Dominion Over This Present World
Grace be to you and peace from God the Father,
and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave himself
for our sins, that he might deliver us from this
present evil world, according to the will of God
and our Father (Galatians 1:3-4).
As new creations in Christ Jesus, we’re engaged
in three different worlds at the same time. The
first one is what our theme scripture calls “this present
evil world.” Jesus Christ gave Himself for our sins, that
He might deliver us from “this present evil world.” It’s
a world of evil, because it’s being dominated from
another world.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 calls Satan the god of this
world; this present evil world. The Greek word is
“aion,” meaning this age, this present system. He
became the god of this world as a result of Adam’s
high treason against God in the Garden of Eden. Adam
forfeited his authority over the earth to Satan, because
he (Adam) disobeyed God. Sadly, the unregenerate
man lives today, under Satan’s dominion and servitude
in this world.
Ephesians 6:12 gives us some further insight. It
says, “…we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places.” This shows there’s another
world of darkness in this world; it’s called the kingdom
of darkness. This present evil world has a spiritual
kingdom of darkness that’s dominating it. This kingdom
of darkness harbours all the spiritual forces of evil that
contend with men in the world.
But thanks be unto God! Colossians 1:13 informs
us that God “…hath delivered us from the power of
darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom
of his dear Son.” Thus, in Christ Jesus, we’ve been
delivered from the powers of this present evil world,
and transferred into the kingdom of God’s dear Son.
We live in, and operate from that kingdom NOW.
This should help you further understand what
Jesus meant when He said, you’re in the world, but
not of this world, because we belong to another realm.
We’re only in this world to dominate it, and rule over
the powers of darkness, in the same way that Jesus
dominated the world in the days of His earth walk.
Hallelujah!
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for showing me beautiful realities in
your Word. I’m not of this world; I dominate, live above and
beyond its systems, economies and economics. I operate by
the higher principles of your Kingdom, for greater is He that’s
in me than he that’s in the world. Amen.
Further Study
1 Peter 2:9;1 John 4:4
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 15:1-28
Exodus 1-2
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Acts 11:4-14
Job 15-16