As I stated earlier, people today shop for relationships the way they shop for clothes.  They try something on for size and if it doesn't fit, they simply try something else.  When they find something that suits them, they simply wear it one time and bring it back to the store where they purchased it with the receipt, stating that it doesn't fit.  Does that sound like anyone you may know?  Some individuals are a little more enduring.  They find something they think they really like.  They wear it for awhile until it fades out of style.  Then they throw it out or hang it up in the back of their closet and rush out to replace it.  There are so many that treat their spouses just like that. 

This is sad but very true.  We live in a disposable "cast-off-and throw-away" society that has largely lost any sense of permanence.  At one time, I was in that stream of thought, that mind-set, if you will.  But after coming to the knowledge of the truth, through embracing the Kingdom concept, I saw the Word of God totally differently. That is when the transformation of my mind began to change.  I am still in the transformation process every single day.  I have learned that it is only through the transformation of your mind that you will know the will of God.  The ambassador Paul stated it perfectly:  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 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.

If you take time to notice, ours is a world of expiration dates, limited shelf life, and planned obsolescence.  Now what do I mean by that?  It is in the process of becoming obsolete.  In this world system, nothing is absolute.  Truth only exists in the eye of the beholder and morality is the whim of the moment.  Living in such an environment, it is a wonder that people ask, "Doesn't anything last anymore?"  In my opinion, you can't depend on most of the preachers and teachers today, who are supposed to represent the Lord God.  They are too busy promoting themselves and their agenda.  But there  is one thing I do know:  you can depend on Jesus the Christ keeping His Word:  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.  He also made this statement:  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.”  Remember one major symptom of a sick society is when we attach to our human relationships the same attitude of impersonal transience that we display toward the inanimate and disposable items that we use in everyday life.  Marriage is the deepest and most intimate of all human relationships and even it is under assault.  My final words to you: Marriage was the Lord God's idea.

Romans 12:1-2   Matthew 24:35   John 14:21
~~W.R. Luchie

There are many individuals who are confused about the institution of marriage, just as I was at a time in my life.  I was religious and void of understanding concerning God's Constitution (the Bible).  In the eyes of many people the institution of marriage has become irrelevant.  Some consider it an ancient archaic relic in these modern times.  There is a question lingering, whether marriage is still a good idea, particularly in today's "liberated" and "enlightened" culture.  Allow me to clear this question up. Marriage is God's idea.

Concepts such as honor, trust, faithfulness and commitment seem old fashioned and out of touch with this modern society.  Many individuals change partners as easily as I change shoes and socks.  It is really sad and unhealthy to see men and women go from relationship to relationship, seeking that "oneness" that comes from a covenant marriage, but only experiencing a cheap temporary fragile imitation.

This confusion over marriage really shouldn't surprise us, considering how the media portrays sex.  Men with men and women with women.  There is a barrage of worldly attitudes and philosophies that hit us at every turn. Every day there are books, magazines, movies and television programs bombarding us with images of wives cheating on their husbands and husbands cheating on their wives.  They even create movies with underage children assuming adult behavior, kissing and having sex.  Then the question arises, why are we having so  many babies out of wedlock and so many teens having abortions?  Lust and perversion are rampant.  This is the culture of the United States, where unmarried men and women hop into bed with each other at a drop of a hat and may not even know their names.  Then just as quickly they move on to the next partner.  For men it is a conquest, but for the women, they take  the role of a door knob, with everyone getting a turn.

Individuals today shop for relationships the way they shop for clothes.  There are so many dating services to choose from.  Even those sites which call themselves "Christian" sites.  Remember this, lust isn't love, and love isn't a feeling, it's a choice.  Love isn't chemistry or how you feel about an individual.  Some say, well, it just feels right.  Well, if someone were to slap you, how would you feel then? Read what the King states concerning love:  

“But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.  “But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.

Keep in mind, Jesus didn't say love if you feel like it.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  Love never fails. 

Luke 6:27-36  I Corinthians 13:4-8
~~W.R. Luchie

Family is very important.  What you learn will affect your community.  What you are taught will mold your thinking.  The problem with that statement is, many people come from broken families, especially in poor communities.  The television has taken the place of the father's influence in the home.  Many people get their information from other's opinions and ideas.  Then they grow up and run for public office.  The groundwork of our character is established when we personally hold to an idea so completely it becomes a deep principle worth sacrificing for.  Question:  How strong is your character?  "Character is measured by the depth of what you claim to believe".~~  Dr. Myles Munroe.

