To become a citizen of God's Kingdom, you must have faith in His Son. 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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
 
He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:16-18
 
And, without faith in the King, there is no way possible to please the King.  But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6
 
To say you love King Jesus is to love the Word. You cannot love one and not the other. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. . . 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 bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ” John 1:1-3,14-15
 
Do you recall the woman with a flow of blood and how she pressed her way through the crowd just to touch the King? It was through her faith in Him that she was ever delivered from her condition. Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any,  came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped.
 
And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?”
 
When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”
 
But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.” 
 
Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately.
 
And He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” Luke 8:43-48 By the way, I can personally relate to that woman. Everyone that was delivered or healed had faith in the King’s promises. He will always see you through. I can say that I am a living example of that statement. King David’s statement in God’s constitution confirms it. As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. Psalm 18:30
 
To build and strengthen your faith in the King, stay in His Word. His Word will see you through every situation. Stop trying to figure things out and simply trust Him, His Way and His Word. Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 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.
 
Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Psalm 37:1-6
 
Your faith and trust in Him is your key to all your victories and blessings as a citizen of the Kingdom. It is imperative that we as Kingdom citizens keep reading and studying His constitution for it is the life strength of our faith in Him. The more you read, the stronger your desire for God's Word will become.
 
Before the Lord Jesus was sent to this earth His Father gave His ambassador Hosea this message to deliver to Israel, His people. 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.

Therefore the land will mourn; and everyone who dwells there will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea will be taken away. . .
 
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your God, also will forget your children. Hosea 4:1-3, 6.
 
Keep in mind that the Word of the Lord God is the foundation of every person’s faith in the King. It is His Word that causes your faith in Him to grow. If you study His constitution and live by it, you are the one who pleases the King. King Jesus made this statement concerning those who love Him and His Father.  He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” John 14:21
 
Learning the Word is vital. Read what the Lord Jesus told Martha when she was concerned her sister, Mary wasn’t helping her. Now while they were on their way, Jesus entered a village [called Bethany], and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord’s feet and was continually listening to His teaching. But Martha was very busy and distracted with all of her serving responsibilities; and she approached Him and said, “Lord, is it of no concern to You that my sister has left me to do the serving alone? Tell her to help me and do her part.” 
 
But the Lord replied to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered and anxious about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part [that which is to her advantage], which will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10: 38-42 AMP Mary was listening and learning while sitting at His feet. Many religious leaders have said that she was worshipping at His feet. But the Lord God’s constitution states that “Mary sat at Jesus feet and heard His Word”. (NKJV) Mary was listening and learning from the King. She was loving the Word.
 
Psalm 119 is a tribute to God’s Word! Clearly, David loved God’s Word. Here is a passage: 

Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
 
You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts.

I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Your Word. I have not departed from Your judgments, for You Yourself have taught me.

How sweet are Your Words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
 
Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
 
Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments. Psalm 119:97-106
 
Remember, your greatest asset is your faith in His Word.

​All NKJV, except where noted.

​W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
 
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Have you ever felt ashamed or embarrassed to go to our Lord and King? There were times in my life that I felt that way. What would cause a citizen of the Kingdom to feel ashamed and embarrassed? We might first think of sin, but it is actually a lack of total faith in our King and an understanding of who He is! In my daily life, I strive for total faith in my Lord and King. My request to the King is to help my unbelief! This is also what the father of the demon possessed boy said to the Lord Jesus.
 
When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd surrounding them, and some teachers of religious law were arguing with them. When the crowd saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with awe, and they ran to greet Him.
 
“What is all this arguing about?” Jesus asked.
 
One of the men in the crowd spoke up and said, “Teacher, I brought my son so you could heal him. He is possessed by an evil spirit that won’t let him talk. And whenever this spirit seizes him, it throws him violently to the ground. Then he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast out the evil spirit, but they couldn’t do it.”
 
Jesus said to them, “You faithless people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”
 
So they brought the boy. But when the evil spirit saw Jesus, it threw the child into a violent convulsion, and he fell to the ground, writhing and foaming at the mouth.
 
“How long has this been happening?” Jesus asked the boy’s father.
 
He replied, “Since he was a little boy. The spirit often throws him into the fire or into water, trying to kill him. Have mercy on us and help us, if you can.”
 
“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”
 
The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”
 
When Jesus saw that the crowd of onlookers was growing, He rebuked the evil spirit. “Listen, you spirit that makes this boy unable to hear and speak,” He said. “I command you to come out of this child and never enter him again!”
 
Then the spirit screamed and threw the boy into another violent convulsion and left him. The boy appeared to be dead. A murmur ran through the crowd as people said, “He’s dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up.
 
Afterward, when Jesus was alone in the house with His disciples, they asked Him, “Why couldn’t we cast out that evil spirit?”
 
Jesus replied, “This kind can be cast out only by prayer.” Mark 9:14-29 NLT
 
Note that the father of the child had enough faith to come to the King. The father realized that his faith in the King was lacking. Many believers have the same problem. They have enough faith to believe in Jesus and attend church but not enough faith to be healed from their diseases or troubles. They turn to doctors or pills before they turn to our Lord and King. My goal is to totally trust and believe the Lord God for all of my needs and anxieties. Every day I am improving in my goal.
 
The father of the demon possessed son realized what he was lacking and cried out, “Lord, help my unbelief”. Then and only then did the King rebuke and cast out the unclean spirit. “What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”
 
The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”
 
When Jesus saw that the crowd of onlookers was growing, He rebuked the evil spirit. “Listen, you spirit that makes this boy unable to hear and speak,” He said. “I command you to come out of this child and never enter him again!” Mark 9:23-25 NLT
 
There is a contrary spirit that wants to keep citizens of the Kingdom from totally trusting and having faith in the King. It wants you to doubt. I face this every day, but I remind myself of what the Lord God’s Constitution says: You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord is everlasting strength. Isaiah 26:3-4
 
There are believers who have been saved for many years but haven’t grown any further in their faith in Him than the first day that they accepted Him as their Lord and Savior. They have more faith in the created than the Creator! That is a shame and an embarrassment before the King, Every day we are to strive to be more like Him. All of the healings and deliverances in God’s Constitution that the Lord Jesus performed are meant to strengthen our faith in our King.
 
If you want to know what pleases the King, it is your faith in Him. Do you recall the men who let down the crippled man through the roof? Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him.  And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus.
 
When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” Luke 5:17-20
 
Remember, it was the faith of the men who lowered the cripple down through the roof that the Lord God recognized, not the cripple. They believed that King Jesus could deliver the healing that the crippled man needed. Again it was their faith that the King recognized and nothing else. Now, do you recall the woman with the flow of blood who came for her healing? Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped.
 
And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?”
 
When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”
 
But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.” Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately.
 
And He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” Luke 8:43-48 Everyone was touching Him, but it was the woman who put all of her faith in Him, that was delivered and immediately healed of her affliction. King Jesus felt her faith and power going out of His body! She acted upon her faith. It is not enough to say you believe in the Lord God. We must put action with our faith. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? James 2:19-20 
 
Remember, act on what you believe; and grow and mature in your faith in the King.  Have total, unshakable faith in your Lord and King and put action to your faith. Come to Him first, not last after you’ve tried everything man has to offer. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16
 
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:7-11
 
Have faith in God! 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. Mark 11:22-24
 
Remember, your faith in the Lord Jesus is your greatest asset in the Kingdom.

All NKJV, except where noted.

​W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
 
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