During my communion time with the Holy Spirit, a strong message was given concerning the things we as followers of Jesus must deliberately stand against and refuse to allow to rule over their lives any longer.
The Holy Spirit emphasised that there are realities Jesus has already paid for through His sacrifice on the cross for our sins, and therefore we as His followers have no right to continue allowing those things to dominate, threaten, or keep us in a place of bondage.
The redemption accomplished by Christ has already addressed these matters, as revealed in Galatians 3:13, where it is declared that Christ has redeemed us as believers from the curse of the law having become a curse for us.
The Holy Spirit made it clear that there are certain negative conditions and forms of oppression that we as Jesus’s followers should never passively accept or allow to overcome us, because Jesus has already secured a total public victory over them on our behalf.
Through faith in Christ, we as His followers are called to walk in the overcoming life described in 1John 5:4, which declares that whatever is born of God overcomes the world.
To further establish this truth, my attention was drawn to 1John 3:8, which explains that the Son of God was manifested for a specific purpose which was to destroy the works of the devil.
This statement reveals the clear stark contrast between the mission of Jesus and the destructive intentions of satan. While the enemy seeks to enslave humanity through sin and oppression, Jesus came specifically to dismantle and overthrow those works of oppression the enemy set against us.
Remember that sin entered humanity when Adam yielded to satan’s deception in the Garden of Eden and ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. From that moment, sin became a dominant force working against humanity, as explained in Romans 5:12–14, thus allowing the enemy to manipulate and control people through spiritual bondage.
However, in this revelation the Holy Spirit stressed that the destruction of satan’s works is not merely a future hope but a present reality established through the ministry of Jesus. The purpose of Christ’s manifestation was to actively destroy the devil’s works and liberate humanity from their power to enslave them
The ministry of Jesus demonstrated this truth clearly. In Acts.10:38, it is declared that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, to enable Him to go about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil for God was with Him. This passage reveals clearly that oppression, sickness, and bondage originate from the devil rather than from God and
Jesus consistently demonstrated His authority over satan by confronting and destroying these works of oppression.
Through Jesus’s actions, He revealed that it was the Lord’s will to liberate people from captivity rather than to keep them in suffering under the oppression of the devil. Because of this reality, followers of Jesus must refuse to accept oppression in any form, by recognising that Christ has already provided their freedom from its power and dominance over there lives.
An illustration of this truth occurred in my start as a follower of Jesus when the realisation came to me from studying scripture that sickness no longer had any legitimate authority over the body of a believer.
So when I was experiencing a headache, the Holy Spirit prompted me to make a direct command for the symptoms to leave my head because it had no right to oppress my body any longer because I knew the truth. When I rebuked the symptoms in the name of Jesus, the headache immediately disappeared.
Now the symptoms attempted to return shortly afterward, as if to challenge my victory, so the Holy Spirit again instructed that I demand the condition to leave my body because it had no right to trespass on the body, which is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
By standing firmly on that truth, the matter was resolved, and from that point onward I have developed the continued practice of rebuking sickness and all symptoms which try to trespass on my body by refusing them any place or room in my body.
The Holy Spirit also provided me with a pattern of instruction on how to handle the spiritual resistance and opposition that inevitably will arise when we trust in the Lord’s authority to silence the voice of satan. Psalms 2 became a foundational understanding taught me by the Holy Spirit in confronting all opposition to the will of the Lord for our lives, as it prophetically describes the rebellious alliances that rise against the Lord’s counsel and His purposes being established on earth.
This prophecy was referenced again by the early band of followers of Jesus when they faced intense persecution, as recorded in Acts.4, where they recognised that the opposition against Jesus’s life had been foretold. Understanding this pattern revealed to them that this same similar resistance would arise against those who carry the anointing of the Lord.
However, the Holy Spirit teaches us as followers of Jesus to stand strong, remain courageous, and take spiritual territory in the name of Jesus. The anointing empowers us to live as overcomers and triumphant witnesses, who break barriers, by removing burdens, destroying yokes, and demonstrating the reality that Jesus still rules in the affairs of humanity.
This makes it clear that passivity has no place in the life of a follower of Jesus because it often signals spiritual retreat or backsliding. Instead, we as followers of Jesus are called to move forward continually, by boldly pressing into the purposes the Lord has prepared rather than dwelling on our past struggles.
This principle is reflected in the messages Jesus delivered to the seven churches in the book of Revelation, where each church faced different challenges. Yet to each one of those churches Jesus gave the same essential instruction which was that they must overcome the obstacle or barrier in order to enter a position of greater authority and reward.
The Holy Spirit’s instructions consistently call for us as Jesus’s followers into active participation with the Lord’s purposes for our lives. This is because His guidance is not merely informational but motivational, to urge us to take the necessary action and engage in faith so we can move forward into greater victories.
The example of boldness demonstrated by the Apostle Paul in Acts.13:46 shows how the apostles refused to remain passive when confronted with resistance. Instead, they spoke boldly by the Holy Spirit and moved forward with the mission the Lord had given them.
So we as followers of Jesus are therefore encouraged by the Holy Spirit to stop dwelling on past oppression with complaints or discouragement. Instead, we must boldly act by commanding every form of oppression to leave and stand in the victory that Jesus has already secured on our behalf.
This victory is grounded in the spiritual reality described in Romans 8:2, which declares that the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus sets believers free from the law of sin and death. Because of this freedom, believers have the authority to resist the enemy as instructed in 1Peter 5:8–9, by standing firm in faith against every attack of the enemy.
When we as followers of Jesus take this stand and refuse to relinquish the truth of Christ’s victory, oppression loses its influence and gradually diminishes until it has no power over us any longer.
I conclude this word by urging you as followers of Jesus to receive these truths wholeheartedly and remain steadfast even when negative challenges arise. As you hold firmly to the grace contained in the Lord’s Word to you, you will experience profound freedom and enter the place of glory that the Lord intended for you to walk in through Jesus Christ.
In the name of Jesus, I declare that every work of the devil which has attempted to rule over your life is now being broken off you and destroyed. I decree that the authority of Christ’s finished work is rising within you, and every form of oppression, sickness, bondage, and intimidation is losing its power over you in Jesus name.
I declare that you will no longer tolerate what Jesus has already defeated concerning your life. I declare that the anointing of the Holy Spirit will strengthen you to stand boldly, to resist the enemy, and walk in the freedom that Christ purchased for you.
I declare that you will move forward as an overcomer, a barrier breaker, and as a witness of the Lord’s power on the earth. Every attempt of the enemy to intimidate, delay, or discourage you will be overturned as you stand firm in the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.
I decree that all oppression will diminish before you, and the glory of the Lord will increase in your life as you walk steadfastly in the triumph of Jesus. I declare that you will experience the freedom and authority the Lord intended for you, and your life will testify that Jesus still destroys the works of the devil in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.