Breaking down and destroying strongholds
Faith Is the Legal Key to Unlock Salvation for the Lost
Mark 9:23 ―Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Faith is not wishful thinking — it is legal evidence in the courtroom of Heaven. It moves God to act, and it breaks Satan’s grip on the soul. 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is… not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.“
If we believe that Christ has “all power in heaven and in earth—Matthew 28:18, then we can intercede with full authority to see the lost rescued from Satan’s grip. Our faith, according to God’s Word, gives Heaven permission to intervene on their behalf. Intercession on Behalf of another shows our deep faith in Christ, and his ability to forgive, cleanse, renew and restore that fallen soul. This is why when Jesus saw the paralytic‘s four friends let him down through the roof to his feet he said: When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. Mark 2:5
The paralyzed man was brought by four friends who had faith for his healing. Jesus, knowing that the heart of the sick man not only longed for physical healing but for his sins to be forgiven, did more than just heal his body— He forgave the man’s sins. Not because the man spoke — but because his friends believed and brought him to Jesus.
This is intercession in action: we bring the sinner to Christ by faith, even when they cannot bring themselves. This is the legal power of proxy faith — and it works because God honors faith that acts according to His will.
The Bible ascribes mighty power to help when we pray for the Lost. With verses such as this.
James 5:15-18 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The EFFECTUAL, FERVANT PRAYER of a righteous man availeth much” We cannot even begin to understand how incredibly powerful prayer really is, for it exerts the most potent influence of any kind in all the universe. Prayer is of such a sublime order that it lies beyond the imagination of men—For when the Christian prays, his capacity to achieve and his power to do good are multiplied a thousand, yea, a hundred thousand fold. This is no exaggeration, the reason being is that when a individual prays, God works. Not only on the soul of the one who prays, but on the soul of the one prayed for.
―Prayer does not bring God down to us, but brings us up to Him‖ SC 93.2
And surrounds the one prayed for with holy angels dispatched from the throne of grace to go to the aid of the one praying, and the one prayed for.
Heb 1:14―Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
When the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan during World War II, 92,000 people were killed. But when Assyria besieged Jerusalem causing King Hezekiah to cry out to God on behalf of his people, God sent only ONE ANGEL that slew 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in one night.
Hezekiah‘s prayer was TWICE as explosive as the atomic bomb. If prayer is strong enough to destroy armies, how much more certain is it’s power to save souls.
We have a strong Biblical reason for praying for the Lost. God Expects us to pray for them. God was stunned when he could not find a single intercessor for
Israel Isaiah 59:16. The slogan we often hear these days is: ―What would Jesus do?‖ The Bible gives us the answer.
Heb. 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Let us copy the worthy example of our Lord and intercede for those who are bound in chains of darkness. God
has placed praying for others the number one priority in our lives. Hear the cry of God‘s heart, “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men… who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth‖ 1 Timothy 2:1-4.