Good morning,
The word for today is - Dominion !
Lets look at the power God has giving mankind, man has authority from the beginning of time. Read Genesis 1:28, And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. But without a special permission from God, we cannot exercise any lawful authority. The authority that we have comes from God. Read Genesis 1:26,And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Lets look at this authority. Authority in the church is very different to worldly authority. This authority is not giving to be puffed up with for yourself, and is not giving to do more hurt than good for others. Leaders within the church must, first of all, be servants.You are to teach the subjects of the kingdom of God, to instruct and help them, to counsel and comfort them, to love with them, and suffer with them, not to exercise dominion or authority over them, but to build up the Spiritual man. Read Mat - 27,But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. Wow ! In the early church it was not Elders or Pastors that made the final decision on matters,but the whole body after prayer. Read Acts 15:22, Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: You see the Lord said let all ( the believers) speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you all in the body of Christ. Also read Acts 13: 1-3, Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. And read 1Corinthians 1:10, Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. We are commanded to seek the truth ourselves, test all teachings, prophecies, words. Why test every spirit? Read 1 John 4:1,Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Because there are many false prophets! We do not want to be deceived. The Bible expressly warns us that many will be deceived, even the elect. The best way to ensure that we are not mislead is by testing all things personally. We cannot afford to rely on a human authority figure to protect us or give us their “covering”.Which is also not biblical. The word "covering" only appears once in the New Testament and it is in connection with a woman’s head covering. In the old Testament it is not used in a spiritual sense and never in connection with authority of one over another. We are to reject those who would set themselves up over us in authoritative powers in terms of our faith to submit to them, as we submit only to Christ. Now, we have to know that God is over all, but there is an order giving from God. Read Ephesians
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