The 9 Keys to the Kingdom of God Bible Study by, Val Valano
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" Matt 3:1
The kingdom of God an be aessed in the he!e and no" on ea!th as it is in hea#en$ %e "alk in &o"e! like the kingdom is in &o"e! not in "o!d, #e!y fe" a!e able to en'oy this hea#en on ea!th today$ %e find that e#e!ything in the "o!ld is an illusion, "e must not take !oot in it$ Satan has !eated many kingdoms on ea!th fo! us to be ensa!ed in$ %e an be ent!aned by tele#ision, ente!tainment, "o!ldy affai!s, &olitis, ou! family &!oblems, f!iendshi&s, money, mate!ial &ossessions and e#en obsession "ith &!o&hey "athing$ The fo!mula to lea!ning ho" to o#e!ome the "o!ld and li#e in the kingdom of God in ou! e#e!yday li#es is found in 2 (ete! )* 11$ +esus told (ete! e "ill gi#es the keys to the kingdom to him, that tells us the!e is mo!e than one key$ - found them and the!e a!e 9$ (ete! "as gi#en these keys to sha!e "ith all and he did and its been in ou! fae the "hole time$ Again, the devil took Him up on an eceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory Matt .:/
0ll the kingdoms of the "o!ld and thei! glo!y o" many kingdoms a!e the!e in the "o!ld This is a legitimate uestion sine "e kno" the!e a!e demoni kingdoms among us$ The!e a!e kingdoms of fallen angels, te!!ito!ial kingdoms, em&i!es, geog!a&hial kingdoms fallen angels ha#e autho!ity o#e!$ Then the!e a!e human kingdoms$ By the end of this study, ho&e to at least find the ans"e!s along "ith the oly S&i!it to most of the uestions$ ets look at most of the #e!ses found in the ne" testament one!ning the Kingdom of God$ Matt ):3
"Blessed are are the the poor in spirit, or theirs is the kingdom of heaven
# Here we find the "poor in spirit" has access to the kingdom Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness$ sake, or theirs is the kingdom of heaven Matt ):14
5 Those 6&e!seuted fo! !ighteous sake6 has aess$ %hoever therefore &reaks &reaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall &e called least in the kingdom of heaven' &ut whoever does Matt ):19
and teaches them, them, he he shall &e called great in the kingdom of heaven 5 The!e is a hiea!hy based on ea!thly ondut$ east and G!eat in the Kingdom$ or I say to you, that unless your righteousness eceeds the righteousness of the scri&es and (harisees, you will &y no means enter the kingdom of heaven Matt ):24
5 This is talking about &uffed u& egos in many 7h!istians, also those "ho "ish to be sla#e to the a" today$ These &eo&le do not !eali8e "hat has been done a"ay "ith and "hat hasnt$ hasnt$ The oyal a" "!itten by the hand of God imself an ne#e! be dest!oyed o! done a"ay "ith, e sim&ly took them f!om stone and "!ote them on ou! hea!ts and in ou! minds$ %e "ho a!e "alking in !ighteousness a!e fulfilling the a" "ithout effo!t beause "e a!e led by the S&i!it "ho s&eaks th!ough ou! hea!ts and minds, and e#idene of that is these &eo&le ha#e a lea! onsiene$ The Gentiles in the Book of 0ts "e!e isnt obeying the a" "ithout ha#ing ha#ing kno"ledge of it$ -t isnt something "e think about doing, it is something "e 'ust do by "alking in the S&i!it$ Matt ;:14 )our
kingdom come )our will &e done *n earth earth as it is in is in heaven
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5 %e a!e inst!uted to 6seek6 the kingdom and Gods !ighteousness to seu!e a &!o#isional life$ Matt ;:3. herefore
do not worry worry a&out tomorrow, tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry a&out its own things -ufficient for the day is is its its own trou&le 5 e!e "e lea!n to e=&et t!ouble in this life but not to "o!!y about it$ Ve!y int!iguing$ ".ot everyone who says to /e, $0ord, 0ord,$ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, &ut he who does the will of /y ather in heaven Matt >:21
5 ?ot e#e!yone "ho laims to be 7h!istian "ill ente! the kingdom, the key "o!d he!e is 6does6 the "ill of my @athe!, sho"ing &!o*ation not &assi#e li#ing$ And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with A&raham, Isaac, and Jaco& in the kingdom of heaven Matt /:11
5 To sit do"n illust!ates that many "ill be able to s&eak "ith ou! @o!efathe!s$ Matt 11:13
or all the prophets and the law prophesied until John
5 -s this telling us the!e a!e no mo!e g!eat &!o&hets sine +ohn the Ba&tist
- belie#e so$ And if you are willing to receive it, it, he he is 1li2ah who is to come Matt 11:1) He who has ears to hear, let him hear! Matt 11:1.
And if I cast out demons &y Beel3e&u&, &y whom do your sons cast them out4 herefore they shall &e your 2udges Matt 12:2/ But if I cast out demons &y the -pirit of +od, surely the kingdom of +od has come upon you Matt 12:2>
5 7asting out demons in +esus ?ame b!ings the kingdom to you$ Seems he!e that hea#enly gifts, "hen in o&e!ation is someho" aessing the kingdom$
And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you &ind on earth will &e &ound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will &e loosed in heaven" Matt 1;:19
5 This has been #astly misinte!&!eted by the 7atholi 7hu!h and ab!oad$ Beause +esus is s&eaking to (ete!, the 7atholi 7hu!h belie#es that (ete! "as the fi!st (o&e and thei! hu!h is the one and only t!ue hu!h of 7h!ist and that they a!e the ones "ho &osses the keys to the kingdom$ S!i&tu!e is #e!y lea! that all "ho belie#e and ha#e faith in 7h!ist "ill "alk in &o"e! and in glo!y in 7h!ist and signs and "onde!s "ill follo" all "ho belie#e$ ?o one single hu!h othe! than the body of 7h!ist as a "hole has been assigned to be any t!ue hu!h$ The only t!ue hu!h onsists of all belie#e!s "o!ld "ide as one body, one hu!h, one b!ide$ So, in tu!n, "e ha#e the keys to the kingdom "hih gi#es us the ability of binding and loosing$ or the -on of /an will come in the glory of His ather with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works Matt 1;:2>
5 The Kingdom has a me!it system based on "o!ks$ Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the -on of /an coming in His kingdom" Matt 1;:2/
5 - belie#e +esus is !efe!!ing to those "ho "ill be dest!oyed "ith the b!ightness of is oming$ Matt 1/:. herefore
whoever who ever hum&les himself himself as this this little child child is the greatest greatest in the kingdom of heaven 5 To humble oneself as a hild, "ould !eui!e the absene of "isdom$ %e kno" that hild!en lak "isdom, "isdom has the ability to make one &!ideful the!efo!e, if "e listen "ith s&i!itual ea!s and not human ea!s, "ith the enthusiasm and &u!e in hea!t, "e "ould be alled g!eat in the kingdom$ %hile "isdom is a gift f!om God, it is not !eui!ed to ha#e suh to ente! the kingdom of god, only &u!e in hea!t fo! God "ith enthusiasm as a hild$
%hoever receives one little child like this in /y name receives /e Matt 1/:; "%hoever causes one of these little ones who &elieve in /e to sin, it would &e &etter for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea Matt 1/:)
5 (oo! ondut that effets othe! belie#e!s and auses them to stumble is sin$ And when he had &egun to settle accounts, one was &rought to him who owed him ten thousand talents Matt 1/:2.
