Prayer Works Bible Study: April 28, 2024

Jesus is the Full Authority

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Reflection Points

• Jesus rose from the dead with all power in His hands.

• We have undermined the power of Jesus.

• Jesus is the full authority.

• We spend too much time trying to understand than trying to believe.

• We're not asked to understand who Christ is, we're asked to believe in Him.

• Jesus gave us His spirit so we can follow Him and do greater things.

• When are we going to exercise the full measure of the Spirit within us?

• It comes down to belief. What do you believe about Jesus?

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What we want to kind of really look at today is the scripture in fact, it's not scripture, it’s scriptures that talk about Jesus rose with all power in His hands. With all power in his hands. 

A lot of scriptures, but the reason I want to teach on these guys is that I think we have undermined the power of Jesus. Of who this Man is and I think because we can, you can be in church and become too familiar with who He is because you've heard it over and over again.  

But then, slowly but surely start losing and understanding of who really Jesus is. And when he's saying He rose with all power in His hands. What does that actually really mean? 

And along with this I want to share some things you know to just give you context and contrast of the word that we are pardon and why Jesus is the full authority, right. 

If you know, in for example in this country. You will not become president of United States of America if you are not a Freemason. If you’re not a Freemason, you are never going to be president of the United States of America.  

If people vote you in somehow just because they like you, the probability that you'll be queued is higher. It’s just reality there are things that we see in our world that behind them there's a lot of things that if it was to be reviewed, we'll all probably run away, probably run. 

All these institutes of higher learning there is a ton of things behind them that are really pushed by the devil. And this is why the matter of spirituality is so important. And this is why we can never underestimate what you mean in your spiritual walk. 

To the overall you know function of the Kingdom of God. The scripture says one can chase 1000, two can chase 10,000. And that's from a spiritual standpoint, this is not physical, it's spiritual standpoint.  

To show you how powerful the spirit world is. If one can chase 1000, one person can just 1000, two 10,000 the math is just unbelievable because we are, God is trying to show us what we possess in the spirit.  

The power that we carry as children of the most high in the spirit. Some of the work that most of you are doing in the community. Sometimes you can feel overwhelmed and feel like man, I'm alone, I don't know.  

But if you understand what's behind you or the power that's behind you. You really understand that the spirit world rules. Everything that we see, everything that we see. So, let's look at scriptures, ok. 

1 Peter 3:22, it says, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels, authorities and powers. Having been subjected to Him, so I want you to think about this spirit world that we can see angels or the authorities in the heavens that we can see 24 elders. 

Abraham, Elijah, Elisha, you name it. All those then you think about rulers, principalities, right? The scripture is telling us that everything that was ever created by God, spiritually or physical has been subjected to Jesus.  

Romans 8:34 who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died. More than that, more than His dead, He was raised. Who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.  

So, this same Jesus, who has all authority, all power over all physical and spiritual things. He is now sitting at the right hand of the Father, interceding on our behalf. Psalms 110:1, The son of David the Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.  

It doesn't say sit on my right hand and I'll make enemies. It says sit until and this applies to all of us. Show consistency until I'll put your enemies under thy feet. Now the disciples who walked with Jesus for three years did not even understand this.  

Even though they witnessed and saw what he was doing, they did not understand this. They did not understand the full measure of the power and authority of Jesus. That's why John had to be shown in a revelation of who Jesus was. 

Even though he walked with Jesus, even though he was his best friend, even though he lived with Mary. Jesus dies, John goes to live with Mary for over 60 years. Which means that John now had this opportunity to hear the stories that were never told by Jesus to them. 

Mary now gets to explain the journey that she took in order to conceive Jesus. But still John doesn't get it. It takes John to be an old man and they're about to kill him, and he's running from everybody and he's at an Island in Patmos, a blind man.  

And the scripture says he was in the spirit on the Lords day. While John is in the spirit on the Lords day, he gets the opportunity to see heaven. And the Lord then says to him write these things down.  

I'll show you what's about to happen. But one of the images that John sees is what he heard Jesus say while He was on earth with them. I will sit at the right hand of the Father with all authority.  

