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Kingdom Minded People

Matthew 6:24-34 King James Version (KJV)
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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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herefore ! sa" #nto "o#, a$e no tho#ght for "o#r life, what "e shall eat, or what "e shall drin$; nor "et for "o#r %od", what "e shall p#t on. !s not the life more than meat, and the %od" than raiment&
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'ehold the fowls of the air: for the" sow not, neither do the" reap, nor gather into %arns; "et "o#r heavenl" (ather feedeth them. )re "e not m#ch %etter than the"&
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*hich of "o# %" ta$ing tho#ght can add one c#%it #nto his stat#re&

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)nd wh" ta$e "e tho#ght for raiment& +onsider the lilies of the field, how the" grow; the" toil not, neither do the" spin:
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)nd "et ! sa" #nto "o#, hat even ,olomon in all his glor" was not arra"ed li$e one of these.

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*herefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to da" is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not m#ch more clothe "o#, - "e of little faith&
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herefore ta$e no tho#ght, sa"ing, *hat shall we eat& or, *hat shall we drin$& or, *herewithal shall we %e clothed&
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((or after all these things do the Gentiles see$:) for "o#r heavenl" (ather $noweth that "e have need of all these things.
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But ee! "e #i$ t the !ingdom o# %od& and hi $ighteou ne ' and all the e thing added unto "ou)
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a$e therefore no tho#ght for the morrow: for the morrow shall ta$e tho#ght for the things of itself. ,#fficient #nto the da" is the evil thereof. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 he .ord Jes#s made it clear what o#r priorit" in life sho#ld %e when /e said, 0*ee! "e #i$ t the !ingdom o# %od and hi $ighteou ne )+ ,o more people $nown this verse of ,cript#re for a long time %#t haven1t reali2ed that it contains the power to change the world. his is wh" Jes#s

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spo$e so reg#larl" a%o#t the $ingdom of God. he 'i%le tells #s, in fact, that %efore /is ascension Jes#s spent #o$t" da" p$ea,hing the go pel o# the !ingdom) (-n .,t 1:3.) here m#st have %een something to that message if it cons#med /is final fort" da"s of ministr" on earth. !n order to ma$e the $ingdom of God o#r first priorit" as Jes#s ta#ght #s, we need to c#t thro#gh the m"ster" s#rro#nding it and #ncover the tr#th God wants to reveal to #s thro#gh /is *ord. 3456 is the "ear of 78treme99999 /e ,an onl" go a high a the $e0elation we10e $e,ei0ed, so we m#st loo$ into the ,cript#res to enter the $ingdom life that God has provided for #s. (rom Genesis to :evelation God has revealed the secrets of /is $ingdom. hro#gh the ,cript#res the whole $ingdom is in sight. 2e u $e0ealed to 3i di ,iple how to li0e in the !ingdom o# %od e0en while the" wal!ed the ea$th) *hen we receive this revelation and %egin to act on it, we will see the $ingdom at wor$ in the earth even in o#r own lives. 7ach of #s is a vital part of the $ingdom of God. )s we st#d" the ,cript#res, the /ol" ,pirit will %egin to la" a fo#ndation in o#r hearts that the devil cannot sha$e. *e will learn how to operate in the $ingdom of God, which will provide ever"thing we need in life to f#lfill o#r God; given calling<ever"thing from wisdom and #nderstanding to peace, =o", health, a%#ndant provision, and so m#ch more. *hile so=o#rning this earth, Jes#s ta#ght at length a%o#t the $ingdom of God. /is disciple John wrote, The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God .,t 1:1-3 )gain, fort" da"s after /is res#rrection, Jes#s was still teaching a%o#t the $ingdom of God. here m#st have %een some meaning to that message if /e too$ that $ind of time to teach a%o#t it. )nd /e ta#ght #s to see$ first the $ingdom of God. 4hat mean ou$ highe t p$io$it" i uppo ed to (e ee!ing the !ingdom) /ow do we see$ the $ingdom& *ell, we don1t do it %" loo$ing aro#nd and sa"ing, 0Kingdom, where are "o#&> 5olo ian 1:13 sa"s, 672e u 8 hath deli0e$ed u #$om the powe$ o# da$!ne & and hath t$an lated u into the !ingdom o# hi dea$ *on)+ *hen Jes#s %ecomes o#r .ord and ,avior, we are translated o#t of the $ingdom of dar$ness and into the $ingdom of God.

