Brendan Mc Crossan
All authority has been given to Jesus; He then gave that authority over to us!
Jesus said all authority has been given to me, then he said to us go then, and make disciples of all the nations, he handed his own authority over to us Christian’s. Jesussaid,“Allauthorityinhavenandearth,”hasbeengiventome,giventohimbywhom?
Brendan Mc
Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, “All authority” (“all power of rule”) in “heaven and on earth” has been given to “Me.”
19Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days (perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age. Amen (so let it be). {Amplified Bible}
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All authority has been given to Jesus; He then gave that authority over to us!
God the father the creator of the universe, did God have the right to give Jesus authority? Of course he did, he was God and everything belongs to God, then God gave it to his son Jesus.
When did God give all authority over to Jesus? Most will think it was when he began his ministry on earth, but no you would be wrong. God actually gave all authority over to Jesus when he thought of creating man, he knew that as he created man that man would sin because there was a devil in existence, that devil was called Lucifer the most beautiful creature there ever was, who became jealous when God talked about creating a man in his own image. Lucifer was not created in God’s image; he was an angel, a created being, created by God; now God was talking about creating a whole new species exactly like him, and Lucifer became jealous and plotted to destroy God’s plan for mankind. Before the very world was thought about by God, God thought about you and me, and scripture says he numbered our days and knew the very number of hairs on our head, and he decided that you and I would be born on such and such a day and month and year, and he knew Lucifer’s heart had grown evil and God knew that man would sin, then he thought about a way of saving mankind, his Son Jesus would come and become a sacrifice for sin and Jesus readily agreed, and this all was before the existence of the galaxies or quantum space. So God in his infinite wisdom thought about creating Adam, {man} and Eve, {woman} then he though that from Adam and Eve would come children, and God planned his plan for those children seeing way into the future, their children and the children of those ancestors right up until the end of the world, he knew each persons place and when they would be born and when they would die, because he laid down a plan for each individual life and he poured out his love on them all.
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Jeremiah-29-11-For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
This is something amazing to give thought to, God spoke and everything else came into being, but he actually used his very own hands to create us from the dust of the earth, this was a close and personal touch, done with such love and care and tenderness, he God made something with his own hands. You know I could go on and on here thinking how personal this act was, because God spoke and things came into being, why did he not just speak us into being, it would have been easy for him to have done so. But I believe this was a personal act of pure love that God decided to form us from the dust, and then breathe into us his very own breath. God created the angels with his word he created everything in existence with his word but he created us with his own hands, he wanted to touch us to feel us, to form and shape us from his heart using his very own hands, he wanted us as his children to have something from his own self, first by his hands and then by his own breath, we have God’s breath in us, passing down from Adam and Eve and down through the generations till it reached you and then will pass on to your children and grandchildren and so on. His personal breath is in me and you.
Genesis 2-7-Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life and man became a living being.
To thosewho areartisticorbuildersorsomeonewho usestheirhandsto createsomething,isn’t there something personal in your creation, isn’t it pleasing to you to sit down and look at what you created or made or drew? Every artist will tell you their work is pleasing to them because they created it and did it themselves without the help of others, it was a personal endeavour
He foreseen that Lucifer would try and corrupt his children because he gave them all free will, and he thought of a plan to defeat Lucifer, and that plan was to offer his own son up for the sins of the whole world since the beginning of their creation, thereby sealing mans future. It was at this point that he gave Jesus all his own authority over the heavens and the earth leavingnothingout.ThenGoddecidedwheretoputmanandhecreatedaworldwithgalaxies and planets, sun and moon and stars around it.
Genesis 1-26- 26God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.(D) 27So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.(E) 28And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.
God made man and woman first of in his own image and he is spirit, man and woman were not flesh and bone at this point, but spirit beings. Then came the day after God finished making the earth and space and all of creation and it was at this point that God formed a man from the dust of the earth, and then he breathed into it the breath of life.
Jesus said to them, “Go everywhere in the world, and tell everyone the Good News. 16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
18They will pick up snakes, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them. They will place their hands on the sick and cure them.”
19After talking with the apostles, the Lord was taken to heaven, where God gave him the highest position.
and a joy to behold; does not God look on us in the same way he formed us by his own hands, not by his word but by that personal touch? Did you know that God took a part of Jesus to make you? Just like God took a part of Adam to create Eve, he took a part of Jesus to make you and I.
