1. A NEW KINGDOM ORDER

A. A

way of life.

“For the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy…” —ROMANS 14:17

1) These 3 are progressive. Righteousness, meaning a right relationship with God and a right relationship with people brings peace. And that peace brings us joy.

2) There should be

of “New Birth.”

YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN —JOHN 3: 3,5

3) When we are born again we are supernaturally

to a new Kingdom.

“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love” —COLOSSIANS 1:13

4)

transformation of our personhood back to the image in which we were created.

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory…” —2 CORINTHIANS 3:18

BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST —2 CORINTHIANS 5:17; PHILIPPIANS 1:6; ROMANS 12:1-2; ROMANS 8:29

“Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness…” —GENESIS 1:26-27

He (God) is not wanting us to simply be religious people. He wants us to

Him!

WARNING FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT —2 TIMOTHY 3:1-9

“Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, cast out demons in your name, and done many wonders (miracles) in your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” —MATTHEW 7:21-23

Jesus wants to have a relationship with us.

B. Of what Kingdom are you a

?
COLOSSIANS 1:13; PHILIPPIANS 3:20

1) This will be made evident by our allegiance and loyalty demonstrated by how we

our lives (especially when no one is watching us).

2) Who is in charge of your choices, words, temperament, desires and relationships? Is it you or is it your

?

3) Integrity – how do you live when no one is

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? A person with real integrity lives the same when no one is present as they do when they are in front of the church.

4) Be a leader with

integrity.

COLOSSIANS 1:13 – TRANSFERRED INTO A NEW KINGDOM

PHILIPPIANS 3:20 – CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN

WE ARE CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

C. A new

that we are given in Christ.
EPHESIANS 1

1) We are

in Him (Christ), by what He has done at the Cross.

2) We are “heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ”.
We are

of God.

3) We can come boldly to the throne of grace.

RECEIVE HELP WHEN WE NEED IT —HEBREWS 4:16; EPHESIANS 2:18

4) We may make requests in prayer.

“…whatever you ask the Father in my name He will give you” —JOHN 16:23-24

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” —1 JOHN 5:14-15

God is not there simply to give us everything we

. He is there to give us what we

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.

There is only

God that hears and answers prayer, that is the God to whom we pray.

Let’s pray for the things that

would pray for because we are His sons.

D. A new

.

1) Jesus instituted (started) the

based upon Himself as the Chief Cornerstone.
MATTHEW 16:13-18; 1 CORINTHIANS 3:5-15

E. A new

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.
MATTHEW 28:18-20; JOHN 17:18; JOHN 20:21; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:20

1) To bring the supernatural message of the

.

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation…” —ROMANS 1:16

2) We are commissioned by our King with this new purpose.

YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MOST SACRED MESSAGE EVER SPOKEN ON THE FACE OF THIS PLANET: THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

IN ALL YOU DO, YOU DO IT JUST FOR THE ONE, HIS NAME IS JESUS

F. A new

.

1) Whatever our God asks us to do, He will always make us

to do it.

2) He has given to us the

Kingdom power and authority that He had while He was on earth.

3) The Spirit of the Living God lives

us.

JESUS BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT —MATTHEW 3:16

“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another advocate to help you and be with your forever – the Spirit of truth…” —JOHN 14:16-17

“For the Kingdom of God is not in word but in power” —1 CORINTHIANS 4:20

WE DO NOT WORK FOR GOD, WE WORK WITH GOD; AND THE WORK WE DO WE ARE TO DO IT HIS WAY.

4) We have been called to work with Him and in working with Him, He will give us

we need to accomplish and fulfill His will. To be

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.

“… that you bear much fruit…” —JOHN 15:8

FRUIT = THE TRANSFORMED LIVES OF PEOPLE

5) The Kingdom of God is not just a proclamation; it is also to be a

!

6) If Jesus Himself needed to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, how much

do we need His Holy Spirit. It comes down to

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the Holy Spirit to lead us.

G. We are to do and fulfill that which Christ

.

1) In glorious

.
JOHN 14:12

2) In

.
COLOSSIANS 1:24; 2 THESSALONIANS 1:5

3) In learning to

with Christ.
2 TIMOTHY 2:11-13

Be servants of all.

“… the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” —MATTHEW 20:20-28

4) In a life

the Kingdom of God.
1 THESSALONIANS 2:12; 2 PETER 1:10-11

PSALM 115 & 135 – WHATEVER YOU WORSHIP, YOU BECOME LIKE. WHOEVER YOU SPEND TIME WITH, WILL BE REFLECTED IN YOUR BEHAVIOR, IN YOUR ATTITUDE AND IN YOUR CHARACTER.

If we

time with Jesus, we

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more like Him.

H. We live this life in an absolute guaranteed

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of Christ’s deliverance, redemption and

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into his eternal Kingdom. 2 TIMOTHY 4:18; COLOSSIANS 1:26-27

If all this is true and available to us, then why do we not see everyone saved, healed and delivered? There is a reason why.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE KINGDOM OF ETERNITY IN TERMS OF IT’S FUTURE FULFILLMENT AND WE WILL STUDY THAT NEXT