The Gospel Of The Kingdom
FOUNDATION STATEMENT: The
gospel of the Kingdom is the good news that there is a better way in the Earth
than the world’s way that ensures victory and deliverance in every situation no
matter how bad it may be – Matthew 4:23
I.
The demonstrating power
of the Kingdom of God (Matthew 24:3-14)
A. The Kingdom of God is a
demonstrating Kingdom
1.
Witness
– Proof or testimony
2.
This
means that God’s way is going to be demonstrated in such a way that the
impossible is going to be accomplished and people are going to see it
B.
The
Kingdom of God is not in word only, but in power (1 Corinthians 4:20)
1.
Power
(Dunamis) – power, ability, miracle, extended
meaning of a person or a supernatural being who has administrative power, might
works, miracles, abundance, mighty deeds, wonderful works, workers of miracles
2.
The
Kingdom of God is a supernatural system that has supernatural power designed to
produce supernatural results
a.
Supernatural
is Above Natural
1)
The
Kingdom of God is going to produce results that cannot naturally be produced,
because it’s above natural
2)
Isaiah
55:9 – His ways are higher than our ways
a)
That’s
why he can get you a house debt free because His ways are higher than our ways
b.
Through
the Kingdom of God I am not limited to what is “naturally possible”
1)
I
have a system, a way of doing things, that enables be to go beyond the realm of
natural possibilities and when I engage in that system then I can accomplish
what’s “naturally impossible”
II.
Witnesses of the Gospel
of Kingdom of God
A. We are to be witnesses of
the gospel of the Kingdom (Matthew 4:23, 9:35, Mark 1:14)
1.
The
Gospel of the Kingdom of God – The good news of God’s system or way of
doing things
a.
We’ve
got good news you don’t have to worry, struggle, be in bondage or be middle
class anymore because there is a new way that’s higher than the world’s way and
it’s going to get a higher result
1)
The
good news of God’s way is that His way doesn’t leave anybody sick because His
way heals them all. His way doesn’t leave anybody in lack.
(1 John 3:8)
b.
The
message of the Kingdom has to do with the Kingdom of God on the inside of you
to provide for you the things that you have need of while you are on this Earth
2.
What’s
been preached is that Jesus saves, but the Kingdom hasn’t been preached so
people haven’t seen it
a.
If
somebody is going to witness it then it’s going to have to be at work so that
you can see it and tell the world about it
B.
We
are supposed to be demonstrating this new way in the Earth
1.
We
should working God’s system and be so abundantly prosperous that the world has
no choice but to run to us and get saved (Deuteronomy 7:14)
a.
Psalm
37:19
1)
Satisfied
– To be satisfied, be fulfilled, to be sated (stuffed or bursting), be
fulfilled, be filled, have one's fill of (have desire satisfied) to have in
excess, be surfeit (surplus, excess oversupply), to enrich
2.
We
are supposed to be demonstrating the supernatural
a.
We’re
supposed to be doing things that the world cannot do
b.
We’re
supposed to be producing results that they can’t produce
c.
We’re
supposed to be above them, not them above of us
1)
We’re
not supposed to look like the world
3.
We
haven’t been witnesses to the good news of God’s system because we haven’t
engaged in that system and SEEN that system work
a.
To
be a witness to it, you have to have seen it
b.
Most
believers haven’t gotten born again, but haven’t engaged in this new way of
doing things, consequently believers are out there operating like the world and
getting the same results that the world has been getting and we’re not supposed
to be getting those results
C. We’ve heard the good news
of Christ and gotten saved and we have been witnesses to that and that’s
great. However, we should be
witnesses of this new way of doing things where we can live above the world’s
system and live successfully in the Earth. (1 John 5:1-4)
1.
If
I’m born of God then I’m supposed to overpowering the system of the world and
doing things that they can’t do
2.
We
are supposed to be seeing the results of this new system and be witnesses of
that
a.
Our
message to the world is that there’s a better way that yes, starts with
salvation, but doesn’t stop there.
There’s a way to live successfully on the Earth.
b.
Our
message is not only that Jesus saves, but that Jesus
provided a new way of doing things and when we do things that new way, then we
can experience days of Heaven on the Earth.
III.
The reality of the
Kingdom is something that people have not totally understood
A. God’s idea of winning the
world was not that you run out there and chase them down; but that you work the
Kingdom of God and they’ll be chasing you down. (Matthew 4:23)
1.
He
not only preached the Kingdom, but now the Kingdom of God is coming without
demonstration and with power and it’s doing things that are “naturally
impossible”
a.
Everybody
is getting healed
2.