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+olossians 5:5? when @a#l writes, 0*ho hath delivered #s from the power of dar$ness, and hath translated #s into the $ingdom of his dear son.> hat word 0deli0e$ed> is also from the Gree$ word !n +olossians 5:5?, this word portra"s that moment when Jes#s +hrist %ro$e ,atan1s power over o#r lives and snatched #s o#t of the $ingdom of dar$ness. -ne Gree$ e8positor sa"s the word delivered in +olossians 5:5? carries this idea: !He grabbed us by the back of our necks and snatched us out of danger, "ust in the nick of time #$ his Gree$ word delivered contains passion, %est, importance, and action

!n Matthew 12:25 Jes#s sa"s, 090e$" !ingdom di0ided again t it el# i ($ought to de olation' and e0e$" ,it" o$ hou edi0ided again t it el# hall not tand)+ his means the $ingdom of God has an enem" that can divide #s. Jes#s and ,atan %oth have $ingdoms, and the" are opposed to one another. ,atan is the head of the $ingdom of dar$ness. (or the most part, he has %een the agent %ehind the s"stems of this world. Jes#s, who is the head of the $ingdom of light, reveals ,atan1s deception in John A:?4;??: As [Jesus] spake these words, many believed on him. hen said Jesus to those Jews whi!h believed on him, "f ye !ontinue in my word, then are ye my dis!iples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. hey answered him,#e be Abraham$s seed, and were never in bondage to any man%how sayest thou, &e shall be made free' ,atan deceives religio#s people into %elieving the" are free, or accepted %" God, apart from the %lood of Jes#s +hrist. hese Jews %elieved the" were free simpl" %eca#se the" were %orn Jews. he" were in %ondage to the $ingdom of dar$ness, %#t the" didn1t even $now it. oda" man" people<especiall" religio#s people<are %o#nd in the $ingdom of dar$ness %#t the" don1t $now it %eca#se the enem" has deceived them. Jes#s f#rther reveals the devil1s hidden schemes in verse 44, sa"ing, &e are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. (e was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, be!ause there is no truth in him. #hen he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own% for he is a liar, and the father of it. Jes#s is sa"ing that the enem" p#ts press#re on people to cooperate with his evil s"stem, and the" are often #naware. /e lies to them and the" %elieve his lies. hen the" %ecome liars. -nce Jes#s has translated #s into /is $ingdom at the new %irth, God wants #s to $now what the devil is doing and separate o#rselves from the $ingdom of dar$ness and its wa" of living. /e wants to e8pose and %rea$ the strongholds that have held #s in %ondage to the world1s s"stem, and /e wants to train #s to ta$e dominion and %ecome witnesses of the $ingdom. !n Batthew ?, John the 'aptist %egins to preach a%o#t the two $ingdoms.