0dam sinned,
Satan !eui!es blood and demanded all mankind as &ayment fo! sin$ Matt 1/:2; he
servantt therefore fell down &efore him, saying, $/aster, servan $/aster, have patience patience with me, and I will pay you all$
Matt 1/:2> hen
the master master of that servant servant was moved moved with compassion, compassion, released released him, and forgave him the de&t
"But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii' and he laid hands on him and took him him &y &y the throat, saying, $(ay me what you owe!$ Matt 1/:2/
-o his fellow servant fell down at his feet and &egged him, saying, $Have patience with me, and I will pay you all$ Matt 1/:29
Matt 1/:34
And he would not, &ut went and threw him into prison till he should pay
the de&t 5 Aidnt 7h!ist &!eah to those in &!ison befo!e he !ose Sin and death had not been "on yet$ -o when his fellow servants saw what had &een done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had &een done Matt 1/:31
Matt 1/:32 hen
his master, master, after he he had called him, said to him, $)ou wicked servant! I forgave you all that de&t &ecause you &egged me Matt 1/:33
-hould you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, 2ust as I
had pity on you4$ And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him Matt 1/:3.
5Aoesnt it say that "e "ill be 'udged by ho" "e 'udge othe!s 0nd the onseuenses of lak of fo!gi#eness of othe!s "ill be lak of fo!gi#eness of ou! sins "-o /y heavenly ather also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his &rother his trespasse trespasses" s" Matt 1/:3)
$H*.*R )*5R AH1R A.6 )*5R /*H1R,$ and, $)*5 -HA00 0*71 )*5R .1I+HB*R A- )*5R-10$ " Matt 19:24 he young man said said to Him, "All "All these things things I have kept kept from my youth %hat do I still lack4" Matt 19:21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to &e perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven' and come, follow /e" Matt 19:19
5 e!e "e see the ability to sto!e u& t!easu!es in the kingdom$ But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions Matt 19:23 hen Jesus said said to His disciples, disciples, "Assuredly "Assuredly,, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven Matt 19:2. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of +od" Matt 19:22
5 usts of the "o!ld "ill deny aess to the kingdom$ -t does not say that !ih &eo&le annot get into the kingdom, only that it is #e!y diffiult$ %ealth has a sting and is a t"o edge s"o!d$ -ts about the image set u& in ou! hea!t, is it an ea!thly image o! the image of 7h!ist 0!e "e attahed to the things of this "o!ld
5 e!e 7h!ist inte!ates that all things a!e &ossible "ith the S&i!it of God meaning, if one is filled "ith the S&i!it of God, the!e is no limit to &ossibilities$ And a&out the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, $%hy have you &een standing here idle all day4$ Matt 24:> hey said to him, him, $Because no one hired us$ us$ He said to to them, $)ou also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive$ Matt 24:/ "-o when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, $8all the la&orers and give them their wages, wages, &eginning with the last to the first$ hired a&out the eleventh hour, they each Matt 24:9 And when those came who were hired a&out received a denarius Matt 24:;
5 The!e is something to the 11th hou! &!o&hetially$ -n anothe! #e!se "e find the midnight hou! as being 'udgment time *&serve9 /atthew :;9 ) But while the &ridegroom was delayed, they all slum&ered and slept ; "And at midnight a cry was heard: heard: $Behold, $Behold, the &ridegroom is coming' go out to meet him! And again, Ma!k 13:3) %atch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is comingin the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning and in (salm (s 119:;2 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to )ou, Because of )our righteous 2udgments Here we find "I will RI-1" at midnight, that is what the dead and the living will do upon 8hrist return ?o" look at the sto!y of the =odus$ . hen
/oses said, said, "hus says says the 0*R69 $A&out midnight I will will go out into the the midst of 1gypt' ) and all the first&orn in the land of 1gypt shall die, from the first&orn of (haraoh who sits on his throne, even to the first&orn of the female servant who is &ehind the handmill, and all the first&orn of the animals ; hen there shall shall &e a great cry throughout all the land of 1gypt, such as was not like it before, before, nor nor shall &e > like it again But against none of the children of Israel shall a dog move its tongue, against man or &east, that you may know that the 0*R6 does make a difference &etween the 1gyptians and Israel$ / And all these your servants shall come down to me and &ow down to me, saying, $+et out, and all the people who follow you!$ After that I will go out" hen he went out from (haraoh in great anger .ow on the first day of of the week, when the disciples came together to &reak &read, (aul, ready to depart the net day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight 0ts 24:>
This is telling me that the gos&el "ill be &!eahed until Midnight on ea#ens time, not ou!s, then 'udgment$ *&serve9 'udgment$ *&serve9 e# 1.:; hen I saw another another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth to every nation, tri&e, tongue, and people e# 1.:> saying with a loud voice, "ear +od and give glory to Him, for the hour of His 2udgment has come' and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water" Remem&er therefore how you have received and heard' hold fast and repent herefore if you you will not watch, watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and and you will not know know what hour I will come upon you e# 3:3
The o!d is oming at a s&eifi hou! on the hea#enly lok, not the ea!thly lok$ e!e is ho" &!iise of a time this "ill ha&&en, e# 9:1) So the fou! angels, "ho had been &!e&a!ed fo! the hou! and day and month and yea!, "e!e !eleased to kill a thi!d of mankind$
But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more' and they likewise received each a denarius Matt 24:11 And when they had received it, it, they they complained against the landowner, men have have worked only one one hour, and you made them Matt 24:12 saying, $hese last men e
Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things4 *r is your eye evil &ecause I am good4$ Matt 24:1; -o the last will &e first, and the first last or many are called, &ut few chosen" Matt 24:1)
