Peter was an experienced fisherman, but struggled to catch much fish. Wealth is not by smartness, strength, or intelligence. The power to get wealth is a key that opens the door of wealth into a man's life. 

When the door is closed no matter how hard you work or how intelligent you are, nothing would work. But at thy word, the door opened for Peter supernaturally. That was the first open door Peter experienced. Peter also experienced another open door while he was in prison. The first open door is a Business open door, while the second is Prison open door.  From there Peter started experiencing more business breakthrough or open doors as seen in the book of John 21 where he still caught many fishes after Jesus appeared to them after his resurrection.

Thy Word is key. God's will must be established not your skill. In the Lord's prayer Jesus said: 'Thy will be done in earth', that is to tell us that there are a lot of treasure (wealth), stored in the earth that only by the will of God can be unearth.  Only the will of God can reveal the truth in the earth. The will of man and the skill of man can't. 

Wealth Is A Key

If you have the key to the store house you have access to the store house. In this world, leadership puts one in the position of power. The government controls money. The king controls land. God controls the universe. 

The key God uses in controlling the universe is the Word. John chapter 1:1 says 'In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.' (John 1:1). 

The Word Was God

The Word was God is the life of the Word (the Word was made flesh). God is 100% committed in fulfilling His word- That is the Word was God. 

The Word was God describes God's commitment in fulfilling his word. 

Will, Wisdom Before Strength

Riches is doing the right thing with your time and resources. It is a product of Will, Wisdom and strength. Peter applied strength and wisdom but failed to apply Thy Will. Then he toiled throughout the night and caught nothing. God's will brings result.

Without the will of God, nothing good would come forth. God is good. 

Some Money In The Mouth Of The Fish

“But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.” (Matthew 17:27)

Jesus told some of his disciples to go and cast their hook in the lake and open the mouth of the first fish caught to find money. What lesson should we draw from it? Money in the mouth of the fish is a mystery of recovering from debt or death. Jonah was swallowed by the fish symbolic for death. The fish swallowing money is symbolic for debt. Your money is released from the mouth of every evil fish in Jesus' name.

God gives is the power to get wealth, which is the word. God is committed to His word. 

Angels according to the book of Hebrew 1:14 are ministering spirit assigned to help those who are heirs of salvation. Meanwhile, the saints are the holy prophets and apostles that prepared the way of salvation for us. The saint also can represent the godly people who are without the guilt of sin. 

Saint is a human position not a celestial office. Angel is a celestial being primarily meant to be in heaven, but the fall of Satan brought down some angels who are now demons. Angels were created spirits, according to Paul the apostle, they are ministering spirits. They are not made from the dust. They are of heaven and they are made of light. They are the stars of heaven. On the other hand, saints are earthly being, made to worship God on earth but sin brought death upon man and him would become like the angels when he dies.

Saint dies but angels don't die because they are spirits. Saints represents the church in heaven, angels represents God as in the case of the angel that came to meet Daniel in Daniel chapter 10. Also in Genesis chapter 18 and 19 angels came to meet Abraham and Lot.  In Luke 1:26-38, Angel Gabriel came to minister to Mary. 

Angels are the host or armies of Heaven, while saints are armies of salvation here on earth: they fight the good fight of faith (1 Timothy 6:12). According to Jesus in Matthew 13:39, the angels are the laborers of the harvest. They reap the harvest while the saints are the sower. Paul said "I plant and Apollos water." (1 Corinthians 3:6). The angels draws men to salvation. They converts people to Christ. The saints only sow.

The cherubim and Seraphim represent the glory of the Lord, both angels had six wings and stand at the right and left side of throne of  God. While the saints represents the glory of the church. Moses and Elijah are the two olive trees that stand at the right and at the left of Christ. They appeared to Jesus at the mount of transfiguration. 

"After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus." (Matthew 17:1-3).

Angels have wings, saints don't have. The saints spiritually are olive trees and the lampstands (Revelation 12:4), but the angels are the reapers and the 7 stars. 

"The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels." (Matthew 13:39). 

According to Luke chapter 18 verse 1, Jesus said: "to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint" (Luke 18:1). Prayer is a task given to man by Christ for the salvation of our soul. When you pray, you're not only communicating to God, but also destroying the works of darkness in and around you. But sometimes we feel so heavy to pray (we faint). 