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"n those days !ame John the Baptist prea!hing in the wilderness of Judea and saying, )epent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 3:1 John called people to repent<to t#rn awa" from sin and their old wa" of doing things<and to see$ God and /is wa" of doing things. /e was sa"ing, essentiall", 0+hange "o#r wa" of thin$ing and t#rn to God. +ome o#t of the $ingdom of dar$ness and enter the $ingdom of God.> he people in !srael at this time were #nder the .aw of Boses. he" $ept the laws and sacrificed their livestoc$ and prod#ce for their atonement. he" depended on the high priest to mediate %etween themselves and God. hen John the 'aptist came along and said, 0) new da" is coming9> Jeremiah also prophesied this new da": Behold, the days !ome, saith the *ord, that " will make a new !ovenant with the house of "srael, and with the house of Judah% not a!!ording to the !ovenant that " made with their fathers in the day that " took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of +gypt; whi!h my !ovenant they brake, although " was an husband unto them, saith the *ord% but this shall be the !ovenant that " will make with the house of "srael; after those days, saith the *ord, " will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall tea!h no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, ,now the *ord% for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the *ord% for " will forgive their ini-uity, and " will remember their sin no more. 2e$emiah 31:31-34 Jeremiah was prophes"ing a%o#t the Bessiah1s entrance into the earth. /e was sa"ing, 0Jes#s is coming.> his is what John the 'aptist was anno#ncing to the Jews. heir Bessiah was here9 /e had a transition ministr": /e was leading God1s people o#t of the s"stem of the -ld +ovenant .aw and into the s"stem of grace. /e was a prophet, preparing the Jews to receive the Bessiah. /e was tearing #p hard gro#nd in their hearts and softening them to receive the engrafted *ord of God, Jes#s, who wo#ld change their hearts. he evidence that the" had received John1s ministr" and message was %eing %apti2ed. his showed that the" were willing to t#rn from tr"ing to do things on their own and to depend on God. he" were t#rning from the s"stem of this world to the s"stem of the $ingdom of God. his is what God wants #s to do toda". 7ven if we have accepted Jes#s as o#r .ord and ,avior, we still have to t#rn from the s"stem of this world in order to live in the realit" of God1s $ingdom. Translated Into God&s 'ingdom he (ather sent Jes#s into the earth carr"ing the $ingdom of God on /is sho#lders. (!sa. C:D.) !n John 5A:?D, Jes#s said,

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0B" $ingdom is not of this world.> Jes#s is the King of the $ingdom of God. *hen we were saved, we were translated o#t of the $ingdom of dar$ness into /is $ingdom. he onl" wa" into the $ingdom of God is to %e %orn into it. *hen the 'i%le sa"s we are %orn again, in the original Gree$ it sa"s we are %orn from a%ove.5 *e are act#all" %orn from heaven<another government, another co#ntr"<the $ingdom of God. Jes#s pra"ed, 0. m" :athe$ hath ent me& e0en o end - "ou> (John 34:35). -nce we are in /is $ingdom, Jes#s sends #s o#t into the world to represent /im. @a#l sa"s in 2 5o$inthian 5:20& 6;ow a$e "ou am(a ado$ #o$ 5h$i t)+ Jes#s is the King, and we are /is am%assadors. )n am%assador is sent to a far;off nation to represent the $ing. *e are +hrist1s am%assadors sent to represent /im and ta$e care of diplomatic %#siness on /is %ehalf. *hen we come into the land, we don1t sa", 0*ell, ! thin$....> No, we sa", 0Jes#s said....> *e call /is name. 5olo ian 3:17 sa"s, 0/hat oe0e$ "e do in wo$d o$ deed& do all in the name o# the <o$d 2e u )+ *e are representatives of Jes#s in this world. *hen Jes#s was alive, /e preached the gospel of the $ingdom and met ever"one1s needs. hen /e said, "t is useful for you that " go away% for if " go not away, the .omforter will not !ome unto you; but if " depart, " will send him unto you. 2ohn 16:7 Entil Jes#s was %orn, the /ol" ,pirit had never %efore resided within h#man flesh. *hile /e wal$ed the earth, the /ol" ,pirit was in /im. /owever, Jes#s1 ph"sical %od" was limited to one location, so the helpf#lness of the /ol" ,pirit was limited. oda", thro#gh the %od" of +hrist, the /ol" ,pirit can sat#rate the whole earth. *hen the /ol" ,pirit came into the earth after Jes#s1 ascension, /e set #p residence inside of ever" %eliever. -nce we are %orn again, the +omforter lives inside #s. *e come into the $ingdom of God, and at the same time the $ingdom of God comes inside of #s. )s %elievers, we have the whole $ingdom of God inside of #s. he $ingdom of God will spread thro#gho#t the entire earth thro#gh the %od" of +hrist. his e8plains wh" Jes#s said, (e that believeth on me, the works that " do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; be!ause " go unto my /ather. And " will pray the /ather, and he shall give you another .omforter, that he may abide with you for ever. 2ohn 14:12&16 Jes#s was sa"ing that the +omforter co#ld do greater wor$s, or more wor$s, %" coming to live inside man" %elievers. !nstead of onl" doing wor$s thro#gh Jes#s, /e co#ld wor$ thro#gh man", man" others. he /ol" ,pirit made the whole $ingdom availa%le to all who wo#ld %elieve on Jes#s. )s %elievers, we now have the $ingdom in #s, and thro#gh #s the /ol" ,pirit will ca#se the $ingdom to come to earth as it is in heaven.

