Author: JBG
Last saved by: Matt Lawson
Company: JGMM

The Concept of Freedom by the Founding Fathers	10-07-25-B.TG09-89 /

General Characteristics of the Divine Dynasphere: (6) Point of Reference: the Love of God, (7) Authority: the Word of God, (8) Result: Personal Sense of Destiny, & (9) an Enemy: Cosmos Diabolicus
(6)	A point of reference: the love of God.  The attribute that the believer must consult for guidance in his spiritual life is the love of God.  Divine love is a part of divine integrity that also includes righteousness and justice.  The love of God motivates our reciprocal love for God.
(7)	An Authority: the Word of God.  Scripture reveals the essence of God to man.  God’s authority is expressed through His sovereignty, the source of the long-established code of protocol.  Sovereign decisions established righteous standards which are enforced and protected by justice.
(8)	A result: good decisions from a position of strength broaden future options enabling the believer to gain control of his life and pursue a personal sense of destiny.  His modus operandi is no longer to live and learn from bad decisions that limit his future options, but rather to learn and live. 
(9)	An enemy: cosmos diabolicus, “the devil’s world,” governed and administered by rj^v*-/B# ll@yh@ (Helel ben Shachar): Lucifer, son of the morning.  His power systems include: Cosmic 1: the Arrogance Complex, where a person is preoccupied with himself and as a result cannot be grace oriented, and Cosmic 2: the Hatred Complex in which a person is antagonistic toward God and His plan and as a result relies on human viewpoint rather than divine viewpoint.

Adapted from: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Christian Integrity, 3d ed. (Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries, 2002), 14–15.

11.	Our Lord was assigned the task of functioning within the prototype system with regard to His true humanity.  By definition, the protocol system must be executed by a human being.  The source of the long-established code is deity and the humanity of Jesus was a bondslave to that code.
12.	Consequently, the necessity for the humiliation of the Lord under the principle of kenōsis.  Not only did the plan for our salvation require Him to take on the form of humanity, it restricted His independent use of the attributes of His divine essence.

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