We ought to pray. 'Men' as used by Jesus represent also women. 'Men' here speaks of strength and power irrespective of gender. There are difficulties in prayers which I'm going to show you why and how to overcome such difficulties.

 Why Do I Find It Difficult To Pray

1. You Pray Alone. 

Praying alone only can weaken ones strength of prayer. Even Solomon in the book of Ecclesiastes said that two are better than one. When one is weak, the other is strengthens him or her. 

Jesus himself sometimes took three of his disciple to join him in his secret place of prayer. Even the apostles according to the book of Acts usually gather to pray. 

Paul and Silas prayed in the prison, but alone was Peter sleeping in the prison. Praying together is a combination of spiritual power to the pulling down of stronghold of darkness. 

The temptation against prayers is strong when you are alone. But when you have someone who has the spirit of prayer, your prayer life would be energized.  

2. You Know Not Scripture Or the Power of God (Matthew 22:29).

Not knowing the scripture can make you stranded in the place of prayer. Prayer is inspired by the scripture or the power of God. The scripture here is the revelation of God's message in the book called bible, while the power of God represents prophetic utterance by the Spirit. Or being guided by the Spirit. The Spirit is the power of God, the will of God. If we study the scripture we would be filled with knowledge of God. 

3. You Indulge In Sexual Sin.

Sexual sin drains every spiritual strength in you. According to Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:18 stated that sexual sin is a sin against the body. That means, it's a sin that dispossess you of every spiritual power, and you become weak in prayer.

4. You Love Money.

The love of money is the root of evil (1 Timothy 6:10). When you love money, you hate God. Jesus said you can't love God and Mammon, it's either you love and hate the other (Matthew 6:24).

 Mammon becomes your master, and you're his slave. You find prayer difficult because you  believe in money. You  now live for money, therefore prayer looks like a waste of time.

5. You Are Too Busy With Work.

Too much work can make you weak in prayer and probably give room to the devil for attack against you. This can have a long term effect on your prayer life. 

You hear some employers say that their business cannot sleep: meaning workers need to work 7 days a week, no resting day- coming early to work and closing late. 

It is the devil's snare for you to depend on such slavery instead on God. Create time for yourself to pray and rest. 

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him. But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,  Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do.  No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”  For even his own brothers did not believe in him. Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do. 

(John 7:1-6).

Prophecy is about proclaiming the unknown things as revealed or guided by a spirit. Prophets in the bible were mouthpiece of God. Prophets are to guide the nation to the way of peace (Luke 1:79). The gift of prophecy is one of the gift Jesus bestowed on the churches according to Ephesians Chapter 4. 

Prophecy is a spiritual gift. What I mean is, it's a calling from God and cannot be carried out by man's knowledge, intellect or understanding. A man chosen by God to be a prophet has the gift or instinct to see vision, understand mysteries and interpret signs from God. 

A prophet might see or hear things unknown that may have happened in the past,or is happening, or that may happen (as in, an earthly event). A prophet can also see an heavenly event too. 

The Three Levels Of Prophecy

1. Divination. 

Divination is actually the first level of prophecy. This is the state of seeing or hearing things spiritually that reveals an event that had happened, or is happening, or that wil happen on earth. Take note: it is about seeing an earthly event. 

In 2 Kings 5: 22-27, Elisha said his spirit followed  Gehazi while he accompanied the Syrian captain and collected gifts from him. That describes a physical event he saw while Gehazi followed the Syrian. 

When a prophet starts telling you about your history and things that is about to happen in your life that is divination. 

There is also the spirit of divination, which is not from God, but of satan. It is being used by witches and wizard to check one's life. This spirit is a monitoring spirit. If you always dream of someone pursuing you, then it can be a sign of a monitoring spirit assigned by witches or wizards to track your life. In Acts of the Apostles chapter 16, there was a girl that had the spirit of divination, of which she used it to prophesy to people and made gains for her master through futune telling by this spirit.

2. Unction. 

Unction is simply the anionting. "But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things."(1 John 2:20).

