Kingdom Expansion
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Kingdom Expansion, in terms of gaining territory, was done through colonies. Those who were in authority over the colonies were called Governors. They were appointed by the king.
Our Lord and King owns everything and we as Kingdom citizens are His territory. We belong to the King. Remember, the home country of the King is His domain. The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to Him. Psalm 24:1 NLT
Remember, that in God’s Kingdom, new territories are His people, who have been “colonized” and brought into His Kingdom. His Governor—the Holy Spirit—rules, leads and guides that territory.
Once a colony is established, the king’s number one priority is to exercise his personal influence over it. In colonial times the transformation of the colony into that kingdom was a process. Just as when an individual becomes born again in the spirit. It is a process. Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever. 1 Peter 1:22-23 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13
What is a colony? A colony is comprised of a group of people and their descendants who settle in a distant land but remain subject to the home country. The same analogy applies to those of us “Gentiles”. We were foreigners. Before we knew Christ, we were strangers and foreigners. Life in the Kingdom was foreign to us. As ambassador Paul said: So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. Ephesians 2:19 NLT
By the way, the word colony is derived from the Latin word colonia, and from the word colere—meaning to cultivate. Yes we are to cultivate the Kingdom message and culture here on this earth. It is our responsibility to share the Kingdom in the way we live and think. We must represent the values, morals and manners of our home country. We don’t just talk about the Kingdom, just as we wouldn’t cultivate the soil by talking to it. It is our actions that cultivate the soil, so our culture and lifestyle of our original country is cultivated through our actions. Cultivate is a verb and requires action!
When a king takes a territory, the goal is to make that territory exactly like that kingdom. This is why, in God’s Kingdom, it is vital that we consistently read and study His Constitution at all times. It is also very important that we be led by our Kingdom Governor—the Holy Spirit—the most important individual of the colony! He only answers and reports to the King. With the Governor in the colony, you really didn’t need the physical presence of the king to be changed by his influence. When you are filled with His Word and led by the Holy Spirit, you will influence others around you. You carry His presence with you by His representative, the Holy Spirit! While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered, “Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” Acts 10:44-47
Remember that the Holy Spirit is the one who is connected to the King on a personal level. He is the one who tells us everything our Lord and King wants us to know. 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. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. John 16:13-15
In colonial times, the governor was the guarantee that the kingdom always had access to the colony. The connection between the King and the colony was totally dependent on the governor. The colony could be across an ocean and the King was still connected to the colony through his appointed governor. Anything the King wanted the colony to know, receive or to do, he would send through His governor. This is what happened to the crowd on the Day of Pentecost. And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language.
Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.” So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?” Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.” Acts 2:5-13
The Holy Spirit spoke other languages through men who He indwelled in their mortal bodies. He also understood intimately the King’s desires, intent, and Will. He was the only one who could effectively interpret these things for the colony.
This goes along with the will of the King in our lives. The Governor knows exactly what the King wants for us as individuals. He will guide us and lead us into the King’s righteousness. As King Jesus said: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6
The Governor was the only one who was empowered with the authority and ability to execute the King’s desires and commands for the colony. When the blind see, the sick are healed, and the lame walk again, the Holy Spirit is present, operating through a citizen of God’s Kingdom. It is our Kingdom Governor operating in His authority over His colony. “If you love Me, obey My commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it isn’t looking for Him and doesn’t recognize Him. But you know Him, because He lives with you now and later will be in you. No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. John 14:15-18 NLT
This is the key to expanding God’s Kingdom here on earth. We don’t need to buy land or build buildings. His Kingdom is here, in His children. The Kingdom expands to everywhere we go, and everyone we meet, if we cultivate it by God’s Word and His Governor, the Holy Spirit. The Kingdom doesn’t expand with money, fame or property. The Kingdom expands through you and me!
Remember, your greatest asset in the Kingdom is your faith in His Word.
