Angels and Men

    Angels and Men: God has chosen to delegate his power and rights. To the angels he has given much power but little authority. To man he has given much authority but little power. In fact, it is probable that most of the ability to exercise power that man had at creation was lost at the fall.
    Man as a whole has jurisdiction (dominion) over most things within the universe. What man lacks, and will always lack, is the ability or power. This is true both spiritually and physically. In fact, even acting within natural law man really has little power in the cosmic sense.
    It is when one acts outside his jurisdiction that one reaps the worst consequences. Satan desiring to be God. Man desiring to know what was only for God to know (Adam and Eve were tempted with academic freedom to know and experience what was not seemly for them)
    What Jesus as man brought to the equation was the reuniting of the combination of power and authority in one man. His was a delegated authority but it was unlimited delegated authority.
Man has no jurisdiction over the spirit of another. He may exercise jurisdiction over the body and soul of another, but never the spirit. We may pray for another but prayer is an invitation to God to exercise his authority and power in another’s life. I’ll more about prayer at a future time.
These are all just seminal thoughts whose implications will be addressed when I talk about prayer.