Knowing who we are...

[Dcopymope]

It goes to demonstrate that the "we" in the beginning of the sentence that you have taken offence at has been ignored and a very different understanding of the actual last sentence in my post has been taken.

You know that to be a clown, or a fool is a compliment as it is acknowledged that a clown or a fool is often much smarter than the audience he is entertaining. So thank you sir.

PS Please note that the "we" is considered to be inclusive of the writer as well, not just the reader as you have taken the meaning to be.

Does this reflect on how you also understand the scriptures as well and the claims that you have made regarding this one small issue. Oh well each to his own comprehension, then.

Yes, to each his own level of comprehension..........chump.

 

[charity]

...and who we are called to be "in Him."

Acts 19:11-16

The sons of Sceva saw demons being cast out easily v.12, and thought they could do the same. But they were unable yet we know that Paul had success!
The sons of Sceva thought that speaking the name of Jesus and the authority of the name of Christ was enough, ....but they didn’t realize that the demons in the man could see that they had no authority because the men were not "in Christ."
They were not yet been fully born-again by the Spirit of God.
Unseen demonic spirits that have managed to gain access into a person’s life can see into the spiritual unseen realm as well as the physical realm.
Again and again in the Scriptures, when demons in people saw Jesus coming, they fell on the floor, shrieked, shook the person, foamed at the mouth, cried out, or had some kind of manifestation.

These men in the scriptures above tried to exert authority over the spirits, but they had no power because Christ was not living in them. The evil spirits in the man knew they had no authority to cast them out.
Authority in the spiritual realm depends on our relationship to Jesus.
As the saying goes..." It’s not what you know; it’s whom you know! "
Positional authority is given to a person when he or she is born-again of the Spirit... and Christ dwells in that person.
To have that authority and growing in the Holy Spirit, the believer needs to act in faith according to what has been done for him or her at the cross of Christ. Total confidence.

1 "As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus"
Ephesians 2:1-6.

Where we were, ......and where we are.

@ByGrace

Hello there,

You have raised a good point, B.G.

Paul's chief concern for those under his care was that they should have, ' ... the full assurance of understanding ... ' (Col. 2:2). The knowledge of the fulness of God that is in Christ Jesus, made known in the prison epistles of Paul. (ie., Eph. Phil. Col. - to name but three). This knowledge is vital if we would have this, 'full assurance', which enables us to stand in the face of these spiritual foes.

This knowledge concerns our standing before God the Father, in Christ Jesus our risen Lord, which is sure: based as it is on the promises of God, in Him; and secured by the all-sufficient sacrifice of Christ.

[color=maroon[[b]Praise God![/b][/color]

Thank you.
In Christ Jesus
Chris