Yesterday I was in the truck luckily for a few hours of work and I had teachings cranked up hard. One message gave a quick deffinition of the Kingdom of God.
It was so powerful because it lead me to be able to give the key meaning to the message last night at church. It was a powerful night where God showed up in
His glory and power and bound the broken hearted and set the captives free from things of the past. However this one word kept coming back...the kingdom of
God. Well the definition was so simple. Kingdom means 'the kings domain'. When we know our body is the temple of God and picture what it looks like at
church with beautiful decorations on the walls to glorify God and such, how serious do we take the true temple of God to be fully submitted to the 'kings
domain' , the King of kings? To make room for the King, we need to empty ourselves of the flesh and things of the past including the baggage of Lot that I
linked to in the prayer requests. I will link it here because its always relevant.
http://endtimes.yuku.com/topic/244
However servanthood has been pounding on me lately and is nessesary to carry the power of God and His manifest glory. But for us to prepare to carry His power, we need more of Him. To recieve more of Him we need to empty ourselves and this requires action. If we are to set the captives free, we need to carry the kingdom of God within us.
Luke 17:20-21 (New King James Version)
20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation; 21 nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!'[a] For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."
But anyways, Jesus is telling us that the kingdom of God needs to be manifested inside of us and we dont observe it or watch it. What He means is its not done by watching, its done by a struggle or by force. Granted He is speeking of a kingdom coming for sure, but He also says the kingdom of God is at hand. Well if the kingdom of God was at hand back in the days of the apostles, than it must also mean something other than just a time element. Stretch your hand out in front of your face...how close is it??? Its a max of one arms length. This means its reachable now. Not in the mellenium. Now some may say this coincides with kingdom now theology. I dont care about that crap. I am just stating what Jesus has said. But more than that, Jesus also went on to display the kingdom of God that was within Him. He healed the sick and cast out demons and so on and gave salvation. The kingdom of God on earth right now is doing exactly what Jesus did. Not this name it claim it stuff. I am talking about the same annointing that Jesus carried to display the kingdom of God that should be on our lives. But here is the deal, we can not display the kingdom without experiencing it. Last nights message went on this subject partially. But then I told them we need to repent of the stuff that has filled us or taken up space in the temple of God and restricted His filling in our lives. The power of God hit. The presence of the Holy Spirit came in and took over everyones minds. I talked about repenting of unforgiveness or even gossip or rock and roll music and horror flics. We are all filled with something....it just depends on what that something is. God wants to rule His domain completely and we need to repent continuously to let this happen and for the Holy Spirit to fully come in. It was a powerful night with many tears shed and a conviction of the Holy Spirit just blew through that place and everyones body actions went dead. The heart had taken over. The heart of God conecting with His own temples not made with hands. Eyes were flooding. Preperation was being made to let more of God come in and dwell. Such a peace came over that place last night. The conviction of sins we had not thought about rang through the church. A new humbleness reigned. Even the pastor was choked up bad as he gave an invitation for people to repent to let the presence of the Lord flood in like a wave. I had only spoken about an hour, but the message still went on for another whole hour with compliance to God. It was absolutely amazing. People were examining themselves to the core to see if the temple truly looked like the temple. These people were the humble and broken and many could not read, but the desire to please God was the ruler of the night, even in the teens. Not a cell phone was answered. Not a cough went out. Everyone just in hard stare at the speaker listening for the word of the Lord. After all of this, I am still an unprofitable servant that did what I was asked to do. I was not for hire or profit. The only profit was for Jesus my Lord who saved me and wants others to be made whole. I praise the Lord that He used me and in a way that I had never thought could happen. My speach is horrable, and my spelling and grammar stinks, but from the oldest to the youngest, everyone understood God's voice loud and clear and if there were mistakes, no one heard them. May God have mercy on me a sinner!!!
http://endtimes.yuku.com/topic/244
However servanthood has been pounding on me lately and is nessesary to carry the power of God and His manifest glory. But for us to prepare to carry His power, we need more of Him. To recieve more of Him we need to empty ourselves and this requires action. If we are to set the captives free, we need to carry the kingdom of God within us.
The Coming of the Kingdom
20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation; 21 nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!'[a] For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."
But anyways, Jesus is telling us that the kingdom of God needs to be manifested inside of us and we dont observe it or watch it. What He means is its not done by watching, its done by a struggle or by force. Granted He is speeking of a kingdom coming for sure, but He also says the kingdom of God is at hand. Well if the kingdom of God was at hand back in the days of the apostles, than it must also mean something other than just a time element. Stretch your hand out in front of your face...how close is it??? Its a max of one arms length. This means its reachable now. Not in the mellenium. Now some may say this coincides with kingdom now theology. I dont care about that crap. I am just stating what Jesus has said. But more than that, Jesus also went on to display the kingdom of God that was within Him. He healed the sick and cast out demons and so on and gave salvation. The kingdom of God on earth right now is doing exactly what Jesus did. Not this name it claim it stuff. I am talking about the same annointing that Jesus carried to display the kingdom of God that should be on our lives. But here is the deal, we can not display the kingdom without experiencing it. Last nights message went on this subject partially. But then I told them we need to repent of the stuff that has filled us or taken up space in the temple of God and restricted His filling in our lives. The power of God hit. The presence of the Holy Spirit came in and took over everyones minds. I talked about repenting of unforgiveness or even gossip or rock and roll music and horror flics. We are all filled with something....it just depends on what that something is. God wants to rule His domain completely and we need to repent continuously to let this happen and for the Holy Spirit to fully come in. It was a powerful night with many tears shed and a conviction of the Holy Spirit just blew through that place and everyones body actions went dead. The heart had taken over. The heart of God conecting with His own temples not made with hands. Eyes were flooding. Preperation was being made to let more of God come in and dwell. Such a peace came over that place last night. The conviction of sins we had not thought about rang through the church. A new humbleness reigned. Even the pastor was choked up bad as he gave an invitation for people to repent to let the presence of the Lord flood in like a wave. I had only spoken about an hour, but the message still went on for another whole hour with compliance to God. It was absolutely amazing. People were examining themselves to the core to see if the temple truly looked like the temple. These people were the humble and broken and many could not read, but the desire to please God was the ruler of the night, even in the teens. Not a cell phone was answered. Not a cough went out. Everyone just in hard stare at the speaker listening for the word of the Lord. After all of this, I am still an unprofitable servant that did what I was asked to do. I was not for hire or profit. The only profit was for Jesus my Lord who saved me and wants others to be made whole. I praise the Lord that He used me and in a way that I had never thought could happen. My speach is horrable, and my spelling and grammar stinks, but from the oldest to the youngest, everyone understood God's voice loud and clear and if there were mistakes, no one heard them. May God have mercy on me a sinner!!!
