Got Power?

This message was preached at LOGIC's monthly Sunday Night at the Light.

Mark 16:15-20

¹⁵ And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. ¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; ¹⁸ they 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.”
¹⁹ So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰ And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.


You will draw two types of people- those who are in need and those who can help your ministry. Make sure you have power. People are shopping for churches 2011. There's not much power in the house of God. We do also need to be a relevant church. We are called to the Go of the Gospel and walk in power. We should be able to go to the hospital and lay hands on the sick and drive out devils in the name of Jesus. We have to desire another level of God.


Isaiah 10:27


²⁷ It shall come to pass in that day
      That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,
      And his yoke from your neck,
      And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.

The anointing is a burden remover. The power is for everyone Until you think it is supposed to happen it won't. You should be leading a traffic jam because signs are following you.God may shift your anointing. Don't let people distract you. If you try to be what people want you to be you will miss what God wants you to be.


Regarding casting out demons you must deal with the person 1sst. The person has to want to be delivered. You never saw Jesus laying hands on people to cast out demons. He spoke to them. In the church we wrestle with demons because we are not learned.

If the devil doesn't know your name you should be concerned. There were some men who tried to cast out demons but the same demons that they tried to cast out came on them:


Acts 19:11-20


¹¹ Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, ¹² so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. ¹³ Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” ¹⁴ Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.
¹⁵ And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”
¹⁶ Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. ¹⁷ This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. ¹⁸ And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds. ¹⁹ Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. ²⁰ So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.



The Holy Ghost is living in you.


1 Thes 5:19


¹⁹ Do not quench the Spirit.

We have to live right.


Romans 11:29 (KJV)



²⁹For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

God will not remove the gifts even if we are not living right. You have to have discernment to know what's of God. Know the difference between the power of God and the presence of God.


You build yourself up when you speak in tongues. The spirit of God prays through you. The devil doesn't now what you are praying.


Mark 16:18


¹⁸ they 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.”

The power stopped any harm from coming.


Acts 10:38


³⁸ how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

Signs followed Jesus. To be anointed is to be smeared with the glory, tangible presence of God. You can tell when someone has God with them. Olive oil is used on the sheep to keep the flies away. When the flies come the they slip off. When God smears His anointing on you the flies are not able to harm you.



Amos 6:1

¹ Woe to you who are at ease in Zion,
      And trust in Mount Samaria,
      Notable persons in the chief nation,
      To whom the house of Israel comes! 

Duet 32:20


³⁰ How could one chase a thousand,
      And two put ten thousand to flight,
      Unless their Rock had sold them,
      And the LORD had surrendered them?

Matt 9:35

³⁵ Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 


This should be happening today. The same power that is available today by way of the Holy Spirit.


Heb 13:8


⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

John 14:12


¹² “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.


Jesus was a preacher, teacher and a healer.



Dan 11:32

³² Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.

You shall be strong and somethings should be happening when you leave church. You can start by controlling your tongue, loving your enemies, being honest with other people, being nice to your spouse, etc.