Excerpt From Chapter 1

POLICE!!! FREEEZE!!! BLAM! BLAM! Two .38 caliber slugs whizzed through the cold, crisp night air crashing into the fleeing form of one of the most notorious drug lords and death dealers north of hell.

The body jack-knifed and slammed to the ground! The sound of recorded laughter from a TV set escaped a nearby window while at the feet of Agent Ruiz, Death dined on a deserving dish, Drug Lord Flambé!

Less than two minutes before, officer Sheila Ruiz had identified herself as a DEA agent and commanded him to stop. Her team had staked out the club for well over two hours before they caught him coming outside. Now, his days of terror were over…

Thus we have a practical illustration of someone exercising dominion. What’s that, you ask? I’m glad you did.

In the bible, the word ‘dominion’ from the Hebrew is “Radah” pronounced ‘Raw-daw’; it means ‘to reign or rule over’ and comprises two components, authority and ability. Exercising dominion means demonstrating both authority and ability.

So when officer Ruiz commanded the criminal to stop in the name of the Law… That’s authority!

But when she dispatched those two hot, lead messengers that found their mark and made him stop… That’s ability!

The effective ability to enforce competent authority equals excellent dominion!

As an officer of the law with delegated power from the state, she excellently exercised her dominion!

 
 

~ Mankind’s Dominion ~
 

Somewhere in the beginning of time, God said to Adam, the first man, “Have dominion over creation. But something went horribly wrong and Adam lost the effective ability and competent authority to reign and rule over God’s creation!

What exactly went wrong? How did he lose his dominion?

Let’s check the records!
 

According to Gen. 2:17 God said, “ but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die!” In its simplest form death is a separation...
 

Excerpt From Chapter 5


 

The human spirit then, is the seat of emotions, intellect and will as they relate to God and the spirit realm.

The following scriptures support this:

Luke 1:47 says, “My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior and 1Sa 1:15 states, “...I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit...” The human spirit is capable of emotion.

So, the spirit has feelings.

1Co 2:14 says, “...neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned (understood)” and from Job 32:8 we get, “But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Showing that the spirit is capable of intelligence.

So, the spirit has an intellect.

And finally, Ro 1:9 declares, “For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit...” and Isa 26:9 says, “...with my spirit within me will I seek thee early...” Clearly showing that within the human spirit there is volition, the capacity to choose or decide.

So, the spirit has a will.  

What about the soul? We just saw that it is intangible, made up of the same ethereal material that the spirit is made up of. But how does it differ from the spirit? Let’s see! According to the bible Ps 35:9 says, “...My soul shall be joyful in the LORD...” and Mt 26:38 says, “...My soul is exceeding sorrowful...” showing us that the soul can feel emotion.

So, the soul has feelings.

Ps 139:14 says, “Marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well and Pr 19:2 says, “...That the soul be without knowledge, it is not good...” Showing us that the soul is capable of intelligence.

So, the soul has intellect.

And Ps 62:1 says, “Truly my soul waiteth upon God” and Rom 13:1 declares, “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers”. Now, “to wait or be subject,” indicates the capacity to choose or decide which leads us to acknowledge, that the soul is capable of volition or the capacity to choose.

So, the soul has a will. 

What does this mean?

It means that the human soul is also the seat of emotions, intellect and will, but only as it relates to this natural realm and other human beings!

In summary here’s what we have:

 

Definition, Function and Purpose of the Human Spirit!

The spirit is the God-conscious mechanism in man. It is the seat of the emotions, the intellect and the will as they relate to God and the spirit realm. The human spirit is synonymous with the nature of man.

The condition of his spirit is the condition of his nature and his nature determines his eternal destiny. God designed the spirit to make humans conscious of God, to make us aware of the One who created us and to provide a means of communication with Him.

The human spirit harmonizes with the spirit realm and receives and transmits impulses of a spiritual nature. It allows man to talk to God and hear from God! It is a stream of life, a conduit for God to flow into and inhabit us! That’s the purpose of the human spirit... to be an interface between God and man, allowing God to indwell and empower us and to provide an efficient, accurate means of relating to Him!

 

Definition, Function and Purpose of the Human Soul!

The soul is the self-conscious mechanism in man. It provides the connection between his spirit and his body. God designed the soul to make him aware of his spirit on one end and his body on the other.

The soul is a perfect interface! It communicates with the spirit on one side and with the brain on the other! It harmonizes with the intellectual/emotional realm and receives and transmits impulses of an intellectual and emotional nature. For instance, it allows human beings to communicate with each other by putting thoughts and feelings into words and then communicating those words verbally or otherwise. That’s part of the purpose of the soul... to allow effective communication between human beings!

But it goes further than this...