It is sensing the presense of God's power. It is also whereby one is filled with the power of the Spirit to function. He or she is being moved to say unknown things without he or she hearing or seeing any vision. It is the moving of the Spirit, that is unction. Ones mouth is filled with what to say about the unknown future or past. Ones heart is moved to speak about the unknown future or past.

Jesus manifested this unction while he talked with the woman at the well in Samaria (John chapter 4). In 2 Chronicle 20, the power of God was upon Jahaziel and he prophesied to the people and king  Jehosaphat. Also Paul the Apostle by the unction cursed Bar-jesus at the island of Paphos while he met Serguis Paulius the governor of the land.

3. Revelation.

Revelation is about hearing or seeing events happening in the heavenly realm. It is the highest level of prophecy. Prophet Micaiah who was one of the four disciples of Elijah was summoned before the kings of Israel and Judah to advise them on their battle plans according to 1 kings chapter 22. He  revealed to them an heavenly vision. This vision was an heavenly event, and that's what revelation is all about- An heavenly event. 

A prophet can see what is happening in the spiritual world or heavenly realm, like things in the covens, or seeing a demon, an angel of God etc. All these are revelation since they describe an heavenly event.  

Paul in Galatians 2:2 said that  he went up by revelation. Jesus in Luke chapter 10 verse 18 said he saw Satan fall like lightning, of which it was an heavenly event. Also in Revelation chapter 12, Apostle John saw a vision that reveals a dragon being cast down from Heaven by Arch Angel Michael. All these are revelation, since they reveals an heavenly event.

Conclusion

God has his way of delivering his message to His prophets. A prophet can be called a seer like Samuel. A voice in the wilderness like John the baptist. Or a fire like prophet Jeremiah.

Thank you for reading, I'm Jeremiah. 

Humans find it hard to love God and their fellow man, instead they fall in love with object, and it's what is called LUST.

I John 2 :15 says 'Love not the world nor the things of the world.’ That means John the apostle was referring to man's love for objects. People value objects than human lives.

When you are in lust, your love is towards an object. You hate people who despises the object you love. You intend to use others to achieve that object. Your life depends on that object. You don't have faith in God at all. But can make people suffer because you want that object.

This world is an object world. Love has definitely become an object to man. People marry for the object of money, sex and artificial beauty.

The object world has made man to loose his kingdom to Satan. Satan's vision to turn man from God and their family to objects.

You see people smoking, drinking and gambling instead of using their resources to take care of their life and their family. They lust after such defiling objects.

Lust is the root cause of many negative habits, because such soul is drawn to objects.

A soul reflects a person. Every person is an individual and cannot be duplicated. Negative habits brings down his soul (personality). You see someone who is rich but steals from others. You might also see someone who is a pastor but fornicates or commit adultery. He or she has loved such as object, and that object is his or her lust.

How To Deal With Lustful Habit

1. Identify Your Spiritual Need.

When we don't know who we are, abuse is inevitable. Your spiritual need is your need for a guide. Your need for a master in your life. Life is like a vehicle, without a good driver there's a chance of getting into a pratfall.

You need your spiritual eyes to be open, because the spirit of lust covers ones eye with a scale. The book of Acts 9 tells us that when Ananias laid his hand on Paul, scales fell off from his eyes then he regained his sight. Paul was blinded with lust (he persecuted Christians).

David prayed in Psalms 119:18 that the Lord should open his eyes to behold the wonderous things out of the law. The Spirit guides you through the law. I want to stop smoking, fornication etc is not enough, but to be guided by God's spirit.

Desiring to quite from negative habit is not the main deal, but identifying and accepting spiritual guidance.

2. Condemn it.

When you condemn something, you condemn the doer of that thing too. One of the reason many people get entangled in bad habits is that they justify such habits. They once condemned such behaviours before (when they weren't into it). But when they became part of it, they started to justify it. Humans finds it weak to condemn what they always do.

It takes courage or zeal to actively condemn what you always do. It means you're denying yourself and such determination can bring you out of the shackles of lust.

Justifying a habit is the power of a habit.

3. Be with the Right People.

Peer influence matters alot when it comes to habit. Even the Bible says that evil communication corrupts good manners. If you want to quit negative habits, quit from negative friends or peers. They link you back to your old ways.