John then sees this image of Jesus on the right hand of the Father. That's when it actually really dawns on him what was being said by these men. That John goes back and then writes the book of John.  

In the gospels that's why the book of John is the last book to be written in the Bible. Because the man had seen so John writes, John 1 John 2 John 3. The Book of Revelation then he goes back and write John in the Gospels.  

That's why he could say in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God because John gets to see the full picture. Now, if it took John all those years to see the full picture.  

Now imagine us that's why we have scriptures to help us to understand the full scope and measure and authority and power of who Jesus. That's why He is called the Spirit without measure, you can't measure it.  

Matthew 28:18 and Jesus came and said to them, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Now think about guys, I want you to think about the scope of authority of the world. Places that you can’t go maybe because you don't have a visa. 

Places that you can't access because maybe you don't know anybody. You can just get up and go to the White House. They will shoot you before you get there. Now Jesus is saying all authority.  

Everything that is, that you see has been given to me. Heaven and on earth. Hebrews 1:3, He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature. I want you to think about the nature of who God is.  

The scripture says God is love, God is the judge. When you really look at the scriptures that talk about who God is, the scripture now He's telling us He is the exact imprint of His nature.  

And he upholds the universe by the word of His power. Oh my God, this is beautiful. The scripture doesn't say He upholds the universe by His word. By the word of His power, in other words, His power, when He's given the word, it holds everything.  

After making purifications of sins, He sat down at the right hand of The Majesty on High. John 1: 3, All things not some things, all things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. 

Hebrews 8:1, now the point in what we are saying is this, we have such a high priest. One who is seated at the right hand of the throne of The Majesty in heaven. Acts 5:31, God exhorted Him at His right hand.  

As leader and savior to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. Then John 1:1 in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. Matthew 26:64. Jesus said unto him, some of His disciples, He said so.  

But I tell you, from now on, you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. Colossians 1:17 and He is before all things and in Him all things, in Him, in Him not outside of Him, in Him, in Him, all things hold together.  

All things hold together. You see nations not fighting each other and killing each other is because in Him all things hold together. You see, all these marriages still intact in Him all things hold together. 

You see everybody not losing their head in the midst of chaos because in Him, all things hold together. Whether coming and not destroying everybody's home is because in Him, all things hold together.  

Ephesians 1:20 that He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at the right hand in the heavenly places. 1 Corinthians15:24 says this, then comes the end.  

When He Jesus delivers the Kingdom to God the Father. After destroying every rule and every authority and power that's the God we serve. This is the one we walk with in our hearts. 

That one day He will come and destroy or rule in the world. People think what's His name Putin is tough, no. What's his name, the other guy from North Korea? Yeah, he's tough. All this tough, right?  

That you think all these places that you think, man, how can we dispose of this guy? The scripture is telling us Jesus is going to come one day and destroy all manner and measure of any rule in the earth. 

When He has done that, He then will deliver the Kingdom of God who is in the Kingdom of God, that's you and I. He then takes us and deliver us to the Father. So, this kind of power supersedes all manner of things that we might not know.  

All the things that we think or they're done in the secret in the dark, some where in different offices where people are cutting deals and making decisions to affect humanity. When they sit at Davos all the globalists. 

The reason why they haven't taken over and they will never take over is because all power. All power is in Christ. So why are we saying all this? We are saying all this because I want all of us to really kind of understand.  

Because Jesus says if you believe in me, if you believe in me then out of your belly will flow rivers of living water. Then the scripture says it's Christ, this same Christ we're talking about in us.  

Hope of glory which means that the authority that we work with as believers, it's unbelievable. The problem is that we don't have enough faith to believe that. We believe some way, sometimes, but the full measure of that authority and this you can see it in Peter's life.  

Oh man, you're walking on water can I walk too. Yes, you can too, if you believe in Me. The man starts walking all of a sudden his faith fails him. That's what we all do. We believe when we are in church and the anointing hits, Oh my God, we can jump over the walls.  

You go to your house, the door shuts behind you and you get squeezed a little bit. Oh, what is me same person is because it's difficult to understand this kind of power but we are not being asked to understand who Christ is. 

We are being asked to believe who He is. Can you believe Him? Ultimately, believe Him. That all things are in Him. Everything is in Him and the scripture says in Ephesians we all exist at His pleasure. 

