Faith in the Kingdom Culture

The message of God's Constitution (Bible) was never about a religion, a fraternity, a burial society or a ritualistic social club. God's Constitution is His Testament to all mankind. I have embraced this message by reading and studying God's Word.
I have also learned that faith is one of the most abused, misused and misunderstood concepts in human life. Throughout history, faith has been perceived in many different ways, both outside and inside religion. In the name of their faith, people have raped, pillaged, plundered, oppressed and murdered on a massive scale. The question is, who or what did they put their faith in? Down through history, people have killed because of "faith" and in the name of their religious beliefs. Many of those doing the killing did so with the belief that they were serving God. Again, the question arises, what god?
I must say, even within the "church"--those who claim to know the King--faith has been abused and misappropriated for selfish gain so often that it has been attacked and held in contempt by those who don't understand it. Keep in mind, in order for your faith to be real, it must first have an object. In order for it to be effective, it must be focused on the King and His Kingdom. Do you remember what happened to the blind men? When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of David, have mercy on us!” And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” And their eyes were opened. They were focused on Jesus the King.
The term Kingdom faith was chosen deliberately to distinguish it from "faith" in its more general meaning. "Kingdom faith" is the same as "true faith" the faith that characterizes life, not in religion, but in the Kingdom of God. It is the shared culture of all true citizens of the Kingdom.
Once again, the Kingdom of God isn't religious thinking. Christianity is a religion. It isn't the Kingdom. The Kingdom of Heaven is a country, a government. From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Throughout the Constitution in both Old and New Testaments, the message of the Kingdom of God is a message about a country:
Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
“Therefore hear the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.
Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”
Matthew 9:27-30a Matthew 4:17; 9:35; 10:7-8; 12:28; 13:18-19; 13:33
~~W. R. Luchie
I have also learned that faith is one of the most abused, misused and misunderstood concepts in human life. Throughout history, faith has been perceived in many different ways, both outside and inside religion. In the name of their faith, people have raped, pillaged, plundered, oppressed and murdered on a massive scale. The question is, who or what did they put their faith in? Down through history, people have killed because of "faith" and in the name of their religious beliefs. Many of those doing the killing did so with the belief that they were serving God. Again, the question arises, what god?
I must say, even within the "church"--those who claim to know the King--faith has been abused and misappropriated for selfish gain so often that it has been attacked and held in contempt by those who don't understand it. Keep in mind, in order for your faith to be real, it must first have an object. In order for it to be effective, it must be focused on the King and His Kingdom. Do you remember what happened to the blind men? When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of David, have mercy on us!” And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” And their eyes were opened. They were focused on Jesus the King.
The term Kingdom faith was chosen deliberately to distinguish it from "faith" in its more general meaning. "Kingdom faith" is the same as "true faith" the faith that characterizes life, not in religion, but in the Kingdom of God. It is the shared culture of all true citizens of the Kingdom.
Once again, the Kingdom of God isn't religious thinking. Christianity is a religion. It isn't the Kingdom. The Kingdom of Heaven is a country, a government. From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Throughout the Constitution in both Old and New Testaments, the message of the Kingdom of God is a message about a country:
Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
“Therefore hear the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.
Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”
Matthew 9:27-30a Matthew 4:17; 9:35; 10:7-8; 12:28; 13:18-19; 13:33
~~W. R. Luchie