5 ?o !oom fo! om&laining o! &!ide in the kingdom$ Many a!e alled but fe" hosen fo! the kingdom$ kingdom$ Many belie#e that the g!eat men of old, old, e#en the 0&ostles themsel#es a!e g!eate! than us today, "e find he!e that is not so in the eyes of the o!d$ -f "e being the last "ill be fi!st and and the fi!st being last behind us, this is e#idene that the o!d lo#es all eually and "ill 'udge "ith 'ustie and not &a!tiality$ And He will reign over the house of Jaco& forever, and of His kingdom there will &e no end" uke 1:33
5 The kingdom of God is an e#e!lasting kingdom$ +ohn 3:3 Jesus
answered ans wered and said said to him, "/ost assuredly, I say to you, unless one is &orn again, he cannot see the kingdom of +od" 5 The kingdom is one "e an see "ith ou! eyes$ - belie#e this is th!ough ou! s&i!itual eyes not ou! &hysial eyes$ The!e is mo!e to this late!$
6o not marvel that I said to you, $)ou must &e &orn again$ &lows where it wishes, and and you hear the the sound of it, &ut &ut cannot tell +ohn 3:/ he wind &lows where it comes from and where it goes -o is everyone who is &orn of the -pirit" +ohn 3:>
5 The S&i!it is omni&!esent, thus the kingdom is also omni&!esent$ Being bo!n again is lite!ally the &!oess of !emo#al of the human s&i!it "hih has been destined to death and the !e&laement of the oly S&i!it "hih 7h!ist ga#e th!ough is death$ The biggest &!oblem is most &eo&le still "alk this ea!th as if they still had thei! ea!thly s&i!it$ +ohn 1/:3; Jesus
answered, answ ered, "/y kingdom is not of this world If /y kingdom were of this world, /y servants would fight, so that I should not &e delivered to the Jews' &ut now /y kingdom is not from here" 5 My fa#o!ite uote, ?ot of This %o!ld$ So, the kingdom is not f!om ea!th ho"e#e!, 7h!ist had not yet been !uified$ %e see he!e that 7h!ist had to fulfill is o"n death in o!de! fo! the kingdom to be aessed by is blood and is oly S&i!it$ strengthening the souls of the disciples, ehorting them them to to continue in the faith, and saying, "%e saying, "%e must through many tri&ulations enter the kingdom of +od" 0ts 1.:22
5 This is one of the most !e#ealing #e!ses - ame a!oss$ %e MCST ente! the kingdom of God th!ough M0?D T-BC0T-
the &u!&ose of being he!e, and "hy "e "e!e !eated in the fi!st &lae$
omans 1. The a" of ibe!ty
= Receive one who is weak in the faith, &ut not to disputes over dou&tful things 5 This is a monumental !e#elation$ #e!thing 7h!ist talked about one!ning the kingdom of God is detailed he!e$ e!e "e a!e told not to dis&ute o#e! things that auses doubt$ Theologial diffe!nees a!e om&letely admonished by God$ The teahings of s&i!itual matte!s "e!e something the &eo&le of 7h!ists day and (auls day "as ha!d to unde!stand sim&ly due to the fat that the a" "as all they kne"$ So imagine the one&t of g!ae to a &eo&le "ho "o!ked ha!d at being la" abiding$ belie#e this #e!y &assage is something to take heed e#en today$ o" many 7h!istians a!gue o#e! endless debates on things of inte!&!etation %ell, the ne=t fe" #e!ses "ill shatte! all &!ide fo! those head st!ong 7h!istians "ho think they ha#e it all figu!ed out$
: or one &elieves he may eat all things, &ut he who is weak eats only vegeta&les > 0et not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat 2udge him who eats' for +od has received him 5 Aid you hea! that God has !eei#ed him !ega!dless of thei! la"*like obse!#ationsE ? %ho are you to 2udge another@s servant4 o his own master he stands or falls Indeed, he will &e made to stand, for +od is a&le to make him stand 5 0!e "e all not se!#ants of the Most igh and +esus 7h!ist Aoes this not say that someone elses sal#ation is none of ou! business 0nd that it is God "ho "ill o!!et, !ebuke, hastise, lo#e, teah and guide To his o"n maste! he stands o! falls$ Get it God is able to make him stand, not me, not you, not anyone else$ The!efo!e, +udging someone denies aess to the hea#enly !ealm$
; *ne person esteems one day a&ove another' another esteems every day alike 0et each &e fully convinced in his own mind 5 ?o" "e a!e getting to the nitty g!ittyE et eah be @CD 7
the day, to the 0ord he does not o&serve it He who eats, eats to the 0ord, for he gives +od thanks' and he who does not eat, to the 0ord he does not eat, and gives +od thanks 5 ?o" see, you must ha#e been thinking - "as going to lighten the im&at of sin by saying "e an do anything "e "ant as long as "e on#ine ou!sel#es its ok$ ?o, that ouldnt be the fa!thest f!om the t!uth$ %hate#e! "e do as long as it is in good onsiene and gi#ing the o!d thanks and glo!ifying im, "e a!e &leasing to im$ %hat is sin fo! one &e!son may not be sin fo! anothe!$ ah &e!son has a set design !eated by God to fulfill ou! o"n uniuiness in is image, eah "ith a diffe!ent set of "hats good fo! us and "hats not, eah has a measu!e of @aith gi#en to them, diffe!!ing f!om one anothe!, eah has a deg!ee of g!ae diffe!ent f!om anothe!$ %ho a!e "e to 'udge %ho a!e "e, the me!e se!#ants of ou! Maste! to say that the!e is a set of !ules fo! all to obse!#e Aoes it not say that lo#e o#e!s a multitude of sin Ao "e ha#e a magnifying glass to &ie!e into the soul of someone else ?o$ %e should not be a!guing this but !athe! lea!ning with our personal objectives for our own salvation$ salvation $ @ae it, "hen it omes time to stand at the Th!one of God, "e "ill be standing the!e alone as "e should be "o!king out ou! o"n sal#ation "ith fea! and t!embling, and lea!ning to "alk in lo#e, &o"e! and glo!y fo! the kingdom of God$ ets get to the ne=t #e!ses$$$$ D or none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself E or if we live, we live to the 0ord' and if we die, we die to the 0ord herefore, whether we live or die, we are the 0ord@s F or to this end 8hrist died and rose&C and lived again, that He might &e 0ord of &oth the dead and the living =G But why do you 2udge your &rother4 *r why do you show contempt for your &rother4 or we shall all stand &efore the 2udgment seat of 8hristcC == or it is written9 As I live, says the 0*R6, 1very knee shall &ow to /e, And every tongue shall confess to +oddC =: -o then each of us shall give account of himself to +od => herefore let us not 2udge one another another anymore, &ut &ut rather resolve resolve this, not not to put a stum&ling stum&ling &lock or a cause to fall in our &rother@s way 5 0nothe! key, be a"a!e of othe! &eo&les sal#ation that "e do not do something in thei! eyes to ause them "eakness o! stumble, ho"e#e! "e also must !ef!ain f!om 'udging someone elses "alk "ith the o!d as "ell$ %e do not kno" "hat g!ade thei! in in thei! s&i!itual eduationE They ould be in thei! maste!s &!og!am "hile you!e still ente!ing 'unio! ollegeE 5 - am on#ined that e#e!ything s&i!itual in all of its "isdom and unde!standing begins and ends in the mind and the mind is the gate"ay to the kingdom of God "ithin us$ ets look at the &o"e! of the mind to &!o#e my &oint fu!the!$ +ude 1:) But - "ant to !emind you, though you one kne" this, that the o!d, ha#ing sa#ed the &eo&le out of the land of gy&t, afte!"a!d dest!oyed those "ho "ho did not belie#e$ belie#e$ $$$$$$$ %he!e does belief sta!t -n the mindE %he!e does faith sta!t -n the ea!tE *&serve9 e# 2:23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts And I will give to each one of you according to your
