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THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD Part XI THE SPIRIT OF MIGHT ...

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the Spirit of the Lord's might that the kingdom of God shall be<br />

established, and not by the might of man.<br />

Zechariah, the prophet, was told by the angel that talked with him,<br />

'Not by might (margin: the might of an army), nor by the power (of<br />

man), BUT BY MY <strong>SPIRIT</strong>, saith the Lord of hosts.' (Zech. 4:6) it is not<br />

by the might of man that the purposes of God shall be fulfilled, but BY<br />

<strong>THE</strong> <strong>SPIRIT</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>THE</strong> LORD'S <strong>MIGHT</strong>. And we await the impartation,<br />

immersion, and glorious anointing of that <strong>SEVEN</strong>-FOLD <strong>SPIRIT</strong> <strong>OF</strong><br />

<strong>GOD</strong>, when the spirit of might shall empower us with HIS <strong>MIGHT</strong>.”<br />

REIGNING WITH CHRIST<br />

One of the seven Spirits of Sonship the “Spirit of Might” is the one<br />

most closely connected to the REIGNING of God’s sons. II Tim. 2:12<br />

says: “If we suffer, we shall also REIGN with Him.” We read in Rev.<br />

5:9-10: “Thou was slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood…<br />

and hast made us unto our God KINGS AND PRIESTS: and we shall<br />

reign on the earth.” And again: “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon<br />

them, and judgment was given to them… and they lived and REIGNED<br />

with Christ a thousand years” (Rev. 20:4,6).<br />

Simply speaking, to reign with Christ means to exercise the<br />

authority of Christ – to rule all things and in particular to deal with all<br />

his enemies. God, from the beginning, had a two-fold desire and intent<br />

for man. On one hand, God purposed for man to possess His image that<br />

he might express the nature of God to the created universe. On the other<br />

hand, God planned for man to represent Him with His authority to rule<br />

and to deal with His enemies. In His original creation, God ordained<br />

dominion. It was not His intent in the beginning that man be subservient<br />

to either angels, devils, or to the elements of the earth nor material<br />

circumstances. He was created to hold dominion over all the works of<br />

God’s hands (Ps. 8:3-9; Heb. 2:6-9). God had said: “Let us make man in<br />

our image” (Gen. 1:26). Therefore, when God created man, on the one<br />

hand, He created him in His own image and likeness that man might be<br />

like Him in nature and wisdom, and on the other hand, God gave to man<br />

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