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God Gives You Authority to Move the Impossible

Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship • Nov 9, 2025 • 28 min

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Summary

In this message, Dr. Tony Evans teaches that God desires to upgrade believers from a passive spiritual life to actively exercising kingdom authority over the impossible obstacles in their lives. By examining Jesus cursing the fig tree and speaking to the mountain in Mark 11, we learn that moving spiritual obstacles requires placing unmixed faith in God, engaging in two distinct conversations with our problems and with God, and walking in forgiveness toward others. When we align our words and hearts with God's settled heavenly decisions, God releases His power to move the mountains standing in our path.

Themes

Kingdom AuthorityFaith in GodOvercoming ObstaclesSpiritual Fruitfulness vs ReligionFaith and UnbeliefThe Power of Forgiveness

Key Points

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God desires to upgrade every believer from simply being saved to actively exercising kingdom authority—the divinely authorized right to express His rule and power on earth.
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Jesus cursed the fig tree to expose false religion, which maintains an impressive outward appearance of godliness without possessing genuine spiritual life or fruit.
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Spiritual work often occurs at the root level before visible fruit appears; a time gap frequently exists between when God acts in the unseen spiritual realm and when manifestation shows up on earth.
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Believers facing overwhelming obstacles must engage in two distinct conversations: speaking directly to the mountain about who God is, and speaking to God in prayer about the mountain.
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When speaking to the mountain, believers trust that God will act in time; when praying to God, they recognize that He has already pre-programmed and settled the answer in heaven.
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Faith does not force God's hand or compel Him to act; rather, faith serves as a bridge that accesses what God has already purposed and declared in heaven.
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Moving spiritual obstacles does not require a large volume of faith, but pure faith unmixed with unbelief, because voicing doubt cancels out the faith expressed.
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Unforgiveness acts as a major barrier to spiritual power; by releasing debts and refusing to seek vengeance against others, believers allow God to forgive them and remove their obstacles.

Sermon Moments

“The illustration of coach versus first-class seating on an airplane, contrasting believers satisfied with basic salvation and those who step up to experience kingdom authority.”

“Comparing empty religion to wearing a Superman suit without the ability to fly—looking the part externally while lacking power on the inside.”

“The time gap between the fig tree dying at the invisible root instantly and the disciples seeing it withered 24 hours later, illustrating how spiritual realities manifest on earth over time.”

“Engaging in two distinct conversations: bringing God's character to face your mountain, and bringing your mountain before God in prayer.”

“The mustard seed illustration showing that effective faith is not about size, but purity—how speaking doubt out of one side of our mouth cancels out faith spoken from the other.”

“Reframing where we place the word "BUT" in our speech so that God's authority always gets the last word over life's difficulties.”

This Week

Identify a "mountain" or difficult challenge in your life and practice speaking God's character, truth, and promises directly to that situation this week.

Examine your spiritual life for areas of "leaves without fruit"—where religious habits or appearances have replaced genuine life and fruitfulness—and ask God for authentic renewal.

Practice patient trust during the time gap between your prayer and its visible manifestation, knowing God works at the unseen root before results appear on the surface.

Change where you place the word "but" in your daily speech, moving from "God is good, but my situation is bad" to "My situation is hard, BUT God is bigger."

Guard your mouth against double-minded speech by ensuring that after you pray in faith, you do not immediately voice doubt or unbelief that cancels out your trust in God.

Choose to forgive anyone holding a spiritual debt against you, releasing resentment so that your relationship with God and your prayers remain unhindered.

Align your earth-bound perspective with God's heavenly perspective by thanking Him in prayer for what He has already purposed and pre-programmed in His Word.

Remember This

Kingdom authority is activated when believers bring God's character to face their mountains, trust His pre-programmed heavenly decisions, and walk in pure, forgiving faith.

A Challenge for You

"Change where you put BUT. Don't say 'God is good, but I'm in a mess.' Say 'I'm messed up, BUT God is a fixer. Mountain, you big and bad, BUT God is bigger than you are!' Put God in the driver's seat of your situation."

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