Question:  How strong is your foundation?  How strong is your faith in your foundation?  “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.  “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

Again, you can learn all the skills, methods and styles of leadership, but they won't mean much if you have no real convictions that will guide your life or if you sell out your convictions.  Think on this!  If your belief system is weak, you will find yourself to be inconsistent in your standards and vacillating  in your ethics.  You may choose the honorable course one day, but the next day engage in ethically questionable behavior. "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." 


Conviction comes from a solid belief.  

The ambassador Stephen was convinced of his faith in the King's Word:  When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”  Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord;  and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Now ask yourself, "What convictions do I hold?"

John 15:1-8  James 1:6-8  Acts 7:54-60
~~W.R. Luchie

I will share this thought with you.  We must all acquire knowledge to expand our intellect.  Knowledge is a foundation to make an effective righteous decision.  King Solomon made this statement:  For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.  “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.  Many individuals misquote this saying by leaving out the word "heart".  King Solomon didn't say "As a person thinks, so is he".  I view the word "heart" as the most important word in this statement.  It surely denotes the center of our reasoning.  I truly believe that the heart is equivalent to what the psychologists today call the "subconscious mind".  I suppose then we could paraphrase Solomon's statement this way: "As an individual thinks in their subconscious mind, so are they".

This term indicates that our subconscious mind exists behind our conscious mental functions.  It is where everything that we believe is "stored", much like a computer which has information stored on its hard drive.  This is one of the main reasons why it is so important for those of us who claim to be representative of Jesus the Christ, to study the Word of God with all our minds and souls.  The Word of God will transform your mind and then your behavior will fall in line.

When you are looking for certain information on the internet, or in your files on your hard drive, you may receive information that you weren't looking for.  But in your search, one word started a chain reaction of your past searches.  You bring that other portion of the hard drive to the attention of your conscious mind, where you can consider it.  In a similar way, we can bring thoughts that are in our "heart" or subconscious mind to the surface of our conscious mind for reflection and assessment so that we can begin to evaluate what we really believe and why we believe.

Once the heart embraces information that is non-productive, then it spreads.  Jesus described it like this:   “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.  It becomes a domino effect, and is non-productive and ineffective to the Kingdom.  We must evaluate our thoughts on a daily basis.  By doing so, we protect our heart.

Proverbs 23:7   Matthew 5:27-30
~~W.R. Luchie

I am definitely convinced that if an individual wants to change his belief system, a transformation must take place. Their ideas and the way they view themselves must change.  One of our greatest weaknesses as individuals and leaders in today's society is that our philosophical training about who we are as human beings, including our inherent purpose as leaders, has been severely deficient.  As I view the internet and world events, I truly realize the out environment and other influences have produced  defects in our thinking due to some of the flawed philosophies that have been perpetrated by our culture, which we have accepted.  Do you remember that word, culture?  

Now if we want to become individuals and leaders of character who will make a positive difference in this world, we need to first take a serious look at what ideas we have received and embraced, how those ideas have shaped our philosophy of life, and what beliefs and attitudes we may need to change.  Here is an example: If a leader, or an individual, has accepted the concept "It's everyone for themselves in this world", they will always put themselves before other individuals, with the results that they may neglect, mistreat or even abuse their followers.  I have seen this many times, often on social media.  True leaders always place their highest value on the dignity of all mankind.  I truly believe that if you don't respect other individuals, you should not be in leadership.  The world system already has too many problems to take on another leader who disregards their members and the intrinsic value of human beings.  Selfishness has no place in leadership.

If we truly obeyed the King's command, I wouldn't have to write this article. Read what Jesus stated:   But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.  Remember, a leader's personal beliefs about himself and the nature of the world will inevitably be revealed in his public policy.  Now by "public policy" I am not referring only to governmental programs and laws.  I am using this term in a broad sense, to indicate the policies, directives, instructions and guidance of leaders toward those who follow them.  A leader's public policy reflects how they view, interact with and affect the lives of other individuals as they carry out their leadership.  

Leaders who claim to be representatives of the Lord God should always possess these qualities:  character and integrity.  Jesus sized it up this way:  “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Matthew 5:44-45    John 14:25-26
~~W.R. Luchie

Allow me to share this understanding with you.  Reading is good, studying His Constitution is good, but to truly understand His plan for coming to Earth, you must have a kingdom mindset. This comes about through embracing the Kingdom concept.  Our philosophy, or belief system, has been formulated throughout our lives by our responses to various influences on us.  Those influences include our families, our friends, our heritage (meaning background) our physical and social environments, our education, our religious affiliation, our knowledge, the media to which we have been exposed, our associates, our co-workers, etc.  Our beliefs com from the ideas to which we have been exposed or have developed from our observations and analyses that we have received as truth.