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(verything Is Inside he $ingdom has ever"thing that heaven has<unde$ tanding& wi dom& pea,e& =o"& health& p$o0i ion& and p$ote,tion) 4he 3ol" *pi$it i within u to p$o0ide e0e$" natu$al and upe$natu$al thing we need) his is wh" Jes#s said, ake no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on 0for after all these things do the Gentiles seek%1 for your heavenly /ather knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. ake therefore no thought for the morrow% for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. 2uffi!ient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:25&32-34 !f the $ingdom of God is inside of #s, then we don1t need to worr" a%o#t an"thing. God has alread" provided ever"thing. Now we can #nderstand the psalmist1s words, 0. thou and hall #all at th" ide& and ten thou and at th" $ight hand' (ut it hall not ,ome nigh thee+ >P ) 91:7?) God1s protection is one provision of the $ingdom that is inside of #s. *e can1t see the $ingdom. Jes#s said, 0 he $ingdom of God cometh not with o%servation: neither shall the" sa", .o here9 or, lo there9> /owever, the $ingdom is more real than an"thing we can see with o#r ph"sical e"es. *hen we receive Jes#s, we receive it all. *e have a spirit#al fo#ntain inside, and we will never thirst again. (2ohn 4:13.) *e will never have to go to another fo#ntain. 7ver"thing we need is inside of #s. God will %ring to #s, lead #s to, and create for #s ever"thing that we need in this earth, independent of what1s going on aro#nd #s. )hat )e Have Is for the *ations Jes#s said, 63e that (elie0eth on me& a the ,$iptu$e hath aid& out o# hi (ell" hall #low $i0e$ o# li0ing wate$+ >2ohn 7:38?) he well is meant to provide water for #s and o#r families, %#t the river is also meant to provide for the nations. )s %elievers, we contain $ingdom provisions to ta$e care of the nations of the earth. Not onl" do we have nat#ral provision for the people of the world, %#t we have the s#pernat#ral provision the" need as well. ho#gh the" ma" not reali2e it, the" are enslaved to the $ingdom of dar$ness. hro#gh fear and deception, demons infl#ence people to live in a wa" that is not right %efore God. Femonic spirits control the #ngodl" $ingdoms of this world. -n the other hand, when we sa" Jes#s1 name, demons lose gro#nd in this world. )s am%assadors for the King of the $ingdom of God, we have come into this world not to ta$e sides %#t to ta$e over. *e have come to p#ll the devil1s s"stem down and to esta%lish the $ingdom of God on earth. o do that, we have to %e witnesses to people. *e have to help them tr#st in a $ingdom that the" cannot see with their ph"sical e"es. !f we want to %e witnesses of the $ingdom, then we will have to see it and e8perience it for o#rselves; then we will %e a%le to demonstrate it. /e need $e0elation& and we ha0e to ,hange ou$ #o,u #$om thi wo$ld to the !ingdom o# %od)

