Investing in the Kingdom - Spiritual ROI

HEAR NOTHING ELSE - The spiritual return on investment for sacrifices made to the kingdom bear far more weight than anything earthly money can buy!

Story - $10 into bitcoin in 2009 would be turn a GREAT ROI in the amount of around $978 Million

There are many things we have to do to invest in the kingdom.

We have to be willing

We have to act on the sacrifices we spoke of last week

We have to be consistent

And in the end there is an ultimate return for our investment, which is the kingdom itself, however there is some return we get whilst here on earth as well.

Galatians 5:13–25 NIV

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

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We are free to choose

Christ gives us free will - Only a slave driver keeps his people bound

Huge responsibility - Serve one another - Sacrifice

What we end up choosing will determine our fate.

14-17 - Choices we make (self/desire v.s. Life in Spirit)

Pendulum swing Spirit>Flesh>Spirit

Choose Flesh - Bite/Devour/Destroyed

Spirit will not gratify… - Not under the law

ROI (Have faith/Sacrifice)

Good VS Bad ROI

You can do it!

We won…We are free

“Step” - Military term - March

Growing up - Friends going through life - What price would we pay>>>

What price could you put on peace?

What price could you put on love (Divorce)?

What price could you put on kindness, or for the world to have kindness?

That sacrifice/price is what we owe to the kingdom, in order to receive the fruit.

It is worth it. Keep in step, and dont stop.