works -o we know from this the mind and heart are two different attri&utes of us and they work together or against each other ea!t F @aith Mind F Belief %hih omes fi!st @i!st, the %o!d omes by hea!ing, in othe! "o!ds, God alls out to you! mind, if you belie#e, that is the at of using you! mind, then faith being something ho&ed fo!, ou! belief o! ou! 6mind6 st!engthens ou! @aith$ This is the myste!y ans"e!ed to those 67h!istians6 "ho "ill not ente! the kingdom of God$ 6o!d, o!d, did "e not &!o&hey in you! name, do many g!eat things in you! name and e ans"e!ed, 0"ay f!om me, la"less ones, - ne#e! knoe" knoe" youE6 -n +ude 1:) again, -t says the o!d 6sa#ed6 them but then dest!oyed all "ho did not 6belie#e$6 %hy did 7h!ist all them la"less ones %e lea!n "he!e the la" is today, "e lea!n "he!e the la" "ent late! on$ 1(et 1:13 herefore
gird up the loins of your mind, &e gird &e so&er, and rest rest your your hope hope fully upon the grace that is to &e &rought to you at the revelation of Jesus 8hrist' 5 (ete! is telling ho" im&o!tant ou! minds a!e he!e and "a!ns us to &!otet itE Gi!d u& the loins of you! mind$$$$ as o&edient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as as in in your ignorance' is holy, holy, you also &e holy in all your all your conduct, conduct, 1(et 1:1) &ut as He who called you is 1(et 1:1; &ecause it is written, "B1 H*0), *R I A/ H*0)" 1(et 1:1> And if you call on the ather, who without partiality 2udges according to each one$s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here here in in fear' 1(et 1:1.
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5 7ase in &oint, gua!d you! mind so that you! faith and ho&e a!e in God$ 0ess to the kingdom and li#ing in the kingdom no" sta!ts in the mind, t!ansends into belief, "hih st!engthens faith, "hih then gi#es us the ability to li#e "ithout fea!, ha#ing full aess to the kingdom and in that, "alking in &o"e! and glo!y in 7h!ist +esus$ ook he!e$$$$ This is the o&e!ation of this t!ansfo!mation needed fo! kingdom &o"e!$ He&rews E >
or if that first covenant had had &een faultless, then no place would have &een
sought for a second / Because finding fault with them, He says9 "B1H*06, H1 6A)AR1 8*/I.+, -A)- H1 0*R6, %H1. I %I00 /A1 A .1% 8*71.A. %IH H1 H*5-1 * I-RA10 A.6 %IH H1 H*5-1 * J56AH 9 .* A88*R6I.+ * H1 8*71.A. HA I /A61 %IH H1IR AH1R- I. H1 6A) %H1. I ** H1/ B) H1 HA.6 * 01A6 H1/ *5 * * H1 0A.6 * * 1+)(' B18A5-1 B18A5-1 H1) 6I6 .* .* 14 8*.I.51 I. /) 8*71.A., A.6 I 6I-R1+AR616 H1/, -A)- H1 0*R6 *R HI- I- H1 8*71.A. 8*71.A. HA I %I00 /A1 %IH %IH H1 H*5-1 * * I-RA10 A1R A1R H*-1 6A)-, -A)-A)- H1 0*R69 I %I00 %I00 (5 /) 0A%- I. I. H1IR /I.6 /I.6 A.6 %RI1 H1/ *. H1IR H1AR-' A.6 I %I00 B1 H1IR +*6, A.6 H1) -HA00 B1 /) (1*(01 11 .*.1 * H1/ -HA00 1A8H HI- .1I+HB*R, A.6 .*.1 HI- BR*H1R, -A)I.+, $.*% H1 0*R6,$ *R A00 -HA00 .*% /1, R*/ H1 01A- * H1/ * H1 +R1A1- * H1/ 12 *R I %I00 B1 /1R8I50 * H1IR 5.RI+H1*5 5.RI+H1*5-.1--, -.1--, A.6 13 H1IR -I.- A.6 H1IR 0A%01-- 6116- I %I00 R1/1/B1R R1/1/B1R .* /*R1" In that He says, "A .1% 8*71.A.," He has made the first o&solete .ow what is &ecoming o&solete and growing old is ready to vanish away 5 e!e "e go to ans"e! "he! ethe la" "ent$$$$$ e (CTS is la"s in ou! M-?AS, !eating the ne" onsiene, and %-TS them on ou! 0TS, ha#ing faith in "hat ou! onsiene says -@ "e -ST? and @o! God has not gi#en us a s&i!it of fea!, but of &o"e! and of lo#e and of a sound mind$ If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our 0ord Jesus 8hrist, and to the doctrine which accords with even the godliness, 1Tim ;:. he is proud, knowing nothing, &ut is o&sessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who 1Tim ;:) useless wranglings suppose that godliness is a means of gain gain rom such withdraw yourself 1Tim ;:3
5 Dou ha#e hea!d it and seen it time and again, maybe e#en took &a!t in it, - kno" - ha#e, 7h!istians "ho like to debate the "o!d of God, bible debates a!e not healthy beause the o!d s&eaks to eah of us diffe!ently$ -t says to "ithd!a" you!sel#es f!om themE 0gain, a key &oint in the denial of aess to the kingdom$ 9
But concerning &rotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught &y +od to love one another' 14 and indeed you do so toward all the &rethren who are in all /acedonia But we urge you, &rethren, that you increase more and more' 11 that you also aspire to lead a
may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you you may lack nothing 5 Aid you hea! that M-?A D &ut made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a &ondservant, and coming in the likeness of men / And &eing found in appearance as a man, He hum&led Himself and &ecame o&edient to the point of death, death, even the death of the cross ' 9 herefore +od also has highly highly ealted Him and given Him the name name which 14 is a&ove every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should &ow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every every tongue should confess that Jesus 8hrist is is 0ord, 0ord, to the glory of +od the ather %A0 0I1 8HRI-! A+AI. Phil. 3: 12
.ot that I have already attained, or am already perfected' &ut I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which 8hrist Jesus has also laid hold of me 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended' apprehended' &ut one thing I do, forgetting do, forgetting those things which are &ehind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 1. I press toward the goal for the pri3e of the upward call of +od in 8hrist Jesus 1) herefore let let us, as many many as are mature, have have this mind' and and if in anything anything you 1; think otherwise, +od will reveal even this to you .evertheless, to the degree that degree that we have already attained, let us walk &y the same rule, let us &e of the same mind 1>