This is the Jesus we talk about. Now you know the story of how Jesus came to Earth. Born of a virgin, right. Let me kind of explain, walk you through this. You really understand this power. 

An Angel shows up and tells this young woman, hey, you're going to be pregnant. And the Holy Spirit is going to do it. Now at this juncture the spirit does not appear randomly as it is now.  

It only appears to your selected few that God has chosen to speak to. So, it appears to this young man and young woman and say this is what's going to happen. So, God Himself comes in the form of a spirit God Himself. 

That's why the scripture saying Mary was found pregnant with the Holy Spirit. Pneuma, the spirit of God that searches all things, even the deep things of God, and reveals them to men.  

That same spirit comes over this woman and she gives birth to a baby boy. The reason why this is happening in this manner is because He cannot come from Adam's loins because that blood has been contaminated of sin. 

He has to come this method through the holiness of the most High. But in order to be living like us, there's three elements that have to be inside of you that is blood, water and spirit. Without these three, if you don’t have blood you will die.  

If you get dehydrated, no water, you will die. The spirit is the thing that comes from God and make all this connected and He becomes a living being. But His blood is pure. It doesn't have Adam in Him. 

 So He walks the earth showing us the original intent of God with humanity that's why He gets tested on all points and He was found with no sin. The day comes now where He has to die.  

Why is He dying so that He can shed this that's inside of Him where, to the ground that formed humanity in order to exist, because we came from soil. So Jesus dies, that's why they pierce Him.  

So that the blood flows out and heals the soil that was contaminated. So what dies at Calvary is what was born as human. That spirit, which came from the Father, then descended from then onwards and went into hell.  

Why is He going to hell? In order to preach to all of humanity that died before this event. For three days Jesus has revival in hell. Giving people an opportunity to repent of their sins. Three days later, He comes back to life. 

But what rises up was no longer the Son of man because that body that walked out of the tomb had no blood and had no water, it was the glory form. This is why Thomas could put his finger and his finger comes out and there's no blood, no nothing on it.  

That body then walks on the earth in glory form. That's why Jesus will just appear through walls, just disappears. Because He no longer had boundaries and jurisdictions. But what He is carrying inside is the God of the heaven. 

The day comes, He says I'm leaving now, I've done my job. Administered those and made sure they understand what is happening here? He then ascends to heaven but He tells them wait, don't move because there's an exchange that has to happen.  

This spirit that was once for just a few. We're going to open it up for everybody. So He goes up and He sends His spirit. His same spirit that He went to hell with administered to everybody, He comes back and He gives it to all of us.  

So why is he giving us His spirit? It's not just so that we can conquer the world. Its not just so we can become Christians. That's not why He's giving His spirit so we can become Christians.  

He's giving His spirit so we can follow. That's why we're called the followers of Christ. In other words, follow in the direction I went do exactly what I did. That's why He says greater works will you do that I did.  

Why is He talking about that? The reason He's talking about that and He's like, hey, yes, I've been on Earth. I've only used a few of my hours but you know what I'm going to give it to you all so that you can do greater things with this power.  

That we as believers, right this knowledge, this information, it's a mystery to us. We either are not taught it, we either don't understand it, we either are not trying to walk in it. So it seems very distance from us. 

Yet actually this is how we are supposed to live and to walk. So I'm saying this because I want us to understand and grasp this one thing. The power that we possess spiritually, not physically.  

Spiritually, the power that we possess spiritually is unbelievable. We just don't know it. I want you to imagine you know, God blesses the surgeons with V12 horsepower, V12 McLaren 2024. 

V12, 12 horses, can you imagine 12 horses that power and give it to you. And then we ask you, hey don't ever, ever, ever get on the highway. You can't drive it on the highway. You can only drive it in your quarter sec.  

The manufacturer will probably looking at you like hey, when you're going to put this thing to test. Then you go into exercise, the full measure of the power that's in this car. It doesn't mean you can drive it.  

You can go to the supermarket but without full understanding of what this car can do. And I believe this is why, I believe this is why the church is now abusing the power of Christ because when the objective of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable. 

