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 Last week, I talked about for Christ and the gospel.

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 This week, I'm going to talk about for king and kingdom.

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 Two messages similar in one sense of just laying foundations.

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 What are we motivated in?

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 What is our aim, our focus?

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 I want to talk to you about the king and the kingdom this morning.

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 I'm starting in Colossians 4, verse 11.

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 At the end of Colossians there, you see Paul talking about some different people.

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 He says,

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 These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God,

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 and they have been a comfort to me.

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 These are fellow workers for the kingdom of God.

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 And that's who we are.

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 Fellow workers for the kingdom of God.

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 That we are living for the kingdom of God.

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 What is the kingdom of God?

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 Kingdom definitions.

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 Jack Taylor says,

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 God's rule over everyone and everything for all time and eternity.

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 Wolfgang Simpson says,

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 The realm of God's uncontested rule.

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 So if we're starting a church,

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 and we're seeking to seek and save those which are lost,

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 we're basically looking for this particular area we live in.

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 We're looking for people who are not underneath,

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 who are not submitting themselves to the rule of the king,

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 and saying,

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 Hey, where are the people who are not under the realm of God's uncontested rule?

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 Where are those people who have not submitted their lives to Jesus?

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 And we want to see them through the gospel of the kingdom,

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 come out from underneath the kingdom of darkness,

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 and into and under the kingdom of light.

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 Okay?

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 We want to see God's rule extend to those who are bucking his rule.

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 We're saying,

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 Jesus is not my king.

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 You know,

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 just like,

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 it's kind of similar,

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 different seasons of time.

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 Right now,

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 you might have Republicans saying,

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 Biden's not my president.

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 Or last time with Trump,

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 you have people saying,

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 not my,

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 hashtag,

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 not my president.

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 All right?

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 Which is kind of a dopey thing,

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 because he is.

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 Right?

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 But it's the same thing with God.

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 Like,

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 it's like,

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 well,

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 he's not my God.

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 Well,

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 he actually is.

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 You just don't recognize it.

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 You don't submit to it.

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 You don't live like it.

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 So there's a lot of people out there who might say,

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 hashtag,

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 not my king.

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 Okay?

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 Jesus isn't my king.

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 I'm not submitting to his rule.

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 I'm living underneath my own rule.

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 And,

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 um,

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 essentially the kingdom of God is what the king wants,

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 the way he wants it.

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 And so whenever you care about what the king wants,

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 and you care about the way the king wants it,

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 because you can't care about what the king wants

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 and not care about the way he wants it,

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 because the way he wants it is what the king wants.

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 Follow me on that,

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 Sam?

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 Okay.

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 Sam's awake.

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 So if you care about the kingdom of God,

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 you care about what he wants,

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 and you care about it being done on earth as it is in heaven.

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 Right?

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 That's what you see in Matthew 6.

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 It's essentially the same way of saying that.

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 Say,

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 I want to see what the king wants in heaven,

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 because what's going on in heaven is what the king wants.

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 When I'm saying,

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 I want it done on earth,

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 I'm saying,

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 I want this vision of what I see in heaven,

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 God ruling and reigning,

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 I want to see that come down to earth,

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 where he is exercising that rule,

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 that reign over every single person,

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 every single thing,

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 all creation.

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 And so that's why we pray,

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 let your kingdom come,

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 right,

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 on earth as it is in heaven.

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 Okay?

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 Just as it is in heaven perfectly,

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 we want that to be here on earth.

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 And we,

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 as a church,

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 are,

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 you know,

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 it's all kind of ethereal,

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 and kind of out there,

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 until there's an actual church that says,

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 hey,

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 we want to be the embassy of that kingdom,

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 so to speak.

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 You can basically look at churches as like these,

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 these embassies of the kingdom.

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 These are the pockets of God's rule,

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 where the way it is in heaven is how it is on earth.

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 People come into the church,

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 they should see a picture of heaven.

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 They should see,

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 oh,

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 this is what the king wants.

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 This is the way that life underneath the king's rule

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 is going to look like in the future,

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 when he's ruling over it all.

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 Here's a little pocket of it,

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 in this embassy of the church.

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 Much like if you go to Iraq,

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 where I think we have our largest embassy,

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 America's largest embassy,

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 at least we used to,

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 this massive,

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 almost like mini city there,

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 all the laws of America are true

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 in that little piece of land in Iraq,

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 even though it's in another country.

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 How things are done in America

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 is done right there in Iraq.

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 By putting that embassy there,

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 it's like America's will is being done

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 in Iraq as it is in America.

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 Do you hear me on that?

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 And so in the same way,

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 we're saying the church is like an embassy

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 of the king in the kingdom,

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 where everything that,

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 the way things are supposed to be done,

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 the way they are done in heaven

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 is done just like that

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 in this little picture of heaven in the church.

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 And our job is to be his ambassadors,

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 right,

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 of that kingdom in that embassy

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 and say,

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 we want to bring other people.

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 We are going out to preach about the benefits

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 of the kingdom that we are under,

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 the rule that we're under.

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 We're saying,

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 hey,

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 come underneath this rule.

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 There's actually,

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 I want to give you some good news

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 of the kingdom.

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 As an ambassador of Christ,

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 I want to give you good news

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 about the kingdom that I represent

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 and that I live under.

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 I want to invite you out of the kingdom of darkness

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 that you're living under,

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 whose ruler is the kingdom of the air,

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 the ruler of the kingdom of the air.

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 I want to invite you to come out

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 from underneath his rule,

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 which is bondage and slavery.

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 It's stealing,

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 killing,

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 and destroying.

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 And I want to invite you

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 into this invitation

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 that my king has made to you

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 that he could give you citizenship

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 in heaven as well.

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 Does that make sense?

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 Do you see the,

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 there's that language littered all over.

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 I just quoted a bunch of scriptures.

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 Your citizenship is in heaven.

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 You're not of this world,

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 right?

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 We're just sojourners,

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 alien earthlings,

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 so to speak,

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 right?

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 Aliens and strangers on this earth.

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 And yet,

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 we are not just from some mysterious place,

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 we're from a specific place.

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 We are citizens in a specific kingdom

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 with a specific king,

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 bringing a specific rule

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 that is to be extended.

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 It is to be advanced.

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 It is to be moving forward.

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 And it comes to the good news

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 or the gospel of the kingdom.

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 Does that make sense?

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 So the kingdom

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 or the king's domain,

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 the domain of the king,

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 the domain of Christ's uncontested rule

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 is what we should be about.

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 And you've heard me talk about this before.

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 I'm going to get into it a little bit deeper.

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 Every kingdom has three essentials.

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 Okay?

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 The ruler,

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 the ruled,

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 and the rules.

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 Okay?

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 If any one of those three is missing,

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 it's not the kingdom.

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 Does that make sense?

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 If there's no ruler,

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 nope,

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 that's not a kingdom.

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 All right?

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 Or if the ruler is usurped

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 and there's some other ruler,

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 that's not Christ's kingdom.

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 Christ's kingdom

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 has to be ruled

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 by Christ.

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 If you're on the throne,

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 that ain't his kingdom.

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 If you're doing what you want,

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 what you want,

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 when you want,

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 how you want,

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 the way you want,

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 sorry,

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 it's not the kingdom.

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 You can't say,

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 oh yeah,

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 I'm about the kingdom

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 and do what you want,

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 when you want,

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 how you want,

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 the way you want.

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 No.

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 You do what the king wants.

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 You're submitted to the king.

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 If he's not the ruler

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 and you're not submitted to him

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 as the ruler,

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 whenever you're talking about the kingdom

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 and that isn't the case,

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 that's not the kingdom of God.

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 Okay?

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 Starts with the ruler.

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 This one's for Adam.

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 The preeminent potentate.

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 Okay?

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 Adam likes that.

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 I know he does.

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 Okay?

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 The one whose rule is above all,

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 all-powerful,

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 all-mighty,

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 ruler,

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 preeminent,

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 potentate of everything,

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 everywhere,

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 for all time and eternity.

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 Okay?

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 That's Jesus.

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 And if you try to,

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 like,

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 kind of dial down his rule

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 just a little bit

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 and say,

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 well,

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 yeah,

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 he was a prophet.

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 He's a good guy.

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 Someone I want to emulate.

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 You know?

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 No.

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 There's an unbeliever

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 I've chatted with many times

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 and he says he's a Christian,

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 but whenever he talks about Jesus,

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 he does not talk about him

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 as the preeminent potentate,

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 the ruler over all creation,

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 the king of kings

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 and the lord of lords.

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 He talks about him

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 just like he's a cool dude.

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 You know?

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 Like,

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 I'm just like,

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 this is not some cool

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 spiritual doji here.

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 Like,

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 this is the ruler

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 of heaven and earth.

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 This is Jesus,

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 King Jesus.

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 The way you talk about him

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 makes me think

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 the kingdom of God

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 has not come to you.

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 You may be close,

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 but you are not yet

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 in this kingdom

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 you speak

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 so familiar with.

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 Okay?

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 1 Timothy 6,

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 14 to 16

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 says,

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 Our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 verse 15,

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 He who is the blessed

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 and only sovereign,

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 the king of kings

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 and the lord of lords,

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 who alone has immortality,

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 who dwells in unapproachable light,

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 whom no one has ever seen

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 or can see,

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 to him be honor

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 and eternal dominion.

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 Okay?

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 Forever rule,

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 that means.

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 He's the ruler.

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 Revelation 19, 16,

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 on his robe,

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 speaking of Jesus,

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 and on his thigh,

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 he has a name written.

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 King of kings

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 and lord of lords.

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 All right?

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 King of kings

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 and lord of lords.

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 So, essentially,

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 you could even say

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 he's more than a king.

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 What is someone

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 who's a king of kings?

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 The emperor, right?

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 I mean,

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 he's bigger than a king.

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 He is the king of kings.

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 Even the kings of the earth

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 are underneath the rule

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 of the emperor.

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 King Jesus,

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 the king of kings.

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 Right?

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 Revelation 1, verse 5,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 the faithful witness,

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 the firstborn of the dead,

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 and the ruler

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 of the kings

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 on the earth.

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 Ephesians 1, 19-23,

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 What is the immeasurable

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 greatness of his power

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 toward us who believe,

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 according to the working

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 of his great might,

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 that he worked in Christ

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 when he raised him

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 from the dead

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 and seated him

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 at his right hand

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 in the heavenly places,

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 far above

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 all rule

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 and authority

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 and power

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 and dominion,

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 and above every name

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 that is named.

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 He's not just

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 a little bit above.

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 It's not just

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 there's the kings

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 and then there's Jesus.