Chapter two Authority handed over to the apostles
The version I use is “The Way Bible,” and I like it the best because this is the Bible that God speaks to me through and gives me enlightenment, though I use about fifteen other bibles to confirm the exact meaning of the scripture I am quoting.
The Way says it like this.
20The disciples spread the Good News everywhere. The Lord worked with them. He confirmed his word by the miraculous signs that accompanied it.
God knew that Lucifer was going to try and destroy his creation, so he planned for Jesus to come to earth and die for us to redeem us again back to God.
17“Thesearethemiraculoussignsthatwillaccompanybelievers:Theywillusethepower and authority of my name to force demons out of people. They will speak new languages.
No sooner had Jesus accomplished all that he had set out to do reference Defeating Satan and all authority of the enemy he handed that same authority over to us his children, that’s trust for you; Jesus trust you and me more than we do of ourselves. Would you give you all authority in heaven and on earth?
Jesus came at the right time and defeated Lucifer now named Satan the devil, then Jesus did something strange, he handed over his authority to us, to a people who would not be faithful who would be backstabbers who would lie and cheat and that is Christians I am talking about, but he trusted that we would win through the old sinful nature and become eventually all that God had planned for us to become, - the same as Jesus. To walk in the same authority that God gave Jesus and now Jesus gave to God’s children, you and I who believe and are saved.
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Jesus was designating his own personal authority over to us the believer but first he gave that authority over to the apostles. But did you notice something in the scriptures just before Mark 16-15, in Mark 16-12 Jesus scolded the apostles because of their unbelief.
Mark-16-12- 12Later Jesus appeared to two disciples as they were walking to their home in the country. He did not look as he usually did. 13They went back and told the others, who did not believe them either. 14Still later Jesus appeared to the eleven apostles while they were eating. He put them to shame for their unbelief and because they were too stubborn to believe those who had seen him alive.
Let’s look at this piece of scripture-Mark-16-14- he put them to shame for their unbelief, and because they were too stubborn to believe. Would you have ever though that Jesus would put anyone to shame knowing his nature? Probably not; but why did he scold them, he scolded them because they had stubborn hearts, and remember what happened at Manassas, the people rebelled against God. Their hearts were hardened another translation say because of unbelief.
Hebrews 3 8- 8Do not harden your hearts, as [happened] in the rebellion [of Israel] and their provocation and embitterment [of Me] in the day of testing in the wilderness, 9Where your fathers tried [My patience] and tested [My forbearance] and found I stood their test, and they saw My works for forty years. Hardening your heart through unbelief does not please God and in fact he feels just the opposite he is displeased by a hardened heart, he cannot work through a hardened heart, it opposes the Holy Spirits work in you. If you have had a hardened heart through something or other, then you need to ask God to forgive you and get rid of it.
Mark 16-17 those who believe shall use “My” authority, to cast out demons, and they shall speak new languages, they will be able to handle snakes with safety and if they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them, and they will be able to place their hands on the sick and heal them.
Chapter three “You have to say” Matthew 21-18-In the early dawn the next morning, as He was coming back to the city, He was hungry. 19And as He saw one single leafy fig tree above the roadside, He went to it but He found nothing but leaves on it [seeing that in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves]. And He “said” to it, never again shall fruit grow on you! And the fig tree withered up at once. 20When the disciples saw it, they marvelled greatly and asked, how is it that the fig tree has withered away all at once? 21And Jesus answered them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith (a [n]firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you “say” to this mountain,
be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done. 22And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and [really] believing you will receive.
Jesus “said” to the fig tree, and he said, to “say” to the mountain, saying is accompanied by faith, by believing. In the next scripture, Peter “said” to the cripple “get up and walk;” and then he grabbed him and jerked him to his feet and as he done so the man’s feet were instantly Youhealed.shall
6But Peter “said,” Silver and gold (money) I do not have; but what I do have, that I give to you: in [the use of] the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk! 7Then he took hold of the man's right hand with a firm grip and raised him up. And at once his feet and ankle bones became strong and steady, 8And leaping forth he stood and began to walk, and he went into the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9And all the people saw him walking about and praising God, Peter’s first action was to say to the man, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth walk; then he followed up his words with action, he grabbed the man by the hand and pulled him up. Would you have pulled him to his feet? What if he fell back down, how embarrassing, but Peter expected the name of Jesus to work because in Luke 9-1- Jesus gave them all authority in his name over all demons and power to cast them out and to heal all diseases. Peter wasn’t like us he didn’t doubt Jesus word; he knew that Jesus was faithful to his own name and the power in that name of his.