Some of the ideas we accept may be false or incomplete.  But if we believe that they are true, they will still become incorporated into our personal philosophy, helping to construct the foundation on which we build our lives.  This is why if an individual changes their belief system, they have to change their ideas about themselves and their ideas about this world system.  Ambassador Paul put it this way:  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 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.

This is why it is very important to discard our old behavior and allow the Spirit of God to guide us.  Studying and reading the God's Constitution is the foundation of change.  We develop character, therefore, as a result of our personal philosophy, including what we believe about the meaning of life, the nature of the world system, and how we should relate to other individuals.  Reading and studying the King's Word is real food for you.  Remember, you don't have a spirit, you are a spirit, living in a body made of dirt.  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”  Those verses state so much.

Embrace the Kingdom concept and you will most definitely develop a Kingdom mindset.  Then, everywhere  you go, you will bring the Kingdom of God into that environment.

Romans 12:1-2   Genesis 1:26-28
~~W.R. Luchie

I would like to share with you this very important part of an individual.  This individual can be your teacher, father, mother, brother, sister, etc.  One's character will affect you if you are around them long enough.

Back in 2012, President Obama was running for his second term here in the United States.  I noticed that the candidates were declaring that they were the voters' choice.  They kept using the word choice.  The candidates were presenting two different ideas, or philosophies to the voters.  Well, to be straight forward, the choice they were offering was between "big government" and "big business".  What a choice!  But the personal beliefs of the candidates became the public policy they pursued as leaders.

Dr. Munroe made this statement:  "We lead out of our beliefs".  That is  a statement of truth, and is truly stated.  The problem with our leaders, whether public officials or those who claim to be the Lord God's representative is that many--if not most--lack character, integrity  and honesty.  Read what King Solomon states in God's Constitution:  Do not eat the bread of a miser, nor desire his delicacies; for as he thinks in his heart, so is he.  “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you. The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words. (NKJ)-- Don’t associate with evil men; don’t long for their favors and gifts. Their kindness is a trick; they want to use you as their pawn. The delicious food they serve will turn sour in your stomach, and you will vomit it and have to take back your words of appreciation for their “kindness.” (TLB) All individuals generally follow the same course as they develop character, whether that character ultimately ends up positive or negative. There is a domino effect. This is why it is so important that we train our children in line with the King's Word.  Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Now, here is the process, leading to the end result:

Do you see what I mean by a domino effect?

A husband should be a great leader in his family.  This is so important because the children obey their parents.  Their character is built, learning from their parents.  Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.  Children who have been raised and trained by parents with Kingdom principles will teach and train their children these same principles.

By the way, the Lord God will hold us accountable for every non-productive word we speak.  But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”  So repent and turn from disobedience.

Proverbs 23:7   Proverbs 22:6  Colossians 3:20   Matthew 12:36-37
~~W.R. Luchie

As I stated in my last article, although we think of colon most often as the large intestine, the word actually encompasses the entire system, beginning with the tongue and esophagus, through the stomach, small intestine and large intestine all the way to the rectum.  How does this connect with colonies and cultivation of a garden?  It is a Greek concept.  Your colon begins in your head and ends in your bottom.  Whatever goes into your head is consumed and will end up in the bottom, guaranteed.

Now here is the connection that the Greeks made.  They said that the key to government is to get what is in the head out to the bottom of the community.  The king is the head and he appoints a governor to communicate and establish his will and desires throughout the community at the bottom (the colony).  Similarly, the job of the master gardener is to execute the will and desires of the garden owner (the head) and product a garden (the bottom) that satisfies those desires.   This is the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives: to ensure that we as Kingdom citizens reproduce the character and culture and live according to the values, standards and principles of our king.  It is this "top to bottom" process that King Jesus had in mind when He taught His disciples to pray.  I personally call it the domino effect.  Read how King Jesus prayed:  Your kingdom come.  Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Please remember and take note:  When this connection is made from top to bottom, from Heaven to Earth, from the King to His citizens though the link of the Holy Spirit; then the results will be a manifestation of Kingdom power and authority that is as attractive as it is undeniable.  By His own declaration, Jesus did nothing of His own.  Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner."  And what did King Jesus do?   And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.  Because He knew the heart and mind of His Father.

