Matthew 28:18 (ESV)
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
We have come to the end of Jesus’ earthly ministry. He is about to give the disciples the “Great Commission,” sending them out to the world to preach the Gospel to all creatures. The reason He is doing this is to provide salvation to mankind. The reason he CAN do this is that “all authority in heaven and earth has been given to him!” The reason all authority was given Him was because He defeated death in His resurrection. Early in His ministry, Satan wanted Him to skip the death process and falsely claimed he could give Jesus all the kingdoms of the earth. But, Jesus knew there was only God’s way. Note what he said to Jesus:
Matthew 4:8-10 (ESV)
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written,
“‘You shall worship the Lord your God
and him only shall you serve.’”
Jesus has all the authority and He gives that authority to us, His servants. We have power and authority to proclaim the gospel to the world around us. There is no demon, no spiritual power, no servant of Satan, or Satan himself that has any authority over us, as God defeated all other authorities by defeating them, in Christ:
Matthew 28:18 (ESV)
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
We have come to the end of Jesus’ earthly ministry. He is about to give the disciples the “Great Commission,” sending them out to the world to preach the Gospel to all creatures. The reason He is doing this is to provide salvation to mankind. The reason he CAN do this is that “all authority in heaven and earth has been given to him!” The reason all authority was given Him was because He defeated death in His resurrection. Early in His ministry, Satan wanted Him to skip the death process and falsely claimed he could give Jesus all the kingdoms of the earth. But, Jesus knew there was only God’s way. Note what he said to Jesus:
Matthew 4:8-10 (ESV)
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written,
“‘You shall worship the Lord your God
and him only shall you serve.’”
Jesus has all the authority and He gives that authority to us, His servants. We have power and authority to proclaim the gospel to the world around us. There is no demon, no spiritual power, no servant of Satan, or Satan himself that has any authority over us, as God defeated all other authorities by defeating them, in Christ:
Colossians 2:13-15 (ESV)
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
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