What Jesus Taught: Living the Kingdom Life Wk 7

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We are continuing our Series:

What Jesus Taught:

Living The Kingdom Life Wk 7

So, we are in week 7 of this series and I want you all to look inside yourself and ask yourself,

“Have I really been paying attention to what Jesus taught

and does it carry weight in my life?”

Have I been:

Forgiving & merciful

Have I been:

Loving God (with all my heart) & Love Others

(Love God with all our hearts, soul and mind. We must avoid reasonings that deceive us into disobedience to God.)

Have I:

Repented & Am I Born Again

(Repentance is not being sorry but fully surrendering. Our minds must change from the process of being self-led to be led by our spiritual King.)

Have I viewed money with a:

Kingdom Treasure & Trust mindset

(Have I detached myself from a dependence on trusting my money and turned to a dependency on trusting my God.)

Do I:

Live the Kingdom Life

(In the kingdom it is ruled by the King.)

Do I:

Have Faith in God

The greatest faith Jesus saw in a man was his understanding of the authority that Jesus has.

We’ve had a lot of good teaching about what Jesus taught, but have we put any weight on it.

Today’s focus is going to be on what Jesus had to say about:

Prayer and Dependence on God

In the book of Luke Jesus talked to His disciples about prayer.

One day as Jesus was finishing up His daily morning prayer in which He would get away to himself to talk with the Father, one of His disciples came and asked if He would teach them to pray as John had taught his disciples to pray.

It was customary in first-century Judaism that rabbis often taught their disciples a distinct prayer which represented their teaching school.

Luke 11:1–4 ESV

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2 And he said to them, “When you pray, say:

“Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily bread, 4 and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”

There are a few things we can extract from here in context with scripture and historical context.

Jesus’ disciples probably wanted a prayer that would identify them as a follower of Christ.

They would have probably observed the intimacy Jesus had with the father and that he always started his morning in communion with God.

Jesus by praying every morning was modeling the source of his power.

He was also modeling a dependency on the father. (I only do what my father tells me to do.)

He modeled that prayer wasn’t optional but a necessity.

But Jesus’ disciples had also seen something different in him than other rabbis.

And they may have wanted to know if there was something about the way that he prayed, that brought about the power and authority he had.

They saw Jesus doing miracles and they saw the authority Jesus had over sickness, disease, nature and the demonic realm.

Everything was subject to Jesus.

And just a chapter ago in Luke 10, Jesus had sent out the 72 on a mission to advance the kingdom of God, and when they returned, we see this exchange.

Luke 10:17 ESV

The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us, in your name!”

And look at what Jesus said in response to them saying the demons were subject to us in your name.

Luke 10:18-19 ESV

And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

Question?

Does it say that Jesus gave them authority? (yes)

Does He have the authority to give?

Matthew 28:18 ESV

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

So, when Jesus sent out the 72, he extended/lended His authority to them.

They were not casting demons out by personal strength, but by Christ’s delegated rule and reign.

This authority in the Greek is the word (Exousia = delegated authority, legal right, jurisdiction.)

Jesus was giving them the legal right in the spirit realm to act in His name and with His consent.

And guess what?

Through Christ, believers still carry His authority.

Mark 16:17 ESV

And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

We see the Apostle Paul operate in this authority in Acts 16, when the servent girl operating as a fortune teller was getting on his nerves.

Acts 16:18 ESV

And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.

Did you see this?

We have this delegated authority from Christ at our disposal, so that the Kingdom of God can break into people’s lives and free them from Satan’s grip.

Jesus never let people in His presence suffer at the hands of Satan.

God is a good father.

And Jesus showed that goodness during His earthly ministry.

Look at this with me.

John 10:10 ESV

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

We are not saved just so that when we die, we go to be with the Lord for eternity.

If that was the only reason, it would be enough, but it’s not the only reason.

We’re also not saved so that we can live a defeated life. (Physical, Mental, Financial, Relational or Spiritual)

Jesus said He came that we would have life (zoe - eternal, spiritual life) and have it abundantly.

The word translated abundantly was a Greek word (perissos) meaning exceeding, beyond measure, overflowing, more than enough.

This is saying that Jesus came that we might have a life that overflows with meaning, joy, peace, and fellowship with God.

A good shepherd gives his sheep safety, provision, and fullness of life.

Jesus is referred to as the good shepherd.

Question?

*Is sickness living more abundantly?

*Is disease living more abundantly?

*Is divorce living more abundantly?

*Is poverty living more abundantly?

*Is mental instability living more abundantly?

*Is demonic oppression living more abundantly?

Jesus came so that we would experience both eternal life and abundant life in this lifetime.

How many of you want to experience abundant life?

The only way for this to become a reality in your life is first believe:

and then to plant the seed of the word of God in you, until it begins to reap a harvest in every area of your life.

You can’t just read the Bible and hear that you have the authority of Christ.

You must KNOW it.

You gotta KNOW it the way Adam knew Eve in Genesis.

Intimately

You must train yourself in it.

If I asked most of you, could you run 20 miles tomorrow, the answer would probably be no.

But did you know that with training in which you increase your distance by about 10% a day, could would eventually get to the point you could run 20 miles.

Listen to me.

I am sick and tired of doing church as usual. (sing a few songs, hear a teaching, fellowship a few minutes, see you next week.)

It’s time we strap up and get to work.

I need everyone to close your eyes for a moment and see yourself in your mind being a believer in action.

-See yourself laying hands on the sick.

-See yourself raising the dead.

-See yourself with a great marriage and ministering to other marriages.

-See yourself financially blessed enough to give thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars to forward the Kingdom of God.

-See yourself with no pain, sickness or disease.

Now that you see it, start speaking it out of your mouth.

Jesus spoke to the fig tree.

Jesus told us to speak to the mountain.

Everything I teach you from now on, will be aimed at connecting you to the power that is available to the believer.

God loves you so much.

And it’s not His desire that we lose in any area of our life.

He sent the Holy Spirit to help us win.

It’s time we start winning.

Shout, “I’m a winner in Christ.”

What is Holy Spirit saying to you?

Thanks for tuning in and we’ll see you next week.