To be with the right people is what Paul called 'fellowship'. The right people would mould good characters in you. But the wrong fellow would mould a bad character in you.

4. Have a Prayer Routine.

Watching and praying helps to strengthen you spirit man over your fleshly desire. Your spirit man is your godly man. The man within you that is called 'conscience.’

The man within you that make you feel guilty when you hurt others. Everyone has such man within them, but they choose the corrupt man that is after pleasure, this man is the soul. The soul is a receiver. It is the man that is always in need of this or that. It is the man that is not satisfy. The spirit of man seeks after God. The soul seeks his need (the soul is selfish). The soul and the spirit of man are the seeking aspect of man.

When you keep a routine of prayer, you are dealing with the selfish or self seeking nature with the nature of God. God's nature is selfless love. With prayers the powers holding your soul would surrender.

Conclusion

Do not love objects than God and the people of God around you. The whole world is not enough to satisfy the soul, so no matter the sexual urge of fornication, adultery, urge of drunkenness, stealing etc. it won't satisfy your soul but draws one to death. That's why when one dies they say his soul is resting in peace. You need God's desire in your life.

 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. (2 Corinthians 8:9).

The poverty of Jesus is for our redemption from the curse of the law. Under the law people were subjected to the high priest, who demanded from them excessively, leaving a heavy burden of debt with them. 

The apostle Paul describes Jesus as a man of Grace, hence he was rich, but for our sake he became poor. He did that so he can connect us to Grace. Without Grace we would be under the curse of the law. The foundation is cursed by sin. Even in Psalm 11: 1 says that if the foundation be destroyed what can the righteous do?...

Sin brings poverty. Poverty makes hopeless. Christ came to deal with sin, the reason why many are living under the curse of the law. 

What's poverty?

From my point of view, poverty is described as living under the curse of the adamic nature- the falling man. A state of falling from grace to grass is poverty. Poverty is a fall, and a continuous fall. The adamic nature is the reason for generational poverty. For generations are falling into poverty or debt. Poverty is like a pit someone foolishly gets into and then he's trapped. 

The adamic nature is stratified by John in 1 John 2:15 into three (3) aspects: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. 

As they say, 'pride is before a fall.' For poverty is a fall or a misfortune. Pride brought the tower of Babel down to its kneels. Pride has made a lot of great men and women poor. 

The lust of the flesh represents sexual immorality, drinking and vanities to please the desire of your soul. The flesh is our own soul (our reflection). When all you do is to please your soul as the rich fool in Luke 12:16-22, you would always come to poverty. 

The lust of the eyes represents covetousness. Lust is a word that describes greed. Your eyes are deceptive. 

There are different types of poverty. 

The Different Type Of Poverty

1. Material poverty. 

This is the lack of the necessary things of life on earth. It's actually the lack of money.

2. Spiritual poverty.

This is the lack of sensitivity or knowledge. The Bible says in Hosea 4:6 that my people are destroyed because of the lack of knowledge. It is a state where one is foolish. Narban was foolish though he was rich materially. God said to the rich man according to Luke 12:20, "You fool". When Jesus used the word 'fool', he always reflects on being poor spiritually. Foolishness is spiritual poverty.

What's Riches?

Riches from my own perspective is being above the curse of the law. If you look at our society today, those who are on top are more unlikely to suffer material poverty. So it is spiritually too. Being at the top reflects power. Jesus came down to this world (that's the poverty he went through), so we can be raised to the top as sons and daughters of God. 

Being under the curse of the law won't attract any blessing to your life. Being a follower of a pastor won't attract any blessing to your life, but being a follower of Jesus. For Jesus said in John 14:6 that he is the way the truth and the life. 

Jesus came to the earth to connect us to Grace. Grace is the life of heaven where everything is provided by the power of God. Is not that we should wait for God to give us the food or money we need. It's that we should know that he has provided it and be at the right place or do the right thing we need to do to access it- that is working under Grace. You can't be stealing or being idle and claim Grace. That's disgrace!

How Christ Poverty Can Be Our Riches

1. Christ Poverty brought Grace to us. 

His grace is sufficient for us as in 2 Corinthians 12: 9. When we acknowledge his presence in our life and obey his commandments he is able to provide all that we ask for or imagine by our faith. Grace works by faith in Ephesians 2: 8.

