Possessing the KINGDOM!

Kingdom Eyes for Earthly Lies

• From that time Jesus began to preach and
to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand.” Mt.4:17
• Within YOUR reach is the KINGDOM!
• 23 “And Jesus went about all Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues, preaching
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing…”
• Ro.14:17
for the kingdom of God is not eating and
drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in
the Holy Spirit. 18 For he who serves Christ in these
things[e]is acceptable to God and approved by men
• God's kingdom isn't a matter of what you put in
your stomach, for goodness' sake. It's what God
does with your life as he sets it right, puts it
together, and completes it with joy. Your task is to
single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you'll kill
two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above
you and proving your worth to the people around
you.
• This SINGLE-MINDNESS is the key to kingdom
righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
• Today’s subtle enemy is this “multi-tasking”
mentality that complicates and distracts us from
the simplicity that is in Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived
Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be
corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
• Think about how SIMPLE it is to love and
serve Jesus!
• Mt.22:36 “Teacher, which is the great
commandment in the law?”
37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD
your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the
first and great commandment.
• Yet, think how we have made this so
complicated! Our ‘religious’ minds need
Jesus!
• Jer.17:9
“ The heart is deceitful above all things,
And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
10 I, the LORD, search the heart,

I test the mind,

Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.
• God is trying to deliver us from the deceitfulness of
our own hearts. He is testing us in order to
APPROVE us, not reject us!
• Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for
when he has been approved, he will receive the
crown of life which the Lord has promised to
those who love Him. (James 1:12)
• Ja. 4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in
vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns
jealously”?
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
“ God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
• Grace comes from humbling yourself,
humbling yourself is an attitude of
REPENTANCE:
• “metanoia” meta:change noia:mind
• “In the N.T. the subject chiefly has
reference to repentance from sin, and this
change of mind involves BOTH a turning
FROM sin and a turning TO God” (Vines)
• For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after
the flesh:
• (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but
mighty through God to the pulling down of strong
holds;)
• Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that
exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience
of Christ;
• And having in a readiness to revenge all
disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled 2
Cor.10:3-6
• Strongholds: fortified dwelling places.
• These fortresses exist in the thought
patterns and ideas that govern us.
• Imaginations: “logismos” reasoning, a
thought
• High thing: elevated, barrier
• Thought: “noema” a perception,
disposition
• Repentance is a powerful weapon against
the lies and deception of satan.
• Realize repentance is not just a one time
act that brings you to salvation but a
lifelong attitude that keeps you from
deception.
• Blessed are the poor in spirit, …
• Blessed are those who mourn,
• “Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your
sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly
manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. 10 For
godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to
be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. 11
For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly
manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of
yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement
desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved
yourselves to be clear in this matter.” 2 Cor. 7:9-11
• Diligence: earnestness, carefulness
• Clearing of yourselves: transparency
• Indignation: anger, “much to grieve”
• Fear: wholesome dread of displeasing God
• Vehement desire: a longing for, an earnest
• Zeal: a fervent mind(heat), passion
• Vindication: to proceed from justice, to
avenge NOT revenge