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SURRENDERED. THE. - A SPIRITUAL PARADOX TO ATTAINING DOMINION. WILL. - UCHE ANORUO. INTRODUCTION. WELCOME TO. WILL.CITY. - THE SOUL CENTRE OF HUMAN DOMINATION. INTRODUCTION. WILL.CITY. WELCOME TO.
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SURRENDERED THE - A SPIRITUAL PARADOX TO ATTAINING DOMINION WILL. - UCHE ANORUO
INTRODUCTION WELCOME TO WILL.CITY - THE SOUL CENTRE OF HUMAN DOMINATION
INTRODUCTION WILL.CITY WELCOME TO Our discussion this month on DOMINION seems to pre-suppose that for us to have dominion, there must be an exercise of the human will. Ancient and contemporary history is filled with examples of how man has exercised dominion in every sphere of life – territorial, intellectual, physical etc. • Nebuchadnezzar - Supreme Emperor of the Babylonian Empire • Aristotle – Great Greek Philosopher & teacher of Alexander the Great. • Adolf Hitler – Nazi Commander of the Third Reich
INTRODUCTION WILL.CITY WELCOME TO • WILL, WILLS here and there, WILL, WILLS everywhere…. Therefore, it seems safe to assume that there is a strong co-relation between DOMINION and the WILL either in the physical or spiritual realm. • In Eden, the Trinitarian Will said – Let Us make man…- Genesis 1:26 • In Heaven before his Fall, Lucifer declared the 5 “ I Will’s…” - Isaiah 14:13 • At Babel, Man’s Will started the construction of the Tower. - Genesis 11:4 • Yesterday, you said some I Wills… • Today, how have you exercised your Will?
INTRODUCTION WILL.CITY WELCOME TO • WILL, WILLS here and there, WILL, WILLS everywhere…. • "You are today what you decided to be yesterday". • We are each responsible for our own sin. It seems as though today, people are eager to place blame on everything and everybody else but themselves. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for our individual actions and rebellion against God seems to be a thing of the past in the minds of many today, even many religious people. It is the spirit of this age. • Sadly, people are quick blame the school system for the uncontrolled behavior of the children. They blame the government for the evils of our society. They blame the police for not doing enough to lower the crime rate. They blame the deteriorated conditions of the neighborhoods for the increased number of gangs and gang violence. Certainly these systems are not without their faults, however, the real cause for the evil condition in our world is quite simply sin. People have chosen to rebel against God and live a sinful life, rather than to obey God and live holy.
A QUICK DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS SURRENDERED THE 4 - A SPIRITUAL PARADOX TO ATTAINING DOMINION WILL. 2 1 3 2
A QUICK DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS DOMINION 1. |dəˈminyən| NOUN ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin dominio(n-), from Latin dominium, from dominus ‘lord, master.’ Hebrew word ‘Radhah’ that means: to subjugate, to rule, to reign and to prevail against.The word subdue is translated from the Hebrew word ‘kabash’ which means to conquer, and to bring into subjection. sovereignty; control : man's attempt to establish dominion over nature. (usu. dominions) the territory of a sovereign or government 2
A QUICK DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS WILL: |wil| 2. NOUN ORIGIN Old English wyllan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch willen, German wollen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin velle ‘will, wish.’ [usu. in sing. ] the faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action (also willpower) control deliberately exerted to do something or to restrain one's own impulses DETERMINATION: strong desire to do something that you have decided to do, even if it is difficult or seemingly impossible; a deliberate or fixed desire or intention 2 • ”Where there’s a will, there’s a way".
A QUICK DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS PARADOX: |ˈparəˌdäks| 3. NOUN ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a statement contrary to accepted opinion) a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory : a potentially serious conflict between quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity known as the information paradox. a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true a situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities 2
CHAPTER TWO A • LIVING • EXAMPLE JESUS • The MASTER of PARADOX A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. The way UP is down To GET, you must give up The way to LIVE, is to die The more you give away, the more you get He who must be the GREATEST, must be the least The very unqualified, are the most qualified Thinking it is as bad as doing it.
