​One of the most important things you can learn in God’s Kingdom is to be led by the Holy Spirit, our Governor. I enjoy being led to give by the Governor. When you are being led by the Governor you cannot go wrong or astray!
 
Currently, we live in a small city called Easley here in the United States. I am so thankful that the Holy Spirit, our Governor, clearly led us here. But I have spent most of my life in New York City, where there wasn’t any shortage of people with great wealth. I definitely wasn’t one of them, but I certainly saw them all around the city! But the whole time I was under my Father’s protection and provision because of my mother's prayers.
 
When you allow the Governor to lead you, He truly will lead you to all truth. But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. John 15:26 You will never be deceived if you listen when our Governor, the Holy Spirit, speaks. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. John 16:13-14
 
Be led by the Holy Spirit, our Governor, not by how you may feel or what you may see. Emotions are temporary and very deceptive. Trust His leading. There was a time when I was led to pay for a couple’s groceries. It was just as I was about to walk out of the store. I had seen them in the store while I was shopping, and the Governor led me to go back and pay for their groceries. Now, my emotions could have tried to remind me of all the ways I could use that money and talk me out of what I was being told. It could have talked me out of being obedient. But I was honored that the Lord chose me to be a blessing to them. It didn’t matter how much it was, my King informed me to do it. He never fails to bless me to be able to give, even when doubt creeps in! When He leads us to give, we don’t count our dollars, we just say yes! On the flip side of that, do not allow yourself to be coerced into giving out of guilt or emotional "arm twisting". If the Holy Spirit isn't leading you to give, then give only if you have the desire to do so.
 
In God’s Kingdom giving is a way of life. Remember, we own nothing. Everything that we have in our possession belongs to the King. We are stewards of all we possess, not owners. We, as citizens of His Kingdom, should share with those of like minds who are in need. We know that we own nothing but are always willing to obey the Governor as He leads us. Read what Dr. Luke recorded in God’s Constitution:  All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had.  The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God’s great blessing was upon them all. There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need. Acts 4:32-35 NLT

Being led by the Holy Spirit—our Governor—is absolutely vital, especially these days. Without His leading, we will surely be deceived. There are many deceivers out there who claim to be holy when they are not. If you don’t know God’s Word and the voice of the Holy Spirit you will be deceived and led away from the Father. Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. Matthew 24:23-24  
 
Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth. But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for Him to return as our Savior. He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like His own, using the same power with which He will bring everything under His control. Philippians 3:17-21 NLT
 
This is why it is so important to be led by the Governor and not how you feel. Keep this thought in mind:  the Lord Jesus was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit, our Governor. Yes sometimes we are led by the Holy Spirit, our Governor, into a season of uncomfortable testing!  Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Matthew 4:1 Then He was ready to begin teaching about God’s Kingdom! From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17
 
Remember what King Jesus said to His disciples:  “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.” John 14:15-17
 
Submit yourself to the Holy Spirit’s leading. Be governed by the Governor and you will never be misled. When people are blessed, it is because someone was led by the Holy Spirit. Make it your goal to never miss an opportunity to be led by His Spirit. When He speaks, don’t count the cost, but trust Him and say Yes! He knows you and your needs better than you do.  You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. As the Scriptures say, “They share freely and give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will be remembered forever.”
 
Yes! Arlene and I are living testimonies to this! Truly He has always provided for all that we need. His Word is truth. His principles never fail.
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For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, He will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. 2 Corinthians 9:7-10 NLT
 
Remember, your greatest asset is your faith in the King’s Word.

All scriptures are NKJV unless noted
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W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
 
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We hear that statement often in religious circles, but what does it actually mean to a Kingdom citizen?

It is a statement of fact. He is the landlord of this earth and the universe. He owns everything. We as human beings actually “own” nothing. Do you recall what the Lord God stated here in His Constitution? For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.  Psalm 50:10-11
 
This morning when the King gave me strength to rise from my sleep, I started thanking Him for blessing me to be able to bless others with a financial blessing and a word of encouragement. I am very careful how I use His finances. I always want to be a good steward of what He gives me. He blessed me to retire from the job He gave me. He always meets my needs, but it is all His. We, as Kingdom citizens must realize that we are just caretakers of all the Lord God has entrusted us with. It all belongs to the King. He makes a profound statement here:  “If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is Mine, and all its fullness.” Psalm 50:12 
 
Please understand that without an understanding of God’s Kingdom, religious people claim to own what they have. But people with a Kingdom mindset realize that what they have all belongs to our King! Kingdom citizens have a different mindset when it comes to giving. They are led by the Governor—the Holy Spirit—on how, where and what to give.
 
This may surprise some, but the Lord God tells us that all people belong to Him. “Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins shall die. Ezekiel 18:4 Now, I grant you, the Lord God was speaking to His representative concerning His people Israel, but His principles never change. Read on to what He stated to Ezekiel concerning His standards:  But if a man is just and does what is lawful and right; If he has not eaten on the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defiled his neighbor’s wife, nor approached a woman during her impurity; If he has not oppressed anyone, but has restored to the debtor his pledge; has robbed no one by violence, but has given his bread to the hungry and covered the naked with clothing.
 
If he has not exacted usury nor taken any increase, but has withdrawn his hand from iniquity and executed true judgment between man and man; if he has walked in My statutes and kept My judgments faithfully—he is just; he shall surely live!” Says the Lord God. Ezekiel 18:5-9
 
Regardless of what any religious leader or ruler on this earth says, the King’s standard never changes. He is a never-changing King in a world that is constantly changing. Keep this in mind:  Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:7-8 Always remember:  “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
 
Those of you who realize who you are in His Kingdom, He is Lord over you! He is our Landlord, over all. Our Lord and King doesn’t require you to attend a religious service to worship or praise Him Your body is the temple He requires. Ambassador Paul reminds us of that here:  Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 …Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. Romans 6:18-20
 
We have been raised to see the word lord from a religious perspective, at least here in America. We have no clear point of reference of a lord being a landlord. But a Kingdom mindset sees that God is our Lord and King over all. Understanding that will help build your faith that He gives you access to all that you need in your life. As King Jesus said:  No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money. That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food and your body more than clothing? 
 
Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to Him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, He will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
 
So don’t worry about these things, saying, “What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?” These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.” Matthew 6:25-33 NLT
 
Remember, your faith in His Word is your greatest asset in the Kingdom. He is your Lord!

​​All NKJV, except where noted.

​W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
 
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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

All scriptures are New King James translation except where noted.

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