Brethren, 2oin in following my eample, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern 1/ or many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the are the enemies of the cross of 8hrist9 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their &elly, &elly, and whose whose glory glory is is in in their shamewho set their 24 mind on earthly things or our citi3enship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the -avior, the 0ord Jesus 8hrist, 21 who will transform our lowly &ody that it may &e conformed to His glorious &ody, according to the working &y which He is a&le even to su&due all things to Himself (hil ?9 ; Be anious for nothing, &ut in everything &y prayer and supplication, supplication, with thanksgiving, let your re and the peace of +od, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through 8hrist Jesus 5 By doing this, the atual &eae of God "ill gua!d ou! hea!ts and mindsE 1phesians ?9 1> his I say, therefore, and and testify in the the 0ord, that that you should no longer walk as the rest of the +entiles walk, in the futility of their mind, ' 1/ having their understanding darkened, darkened, &eing alienated from the life of +od, &ecause of the ignorance that is in them, &ecause of the &lindness of their heart' 19 who, &eing past
feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness 24 But you have not so learned 8hrist, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have &een taught &y Him, as the truth is in Jesus9 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, ' 23 and &e renewed in the spirit of your mind, 2. and that you put on the new man which was created according to +od, in true righteousnes righteousness s and holiness
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%hat shall we say then4 Is Is the the law sin4 8ertainly not! *n the contrary, I would not have known sin ecept through the law or I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, ")*5 -HA00 .* 8*71" / But sin, taking opportunity &y the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire evil desire or apart from the law 9 sin was was dead dead I was alive once without the law, &ut when the commandment came, sin revived and I died 14 And the commandment, which was was to to bring bring life, life, I found to 11 bring death bring death or sin, taking occasion &y the commandment, deceived me, and &y 12 it killed me. herefore the law is is holy, holy, and the commandment holy and 2ust and good 13 Has then what is good &ecome death to me4 8ertainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might &ecome eceedingl eceedingly y sinful 1. or we know that the law is 1) spiritual, &ut I am carnal, sold under sin or what I am doing, I do not understand or what I will to do, that I do not practice' &ut what I hate, that I do 1; If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good is good 1> But now, it is no longer I who do it, &ut sin that dwells in me 1/ or I know that in me Kthat is, in my fleshL nothing good dwells' for to will is present with me, &ut how how to to perform 19 what is good I do not find or the good that I will to do, I do, I do not do' &ut the evil I will not to do, that do, that I practice 24 .ow if I do what I will not to do, it do, it is no longer I who do it, &ut sin that dwells in me 21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good 22 or I delight in the law of +od according to the inward man 23 But I see another law in my mem&ers, warring against the law of my mind, and &ringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my mem&ers 2. * wretched man that I am! %ho will deliver me from this &ody of death4 2) I thank +odthrough Jesus 8hrist our 0ord! -o then, with the mind I myself serve the law of +od, &ut with the flesh the law of sin 5 Sounds ho&eless doesnt it %ell, the ans"e! is e=&lained he!e$$$ Galations ):1; - say then: %alk in the S&i!it, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh$ 1> @o! the flesh lusts against the S&i!it, and the S&i!it against the fleshI and these a!e ont!a!y to one anothe!, so that you do not do the things that you "ish$ 1/ But if you a!e led by the S&i!it, you a!e not unde! the la"$ 5 Dou see that -f "e a!e led by the S&i!it, not only "e a!e not unde! the la" of the flesh but "e "ill not do the things "e "ish to do, that is, "hat ou! flesh desi!es to do$ ?o", ski&&ing o#e! to Romans E9 )
or those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh,
&ut those who live according live according to the -pirit, the things of the -pirit ; or to &e carnally minded is is death, death, &ut to &e spiritually minded is is life life and peace > Because the carnal mind is is enmity enmity against +od' for it is not su&2ect to the law of +od, nor indeed can &e / -o then, those who are in the flesh cannot please +od 9 But you are not in the flesh &ut in the -pirit, if indeed the -pirit of +od dwells in you .ow if anyone does not have the -pirit of 8hrist, he is not His 14 And if 8hrist is in you, the &ody is is dead dead &ecause of sin, &ut the -pirit is is life life &ecause of 11 righteousness But if the -pirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised 8hrist from the dead will also give life to your mortal &odies through His -pirit who dwells in you 12 herefore, &rethren, &rethren, we are de&torsnot de&torsnot to the flesh, to live according according to the flesh flesh 13 or if you live according to the flesh you will die' &ut if &y the -pirit you put to death the deeds of the &ody, you will live 1. or as many as are led &y the -pirit of +od, these are sons of +od 1) or you did not receive the spirit of &ondage again to fear, &ut you received the -pirit of adoption &y whom we cry out, "A&&a, ather" 1; he -pirit Himself Himself &ears witness with our spirit that that we are children children of +od, +od, 1> and if children, then heirsheirs of +od and 2oint heirs with 8hrist, if indeed we suffer with Him, that Him, that we may also &e glorified together 5 0!e you seeing the dynamis in the &o"e! of ou! minds no" #e!ything begins and ends "ith ou! minds$ The !est follo"s$
he 0aw of 0ove =? I know and am convinced &y the 0ord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself' &ut to him who considers anything to &e unclean, to him it is unclean =; )et if your &rother is grieved &ecause of your food, you are no longer walking in love 6o not destroy with your food the one for whom 8hrist died 5 ?othing is unlean$ 7ould you imagine being told all of you! life that this is unlean and that is unlean and no" that nothing is atually unlean That is the &o"e! of the S&i!it, something the a" ould not gi#e$ The S&i!it gi#es life, the a" does not$ This &enat!ates the #e!y hea!t of man, it is basially going f!om the 6do "hat - tell you6 to 6this is "hy$6 @!om a" to G!ae$ But to him "ho onside!s anything to be unlean, to -M it is unlean, the!e is the &oint - "as making about the onsiene$ But notie ho" it says yet if you! b!othe! is g!ie#ed beause of you! food, you a!e no longe! "alking in lo#e ?ot only a!e "e to &ay s&eial attention to ou! o"n onsiene and ho" it de#elo&s, but "e must be a"a!e of &ossible "eake! in faith 7h!istians a!ound us, and let not ou! ondut send a "!ong signal to them, as it "as e=&lained ea!lie!, "e dont kno" "hat set of guidelines anothe! &e!son is follo"ing in thei! o"n onsiene$ -t says he!e that "e an atually AST