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NOW PETER and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (three o'clock in the afternoon), 2[When] a certain man crippled from his birth was being carried along, who was laid each day at that gate of the temple [which is] called Beautiful, so that he might beg for charitable gifts from those who entered the temple.
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So when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them to give him a gift. 4And Peter directed his gaze intently at him, and so did John, and “said,” Look at us! 5And [the man] paid attention to them, expecting that he was going to get something from them.
“say” note the word “say,” you have to “say,” to this mountain be thou removed and it will go, Jesus had authority over everything even mountains and he gave that same authority to us who are made in his own image. It was God’s plan to make a multitude of little Jesus filled with Jesus and filled with himself and filled with the Holy Spirit. Peter knew Jesus was in him so he knew he could take that mans hand and jerk him to his feet after he gave the order to the man’s body to be healed in Jesus name, he knew he had authority in the name of PowerJesus. was handed over to the apostles and was acted upon by them.
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Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. 2 He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
And they set the men in their midst and repeatedly demanded, by what sort of power or by what kind of authority did [such people as] you do this [healing]?
Then Peter, [because he was] filled with [and controlled by] the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and members of the council (the Sanhedrin), 9If we are being put on trial [here] today and examined concerning a good deed done to benefit a feeble (helpless) cripple, by what means this man has been restored to health,
12And there is salvation in and through no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved. {Amplified bible} Jesus gave the apostles his own name, and anyone who has a bank account knows that it is only in their name that money can be drawn from the account, as the account is normally in your own name. I can’t walk into a bank and say, give me twenty thousand pounds out of Tommy Loads of moneys account; the bank will refuse unless you had a letter of permission and proof before they would give you anything from Tommy Loads of Moneys account. Well Jesus gave you personal access to his bank account in heaven where everything he owns is stored, and he owns everything in heaven and on earth and his name has authority over everything.
Going through a long line of prophets, God has been addressing our ancestorsindifferentwaysforcenturies.RecentlyhespoketousdirectlythroughhisSon. By his Son, God created the world in the beginning, and it will all belong to the Son at the end. This Son perfectly mirrors God, and is stamped with God's nature. He holds everything together by what he says—powerful words! {The Message Bible}
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So peter knew the power in the name of Jesus even before Jesus died and reappeared to them in Mark 16-15 where he gave them and the future believers the same power that he as Christ had in him. But not everyone will be happy that you have the power and authority of Christ in you, the religious people and the present day religious leaders and church people are just like the Pharisees of old their hearts are hardened. The religious leaders had Peter and John arrested and brought before them into their court and they said to them, by what authority do you do this. Even though they hated the apostles, they knew they had some sort of authority in them to command a cripple to get up and walk and he did as commanded.
Let it be known and understood by all of you, and by the whole house of Israel, that in the name and through the power and authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom you crucified, [but] Whom God raised from the dead, in Him and by means of Him this man is standing here before you well and sound in body. 11This [Jesus] is the Stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which has become the Head of the corner [the Cornerstone].
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17“Thesearethemiraculoussignsthatwillaccompanybelievers:Theywillusethepower and authority of my name to force demons out of people. They will speak new languages.
By his Son God created the world and it will all belong to him at the end, well it ended when he defeated Satan on the cross? Jesus said, ‘it is finished.’ He holds everything together by what he says - powerful words. And he says he gave all authority over to the apostles and then he gave us the very same authority in Mark-16-15
18They will pick up snakes, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them. They will place their hands on the sick and cure them.”
Jesus could speak to sickness and disease and heal them by his very word, he rebuked the fever in Peter’s mother in law, and he commanded demons to get out of people he commanded a boy to come back to life again, some others he touched by love, and at his word or touch people were healed.
