Authority in His words

Authority in His words

Mark 1:21-28
At the start of Jesus' ministry, after being tempted by Satan in the wilderness, Jesus chose a few disciples and began to teach and perform miracles in the town of Capernaum. Every sabbath he went to the synagoge and taught the people of the town. These people were amazed because no one had spoke with such confidence and authority before. Usually the Jewish teachers of that day often quoted from other well-known rabbis to give their words more authority, but Jesus didn't have that need. In fact on of His first miracles was spoken, just a verbal miracle. On one of the days Jesus was in the synagoge a demon possessed man strolled in. This man knew exactly who Jesus was when he saw him, he was shouting "I know who you are, the Holy One sent from God." Jesus cut him short "Be silent! Come out from that man." Immediately the evil spirit left him. This tells me that the evil spirit had no choice in the matter, Jesus had complete authority over the situation and the demon knew it! At this point in Jesus' ministry he was starting to reveal His credentials to the world.

This verbal miracle gives me confidence in knowing that He has authority over all and we as His children can use this authority to our benefit. I need to be confident in His words and continue to meditate on them.