While speaking to a crowd, the Lord Jesus made this statement concerning fulfillment of God's Law: “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” Matthew 5:17-20
 
The word fulfill is defines as, 1. To bring something to its full understanding 2. To give a complete and full essence of a thing. 3. To fill the full requirement or to show the complete thought. Now, what I am about to write may have some of you on the edge of your seats, but don’t worry as I will back it up with God’s Constitution. Keep in mind also, that the Lord Jesus came to fulfill or to complete the Law.
 
The Lord Jesus came to bring the true and complete essence to the law. The New Covenant was the complete intent of His Father’s Will. But what about the Old Covenant? Well, it has become obsolete. Now read what it says in Hebrews:  For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. 
 
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
 
In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. Hebrews 8:7-13
 
Please note:  I have stated before that the Old Testament displays the Lord God’s standards and principles. It reveals His character and that will never change.
 
Keep in mind, when the Lord God was speaking of tithes, He was speaking to Malachi concerning the children of Israel. What do these scriptures say about the Lord God's character? He wants our obedience above all. He wants us to honor and worship Him with the things that matter most to us. He wants to be first in our lives; and He will bless us and be abundantly generous with us. “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, 'In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed Me, even this whole nation.  Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” says the Lord of hosts; “And all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says the Lord of hosts. Malachi 3:8-12

Please note: That is the most commonly used scripture in the Lord God’s Constitution to encourage church members to give. If we take some serious time to study the first four accounts of the Lord Jesus while He was here on earth, we will never find where He commands the people to pay tithes. What King Jesus commanded was that we “give” to the poor and needy. Read what He said to the rich young ruler:   Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”
 
So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
 
He said to Him, “Which ones?”
 
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
 
The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?”
 
Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
 
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Matthew 19:16-21
 
What we don’t hear is to pay tithes or even to give to the church; but only “giving to the poor". When we have the right understanding and are being led by the Holy Spirit, we will realize that we OWN nothing. The Lord God has given us ACCESS to all that we need.
 
Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need. Acts 4:32-35
 
Please note:  There was no needy people among them when they had finished giving. Also note that no one claimed anything as his own. In essence, the people of the Lords God supported and took care of their fellow Believers, but too often this isn’t the case here on earth. If a church is following King Jesus’ instructions, there would be no one lacking in a home, food, clothing, etc. in the church. In Acts, the people brought their offerings to the church and the leaders gave it to those who had a need. We are told to be generous to others. We as citizens of the Kingdom are commanded to love one another and love is an action verb, which often involves giving! 
 
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35 These things I command you, that you love one another. John 15:17
 
 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another. Romans 12:10 
 
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32
 
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 John 4:7-8
 
Remember, your faith in the King is your greatest asset in His Kingdom.

W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org

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The things that you truly believe are reflected in your lifestyle. Your principles and standards—or lack thereof—will show. So if I say “what do you believe?”, even if you don’t verbalize it, I will see it by observing you. If you say that you believe that the Lord God can and will heal you and deliver you from the doctor’s report of cancer in your body, then why would you allow the physician to operate or put chemicals in your body? Call my faith extreme, but I believe that the Lord God doesn’t need any assistance to heal me. Believe me, I haven’t always felt that way! If your faith only goes as far as your mouth and isn't rooted in your spirit, don't foolishly stay away from your doctor. Take an honest self evaluation of your faith in those situations. Then focus on growing in His Word. It will increase your faith!  But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord. James 1:6-7

I’ve come to realize that the Lord God has a purpose for each of our lives and we will live here, fulfilling that purpose, as long as He permits. It is up to you to discover that purpose for your life. What you believe should line up with His Will for your life. In other words, there must be some evidence in your lifestyle and behavior. I have seen so many Christians who say they have faith, but their actions are full of fear, worry and anxiety!  If your life reflects the world, worry, fear and anxiety repent to the Father and seek His Will and His Wisdom for your life! This knowledge has brought us through this pandemic with bold faith and peace!
 
If you truly believe the Lord God heals, protects and provides you will have peace in every circumstance! Your faith in Him is the answer to what you believe.  So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. Mark 11:22-25
 
Keep in mind that doubt and faith can’t operate in the same space at the same time—impossible! Doubt will overtake the faith. There was a question asked to King Jesus while He was here on earth. Read it and His response:  They replied, “We want to perform God’s works, too. What should we do?”
 
Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one He has sent.” John 6:28-29 NLT
 
They wanted to be able to do what Jesus was doing. But the Lord God just wanted them to believe in His Son Jesus. The religious people were looking for a sign and some kind of proof that He was who He said He was. But true faith doesn’t operate that way.
 
If you can see it, it doesn’t require faith! Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. Hebrews 11:1-2 In essence, when you walk by the Spirit, you are living according to His Word. You are taking everything He stated by faith. Abraham had faith in the Lord God, and He accounted it to him for righteousness. Genesis 15:6 Do you recall what Abraham said when taking his son to be sacrificed in obedience to God’s order? Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”
 
And he said, “Here I am.”
 
Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
 
So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.”
 
So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!”
 
And he said, “Here I am, my son.”
 
Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
 
And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.
 
Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
 
But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
 
And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” Genesis 22:1-12
 
Keep in mind, Abraham’s actions reflected what He truly believed. He told his son “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” Abraham reflected his complete faith in the Lord God. What you truly believe in the Lord Jesus will be reflected in your lifestyle. Especially in times of testing!
 
What—or who—are you reflecting? This fallen world and its culture or the Kingdom culture of complete, uncompromising faith in the Lord Jesus and God’s Word? Read Hebrews 11 to build your faith! Remember that everyone laughed at Noah. . . until it started raining!
 
Your faith in the Lord Jesus is your greatest asset in His Kingdom. It is the only thing that will bring you through. 

W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org

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​When you start reading and studying the King’s constitution consistently, a change will begin to take place in your life and your lifestyle. It is a process that must begin to take place within you. As you surrender your life to His Will, He will develop the spirit being in you. Remember, as you submit your will to His, you will begin to see changes in your life. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2
 
Humbling ourselves is one of the keys to entering the Kingdom. It is all a process. We must learn to detox from what we have learned—and “caught”—here in this fallen world. Do you recall what King Jesus stated while He was here on earth? At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”
 
Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the Kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:1-4
 
Change doesn’t usually happen in an instant. Change is about being converted from one person to another. How are we changed? Remember, the Lord Jesus became the Word in the flesh. 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. John 1:14 When you obey the Lord Jesus, you are obeying Him because Jesus is the Word that became flesh and walked among us.  Through being obedient to His Word, it will most definitely change you. You can’t be full of His Word and not be changed! The Lord Jesus was obedient to His Father through His physical death here on earth. Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.
 
For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’” Acts 3:17-23
 
It is vital for us to study the Lord God’s constitution.  His Word renews and transforms (changes) our mind. His Word gives us the courage and strength to stand in this age. Knowledge of His Word gives us direction and shows us His purpose for our lives. The reason so many individuals fail as believers is because they have so little knowledge of His Word.  If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. James 1:5-8
 
When speaking to the children of Israel through the representative Hosea, here is what He said:  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your God, also will forget your children. Hosea 4:6 He wasn’t speaking to those individuals who didn’t know, but to His people. Remember, He started, “My people. . .” It was a charge against His people Israel, not the lost people of the world! Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, for the Lord brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land:  “There is no truth or mercy or knowledge of God in the land. By swearing and lying, killing and stealing and committing adultery, they break all restraint, with bloodshed upon bloodshed. Hosea 4:1-2 Believe it or not, there are many people who claim to know the Lord God who are doing the very same things. Remember what the Lord Jesus said while He was here on earth.  It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you who do not believe.” 
 
For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.” John 6:63-65
 
His Word has changed my entire life. If people who knew me twenty years ago saw me, they may recognize my face, but they would not recognize me because I am completely transformed from who I once was!  But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like Him as we are changed into His glorious image. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18 NLT
 
Remember, your faith in the Lord God’s Word is your most valuable asset in His Kingdom.

W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org

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​The way to the Lord God is not through any kind of religion or religious ceremony. The Lord Jesus made the way very clear:  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Note the words “whoever believes”. It doesn’t matter where you are located on this planet earth, all you have to do is to put your trust and faith in the Lord Jesus, receive Him as your Savior and you will have everlasting life. It is just that simple. Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6
 
In order for you to be healed in your body and mind, here is what you need to do—put your total trust in Him and His Word. Here is a great example of totally trusting and believing in the King’s Word: So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 
 
Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.”
 
The nobleman said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!”
 
Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, “Your son lives!”
 
Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.”
 
So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” And he himself believed, and his whole household. This again is the second sign Jesus did when He had come out of Judea into Galilee. John 4:45-54
 
Please notice that when He informed the nobleman that his son lives, he immediately believed the Lord Jesus words concerning his son. The Lord Jesus knew the level of the man’s faith. King David made this statement: Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:3-4  Remember that it is impossible for the Lord God to lie! When the Lord God spoke to Balaam concerning Balak, here are the words He said: “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Numbers 23:19 When we try to figure out the movements of the Lord God rather than trusting His Word, we miss it. It doesn’t require faith if you already know how it will come to pass. I want you to know that as I write this article, I am learning to totally trust Him. That means putting away the ways I used to think, changing my mindset. It is a process because we have to adjust our old way of thinking and get in line with the Lord God’s constitution.
 
Feast on the Lord God’s Word every day because it is our strength and faith builder. Our faith in the King should never be based on our religion but in obeying His Word. It is the only solid foundation to build on! Do you recall what the Lord Jesus said to the woman who spoke a blessing over His earthly mother? And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”
But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it!” Luke 11:27-28 Ambassador Paul made it plain:  For we walk by faith, not by sight.  2 Corinthians 5:7
 
Keep in mind, walking by faith is trusting and acting upon His Word, no matter how circumstances look, just because the King said it. Faith is believing it is already done and thinking and acting accordingly. That kind of faith will bring peace into your life through every situation and trial. We must learn to depend on His Word, for our inward man will live on forever. Ambassador Paul stated it this way:  Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
 
Please note:  As ambassador Paul stated in verse 18, the things that aren’t seen are eternal and the things that are seen are temporary. Yes, mankind has it backwards, worrying and fretting over things that are temporary rather than the eternal things!
 
Remember, your greatest asset in the Kingdom of God is your faith in His Word.

W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org

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