2. Christ Poverty redeemed us from the curse of the law.

Galatians 3: 13-14 states that Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. The bible did not state that tithing has redeemed us from the curse of the law. It means we are free to prosper. There's nothing holding us anymore except we chose not to. It means we have the right to prosper. We have the license to prosper by God's spirit. 

3. Christ Poverty made us joint heir with Him. 

We are family with Jesus and such entails being a partaker of the divine inheritance of the Abraham. This implies that people from afar would bring their wealth to worship the grace of God in our life. The three wise men from the East brought gold, frankincense and myrrh to worship Jesus when he was born.

How Wealth is Made

You can read one of my post were I discussed on 3 keys of riches: Biblical prosperity, three keys of Riches.

1. Worship.

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it (Revelation 21:23-24).

Places of worship attracts wealth, because worship draws the heart and soul of man to God. And when the heart and soul is captured ones wealth is captured as well. In same Revelation in chapter 17, it showed us a great whore: a woman one scarlet. That explains too but us that  that harlot is being worshipped sexually so she attracted the wealth of Kings and great men. But this is a negative aspect. 

2. Wisdom.

Solomon's wisdom attracted great Kings and queen to him, who brought their gold and treasure to offer to him. They saw how he spoke like God. Wisdom makes you look like God. So you pull the heart and soul of me. 

Jabez became an honorable man, because he was mighty man of valour (1 Chronicles 4:9-10). Your strength in conquering your adversary or taking control of leadership can attract wealth too. Cowards are always poor. People are attracted to a fearless person like David who brought down the great enemy of Israel Goliath.

4. Work.

Hard work do pay in the days ahead. You can gather wealth from your work as in the life of Jacob while he took care of the flock of his uncle Laban. Don't despise little beginning.

Conclusion

God wants you to be rich but don't be greedy. If we are followers of Jesus, then we are Abraham children and an heir to the promised wealth. Christ Poverty is not for us to be poor, but for us to be rich. Thank you for reading. 

For dogs have surrounded Me;
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
They pierced My hands and My feet;

(Psalm 22: 16).

Dogs are revengeful enemies in our life. They might be enemies that have died but their demon is haunting your soul. Paul was afflicted by the dogs in 2 Corinthians 12:7-8. They were Paul's greatest enemies, hence he warned in Philipians 3:2 that we Christians should beware of dogs. The power of dogs is their teeth.

The teeth is what dogs use to inflict damage on their victims: It depicts the power to crush and cause pain in the life of their victims. The teeth describes the strength to hold their prey or victims from escaping. They lay a grip on every vital parts of your life.

The dogs are one of the greatest enemies Christians are bound to face. They are everywhere around us, and we need to beware of them as Paul the apostle stated. They are lustful and seducing like Deliliah. (If we are not careful we can fall for their fake love). They weaken and afflict their victims. They listen for your secret and uses it for your destruction. The bible describes dogs as evil workers, hypocrites in Philipians chapter 2, and messenger of Satan according to Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:7-8,

 A thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.  

(2 Corinthians 12:7-8).

Enemy that is a thorn in your flesh is a dog. What does that mean? Someone that backbites, troubles you and attacks you spiritually is an enemy against your soul, and we have to pray against them. 

Note: it's not every enemy we pray for. There are enemies we need to pray against, and those are enemies armed with spiritual powers. Just like a soldier, a Christian is not suppose to pray against civilian enemies but enemies armed spiritually (given power to by Satan). 

How To Be Free From The Power Of The Dogs 

1. Pray against them.

Pray against those dog friends or leaders in your life whose vision is to attack your soul. THEY WILL ALWAYS SEEK YOUR SOUL, SO SEEK THEIR SOUL IN PRAYERS TOO. This kind of prayer is called warfare prayers. 

2. Beware of them.

Dogs appear to be your good friend, but they're dangerous enemies. They are messengers of Satan. Paul said beware of dogs, because he knows what dogs are capable of.

The resurrection power is the power that raises the dead. Jesus manifested this power on earth when he called lazarus from the dead. Lazarus died for four days and was laid in the tomb. Jesus requested them to roll the stone away from the tomb, that he is the resurrection and the life (John 11: 25).  He then called Lazarus out of the tomb. Before that miracle, Jesus said something about the resurrection power. He said, 

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live."(John 5:25).

