The Triumphant ChurchWhat these people are doing is trying to physically
attain to the place where God has already seated us
positionally in the heavenlies in Jesus Christ (Eph. 2:6).
We are already far above principalities and powers in
our position in Christ.
Not only that, but the Bible says, “... Whatsoever ye
shall bind ON EARTH shall be bound in heaven ....”
(Matt. 18:18), and “... if two of you shall agree ON
EARTH as touching any thing that they shall ask, it
shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven”
(Matt. 18:19). The Bible says we are to do these things
on earth; it never mentions that we have to get up into
the spiritual atmosphere to try to deal with the devil!
All that Jesus and the disciples accomplished, they
accomplished on the earth, not up in heavenlies above
the earth.
Paul and Silas Prayed the Power of
God Down
If you want to know if a spiritual practice is
scriptural, look in the Word and see if you find Jesus or
His disciples doing it. For example, what did the
disciples do when they were faced with great satanic
opposition?
Certainly Paul and Silas were experiencing warfare
with the enemy when they were beaten and cast into
prison (Acts 16:18,22,23). There's no doubt about that.
The devil was the one stirring up those people against
them. It wasn't God who caused Paul and Silas to be
cast into prison; it was the devil operating behind the
situation. The devil was opposing the Church and the
gospel message in warfare by working through men.
Well, did Paul and Silas find a way to get up into