House of God
Today’s Topic: Culture of the Son: Introduction
Scripture: Genesis 1:26
Greetings Kingdom Citizens:
Now in the past few messages we looked at the culture of the orphan and how it has impacted the age of man up unto this present age. We also saw the predominate mindset of the orphan is one occupied with provision and protection. Now the thing is we want to transition to the mindset of the son. This requires repentance and submission to Christ. Submission puts you under authority and that authority is Christ who gives you access to the Father. Now in the next few messages we will discuss the culture of the son and how we as Kingdom citizens and children of the House of God are to conduct ourselves and walk in our purpose for this age.
Why are we here on earth? What is our purpose? God tells us that in Genesis 1:26 where He says “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness and let them have dominion..”. So our purpose in the earth, AS SONS OF GOD, is to rule. The reason I made the emphasis on sons of God is because unless you are a son of God, that means you have been born again of His Spirit and made the Romans 10:9 confession and belief then you are not a son of God. So I urge you, if you want to be in the image and after the likeness of our Lord then repent today and choose Christ by confessing He is Lord and Savior and believing the God raised Him, Jesus, from the dead. True rulership, through Christ is only given to the sons of God. How do we know? Adam was the first son of God on Earth but after the fall man could not administer this rulership until Christ came, died and was resurrected and by choice be restored back into the House of God and function as a vice King to the King in the earth.
Now we talked extensively about the mindset of the orphan in a believer and the devastating consequences of such mindset. One of the thought patterns that comes about from orphans about Genesis 1:26 is the concept of unrestricted rulership. Now I want to explain this because many of the problems we have in the earth is because people misuse and do not understand the concept of Genesis 1:26 and use it to fit whatever mindset they have toward the earth. Now a son of God, who thinks as an orphan, has the mentality that because God gave man the “dominion” over the earth, then we can do what we please in it. This has lead to the depletion of resources for hoarding and greed from nations and even people. This has also lead to the suppression of the advancement of cures because the orphan believes that man and the creation are one in the same and I will explain this. Remember the orphan only sees their protection and provision as primary so the orphan will hoard natural resources in the attempt to ensure their provision and protection are met. Hence those who hoard resources, blackmail and charge astronomical amounts of money to other people and nations for those goods. Now on the other hand those radical environmentalist will say that we must protect the environment with all costs because man and the creation are the same. This mindset takes man as the ruler in the Earth completely out of the equation and puts him on the same playing field as an animal or plant. Is that what God designed for man? No. These environmentalist will prevent, with fury, the use of various plants that God has put on the earth for us to use to help cure diseases. Everything God made was good, it is how it is being used is what makes the difference. Now I said all of this because the rulership that comes through the son of God is restricted!
This restriction of rulership that comes by the son of God is because the son of God understands that they are to do the things that they see the Father do. So the authority and power they receive is not for their consumption and benefit but for the Will of God. The sons of God understand that they represent the Creator in the Earth and if they are after His likeness then they understand that they are put here to rule.
In the next message we will look at the concepts of rule.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