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 He's far above

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 all rule and authority.

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 There is no comparison.

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 You don't even,

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 it's even hard

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 to even put them

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 in the same sentence.

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 Okay?

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 That when you talk

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 about rules of kings

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 and then the rule

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 of the king,

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 it's so incomparable,

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 it's hard to even say

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 them in the same sentence.

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 Right?

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 Because he's far above

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 all rule

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 and authority

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 and power

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 and dominion

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 and above every name

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 that is named,

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 not only in this age,

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 but also

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 in the one to come.

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 So not just now,

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 but forever.

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 The next age,

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 every age that is to come.

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 And he put all things

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 under his feet

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 and gave him as head

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 over all things

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 to the church,

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 which is his body,

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 the fullness of him

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 who fills all

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 in all.

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 Put all things

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 under his feet.

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 All things.

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 Not some,

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 not most,

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 all things.

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 He is the ruler.

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 Okay?

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 If you're going

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 to talk kingdom,

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 you must talk

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 Jesus is the ruler,

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 the king.

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 He rules over all.

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 We don't negotiate

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 with him.

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 We don't try to say,

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 well,

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 I kind of,

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 you know,

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 yeah,

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 I like a couple things

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 about Jesus,

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 but like,

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 I kind of want my way

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 in this thing.

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 I don't know.

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 He's the ruler.

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 He's above all rule.

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 You don't,

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 uncontested.

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 It's not like the devil

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 and Jesus are in this

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 like neck and neck race

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 and it's kind of close

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 and it looks like

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 the devil won that one.

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 Never,

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 ever,

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 ever,

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 albeit to think that,

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 to utter that.

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 Never.

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 Never.

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 There is no,

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 he is uncontested

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 in his rule.

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 That's why I love

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 Wolfgang's definition

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 of the kingdom.

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 The realm of his

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 uncontested rule.

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 There is no competition.

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 There is no contest.

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 No one challenges

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 his rule.

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 It's not even possible.

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 Okay?

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 He is the ruler.

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 When you think kingdom,

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 you think that.

00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:48.320
 Okay?

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 The second thing

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 in a kingdom,

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 the ruled.

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 Psalm 103, 19,

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 the Lord has established

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 his throne in the heavens

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 and his kingdom

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 rules over all.

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 Okay?

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 All.

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 Psalm 22, 28,

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 for kingship belongs

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 to the Lord

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 and he rules

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 over the nations.

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 You might say,

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 well,

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 even the nations

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 that are totally godless,

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 you bet,

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 every nation

00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:12.599
 he rules over.

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 Is there anything

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 he doesn't rule over?

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 No.

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 I think it was

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 A.W. Pink who said

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 if there was one

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 rogue molecule

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 in the entire universe,

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 he would cease

00:13:20.699 --> 00:13:21.239
 to be God.

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 Not one rogue molecule.

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 He is king over all.

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 He is ruler over all.

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 There's not one molecule

00:13:29.719 --> 00:13:30.439
 that is not under

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 the sovereign rule

00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:33.759
 of King Jesus.

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 Do you hear me on that?

00:13:35.839 --> 00:13:36.059
 Okay?

00:13:36.839 --> 00:13:37.419
 And so we are

00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:38.259
 under his rule.

00:13:38.859 --> 00:13:39.839
 Revelation 1, 5,

00:13:40.059 --> 00:13:42.000
 the ruler of the kings

00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:42.899
 on earth.

00:13:43.479 --> 00:13:43.739
 All right?

00:13:43.939 --> 00:13:44.939
 So there's the ruler

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 and then there's the ruled.

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 Those who are a part

00:13:47.459 --> 00:13:48.000
 of his kingdom

00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:49.639
 are ruled by King Jesus.

00:13:50.099 --> 00:13:51.339
 You can't be in his kingdom

00:13:51.339 --> 00:13:52.339
 and not be ruled.

00:13:52.939 --> 00:13:53.699
 You can't say,

00:13:53.839 --> 00:13:55.000
 I don't believe

00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:55.639
 he's the ruler

00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:56.739
 and I'm not underneath

00:13:56.739 --> 00:13:57.339
 this rule.

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 You know,

00:13:58.539 --> 00:13:59.579
 I think I can do

00:13:59.579 --> 00:14:00.459
 what I want to do.

00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:01.119
 It's like,

00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:02.359
 that has to hit

00:14:02.359 --> 00:14:03.099
 every area.

00:14:03.859 --> 00:14:04.019
 Okay?

00:14:04.659 --> 00:14:05.079
 It has to,

00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:06.639
 the rule of God

00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:07.979
 hits your checkbook,

00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:09.379
 your bank account,

00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:10.580
 your sex life.

00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:11.500
 Okay?

00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:13.139
 It hits your marriage,

00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:13.820
 your parenting,

00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.879
 your single life.

00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:15.779
 Right?

00:14:15.940 --> 00:14:17.440
 It hits your work life.

00:14:17.920 --> 00:14:19.200
 It's how you use your time.

00:14:19.800 --> 00:14:20.659
 Are you ruled

00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:21.500
 or are you not?

00:14:21.920 --> 00:14:22.539
 Who's ruling?

00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:23.860
 Is he the ruler?

00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:25.039
 If he's the ruler,

00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:26.080
 then you're the ruled.

00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:27.200
 That means nothing

00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:28.039
 is your own anymore.

00:14:28.680 --> 00:14:29.659
 Your time isn't your own.

00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:30.639
 Your money isn't your own.

00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:31.920
 Everything is his.

00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:32.779
 Right?

00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:33.899
 By nature,

00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:34.600
 in a kingdom,

00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:36.339
 nobody owns anything

00:14:36.339 --> 00:14:36.899
 but the king.

00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:37.639
 Did you know that?

00:14:37.699 --> 00:14:38.319
 In a real kingdom.

00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:38.919
 We don't know that

00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:40.419
 because we live in a republic

00:14:40.419 --> 00:14:42.120
 where we care very much

00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:43.679
 about our property rights.

00:14:44.079 --> 00:14:44.259
 Right?

00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:45.379
 In a kingdom,

00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:46.699
 there's only stewards.

00:14:46.899 --> 00:14:47.919
 There is no owners

00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:48.799
 other than the king.

00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:50.419
 He gives property

00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:51.480
 and things

00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:52.720
 for you to use,

00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:53.919
 but you do not own them

00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:54.379
 in a kingdom.

00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:55.620
 Okay?

00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:57.259
 For God to be a king

00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:58.220
 and to be the ruler,

00:14:58.740 --> 00:15:00.000
 nothing is yours anymore.

00:15:00.839 --> 00:15:01.799
 It's all his.

00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:04.259
 By nature of him being king

00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:05.379
 and you being the ruled.

00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:06.519
 All right?

00:15:07.199 --> 00:15:08.000
 And then three,

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.919
 you have the rules.

00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:10.740
 If you remove any of these,

00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:11.480
 you don't have a kingdom.

00:15:12.220 --> 00:15:12.379
 Okay?

00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:12.600
 You say,

00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:12.740
 yeah,

00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:13.360
 God's the ruler

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 and I'm the ruled,

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 but I play by my own rules.

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 No.

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 Ipso facto,

00:15:17.699 --> 00:15:18.339
 not the truth.

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 Cannot happen.

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 There's no,

00:15:20.439 --> 00:15:21.600
 it doesn't work that way.

00:15:21.939 --> 00:15:23.339
 If he is ruling,

00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:24.980
 then he sets the rules.

00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:26.980
 You cannot make your own rules.

00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:27.919
 You might say,

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.100
 well,

00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:28.740
 I want to do,

00:15:29.319 --> 00:15:30.279
 handle my money this way.

00:15:30.339 --> 00:15:30.600
 No.

00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:33.100
 You have to go by the rules of God.

00:15:33.680 --> 00:15:33.860
 Well,

00:15:33.920 --> 00:15:34.920
 I want to use my time this way.

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 No.

00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:37.800
 God gets to decide that.

00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:39.600
 I want to do church this way.

00:15:39.800 --> 00:15:40.100
 No.

00:15:40.920 --> 00:15:41.920
 He's the head of the church.

00:15:42.019 --> 00:15:42.600
 He's the ruler.

00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:46.220
 The rules must be God's.

00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:47.340
 Leviticus 18.4,

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 you shall follow my rules

00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:50.620
 and keep my statutes

00:15:50.620 --> 00:15:51.320
 and walk in them.

00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:52.680
 I am the Lord,

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.180
 your God.

00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:55.720
 Ecclesiastes 8.4

00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.639
 and the CEV.

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 The king's word is law.

00:15:59.700 --> 00:15:59.879
 Okay?

00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:00.639
 In a kingdom,

00:16:01.300 --> 00:16:02.720
 whatever the king says is law.

00:16:02.820 --> 00:16:03.680
 That's why when Daniel

00:16:03.680 --> 00:16:05.100
 got thrown into the lion's den,

00:16:05.160 --> 00:16:05.779
 it was just like,

00:16:06.180 --> 00:16:07.420
 he made this declaration

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 and it became law

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 as soon as he said it.

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 And so he had to

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 throw him in the lion's den.

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 And remember when he apologized

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 to Daniel

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 and he's just like,

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 oh,

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 I'm so sorry.

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 I didn't,

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 you know,

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 this wasn't really,

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 I didn't think this was going

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 to be directed towards you.

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 But that's the nature

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 of the king's word.

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 The king's word is law.

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 Okay?

00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:29.439
 Psalm 119 verse 20,

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 my soul is consumed

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 with longing for your rules

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 at all time.

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 Who says that?

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 People who are ruled

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 by King Jesus

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 and who know

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 that he is a good ruler.

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 Right?

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 They say things like,

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 my soul is consumed

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 with longing for your rules

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 at all times.

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 Do you think that way?

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 What a weird statement to say.

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 Lord,

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 I'm consumed

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 with longing

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 for your rules.

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 That's so un-American.

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 It's not even funny.

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 Right?

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 It's like the antithesis

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 of what it means

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 to be an American.

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 To long for rules.

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 Americans long

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 to break rules.

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 Kingdom citizens

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 of Christ's kingdom

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 say,

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 I am consumed

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 with longing

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 for your rules.

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 Do you care

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 about what his rules are?

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 Do you care

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 to obey them?

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 Do you care

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 to know them?

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 Psalm 119.43

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 Take not the word

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 of truth

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 utterly out of my mouth

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 for my hope

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 is in your rules.

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 My hope

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 is in your rules.

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 Who says that?

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 Someone who believes

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 that he's a good king.

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 Someone who is content

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 to be under the rule

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 of King Jesus

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 and say,

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 hey,

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 my hope

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 is in your rules

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 because I know

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 you're a good ruler.

