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Along with ability, God gave His Church authority. It says in Luke 9:1 that when Jesus sent His 12 disciples out to preach the Gospel, He gave them power and authority over all devils and to heal the sick.

And again in Luke 10:19, Jesus sent out 70 more of His disciples into the world and He commissioned them saying, "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you."

We take our evangelism teams into the most heavily populated areas of the city. Sometimes that means going into places some would refer to as seedy. A variety of people congregate in these areas.

Our teams regularly pray with gang members, ex-cons, drug dealers, and so on. Frankly, there are some scary people out there, really on the edge. Sometimes our teams see and hear strange, even bizarre, things.

I'm The Devil
A guy in my ministry, Virgil, experienced one of those bizarre encounters. He approached a man who was walking past him and said, "I'm sharing the good news of Jesus...." The man barked, "Get out of here with that. I am the devil."

Virgil walked on and a few seconds later, he heard some commotion behind him. He looked back and saw two police cars, one of which drove right up on the sidewalk to intercept this man.

The policemen bolted out of their cars, threw down the "devil," bound him, and tossed him in the car. A man nearby said to Virgil, "What a testimony. The devil is bound and on his way to jail." With a sly grin, Virgil told me the next week they prayed with a total of 19 people to receive Jesus in the exact spot where the devil was bound.

Of course, he was just teasing. The point I'm trying to make is that you'll be exposed to an atmosphere that is not exactly wholesome. You'll witness things you don't normally see and hear on a regular basis.

Drug Truck
Shirley, another member from my team shared with me an interesting experience. She spotted a pickup truck with literally dozens of young men gathered around it. Feeling prompted by the Spirit, she made a beeline straight for the truck.

"Bodies scattered in every direction like fleas jumping off a dog's back," said Shirley. "All of them took off except for three young men in the cab of the truck, who couldn't get out. Their eyes were as big as saucers. I said to them, 'Have I got good news for you.'" She proceeded to share Jesus with them, and all three prayed with her.

Afterward, a street-savvy young man said to her, "Did you know that is a drug truck?" Astonished, Shirley replied, "I didn't have a clue." They immediately stopped in their tracks and gave God thanks for His protection.

Whiskey Bottle
One night I was out ministering in a park in Minneapolis and a drunken man staggered up to me and threatened me. I recognized him. The week before he overheard me witnessing to someone on the street. He knew the reason I was in the park was to share Jesus. I looked at him.

The expression on his face was pure hatred. He raised his whiskey bottle in the air and was coming toward me. Instantly the scripture in Isaiah came to me:
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise up against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of Me, saith the Lord.
(Isa. 54:17)
I turned toward him, looked directly in his face and spoke with authority, "I bind you devil in the name of Jesus. No weapon formed against me will prosper and every tongue that shall come against me in judgment I condemn."

Instantly, he stopped in his tracks. The look of hate disappeared and was replaced by a look of bewilderment. He put the bottle down on the ground, turned, and walked away. I called out to him that Jesus loved him and wanted to save him, but he didn't acknowledge me and just kept walking.

Praise God, we have authority in Jesus' name!

When someone speaks ugly or hatefully to you, you have to remind yourself they are not your enemy. It's Satan who is using them as a tool of harassment against you. Our battle isn't with them. Our battle is with Satan.

Ephesians 6:12 says, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."

Don't argue with them or threaten them back. Take authority over the devil to get the situation under control, and then get out of their presence.

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Author Biography

Nick Kinn
Web site: Nick Kinn
 
Since 1986, Nick has been director over Living Word's evangelistic outreach. Using the principle of precept and example, he trains believers on how to reach the lost. To date, the Evangelism Ministry has prayed with over 1,000,000 people to receive salvation. Nick is also a much-requested speaker on the subject of evangelism and has helped many churches have effective evangelistic outreaches where they had none before.
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