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Main Point - Jesus is calling us into a life where God reigns and this new way of life goes in the face of the systems of this age.
Sticky Point - When you fully bow to Jesus as King the compass of your life will be radically changed.
Sticky Point - When you fully bow to Jesus as King the compass of your life will be radically changed.
Joke - Pastor teaches the same sermon for 1 year straight every Sunday.
After one month people were ok
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6 months people were complaining to the pastor to teach something else.
Introduction -
After 12 months the elders told the pastor he would have to teach a new sermon or he would be fired.
How many of you know what a compass is?
The pastor responded by saying - “Once you all start living this sermon, I will move on.”
Can someone explain to us what the purpose of a compass is?
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How would you feel if I only preached one sermon every week for the next year?
So, what would happen if you used a compass that was completely messed up and gave random readings?
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What if I told you that Jesus only had one topic and he never spoke about anything else for 3 years?
This is how the Scriptures describe the systems and kingdoms of man.
What if I told you this topic of Jesus was so important to Him that he refused to ever speak on any other topic?
They are not leading us into a true north.
We all take direction from a culture.
Today we are going to delve into the only topic Jesus ever preached on
and try to understand why it was so important to him
Rather, they are systems aimed to divide and destroy us.
What we wear
And why it should be so important to us.
How we speak
What we read and listen to
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Even our morals and ethics are given to us through culture.
Even a person’s religion is often shaped by their culture.
Example - Most White males in the United states claim to be Christian, even though they have never read the Bible, or attend church.
Their culture tells them they are Christian.
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Now we all
Matthew 4:
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Can you point out what the one and only message ever spoke on is?
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So, what exactly is the Kingdom of Heaven?
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King of Heaven and Kingdom of God are the exact same thing.
Matthew is writing to Jews who refuse to use the name of God out of fear of blasphemy.
The Jews, used the location of God’s throne (Heaven) as a way of speaking of Him without using His name.
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Kingdom of Heaven/ God = The reign or rule of God.
When we hear the term Kingdom of God we should not think of a place but rather of the rule of God.
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The Scriptures speak of God’s reign in two ways.
Here and Not Yet.
So, God’s reign is presently here and yet it is still to be realized in the future.
So, what does that mean?
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To understand this Here and Not yet concept we need to understand how the writers of the Bible understood time.
The age/Present Evil Age---------------------The Age To Come/Kingdom of God.
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Scriptures on this present age:
Matt 13:
Eph 2:
Gal 1:4
2 Cor
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Humanity chose to rule on their own without God.
Adam and Eve screw up
Adam and Eve screw up
Gen 1
Humanity was created to be princes’ and princess of God on earth to reflect His nature and power to creation.
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But humanity chose to be their own king and rebelled against God’s reign and rule.
This lead to humanity constantly being deceived by Satan.
2 Cor
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The characteristics of this evil age.
Divisive Tribalism
Hatred for others not like you.
Blinded by the god of this age (deceived)
Murder
corruption
Hunger for power
Death, disease, and the list goes on and on.
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The Age to come:
The promise of a future age where God fully reigns over all creation.
Luke 18:30
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Characteristics of the age to come.
No war, no disease, God’s full glory on display through all creation, nature is no longer under a curse, the nations will seek Jesus and live in His way, eternal life.
No death, no anxiety or depression, no tears of sadness.
No tribalism, only one King, LIFE, Joy and Beauty.
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Jesus says change the direction of your life for the Age to come (The Kingdom of God) is right in reach through me.
Here is the Gospel (Good News).
The age to come has invaded this present evil age in and through Jesus.
Through Jesus we come under God’s reign in the present and taste the promise of the coming age.
Under the reign of God we can escape the corruption of this present age.
Under the reign of God we have been delivered from this present evil age.
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Through Jesus we are invited to follow him into the reality of the Age to come (The Kingdom of God) in the here and now.
We are invited to live the Kingdom life now!
Kingdom ethics now!
Kingdom power now!
We are invited to taste the eternal future in this present age!
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But we still live in this present evil age.
We are ambassadors of the age to come.
We are princes’ and princess of the reign of God.
We represent the future to those who live in the hell of this present age.
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Because we live out of the Age to come in this present age we are promised hostility and persecution.
Your life will offend people as well as offer hope.
Your ethics should offend people, as well as offer hope.
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Jesus is calling us into a life where God reigns and this new way of life goes in the face of the systems of this age.
God is calling us to be the people of the future pointing the way to the Age to come (the Kingdom of God.)
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