Kingdom Life

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Isaiah 9:6–7 NKJV

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Kingdom in the Greek is basileia

1. Royal power, kingship, dominion, rule
   1. The right or authority to rule over a kingdom
   2. Of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah
   3. Of the royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah’s kingdom
2. A kingdom, the territory subject to the rule of a king
3. Used in the N.T. to refer to the reign of the Messiah

The Kingdom is not:

• Religion
• Not a Democracy
• Not a Republic.

A Kingdom is the governing influence of a king over his territory, Impacting it with his will, his purpose and his intentions. producing a citizenry of people who express his culture and reflect his nature.

Matthew 3:1–3 NKJV

In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.’ ”

Matthew 4:17 NKJV

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

The Gospels contain seventy-six different kingdom sayings of Jesus. The King is the embodiment of the kingdom, representing its glory and nature. Authority flows from the king and the word of the king is supreme. The Territory is the domain over which the king exercises total authority. The territory and its resources and people are all personal property of the king. The king by right owns all and, therefore, is considered lord over all. The word Lord denotes ownership by right. Lord is only given to one who is sovereign owner. This is why the Scriptures declare, The earth is the Lords

Psalm 24: I KJV

The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

WHAT IS GODS PRIORITY?

Matthew 6:24–34 NKJV

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. 25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

SEEK THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD FIRST

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