Weapons from the Throne Room

 

by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, ⁷ by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left.             2 Corinthians 6:6-7 

As you come to God in believing prayer on behalf of others, there will be times when you'll face the powers of darkness. But there are mighty weapons in the throne room at your disposal. Your destiny is to tear down strongholds wherever you find them. And when you do, you'll be losing others to fulfill their destiny. You're seated in heavenly places and are more than a match for the devil because Jesus lives in you! Your arsenal is complete. God has given you every weapon you need for warfare and intercessory authority. Your part is to appropriate these weapons with courage. God's Word guarantees your victory! The heavenly believer knows how to use the Word of God and how to listen to the Holy Spirit of God to break down the enemy's lies. For it's the Mighty Jesus living within you that strikes terror in their hearts. We take up the weapons of heaven and abandon the "weapons of the world," which include:

 

· Human reasoning-Our own thinking

 

· Praying our desires-Forcing our will or arguments upon others

 

. Manipulation-Using the fear of rejection on others

 

. Deception-Any distortion of the truth for our own ends

 

· Control-Binding others emotionally to ourselves

 

Our weapons are spiritual and mighty to the pulling down of strongholds! We can blast through strongholds with prophetic prayers and proclamations. We can decree and declare with shouts of triumph. We have the angelic presence

that goes before us even as the Angel of the Lord went ahead of Israel as they came out of Egypt.

²⁰ “Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. ²¹ Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him. ²² But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. ²³ For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. Exodus 23:20-23

When we pray in agreement with the will of God, the enemy will give up. Our high praises will become God’s bulldozers to level the walls that hold the church captive!

FAITH AND OBEDIENCE-OUR FOUNDATION

The foundation of spiritual warfare is faith and obedience. Faith is essential in crushing doubt, fear, and darkness. Without faith, you can't please God or conquer the enemy. When you take the name of Jesus, His Blood, and the Word of God and mix them with faith, you have the greatest arsenal in the universe. The very power of God flows through your faith. It's your victory, your shield, and your boldness,

²² So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. ²³ For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. ²⁴ Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. 

Mark 11:22-24

⁴ For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. ⁵ Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 5:4-5

¹⁶ above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 

Ephesians 6:16

²² let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

 Hebrews 10:22

When you face accusations from the enemy or any opposition to your spiritual advance, faith must rise in your spirit. Faith rests in truth, accusation in lies. Believe the truth of God, resist the devil in faith, and you will see the enemy run.

⁹ Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 1 Peter 5:9

These twin virtues of faith and obedience are our pillars for victory. They're intertwined and work together and each is incomplete without the other. They are the two things that activate all the weapons. Your very life must be a statement of faith and obedience against the kingdom of darkness or you will retreat in the face of their fury! God tells us that we have been given "a sword in one hand and a shield in the other" as weapons of righteousness.

⁷ by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

2 Corinthians 6:7

Faith in the Word of God and obedience to the Word of God are those righteous weapons.

 

THE NAME OF JESUS-OUR AUTHORITY

 

Everything must bow before the name of Jesus! It's the one and only name that has power on earth, in heaven, and in hell! You can use the name of Jesus as though He Himself, with all of His authority, is standing beside you.

¹⁷ But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:17

King Jesus has given you the authority and power over demons, and you have the right to ask the Father for victory in His name.

¹⁹ Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19

¹³ And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:13-14

gives us one of the major weapons from the throne room-the name of Jesus: "For I will do whatever you ask me to do when you

ask me in my name. And that is how the Son will show what the Father is really like and bring glory to him. Ask me anything in my name, and I will do it for you!" Use the name/names of Jesus in warfare as you intercede! Power and virtue are represented by that name. God recognizes that name and will answer you. And the demons recognize that name and tremble.

⁴⁵ Their rebellion fades away as they come near;
trembling in their strongholds,
they come crawling out of their hideouts. 

Psalms 18:45

Make the enemy flee in terror! Speak the name of Jesus over the strongholds of darkness. Use this weapon, beloved! The power of the Holy Spirit is released when you take up the name/names of Jesus. This can be likened to a police officer who's wearing his badge and using the authority behind that badge to stop vehicles many times larger than himself. In the same way, intercessors who wear the badge of the name of Jesus can stop the schemes of satan, unlock the power of God, and release His authority in every place you encounter darkness.