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 Psalm 119.52

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 When I think

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 of your rules

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 from of old,

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 I take comfort,

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 O Lord.

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 You take comfort

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 in the rules of God.

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 Is that comforting

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 to know that God

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 has rules,

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 that God has ways,

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 that God has a will?

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 Does that give you comfort?

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 It should.

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 It would not be comforting

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 if he wasn't

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 in control of everything.

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 If he wasn't sovereign,

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 that wouldn't be comforting.

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 And if he was sovereign

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 but not good,

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 that wouldn't be comforting either.

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 I'd say,

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 well,

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 okay,

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 I know he's in charge

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 of everything

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 but if he's not good,

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 how in the world

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 does that give me comfort?

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 It has to be both.

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 You will never be comforted

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 by his rules

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 if you do not believe

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 he's both sovereign

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 and good.

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 And I got good news

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 of the kingdom for you.

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 He is.

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 He is good

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 and he is sovereign.

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 He's not just good

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 like that manager

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 who was always nice to you

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 but never had the authority

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 to do any of the things

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 he wanted to do.

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 I'd love to give you a raise

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 but I just don't really

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 have the authority,

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 you know?

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.720
 God is not just good.

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 He's not just the kind of manager

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 you love to have.

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 He also has the authority

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 to execute his will.

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 We've all had managers

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 who had good intentions

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 but no authority.

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 Right?

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 We've even had good

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 government officials.

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 Man, I wish I could do this

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 but I don't have the authority.

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:01.920
 Right?

00:19:02.300 --> 00:19:03.060
 Maybe you've experienced

00:19:03.060 --> 00:19:03.820
 that at the DMV.

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 Yeah, I know this doesn't

00:19:04.840 --> 00:19:05.460
 make much sense

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 but I don't have the authority

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:06.880
 to change it.

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 You just have to deal with it.

00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.160
 Right?

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 God has the authority

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 to execute his good purpose

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 and will

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 and he does as he pleases

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 and what he pleases

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 is best for you

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 and me.

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 That's why we can say

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 I take comfort

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 in his rules.

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 Psalm 119.62

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 At midnight I rise

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 to praise you

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 because of your righteous rules.

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 Have you ever praised God

00:19:34.800 --> 00:19:35.720
 for his rules?

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 Have you ever praised God

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 for the things

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 that he has set up

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 for your good

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 and his glory?

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 That's why they're there.

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 His rules are there

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 for your good

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 and his glory.

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 Every kingdom must have

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 these three things.

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 You can't say you're about

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:54.420
 advancing his kingdom

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 seeing his kingdom come

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:57.000
 on earth as it is in heaven.

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 If you yourself

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 are not submitted

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 to the king

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 you're not ruled by him

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 you don't believe

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.080
 that he is the ruler

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 and you don't adhere

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 to his rules.

00:20:04.060 --> 00:20:05.440
 You are not submitted

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:05.860
 to the king

00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:06.480
 if you're not adhering

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.160
 to his rules.

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 And if you're bucking that

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 and walking in darkness

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:11.620
 and trying to avoid that

00:20:11.620 --> 00:20:12.980
 and trying to get around it

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:14.620
 that's not the kingdom of God.

00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.280
 The kingdom of God

00:20:16.280 --> 00:20:17.200
 must be obedience

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.300
 to the rules of God.

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 And you only do that

00:20:20.300 --> 00:20:21.100
 when you know

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 that he's good.

00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:24.060
 Alright,

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.900
 what the kingdom is

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 and what it isn't.

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:28.340
 Romans 14, 17 says

00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:29.860
 the kingdom of God

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.759
 is not a matter

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.819
 of eating and drinking

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:34.460
 but of righteousness

00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.380
 and peace

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:36.880
 and joy in the Holy Spirit.

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.539
 In the Bible

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.559
 they got really hung up

00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:40.400
 on a lot of things

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:41.279
 when it came to eating

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.759
 and drinking.

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:42.519
 What you can eat

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.340
 what you can eat.

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.080
 Right?

00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:46.319
 He says

00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:47.400
 what this is really about

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:48.000
 is righteousness,

00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:48.600
 peace,

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.759
 and joy in the Holy Spirit.

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:51.180
 When you experience

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:51.700
 righteousness

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.799
 and you experience

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.339
 peace

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.519
 and when you experience

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.619
 joy in the Holy Spirit

00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:57.059
 that's the kingdom of God

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.900
 that you're experiencing.

00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.579
 You ever experience that

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.480
 when you come into a home

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:02.720
 where there's righteousness there?

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.599
 Things are being done

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.980
 right according to God.

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.779
 There's peace

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.599
 in that home.

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.799
 There is joy

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:11.000
 that comes from the Holy Spirit

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.559
 in that home.

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.720
 What is that?

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:14.400
 It's an embassy of the king

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:15.960
 and the kingdom.

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:18.140
 His rule is present there

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:19.579
 where there's righteousness,

00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:20.000
 peace,

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.819
 and joy in the Holy Spirit.

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.480
 Now,

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.660
 have you seen in a family

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.380
 or a home

00:21:23.380 --> 00:21:23.920
 or a business

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:25.680
 or a geographical area

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.519
 or in a nation

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:28.079
 where there is not righteousness

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:29.480
 and there is not peace

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.440
 and there is not

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.299
 joy in the Holy Spirit?

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.600
 What is that evidence of?

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.799
 That the kingdom of God

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:36.200
 is not there.

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:37.500
 Not in,

00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:39.180
 at least not in the fullest sense.

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.579
 God is sovereignly ruling

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.600
 but we're not at present

00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.559
 seeing that rule

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:44.100
 manifesting itself.

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:47.059
 in that particular time.

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:47.959
 Okay?

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.759
 Kingdom of God

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.339
 is righteousness,

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:50.919
 peace,

00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:52.099
 and joy in the Holy Spirit.

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.219
 You should look for that

00:21:53.219 --> 00:21:54.179
 to identify it

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:55.459
 and when it's not there,

00:21:55.659 --> 00:21:57.439
 you as an ambassador of Christ

00:21:57.439 --> 00:21:58.859
 can and should

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.740
 bring that

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.439
 wherever you go.

00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.419
 You start working

00:22:02.419 --> 00:22:03.119
 on a new job,

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:04.299
 what should you bring there?

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.359
 The kingdom of God.

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:05.719
 Well,

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.399
 what does that mean?

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.959
 Don't just say

00:22:07.959 --> 00:22:08.879
 I'm bringing the kingdom of God.

00:22:08.939 --> 00:22:10.199
 What does that specifically mean?

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.419
 It means righteousness.

00:22:11.939 --> 00:22:12.879
 It means peace.

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.859
 It means joy

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.559
 and the Holy Spirit.

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:16.779
 Is that evident in your life?

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:18.259
 Does it go where you go?

00:22:18.719 --> 00:22:19.659
 If it doesn't,

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:22.059
 perhaps one of the three aspects

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.740
 of the kingdom

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.339
 is missing.

00:22:26.919 --> 00:22:27.919
 What the kingdom is

00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:28.559
 and what it isn't.

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.799
 1 Corinthians 4.20

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.839
 The kingdom of God

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:32.199
 is not a matter of talk

00:22:32.199 --> 00:22:33.479
 but of power.

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:34.559
 Okay?

00:22:35.459 --> 00:22:35.879
 And say,

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:36.339
 okay,

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:37.059
 we're a church now.

00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:37.479
 We're going to,

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.339
 here I am,

00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:39.039
 talking.

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.459
 I'm talking about the kingdom.

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.660
 But make no mistake,

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.660
 that's not what this is

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.779
 ultimately a matter of.

00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:47.779
 It's a matter of power.

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.819
 If my words are just words,

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.600
 it's not the kingdom.

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.500
 Kingdom is not just

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.279
 a matter of talk.

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.680
 It's a matter of power.

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:55.840
 Okay?

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:57.559
 And when the disciples

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:59.000
 were sent out

00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:01.220
 as apostles of Jesus,

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.539
 he said,

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.880
 wait in Luke 24.49

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.700
 until you're clothed

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.819
 with power from on high.

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:08.299
 And then in Acts 1.8,

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.840
 he said,

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:10.740
 when the Spirit comes upon you,

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.559
 you will be my witnesses.

00:23:12.659 --> 00:23:14.220
 And then in Acts 4.31,

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:15.259
 they were filled with the Spirit

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.039
 and they spoke the word

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.799
 of God boldly.

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.639
 What do you see

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.659
 in all three of those instances?

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.459
 Power.

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.179
 Not just talk,

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.659
 power.

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.480
 Those same ones

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.339
 who were yelling,

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.439
 crucify him,

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.339
 crucify him,

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.980
 are all of a sudden

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:30.720
 among the 3,000

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.779
 who are getting saved

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:33.419
 after the guy who preached

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:33.959
 was the guy

00:23:33.959 --> 00:23:35.339
 who denied him three times.

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:38.699
 The same guy

00:23:38.699 --> 00:23:39.839
 who denied him three times

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.799
 is now saying

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.720
 to the people

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.159
 who yelled,

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.839
 crucify him,

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.539
 crucify him,

00:23:43.699 --> 00:23:45.279
 you killed the author of life.

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.639
 What is that?

00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:47.319
 Power.

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.779
 That's power.

00:23:49.939 --> 00:23:50.779
 You see the difference?

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.079
 We need power.

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.819
 The kingdom is not

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.679
 a matter of talk.

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.819
 If you think

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.779
 we're going to start a church

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.919
 and you're going to go evangelize

00:23:57.919 --> 00:23:59.000
 by just saying

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.799
 the right words,

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:01.139
 you are sorely mistaken.

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.699
 That's not how this works.

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.099
 It's a matter of power.

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.139
 Power.

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.539
 You need power.

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.659
 I need power.

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:08.119
 You're going to go evangelize?

00:24:08.199 --> 00:24:08.500
 You're going to be

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.179
 a missional community

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:09.740
 and get on a mission?

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:11.119
 You better have power.

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:13.240
 You better have power.

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:15.019
 You better have boldness

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:16.619
 to be his witness.

00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:18.259
 You better not just

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.939
 give them words.

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.199
 They don't need words.

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.939
 They need the power of God

00:24:21.939 --> 00:24:23.119
 in your words.

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:26.219
 They need words

00:24:26.219 --> 00:24:27.480
 but not words without power.

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:28.859
 Okay?

00:24:29.179 --> 00:24:30.240
 They need the gospel.

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.719
 They need

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:34.120
 the power

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:35.039
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.900
 That should make us dependent.