=D for the kingdom of +od is not eating and drinking, &ut righteousness and peace and 2oy in the Holy -pirit =E or he who serves 8hrist in these thingseCis accepta&le accepta&le to +od and approved &y men 5 o" the oly S&i!it is !e#ealing this to me is this "ay$$$ the kingdom of God is not about o!dinanes and touh, dont t ouh, lean and unlean, these a!e things of milk, things that a!e elementa!y in ou! S&i!itual eduation$ -n fat, the kingdom of God is &u!suing !ighteousness, that is, doing "hats !ight beause its the !ight thing to doI "hih b!ings about a lea! onsiene "hih b!ings in &eae and 'oy in the oly S&i!it$ o" do "e beome !ighteous By doing "hats !ight$ -t !eally is that sim&le$ But "e ha#e a human need to om&liate t hings, ou! analytial minds a!e often ou! "o!se enemy, in fat, it ould be #e!y e!tain that the demoni is the #e!y ul&!it fo! ou! many imaginations$ But he who dou&ts is condemned if he eats, &ecause he does not eat from faith' for whatever is not from faith is sinhC 5 0gain, it is a matte! of ones mind, ones onsieneness and ho" he o! she may se!#e the o!d in thei! o"n uniueness, at thei! o"n le#el of unde!standing that has been !e#ealed to them by God and in "hat deg!ee of s&i!itual eduation they ha#e attained$ 17o! .:24
or the kingdom of +od is is not not in word &ut in power
5 not in "o!d, but in &o"e!$ %e "alk in &o"e! "hen "e "alk &!esent in the kingdom of God, if "e a!e "alking in S&i!it that is$ %e kno" it is not ou! o"n &o"e! but that of God and 7h!ist +esus$ 1 7o!inthians 1)
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.ow if 8hrist is preached that He has &een raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead4 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then 8hrist is not risen 1. And if 8hrist is not risen, then our preaching is is empty empty and your faith is is also also empty 1) )es, and we we are found false false witnesses of +od, &ecause we have testified of +od that He raised up 8hrist, whom He did not raise upif in fact the dead do not rise 1; or if the the dead dead do not rise, then 1> 8hrist is not risen And if 8hrist is not risen, your faith is is futile' futile' you are still in your 1/ sins! hen also those those who have fallen fallen asleep asleep in 8hrist have have perished perished 19 If in this life only we have hope in 8hrist, we are of all men the most pitia&le 24 But now 8hrist is risen from the dead, and and has has &ecome the firstfruits of those who 21 have fallen asleep or since &y man came came death, death, &y /an also came came the the 22 resurrection of the dead or as in Adam all die, even so in 8hrist all shall &e made alive 5 e!e "e see 2 0dams so to s&eak$ The fi!st 0dam th!e" us into death, the seond 0dam "hom is 7h!ist, o#e!ame death and took life bak fo! us$ 0lso did you notie (aul &uts the bu!den of o!iginal sin on 0dam and not #e -f it "e!e of #e, "ould 7h!ist had been a "oman -nte!esting thought$
But each one in his own order9 8hrist the firstfruits, afterward those who are 8hrist$s at His coming
# hose who are 8hrist$s A His return here is the All .et is the ama3ing revelation a&out the kingdom 2. hen
comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to +od the ather, when comes the He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power
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last enemy enemy that will will &e destroyed is is death death
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or "H1 HA- (5 A00 HI.+- 5.61R HI- 11" But when He says "all things are put under Him, Him,"" it is evident is evident that He who put all things under Him is ecepted 2/ .ow when all things are made su&2ect to Him, then the -on Himself will also &e su&2ect to Him who put all things under Him, that +od may &e all in all 5 e!e is the g!eat onsummation in fullness$ %hen all of us a!e one "ith God, "ith absolutley no sin, no flesh, no da!kness, nothing but light, lo#e and all the fullness of God d"ells in us by the "o!k 7h!ist did$
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*therwise, what will they do who are &apti3ed for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all4 %hy then are they &apti3ed for the dead4 34 And why do we stand in 2eopardy every every hour4 31 I affirm, &y the &oasting in you which I have in 8hrist Jesus our 0ord, I die daily 32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with &easts at 1phesus, what advantage is it to to me4 If the the dead dead do not rise, "01 5- 1A A.6 33 6RI., *R */*RR*% %1 6I1!" 6o not &e deceived9 "1vil company corrupts good ha&its" 3. Awake to righteousness, and do not sin' for some do not have the knowledge of +od I speak this this to to your shame #%hat powerful words (aul spoke here %e can imagine what was going on with these people hey must have &een doing whatever they pleased and took advantage of their li&erty and freedom &y keeping company and participating in the deeds of un&elievers It was shameful for them as they got wayward in their li&erties .et we are going very deep into things (ay attention here 3)
But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up4 And with what &ody do they come4" 3; oolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies 5 %hat % so" annot be made ali#e until it dies fi!stE
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And what you sow, you do not sow that &ody that shall &e, &ut mere grain perhaps wheat or some other grain. 3/ But +od gives it a &ody as He pleases, and to each seed its own &ody 39 All flesh is is not not the same flesh, &ut there is one is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and and another another of &irds .4 here are also celestial &odies and terrestrial &odies' &ut the glory of the celestial is is one, one, .1 and the glory of of the terrestria terrestriall is is another another here is one glory of the sun, sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars' for one one star star differs from another star in glory # ake note, there are celestial and terrestrial &odies! .2
-o also is is the the resurrection of the dead The body is is sown in corruption, it is raised .3 in incorruption It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power .. It is sown a natural &ody, it is raised a spiritual &ody here is a natural &ody, and there is a spiritual &ody