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Heaven&s Treasure vs +ammon -nce we have the $ingdom inside, the /ol" ,pirit1s =o% is to help #s to get the world o#t of #s. -nl" then can we %e in the world %#t not of the world. his reG#ires a t#rning awa" from o#r own wa" and going God1s wa". *e repented when we received Jes#s +hrist and /is salvation; %#t as the /ol" ,pirit reveals to #s that we have tr#sted the world1s s"stem and not God in certain areas, we will need to repent again. *e cannot serve two masters. *e can1t serve the world and Jes#s. *e1re going to love one and hate the other. @eople sa" the"1re serving Jes#s, %#t the"1re holding on to the world1s s"stem. he world1s s"stem tells #s to %#ild #p earthl" treas#re, %#t Jes#s said: ,ay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light -ut if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness. *o man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other/ or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other 0e cannot serve God and mammon Batthew D:5C;36 his is the message Jes#s wanted to conve" to the rich "o#ng r#ler who as$ed /im, 0Good Baster, what shall ! do to inherit eternal life&> (.#$e 5A:5A). Jes#s said, 0 ho# $nowest the commandments, Fo not commit ad#lter", Fo not $ill, Fo not steal, Fo not %ear false witness, /ono#r th" father and th" mother> (v. 34). he rich "o#ng r#ler replied confidentl", 0)ll these have ! $ept from m" "o#th> (v. 35). /e was religio#s, and he had %een caref#l to do ever"thing on the list. '#t then Jes#s said, 0Yet lac$est tho# one thing: sell all that tho# hast, and distri%#te #nto the poor, and tho# shalt have treas#re in heaven: and come, follow me> (v. 33). Notice, /e didn1t sa", 0Yo#1re going to go %ro$e.> /e said, in essence, 0Yo#1ll have treas#re on a higher plane, and that treas#re is availa%le when "o# need it.> *hen Jes#s spo$e to that rich "o#ng r#ler, /e was tr"ing to show him who his real god was. /is real god was not the .ord God Jehovah. /is real god was his mone". !f o#r mone" is telling #s what to do, it1s o#r god. *hen the rich "o#ng r#ler heard Jes#s sa" that the onl" thing he lac$ed was to sell 0what "o# have and give to the poor> and follow /im, he %owed his head and wal$ed awa". /e co#ldn1t do that, %eca#se he tho#ght he was going to lose something. /e didn1t have the f#ll revelation of the $ingdom of God %eca#se his foc#s was divided %etween the world s"stem and God1s $ingdom.

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Jes#s said, 0!f therefore thine e"e %e single, th" whole %od" shall %e f#ll of light.> !f o#r intent is to depend on God and o#r e"e is single, or o#r foc#s is entirel" on God, then o#r %od" will %e f#ll of the revelation that it ta$es to live in the $ingdom of God. /owever, if we tr" to loo$ at God a little %it and tr" to hold onto the world1s s"stem %eca#se we1re not s#re if 0this God thing> will wor$, then dar$ness will come in and we won1t have the light. .i$e the rich "o#ng r#ler, we1ll thin$ God is tr"ing to ta$e something from #s. *e1ll %ac$ #p and wal$ awa" and sa", 0No, /e won1t ta$e all this. ! wor$ed too hard for this.> /owever, with the revelation of the $ingdom, we will see that we are living in two realms. *e1re living in the $ingdom of God, and we1re living in the realm of the nat#ral, five ph"sical senses. *itho#t Jes#s +hrist, that sense realm is the %o#ndar" of life. /owever, once we %ecome %orn again, we receive a new life<eternal life<which ta$es #s %e"ond nat#ral %o#ndaries into the place where all things %ecome possi%le. Now all things are possi%le to #s who %elieve. No other religion can offer this realit". /owever, the ch#rch has not %een demonstrating this new realit", so people have %een loo$ing at the ch#rch as if it represents an" other religion. hat will not %e the case for long. *e are entering a new da": a da" when the ch#rch will receive revelation of the $ingdom and reclaim the earth for the King.