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.460
 Okay?

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.380
 We have to be

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:41.500
 emptied of our self-confidence

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.980
 and say,

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.380
 okay,

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.539
 I think we're getting this.

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.380
 We figured this out.

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:44.960
 I mean,

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.019
 this week we have chairs.

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.940
 We're doing it.

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.259
 All right?

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.279
 Like,

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.259
 no self-confidence

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.799
 in anything.

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.100
 All right,

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.640
 we're starting this

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.120
 missional community.

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.079
 We've done missional communities

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.360
 before.

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.000
 No big deal.

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.519
 No confidence

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.279
 in the flesh.

00:24:59.100 --> 00:25:00.200
 Confidence in the Holy Spirit

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.500
 saying,

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:00.759
 God,

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.299
 we need you.

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.420
 We need you,

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.680
 God.

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.140
 We need you.

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.379
 If you don't

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.660
 give us your power,

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.440
 those words are going

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.519
 to fall on deaf ears.

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.579
 We're going to go

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.420
 to the wrong people.

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.960
 We're going to go

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.819
 to the wrong places.

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.299
 We want to be precise,

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:15.599
 God.

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.640
 We want to be powerful

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.839
 in our presentation

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.660
 of the gospel

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.559
 and to the people

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:21.299
 who are the ones

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.859
 that God

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:23.920
 is drawing.

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:24.920
 God,

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.980
 send us to those people.

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.379
 No one come to the Father

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:28.140
 unless you draw them.

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.680
 God,

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.799
 we need the power

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.100
 of God

00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:31.080
 to actually see

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.660
 and hear

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:33.000
 where we are to go,

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:34.240
 who we are to speak to.

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.320
 You know,

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:36.460
 when Philip's walking along,

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.759
 the Spirit says to him,

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.039
 hey,

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:39.340
 go talk to that Ethiopian.

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.039
 Go talk to him.

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:42.060
 Who said that to him?

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:43.779
 The Spirit did.

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.039
 Remember?

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:47.340
 Do you hear the Spirit

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.019
 saying to you

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:49.120
 who you should go talk to?

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.759
 That's why you need power

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:54.200
 because when God's power comes,

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.360
 you hear stuff.

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.700
 You hear the Spirit saying,

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:56.900
 hey,

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.960
 go talk to that guy.

00:25:59.320 --> 00:26:00.220
 And then you go up

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:02.360
 and he's reading Isaiah

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:02.880
 and says,

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.660
 who is this about?

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.160
 And you're just like,

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:06.820
 okay.

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:09.220
 Talk about a divine appointment.

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:10.300
 That's a divine appointment.

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:11.900
 Okay,

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:13.140
 that doesn't happen to people

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.980
 who aren't walking

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.780
 in the power of God

00:26:14.780 --> 00:26:15.420
 and aren't hearing

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.240
 the Spirit of God.

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.540
 We need that.

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.360
 We can be like Philip.

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.019
 Did Philip have a different version

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.580
 of the Holy Spirit

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:22.180
 than you have?

00:26:22.780 --> 00:26:23.620
 Absolutely not.

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:26.219
 You young cats?

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:28.739
 Is there a junior Holy Spirit?

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.119
 No.

00:26:29.979 --> 00:26:30.819
 There's no like version

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.819
 of the Holy Spirit for kids

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.739
 and then an adult version.

00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.939
 It's the same Holy Spirit.

00:26:34.679 --> 00:26:35.899
 It's the same Holy Spirit.

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.719
 What the kingdom is

00:26:38.719 --> 00:26:39.359
 and what it isn't.

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:40.479
 It is a matter of power.

00:26:41.459 --> 00:26:42.619
 How does the kingdom come?

00:26:43.239 --> 00:26:43.419
 Right?

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.759
 Matthew 6,

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.299
 when he tells them,

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.579
 he says,

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:46.519
 let your kingdom come

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:49.160
 on earth as it is in heaven.

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.900
 So the concept

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.900
 of the kingdom coming.

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.420
 It's come.

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.599
 It is coming.

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.619
 And it will come.

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:55.660
 Right?

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:57.279
 So it's like three tenses

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.700
 just like salvation.

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.799
 Then saved,

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.279
 being saved,

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.920
 will be saved,

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.940
 has come,

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.779
 is coming,

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.619
 will come.

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.079
 How does it come?

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.960
 Matthew 6,

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.660
 9-10.

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:10.220
 I just read that.

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.759
 Your kingdom come,

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.200
 your will be done

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.019
 on earth as it is in heaven.

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.700
 Matthew 13,

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.799
 31-33.

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.879
 He said,

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.659
 the kingdom of heaven

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:18.700
 is like grain of a mustard seed

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.680
 that a man took

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.859
 and sowed in its field.

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:24.079
 The smallest of all the seeds.

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.159
 But when it is grown,

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.680
 it is larger than all the garden plants

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.539
 and becomes a tree

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:30.099
 so that the birds of the air

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.000
 come and make nests

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.659
 in its branches.

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.240
 Then he told them another parable.

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.639
 And he says,

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.460
 the kingdom of heaven

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:36.180
 is like leaven

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:37.599
 that a woman took

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:39.200
 and hid in three measures of flour

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.659
 till it was all leaven.

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.379
 Right?

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:43.259
 So leaven working through dough,

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.319
 a mustard seed,

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.579
 which is the tiniest one,

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.960
 growing into a big tree.

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.639
 That's what the kingdom of God

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.159
 is like.

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.039
 That's how it comes.

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.439
 It starts small

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:52.579
 and grows bigger.

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:53.859
 Okay?

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:56.039
 So what do we take from that?

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:57.179
 Don't despise the days

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:58.240
 of small beginnings.

00:27:59.399 --> 00:28:00.439
 Don't be discouraged

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:01.819
 because we're starting off small.

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.759
 Don't be discouraged

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.419
 when you just see

00:28:04.419 --> 00:28:05.319
 a little bit of fruit.

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.559
 Okay?

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.599
 You just keep

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.859
 sowing seeds of the kingdom.

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:10.639
 You just keep preaching

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.459
 the good news,

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.939
 the gospel of the kingdom

00:28:12.939 --> 00:28:14.379
 and believing

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.500
 that it's going to bear fruit.

00:28:16.219 --> 00:28:16.719
 Believing that,

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:16.959
 oh yeah,

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.740
 it starts small.

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.000
 It's just a little leaven,

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.959
 but it's got to work

00:28:19.959 --> 00:28:20.779
 through the batch of dough.

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.699
 You've got to believe that

00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:22.259
 when you see it

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.299
 in the people of our church.

00:28:23.939 --> 00:28:24.159
 Say,

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.459
 wow,

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.799
 they need to grow.

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.379
 Yep.

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:28.039
 But I know the leaven is there.

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:29.059
 It just needs to work

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:30.139
 through the whole batch of dough.

00:28:30.479 --> 00:28:31.459
 There's some parts of the dough

00:28:31.459 --> 00:28:32.539
 that have not been reached

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.159
 by the leaven.

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.479
 Okay?

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:35.960
 But I trust

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.920
 that the kingdom will come

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.660
 and I'm going to pray.

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:39.180
 I'm going to pray to my kids.

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:39.960
 I'd say,

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.220
 God,

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:41.599
 is the kingdom in my kids at all?

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.839
 Maybe not yet.

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.400
 All right?

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.360
 Do you pray that it comes?

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.240
 And when it comes,

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.319
 it's going to take time

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.620
 to work through the whole batch.

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:50.079
 Our whole life

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:51.579
 is that sanctifying process

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.860
 of us submitting

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.940
 in every single area

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:55.079
 to the King of Kings.

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.460
 Okay?

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:59.160
 That's how it comes.

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.980
 Matthew 12, 28

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.940
 speaks of how it comes.

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.720
 Jesus says,

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:05.420
 if it is by the Spirit of God

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.660
 that I cast out demons,

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.900
 then the kingdom of God

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:09.079
 has come upon you.

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:09.920
 Okay?

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:11.579
 That's kind of an obvious one.

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.960
 If the kingdom comes,

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.539
 then demons go.

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:15.860
 Right?

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:18.200
 If I cast out demons

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.940
 by the Spirit of God,

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.500
 you know,

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.680
 he's basically saying

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.360
 this is what it looks like,

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.120
 then the kingdom of God

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:22.900
 has come upon you.

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:24.339
 When the kingdom comes,

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.380
 demons go.

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.299
 Because demons

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.519
 are from another kingdom.

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.700
 Kingdom of darkness.

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.660
 When the kingdom of light comes,

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.820
 they don't have any authority.

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.600
 You know,

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.720
 Bellicose is going

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.580
 into that new building,

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:35.820
 right?

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.100
 That,

00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:37.960
 what's it called?

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.060
 Shriner.

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.779
 The Shriner building.

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.300
 And,

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.720
 you know,

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.200
 people are like,

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.019
 there's some people

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.720
 who get almost like

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.600
 a little afraid of that

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:47.480
 because Shriners are

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:49.960
 Masons.

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.220
 Masons

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:53.920
 are not of the kingdom of God.

00:29:54.040 --> 00:29:54.259
 Okay?

00:29:54.300 --> 00:29:55.140
 Let's just say that.

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.920
 It's a lot of demonic stuff there.

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:58.000
 All right?

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.200
 And,

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.859
 people get a little freaked out

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.240
 about that.

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.400
 Like,

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.019
 what are we going to do?

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.960
 How are we going to pray that?

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.279
 You know,

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.660
 are we going to use this room

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.559
 and how are we going to do that?

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.839
 And I'm just like,

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:10.960
 when the kingdom of God comes,

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.319
 demons leave.

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.200
 And,

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:16.259
 if it's not theirs anymore,

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.700
 it's now ours,

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.400
 they gots to go.

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.039
 Right?

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.400
 Like,

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:23.180
 I'm giving their eviction notice.

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.160
 Sorry,

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.119
 you got to leave.

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:28.319
 This house is the Lord's

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.059
 and everything in it.

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.219
 You got to go.

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.299
 And you got to believe

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.259
 that when you say that,

00:30:32.479 --> 00:30:33.279
 they have to go.

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.839
 And it's the same way.

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.919
 It's James 4,

00:30:35.979 --> 00:30:36.519
 verse 7.

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:38.379
 When someone submits to God

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:40.819
 and then you resist the devil,

00:30:41.199 --> 00:30:41.779
 where does he go?

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.519
 He's got to flee.

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.739
 We do deliverance ministry.

00:30:45.479 --> 00:30:45.899
 I don't,

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:47.159
 I never doubt

00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:49.039
 that the devil is going to go

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.899
 when I see someone

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.759
 submitted to God.

