Dominion
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Dominion is defined as the right and the power to govern and control.
Man was created to rule and reign in life through Jesus.
Man has a future with God as rulers of all the earth.
Revelation 1 NKJV
4 John, to the seven churches which are in
5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Jesus has made us Kings and Priests to His God and Father.
In each of life’s situations we are either:
In control
Out of control
Just along for the ride
We, both individually and collectively, were created by God’s design, filled with His Spirit and made to rule in life.
The book of Revelation gives us a picture of our future, however, let’s also look back at the beginning and see God’s original design for mankind.
Genesis 1 NKJV
26 ¶ Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
God’s original commandments to righteous mankind differ a bit from those 10 He later gave through Moses on
When we accept Messiah as God’s gift and are restored in relationship with Him, we are once again made righteous and are placed ‘back on track’ with God’s original vision.
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
God commanded Adam and Eve – all those who are right with Him to keep five commandments:
The First Five Commandments
* Be Fruitful
* Multiply
* Fill The Earth
* Subdue The Earth
* Have Dominion
We have seen the original vision of God for mankind in Genesis and in Revelation we have also seen God’s fulfilled vision for mankind. They are both the same – Men and Women, as children of God, representing Him and exercising their God given place as Kings and Priests in the earth. God wants us to advance and rule His kingdom.
We have seen the beginning and the end but here we are stuck in the middle. Is there any hope for us here in the middle? Yes … and for that let’s turn to the middle of the bible. The middle of your bible is the book of Psalms. Let’s go to Psalms 8 to be specific and see if we can hear the same message for mankind.
Psalms 8 NKJV
1 ¶ O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 ¶ When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen—Even the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
When David asked the question of God, “What is man that You are mindful of him … or visit him?” The revealed answer was quick, certain and direct:
Psalms 8:6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
God has given His children dominion over all the works of His hands.
Birds were created to fly
Man was created to have dominion
Remember:
Dominion is the right and the power to govern and control.
It has been this way from the beginning. Even when God first created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden.
Genesis 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
The word ‘keep’ is translated from a word meaning ‘to watch over, guard and protect’.
The past few weeks we have talked about the power of a personal Pentecost and what a person receives when they are filled with the Holy Spirit.
We discussed the difference between the power of salvation and the power of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
This past Sunday we learned about Kingdom Advancement and how that we are in a new era on God’s time table. This new era is a special day of forcefully advancing the
Not physically violent, not rude or mean or ugly to people, but rather those tapping into the inner spiritual strength it takes to stand up for Jesus and refuse to be denied the promises of God.
We talked Sunday about the power of our voice. In fact we discussed three powerful and force filled voices God has given us:
* The Voice of Prayer
* The Voice of Confession
* The Voice of Command
To add to these truths I desire to give you a sense of the destiny God has created you for. God made you to have dominion.
Even under the old covenant in Deuteronomy 28 God promised that if His children would follow His commands …
Deuteronomy 28 KJV
7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
…they would be the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath, enemies which came out before them one way would flee seven ways and on and on and on.
You see, in the end we will rule and reign but God wants us to develop a dominion attitude today. God wants us to realize why He created us and what He gave us when He made us.
God gave His children who are right with Him dominion, the right and the power to govern and control.
So:
* Get right with God
* Exercise your dominion
> Make things happen
> Don’t just let things happen
* Be Fruitful
* Multiply
* Fill the Earth
* Subdue the Earth
* Have Dominion
Key Scripture: Revelation 5 NKJV
10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
