KINGS AND KINGDOMS - WHY DECLARATIONS MATTER
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?
Ask the question, “What did Jesus demonstrate authority over?”
DEMONS
SICKNESS & DISEASE
NATURAL RESOURCES (BREAD, FISH, WINE, FINANCES)
INANIMATE OJBECTS (FIG TREE)
PHYSICAL THREATS (TERROR, NATURAL DISASTERS)
ANYTHING WE ARE REDEEMED FROM (DUET 28)
PREVIOUS WEEKS:
God’s Practical Sovereignty (Sept 8)
The Origins of Evil (Sept 15)
The Nature of Process Laws (Sept 22)
Activating Spiritual Authority (Sept 29)
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TODAY:
WHY AFFIRMATIONS, DECLARATIONS AND DECREES MATTER
QUESTION:
ARE WE JUST SAYING POSITIVE THINGS, OR IS THERE MORE TO IT?
WHEN GOD AFFIRMS – DECLARES – DECREES
PSALM 148:1-6 NKJV Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! 2 Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! 3 Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light! 4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters above the heavens! 5 Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He COMMANDED and they were CREATED. 6 He also ESTABLISHED them forever and ever; He made a DECREE which shall not pass away.
GOD’S DECLARATIONS ARE ACTIVATORS
HEBREWS 11:3 NKJV By FAITH we understand that the WORLDS WERE FRAMED by the WORD OF GOD, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Gen 1:3 AND GOD SAID, Let there be light: (KJV)
Gen 1:6 AND GOD SAID, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters (KJV)
Gen 1:9 AND GOD SAID, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together (KJV)
Gen 1:11 AND GOD SAID, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed (KJV)
Gen 1:14 AND GOD SAID, Let there be lights in the firmament of the (KJV)
Gen 1:20 AND GOD SAID, Let the waters bring forth…the moving creature (KJV)
Gen 1:24 AND GOD SAID, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind (KJV)
Gen 1:26 AND GOD SAID, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (KJV)
Gen 1:28 AND GOD SAID unto them, Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth (KJV)
Gen 1:29 AND GOD SAID, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed (KJV)
JOHN 1:1, 14 NKJV In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD. ... 14 And THE WORD BECAME FLESH and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
GOD’S THRONE – GOD’S WORD
PSALM 103:19-22 NKJV The Lord has ESTABLISHED HIS THRONE in heaven, and HIS KINGDOM RULES over ALL. 20 Bless the Lord, you His ANGELS, Who excel in strength, WHO DO HIS WORD, heeding the VOICE OF HIS WORD. 21 Bless the Lord, all you His hosts, you [angel] ministers of His, who do His pleasure. 22 Bless the Lord, all His works, in all PLACES OF HIS DOMINION.
GOD’S WORD IN HUMAN MOUTHS
JEREMIAH 1:4-12 NKJV Then the WORD OF THE LORD came to me, saying: 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” 6 Then said I: “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.” 7 But the Lord said to me: “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and WHATEVER I COMMAND YOU, YOU SHALL SPEAK. 8 Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to DELIVER YOU,” says the Lord.9 Then the Lord put forth His hand and TOUCHED MY MOUTH, and the Lord said to me: “Behold, I have put MY WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH. 10 See, I have this day set you OVER THE NATIONS and OVER THE KINGDOMS, to ROOT OUT and to PULL DOWN, to DESTROY and to THROW DOWN, to BUILD and to PLANT.” …12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to PERFORM MY WORD.”
AMPLIFIED VERSION - Then said the Lord to me, You have seen well, for I AM ALERT AND ACTIVE, WATCHING OVER MY WORD TO PERFORM IT.
OTHER EXAMPLES:
MOSES – “I will be with your mouth…” (Ex 4:10-17)
EZEKIEL – “Eat this scroll… speak with my words…” (Ez 3:1-27)
ISAIAH – “I have put my words in your mouth…” (Is 51:15-16)
JESUS – “I will put my words in his mouth…” (Deut 18:18-19)
PROPHETS – “God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets…” (Acts 3:18-21)
RESISTING GOD’S SPIRIT
ACTS 7:51 NKJV [Stephen said] (You) STIFF-NECKED and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always RESIST THE HOLY SPIRIT; as your fathers [did], so [do] you.
ACTIVATING SALVATION
ROMANS 10:8-17 NKJV But what does it say? "THE WORD is near you, in YOUR MOUTH and in your heart" (that is, THE WORD of faith which we preach): 9 that if you CONFESS with YOUR MOUTH the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be SAVED.
CONFIRMING THE WORD
MARK 16:15-20 NKJV And He (Jesus) said to them, "GO into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature… 17 "And THESE SIGNS will follow those who believe… 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the LORD WORKING WITH [THEM] and CONFIRMING THE WORD through the accompanying SIGNS.
WHAT IF… THE NEXT 21 DAYS…
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