The Kingdom of God - Part I
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The Kingdom of God
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- How to enter in
- Luke 14:15-24
- "Happy is he who shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God!"
- Luke 14:15-24
- What is the Kingdom of God?
- The Kingdom of God is God's domain, realm, sphere, where God is everything
- Those who enter in must match Him, in life, nature, position
- HE is holy and righteous. HE is light and love; HE is glorious and honorable
- What is the Kingdom of God?
- Initial Entrance
- EASY!
- Born again
- Forgiveness
- Eternal life
- The Holy Spirit
- Final Entrance
- High standard
- Judgment seat of Christ
- Overcomers
- Easy....Challenging
- "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:5)
- For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved." (Rom 10:13)
- Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. (Matt. 7:21)
- Where are You?
- How do we enter in?
- Verses 16-24
- But He said to him, "A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many; and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for everything is ready now.'
- "But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.' "Another one said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.' "Another one said, 'I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.'
- "And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, 'Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'
- "And the slave said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.' "And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled. 'For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.'"
- Verses 16-24
- The Big Dinner is Ready!
- God has embodied Himself in the Son and is NOW realized as the Spirit!
- The word of God has been released from Genesis to Revelation!
- The word has been expounded for 2000 years!
- Our environment is perfect for the experience of Christ!
- Our being is designed--spirit, soul, and body--to contact, receive, and enjoy Him!
- We are designed to enjoy God as food
- Man's Concepts of God
- God's Concept of Himself
- God's Desire—Old Testament Pictures
- "the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden" (Gen. 2:9)
- "So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey." (Exo. 3:8)
- "...they slay the burnt offering they are to slay the guilt offering, and he shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar...Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy" (Lev. 7:2,6)
- "Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day." (Exo. 16:4)
- "Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me." (Exo. 23:14)
- New Testament Reality
- "Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life." (John 6:35)
- "As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me." (John 6:57)
- "'To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life." (Rev. 2:2,7-Ephesus)
- "To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna." (Rev. 2:17-Pergamum)
- "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me." (Rev. 3:20—Laodicea)
- Three Dinner Invitations
- Jews – 30 AD to 70 AD
- Gentiles – 70 AD to today
- Great Tribulation – Last 3 ½ years of this age
- Jews
- Excuses
- Job, family
- Gentiles
- Poor, crippled, blind, lame
- My resume
- Great Tribulation
- Compelled to come in
- Designed for those who refuse to acknowledge they are poor, crippled, blind, lame
- Due to:
- Supernatural disasters
- Economic collapse
- Religious persecution
- Humility
- Humility is the key virtue to enter into the kingdom of God
- Humility means
- I am nothing
- Christ is everything
- I will eat Him every day
- I will live Him every day
- Pride kills everything
- Stir Up a Hunger!
- But He said to him, "A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many; and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for everything is ready now.'
- "But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.' "Another one said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.' "Another one said, 'I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.'
- "And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, 'Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'
- "And the slave said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.' "And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled. 'For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.'"