Now there are 3 dimensions of this resurrection power. This same power was what Paul the Apostle craved for in Phillipians chapter 3. It's the great power of Christ.

 3 Dimensions Of The Resurrection  Power

1. The Power of Voice.

The resurrection power is the power of voice. Jesus said in John 5 that the time would come when the dead will hear his voice and they shall come back to life. The dead are able to hear the voice of Jesus. There is great power in Jesus' voice. The Apostles preached the gospel with this voice according to Acts 4:33. In Matthew 27:50-54  Jesus gave a loud cry on the cross and the saints that were dead resurrected in Jerusalem. The bible tells us according to Paul the apostle in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 that the angel of the Lord would at the last day gave a loud cry and then the dead in Christ would rise. You can have Jesus' voice by being an addicted follower of Him. Be a follower of Jesus and not pastors. Paul craved for this power by being an addicted follower of Jesus (Phillipians 3:9-10).

2. The Keys. 

Revelation 1: says,

 “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades." (Revelation 1:17-18).

Jesus has the keys of hell and of death. When he died he went to hell to take the keys from the devil. These keys signify powers to loose the dead from the power of death. Death is likened to as a prison according to 1 Peter 3:19-20. Jesus was preaching to spirits in prison of death.  Satan used this key to keep  men in bondage. It's a key of knowledge.

3. The Power of Angels.

 The angels are also responsible for the resurrection of Jesus. The angels were present at the tomb to ensure that Jesus is being resurrected. Jesus was brought back to life by this invisible servants of God. Just as demons love to work in the graveyard, so do angels work in the dead aspect of the life of the saint. 

Conclusion

Jesus on the first day gave a loud cry (the power of voice) on the cross. On the second day went to hell to take the keys. While on the third day, he was set free from the grave by the angels.

 Grace

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
    before you were born I set you apart;
    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah 1:5.

Blessing     

 If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:

3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

7 The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.

Deuteronomy 28:1-7.

Dominion is a word that describes our right or power to subdue our environment and our enemies. From the beginning, God gave man dominion on earth over the birds, the fishes and over every creeping thing upon the earth.  But man had since lost his dominion to the devil through sin. Through sin man was subdued by Satan. Satan rules the world through sin. 

The most important thing in life is our dominion. Jesus came to the earth in order to restore the dominion of  man. Men can't resist sin or temptation because of their weak mind (not sound mind). Weak and corrupt mind is a symbol of a lost dominion and power. 

If you read the book of  Genesis 6:1-8, you'll find out how the whole earth became wicked and corrupt, and no one does good in the sight of God. Satan subdued man and made man to believe in sin. Satan made man to accept the calling and culture of sin. 

What is Dominion? 

 Dominion according to John 1 verse 12 is defined as our right to become sons of  God. So, dominion is our sonship not friendship with God. 

John 1 :12,

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.

The book of  John chapter 1 from verse 1 describes the dominion of  the word of God. It makes us to know that God's word came in order to make us sons and daughters of  God. 

God Gave Two Dominions:

1. The Beginning Son.

2. The Begotten Son. 

The Beginning Son is Adam who was created to be son of God (Luke 3:38).

The Begotten Son is Christ who is called from heaven to be son. Jesus is the firstfruit of the new creation. 

Matthew 17:5-6,

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!” And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid.

Also, Matthew 3:17,

And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Satan is very much concerned in stealing our sonship from us. That's why he said to Jesus in Matthew chapter 4, that if you are the son of God.... 

Satan had successfully stolen the first dominion, and now seeking to take away sonship from Christ and his followers. As far as Satan is concerned, he sees himself as the son of  God. 

Job 1:7-8  says,

 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

In living our dominion, we need to know the weakness of Satan. Satan fears rebuke. 

Jude verse 9.  

 22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”

24 He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”

25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 

How to Receive the Spiritual Drug

"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. "

How to Receive Healing

" While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief."

Attack From Hell

Does Faith Healing Works?  

Mystery

Virtue

Conclusion

"Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? 

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) 'I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.' 

And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, 'We have never seen anything like this!' ". (Mark 2:9-12).