00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:51.559
 Because,

00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:52.879
 the word of the king,

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.739
 which is law,

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.940
 in James 4,

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.420
 verse 7,

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.859
 lays it out really plain for me.

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:58.120
 Submit to God,

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.240
 resist the devil,

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.240
 and he will flee.

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.859
 What is he going to do?

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:04.019
 If that person is in repentance,

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.640
 if they submitted to God,

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:07.099
 and then we resist the devil,

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.900
 he's got only one place to go.

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.920
 Far from there.

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:12.059
 When he's resisted,

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:13.220
 he has to flee.

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:15.160
 It's not that we have to,

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.400
 like,

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.799
 talk louder,

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.200
 yell,

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:20.160
 and do some kind of weird,

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:20.839
 you know,

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.480
 spiritual,

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.399
 you know,

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.159
 gymnastics,

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:23.899
 or,

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.220
 you know,

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:25.279
 ninja skills here.

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:25.839
 We're just,

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:29.799
 we just resist him.

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.740
 He's got to go.

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:34.039
 Because the kingdom of God

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:35.179
 is here.

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:37.019
 Does that make sense?

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.740
 And the word of the king

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.339
 is law.

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.939
 And his word says,

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:41.720
 submit to God,

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.240
 resist him,

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.119
 and he has to flee.

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.220
 Okay?

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.559
 Luke 10,

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:45.839
 9,

00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.579
 heal the sick,

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:47.359
 Jesus says.

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.759
 Heal the sick in it,

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.359
 and say to them,

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.160
 the kingdom of God

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:51.059
 has come near to you.

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.000
 Okay?

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:53.460
 When sickness is healed,

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.640
 that's the kingdom of God.

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:56.180
 The way it is in heaven

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:57.420
 is done on earth.

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.200
 Okay?

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.740
 Why doesn't everybody get healed?

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.379
 Because his kingdom

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:04.099
 isn't yet here in fullness.

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.119
 But it is here.

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.940
 It came with Jesus.

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.980
 It's here in some larger doses

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.740
 in some areas.

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.720
 There's always the possibility

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:14.240
 of kingdom breaking in in power.

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.359
 One day it'll be here in total,

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.480
 and there'll be no more tears.

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.880
 There'll be no more sickness.

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.960
 There'll be no more pain.

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.500
 But in the meantime,

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:23.319
 we pray that it comes now.

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:25.180
 We believe that it can come now.

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.380
 We believe that it does come now.

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.279
 That it is coming now.

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.839
 We also live under

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:30.220
 the futility of this world

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.559
 and the consequences

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:33.099
 of our sin

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:34.700
 and its effect on the world.

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.660
 But that should never stop us

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:37.599
 from praying

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:39.059
 that his kingdom will come

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.480
 in healing.

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:42.000
 Even if we've seen it not happen.

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.799
 You might say,

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:44.220
 well, I've done that many times.

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.079
 I haven't seen it happen.

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:47.099
 Is he king?

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.720
 Is his kingdom here?

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:50.079
 Is his kingdom coming?

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.599
 And does it not come

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.400
 through his saints

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.700
 who lay hands on sick people?

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.059
 Yes.

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.900
 But we keep trying.

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.240
 We keep doing it,

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.740
 knowing that ultimately,

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.440
 one day,

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.140
 he's going to make

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:01.120
 all the wrong things right,

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:03.079
 including sickness.

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.079
 Number five,

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.220
 the priority of the kingdom.

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.380
 Okay?

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.819
 Priority of the kingdom.

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:11.140
 Seeking isn't enough.

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.200
 I say,

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.000
 I'm seeking the kingdom.

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:13.920
 Okay?

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.700
 You're not seeking the kingdom

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:17.539
 if you're not seeking it first.

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.460
 Because the king

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.840
 who said to seek the kingdom

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:21.000
 said to seek it first.

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.660
 So to disobey the king

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:24.480
 and putting it at the wrong priority

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.920
 is not obeying the king,

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.920
 which means it's not the kingdom.

00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.519
 Do you hear what I'm saying?

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.039
 It's not okay

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.900
 to seek the kingdom

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.340
 second,

00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:31.800
 third,

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.180
 fourth,

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.820
 or last.

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:34.700
 It must be sought first.

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.779
 Matthew 6.33 says,

00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:38.400
 seek first the kingdom

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:39.380
 and his righteousness.

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.640
 Seek first.

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:42.200
 If it's not sought first,

00:33:42.280 --> 00:33:43.000
 it's not his kingdom.

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.860
 The kingdom of God

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.560
 is the priority.

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.360
 It should be the priority

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:47.160
 for every Christian.

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.420
 How can I bring

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.380
 all things,

00:33:49.560 --> 00:33:50.920
 how can I do my part,

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:53.080
 my participation,

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:53.880
 my gifts,

00:33:54.040 --> 00:33:55.660
 my one life that I'm given,

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.680
 how can I use it

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:58.300
 to help bring things

00:33:58.300 --> 00:33:59.040
 underneath the rule

00:33:59.040 --> 00:33:59.640
 of King Jesus?

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.500
 How do I do that?

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:04.120
 Let's start with your bedroom.

00:34:05.020 --> 00:34:05.200
 Okay?

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.420
 You hear that, Max?

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.740
 Let's start with our bedroom, right?

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.900
 Let's bring the kingdom of God

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:11.079
 to our bedroom, right?

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.700
 Let's bring it to our home.

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.300
 Let's bring it to

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:16.139
 our individual lives.

00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.340
 We have families.

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.360
 Let's bring it to our marriage.

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.460
 Let's bring it to our kids.

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.900
 Are there things

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.760
 that we've been tolerating

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.940
 our marriages for many years

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.760
 that need to be

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:25.119
 brought into submission

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.680
 to the King

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.780
 that we're okay with,

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.680
 that we seek

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:28.639
 is not really that big

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.240
 of a priority?

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:31.720
 The kingdom must be sought first.

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.840
 We can't seek our own

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.840
 desires

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:36.160
 when there's things

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.940
 that we are neglecting.

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.599
 We have to seek first

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.960
 this kingdom

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.440
 and say, God,

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.780
 where do I need

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:42.880
 to obey your rule?

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.380
 Priority of the kingdom.

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.780
 Cost determines value.

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:49.280
 Value determines priority.

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.199
 Okay?

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.820
 What does the kingdom cost?

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.380
 Matthew 13.

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.340
 Kingdom of heaven

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.920
 is like a treasure

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.720
 hidden in a field

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:57.260
 which a man found

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.880
 and covered up.

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.880
 Then in his joy,

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:00.679
 he goes and sells all

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.559
 that he has

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.760
 and buys that field.

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.539
 What does it cost?

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.519
 It costs all.

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:06.039
 You sure about that?

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.880
 Let's look at 45.

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.420
 Again, the kingdom of heaven

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.139
 is like a merchant

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:10.619
 in search of fine pearls.

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:13.259
 When finding one,

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.480
 one pearl of great value

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:17.320
 went and sold all he had

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:18.219
 and bought it.

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:18.920
 What does it cost?

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:20.320
 It costs all.

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:24.320
 The cost determines the value.

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:26.460
 The value determines the priority.

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.860
 If it costs everything you have,

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:30.420
 it should be a pretty high priority, right?

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:32.840
 But the good news is

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.980
 is he sold it in his joy.

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.700
 Why?

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:37.200
 Because the pearl of great price,

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.220
 the kingdom of God,

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.740
 is better than what you have.

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.800
 And until your revelation,

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:44.880
 your perception of all that you have

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:49.000
 is less than your perception

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.860
 of the kingdom,

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.519
 you'll never sell all you have

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.960
 to get it.

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.559
 Okay?

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.940
 If you think what you have

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:56.059
 is worth more than the kingdom,

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.099
 you're always going to be

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.720
 holding on to it

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.680
 and not wanting to let go.

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.879
 You think your time,

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.559
 your stuff,

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.799
 your relationships,

00:36:02.359 --> 00:36:03.779
 what you want,

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.480
 you think that's more valuable

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:07.119
 than what the king gives you

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.759
 in his kingdom,

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:09.199
 then you hold on to it

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:10.779
 and you won't sell all to get it.

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.079
 But if you believe

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:13.059
 that the kingdom is better,

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:14.319
 that the king has

00:36:14.319 --> 00:36:16.039
 your best interest in mind,

00:36:16.859 --> 00:36:17.919
 it's your joy

00:36:17.919 --> 00:36:20.299
 to give something worth less

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:21.799
 for something that's far greater.

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:24.460
 No one would ever have a problem

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:27.559
 giving all that you have

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.699
 for something way better

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:30.159
 if you knew that it was way better.

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:32.239
 And it becomes difficult

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:33.519
 to give our lives to God

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:35.059
 and to give our time to God

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.920
 and our money to God

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:37.179
 and whatever else it might be

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:38.799
 that's difficult to give to God.

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:40.699
 You have to know that behind that,

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:42.059
 you don't really believe

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.900
 that God is good

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:44.199
 or that he has the ability

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:45.019
 to give you all

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:46.079
 that he promised to give you.

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.659
 You think in some way,

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.779
 some form,

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:50.059
 you're being ripped off.

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:51.759
 And it's not true.

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.799
 That's not the good news

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:54.299
 of the kingdom.

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:57.120
 Another reason why it's priority.

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:58.140
 Jesus talked about the kingdom

00:36:58.140 --> 00:36:59.280
 more than any other topic.

00:36:59.740 --> 00:37:00.860
 And he spent his last days

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:02.039
 on earth speaking about it.

00:37:02.580 --> 00:37:03.440
 Acts 1.3,

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.500
 he appeared to them

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.800
 during 40 days

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:08.400
 and spoke to them

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.519
 about the kingdom of God.

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:11.380
 He's got his last days on earth.

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.340
 What's he going to speak about?

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.220
 The kingdom of God?

00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:15.240
 He could have spoke about anything.

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:15.760
 What did he spend

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:17.440
 his last 40 days speaking on?

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:18.620
 He spoke to them

00:37:18.620 --> 00:37:20.019
 about the kingdom of God.

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:21.200
 What do you speak about?

00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:22.900
 Do we speak about

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.780
 the kingdom of God?

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:25.620
 Paul also talked a lot

00:37:25.620 --> 00:37:26.400
 about the kingdom of God

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.340
 and spent the last two years

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.500
 of his life proclaiming it.

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:30.480
 Acts 19.8,

00:37:30.580 --> 00:37:31.420
 he entered the synagogue

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:32.600
 and for three months

00:37:32.600 --> 00:37:33.940
 spoke boldly,

00:37:34.080 --> 00:37:35.400
 reasoning and persuading them

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.560
 about the kingdom of God.

