WHY IS IT THAT MOST CHRISTIANS NEVER GET TO WALK IN DOMINION?

After His resurrection, Jesus gave authority to His followers. In Matthew 28:18-19 Jesus said, “All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth…”

 

Jesus has ALL authority, and He sent His disciples to operate in that authority. This is not just for the 12 disciples. It is for every Born-Again believer including you.

 

Now, here is what happened: When you got born again, you were restored to the position of dominion that Adam had before the fall. 

 

From that moment, you were given authority, not because you are special, but because Christ lives in you, and His authority is your authority.

 

But why is it that most Christians never get to walk in this authority?

 

1. The first reason is because they don’t understand what happened at salvation. They think that salvation is just forgiveness of sins and a ticket to Heaven. And while those things are true, salvation is so much more.

 

Salvation is restoration. It is being recreated in Christ, and receiving everything Adam lost. And one striking thing Adam lost was dominion. This implies that one of the things you received when you got born again is dominion.

 

Colossians1:13 says, “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of His dear Son.”

 

You have been delivered from Satan’s dominion and placed into Christ’s Kingdom. You are no longer under Satan’s authority. You’re under Christ’s authority. And in Christ’s Kingdom you have dominion. You have full authority to rule over the circumstances that try to rule you. But if you don’t know this (Isa. 5:13), if you don’t know that salvation includes restoration and dominion, you’ll live like a slave even though you’ve been made a king. 

 

2. Many Christians have not been walking in dominion because they have been taught to be passive. They have been taught that whatever happens is God’s will, and they should just accept it. They’ve been taught that exercising authority is presumptuous, that commanding circumstances is arrogant, and that speaking to problems is unbiblical. 

 

So, they endure sickness when they have authority to command it to leave. They accept poverty when they have authority to speak provision into their situation. They live in fear when they have authority to cast out the spirit of fear. They have been trained to be passive victims instead of active rulers. But that’s not what Jesus taught.

 

In Mark 11:23 Jesus said, “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.” 

 

Jesus did not say, pray about the mountain. He said, speak to the mountain. Command it. Exercise dominion over it. And if you believe what you are saying, the mountain will obey. 

 

This is dominion. This is exercising authority. And it’s not arrogant. It is faith. It is believing that the authority that Jesus gave you is real and acting on it. 

 

But most Christians have been so conditioned to be passive that they are so afraid to exercise the authority that belongs to them. And so, they live defeated lives while possessing the very power that could make them free.

 

Now here is the problem: the modern church has produced a generation of believers who know they are saved but don’t know they have authority. They know they are going to Heaven, but don’t know they have dominion on earth. They know Jesus died for them, but don’t know that He restored back to them everything Adam lost. 

 

And because they don’t know these things they live far below their privileges. They accept defeat when they have authority to command victory. They tolerate bondage when they have the power to enforce freedom. 

 

This is a tragedy. Not that the believers don’t have authority. But that they don’t know that they have it, and therefore they never use it.

 

3. Many Christians don’t walk in dominion because they don’t understand how authority works. They think that authority is about being loud or forceful, or trying to manipulate spiritual laws. But authority is not about volume. IT is about position. For instance, a policeman does not have to scream at traffic to make it stop. He simply raises his hand because he has the authority of the law behind him. And traffic stops not because of his personal strength, but because of his position. That’s how spiritual authority works. When you command sickness to leave, you are not doing so in your own strength. You are doing so in the authority of Jesus’ Name. 

 

When you speak to a circumstance, you are not relying on your ability. You are exercising the dominion that Christ restored to you. And the spirit realm responds not because you are powerful but because Christ in you is powerful and you are operating in His authority.

 

In Luke 10:19 Jesus told His disciples saying, “Behold, I give unto you power to thread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”

 

You have power over sickness and disease. You have power over poverty. You have authority over demons. You have authority over circumstances of every kind. But authority must be exercised. It does not work automatically. You have to speak. You have to command. You have to act in faith on the authority that Jesus gave to you. 

 

Question: How can one walk in dominion?

 

To be continued!!

Watch out for the next edition of Good News from the Pulpit. 

·       Your friend, I. I. Madubunyi (Senior Pastor, HOG).