Seek first the Kingdom of God II

Seek first the Kingdom of God…10/4/14

Bible reading Matthew 6 vs 25 – 34

Many will agree with me that the level at which the gospel have been made irrelevant in our time is lamentably worrying. It is either true that it is irrelevant or we simply cannot define its relevance. The purpose of these meetings is to attempt by the help of the Holy Spirit to define and make clear the relevance of the gospel of the Kingdom. Abuse is inevitable if purpose is not well defined. A higher percentage of the church does not know the relevance the gospel either which even makes it more worrying. Because upon this revelation will I build my church and the gate of hell will not prove to be strong…Matthew 16 vs 18 -19

So the foundation of the church is the KOG, if there is no foundation there is no church…and if there is no church the gate of hell will be “free to roam” and be seen to have overcome or be overcoming & winning the battle in people’s lives…, which is evident in many lives. For the past couple of weeks we have enrolled ourselves into the school of the Kingdom of God (KOG) to learn the art of the Kingdom. Every kingdom has a way of doing things. In the UK first of all you have to be able to speak English as a language. We have been able to establish as a matter of fact that 2000 years ago Jesus Christ actually brought the KOG. The KOG in its simplest term is “God’s way of doing things”.

We explained what the KOG represent /epitomise… According to Luke 4 vs 18 – 19… The Spirit of the Lord is upon me…because He has anointed me …to preach good news to the poor… he has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners…And recovery of sight for the blind… to release the oppressed…to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour… What the KOG is not! • The KOG is not church! – Church is the structure, but the KOG is the foundation; so church is not the KOG!—that is why Jesus Christ said to the Pharisees nearer his crucifixion “destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days” John 2 vs 19… • It is not a religion! That made the Pharisees very mad because that disbanded their office. Jesus’ ideology that anyone can operate the KOG did not go down well with the teachers of the law. And it’s true, we don’t need a religion, we need the KOG… we need ease for our dis-ease, sight for blindness, freedom for every addiction that has imprisoned, release for every oppression, beauty for our ashes, oil of gladness for sorrow…

One thing that is common to us all is that we need God’s touch. So for God so loved the world, He gave his Kingdom wrapped in the person of Jesus Christ that whosoever believe in Him will not have to be forced to dance to the music of sickness, sorrow, oppression, grieve, sin … but have eternal live, peace, Joy, gladness, healing and health, marital bliss, fruitful children… • The KOG is neither an object nor a notion (without the motion). The KOG is an application of the power of God. People were pondering amongst themselves as Jesus began to teach in the synagogue… “He taught not like the teachers of the law but as someone that has authority…” That make it plain to me that add “authority to teaching”, what you have is application? The KOG has left the realm of the wise or intellect, good talk or positive confession; it is in the demonstration power of God amongst those that will dear to seek & pursue it. Luke 17 vs 20… “The KOG does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say ‘Here it is’ or ‘There it is’ because the KOG is within (among) you. It is an application not rhetoric/oratory. Who will seek and pursue?

We all have different things we pursue… things that we give our energy, time and our resources to… for some it’s career, others it’s the children, the family, health, well-being… and rightly so for all these are essence of life… However, “What is worth seeking?” becomes a pertinent question; when all we spend our lives to pursue starts to betray us… This brings us back to our text for today: § For the pagans run after all these things I was looking at the origin and history of the word ‘pagan’… The actual word predates the period in the church history, so it couldn’t possibly be referring to an unbeliever in Jesus Christ, which is what it’s mostly used to represent. It is derived from the use of paganus in Roman military jargon for “civilian, incompetent soldier”, which Augustine picked up with the military imagery of the early church (e.g milites –“soldiers of 6 | Page Christ”).

These are people who have come to enforce a way of life (KOG). § and your heavenly father knows that you need them… § But Seek the Kingdom of God (KOG) FIRST! Because in the kingdom is God’s way of healing and staying healthy, In the Kingdom is God’ way of raising fruitful children, In the Kingdom is God’s way of earning a living and not living for the earnings (satisfaction). Every other cure/solution that is out there is an alternative to the KOG. Overtime, Human beings have become masters of alternatives. We have evolved to not need God…but evidently it is not working… Hence, why cancer kills more now than ever before the invention of any anti-cancer technologies. …hence why the devil destroy more families and marriages now than ever before the time when 7 | Page couples both become intellectually capable of resolving issues… the question is not how can two intelligent people not be able to resolve differences or argument? No! There is the evil one that causes sin… Matthew 13 vs 37 -43.

This is the application of the KOG. This is why the KOG is the good news. This is why the KOG is the gospel. This is why the KOG has to come. This is why we have to seek it not as the last thing but as FIRST. Not as the alternative but as the principal/foremost thing. If there is ever a time in human history when the KOG is relevant it is NOW! Then the Lord’s Prayer can start to make sense… Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your name, Your Kingdom come, 8 | Page Your will be done here on earth as it is done in heaven… … Lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. Amen.

Shall we pray?  What the KOG is! • The KOG is the code given to the operation of Heaven on Earth. Jesus Christ said in the book of … The KOG does not come by careful observation; it is neither here or there…The KOG is among you, within you…, … if I cast out demons in the name of Jesus then the KOG has come to you;, if I heal the sick in the name of Jesus, then the KOG has come to you. • The KOG is an operation that God is running. We elucidate or make clear that Healing is the operative word of the KOG, and that is why the book of Act 10 vs 38 reads…  “How God anointed Jesus Christ of Nazareth with Holy Spirit and power; and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him… “ Our ability to comprehend the KOG will not only liberate us but will ensure that God’s will is done on earth as it in heaven. The KOG is not in the business of co-existing with any other kingdom… and that you cannot serve two masters is not a fable, you will have to love one and hate the other… there is no co-existing of illegal evil spirit with the KOG… We said the KOG has to be imposed and that was how Jesus Christ demonstrates the Kingdom to the disciple… whenever Jesus appeared satan has to exit… Jesus never leave anyone tormented of the devil to continue been tormented, he cast out the evil spirit(s) and sets the captive free… and that is the KOG in a nutshell… it is the code of operating Heaven on Earth. And because it is a code, it needs to be understood, taught and explained; hence why Jesus said in Luke 8 vs 9… the knowledge of the secret of the KOG has been given to you but to others I speak in parables…. The bible talks about whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven…. Whatever you lose on earth will be lose in heaven… that is only possible if you understand the code (KOG), trust it and willing to operate it. What this means is that anywhere and in every area of my life God is glorified.

I am not ready to accommodate or tolerate in the slightest manner possible any operations of the kingdom of darkness. Better still I am not willing to allow the devil to launch an illegal operation in the lives of anyone that I am responsible for… be it my children, my husband, my siblings, my mother…. I am willing to continue to develop my understanding of the code, trust it and operate it…

The KOG has to be believed! This area is the devil’s speciality/domain. The devil is the backbone for unbelief in our generation. He knows that if people don’t believe it they cannot trust it and therefore cannot operate it or operate in it. The result is evident; we have a lot of people weighed down with dissipation instead of the good news that the KOG brings, a lot of people imprisoned in one affliction or the other instead of the freedom that the KOG brings; a lot of people blind.