A QUICK DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS SURRENDERED: |səˈrendər| 4. NOUN ORIGIN late Middle English (chiefly in legal use): from Anglo-Norman French the action of surrendering. SURRENDER: abandon oneself entirely to (a powerful emotion or influence); give in or give up to cease resistance and submit to a higher or stronger authority 2
INTRODUCTION WILL.CITY WELCOME TO • ThereforeDOMINION =a deliberate or fixed desire or strong intention (WILL) to achieve a feat/capture a territory, even if it is difficult or seemingly impossible • D = W(x) - Genesis 11:5 - 6
INTRODUCTION WILL.CITY WELCOME TO • Contrary to popular opinion however, I wish to submit to this very distinguished house this morning, that there is • a more excellent way…
CHAPTER ONE BE DONE…” “THY WILL - UNDERSTANDING THE WILL OF THE FATHER 2
CHAPTER ONE WILLbeDONE…” “THY • GOD’S WILL… • God has a Will… - Gen 1:1, Matt. 6:10 • His Will saw to the creation of the EARTH - Gen 1:1-25 • His Will saw to the creation of MAN. - Gen 1:26 • Even when Man fell, His Will immediately set forth a Redemption Plan… • Ezek 36:25-27, Jn3:16 • His Will will come to its expected end. - Rev: 1:8; 22:12
CHAPTER ONE WILLbeDONE…” “THY • GOD’S WILL… • Eternal • Cannot be changed by anyone or anything except by Him • Tied to His Personality - even when He can change it, He still holds himself • accountable to his words no matter the cost • Righteous & Holy • Good & full of Blessings • True & Perfect • Unselfish - Free to all men • Spiritual as well as physical
CHAPTER TWO CONTEST A WILLS? OF - UNDERSTANDING WHY REBELLION EXISTS 2
CHAPTER TWO A WILLS? OF CONTEST • If we believe therefore, that GOD’S WILL is all of these and more… • Eternal • Cannot be changed by anyone or anything except by Him • Tied to His Personality - even when He can change it, He still holds himself • accountable to his words no matter the cost • Righteous & Holy • Good & full of Blessings • True & Perfect • Unselfish - Free to all men • Spiritual as well as physical • …Then, any ACT against His Will (inward or outward) is an • ACT of REBELLION!
REBELLION DEFINED REBELLION: |riˈbelyən| 5. NOUN ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French, from Latin rebellio(n-), from rebellis an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler - the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention : an act of teenage rebellion. DISOBEDIENCE 2
CHAPTER TWO A WILLS? OF CONTEST SATAN • Chief REBEL Officer noun |ˈrebəl|: a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler a person who resists authority, control, or convention. • …formerly known as LUCIFER, led the very first documented ACT of REBELLION (inward and outward) against GOD.
CHAPTER TWO A WILLS? OF CONTEST SATAN • Chief REBEL Officer • ONE MISSION ONLY: • “Do everything possible to thwart GOD’S WILL.” To Steal, Kill & Destroy are mere strategies deployed to achieving this all important goal!
CHAPTER TWO A WILLS? OF CONTEST LUCIFER’S REBELLION Isaiah 14:12- 20, Ezek: 28: 11 - 19 • Chief REBEL Officer -Isaiah 14:13 - 14 I will ascend into Heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will seat sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High!
CHAPTER TWO A WILLS? OF CONTEST REBELLION REPUBLIC Isaiah 14:12- 20, Ezek: 28: 11 - 19 • At the heart of the REBEL-Isaiah 14:13 - 14 Highly presumptuous Full of pride & vain glory No respect for the Personality of God Selfish & evil Led others astray Breeds greater evil The eternal battle between good & evil The casualties that abound
CHAPTER THREE MAN - FREE MORAL AGENT & THE BATTLE WITHIN 2
CHAPTER THREE ME.., MySELF&I • MAN - FREE MORAL AGENT - Genesis 1: 26 – 31; 2: 15 – 17; 19 - 20 • God said in Genesis 1: 26 – “ Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion...” • Created as God – Perfect • Created with Authority - Dominion • Given the Power of Choice • CHOICE is the physical expression of man’s will – personality/individuality
CHAPTER THREE ME.., MySELF&I The JOHARI WINDOW • SELF The Johari Window, named after the first names of its inventors, Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham in the 1950’s, is one of the most useful models identifying and describing human personality and the process of interaction. The concept is built around four windows or the Johari House with four rooms. Window/Room 1is the part of ourselves that we see and others see. Window/Room 2is the aspects that others see but we are not aware of. Window/Room 3is the most mysterious room in that the unconscious or subconscious part of us is seen by neither ourselves nor others. Window/Room 4is our private space, which we know but keep from others. • 1 • 2 • OTHERS • 4 • 3
CHAPTER THREE ME.., MySELF&I • SELF "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." -Jeremiah 17:9,10 • 1 • 2 • OTHERS • 4 • 3
CHAPTER THREE ME.., MySELF&I ”Above all, keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life..”–Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence,.... The mind from vanity, the understanding from error, the will from perverseness, the conscience clear of guilt, the affections from being inordinate and set on evil objects, the thoughts from being employed on bad subjects; and the whole from falling into the hands of the enemy, or being the possession of Satan: great diligence had need be used in keeping it, since it is naturally so deceitful and treacherous; a strict eye is to be kept upon it; all the avenues to it to be watched, that nothing hurtful enters, or evil comes out; it is to be kept by all manner of means that can be thought of, by prayer, hearing, reading, meditation; and, above all, by applying to Christ for his grace and Spirit to sanctify, preserve, and keep it. Or, "above all keeping, keep thine heart" (b); though other things are to be kept, and care taken of them, as kingdoms and cities, and towns and families, and treasures and riches; yet the heart above all: for out of it are the issues of life; of natural life: it is the seat of it, from whence all actions of life are derived; it is, as philosophers say, the first that lives, and the last that dies; and it is the seat of spiritual life the principle of it is formed in it; from whence all spiritual and vital actions flow, and which lead unto and issue in eternal life: as is a man's heart, such is his state now, and will be hereafter; if the heart is quickened and sanctified by the grace of God, the man will live a life of faith and holiness here, and enjoy everlasting life hereafter: and if the heart is right, so will the actions of men be; they are regulated and denominated by it; they will then spring from right principles, and be directed to right ends, and performed with right views; great care therefore should be taken of the heart, since so much depends upon it, and it is so well known to God the searcher of it.
