Focus: Repentance from Dead Works
Part 4: Lost of Dominion
Greetings Sons of God:
In Genesis 1:26 God gave mankind
dominion in the Earth. As long as man
obeyed God he would righteously rule in the Earth. The reason I say righteously because this
dominion is called the Kingdom of God.
Many of us have heard this and believe it to be some futuristic kingdom
to come. The Kingdom is here now but
let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
The
Kingdom of God is the rulership of God over the hearts of men.
When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden they lost the ability
to function in the power of the Kingdom of God.
The Kingdom has now left the earth and now a new system of governing
will set in that will cause disorder. In
turn, man then attempts to search for what was lost in the fall. Their searching produced religions as well as
governments. When you are religious you
constantly search for God and try to appease Him with rituals. We are not called to religion or rituals but
to relationship. In addition, man’s
attempt to find the Kingdom of God produced the multiple governments within the
earth. Each of them having a aspect or
concept of the Kingdom but because it lacks all of what the Kingdom is, it
falls short to meeting the complete needs of the citizens under it’s rule. Every government from democracy to
dictatorships fall short. This is the
fall in the garden was so devastating to the earth and to mankind because he
lost his relationship with God as Father and lost dominion (Kingdom of
God). This is why when we look at the
Scripture about Noah it speaks of how wicked the Earth was where the majority
of men’s minds were constantly on wickedness.
It will only be when the sons of God are restored and the
Kingdom returns to the Earth that the original order within the earth will
begin to return. This is not a
futuristic situation where we are waiting for the sweet-by-and-by this is a present day unfolding reality and
it is my desire and moreover the Father’s desire that you realize who you are
and why he has put you here.
In the next message we will look at restoration and how we are
to repent from works that lead unto death.
Peace, Love and Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
