Kingdom Principles

Kingdom Principles

Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die (Genesis 2:8,15-17).

As you can see, this entire contractual process was completely unilateral on God’s part. Adam had no input at all; in fact, when the contract was drawn up, he wasn’t even around yet! After he was cre ated, Adam simply received the completed contract from the hand of the King. The same is true regarding God’s contract with Abraham. First, God determined what He was going to do and then presented Abraham with the completed contract: The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great , and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and whoev er curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis 12:1-3).

After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”…He took him outside and said, “Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then He said to him, “So shall your offspring be” (Genesis 15:1,5).

Such unilateralism on God’s part is an expression of His sover eignty. To both Adam and Abraham (Abram) God was saying, “This is My government; this is the agreement I am making with you . You don’t dictate the terms or tell Me what you want. I tell you what I

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