I never do this, but for you I will make an exception. I will give you a little Bible 101 tutorial.
Here is your question: Question how does a un regenarate man exercise his authority?
First, let's look at the verse in question.
Gen 1:26 And GodH430 said,H559 Let us makeH6213 manH120 in our image,H6754 after our likeness:H1823 and let them have dominionH7287 over the fishH1710 of the sea,H3220 and over the fowlH5775 of the air,H8064 and over the cattle,H929 and over allH3605 the earth,H776 and over everyH3605 creeping thingH7431 that creepethH7430 uponH5921 the earth.H776
Notice the designation H120 by man? That is the Strongs number for the Hebrew word used there in the original text. For the sake of argument we will take this back to the original.
אדם
'âdâm
aw-dawm'
From H119; ruddy, that is, a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.): - X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
We see here that this promise of dominion was to ALL mankind, not just believers.
Now to see the power of being of one accord let's go to Gen. 11.
Gen 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
So, these men were apparently not born again, but they were going to use their dominion powers before God stepped in to stop them.
God does not lie, but you have to know the whole Bible to understand any of it.
If I can help you with anything else, please let me know.
I am confident of what the bible says, but you left a few details out, first things man surrendered their dominion in the garden.
Satan is the God of this world: When you accept the bible or the word of God as truth, you have to apply that principle to the whole bible.
So do you believe these scriptures are true: Luike4:1 � And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
Your understanding is skewed, my friend. I can see what it appears to say, but if that were if fact the interpretation, then God would be a liar. Or didn't God instruct us to pray for our leaders because none were appointed except He wanted them there?
The whole bible, in context, will never lead you astray.
I agree, but you again said the bible is not true, simply put that passage makes it very clear where man's dominion went, Very interesting response, according to your response man did not need to be redeemed.
It is never the bible that is not true, it is your understanding of it that is wrong. That should have been one of the first things you learned- If there is a conflict between two scriptures, it is your understanding that is wrong, not the bible.
Nice try, but please quit putting words in my mouth. You will never hear me say the bible is not 100% true. I may tell you that you misunderstood a part of it, but that does not make it not true.
Wow, I must say I am not overly impressed with all the argueing in here these days. Not Godly for two people who so vehemently profess to believe the Bible and its truth...just a thought.
On the subject of the discussion, however I believe that you are both somewhat right and somewhat in error. This is my belief based on what I have learned through my studies...
1) Mas was originally given dominion over the world and everything in it by God.
2) Man, as posessors of said dominion was "in charge" if you will of the earth - it was ours to oversee.
3) Man was tempted by Lucifer in the Garden of Eden and part of the result of the fall was man's loss of dominion as a by-product of what essentially amounted to our submission to Lucifer and his wishes. Mankind GAVE their dominion to Satan. It WAS ours and we GAVE it away.
4) JESUS was sent to earth by God the Father to pay the price for our sins and re-establish our place with God for all eternity. He defeated Satan once and for all on the cross, freeing us from the penalty of our misdeeds and opening the door for us to re-take dominion of the world, under His Grace.
Allow me to paint you a little picture...Adam and Eve are in the Garden, living and loving their life - WITH dominion over the world, granted by God and OURS by His grace. Satan comes along, tempts Eve and thereby causes her and Adam to stumble into the "cage" of sin. Once they are inside this proverbial cage, Satan is then by right of posession in dominion of this earth - we have allowed him to undermine us, cage us up and take our dominion away from us. When Jesus defeats Satan on the cross, he unlocks our "cage" and re-establishes our dominion through said defeat...HOWEVER if we choose to stay in the cage of sin, we will never be able to fully appreciate or understand that dominion.
Now one or both of you may disagree with me, and that's ok...you are certainly allowed to - part of free will is that we are all free to believe as we choose - I simply ask that you not belittle what I have come to believe.
Thanks and God bless and guide you into understanding by His grace