We are using the revelation of who God is when we use His name on our battlefield. Inner fears and crippling doubts flee when we understand who God is. At His name, angels bow, demons flee, and hardened hearts melt. The climax of human history will be the unveiling of the glory of the name of Jesus! His name is great and greatly to praised.

⁵ Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, ⁷ but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. ⁸ And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. ⁹ Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, Philippians 2:5-10

However, there is a warning attached to using the name of Jesus: To have authority in the Spirit to use this name requires an intimate and personal relationship with Him. Your fellowship with Jesus in secret gives you power over darkness. To use the name of Jesus as a "good luck charm" will get you into trouble! It is not enough to use the name of Jesus; we must have the nature of Jesus in our hearts. If your life is in disobedience or compromise, you're using God's name in vain. Power comes from relationship. Peter and James used the name of Jesus to heal the lame man at the Gate Beautiful.

Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. ² And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple   which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; ³ who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. ⁴ And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” ⁵ So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶ Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” ⁷ And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. ⁸ So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. Acts 3:1-8

They were known as men who had been with Jesus and absorbed His life. The glory of His name is seen in the fruit of His life coming from you. The "seven sons of Sceva" tried to use the name of Jesus without a relationship with Him. They were beaten and bruised by demons.

¹¹ Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, ¹² so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. ¹³ Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” ¹⁴ Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
¹⁵ And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
¹⁶ Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. ¹⁷ This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

 Acts 19:11-17

How many times have you been beaten and bruised by the enemy? Could it be that you were praying in the name of Jesus with hidden compromise in your life? Authority and power flow through relationship. Under His shadow, we cast down strongholds. Apart from Him, we can do nothing.

 

THE BLOOD OF JESUS-OUR COVERING

 

We have representation in heaven at the highest level by His blood. Our Great High Priest has brought His sacred blood before the Father's throne and purchased our boldness. We're not uncovered or vulnerable as we pray. We're covered in the blood of Christ. The subject of the blood of Jesus in Scripture is astonishing. From Genesis to Revelation, God has used the blood of innocence to atone, cover, and remove guilt. Where guilt has been removed, power flows! The blood of Jesus, like the blood of the Passover lamb, drives away the death angel.

²² And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning. ²³ For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you. Exodus 12:22-23

Dark powers are stripped of their weapons where the blood of Jesus is applied. The blood of Jesus is His life in sacrifice before the Father. The life is in the blood. The shed blood of His cross releases the indestructible and endless life of Jesus. It cannot be overcome. The blood of God conquers dark princes. One drop of His blood had enough power to redeem all of humanity from the chains of sin. Imagine how the demons see the blood. Here are eight things the blood of Jesus does for you:

 

1.The blood saves us-

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

Ephesians 1:7

2.The blood justifies us before God-

38 Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; 39 and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Acts 13:38-39

3.The blood sanctifies us-

10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 

Hebrews 10:10 

14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. 

Hebrews 10:14

4.The blood reconciles us to God-

20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. 

      Colossians 1:20

5.The blood has overcoming power-

19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

      Luke 10:19  

11 And he said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.” 

     Revelation 10:11

6.The blood cleanses us from all sin-

 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

     1 John 1:7

 7.The blood releases new covenant power-

 22 by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.

13 In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

     Hebrews 7:22:8:13

       

  8.The blood delivers us from darkness-             

13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.  Colossians 1:13-14

15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

     Colossians 2:15

 

To use the blood of Jesus in warfare and intercession is to stand identified with the complete acceptance of the Lamb. The perfections, the glory, the life, and the righteousness of the Lamb of God is conveyed in the blood. This weapon will never fail. To apply the blood of Jesus is to remind the enemy of his boundaries, failures, and  weaknesses.

The blood of Jesus does to the enemy what a lie of accusation does to you! Give it back to him! Remind the enemy of the power of the blood! Push him back with the crimson wave of power, the blood of the precious Son of God! In the fiercest fight against the dark forces, the blood of Jesus will work for you. This overcoming power is at  your disposal, and you're safe in the "bubble" of the blood! How grateful we are that Jesus loved us more than His own blood.

 

Pray this today: Lord Jesus, there is no one likeyou! Your love has broken through and brought me into the beautiful chamberroom of the King! Although at times I feel weak and feeble, being with you changes everything. I draw my strength from you, my Lord. I ammore than a conqueror through you and through your endless love. Thank you, myKing! Amen.

 

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