Friday, October 12, 2018

THE KINGDOM OF GOD

The Kingdom of God fundamentally means the Kingship of God. It declares God as King. The traditional word kingdom may confuse us in this modern age because we understand it in terms of territory ruled over as in the United Kingdom. However, that is not the fundamental meaning of the word kingdom in the New Testament.

The Kingdom of Gold fundamentally means the Kingship of God - His reign, His rule, His government, and is not primarily concerned with territory. The Kingship of God simply means that God is King in your life. In practice it means it involves total commitment to God will, plan and purpose in your life!

This commitment will automatically move you from a self-centered way of life to a life in which God is King. Commitment is inseparable from Grace, for without commitment we cannot use or take advantage of God's Grace and Power, whether it is the power to understand His word or to fulfill HIs commands.

God's never asks anything of His own that He does not provide them with the power to carry out what He asks them to do. He has made the ultimate commitment to us by enabling his uniquely begotten son to carry out His will to become a sin-offering sacrifice that we could be reconciled to Him through His anointed one Jesus. He expects us to make a total commitment to Him in return.

When we do make a total commitment to obeying the words He gave His son Jesus to give to us He will give us the enabling Spirit power to be able to do so! Without the enabling power of God's indwelling Spirit we are unable to obey what He asks of us and totally helpless to be delivered from the bondage of sin!

God's want our all. Jesus said: Revelation 3:16: So then because you are lukewarm - not 100% committed to obeying his words, and neither cold - unbelieving nor hot - totally committed to obey his words God gave him to give to us, I will spue you out of my mouth. Take heed, and ask God to give you a heart that is totally committed to Him in all you say and do! It's you life that is at stake!

The choice is ours to make. God will not force you to do anything against your will, but will assist you to be totally committed to Him if you ask Him to help you to do so!!! If we make this commitment to obeying God is all we say and do, then He will make sure we enter into the coming territorial Kingdom with his son Jesus ruling over this earth as King of kings and Lord of lords. May that Kingdom soon come to replace this sin-sick world with a rulership of righteousness led by God's son Jesus.

In the meantime let us all submit with total commitment to the Kingship of God now! Many believers have not experienced God's transforming power! But if we let God change us, we will experience His power and know Him as the Living God. We will then be moved from darkness to light: "You were once darkness but now you are light in the Lord. LIve as children of light (Ephesians 5:8).

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