Seth Gruber

That sentence I just said, Alibeth, is the beating heart of libido dominandi, the lust to dominate.

Dominion becomes domination

when man listens to and accepts the serpent's counterfeit kingdom.

And the things that we were called to steward, right, dominion, the dominion mandate, which we'll get into, the things we were called to steward become the very things we are now enslaved to.

And so this is why the apostle Paul, writing to Christians in Rome, connects the original lie

to the city of man, right?

What does he say?

They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, Romans 1, which results in worship of or slavery to created things rather than the creator, Endangered Species Act.

So a wicked man may sit on a throne,

But he is controlled by his appetites.

He is enslaved to his lust, rage, jealousy, greed, sensuality.

And so because he cannot master himself, he turns his cravings outward, attempting to master others instead.

And this is why tyrants behave the way they do.

I'm convinced of this now, Ali, a man enslaved to vice.

must project his slavery onto the people he governs.

He has to resort to domination because he has not learned to exercise dominion.

And this is so important for Christians to understand.

Domination is a reflection of your own slavery projected onto others.

But dominion is a reflection of your own stewardship exercised on behalf of others.

So one is the city of man and one is the city of God.