Dominion

Pastor S. A. Arekete (PhD)

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 Text: Gen 1:27-30
• 27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female created he them.
• 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.
• 29. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,
which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is
the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
• 30. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and
to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I
have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
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 Dominion
• To take charge, to have control, to dominate.
• To exercise authority over some subjects.

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 Created for Dominion
• One reason God created man in His own image is for man to
have dominion.
• God has absolute dominion over all his creatures.
• God’s dominion is demonstrated in the creation story.
• The earth was formless and void but God restored complete
order and the beautiful things you see around are the products
of God creation and dominion.
• Man is created to share with God in dominion.

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 Created for Dominion..
• Gen. 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.
• And subdue it, and have dominion!
• That is an order, man must subdue the earth and exercise
dominion over it.
• Your dominion is an exercise of obedience to God’s directives.

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 Created for Dominion..
• Psa 8:3-9
• 3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the
stars, which thou hast ordained;
• 4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that
thou visitest him?
• 5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned
him with glory and honour.
• 6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou
hast put all things under his feet:
• 7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
• 8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth
through the paths of the seas.
• 9. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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 Created for Dominion..
• Man was designated and decorated for dominion.
• Ps. 8:5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.
• God made man to have dominion; God subordinated and
subjugated everything under man!
• Ps. 8:6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy
hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
• 7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
• 8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth
through the paths of the seas.
• 9. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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 How to we exercise Dominion?
• 1. Through voluntary sacrifice to God
• Jdg 5:1-2
• 1. Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day,
saying,
• 2. Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people
willingly offered themselves.
• Jdg 5:12-13
• 12. Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak,
and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
• 13. Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles
among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

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 How to we exercise Dominion?
• 2. Through bravery and audacity
• Gen 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother;
and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou
shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
• 1Ch 18:3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he
went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

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 How to we exercise Dominion?..
• 3. Through God’s bestowal of grace for dominion.
• Gen 37:8-10
• 8. And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or
shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the
more for his dreams, and for his words.
• 9. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and
the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
• 10. And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father
rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast
dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow
down ourselves to thee to the earth?

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 How to we exercise Dominion?..
• 3. Through God’s bestowal of grace for dominion.
• Num 24:19-20
• 19. Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall
destroy him that remaineth of the city.
• 20. And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,
Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he
perish for ever.

• Psa 8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy
hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

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 How to we exercise Dominion?..
• 3. Through God’s bestowal of grace for dominion..
• Psa 18:31-39
• 31. For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
• 32. It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
• 33. He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
• 34. He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
• 35. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath
holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
• 36. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
• 37. I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till
they were consumed.
• 38. I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my
feet.
• 39. For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under
me those that rose up against me.

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 Hindrances to Dominion
• Sin is the principal hindrance to dominion
• God gave dominion to man but when the serpent came and
made man to fall into sin, man lost his dominion (Gen. 3)
• Then Satan began to exercise dominion illegally over the world,
his is even called the god of this world.
• 2Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of
Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
• Man should be the god of the world and not satan.

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 Hindrances to Dominion
• He was even able to boast before our Lord Jesus Christ that the
entire world is under his control.
• Mat 4:8-11
• 8. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and
sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
• 9. And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall
down and worship me.
• 10. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
• 11. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and
ministered unto him.

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 How can a Christian Exercise Dominion?
1. Submit to God in humility.
• Jas 4:6-7
• 6. But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the
proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
• 7. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee
from you.
2. Be prayerful, prayer is aided by fasting
• Mat 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

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 How can a Christian Exercise Dominion?
3. Be enriched by the word of God (read, study, meditate on and
confess the word)
• Psa 1:1-3
• 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful.
• 2. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he
meditate day and night.
• 3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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 How can a Christian Exercise Dominion?
3. Be enriched by the word of God (read, study, meditate on and
confess the word)
• 2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
• Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
4. Be righteous
• Pro 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any
people.
5. Make the decree: when you come a new place, take authority
immediately.
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 Conclusion
• Every child of God is a dominion partner with God.
• To operate God’s given dominion, we must be submissive to God
and live in holiness.

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 Prayer
• Father, I repent of everything that makes the enemy have
dominion over me, in Jesus name.
• I live in dominion in the name of Jesus.
• Demons will obey me, circumstances will obey me, situations
will obey me.
• Henceforth, I shall walk in the realms of dominion in Jesus name.

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