Our Definition for God’s Kingdom: God’s rule over God’s people in God’s creation by God’s plan and in God’s timing.
Every kingdom has a king
Every king has a design for his kingdom
Every king has to figure out how to bring about that design

God’s Design

Exodus 19:1-6
“if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”
The Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-17

After God shares his design, what happens next?

Deuteronomy 4:5-8
God’s design is to be

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his people.
God’s righteous design is

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for his people.
Why do these two go together?

How God will bring it about

Not through enforcing the Law - Galatians 3:21
But by

it Matthew 5:17
Why can Law alone not bring about God’s design?

King Charles tries to bring about his design by

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Kim Jong Un tries to bring about his design by

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God brings about his design by

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So what?

• God has a specific design
• God’s design is good
• Brought about through grace and transformation

Where do you know your life is outside of God’s good design?

How will that change?