Our Earthly Dominion Mandate Series

When we make for ourselves graven images we elevate what we should dominate. It severely demeans our status as rulers.

The Sovereignty of God

At this point, I feel it is necessary to address the subject of The Sovereignty of God.

If you’ve been in church long enough, as I have, no doubt that you have heard how God rules over everything, right?

A main doctrine is the doctrine of the omnipotence of God. Omnipotence meaning that God can do all things.

No one can dispute the sovereignty of God. He is, after all, the creator of all.

So, how can we reconcile man’s rulership of the earth realm, with the sovereignty of God Almighty?

That is a very good question.

Have you ever been asked the childish question: If God is all powerful and can He create a rock that even He wouldn’t be able to move?

I actually have the answer to that cryptic question… the answer is ‘YES’, and He already Has.

The rock that God cannot move… is His own WORD.

You see, the only one who can dispute the sovereignty of God… is God Himself.

The Bible says this concerning God’s authoritative Word:

“Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.” ~ Psalm 119:89 (ESV)

And in Numbers 23:19-20, we read these words:

“God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.”

Balaam here says, “He has blessed and I cannot revoke it.”

God’s word is irrevocable. His blessing seals the deal.

In Matthew chapter 5:17-19 we read:

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Now, remember back in Genesis 1:28? It said

“He blessed them, and said… let them have dominion.”

Here is a very important thing you need to understand about God’s sovereignty:

GOD IS AS SOVEREIGN AS HIS WORD.

Let me repeat that:

GOD IS AS SOVEREIGN AS HIS WORD.

What does this mean?

Simply this: God is bound by His own Word because He is perfect.

God is so good, so just, so Holy, and so perfect, that He cannot break His word.

You’ve probably heard sayings such as:

“My word is my bond.”

Or

“A man is only as good as his word.”

Well, these apply even more so to God. His word, and His blessing are unbreakable.

When He gave man dominion on the earth realm, it was irrevocable.

Do you remember back in the story of how Jacob stole Esau’s blessing from Isaac? It’s in Genesis 27:30-37

When Esau found out, he went and pleaded with Isaac, his father:

“Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 He also had made [d]savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.”