Fame
– Act of hearing, report, audience
a.
Word
of the what the He (The Kingdom of God) was doing got out
3.
He’s
not out there chasing people.
People are drawing to him and following him.
a.
How
many people? Great multitudes are following from everywhere
b.
The
world wasn’t running to the doctors, they were running to him
1)
The
doctors went out of business in that town
B.
If
we were working the Kingdom of God and getting the results that he Kingdom can
produce, we’d win the world
1.
Romans
8:19 – The world is waiting for the sons of God to manifest – The
world’s waiting for us to show up
a.
Manifestations
are the mark of the Sons of God because Sons of God operate like God (Galatians
4:1, John 8:39)
1)
Sons
of God are men and women who will by the power of God bring deliverance and
liberty to mankind
2)
Sons
of God understand their nature and operate like God on the Earth
3)
Sons
of God don’t tolerate the intimidation of the devil
4)
Sons
of God will not tolerate the curse in their lives
5)
Sons
of God maybe in hellish circumstances, but they know how to get out
6)
Sons
of God exercise their dominion over the affairs of their life
7)
Sons
of God have it just like they want it according to the will of God
b.
Christianity
is not a theology, it is a release of the nature of God and the life of God
into human vessels
1)
Our
sonship is affected when we don’t accept our true nature
2)
Are
you acting like God and doing what God would do if He were here on the Earth
a)
When
he sees you does he see mere men or does He see himself
c.
They’re
waiting the supernatural offspring of God to show up and act like God (Mark
4:35-40)
1)
Jesus
just copied his Father
2)
Somebody’s
going to have to show up, work the Kingdom, and act like God (Ephesians 5:2)
a)
Do
it God’s way
3)
I
don’t have an inferiority complex.
I know who I am, whose I am, and who I am not.
2.
John
10:37 – If I don’t do the works of my Father don’t believe me
a.
We’ve
been asking the world to believe us, but we haven’t been doing the supernatural
works of the Father because we have not been working the Kingdom of God
b.
Work
the Kingdom, allow God to work through you and the works will speak for
themselves
3.
Matthew
5:16 – Jesus let your light shine BEFORE MEN
a.
Let
God work through in such a supernatural way, before men that they would have to
acknowledge that that’s God working through a man
b.
Your
good works – Jesus said it’s the Father dwelling within me he’s doing the
works
c.
The
whole thing about making God famous, are seeing to it that He gets the glory is
that you’re going to have to do something that’s above your ability to do that
way people have no choice but to say, “That was God.”
4.
Matthew
12:33-35 – The tree is known by his fruit
a.
He
can prove he’s an apple tree, by bearing the fruit called apples
C. When you do it God’s way,
work the Kingdom, and the results show up the silence of naysayers will begin
(John 9:1-41)
1.
3-The
works of God manifest
2.
4-Work
the works
3.
6-7-That
didn’t sound normal
a.
Stop
looking for what’s normal, you’re not normal, you’re supernormal
4.
8-11-Watch
God get the glory here?
a.
Why?
Because nobody else could do it
5.
Results
will confuse some and convince others
a.
23-His
parents are afraid of getting get out of church, but I thought that’s what
church was supposed to be about getting people free and getting the Kingdom of
God manifesting in peoples lives
b.
Satan’s
system of religion right here – No results religion
6.
27-Some
people won’t receive the truth even when the results show up
7.
30-33-He’s
letting the results speak for themselves
a.
Nobody
has every done anything like this
D. People have brought
people to church
1.
That
builds the wrong image because you’re not going to church
a.
Matthew
16:13 – People have thought that they are coming to church, but build my
church is people, not a building
1)
When
that idea gets inside the world becomes the enemy and outside the church walls
is your enemy
2.
It
doesn’t make any difference where you are, you got the Kingdom is in you and
you ought to be taking the Kingdom to the world
a.
We’ve
have brought people to church to get saved and healed, but not so in the Kingdom,
the Kingdom is in you to go out there and you can take the church out there and
heal the sick and raise the dead
3.
You
are supposed to be out in the world, you were placed there on purpose
a.
Jesus
ate with the tax collectors and the sinners
1)
I
don’t know who you don’t like, but God loves them
2)
Now
everybody wants to come and work for the church because they don’t think
they’re supposed to be at that job
3)
Satan
did that to keep you from out there in the world, he doesn’t want you to have
that harvest
IV.
The Kingdom of God is
righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost (Romans 14:17)
A. Right-standing with the
Father
B.
Peace
– tranquility, safety, welfare, health, quietness, rest
C. Joy – happiness,
gladness, joy, rejoice greatly