Commission Day

by Darryl Manning            9/02/01

 

INTRO:  A few months ago, the Lord gave me a picture in my mind of us commissioning our people and sending them out like Jesus did to do the works of Christ. It was a repeat of what Jesus did with His disciples. Every few weeks, I would enquire of the Lord, is it time? No response came. Last night at prayer the Lord began to give me commissioning statements and this morning He said, “This is the Day.”

 

In one day, the disciples went from no power to great power

Matt 10: ¹And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. ²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and ^£Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; ⁴Simon the ^£Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

⁵These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying:… as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ ⁸Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, ^£raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

 

·         Freely received the power – now freely give of the power.

·         These were not so perfect followers. Not even baptized in the Holy Spirit

 

Power not given to the wise or prudent but to babes

Luke 10: ¹⁷Then the ^£seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”

¹⁸And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹Behold, 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. ²⁰Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but ^£rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”

²¹In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

 

·         Wise = marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters

·         Pudent= mentally put together-careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment

·         Bbe=figuratively a simple minded person, an immature Christian

Lack of power indicates lack of faith

Matt. 17:¹⁷Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” ¹⁸And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.

¹⁹Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”

²⁰So Jesus said to them, “Because of your ^£unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

·         Unbelief=Pðéóôßá  apistia ap-is-tee'-ah; faithlessness, that is, (negatively) disbelief (want of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience):—unbelief.

 

Signs will follow those who believe

Mark 16: ¹⁷And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; ¹⁸they^£ will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

 

DECLARATIONS

Ø      I believe I am commissioned by Jesus to heal the sick, cast out demons and proclaim the gospel of the Kingdom.

Ø      I will minister in power to those to whom God sends me.

Ø      I will lay my hands on the sick and they will recover.

Ø      I have authority over all the power of the enemy. I will cast out demons and not be afraid. Nothing shall hurt me.

Ø      I will proclaim the Kingdom of God is near wher no sickness, disease, demonic power or poverty will be allowed to exist.

Ø      Nothing shall be impossible to me as long as I believe.

Ø      Any failure to fulfill my mission is due to having too little faith.

Ø      I will gain faith through becoming more intimate with God through fasting, prayer and obedience.