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.560
 Acts 20.25,

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.039
 and now behold,

00:37:40.120 --> 00:37:40.900
 I know that none of you

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:42.100
 among whom I have gone

00:37:42.100 --> 00:37:43.440
 about proclaiming the kingdom

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:45.060
 will see my face again.

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.960
 Okay, speaking to the church

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.460
 in Ephesus.

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:49.160
 He went about in Ephesus

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:49.980
 for two years.

00:37:50.100 --> 00:37:50.700
 What was he doing?

00:37:51.060 --> 00:37:52.320
 Proclaiming the kingdom of God.

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:54.720
 Acts 28.23,

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.039
 when they had appointed

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.780
 a day for him,

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.420
 they came to him

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:58.080
 at his lodging

00:37:58.080 --> 00:37:59.000
 in greater numbers.

00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:02.519
 Paul was in house arrest.

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:04.220
 From morning till evening,

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.200
 he expounded them.

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:06.160
 What did he think

00:38:06.160 --> 00:38:07.019
 he talked to them about?

00:38:07.080 --> 00:38:07.680
 When he's at the end

00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:08.140
 of his life,

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:09.019
 he's on house arrest,

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:10.080
 what did Paul spend

00:38:10.080 --> 00:38:11.000
 his time talking about?

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.700
 Testifying to the kingdom

00:38:12.700 --> 00:38:13.460
 of God

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.920
 and trying to convince them

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.740
 about Jesus,

00:38:16.160 --> 00:38:17.200
 both from the law of Moses

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:18.140
 and from the prophets.

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:20.779
 He's speaking of the king

00:38:20.779 --> 00:38:21.440
 in the kingdom,

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:22.759
 Jesus in the kingdom.

00:38:23.839 --> 00:38:24.799
 You see that again

00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:26.339
 in Acts 28.30.31,

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.960
 he lived there two whole years

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.920
 at his own expense

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:30.039
 and welcomed all

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.759
 who came to him,

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:32.599
 proclaiming the kingdom of God

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.420
 and teaching about

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.539
 the Lord Jesus Christ

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.719
 with all boldness

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.599
 and without hindrance.

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:38.119
 And we should teach the same.

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.579
 We should be proclaiming

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.379
 the kingdom of God

00:38:41.379 --> 00:38:42.599
 and we should be teaching

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:44.039
 about the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.679
 Very important.

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:47.480
 If it was important to them,

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.819
 it should be important to us.

00:38:48.879 --> 00:38:49.699
 If it was important to Jesus,

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.719
 it should be important to us.

00:38:50.779 --> 00:38:51.639
 If it was important to Paul

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:53.379
 to spend his last days

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:54.460
 and Jesus to spend

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:55.419
 his last days on earth,

00:38:55.879 --> 00:38:56.619
 speaking of the kingdom,

00:38:56.819 --> 00:38:58.000
 it should be for us as well.

00:38:58.919 --> 00:39:00.139
 The fact that it's eternal

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:01.579
 takes priority of the temporal.

00:39:02.419 --> 00:39:04.460
 Daniel 7.14 says,

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.480
 To him who was given

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:06.839
 dominion and glory

00:39:06.839 --> 00:39:07.519
 and a kingdom

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:09.480
 that all people's nations

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.119
 and languages

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:11.059
 should serve him,

00:39:11.399 --> 00:39:12.259
 his dominion

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:14.259
 is an everlasting kingdom.

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:16.660
 Everlasting dominion

00:39:16.660 --> 00:39:17.960
 which shall not pass away

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.500
 and his kingdom

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.900
 one that shall not be destroyed.

00:39:21.020 --> 00:39:22.360
 Psalm 119.160

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:24.380
 Every one of your righteous rules

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:26.380
 endures forever.

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:28.820
 Psalm 145.13

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:30.980
 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:32.860
 and your dominion endures

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.920
 throughout all generations.

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.720
 His kingdom is forever.

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:37.280
 His kingdom is eternal.

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.640
 And the eternal

00:39:38.640 --> 00:39:40.300
 always trumps the temporal.

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:42.080
 What is eternal?

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:42.660
 His kingdom.

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:44.859
 Many things will pass.

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.500
 Many things you enjoy

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.739
 that I enjoy will pass.

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:49.619
 One thing that will live forever

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:51.259
 is the rule of King Jesus.

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:53.699
 His rule is everlasting.

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:55.399
 I love Psalm 145.13.

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:56.000
 Your kingdom

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:57.839
 is an everlasting kingdom.

00:39:58.399 --> 00:39:59.119
 Your dominion

00:39:59.119 --> 00:40:00.059
 endures

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:01.920
 throughout all generations.

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:04.379
 That's why it takes precedent.

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.679
 That's why it takes priority.

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.859
 That's why when they preached

00:40:07.859 --> 00:40:08.440
 the gospel,

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.879
 it wasn't just called the gospel.

00:40:10.259 --> 00:40:11.019
 What was it called?

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:12.699
 You see it in Matthew.

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.960
 You see it in Luke.

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:15.179
 You even see it in Acts.

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.980
 It was called

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:17.300
 the gospel of

00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:18.679
 kingdom.

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:20.599
 It's called the good news of

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:21.599
 the kingdom.

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:22.980
 Okay?

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:23.900
 When you hear the gospel,

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:25.579
 it's the good news of the kingdom.

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.440
 That's what it is.

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:29.579
 Every good thing about Jesus Christ

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.599
 is about the kingdom.

00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:30.880
 Why?

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.619
 Because he's the king.

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:34.460
 All that stuff in the gospel

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:35.380
 we love so much.

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.960
 We say justification,

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:38.359
 expiation,

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.339
 propitiation,

00:40:39.779 --> 00:40:41.259
 all the Asians that we say

00:40:41.259 --> 00:40:42.079
 that are so great.

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:43.480
 Why are they great?

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:46.699
 Because they are executed

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.420
 by a king.

00:40:48.359 --> 00:40:49.679
 If he's not king,

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.920
 none of those great things

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.599
 come to us.

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:53.859
 I love it when people say,

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:55.500
 I think this guy

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:57.179
 has accepted Jesus as Savior,

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:57.980
 but not Lord.

00:40:58.619 --> 00:40:59.819
 As if that was possible.

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:01.880
 As if there's some guy

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.460
 named Jesus

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:04.400
 who's not Lord.

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:05.660
 There probably is,

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:07.940
 but that's not Jesus the Christ.

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:10.900
 The Christ is the anointed ruler.

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.620
 If he can't,

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:13.640
 if he's not Lord,

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.960
 he can't be your Savior.

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:17.180
 How would he have the authority

00:41:17.180 --> 00:41:18.519
 and the power to save you

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.300
 if he's not Lord,

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:20.039
 if he's not king?

00:41:20.640 --> 00:41:22.039
 You can't separate them.

00:41:22.160 --> 00:41:23.700
 Jesus isn't some person

00:41:23.700 --> 00:41:24.660
 you can like split up

00:41:24.660 --> 00:41:25.600
 into multiple things

00:41:25.600 --> 00:41:26.059
 and just say,

00:41:26.100 --> 00:41:26.980
 I'll take this part

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:28.100
 about you, Jesus,

00:41:28.220 --> 00:41:28.920
 but not that part.

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.720
 It's got to be all.

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:31.539
 So you can't say,

00:41:31.600 --> 00:41:32.360
 well, I think that guy,

00:41:32.620 --> 00:41:33.519
 I think he believes

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:34.519
 that Jesus is the Savior,

00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:35.260
 but not his Lord.

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:37.140
 It's not even possible.

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:39.260
 The only one who can save you

00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:39.920
 is your Lord.

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:41.720
 The only one who can save you

00:41:41.720 --> 00:41:43.039
 is the one who rules over

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:45.920
 and has defeated death.

00:41:47.240 --> 00:41:48.960
 How could he save you from death

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:50.140
 if he doesn't rule over it?

00:41:50.700 --> 00:41:51.440
 He must.

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:52.740
 Okay?

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:54.679
 Seven,

00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:55.599
 it pleases God

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:57.119
 to give you the unshakable kingdom.

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:59.199
 I love Luke 12, 32.

00:41:59.399 --> 00:42:01.119
 It is your Father's good pleasure

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:02.500
 to give you the kingdom.

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:03.319
 Do you believe that?

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:06.459
 When you pray Matthew 6

00:42:06.459 --> 00:42:07.500
 to say your kingdom come,

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:08.339
 your will be done,

00:42:08.799 --> 00:42:10.079
 do you believe that it pleases him

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:10.859
 to give it to you?

00:42:11.359 --> 00:42:12.599
 That he's not thinking,

00:42:12.759 --> 00:42:13.099
 well,

00:42:14.439 --> 00:42:14.839
 you know,

00:42:15.819 --> 00:42:16.679
 Chris hasn't really been

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:17.639
 a good boy this week.

00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:18.359
 I don't know if I'm going

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:19.059
 to give him the kingdom.

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:19.720
 No.

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:21.380
 It pleases God

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:22.400
 to give Chris the kingdom.

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.260
 It pleases God

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:24.120
 to give you the kingdom.

00:42:24.700 --> 00:42:25.059
 Why?

00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:26.559
 Because

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:28.760
 he's a good king.

00:42:29.700 --> 00:42:30.960
 And he knows that his rule

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:32.140
 is the best thing for you.

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.539
 So it pleases him

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:34.680
 to give you all the benefits

00:42:34.680 --> 00:42:35.220
 of the kingdom.

00:42:35.640 --> 00:42:36.579
 Because he knows

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.840
 as a king

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.840
 who's a good ruler,

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.599
 he knows that

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:41.579
 his rule is best for people

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:42.500
 when he's a good king.

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:44.039
 And so to give it to them

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:45.539
 is to give the best thing possible.

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:47.559
 As kids,

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:48.960
 sometimes we don't understand

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.799
 when our parents

00:42:49.799 --> 00:42:51.739
 are telling us to do something

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:52.840
 and they provide rules

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.619
 and we say,

00:42:53.759 --> 00:42:53.980
 oh,

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:56.059
 I want to do something else

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.940
 that seems more fun.

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.579
 They don't realize

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:58.380
 that the parents know

00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:59.519
 what's best for the kid.

00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:00.980
 And it's the same thing

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:02.079
 with your father in heaven.

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:04.420
 He is the king

00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:05.000
 and he knows

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.659
 that his rules

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:06.460
 are good for you

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:07.539
 and so it pleases him

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.559
 to give you the rules.

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:11.380
 Because they are for your good.

