I will tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to me, "You are my son, today I have begotten you."
This word of the Lord is called a decree because it is absolutely and surely established by the command of His Will. Each of us has been adopted in Christ to share the identity of Christ. In a way that mirrors the eternal generation of the Son, we are newly begotten in each moment, so that our sad past of slavery to sin falls away.
He then addresses each of us as His Christ: "Ask of me and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, and your authority to the ends of the earth." We have the full authority of Christ to spread the compassionate love of the Father. We keep in mind, however, that a reference to the nations and their rulers applies first and foremost to the interior life; namely, to the powers of the soul and the demon-controlled passions. He goes on: "You shall shepherd them with a rod of iron, and shatter them as a potter's vessel." The powers of the soul, the intellect and the will, we will bring into subjection under the authority of Christ (our authority). The demon-controlled passions we will shatter as a potter's vessel.
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