5 Think of ea!th as one mass ga!den, Thats it$ %e a!e "hat is g!o"ing he!e$ %e a!e all so"n in the soil of the ea!th, "e a!e made of the #e!y elements of the ea!th, f!om the dust of the ea!th !ight The!e a!e "eeds in e#e!y ga!den, the!e a!e enemies of e#e!y ga!den, bugs, snakes, dee!, et$$$ Think of it as if the oly S&i!it is the fe!tili8e!$ 0nd in the g!eat ea!th ga!den, it is &ossible to let ou! !oots g!o" too dee&, that is to beome &a!t of the "o!ld$ a#e you e#e! notied that the !oots of most "eeds a!e muh dee&e! than that of good foilage So it is "ith ou! &hysial bodies, de&ending on "hat s&i!it "e ha#e$ (e!sonally, - "ould like to &itu!e myself a #ib!ant g!een moss sitting e#e! so lightly on a single !ok !athe! than a dandelion fi!mly !ooted in the soil of this "o!ld, looking &!etty f!om the outside, &!ofessing - am a 7h!istian but !ooted in e#il$
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And so it is written, "H1 IR- /A. A6A/ B18A/1 A 0I7I.+ B1I.+" he last Adam became became a a lifeMgiving spirit .;
However, the spiritual is not first, &ut the natural, and afterward the spiritual first man man was was of of the earth, made made of of dust' the second /an is is the the 0ord from ./ heaven As was was the the man man of of dust, so also are are those those who are made of made of dust' and as is the is the heavenly Man, Man, so so also are are those those who are heavenly are heavenly .9 And as we have &orne the image of the man man of of dust, we shall also &ear the image of the heavenly Man. .> he
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.ow this I say, &rethren, that flesh and &lood cannot inherit the kingdom of +od' nor does corruption inherit incorruption # %e must understand understand that flesh and &lood is a simple simple pod, nothing more he net verse has also &een grossly misinterpreted )1
Behold, I tell you a mystery9 %e shall not all sleep, &ut we shall all &e changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet or the trumpet will sound, and the dead will &e raised incorrupti&le, and we shall &e changed )2
5 So many ha#e ome to belie#e this is the !a&tu!e "hen atually (aul he!e is sim&ly des!ibing the &!oess of ho" "e "ill !eei#e ou! hea#enly bodies$ This is ha!#est time in the g!eat ea!th ga!den$ This is "hen "e ha#e ome to f!uitation$ -n a "ay, think of us as an o!hid, The seeds a!e gene!ally almost mi!oso&i and #e!y nume!ous, in some s&eies o#e! a million &e! a&sule$ 0fte! !i&ening, they blo" off like dust &a!tiles o! s&o!es$ - see this as "hen God alls someone, like the s&i!it of the "o!ld blo"ing off and the oly S&i!it mo#ing in, "hen they a!e bo!n again but like the o!hid, if They lak endos&e!m Gods %o!dH and and dont ente! symbioti !elationshi&s "ith #a!ious fungi the oly S&i!itH that &!o#ide them the neessa!y nut!ients, nut!ients, they "ill fail to ge!minate b!ing good good f!uitH, so that all o!hid s&eies a!e myohete!ot!o&hi du!ing ge!mination and !eliant u&on fungi oly S&i!itH to om&lete thei! lifeyles, as "e a!e !eliant on the oly S&i!it to om&lete ou! life yle "hih is to be !aised "ith 7h!ist$ - gi#e you a natu!al &!oess beause beause "e too a!e a!e a natu!al &!oess$ - "ant to im&!ess u&on you the im&o!tane of ho" unim&o!tant
ou! atual bodies a!e and ho" #e!y im&o!tant ou! S&i!its a!e$ o" "e g!o", ho" dee& "e !oot ou!sel#es in the "o!ld, "hat "e feed off of fo! g!o"th, that is s&i!itual g!o"th, and ho" "e should not fea! death beause its is #ital fo! ou! bodies o! 6&ods6 to die off so the inne! being, an !aise "ith 7h!ist$
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or this corrupti&le must put on incorruption incorruption,, and this mortal must put put on immortality
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-o when this corrupti&le has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall &e &rought to pass the saying that is written9 "61AH I-%A00*%16 5( I. 7I8*R)"
# 6eath is then swallowed up in I-10! 6o you see that4 6eath will swallow itself, &asically self destruct! ))
"* 61AH, %H1R1 I- )*5R -I.+4 * HA61-, %H1R1 I- )*5R 7I8*R)4" ); he sting of death is is sin, sin, and the strength of sin is is the the law )> But thanks be be to to +od, who )/ gives us the victory through our 0ord Jesus 8hrist herefore, my &eloved &eloved &rethren, &e steadfast, immova&le, immova&le, always a&ounding in the work of the 0ord, knowing that your la&or is not in vain in the 0ord
0et us o&serve 8hrist in His fullness
He&rews = +od@s -upreme Revelation = +od, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers &y the prophets, : has in these last days spoken to us &y His -on, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds' > who &eing the &rightness of His glory and the epress image of His person, and upholding all things &y the word of His power, when He had &y HimselfaC purged our&C sins, sat down at the right hand of the /a2esty on high, ? having &ecome so much &etter than the angels, as He has &y inheritance o&tained a more ecellent name than they
he -on 1alted A&ove Angels ; or to which of the angels did He ever say9 say9 )ou are /y -on, oday I have &egotten )ou4cC And again9
I will &e to Him a ather, And He shall &e to /e a -on4dC But when He again &rings the first&orn into the world, He says9 0et all the angels of +od worship HimeC D And of the angels He says9 %ho makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of firefC E But to the -on He says9 )our throne, * +od, is forever and ever' A scepter of righteousnes righteousness s is the scepter of )our kingdom F )ou have loved righteousnes righteousness s and hated lawlessn lawlessness' ess' herefore +od, )our +od, has anointed )ou %ith the oil of gladness more than )our companions companionsgC gC =G And9 )ou, 0*R6, in the &eginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of )our hands == hey will perish, &ut )ou remain' And they will all grow old like a garment' =: 0ike a cloak )ou will fold them up, And they will be changed. But )ou are the same, And )our years will not failhC => But to which of the angels has He ever said9 -it at /y right hand, ill I make )our enemies )our footstool4iC =? Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation4
