Dominion vs determinism

[Ben1445]

Defined

DOMINION, n. [L. See Dominant.]

1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling.

The dominion of the Most High is an everlasting dominion. Dan 4.

2. Power to direct, control, use and dispose of at pleasure; right of possession and use without being accountable; as the private dominion of individuals.

3. Territory under a government; region; country; district governed, or within the limits of the authority of a prince or state; as the British dominions.

4. Government; right of governing. Jamaica is under the dominion of Great Britain.

5. Predominance; ascendant.

6. An order of angels.

Whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers. Col 1.

7. Persons governed.

Judah was his sanctuary; Israel his dominion. Psa 114.

 

[Ben1445]

Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Psalms 115:16
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's:
but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

 

[Ben1445]

The earth is a place that has been given to the will of mankind to be governed and dominated by.
God certainly has power in this world and exercises it. But it is an unavoidable truth that God has given this realm of the terrestrial to govern and be responsible. To God we answer, each of us individually for our dominion. We will answer for ourselves, our thoughts, our hearts, and for the material that God has given us stewardship of.

Dominion must have real meaning. We are no puppets. We have been made masters and lords in this world. We answer to the Lord of lords. No one who is a mere puppet governor can be said to have dominion.
The concept of determinism is contrary to the reality of dominion, a responsibility that God has placed on mankind.

 

[Psalty]

The problem with Calvinists is they cant imagine a God who would desire love and allow them to operate a will in order to chose to love Him.

Instead, they believe that He would never allow a human of His to make their own choice, but would rather decide everything, and if not, and is not exercising causal choice on them, He is no Longer sovereign.