Kingdom Culture Week 3
Pastor Pete Keirstead
June 18, 2023
Proverbs 17:14-23, Acts 12-16, Psalm 136-142, 1 Kings 19 – 2 Kings 7
- Not all fathers are
2 Kings 2:9,11-12 When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken away.”And Elisha replied, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit and become your successor.” … As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven. Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress.
1 Kings 11:1-2 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. … The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel, “You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.” Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.
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1 Kings 11:7-8 Solomon even built a pagan shrine for Chemosh, the detestable god of Moab, and another for Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites. Solomon built such shrines for all his foreign wives to use for burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.
- Culture – A combination of what we do and what we
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2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV) We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Unregulated
Proverb 29:11 Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.
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Psalm 141:3 Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips.
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Ecclesiastes 1:10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done everything felt meaningless.
Unregulated
James 4:4 (NIV) You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God?
1 Kings 22:41-43 Jehoshaphat son of Asa began to rule over Judah in the fourth year of King Ahab’s reign in Israel. Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the example of his father, Asa.
- When it comes to Kingdom Culture, both
Acts 15:39 (NLT) Their disagreement was so sharp that they separated. Barnabas took John Mark with him and sailed for Cyprus.
2 Timothy 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you when you come, for he will be helpful to me in my ministry.
Always pursue
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