KINGS AN KINGDOMS - THE NAME OF JESUS

KINGS AND KINGDOMS

Why do bad things happen to good people? If God is loving, why is human suffering possible? Does the weight of a great life fall on God’s sovereign control, or are there human factors involved too? In this preaching series, KINGS AND KINGDOMS, we will explore how God has delegated to individual believers a kingship, with responsibility to understand the principles that make the kingdom thrive. We will learn how to engage spiritual authority, how to defuse the emotional shame that drives a king to live like an indigent, and ultimately how to live like God’s royal people. If you have ever had questions of why “God let this happen,” you will find nurture, freedom and a deep sense of security from this series.

 

TODAY’S SERMON NOTES

ROMANS 5:17 AMP For if because of one man’s trespass (Adam’s original lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing GRACE (unmerited favor) and the free GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS [putting them into right standing with Himself] REIGN AS KINGS IN LIFE through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

CONSIDER THE QUESTION:

If God delegated His rule on earth to His people,

and His people are delinquent to those responsibilities,

how much pain and sorrow have we unduly endured?

How much of our understanding of God has been skewed?

 

WHAT IS SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY?

The responsibility to rightfully govern and enforce justice.

 

WHAT DO WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER? 

1.   DEMONS

2.   SICKNESS & DISEASE

3.   NATURAL RESOURCES (BREAD, FISH, WINE, FINANCES)

4.   INANIMATE OJBECTS (FIG TREE)

5.   PHYSICAL THREATS (TERROR, NATURAL DISASTERS)

6.   ANYTHING WE ARE REDEEMED FROM (DUET 28)

 

PREVIOUS WEEKS:

1.   God’s Practical Sovereignty (Sept 8)

2.   The Origins of Evil (Sept 15)

3.   The Nature of Process Laws (Sept 22)

4.   Activating Spiritual Authority (Sept 29)

5.   The Authority in Declarations and Decrees (Oct 6)

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TODAY:

THE POWER OF THE NAME OF JESUS!

COLOSSIANS 3:17 NKJV And WHATEVER YOU DO in word or deed, [DO] ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

 

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN,

“TO DO ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS?”

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TO DO ALL UNDER AND WITH THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS!

 

DOES EVERY CHRISTIAN POSSESS

THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE

OF SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY?

 

ACTS 2:16, 21 NKJV (Peter said) But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: ... 21 And it shall come to pass [That] WHOEVER calls on the NAME OF THE LORD Shall be SAVED.'

JOHN 14:9-18 AMP Jesus replied, …10 What I am telling you I do not say on MY OWN AUTHORITY and of My own accord; but the Father Who lives continually in Me does the (His) WORKS (His own MIRACLES, DEEDS OF POWER). 11… [If you cannot trust Me, at least let THESE WORKS THAT I DO IN MY FATHER’S NAME convince you.] 12 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT I DO; and he will do EVEN GREATER THINGS than these, because I go to the Father. 13 And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ASK IN MY NAME [as presenting all that I Am], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son. 14 [Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] WHATEVER YOU SHALL ASK IN MY NAME [as presenting all that I Am].

MARK 16:15-20 NKJV And He (Jesus) said to them, "GO into all the world and preach the gospel … 17 "And THESE SIGNS will follow those who believe: In MY NAME they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 "they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

ACTS 3:2, 6-8, 11-12, 16 NKJV And a certain MAN LAME from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; ... 6 Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST of Nazareth, RISE UP AND WALK." 7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted [him] up, and immediately his FEET AND ANKLE BONES RECEIVED STRENGTH. 8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them--walking, leaping, and praising God. ... 11 Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly amazed. 12 So when Peter saw [it], he responded to the people: "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently AT US, as though by OUR OWN POWER or GODLINESS we had made this man walk? ... 16 "And HIS NAME, through FAITH IN HIS NAME, has MADE THIS MAN STRONG, whom you see and know.

 

  • They preached in the name of Jesus. (Acts 5:40; 9:27)

  • They led people to Christ’s salvation through the name of Jesus (Acts 4:12)

  • They were baptized in the name of Jesus (Acts2:38; 8:16; 19:5)

  • They were filled with the Spirit in the name of Jesus (Mark 16:17, 18)

  • They healed the sick in the name of Jesus (Acts 3:6)

  • They had signs and wonders in the name of Jesus (Acts 4:30)

  • They cast out devils in the name of Jesus (Acts 16:18)

  • They risked their lives for the name of Jesus (Acts 15:26; 21:13 )

  • They made the name of Jesus famous (Acts 19:17)

 

WHEN TO USE THE JESUS NAME!

ALL PRAYER

(FOR ANYTHING – FOOD TO INTERCESSIONS)

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DECLARING/DECREEING AUTHORITY OVER ANYTHING

(THE DEVIL)

(CIRCUMSTANCES)

(RESOURCES)

(MIRACLES)

 

CHRISTIANS, THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST,

HAVE THE RIGHTS AND THE PRIVILEGES

TO USE THE NAME OF JESUS!

Kings and Kingdoms 2019Patrick NorrisWhy, Evil, Sovereignty, AuthorityComment