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  LIVE LIKE A KING
  by Warren Wiersbe
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Summary: You were saved to live like a king, and your kingship securely
rests on the authority and character of God.

Topics: "Sovereignty Of God", "Spiritual Dominion"
Scripture References: Genesis 1:26

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Warren Wiersbe preaches on the sovereignty of God as depicted in Psalms
8, emphasizing the dual nature of God as both the promise-making Jehovah
and the all-powerful Sovereign. He challenges believers to recognize
their royal status bestowed upon them by God through Jesus Christ and to
not live as slaves but as kings. Wiersbe highlights how Adam and Eve
lost their dominion by desiring to be sovereign like God but how Jesus,
as the ultimate King, regained that dominion for believers. He urges
believers to embrace their spiritual dominion in Christ and live up to
their kingly calling.

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Read Psalm 8:1-9

Psalm 8 deals with sovereignty. "O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your
name in all the earth, You who set Your glory above the heavens!" (v.
1). The first Lord means "Jehovah," the covenant-keeping God, the God
who keeps His promises. The second Lord means "the Sovereign," the One
who has not only the ability but the authority. "O Lord (the promise-
making God), our Lord (the Sovereign, who has the power to keep His
promises), how excellent is your name in all the earth."

When God saved you, He made you a king. You may not look like one or act
like one, but you are one. Your day of salvation was a day of
coronation. God put you on the throne through Jesus Christ. Then why do
you live like a slave?

We discover in this psalm that God gave Adam and Eve the first crowns.
But what did they do? They handed their crowns and scepters to Satan,
because they wanted to become like God, to be sovereign. And they lost
their dominion. Man today does not have dominion over beasts and fowl
and fish. But Jesus does. He had dominion over the fowl: He told a
rooster to crow when Peter sinned. He had dominion over the fish: He
gathered them into the net when Peter was fishing. He even had dominion
over the animals of the field: He rode on a donkey that no one had ever
ridden before.

We've lost that dominion, but we've regained our spiritual dominion in
Jesus Christ. You were saved to live like a king. Don't live like a
slave.

Believers have a responsibility to live like kings. Our kingship
securely rests on the authority and character of God. Are you living
beneath your station? Determine to live like a king.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/warren-wiersbe/live-like-a-king/
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