If you understand what this name can do, in Jesus name. If you understand what this name can do, because the scripture says every knee will bow down in heaven and on earth in Jesus name.  

That's the full authority. So when He says He rose up with all power in His hand, all power, not some power. All of it, all of it, you can imagine all of it. He rose up with all power and then the same Jesus says I'm going to come and dwell inside of you. 

I want you to imagine, I want you to imagine guys the same Jesus comes and say. Yeah, I'm going to live inside of you. You and I, we're going to create something. But you know what I need you to do, I need you to believe that I'm right there with you.  

And that this power I possess you have it too. The only way you can use this, your belief has to match what I carry. But you know what we do? We now spend time trying to understand. We spend so much time trying to understand instead of spending so much time trying to believe.  

2 Peter 1:16, For we did not follow cleverly devised myths. When we were made known to the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. But we were eyewitnesses of His Majesty. But the animals started to die and sacrifice in order to cleanse humanity of its sin.  

Just think about it from Adam to before Jesus comes. I mean, how much livestock you think died in order for purification of sins. Or let's say if this was still a custom with all the things that we have done sinfully.  

How many cows will we need to just queue and put on the altar. Just think about that. Every single one of us will probably have had like 500,000 cows at a time in order to just sacrifice for every sin that we have.  

Now this man comes just one person comes and says all right let's do it. Then I'm going to demolish all sin once and for all. That kind, that's why Jesus says to Pilate the power you claim to have you don't have.  

You don't know what you're talking about. Because he was telling him that yo, you don't really understand the scope of who I am. And He said that we, the church, we the church we don't understand.  

That this whole thing is in our favor, it's in our favor. And this is why you read this, seek ye first, seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, that's Jesus. And all these things. Seek ye first. 

He’s like this is the ultimate thing that you should desire more than anything, because if you get this because He holds all things together. If you get this then all these other things will be added unto you.  

But we don't seek first, we seek first, sometimes, then sometimes we don't seek first. So, we get half a measure of His power, not the full half a measure. That's why sometimes we feel powerful.  

And then sometimes we feel we are not as powerful. Because it comes down to belief. What do you believe about Jesus. And now, what do you believe on who Jesus is? There are certain things guys that will literally disappear.  

If this power shows up, doesn't need you to talk about, see all these young men you minister to brother Sergeant. Well, sometimes like I don't know if they're hearing me. There are certain things certain times where you just have to show up and look somebody in the eye and they will know how straighten.  

They will know how straighten up. And the thing about the enemy, right when he knows that you don't know. Oh, you play like he’ll throw everything. There's a little boy who comes to tennis at lunchtime, he is crazy literally.  

Eight years old. He has no, I don't think he ever heard of the word discipline. Every moment he is doing something that you like, wait a minute. The moment you turn your eye is he's doing something.  

Hitting somebody with the tennis rackets, hitting a ball over the fence, kicking someone running over here, he gets online, he just uncontrollable. And the mother sits over there in order to just kind of like, hey, hey, but still sometimes you hear him talk back.  

Shut up, mom, eight years. And he knows you can't do anything to him because his mother will let him. It cause you know the mother is there so you're like, I can't do anything. She's sitting over here, what can I say?  

So on Thursday, I said, hey, I want you to bring him on Saturday. I want you to bring him for one hour, and when you bring him on the tennis court, leave just leave and leave us together. 

So, he comes, he walks in and I literary say Lord, I need your help with this young man. And he walks in and I looked at him and he's like, why am I here by myself? I says because this is what's going on and you have no right, you are 8 years old, you don't know nothing and I want you to keep quiet and listen. 

And I said, Holy Spirit, work with me here. And I started telling this is what I want you to do. I want you to do that, oh it's hard, I said I don't care, do it. And within 10 minutes, I'm not talking within 10 minutes, yes, Sir what do you want me to do?  

Ok, Sir, Sorry, I didn't mean that and all of a sudden he straightens up. It’s within 10 minutes and what I saw after that 10 minutes. You get to see who the person actually is. And literally the Lord said to me, that's the spirit.  

Now what you are seeing that’s him. The other thing that you see that's in spirit. So we start talking, this boy says to me, there's a boy in the school. I feel like I want to kill, seven years old.  

