Matthew 18:18

Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

One of the reasons that Jesus came to the earth was to regain the authority that was lost by Adam.  The born-again believer has that authority given to them.  We have the power to bind and the power to lose, but we haven’t been using it to the fullest potential.  The devil will lie and say all that passed away with Jesus and the cross, but the cross was just the beginning for the Christian.  When we start standing on the word of God, the devil can’t run from us fast enough.