The "colon" was clear.  The border between countries was open, and the loving, merciful, compassionate and healing will of the King passed from His supernatural realm into the realm of the natural.  Remember, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  King Jesus gave us this promise:  “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. The Holy Spirit came to dwell in us for the purpose of fulfilling this promise in and through us.  Christ is the Head, in Heaven, and we are His Body, on Earth.  The Governor delivers the will of the Head to the Earth and carries it out through us, the Body.  The Master Gardener takes the seeds and plans of the Owner and transfers the Garden of His supernatural realm into the natural world. This is a process we must understand.

Matthew 6:10   John 5:19   Matthew 4:23
Hebrews 13:8   John 14:12
~~W.R. Luchie

All of my articles concerning reproducing Kingdom gardens on Planet Earth are simply another way of saying that the Lord God is in the process of re-colonizing the planet with His Kingdom government and culture.  this mission was so critical that He couldn't entrust it to any other than His Son, who alone possessed all the necessary qualifications.  Jesus came into the world as a government agent on a special assignment.  Pilate, also, was a government official.  This is why he understood Jesus' words, whereas the religious leaders did not.  He and King Jesus were speaking Kingdom language.

Now let's educate ourselves:  The word colony comes from the Latin word colonia, which is translated into the Greek as Kolonia.  Colony comes from the word colere, which literally means cultivate as in planting and nurturing a garden.  To colonize, therefore, (or to plant Kingdom gardens) means to cultivate a people in one place to be first like a kingdom in another place.  It means to reproduce a culture.  In fact, the word culture itself comes from the Latin word cultura, which also means cultivation.  The word agriculture (from ager, Latin for field or land) is the art of cultivating the soil to produce crops.  Similarly, horticulture (from hortus, Latin for garden) is the art of growing fruit, vegetables, flowers or ornamental plants.  So the Holy Spirit is truly the Master Gardener, because His purpose is to cultivate the Kingdom government and culture in the hearts of Kingdom people and through them to reproduce more of the same all over the world until the Planet Earth is filled with them.  Keep in mind, King Jesus prayed that we would be one through the Word: 

“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me.  And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

The root word for colony and colonization is colon, which is also the name given to the human digestive tract.

I will continue this article tomorrow

John 17:20-26
~~W.R. Luchie

Now, remember, Jesus the Christ moved between the natural and the supernatural with ease, and so does the Holy Spirit.  Furthermore, because the Holy Spirit dwells within us, He enables us to transcend the boundary between the two, so that our prayers, praise and worship can rise to heaven and the Lord God's presence, power and privilege (favor) can flow down to us.  In this way, we can reproduce the character and culture of His Kingdom on Planet Earth.  

It is like being able to cross international borders with no checkpoints, customs or passports.  The Holy Spirit is our passport; through Him we have access to anywhere in the Kingdom, including the throne room of the King Himself.  I don't know about you, but that is the way I want to live--by the way, it is the way I am learning to live.

King Jesus made this statement replying to Pilate:  Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”  He was acknowledging two things:  First, that He was the King of a real Kingdom, and Second, that His Kingdom was from another place, a place outside and above the physical realm. Remember, a kingdom is the governing influence of a king over his territory or his domain. (I refer you to the Kingdom Authority tab on our website www.kingdomcitizens.org )  He impacts it with his will, purpose and intent; and that is manifested in the culture, lifestyle and quality of life of his citizens.  In acknowledging His Kingship to Pilate, King Jesus was stating to the Roman governor that He had a country with a society of citizens and a moral code, and that is possessed territory, power and definitely influence.  Yet it was not from Earth.  This is why it is so important for us to read, study and apply His Word to our lives.  Without it in our lives, we will never be filled with His Spirit.  Remember, citizens of His supernatural realm lived as immigrants in the natural realm but maintain their allegiance to their parent country, Heaven.  They were in the world, but not of this world.  Our position is the same.  Jesus made this statement:  Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.   I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.  He spoke only what His Father had Him to speak.  Then Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.  As Kingdom Citizens, we have the same responsibility.  By connecting us to our home world while we remain in this one, the Holy Spirit enables us to hear and understand the words and will of our King and empowers us to carry them out.  

It is when you start embracing the Word of God in your life that you will experience the Holy Spirit living in your mortal body.  Don't make excuses for not living and obeying the King's word.

John 18:36   John 5:19, 30  John 8:28
~~W.R. Luchie