A bible study birthed
message inspired by a message from/by Pastor, Dr. Myles Munroe, Bahamas Faith
Ministries International
Good-afternoon; how
is everyone? Thank you for coming out this afternoon. We are here every
Saturday from 2:15pm until 3:00pm. Again, thank you so much for taking time to
attend. Let’s pray, shall we.
Heavenly Father, we
come before you this afternoon, just to say "Thank you”; Thank you that you
woke us up in our right mind, with a glad heart fixed on you. Holy Spirit, You
are the teacher. Word my mouth with your living water to overflowing. Speak to
Your people; bless and save everywhere – In the Name of Jesus, Amen and Amen.
You will hear me
repeat over and over and over again – that the central message, the main
message, God’s message to you and me, to each of us – the Bible – Your
B.I.B.L.E. – is about a King, His Kingdom and His Royal Family who is us who
call on the name of Jesus Christ believing in your heart and confessing with
our mouth that God raised him from the dead.
And so, this
afternoon – as we prioritize what Jesus told us to prioritize – and to preach
what Jesus Himself preached as that priority – we look to what Jesus our Savior
and Lord commanded as the number one priority - and that is found in the Gospel
of Matthew, chapter 6 and verse 33 – and it reads, "But seek ye first.. [in other words, prioritize this and make this
foremost in what you focus on and do]: "But
seek ye first, the Kingdom
of God and his
righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” [we'll
partake at the table of revelation the "things" aspect of this
scripture at a later date, Amen.]
There is so much good
about this verse but one thing that jumped out at me, lifted itself of the
page, and ministered to me is the word "shall” – shall is not - a maybe – shall
is, "it is” and "consider it done” … based on the condition that you do what is
required for the "shall” to operate in your life – Amen. "And all these things
"shall” be added unto you. The you is "us individually and corporately who seek first the kingdom and seek the
righteousness that constitutes the kingdom life lived.”
You see, God’s
original plan was always to extend his heavenly kingdom [His eternal, yet right
now present Kingdom] to earth. Look at this in your very own bible at the later
part of Luke11:2 "thy Kingdom [the government of God, the rule of God, the
reign of God, the authority of God and God’s dominion] come, thy "WILL” [the
will of the Father, the purpose of the Father, Abba Father – our Daddy] be done
– as in Heaven, so on Earth.”
In the Gospel of Mark
chapter 6 and verse 10 it is written [leaving out the italic words]: Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as in heaven. WOW!
You see, God’s
original plan was to influence each of us (in and through us) and to influence
everything on earth with heaven’s culture and to do it through His children -
the children of God, those who confess Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and take
on the likeness of God [his nature and character] and walk, live, allow him to
operate in you being lead of the Fruit of the Spirit [Gal 5:22-23] and not
obeying the lust of the flesh.
In simple terms – we
who are strangers in a strange land are to be the colony of Heaven here on
earth, influenced in our daily living by the True Light. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm
119:105). The True Light is The Word of God made flesh in the Person of
Jesus Christ, God the Father and the Comforter who will guide us into all truth
who is The Holy Ghost.
God’s original plan
in effect till this very day – is a simple idea – now when I say simple, I am using the word in the context of its
adjective definition [easy to understand, easy to deal with, easy to use, and
not elaborate or artificial – plainly stated: for he that hath an ear to hear,
hear].
God’s original plan
is a simple idea. If we use simple as a noun – we mean: something simple, unmixed,
something not convoluted – i.e. not all twisted and mixed up with a bunch of
other stuff.
God’s original plan –
is about government policy - A Kingdom with a plan to establish its Kingdom Colony
in another place:
• To extend His
invisible Heavenly
Kingdom on Earth through
sons – the Born-again Believer walking in spirit and in truth:
• To influence earth
from heaven through the ruler-ship of His children on earth
• To establish a
colony of Heaven on earth - To colonize Earth with Heaven
• To fill the earth
with his Glory (God’s divine plan was to colonize the earth with the Nation of
Heaven: For you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a
peculiar people - 1 Peter 2:19)
• Heaven is an
invisible country more real then earth (spirit created material) temporal is
birthed out of eternal – heaven is eternal and more permanent then earth
• All kingdoms want
to extend their influence:
• Genesis 1:26 "let
us make man in our own image and likeness and let them have dominion…..” In
other words, "I am creating these being to dominate a territory for me.” God
created the earth as a territory to colonize: When you colonize a place, it
become just like the nation who colonized it. We are to become Christ Like!
In seeking first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness…. (Matt 6:33) God
unfolds to the pure in heart the mysteries of the Kingdom that is His good
pleasure to give YOU!
Look at Luke 8:10 "And
he said, unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God:
but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they
might not understand.”
And so in closing,
Our Father, our Daddy wants to reveal unto us the deep things of God, which in
a real sense are laying right before our very eyes – but as Jesus told
Nicodemus who came to him in the dark of night (hmmm, at least he had gusts
enough to come) – Jesus tells Nicodemus, "you can’t even SEE the Kingdom of God
unless you are born-again.”
And thus scripture
guides the Believer, the Born-Again, the new creature in Christ Jesus who is a
seeker of first seek ye, ye seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness
and all these things shall be added unto thee unto the unfolding of the Glory
of God the Father, the Majesty of Christ the Son and the joy, peace and
Comforter who is the Holy Spirit – reminding us as we study the Word of God to
be mindful [fill your mind with the desire to diligently seek that these things
are true and truly stated.] that the bible…your very own B.I.B.L.E. is about a
King, His Kingdom and His Royal Family … to be continued.
Let us close in
prayer: Father we thank you for your Word that giveth life. We thank you for
the good ground it is planted in today. We ask Heaven Father that you grow up
in us the reality of the right now presence of the Kingdom present, in us, and
eternal. Cause us to grow up in You, Ambassadors of the Kingdom, Citizens of
the Kingdom, and Children of the Most High God. We who shall occupy until you
come. We reverence your Holy Name, in Jesus Name – Amen and Amen. Glory!
Pastor/Founder, Kingdom of God Revelation
Ministries (KOGRM)
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