DOMINION REVIVED BY GRACE

For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) – Romans 5:17

In the first Adam, dominion died. In Christ, the mandate of dominion that was lost has been revived and restored by grace. Death reigned by the offence and disobedience of Adam; but the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness have empowered us to reign in life “by One, Jesus Christ! That means: anyone – male or female, old or young, learned or unlearned – who has received the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness can reign in life by Jesus Christ. That is meant to be your portion if you have made Jesus your Lord and Saviour – you were redeemed to reign by Jesus Christ!

Through Adam’s transgression, a sentence of death, without a promise of resurrection, was imposed on human beings. In contrast, by the obedience of Christ in taking our place, that sentence was nullified and the original dominion plus restored. Moreover, we now have the promise of resurrection through the reality of His resurrection. God’s Word reveals our position in dominion: how in Christ we have been raised to the platform of dominion through redemption by the blood of Jesus. Ephesians 2:6 declares that God “has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”

While it is true that believers shall reign with Christ in His Millennial Kingdom and in Heaven, Romans 5:17 is also a present tense truth: you and I can reign as kings in the realm of life – in this life, in the here-and-now – by Christ Jesus. Kings rule and reign in their particular domains or kingdoms. Christ has given us the authority to rule and reign right now in our domain – on earth! The scripture mentions two things we have received which enable us to reign: abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness. Yet, if you don’t know what you’ve received, you’ll be hindered or limited in reigning.

Grace is “God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense”! Grace is God’s divine enablement that covers up for our human limitations. What then is the “gift of righteousness”? First, it’s a GIFT, which means we didn’t do anything to earn or deserve it. Second, it means we have been made right with God, to stand right with Him. We have been made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (2 Cor. 5:21)! It means we have right-standing with God! Being in right-standing with God infers that there is nothing separating between you and Him: not Satan, the World, Sin, nor its sentence or guilt! This is the truth you need to learn and get firmly settled in your heart and mind in order to walk in the dominion dimension of the reality of redemption!