The Effect of Righteousness in the Presence of Disease and Sickness

We have wondered why Jesus was so utterly fearless in the presence of Satan and of his works.
We saw Him in the presence of death at Lazarus’ tomb, with a fearless confidence that thrilled us.
Why was it
It was because He was Righteous.
Sin makes cowards of men. Sin consciousness holds us in bondage.
We know we are of God and we know we have God in us. We know we are the Righteousness of God. we can stand in the presence of Satan, of his works, as fearlessly as did Jesus. (Read our Book”, Two Kinds of Righteousness”)
Righteousness is really the ability of God taking possession of us.
We stand in His presence utterly fearless, because of the consciousness that we are New Creations.
We have been created by God himself, and Jesus has given to us the power of attorney to use His Name.
He said, “In my name ye shall cast out demons.”

If we cast out demons, we can undo anything that Satan has done.
We can break the power of Satan anywhere he is entrenched.
We can cast down and destroy his strongholds.
We can break in upon him with a fearlessness that will mean his destruction and our victory.
We know that Satan has been conquered, that we are now misters where we have been slaves, we are strong where we have been weak.
We are identified with God; we can fearlessly take His place and act as Jesus acted when He walked the earth.

It was no meaningless sentence that dropped from the lips of the Master when He said, “Greater works than these shall ye do because I go unto the Father; and whatsoever ye shall demand in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
That, we understand, is not prayer, not talking to the Father, but talking to demons.
We put up a fearless, solid front, and face our adversary as conquerors.
Jesus said, “Come out of him.”
We say, “In the Name of your Master, come out of him. Go off into the abyss where you be long, and don’t ever come back and harrass and injure this man again.”
We are taking Jesus’ place. We are acting in His stead.
His Righteousness that has been imparted to us gives us the ability to act in His stead and to take His place.

This is a new day in the Divine Life. This is a new order in the realm of men.
Satan reigned over the old order. Sin consciousness dominated us.
We have come to know that the New Creation is the Righteousness of God in Christ.
We know that this Righteousness is not theological or philosophical, but an actual Righteousness.
It is God changing our sin consciousness to Righteousness consciousness.
It is God who has been at work within us, building His Word into our spirit until we have become God-like in our thinking, masterful in our works.
We are no longer timid and fearful.
We stand as sons of God should stand in the presence of a defeated enemy.
In I Cor. 2:6 it speaks of the dethroned powers in the world. (Moffatt’s Trans.)
We have recognized them as dethroned.
We have recognized ourselves as enthroned.
God is enthroned within us.
We are the masters of the forces of darkness
that have been destroying the human race.
We are going to take our place and play the part.