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Question #4

"What is Dominion Theology?"


Answer #4

Have you heard about that?  Dominion Theology, that's a new label, for a new
kind of theology, and there is always new theologies.  Dominion Theology
comes in a lot of forms, but I think what you are probably talking about is
John Wimber, who is now advocating a new kind of Dominion.  Let me give you
this very simply, ok?

Dominion Theology, espoused primarily by John Wimber, who is networked
through a group of churches called "The Vineyard Churches," basically is
saying, "That as believers, we are to take power over Satan and demons, we
are to exercise dominion over them."  There is another kind of theology, that
is existing today, that is called "Liberation Theology."   It is a form of
theology that says, "That the Church is to take dominion over the
institutions of the world."  That's another form of Dominion Theology, or
Kingdom Theology.

And what it basically says is that the Church's mandate is to take over the
institutions of the world, that's the Liberation Theology side.  What
Dominion Theology says is that we are to take over the Powers of Darkness;
we are to take over the demons; and we are to take over the spirits; and we
are to dominate Satan.  We are to take dominion, and that's why they talk
about "Power Evangelism" and "Power Healing."  In other words, he trains
people, supposedly, to invade the Satanic World and take dominion over
demons.

That we as Christians, by living in the natural world, and by just moving
around in the visible world, have failed to exercise the power that we have,
to literally take over the Satanic World.  You hear them talk about, "Binding
Satan," have you heard that?  "Binding demons; Pleading the Blood on demons;
Pleading the Blood on Satan; Taking dominion over, not only demons, but all
of the institutions of the world, that are infiltrated and influenced by
demons.

And they believe that whatever people's problems are, tend to be demon in
duced.  And it gets extreme, no matter what it is, its a demon, and you have
to take dominion over these demons.  And that is why they talk about Power
Evangelism.  They say that you cannot evangelize without signs and wonders.
You have to overpower the demonic world, and demonstrate your divine power to
the lost, in order for them to be saved.  Power Healing, break the bondage of
demons and so forth.

It is unbiblical.  We are never told, never told, to take dominion over
demons.  We are told by James, "Resist the devil and he will" what?  "Flee
from you."  We are never told to bind Satan.  We are never told to bind
demons.  We are never told to plead the Blood on Satan and demons.  Listen to
Jude 9, "Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued
about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing
judgment, but said, 'The Lord rebuke you.'"  Even Michael, who is "superan
gel," did not dare rebuke Satan.  But rather said, "Lord, you take care of
him."  And if Michael, as a holy angel, does not take to himself the exercise
of authority over fallen angels, where would we find a mandate to do that?

The Bible simply tells us, that if you want to deal with the enemy, you put
on the whole armor of God, right?  You put on the whole armor of God, and
you'll be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  We are not called to
take dominion over the institutions of this world.  We are not called to take
dominion over demons and over the devil.  We are called to get on our
spiritual armor, to resist that demonic world and trust in the power of God,
who does take care of them.