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(Editor’s Note: This article was adapted fromKenneth E. Hagin’s book The Triumphant Church.)God has provided a glorious inheritancefor every believer. That inheritanceincludes dominion over all the works ofdarkness, including sin, sickness, disease,and spiritual death. But in order for us totake advantage of our authority in Jesusso that we can successfully stand againstthe devil’s strategies in every circumstance,the eyes of our spiritual understandingmust be enlightened.The believer’s inheritance in Christ is the wisdom ofGod, and it was hidden throughout previous agesuntil it was revealed through Jesus Christ. Graspingthat truth and walking in the reality of God’s inheritancefor us as saints is the key to taking our place asthe triumphant Church, reigning as kings in this life.The riches of our inheritance are revealed more fully inthe Book of Ephesians than in any other book of the Bible.Ephesians 1:16–23 and 3:14–21 are Holy Spirit-inspiredprayers that apply to believers everywhere.In these prayers, the Holy Spirit wants to reveal to believers“the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge ofJesus” (Eph. 1:17). What is the wisdom and knowledge Godwants to reveal to the believer about Jesus?The Holy Spirit wants the eyes of our understandingopened to understand Jesus’ complete victory over Satan inthe triumph of the Cross. He wants us to understand whatJesus’ seating on High really means to the believer. Thewisdom and knowledge the Holy Spirit wants to reveal to10 rhema.org
us is the believer’s joint-seating withChrist as a benefit of our redemption.Joint-seating with Christ is a positionof authority and triumph over Satan.God wants us to see what we haveas rights and privileges by being inChrist.In 1949 in the last church Ipastored, I did a lot of extra prayingand seeking God. Every opportunityI’d have, I prayed these prayers inEphesians over myself.The Holy Spirit, writing throughPaul, wants you as a believer to prayfor the eyes of your understanding tobe enlightened. The word enlightenedmeans “illuminated” or “flooded withlight.”After praying these prayers fora number of months, one day I waspraying at the altar and the Lordspoke to me and said, “I am going totake you on to revelations and visions.”That came as a result of praying theseprayers thousands of times for myself.Revelation in line with the Word ofGod began to come to me and kept oncoming.That’s what Ephesians chapter 1 istalking about—insight into the knowledgeof Jesus and understanding of theknowledge of His Word.It was in the winter of 1947–1948that understanding in line with God’sWord by the Holy Spirit began to cometo me. Then in the 1950s the visionsstarted coming. From 1950 through1959, the Lord Jesus Himself appearedto me eight different times. Three outof the eight times He talked to mefor an hour and a half and broughtme further revelation concerning theWord of God.One revelation the Spirit of Godbrought to me was the believer’sauthority in Christ over Satan. In fact,in the 1952 vision when Jesus talkedto me, I received understanding concerningdemons and evil spirits. JesusChrist, the Head of the Church, gaveme biblical truths in that vision sobelievers could be enlightened aboutSatan’s wiles and strategies.Believers have been ignorant ofSatan’s devices, so he has been ableto take advantage of them. But theSpirit of God wants believers to get thewisdom and revelation of the knowledgeof Jesus and His Word so the eyesof their understanding will be enlightenedto know their authority in Christ.God wants believers to know theyare no longer subject to Satan becausethey have been delivered from hisdominion and authority (Col. 1:13).God wants the Body of Christ to knowthat we aren’t a defeated Church—weare a triumphant Church. We are toreign in life through Jesus Christbecause we have a position of authorityover the devil. When the eyes of ourunderstanding are enlightened, we canstand in our place of authority as thetriumphant Church upon the earth.The Body of Christ needs the eyesof their understanding enlightened tounderstand Jesus’ complete defeat ofSatan. This is the wisdom of God thatGod wants each believer to understand.1 Corinthians 2:6–76 Howbeit we speak WISDOM amongthem that are PERFECT [mature]:yet not the wisdom of this world, norof THE PRINCES OF THIS WORLD,that come to nought:7 But we speak THE WISDOM OFGOD. . . .What is the wisdom of God thatthose who are spiritually mature inthe Word will see and understand? It isthe knowledge of the inheritance thatGod has already prepared for them inChrist; it is the wisdom of knowingwho they are in Christ. The wisdomof God is that believers only need tostand against demons in the finishedwork of the Cross—in the victory thatJesus Christ already won for them.If believers would stand in theirposition of authority in Christ againstThe Holy Spirit wants theeyes of our understanding openedto understand Jesus’complete victory over Satan in the triumph of the Cross.Because of Jesus’ victory over Satanat the Cross, we can reign as kings inthis life here in this world. Because weare in Christ, Satan is under our feet.We don’t have to struggle to be victorious;we just need to stand our groundusing God’s Word against a defeatedfoe. Here is how to do that:1. Speak the Word of God in theName of Jesus.Our fight against the enemy isaccomplished with the Word of God.By standing on the Word, you arestanding in Jesus’ victory.a foe that has already been defeatedand dethroned, it would solve so manyof their problems.Many well-meaning believers havefallen into the error of thinking theyhave to do something to overcomethe devil. They seem to think thatsomehow they have to “fight” the deviland conquer him.According to First Corinthians 2:6,one reason believers have fallen intothis error is that they aren’t maturein the Word: “We speak the wisdom ofGod to those who are mature.”People who are wrestling againstthe devil in their own strength, alwaystrying to defeat a “dethroned power,”are not yet mature or full grown in theWord. I didn’t say that—the Bible saidF A I T H I N A C T I O NReigning in Life2. Plead the blood of Jesus againstthe devil.Our victory over Satan is becauseof the shed blood of Jesus. When weplead the blood against the devil,we are really pleading our covenantrights of protection against the enemy(Isa. 54:17; Luke 10:19; Phil. 2:9–10;Col. 1:13).3. StandSince Satan is a defeated foe, itis up to us to stand against him withthe Word of God, the Name of Jesus,and the blood of Jesus. When we do,we will overcome the enemy’s attacksevery time.rhema.org 11
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