Dominion Over Sin Series

The transfer of authority from God’s control to Satan’s control can be deadly. Sin is a cruel taskmaster that seeks to destroy, corrupt and ruin its slaves. You would not give the keys of your car to a lunatic and tell him to drive with care, would you?

Normally, a lunatic would not stop until he wrecked the car causing much damage and loss. Satan is not a friend to grace and never will be. He comes always to steal, kill and destroy. He is our constant adversary. Satan is a master who disguises himself often. He may appear to be a friend with sound advice or a counselor on the pathway to happiness, but always remember, he is the enemy. He appeared to Jesus as a dietician, a real estate tycoon and a career promoter. He offered Jesus, bread, power and social status, but he was never the friend of Jesus or a promoter of the will of God. Satan is a liar, deceiver and an imposter. A Christian, who desires God’s blessings, can have only one master, God. He cannot give one part of himself to God and the other part of himself to Satan. He cannot divide his allegiance between yielding himself to the righteousness of God and yielding to his own sinful desires. Our constant prayer should be, “Lord, help me yield one hundred percent of my mind, attitude, emotion, action, will, and desires to Your Control and the leadership and authority of Your Holy Spirit.”

We should yield ourselves to God’s righteous desires, purposes and processes, regardless of how difficult this may seem. We should be careful of the programs we choose to watch on television. We should guard ourselves against exposure to unwholesome magazines, conversations or other input that may tend to entice us with sinful pleasures. Yielding ourselves to God is a conscious choice. Our conscious choice allows God to have His rightful place of authority in our heart, soul, strength and mind. We have the resurrection power of grace of our Lord Jesus Christ living within us. He is constantly helping us to desire what is best by guiding us by His spirit. God gives us an earnest desire for the things that are truly good, righteous and profitable.

His powerful, sustaining grace is available to help us. He provides a grand support system in the person of the Holy Spirit who uses the word of God to direct our thoughts, rebuke us when we are wrong, correct us by showing us how to realign our thoughts with His and at the same times training our senses to discern good from evil.

Hebrews 5:13-14 “For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”

We can have dominion over sin every moment of every day but we must choose to die to sin and live unto God, resist sin’s control and surrender ourselves unto God. There is strength for us in the covenant of grace. Sin shall not have dominion. God promised to give us power to effectively mortify the sin in our members. Sin has the power to cause the strongest believer to struggle at one time or other. Sin may trouble the believer, but it shall not have dominion over him. Sin will always tempt the believer, but it shall not rule over him. Our choices will determine the consequences we will live with for all eternity. I do not know where you are today in your walk with God, but I want you to make your choices based on your eternal destiny. Do not allow sin to dominate your life, we have dominion over sin. Ask the Lord to help you grow in grace so your life will be guided, controlled and governed by the Holy Spirit instead of your own sinful desires.