesh. They are willfully arrogant and insolent, unafraid to insult the glorious ones.

So, the pattern includes warnings being given but are largely dismissed or mocked.

4. Sudden judgment after long patience

God delayed judgment while the ark was being prepared (Genesis 6–7), but when it came, it was decisive and unavoidable.

Jesus emphasizes this part: “They knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away.”

To summarize, there is a long season of mercy and warning followed by sudden, unexpected judgment, a small remnant will be saved.

Only Noah and his family entered the ark. That highlights: a few will respond compared to the whole world.  Salvation was available—but not embraced by most.

When Jesus compares His return to the days of Noah, He’s describing a world that is:

busy with normal life

morally drifting

largely dismissive of God’s warnings

caught off guard when judgment comes

And at the same time, there is a way of salvation (like the ark), but it requires awareness, faith, and response.

Now is the time to prioritize your life on being fully led by The Holy Spirit without delay!