AFTER JESUS WAS raised from the dead, the Bible says God highly exalted Him to a position of honor at His right hand. He also gave Him a Name that is above every name (Eph. 1:20; Phil. 2:9–11).
God not only gave Jesus a Name that is above every name, but at the Name of Jesus, every being in all three worlds—Heaven, earth, and hell—must bow and confess Jesus’ lordship and dominion. God also seated Jesus in the highest position in the universe, at His Own right hand, and made Him head over all things
(Eph. 1:19–22).
Our Position in Christ
How does Jesus’ seating in the highest position in the universe affect us? Ephesians 2:6 says that God “hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”
We are seated with Christ in heavenly places. Joint-seating with Christ is “far above” all principalities and powers of darkness. Evil spirits can’t influence believers who are seated with Christ in heavenly places!
Our seating and reigning with Christ is a position of authority, honor, and triumph—not failure, depression, and defeat.
Because we are believers, our seating with Christ is part of our inheritance now. This is where we are already seated, because when Jesus was seated in triumph, we were seated with Him.
The word hath in Ephesians 2:6 is past tense. God has already raised us up and made us sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. From this position of honor and triumph, we will rule and reign with Christ in this life now—if we’ll exercise our rightful authority.
Our position in Christ is already an accomplished fact. But we need to exercise the authority that belongs to us in that position before it will profit us. Using our authority is how we will reign with Christ over principalities and powers.
Our position as believers is one of joint-seating with Christ in heavenly places. That may not always be our circumstance, but that is our position.
If we want to rise above our circumstances, we must take advantage of our position in Christ.
Enthroned With Christ
Ephesians 2:6 in the Weymouth translation says that God “raised us with Him [Jesus] from the dead, and enthroned us with Him in the heavenly realms as being in Christ Jesus.”
God enthroned us with Jesus in the heavenly realms. Does that sound like a Church that is defeated and is still having to battle to gain mastery over Satan? No. God designed the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ to be triumphant because we are sharers and partakers of Christ’s victory over Satan.
Joint-Seating With Christ
Because we as believers are in Christ, when Jesus sat down at the right hand of the Father, we sat down with Him far above principalities and powers. The Church, the Body of Christ, is in Christ. The body is connected to the head. Jesus is the Head of His Body—the Church.
If Jesus—the Head—triumphed over the devil, is the Body of Christ to be any less triumphant since we are in Christ? Of course not! It is our legal right to enjoy joint-seating with Christ in heavenly places—in a position of authority and triumph far above all principalities and powers. If we will take advantage of our joint-seating with Christ, we will begin to triumph in life.
We don’t have to try to be seated with Christ far above principalities and powers. We don’t have to pray through to be seated with Christ in heavenly places. We don’t have to struggle through to attain that position, or fight through demons to be seated with Christ in a place of victory.
Our position and seating in Christ is a fact. It has already happened. That position was attained for us through our Lord Jesus Christ. All we have to do is enjoy the rights and privileges that already belong to us as joint-heirs with Christ.
When we get the revelation of our position in Christ, what a difference it will make in our lives! We will no longer be the defeated Church. We will take our place as the triumphant Church, which was God’s design from the foundation of the world.
The Greatest Name
The key to our authority over the powers of darkness is the Name of Jesus. Believers have authority over the devil in that Name. Some Christians, however, have thought the Name of Jesus is just to be used like a magic charm one wears to ward off evil forces. Believers haven’t really understood what they possess as their inheritance because of that Name.
All of Jesus’ power and authority is invested in His Name, and He has authorized believers to use His Name (John 14:13–14).
We know Jesus has authorized us to use His Name in prayer because He said, “Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you” (John 16:23).
Praying according to God’s Word is one way believers take their place of authority in Christ on the earth. But Jesus also said of believers, “In my name shall they cast out devils . . .” (Mark 16:17).
The devil knows he must bow to that Name. And he recognizes the authority we have in Christ because of that Name. But we must recognize our authority, exercise it, and stand against him in Jesus’ Name for him to bow.
Author
Kenneth E Hagin
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