The Kingdom Of God- Part 4

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Mark 1:14–15 NKJV

14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

Confession of Faith

I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my faith!

Introduction

Last Week we continued our teaching on Taking The Kingdom

Matthew 11:12 AMP

12 And from the days of John the Baptist until the present time, the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by force [as a precious prize—a share in the heavenly kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion].

Overcoming Deception

No Weapon

Anyone speaking judgement about you - you will condemn!

Called Into Kingdom Living

Luke 18:29 NLT

29 “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God,

Luke 18:30 NLT

30 will be repaid many times over in this life, and will have eternal life in the world to come.”

We must live independent of the world’s system and live the kingdom life.

Learn to Look at God as your source for everything:

How?

John 3:1–3 NLT

1 There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. 2 After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.” 3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

The kingdom of God is a mystery because we can’t see it with our physical eyes.

To flesh and blood, it’s an unseen kingdom.

But to those of us who are born again and walking in the Spirit and not the flesh, it is not only real; it is extremely effective, powerful, and extravagant. Everything we need is in the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 2:12–14 NLT

12 And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. 13 When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths. 14 But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.

The things that we do and say are foolish to the natural part of us and to natural people. When we live from the spirit, our way of thinking and acting will seem strange to the world—and strange to us for a while.

That’s because we are getting used to the fact that We are in the world but not of it.

We come into the kingdom of God with a world-programmed mind.

Then the first time God asks us to do something that has some vision, we tend to say, “I can’t do that.”

We don’t even know what we can do, but if we dig into the Word we’ll find out!

We have to take the kingdom by force:

We have to dominate our flesh by our spirit by trusting in God’s Word more than our own thinking.

Abraham Had Faith

Abraham asked God for a child - In his old age

God said look up to the sky and what do you see?

Abraham said “Stars”

Genesis 22:17 NCV

17 I will surely bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and they will capture the cities of their enemies.

Operating In The Kingdom Of God

Proverbs 14:12 NCV

12 Some people think they are doing right, but in the end it leads to death.

Proverbs 14:12 NKJV

12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

The world is corrupt because its way of doing things is not based on God’s kingdom.

Heaven Is Our Country

We have the kingdom of God, we are ambassadors of Jesus Christ and citizens of heavenly government,

There are laws and a constitution for operating in the kingdom of God, just as there are laws for operating in the world’s governments.

When we understand the laws of God’s system, we can access our inheritance and live the abundant life that Jesus provides for His own.

John 10:10 NKJV

10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Working A System

Luke 16:1–8 NLT

1 Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money. 2 So the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’ 3 “The manager thought to himself, ‘Now what? My boss has fired me. I don’t have the strength to dig ditches, and I’m too proud to beg. 4 Ah, I know how to ensure that I’ll have plenty of friends who will give me a home when I am fired.’ 5 “So he invited each person who owed money to his employer to come and discuss the situation. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe him?’ 6 The man replied, ‘I owe him 800 gallons of olive oil.’ So the manager told him, ‘Take the bill and quickly change it to 400 gallons.’ 7 “ ‘And how much do you owe my employer?’ he asked the next man. ‘I owe him 1,000 bushels of wheat,’ was the reply. ‘Here,’ the manager said, ‘take the bill and change it to 800 bushels.’ 8 “The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light.

“This dishonest man worked a dishonest system and increased.

The children of light are in an honest system—the kingdom of God.

Why don’t they work the system I have given them so that they can increase?”

We need to say, “Wait a minute! I have the kingdom of God in me, and this kingdom can produce everything needed in abundance!

We need to Work the system of the kingdom of God and set a new standard for the world as His ambassadors.

Mark 10:27–30 NLT

27 Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.” 28 Then Peter began to speak up. “We’ve given up everything to follow you,” he said. 29 “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News, 30 will receive now in return a hundred times as many houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property—along with persecution. And in the world to come that person will have eternal life.

For example, the kingdom of God gives a hundredfold return on seed planted.

A hundredfold return will affect people for miles around.

A hundredfold in our marriages will affect every relative we have.

A hundredfold of joy will affect everybody around us.

A hundredfold in our finances will enable us to take care of those needs around us

The trouble is that we’re still trying to work a little of the world’s system and a little of God’s system. It’s time to come out of the world’s system and live according to the kingdom inside of us.

For those who obey Him, the King gives power and ability without measure.

Next Week - Led By The Spirit - Operating In The Kingdom Of God - Part 2

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