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But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, ; to knowledge selfMcontrol, to selfMcontrol perseverance, to perseverance perseveranc e godliness, > to godliness &rotherly kindness, and to &rotherly kindness love / or if these things are yours and a&ound, you will be neither be neither &arren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our 0ord Jesus 8hrist 9 or he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to &lindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins 14 herefore, &rethren, &rethren, &e even more diligent diligent to make your your call and and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stum&le' 11 for so an entrance will &e supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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the seventh seventh angel sounded9 sounded9 And there were were loud voices voices in heaven, heaven, saying, "he kingdoms of this world have &ecome the kingdoms of kingdoms of our 0ord and of His 8hrist, and He shall reign forever and ever!" 1 +ohn ):. @o! "hatsoe#e! is bo!n of God o#e!ometh the "o!ld: and this is the #ito!y that o#e!ometh the "o!ld, e#en ou! faith$ So "!a&&ing u& he!e "ith this study "e find that the kingdom of GodI The ele#enth hou! is u&on us all, many ha#e been alled to this a"aking$ uke 1>: 24 ?o" "hen e "as asked by the (ha!isees "hen the kingdom of God "ould ome, e ans"e!ed them and said, 6The kingdom of God does not ome "ith obse!#ationI 21 no! "ill they say, See he!eE o! See the!eE @o! indeed, the kingdom of God is "ithin you$6 emembe! the o!hid$ et the "ind blo" a"ay you! "o!ldy s&o!es and seed$ So" that "hih is good and ae&table by God, lea!n "hat lo#e !eally is and li#e by it, listen to you! onsiene and kee& it guilt f!ee, gua!d you! mind and you! s&i!it "ith the things of God and of lo#e and by no means anything "ill hu!t you$ The KDs into the kingdom of God he!e and no": The keys to the kingdom "as said to be gi#en to (ete!, indeed they "e!e ho"e#e!, (ete! sha!ed the kno"ledge of the keys and as "e lea!ned, he sha!ed them in 2 (ete!$ %ould you like abundant aess to the Kingdom of God e!e a!e the nine keys$$$$$
diligene, add to your faith diligene, your faith #i!tue, #i!tue, to #i!tue kno"ledge, kno"ledge, ; to kno"ledge self* ont!ol,, to self*ont!ol &e!se#e!ane, ont!ol &e!se#e!ane , to &e!se#e!ane godliness, godliness , > to godliness b!othe!ly kindness, kindness , and to b!othe!ly kindness lo#e ets b!eak it do"n fu!the!$$
+unio! 7ollege and ente! into the Cni#e!sity "ith &e!se!#e!ane$ &e!se!#e!ane$ (e!se!#e!ane is not easy and an only be attained by follo"ing this model e=atly in o!de! and e#en then, it is a &!oess$ ?one of this ha&&ens o#e! night$ o" many times does it say in the Book of e#elation, fo! us to 6endu!e6 %e annot lose hea!t$ -t also says that many "ill de&a!t f!om the faith and hase dot!ines of demons, again &e!se!#e!ane is like building ou! house on solid g!ound$ By this le#el in matu!ation in 7h!ist, the demoni "ill beome e#en mo!e att!ated to you and you! life, the!efo!e, it makes &e!fet sense that "e must at this le#el, lea!n &e!se!#e!ane$ ?e=t "e find godliness$ This is getting into the the Maste! (!og!am$ -f "e a!e faithful, #i!tuos, kno"ledgable, self ont!olled in ou! flesh and "e &e!se!#e!e "hih is being steadfast, "e lea!n to "alk in all godliness$ 0fte! godliness, "e find the Aoto!al (!og!ams of b!othe!ly kindess and lo#e$ %e lea!n "hat b!othe!ly kindess !eally is at the end of ou! duation fo! the Keys to the kingdom beause !eal lo#e must be genuinely f!om the hea!t not 'ust in deed but in &o"e! and authentiity$ o" many times ha#e any of us said, ho" do - lo#e that monste! of a &e!son %e lea!n if "e follo" these ste&s$ 0gain, its a &!oess$ Then the t!uly aom&lished 7h!istian "ill finally get thei! Aoto!al in lo#e$ o#e is the most om&le= issue in all and of all$ -s it &ossible to be aom&lished in this Des$ %ill "e stumble at times of ou!se$ But "e kee& goingE Ailigene F 0n ati#e kingdom lifestyle, being diligent is to ne#e! "a#e!, being steadfast$ emembe!ing that "e ente! the kingdom of God th!ough many t!ibulations in ou! life$ 0fflition is the ent!ane$ But its ou! !eation, o&ing skills and ondution to afflition that eithe! kee& u& loked out of the kingdom o! the &o"e! in "hih "e "alk in it$ @aith F @!om the hea!t of manJ"omanJhild$ @aith an g!o", "e an ha#e in!ease in faith$ @aith is "hat is ho&ed ho&ed fo! fo! that "hih is unseen$ @aith in fat, is "he!e many &eo&le ha#e st!uggles, this is the le#el most annot get &ast$ 0n e=am&le is "o!!y$ -f you ha#e "o!!y in you! life fo! any i!umstane, you lak faith that God is in om&lete ont!ol and you ha#e not lea!ned that in ou! afflitions, "e a!e being built u& "ith mo!e faith -@ "e &ut faith in God that e "ill see us th!ough "hate#e! i!umstane$ -f you "o!!y about &!o#isions, you lak faith$ T!ue faith is om&lete !eliane on God in e#e!y matte! in ou! li#es and the akno"ledgment that if "e a!e being b!ought do"n th!ough afflitions, it is beause the!e a!e things the o!d is t!ying to add to us, something "e lak that is to be built u&$ Vi!tue F Vi!tue is attained th!ough the mind and in ondut$ Vi!tue is the outome of a lea! onsiene$ istening to the oly S&i!it and doing "hat is good and ae&table to God$ Making a onsiene effo!t to do good al"ays e#en du!ing the attem&ted sna!es of ou! ad#asa!y, the de#il$ i#ing a lean and holy life is to li#e a life of #i!tue$ Kno"ledge F a#ing "o!ldy kno"ledge is not &!ofitable but !athe! kno"ledge of s&i!itual matte!s$ Kno"ledge omes by hea!ing the #oie of the oly S&i!it$ Ai#ine Kno"ledge only omes "hen the &!e#ious ste&s ha#e been attained$ This is the &!oess of the 6"hys6 of you! life$ To ha#e unde!standing -S kno"ledge$ 0e&tane in all matte!s an only be attained if you unde!stand the "hy behind it, e#en though "e may not
kno" the "hy of a i!umstane until "e #ie" it in hindsight, it is ha#ing kno"ledge to"a!d a s&i!itual ma!k in you! life$ Th!ough kno"ledge omes &eae and 'oy and omfo!t$ Self 7ont!ol F a#ing the ability to tame you! fleshly desi!es and you! e#il mindful desi!es$ This ob#iously takes time but if you a!e "o!king these ste&s, you should be "alking in the s&i!it no", so "o!king on self ont!ol an be ahie#ed at this &oint$ %e sim&ly !efe! to "hat "e ha#e lea!n &!e#iously and "e gain st!ength fo! self ont!ol$ %e also must akno"ledge that "e annot ont!ol ou! f lesh "ithout Gods hel&$ 0gain, anothe! element of !elying on God soley in all of ou! i!umstanes and s&i!itual eduation$ (e!se!#e!ane F This le#el being a #e!y matu!e le#el att!ats the demoni$
o#e F o#e is e#e!ything$ o#e is the genuine &u!&ose fo! all things !eated and all things that a!e ha&&ening in todays "o!ld$ To "alk in lo#e is to be f!ee of 'udgment and 'udging othe!s$ This is the g!aduating lass, that enables us to e=&e!iene 'oy, &eae, ontentment, to be satisfied in all God has done fo! us and all that e is doing fo! us$ a#e you e#e! ome a!oss a 7h!istian "ho seemed so ontent about e#e!ything 0s if they ne#e! "o!!y about anything 0nd you said to you!self, - "ish - ould be like thatE
