Longing for God's Kingdom: A Spiritual Reality
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"The kingdom of God is at the very heart of the gospel; it is at the heart, should be at the heart of our prayer. The Jews, according to the Talmud, which is their commentary on the scriptures and which they really hold at the same level as scriptures, says that unless you mention the kingdom of God in a prayer, then the prayer is not a valid prayer." [00:01:39]
"The problem today is that there is a teaching which was originally developed in the 70s, which was confined to charismatic circles, but in these last two, three years has spread right across the spectrum and has been taken up even by reformed churches and by evangelical churches at large, and it is called kingdom now or sometimes called dominionism." [00:02:53]
"The idea behind dominionism or kingdom now is that the church needs to take control of what they call the seven mountains. This was a concept which was originated by a guy called Lance Walnow, who has recently made false prophecies concerning the fact that Trump would serve a second term." [00:04:35]
"The kingdoms of this world can never be converted into the kingdom of God. The kingdoms of this world are under the control of the wicked one. The scripture is clear about that. The kingdoms of this world are irredeemable. The only thing that can be redeemed is the soul through the precious blood of the Lord Jesus." [00:07:33]
"God does not save nations; he cannot even save Israel. Individual Jews need to believe in order to be saved. Individual people need to believe. God cannot and does not save America or England or any other country in the world. God saves his church. His relationship today is with his church." [00:08:02]
"The God of heaven will set up a kingdom. We've touched on this verse before, but I need to remind you because we're being bombarded by the contrary. Who is going to set up the kingdom? The God of heaven is going to set up his kingdom. No political party, no religion, no church is going to set up the kingdom." [00:09:19]
"His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom; it will never be destroyed. That's the wonderful confidence that we can have. The reality is that any kingdom in this world has a beginning and has an end. We don't, we like to think it doesn't. They used to speak of the British Empire that the sun never sets on the British Empire." [00:09:48]
"God's kingdom is not a geographic thing; it is a relational thing where he is the king, and he has subjects who have subjected themselves, submitted themselves to his authority. His kingdom exists there. It doesn't have to be a physical thing. It will be a physical thing; right now, it is not." [00:15:40]
"The kingdom of God consists of those who are in a real relationship of the subjects to their king, and so the kingdom is within us. So at the moment, there is no physical manifestation. We can't point to this building and say this is the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is invisible right now." [00:18:23]
"True submission to God's kingdom means surrendering every area of our lives to His authority. It requires us to live as subjects to our King, where His will becomes our will. This submission is not about losing freedom but about finding true freedom in God's perfect will." [00:32:18]
"Unless he is lord of all, he is not lord at all. Unless he is lord of every area of your life, he is not your lord. You see, he's not the minister of external affairs or foreign affairs, whatever title, so that's his business is over there. No, he is lord of everything." [00:32:36]
"Let me challenge you this morning again, and I know it's challenging. What areas in your life have you not surrendered to him? What areas have you said, well, you know, he can be king over these areas, but this area, that's my domain. I have to have some say. No, you get no say." [00:38:25]
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"The problem today is that there is a teaching which was originally developed in the 70s, which was confined to charismatic circles, but in these last two, three years has spread right across the spectrum and has been taken up even by reformed churches and by evangelical churches at large, and it is called kingdom now or sometimes called dominionism." [00:02:53]
"The idea behind dominionism or kingdom now is that the church needs to take control of what they call the seven mountains. This was a concept which was originated by a guy called Lance Walnow, who has recently made false prophecies concerning the fact that Trump would serve a second term." [00:04:35]
"The kingdoms of this world can never be converted into the kingdom of God. The kingdoms of this world are under the control of the wicked one. The scripture is clear about that. The kingdoms of this world are irredeemable. The only thing that can be redeemed is the soul through the precious blood of the Lord Jesus." [00:07:33]
"God does not save nations; he cannot even save Israel. Individual Jews need to believe in order to be saved. Individual people need to believe. God cannot and does not save America or England or any other country in the world. God saves his church. His relationship today is with his church." [00:08:02]
"The God of heaven will set up a kingdom. We've touched on this verse before, but I need to remind you because we're being bombarded by the contrary. Who is going to set up the kingdom? The God of heaven is going to set up his kingdom. No political party, no religion, no church is going to set up the kingdom." [00:09:19]
"His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom; it will never be destroyed. That's the wonderful confidence that we can have. The reality is that any kingdom in this world has a beginning and has an end. We don't, we like to think it doesn't. They used to speak of the British Empire that the sun never sets on the British Empire." [00:09:48]
"God's kingdom is not a geographic thing; it is a relational thing where he is the king, and he has subjects who have subjected themselves, submitted themselves to his authority. His kingdom exists there. It doesn't have to be a physical thing. It will be a physical thing; right now, it is not." [00:15:40]
"The kingdom of God consists of those who are in a real relationship of the subjects to their king, and so the kingdom is within us. So at the moment, there is no physical manifestation. We can't point to this building and say this is the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is invisible right now." [00:18:23]
"True submission to God's kingdom means surrendering every area of our lives to His authority. It requires us to live as subjects to our King, where His will becomes our will. This submission is not about losing freedom but about finding true freedom in God's perfect will." [00:32:18]
"Unless he is lord of all, he is not lord at all. Unless he is lord of every area of your life, he is not your lord. You see, he's not the minister of external affairs or foreign affairs, whatever title, so that's his business is over there. No, he is lord of everything." [00:32:36]
"Let me challenge you this morning again, and I know it's challenging. What areas in your life have you not surrendered to him? What areas have you said, well, you know, he can be king over these areas, but this area, that's my domain. I have to have some say. No, you get no say." [00:38:25]
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