One of the first things we must understand, as people of planet Earth, is that the Lord God's original culture was Kingdom culture. Adam had God's command, while living in a Kingdom environment. He was self-governed. Meaning, all he had to do was to obey God's Word.
One of the biggest problems most of us face as believers and Kingdom citizens is that we make an attempt to reproduce the new Kingdom culture with our old, unrenewed minds. Our minds have already been tainted and corrupted by this worldly culture, which makes our efforts to create good government, to promote clean living and improve society are largely ineffective at best. Our minds definitely have to be transformed. It is impossible to draw fresh water from a bitter source. 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. The source in this case is this world's government.
Keep in mind, when Christ came to Earth to restore His Father's Kingdom, the first thing He had to do was clean house. Before He could send His Spirit to dwell in us, He had to wash away the filth He found there: the sin of disobedience. By the way, that includes: immorality, degradation, evil, bitterness, envy, jealousy, anger, deceit, gluttony, greed, sexual perversion, fornication, prejudice, hatred, and lust. You should know that His death on the cross was the cleanup program. His blood has the power to wash away all the filth and degradation of the pretender and his evil rule. Christ came to wash us from our disobedience in order to prepare the "house", which is our bodies, for the return of the Royal Governor so that heaven's culture--which is our original culture--can return.
Jesus made it clear that restoring the Kingdom and reinstating its culture on Earth had nothing to do with buildings when He stated: Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”
Make a mental note: Jesus made it clear that restoring the Kingdom and reinstating its culture on Earth had nothing to do with buildings when He stated: Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”
Before the Kingdom of Heaven can be within us, we must be thoroughly cleansed from the inside out so that the Holy Spirit can inhabit a holy temple. We aren't speaking of religion here but about the return of the legitimate government. The Holy Spirit dwelling within us means that the entire government of Heaven is on the Earth today. This is what King Jesus meant when He stated that the Kingdom of God is within us.
I will continue this tomorrow in part two.
Romans 12:1-2 Luke 17:20-21
~~W.R. Luchie
One of the biggest problems most of us face as believers and Kingdom citizens is that we make an attempt to reproduce the new Kingdom culture with our old, unrenewed minds. Our minds have already been tainted and corrupted by this worldly culture, which makes our efforts to create good government, to promote clean living and improve society are largely ineffective at best. Our minds definitely have to be transformed. It is impossible to draw fresh water from a bitter source. 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. The source in this case is this world's government.
Keep in mind, when Christ came to Earth to restore His Father's Kingdom, the first thing He had to do was clean house. Before He could send His Spirit to dwell in us, He had to wash away the filth He found there: the sin of disobedience. By the way, that includes: immorality, degradation, evil, bitterness, envy, jealousy, anger, deceit, gluttony, greed, sexual perversion, fornication, prejudice, hatred, and lust. You should know that His death on the cross was the cleanup program. His blood has the power to wash away all the filth and degradation of the pretender and his evil rule. Christ came to wash us from our disobedience in order to prepare the "house", which is our bodies, for the return of the Royal Governor so that heaven's culture--which is our original culture--can return.
Jesus made it clear that restoring the Kingdom and reinstating its culture on Earth had nothing to do with buildings when He stated: Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”
Make a mental note: Jesus made it clear that restoring the Kingdom and reinstating its culture on Earth had nothing to do with buildings when He stated: Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”
Before the Kingdom of Heaven can be within us, we must be thoroughly cleansed from the inside out so that the Holy Spirit can inhabit a holy temple. We aren't speaking of religion here but about the return of the legitimate government. The Holy Spirit dwelling within us means that the entire government of Heaven is on the Earth today. This is what King Jesus meant when He stated that the Kingdom of God is within us.
I will continue this tomorrow in part two.
Romans 12:1-2 Luke 17:20-21
~~W.R. Luchie