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:12.219
 They comfort you.

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:15.019
 Pleases God

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.679
 to give you the kingdom

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.779
 and it's not just any kingdom.

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:18.220
 Hebrews 12, 28

00:43:18.220 --> 00:43:19.740
 says it's an unshakable kingdom.

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:21.460
 Daniel 7, 27

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:22.300
 says the kingdom

00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:23.000
 and the dominion

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.560
 and the greatness

00:43:23.560 --> 00:43:24.320
 of the kingdoms

00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:25.640
 under the whole heaven

00:43:25.640 --> 00:43:27.320
 shall be given

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.180
 to the people

00:43:28.180 --> 00:43:29.019
 of the saints

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.960
 of the Most High.

00:43:30.740 --> 00:43:31.800
 He's giving it to us.

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.640
 There is a soon

00:43:32.640 --> 00:43:33.860
 and coming kingdom.

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:35.340
 Jesus is returning

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:36.700
 and he's going to give us

00:43:36.700 --> 00:43:37.560
 this kingdom.

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:40.880
 We cannot plant a church

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:42.220
 that doesn't have

00:43:42.220 --> 00:43:42.960
 as its focus

00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:43.540
 the kingdom.

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:45.380
 Church without kingdom

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:46.160
 is humanism.

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:48.119
 It has our ends

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:49.880
 as the end.

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:50.800
 Stop.

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:53.300
 It has our pleasure

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:54.160
 as the end.

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:55.340
 Right?

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.840
 A church that is focused

00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:57.360
 on the kingdom

00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:59.019
 has the king's will

00:43:59.019 --> 00:43:59.579
 and pleasure

00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:00.539
 first and foremost.

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.619
 You have church

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:02.240
 without kingdom,

00:44:02.680 --> 00:44:03.559
 it's humanistic.

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:04.800
 Okay?

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.599
 And then you get

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:06.960
 this weird sacred secular

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.940
 if you don't have

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:08.820
 the kingdom being

00:44:08.820 --> 00:44:09.980
 the focus of a church

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:10.820
 where you think,

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:11.860
 oh, this is important

00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:12.800
 and this is not.

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:14.280
 This is ministry,

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:15.199
 this is not.

00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:17.139
 And then full-time ministry

00:44:17.139 --> 00:44:18.119
 becomes the end-all,

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:18.619
 be-all.

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:20.000
 And if you work a job,

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:20.420
 it's like,

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:21.380
 that's no big deal.

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:22.900
 That's not that big of a deal.

00:44:23.219 --> 00:44:24.000
 A stay-home mom,

00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:24.619
 are you kidding me?

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:25.300
 What significance

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:26.079
 would that have?

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:27.960
 But when your focus

00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:28.679
 is the kingdom,

00:44:29.280 --> 00:44:30.019
 then you realize

00:44:30.019 --> 00:44:30.980
 that all of life

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:31.539
 is sacred.

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:33.139
 All of life

00:44:33.139 --> 00:44:33.760
 has purpose.

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:34.900
 All of life

00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:35.559
 has dignity

00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:36.480
 and value

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:37.740
 because I can bring

00:44:37.740 --> 00:44:38.179
 the kingdom,

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:39.280
 the rule of God,

00:44:39.280 --> 00:44:41.519
 into every single area

00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:43.320
 of my life.

00:44:43.620 --> 00:44:43.880
 Therefore,

00:44:44.040 --> 00:44:44.820
 everything has value,

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:45.840
 everything has purpose,

00:44:46.540 --> 00:44:47.800
 and everything is infused

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:48.480
 with something bigger

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:49.220
 than myself,

00:44:49.560 --> 00:44:50.519
 which is what you were

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:51.180
 meant to live for.

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:51.700
 You want to live for

00:44:51.700 --> 00:44:52.980
 something small and impish?

00:44:53.260 --> 00:44:54.120
 Live for yourself.

00:44:55.240 --> 00:44:56.280
 The church can't live

00:44:56.280 --> 00:44:56.940
 for itself.

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:58.800
 It will implode on itself.

00:44:58.920 --> 00:44:59.500
 It needs to live

00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:00.040
 for the kingdom.

00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:01.040
 Okay?

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:03.260
 And kingdom without church

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:04.200
 is not possible

00:45:04.200 --> 00:45:06.320
 because the church

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:08.940
 is the physical outflowers

00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:10.160
 of that kingdom.

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:11.080
 It's the embassies

00:45:11.080 --> 00:45:11.540
 of the kingdom.

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.960
 It's the actual

00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:14.080
 demonstration of what

00:45:14.080 --> 00:45:15.040
 that invisible kingdom

00:45:15.040 --> 00:45:15.820
 is in the visible.

00:45:16.880 --> 00:45:17.180
 Otherwise,

00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:17.820
 it's just this

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:18.900
 invisible reality.

00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:20.680
 We make the invisible

00:45:20.680 --> 00:45:22.120
 visible as the church.

00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:24.240
 We take this rule of God

00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:25.400
 that you can't see

00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:26.100
 and say,

00:45:26.260 --> 00:45:27.320
 this is what it looks like.

00:45:27.780 --> 00:45:28.780
 This is what it looks like

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:30.019
 among a group of people

00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:31.400
 living by the rules

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:32.060
 of the ruler.

00:45:33.060 --> 00:45:36.280
 We make that practical.

00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:37.740
 You can't have kingdom

00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:38.559
 without church.

00:45:40.399 --> 00:45:42.039
 We know that the unrighteous

00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:43.339
 will not inherit the kingdom.

00:45:43.979 --> 00:45:45.059
 1 Corinthians 6,

00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:45.959
 Galatians 5,

00:45:46.039 --> 00:45:46.739
 Ephesians 5

00:45:46.739 --> 00:45:47.679
 give this list of

00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:48.739
 different people

00:45:48.739 --> 00:45:49.500
 who will not inherit

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:50.519
 the kingdom of God.

00:45:51.539 --> 00:45:51.759
 Okay?

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:52.579
 And he says,

00:45:52.619 --> 00:45:53.699
 you can be sure of this.

00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:55.859
 Those are lists

00:45:55.859 --> 00:45:56.599
 we should read.

00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:57.199
 Those are lists

00:45:57.199 --> 00:45:58.000
 you should study

00:45:58.000 --> 00:46:00.879
 because the church

00:46:00.879 --> 00:46:01.939
 has started to think

00:46:01.939 --> 00:46:03.059
 that you can be a part

00:46:03.059 --> 00:46:03.519
 of the kingdom

00:46:03.519 --> 00:46:05.119
 and be in those things.

00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:06.460
 And the Bible is explicit

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:07.839
 that there are certain people

00:46:07.839 --> 00:46:08.579
 who will not inherit

00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:09.460
 the kingdom of God.

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:10.940
 We don't want to be

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:11.559
 those people.

00:46:11.880 --> 00:46:12.779
 How do we do something

00:46:12.779 --> 00:46:13.359
 about that?

00:46:13.699 --> 00:46:15.000
 We remember the Lord

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:15.900
 constantly.

00:46:16.059 --> 00:46:16.639
 That's why we take

00:46:16.639 --> 00:46:17.440
 to the Lord's table.

00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:18.219
 We say,

00:46:18.299 --> 00:46:18.579
 God,

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:19.699
 apart from you,

00:46:19.839 --> 00:46:20.940
 I have no good thing.

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:21.779
 We say,

00:46:21.839 --> 00:46:22.099
 God,

00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:23.299
 but by the grace of God,

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:23.779
 go I.

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:25.119
 And we don't live

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:26.259
 in our own self-righteousness.

00:46:26.319 --> 00:46:26.659
 We don't live

00:46:26.659 --> 00:46:27.339
 in our own strength.

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:27.960
 We trust

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:29.259
 that our only hope

00:46:29.259 --> 00:46:30.199
 is Jesus.

00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:33.179
 Number 11,

00:46:33.179 --> 00:46:34.239
 through many tribulations

00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:35.480
 we must enter the kingdom.

00:46:35.599 --> 00:46:36.960
 It says in Acts 14,

00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:38.339
 verse 22.

00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:39.879
 This is what they preached.

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:41.639
 This is what Paul was preaching.

00:46:41.799 --> 00:46:42.339
 He would strengthen

00:46:42.339 --> 00:46:43.519
 the souls of the disciples,

00:46:43.699 --> 00:46:44.719
 encourage them in the faith.

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.399
 And he said,

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:46.599
 through many tribulations

00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:47.579
 we must enter

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:48.500
 the kingdom of God.

00:46:48.839 --> 00:46:49.799
 That means it's not easy.

00:46:50.179 --> 00:46:50.679
 That means there's

00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:51.279
 going to be trouble.

00:46:51.399 --> 00:46:52.379
 Jesus said a similar thing.

00:46:52.399 --> 00:46:52.819
 In this world,

00:46:52.899 --> 00:46:54.639
 you will have trouble.

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:56.079
 But take heart.

00:46:56.519 --> 00:46:57.259
 I got good news

00:46:57.259 --> 00:46:57.759
 of the kingdom

00:46:57.759 --> 00:47:00.259
 that we overcome

00:47:00.259 --> 00:47:02.259
 because Jesus is overcome,

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:02.799
 right?

00:47:03.179 --> 00:47:04.559
 We're not comer-unders,

00:47:04.759 --> 00:47:05.619
 we're overcomers,

00:47:06.279 --> 00:47:06.539
 right?

00:47:07.139 --> 00:47:08.059
 We're not comer-unders,

00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:09.019
 we're overcomers.

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:11.139
 Obstacles of tribulation comes,

00:47:11.579 --> 00:47:12.339
 we overcome

00:47:12.339 --> 00:47:13.719
 by the word of our testimony

00:47:13.719 --> 00:47:14.659
 and the blood of the Lamb.

00:47:15.799 --> 00:47:16.079
 Right?

00:47:16.980 --> 00:47:17.980
 And we do that

00:47:17.980 --> 00:47:18.659
 and that's how we enter

00:47:18.659 --> 00:47:19.099
 the kingdom.

00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:20.379
 It's through tribulation,

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:21.019
 it's through hardship,

00:47:21.119 --> 00:47:22.019
 it's not going to be easy.

00:47:23.460 --> 00:47:23.659
 Right?

00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:24.539
 Lastly,

00:47:24.679 --> 00:47:25.259
 number 12,

00:47:25.379 --> 00:47:26.000
 big picture.

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:27.839
 Ephesians 1.9,

00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:29.139
 making known to us

00:47:29.139 --> 00:47:30.099
 the mystery of his will

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:31.179
 according to his purpose

00:47:31.179 --> 00:47:32.980
 which he set forth in Christ.