I have touched people and before I could say anything they were healed. Others I commanded their organs to get back into their rightful place in the body and they were healed but it was all by the authority that I know that is in me that caused those healings, and because I know that
Authority given to us the believers
After he finished the sacrifice for sins, the Son took his honoured place high in the heavens right alongside God, far higher than any angel in rank and rule. Did God ever say to an angel, "You're my Son; today I celebrate you" or "I'm his Father, he's my Son"? When he presents his honoured Son to the world, he says, "All angels must worship him." {The Message Bible}3
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At last the power has been handed down to us the believer and the same promise to use that authority rests with us. God won’t use the authority he gave you, Jesus won’t use the authority he gave you, and the Holy Spirit won’t use the authority he gave you, you are supposed to use that authority that was given to you by none other than Jesus! Is his word any good? Well I don’t know about that you may say; are you a believer at all? Believer means that you are supposed to believe whatever your master told you, and act on it; it is not enough to say you believe, you have to do something to prove that you have faith, you have to act on your authority, and your authority is the authority of Jesus himself. Jesus said those who believe shall use “my authority,” to cast out demons lay hands on the sick and heal them. You are using the authority of Jesus not your own personal authority which makes a massive difference to your faith when you know whose authority you use.
Jesus said to them, “Go everywhere in the world, and tell everyone the Good News. 16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Ephesians-1-3-How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. {The Message Bible} Long before he laid down the foundations of the earth, think about this! Long before he laid down the foundations of the earth, he had us in mind. We were not created when he created the earth, but we were in his mind all of us, not some of us, but all of us. God had planned to make us for himself in his own image then he though where shall I place them and that’s when he designed the earth, he made the earth to suit us, to be a place of great plenty and filled with joy, unfortunately Satan got to Adam and Eve first and lied to them, and has been lying to us ever since. You all know the story of the beginning and about the serpent deceiving Adam and Eve so I don’t need to go into it in detail. And when Jesus defeated Satan at Calvary he took away Satan’s power and authority over the earth and placed it back into our hands the children of WeGod.have to use the authority that Jesus gave us to bring down Satan’s lies and deceits, by healing those whom he afflicted.
God wants his children healed, and that makes it easier to bring healing to people. I know I have authority to raise the dead just like Jesus and so have you that same authority, though for me it has not been tested yet, but I know it is there inside me because Jesus is inside me, because the Father God is inside me and because the Holy Spirit is inside me therefore the whole power of the universe in inside of me ready to fulfil the work of God in me. I look forward to those days when God’s power flows like a river from me to bring glory to him and not to me, and that day will come maybe sooner than I expect; only God knows what he had planned from before time even began. At the beginning of this book I said that before he made the world God planned for us to come into being at certain time and place and that there would be no accident of birth, because God does not make a mistake, Satan tries to destroy God’s plan just like he tried to kill Jesus before the appointed time of Jesus death, but God had allowed for every thing that Satan would do to Jesus and to us. God knows the future and no one else, not even Satan.
1Corinthians -3-21-21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: 22 whether Paul or Apollo’s or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. 23 And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s. {NKJV}
John-5-34-But the witness that really confirms me far exceeds John's witness. It's the work the Father gave me to complete. These very tasks, as I go about completing them, confirm that the Father, in fact, sent me. The Father who sent me, confirmed me. And you missed it.
1-John- 4-17-In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the Day of Judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world.
As he is so are we, this is not something you think of every day, that you are the same as Jesus who was and is God, yet God dares to say this about us. You see this was God’s plan from before he even made the very world that we live in that one day he would make us in his divine image totally the same as he is, but we don’t even dare dream that we are the same as he is, yet he stated that fact from the book of Genesis-let us make a man in our image someone like ourselves, talking to the trinity. I have come across this scripture many, many times in relationship to other books I have written and it leaves me astounded every time I read it because it seems so far fetched that God would say that we are the same as he is, yet this is exactly what God says about us, whose right? I guess God is. What a God we serve.
Ephesians -2-5-He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, This scripture tells us an amazing fact as far as God is concerned we have the very same life in us that Jesus has, he made us from the same substance that he made Jesus from, that is what the word of God says, and he took a part of Jesus and carved us out of that part, awesome! And so we have the authority of Jesus because we are the same as Jesus to the father.
4Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love.
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God wanted all his children to receive his grace and favour and he uses us to deliver those graces and favours to his children who don’t know about him like we do.
5For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [[b]because it pleased Him and was His kind intent So that we might be] to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace, (favour and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.