He says I wanna punch him and take all his teeth. I'm like why? He says because he doesn't want to listen to me. So that wait a minute. You don't want to listen to me too. What should I do with that? 

But again, I'm saying this to say to you guys that the authority that we carry sometimes we think we have to do some extraordinary things. But really it comes down to us believing the authority that we are carrying that you know actually carry it.  

Within 30 minutes he comes to me, he's like thank you, coach Zee, you know what I want to do this every Saturday with you. Just you and I , I was like you got boy, just you and I. But again, I'm sharing this story because stuff like that.  

Sometimes you think, oh, you know, I gotta do something. But I had to recognize that man I have Jesus even in that situation, as the guy of Jesus and let's apply and enforce this authority, and I'm saying this to you guys, a lot of situations that we might be facing, we just need to expose them to Jesus.  

Matthew 16:16, one of my favorite scriptures in the Bible. Who do men say I am? Thou art the Christ. Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. And I tell you this, Peter, on this revelation, not on your knowledge, not on theology, on this revelation, that I am Christ.  

I will build My church and the gates of hell will not prevail. Which means wherever you see hell prevailing the revelation of who Christ is, is not yet applied. The power the authority of who Christ is has not yet been applied. 

 In order to apply it you have to have it. In order to have it, you have to believe that you have it. Christ in you, in us, the hope of glory. So, homework assignment for this week. Research all power in His hands. 

These are some of the pertinent scriptures that we all should know. We really have to know it because it’s at the center of our existence in him. What does that actually really mean? When the scripture says Christ in you, the hope of God, what does that actually really mean? 

Because if you don't know and understand what that means, then abuse is inevitable. Misuse is inevitable. Shortcomings are inevitable because you don't know. This is our manual for authority, for spiritual authority, all power in His hand.  

So everybody do a study, I'm telling you, you gotta do this and keep it in handy at all times because it is your manual for authority and power in Jesus Christ. Wherever you go, whatever you do, wherever God sends you to do things.  

This is why I get mad when I hear people say hey, oh he is power. No you don't oh so and so man, he has power. No, he doesn't at the most, he has belief, he has belief. So oh, you know he has power because he praised a lot.  

No, he prays a lot because he believed a lot and because he believed a lot, he has more power not because he prays a lot, Amen. So, I want to encourage you do homework on all power in His hands because I don't want us one day to get to heaven and God show you what you possess in Christ.  

And then you're like, Oh my God why didn't I do that. So, let's expose some things and the trick the enemy plays really is you know what that's none of my business. You know, I don't think I don't have to do anything.  

It really doesn't affect me. And in that time we then missed the opportunity to expose the power of who God is because the beauty of this once you know it once you experience it. It takes you to a greater level of faith.  

And the greater level of faith you have the greater level of worship you have. The greater level of worship, the greater the level of revelation you get. Show me your worship and I'll show you the revelation you carry.  

Show me your revelation and I'll show you the power that is in you, because once you experience Jesus that's why He says to the woman you will never thirst again, ever, ever again. 

You’ll never thirst again. That's the power that He has. That's what we need to get into, that's what we need to know to understand. So do a study all power in His hands.

I've given you a synopsis of who Jesus is, how He came to be on Earth, and what He did and how He gave up His ghosts so that you and I can possess the same quality.  

You see that scripture that says He is the exact imprint of the Father. And then we are the exact imprint if we walk in Him of Him. So greater works will you do than He did, Amen. 

Heavenly Father, we thank You for these Your people, we thank You for Your Grace. We thank You for Your authority. We thank You for Your power. Now we ask that the Lord of Heaven may continue to guide us in all things true.  

So that the knowledge the expanse of the knowledge that we have of who You are in us may continue to grow so that we can walk in the full measure and authority that You want us to work in the earth.  

Bless us, mightily, transform our minds, continue to renew us so that we can be the vehicle that God passes His Kingdom from one generation to the next. Bless the works of our hands.  

Bless the works of Your spirit in us. We ask You to do all this in the name of the one who died on the Cross, Jesus Christ and we say together, Amen and Amen, Amen.