CHAPTER THREE ME.., MySELF&I • MAN - FREE MORAL AGENT - Genesis 1: 26 – 31; 2: 15 – 17; 19 - 20 CHOICE is the physical expression of man’s will – personality/individuality • Our Choices shows-off our HEART… • Our Heart determines our WILL
CHAPTER FOUR A CONSTANT CLASH WILLS! OF The thief cometh not but to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. “ “ 2
CHAPTER FOUR CLASH OF A WILLS “ • 19For the good that I would do, I do not; but the evil which I would not do, that I do. 20Now if I do that which I would not do, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21I find then a law that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. • 23But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. • 24O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? “
CHAPTER FOUR CLASH OF A WILLS “ “ • 18For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness, 19because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath shown it unto them. 20For from the creation of the world the invisible things of Him are clearly seen, being understood through the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse. 21For when they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God, nor were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things. 24Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves. 25They changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature. 27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men, working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense for their error which was meet. 28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not fitting, 29being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity. They are whisperers, 30backbiters, haters of God, spiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affections, implacable, unmerciful. 32And knowing the judgment of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but have pleasure in those who do them. The lawful captive…
CHAPTER FOUR A CONSTANT CLASH WILLS! OF O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? “ “ 2 Romans 1:24
CHAPTER FIVE SURRENDERED THE - THE TRUE WAY TO DOMINION WILL.
CHAPTER FIVE A • NEW WAY OF • LIVING JESUS • The MASTER of PARADOX A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. The way UP is down The way to LIVE, is to die He who must be the GREATEST, must be the least The very unqualified, are the most qualified
CHAPTER FIVE A • NEW WAY OF • LIVING LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU… - Phil 2: 5-11 5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, 6who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, 7but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. 8And being found in the fashion of a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death--even the death of the cross.9Therefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in Heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, 11and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. JOHN 1:1-5 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. 4In Him was life, and that life was the Light of men. 5And the Light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. • The MASTER of PARADOX
CHAPTER FIVE A • NEW WAY OF • LIVING • …present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, • acceptable unto God - Romans.12:1-2 1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
CHAPTER FIVE A • NEW WAY OF • LIVING • …present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, • acceptable unto God - Romans.12:1-2 ABRAHAM – an example of the Christian process 7-FOLD CONSECRATION To leave his native land – Gen 12:1 To leave his own Kindred - Gen 12:1 To follow God’s leading - Gen 12:1 To separate from Lot - Gen 13:5 -18 To give up plans for Ishmael - Gen 17:15 -27 To cast out Hagar & Ishmael - Gen 21:9 – 21 To offer up Isaac - Gen 22:1 – 19
CHAPTER FIVE A • NEW WAY OF • LIVING • …present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, • acceptable unto God - Romans.12:1-2 ABRAHAM – an example of the Christian process 7-FOLD CONSECRATION To leave his native land – Gen 12:1 To leave his own Kindred - Gen 12:1 To follow God’s leading - Gen 12:1 To separate from Lot - Gen 13:5 -18 To give up plans for Ishmael - Gen 17:15 -27 To cast out Hagar & Ishmael - Gen 21:9 – 21 To offer up Isaac - Gen 22:1 – 19
CHAPTER FIVE A • NEW WAY OF • LIVING • …present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, • acceptable unto God - Romans.12:1-2 ABRAHAM – an example of the Christian process The RESULT? BECAME A FRIEND OF GOD AND POSSESSOR OF AN ETERNAL COVENANT- Gen 22:15 – 18 15And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time16and said, "By Myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 17in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed My voice."
EPILOUGE ” “NOT MY WILL… - THE ULTIMATE SECRET TO REIGNING IN DOMINION 2
EPILOUGE • NOT MY • WILL • …present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, • acceptable unto God - Romans.12:1-2 Matthew 26:39 And He went a little farther, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt. Philippians 2:9-11 Therefore God alsohath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in Heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, 11and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
EPILOUGE • "You are today what you decided to be yesterday". CHOICE is the physical expression of man’s will – personality/individuality
EPILOUGE • NOT MY • WILL THE DOMINION MANDATE Taking Back Authority! Thy Kingdom Come. Thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
EPILOUGE • NOT MY • WILL THE DOMINION MANDATE Taking Back Authority! RESIST! RECLAIM! DEFEND! OCCUPY! Therefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in Heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, 11and that every to
CONCLUSION THY WORD! THY WAY!! THY WILL!!! AMEN.