00:47:33.179 --> 00:47:35.339
 As a plan for the fullness of time

00:47:35.339 --> 00:47:37.319
 to unite all things in him,

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:38.079
 things in heaven

00:47:38.079 --> 00:47:39.299
 and things on earth.

00:47:39.579 --> 00:47:40.799
 This is the mystery of his will.

00:47:41.159 --> 00:47:42.339
 He's bringing all things

00:47:42.339 --> 00:47:43.019
 in heaven and earth,

00:47:43.099 --> 00:47:44.159
 your will be done,

00:47:44.259 --> 00:47:45.519
 on earth as it is in heaven.

00:47:45.879 --> 00:47:46.819
 That the culmination

00:47:46.819 --> 00:47:47.699
 would be that all things

00:47:47.699 --> 00:47:48.419
 in heaven and earth

00:47:48.419 --> 00:47:49.699
 would come under one head

00:47:49.699 --> 00:47:50.419
 which is Christ.

00:47:51.159 --> 00:47:52.219
 That's where this is all going.

00:47:52.539 --> 00:47:53.379
 Why are we all about

00:47:53.379 --> 00:47:54.019
 the kingdom now?

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.779
 Because that's where

00:47:54.779 --> 00:47:55.980
 it's all going in the end.

00:47:57.019 --> 00:47:57.279
 Right?

00:47:57.879 --> 00:47:59.359
 That's the mystery of his will.

00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:00.640
 Jesus came to bring

00:48:00.640 --> 00:48:01.640
 all things underneath

00:48:01.640 --> 00:48:02.840
 the headship

00:48:02.840 --> 00:48:05.240
 of Jesus.

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:06.940
 Colossians 1.18-20

00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:08.380
 He is the head of the body,

00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:08.980
 the church.

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:10.140
 He is the beginning,

00:48:10.420 --> 00:48:11.780
 the firstborn from the dead,

00:48:12.260 --> 00:48:13.200
 that in everything

00:48:13.200 --> 00:48:14.860
 he might be preeminent.

00:48:15.420 --> 00:48:16.160
 For in him

00:48:16.160 --> 00:48:17.400
 all the fullness of God

00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:18.320
 was pleased to dwell.

00:48:19.820 --> 00:48:20.620
 For what?

00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:22.320
 That through him

00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:24.200
 to reconcile to himself

00:48:24.200 --> 00:48:25.640
 all things,

00:48:25.960 --> 00:48:26.800
 whether on earth

00:48:26.800 --> 00:48:27.360
 they're in heaven

00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:28.440
 making peace

00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:29.740
 by the blood of his cross.

00:48:30.060 --> 00:48:31.160
 You see where this is all headed?

00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:32.740
 You see where this is all going?

00:48:33.400 --> 00:48:34.400
 The blood of Jesus

00:48:34.400 --> 00:48:36.080
 reconciling people,

00:48:36.180 --> 00:48:36.900
 bringing them underneath

00:48:36.900 --> 00:48:37.880
 the rule of God,

00:48:38.240 --> 00:48:39.000
 connecting heaven

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:39.940
 and earth together.

00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:42.200
 Hebrews 2.6-8

00:48:42.200 --> 00:48:44.500
 It has been testified somewhere,

00:48:44.640 --> 00:48:45.240
 What is man

00:48:45.240 --> 00:48:46.340
 that you are mindful of him?

00:48:46.680 --> 00:48:47.480
 Or the son of man

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:48.780
 that you care for him?

00:48:49.300 --> 00:48:52.580
 You made him for a little while

00:48:52.580 --> 00:48:53.560
 lower than the angels.

00:48:54.260 --> 00:48:55.060
 You have crowned him

00:48:55.060 --> 00:48:55.860
 with glory and honor,

00:48:55.860 --> 00:48:57.440
 putting everything in subjection

00:48:57.440 --> 00:48:58.559
 under his feet.

00:48:59.400 --> 00:49:01.260
 This is such a practical verse here.

00:49:01.460 --> 00:49:01.840
 And he says,

00:49:01.920 --> 00:49:02.660
 Now I'm putting everything

00:49:02.660 --> 00:49:03.800
 in subjection to him.

00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:05.140
 He left nothing

00:49:05.140 --> 00:49:06.180
 outside his control.

00:49:06.700 --> 00:49:07.099
 You think,

00:49:07.160 --> 00:49:07.539
 Yeah, but

00:49:07.539 --> 00:49:08.880
 it doesn't seem that way.

00:49:09.220 --> 00:49:09.880
 What does it say?

00:49:10.300 --> 00:49:11.000
 At present,

00:49:11.099 --> 00:49:12.420
 we do not yet see

00:49:12.420 --> 00:49:14.039
 everything in subjection to him.

00:49:14.680 --> 00:49:14.880
 Okay?

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:17.079
 So he put everything in control,

00:49:17.200 --> 00:49:18.660
 but we don't see it yet.

00:49:19.579 --> 00:49:20.340
 It's here.

00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:22.220
 It's like a mustard seed.

00:49:22.500 --> 00:49:23.420
 It's like yeast.

00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:25.480
 One day it will infect

00:49:25.480 --> 00:49:26.659
 the whole world completely.

00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:27.659
 Jesus will return

00:49:27.659 --> 00:49:30.220
 and rule over this earth

00:49:30.220 --> 00:49:31.800
 and make it new.

00:49:32.659 --> 00:49:34.700
 We see that in Revelation 11.15.

00:49:35.200 --> 00:49:36.019
 Then the seventh angel

00:49:36.019 --> 00:49:36.720
 blew his trumpet

00:49:36.720 --> 00:49:37.840
 and there was loud voices

00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:38.780
 in heaven saying,

00:49:39.619 --> 00:49:40.920
 The kingdom of the world

00:49:40.920 --> 00:49:42.659
 has become the kingdom

00:49:42.659 --> 00:49:43.659
 of our Lord

00:49:43.659 --> 00:49:44.639
 and of his Christ

00:49:44.639 --> 00:49:46.460
 and he shall reign forever and ever.

00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:47.940
 That's where this is going.

00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:49.619
 That's where we're headed to.

00:49:49.619 --> 00:49:51.880
 1 Corinthians 15,

00:49:52.380 --> 00:49:53.039
 last verse,

00:49:53.119 --> 00:49:54.000
 24 to 28,

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:55.500
 Then comes the end

00:49:55.500 --> 00:49:57.079
 when he delivers

00:49:57.079 --> 00:49:58.559
 the kingdom to God the Father

00:49:58.559 --> 00:50:00.339
 after destroying every rule

00:50:00.339 --> 00:50:02.179
 and every authority and power.

00:50:02.739 --> 00:50:03.619
 For he must reign

00:50:03.619 --> 00:50:04.460
 until he has put

00:50:04.460 --> 00:50:05.380
 all his enemies

00:50:05.380 --> 00:50:06.659
 under his feet.

00:50:06.920 --> 00:50:08.039
 The last enemy

00:50:08.039 --> 00:50:08.839
 to be destroyed

00:50:08.839 --> 00:50:09.960
 is death.

00:50:10.920 --> 00:50:12.219
 For God has put all things

00:50:12.219 --> 00:50:13.380
 in subjection

00:50:13.380 --> 00:50:14.099
 under his feet.

00:50:14.440 --> 00:50:15.079
 But when it says

00:50:15.079 --> 00:50:15.960
 all things are put

00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:16.779
 in subjection,

00:50:17.059 --> 00:50:17.779
 it is plain

00:50:17.780 --> 00:50:19.340
 that he is accepted

00:50:19.340 --> 00:50:20.900
 who put all things

00:50:20.900 --> 00:50:21.620
 in subjection

00:50:21.620 --> 00:50:22.220
 under him.

00:50:22.640 --> 00:50:23.220
 When all things

00:50:23.220 --> 00:50:24.420
 are subjected to him,

00:50:24.660 --> 00:50:26.060
 then the Son himself

00:50:26.060 --> 00:50:27.820
 will also be subjected

00:50:27.820 --> 00:50:28.260
 to him

00:50:28.260 --> 00:50:29.420
 who put all things

00:50:29.420 --> 00:50:30.300
 in subjection

00:50:30.300 --> 00:50:31.140
 under him

00:50:31.140 --> 00:50:32.440
 that God may be

00:50:32.440 --> 00:50:33.760
 all in all.

00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:35.060
 Isn't that amazing?

00:50:35.160 --> 00:50:36.060
 Even Jesus gives

00:50:36.060 --> 00:50:36.500
 the kingdom

00:50:36.500 --> 00:50:37.220
 to the Father

00:50:37.220 --> 00:50:37.780
 and says,

00:50:38.019 --> 00:50:40.420
 This is all for you.

00:50:41.080 --> 00:50:41.500
 That's where

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:42.560
 the culmination

00:50:42.560 --> 00:50:43.620
 of this is going.

00:50:44.040 --> 00:50:44.820
 The last thing

00:50:44.820 --> 00:50:45.440
 to be destroyed

00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:46.040
 is death.

00:50:46.640 --> 00:50:46.800
 Okay?

00:50:46.800 --> 00:50:48.060
 We sell the beginning

00:50:48.060 --> 00:50:48.400
 of that

00:50:48.400 --> 00:50:49.160
 with the resurrection

00:50:49.160 --> 00:50:49.700
 of Jesus.

00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:51.180
 That was our down payment.

00:50:51.780 --> 00:50:52.320
 And one day

00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:53.480
 we will be resurrected

00:50:53.480 --> 00:50:54.060
 as well.

00:50:54.539 --> 00:50:55.120
 In the meantime,

00:50:55.440 --> 00:50:56.360
 we preach the gospel

00:50:56.360 --> 00:50:57.400
 to as many.

00:50:57.740 --> 00:50:58.820
 We become all things

00:50:58.820 --> 00:50:59.560
 to all men

00:50:59.560 --> 00:51:01.420
 that by all means

00:51:01.420 --> 00:51:02.420
 we might win

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:03.500
 as many as possible

00:51:03.500 --> 00:51:04.519
 so that as many

00:51:04.519 --> 00:51:05.019
 as possible

00:51:05.019 --> 00:51:05.760
 will be resurrected

00:51:05.760 --> 00:51:06.840
 to that day

00:51:06.840 --> 00:51:09.240
 unto eternal life.

00:51:09.880 --> 00:51:10.980
 Does that make sense?

00:51:11.660 --> 00:51:12.820
 That's where we're going.

00:51:13.260 --> 00:51:13.480
 Amen?

00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:14.920
 Amen.

00:51:14.920 --> 00:51:15.000
 Amen.