All scriptures are NKJV unless noted
W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
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Our Lord and King owns everything and we as Kingdom citizens are His territory. We belong to the King. Remember, the home country of the King is His domain. The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to Him. Psalm 24:1 NLT
Remember, that in God’s Kingdom, new territories are His people, who have been “colonized” and brought into His Kingdom. His Governor—the Holy Spirit—rules, leads and guides that territory.
Once a colony is established, the king’s number one priority is to exercise his personal influence over it. In colonial times the transformation of the colony into that kingdom was a process. Just as when an individual becomes born again in the spirit. It is a process. Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever. 1 Peter 1:22-23 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13
What is a colony? A colony is comprised of a group of people and their descendants who settle in a distant land but remain subject to the home country. The same analogy applies to those of us “Gentiles”. We were foreigners. Before we knew Christ, we were strangers and foreigners. Life in the Kingdom was foreign to us. As ambassador Paul said: So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. Ephesians 2:19 NLT
By the way, the word colony is derived from the Latin word colonia, and from the word colere—meaning to cultivate. Yes we are to cultivate the Kingdom message and culture here on this earth. It is our responsibility to share the Kingdom in the way we live and think. We must represent the values, morals and manners of our home country. We don’t just talk about the Kingdom, just as we wouldn’t cultivate the soil by talking to it. It is our actions that cultivate the soil, so our culture and lifestyle of our original country is cultivated through our actions. Cultivate is a verb and requires action!
When a king takes a territory, the goal is to make that territory exactly like that kingdom. This is why, in God’s Kingdom, it is vital that we consistently read and study His Constitution at all times. It is also very important that we be led by our Kingdom Governor—the Holy Spirit—the most important individual of the colony! He only answers and reports to the King. With the Governor in the colony, you really didn’t need the physical presence of the king to be changed by his influence. When you are filled with His Word and led by the Holy Spirit, you will influence others around you. You carry His presence with you by His representative, the Holy Spirit! While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered, “Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” Acts 10:44-47
Remember that the Holy Spirit is the one who is connected to the King on a personal level. He is the one who tells us everything our Lord and King wants us to know. 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. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. John 16:13-15
In colonial times, the governor was the guarantee that the kingdom always had access to the colony. The connection between the King and the colony was totally dependent on the governor. The colony could be across an ocean and the King was still connected to the colony through his appointed governor. Anything the King wanted the colony to know, receive or to do, he would send through His governor. This is what happened to the crowd on the Day of Pentecost. And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language.
Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.” So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “Whatever could this mean?” Others mocking said, “They are full of new wine.” Acts 2:5-13
The Holy Spirit spoke other languages through men who He indwelled in their mortal bodies. He also understood intimately the King’s desires, intent, and Will. He was the only one who could effectively interpret these things for the colony.
This goes along with the will of the King in our lives. The Governor knows exactly what the King wants for us as individuals. He will guide us and lead us into the King’s righteousness. As King Jesus said: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6
The Governor was the only one who was empowered with the authority and ability to execute the King’s desires and commands for the colony. When the blind see, the sick are healed, and the lame walk again, the Holy Spirit is present, operating through a citizen of God’s Kingdom. It is our Kingdom Governor operating in His authority over His colony. “If you love Me, obey My commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it isn’t looking for Him and doesn’t recognize Him. But you know Him, because He lives with you now and later will be in you. No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. John 14:15-18 NLT
This is the key to expanding God’s Kingdom here on earth. We don’t need to buy land or build buildings. His Kingdom is here, in His children. The Kingdom expands to everywhere we go, and everyone we meet, if we cultivate it by God’s Word and His Governor, the Holy Spirit. The Kingdom doesn’t expand with money, fame or property. The Kingdom expands through you and me!
Remember, your greatest asset in the Kingdom is your faith in His Word.
All scriptures are NKJV unless noted
W.R. Luchie
www.kingdomcitizens.org
This article may only be reproduced, in print or on the internet, if the author's name and website address are included at the end of the article as originally placed. Thank you
