Thy Kingdom Come...!
What was Jesus Christ's message on His mission to the earth? We must always identify with Him on that message otherwise whatever we say or preach in His name may not hold any water.
We must also be clear on the mandate so that we would not work, walk or war in vain.
Jesus came to declare the Kingdom of God, a new citizenship for whosoever desires it and to demonstrate the power of that kingdom.
Satan took Jesus to a very high mountain and in a moment showed Him the kingdoms of the world and the glory thereof and asked that He falls down and worship him in exchange for the kingdoms of the world and the glory Matthew 4. Meaning, we live in a world ruled by Satan with the aim of killing, stealing and destroying and sponsoring evil in every form. John 10:10, 2 Corinthians 4:4
Jesus didn't bow and wasn't given the kingdom of this world, rather went about preaching and teaching the good news of the kingdom where God rules, its advent, its coming separation and its principles. Reading through the gospels and the parables, its clear enough to see.
When He taught us through His apostles to pray, He told them we should pray that God's Kingdom come and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I see that as a declaration of war on the Kingdom of the world and its glory. Or how do you explain calling for another kingdom to come where one is already existing?
He said the Law of Moses and the prophets where until John, the Baptist but since then the Kingdom of God is preached and people are applying pressure to enter in, and it suffers violence and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:12, Luke 16:16
He declared that if He in demonstration cast out devils by the finger or the Spirit of God then the Kingdom of God has come unto us, He declared that the kingdom of God is within us. He declared that it is the Father's pleasure to give us the Kingdom. Luke 11:20, Matthew 12:28, Luke 17:21, Luke 12:32.
And to see and to enter the Kingdom, a person would need to be born again by the Spirit and by the Word of God. With a new spirit and a heart of flesh as against the stony heart, to accommodate the law and the Spirit of God within.
An operation done in the spirit as one believes and submits to the King and to the Kingdom.
Everyone who passionately desires the will of God to be done in his or her life and in his or her world is a seeker of the Kingdom and to such the power of the new Kingdom is given to do the will of God: this power is called the grace of God, The demonstration of God's omnipotence and authority in the impotence and the powerlessness of man to do or actualize God's will on the earth...
If God wills it He will power it, If His will must be done and if His Kingdom must increase and be established... Isaiah 9:6&7
We shall explore that later...
Seek the Kingdom and His righteousness...
Good morning, Happy weekend!
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