MY NOTES:
According to scripture, the key to successful relationships is really NOT love(you need it, but it is not first on the list)Proverbs 24:3-5 (Solomon speaks)
3) By wisdom, a house(marriage) is built, and through understanding, it is established;
4) through knowledge its rooms(atmosphere) are filled with rare and beautiful treasure
3 Things Needed!
Knowledge(a good relationship begins with information. Info= truth, truth=original information)
Understanding( the capacity to comprehend the info.
Wisdom(Application. You can't apply what you don't know and you can't know what you don't understand)
#Side note: Success is not a mystery, and neither is failure. Both can be predicted!
Truth = Original Information
If you want to know the truth about something(i.e Marriage), you go backwards to find out who has the original info, then you will discover that you have the secret to wisdom.
In Matthew 19 religious leaders tried to trick Jesus into an argument by asking him questions about divorce.
And Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?” 4 He replied, “Have you never read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined inseparably to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 7 The Pharisees said to Him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” 8 He said to them, “Because your hearts were hard and stubborn Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.
#Side note: Jesus ignored their question of divorce, and went straight to the issue of male and female- he went backwards to the original info.
#Side note: We need to understand each other otherwise there will be chaos(trial & error).
The Message of Jesus
*He came to earth to bring a KINGDOM, not a RELIGION!
*He came to bring CITIZENS back to a GOVERNMENT, not a religion.
Matthew 10: 6-8
6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
Matthew 4:17
17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
Luke 4:42-44
42 At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them. 43 But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” 44 And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
#Side note: We must totally change our concepts of relationships!
What is a Kingdom?
A kingdom is the government of a king. It is the sovereign ruler-ship, and governing influence of a king over his territory(his domain)- impacting it with his WILL, INTENT, and PURPOSE, producing a citizenry reflecting the culture and nature of a king.
*We are supposed to lose our individuality, and put on Christ to reflect the kingdom, so that we no longer look like ourselves, but He instead.
*Our personality should be the King's personality( about marriage, divorce, sex, sexual preference etc)
*People love Christianity because it is a religion and religion allows you to have your own personal belief system- people interpret the word their own way(saying" I'm this kind of Christian" etc.) to fit their belief system. There is no room for that in the kingdom. If you're not with God, then you are against God!
People adjust themselves to Christianity(i.e "Homosexual Christians"). Therefore, being a "Christian" and being a KINGDOM CITIZEN is different.
The Divine Plan
* All kingdoms expand to extend their glory and influence.
*Kingdom expansion is called Colonization
*Earth was created for kingdom expansion
*Mankind was created for the purpose of expanding God's Kingdom of Heaven to earth.
God's Original Purpose
Matthew 6:9-11
9 “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your Kingdom come, Your will be done. On earth as it is in heaven.
*Religion tries to get earth to go to heaven*Kingdom tries to get heaven to come to earth
God's Divine Strategy
1. Colonization-The extension of a kingdom's government, values, morals, and culture to a foreign territory.
2.Establish a Colony- Group of Immigrants residing in a territory with allegiance to their home government.
~This affects your marriage
~They are not under the government/system of the territory they are IN, but instead, they are under the government in which they are FROM
How does a colony become like the kingdom?
3. (Answer)The Governor- the individual placed in the colony to execute the colonization process of the kingdom in the territory.- His job is to convert earth into heaven.
~ The Gov. is the holy spirit who convicts us until we get to the truth and become like heaven again.
Kingdom Expansion
*The program of colonization is accomplished through the following:
Step 1- Dispatch the Governor(holy spirit) to the colony(territory)
Ex: Genesis 1 states, In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Step 2- Establish a colony of citizens
Step 3- Implement the culture of the kingdom
Step 4- Create a community of people reflecting the kingdom(what heaven looks like)
~Two citizens make up a community.
~Marriage is a community(accountable to each other, and the king).
Step 5- Produce a distinct society on earth(not one person, but entire society)
Side note: Everyone has a past, but from the point when the kingdom hits you, you begin a new life- living under Jesus/the kingdom of heaven. Hallelujah!!
*Governors are important, including the holy spirit
~All are appointed by the king.
~All come from the kingdom of the colony
~Only represent the king that sent him, not himself.
~Only express the WILL, and MIND of the king( this is why Holy Spirit will never tell you anything that is not in the Bible)- It is important to know the word for yourself, so that when someone prophesy in your life, you may be able to judge it according to the bible.- A true prophet will never contradict the holy spirit.
~Responsible for converting the colony into the kingdom.
~Transfers kingdom culture, nature, standards, values, morals, lifestyle, and manner.
~Prepares citizens for living in the kingdom
*Except you become like a little child, you cannot "Enter"- not, "go to".... Moreover, except a man be born again, he cannot Enter the kingdom of God.
~The governor lives in a mansion built by the government. This is why the holy spirit lives in your body. He doesn't live in any building on earth, but in the human body, because its the only house that God built himself. The governor's presence is evidence of the kingdom's presence .
The Problem
-Governor is removed when colony declares independence.
-Adam declared independence
~When independence is declared, the governor becomes illegal, and has to go back home.
The Intent of God
*God does not want to take you from the earth, He wants you to not be under the influence of the evil one
John 17: 14-17
14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
LET US PRAY!
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Thank you for knowledge, understanding, and wisdom Lord. I choose this day, to be a kingdom citizen. I put away religious habits, and old ways of thinking, and I put on Christ. Transform me so that my reflection will be the reflection of Christ. Help me to grow wiser in you Lord, so that I may assist in bringing heaven to earth Father. I thank you for this revelation and that you give us access to all of the things that we need. You said that your people perish for a lack of knowledge(not for a lack of love). Give us the desire to continuously dig deeper into your word, not just to read, but to truly understand, and then apply it to our lives. We ask you all of these things in Jesus' name. Amen.
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