WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.299 To whom God would make known what is the riches 00:00:02.299 --> 00:00:05.620 of the glory of this mystery among you, among 00:00:05.620 --> 00:00:10.220 you Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope 00:00:10.220 --> 00:00:13.400 of glory. Exactly. He's the king and he gets 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:16.679 to live inside of us. So the kingdom of God is 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:27.980 within you. Right. And that's a mystery. God 00:00:27.980 --> 00:00:31.399 promises in Joel 2 .28 to pour out His Spirit 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.939 on all humanity. Welcome to Global Outpouring, 00:00:35.100 --> 00:00:37.060 where we contend for that promised outpouring, 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:40.359 we equip for that outpouring, so that we may 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:43.719 engage in that very outpouring. I'm Philip Buss. 00:00:43.899 --> 00:00:46.439 And I'm Sharon Buss. Welcome to the podcast today. 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:50.020 On my devotion time, my quiet time this morning, 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:51.960 this is the thought that kind of rolled into 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:54.479 my head that I want to share with you is, what 00:00:54.479 --> 00:01:01.960 is the kingdom of God to you? Thank you so much 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:04.620 for joining us today. We're just absolutely delighted 00:01:04.620 --> 00:01:07.540 that you tune into this episode of the Global 00:01:07.540 --> 00:01:10.299 Outpouring podcast. And we want to encourage 00:01:10.299 --> 00:01:12.379 you, if you haven't already done so, to go to 00:01:12.379 --> 00:01:16.870 our website, to subscribe to our emails. And 00:01:16.870 --> 00:01:19.810 we want to encourage you to give us some feedback. 00:01:19.849 --> 00:01:21.969 We'd love to hear from you wherever you're listening 00:01:21.969 --> 00:01:25.390 from. It's just really encouraging to us to hear 00:01:25.390 --> 00:01:27.810 from you. And if you've got something that you'd 00:01:27.810 --> 00:01:30.730 like for us to share on a podcast, a subject 00:01:30.730 --> 00:01:33.109 that you'd like for us to deal with, or questions 00:01:33.109 --> 00:01:35.650 you have for us to answer, we'll take it to the 00:01:35.650 --> 00:01:38.269 Holy Spirit and see what he gives us. So you 00:01:38.269 --> 00:01:42.020 can give us some feedback on our... globaloutpouring 00:01:42.020 --> 00:01:45.200 .net page. There's a feedback form there, or 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:49.280 you can write us an email at feedback at globaloutpouring 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:54.159 .org. Well, in my morning devotion time, I was 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:57.579 just reading in Matthew about the kingdom of 00:01:57.579 --> 00:01:59.739 God. You know, that's what kind of was kind of 00:01:59.739 --> 00:02:03.000 ruling in me, the kingdom of God and the Lord's 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:05.680 prayer. You know, that's found in Matthew chapter 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:10.919 6. Well, in verse 7 it says, When ye pray, use 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:13.620 not vain repetition as the heathen do, and he's 00:02:13.620 --> 00:02:16.560 referring to scribes and Pharisees, for they 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:19.599 think that they shall be heard further much speaking. 00:02:20.099 --> 00:02:22.560 Be not ye therefore like unto them, for your 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:24.800 Father knows what things ye have need of before 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:27.979 ye ask him. And after this manner wherefore pray 00:02:27.979 --> 00:02:31.439 ye, Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:35.139 or holy be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will 00:02:35.139 --> 00:02:39.300 be done in earth as it is in heaven. We're not 00:02:39.300 --> 00:02:41.259 going to read the rest of it. I want to concentrate 00:02:41.259 --> 00:02:45.259 on this. But how many churches all over the world 00:02:45.259 --> 00:02:47.879 will start with the Lord's Prayer, will do the 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:50.479 doxology. Or have it someplace in the service. 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:52.860 Or have it somewhere in the service. But how 00:02:52.860 --> 00:02:57.629 many know what it really means? It has become 00:02:57.629 --> 00:02:59.909 a vain repetition for a lot of people. Yeah, 00:02:59.930 --> 00:03:02.469 it really is. Because it's empty if you don't 00:03:02.469 --> 00:03:04.990 think about it. It's empty if it doesn't have 00:03:04.990 --> 00:03:08.509 meaning to you. So I was kind of contemplating 00:03:08.509 --> 00:03:11.129 on that. And, you know, when I read that and, 00:03:11.169 --> 00:03:13.469 you know, thy kingdom come, you know, there's 00:03:13.469 --> 00:03:16.490 a lot of verses. And I used to have in the, I 00:03:16.490 --> 00:03:18.569 had in the back of my Bible, I took it out of 00:03:18.569 --> 00:03:21.490 the Strong's Concordance and I copied it. on 00:03:21.490 --> 00:03:24.849 a copier of kingdom. And you'd be amazed how 00:03:24.849 --> 00:03:27.590 many scriptures are there relating to the kingdom 00:03:27.590 --> 00:03:31.169 of God. I mean, it's got many avenues, facets, 00:03:31.189 --> 00:03:33.930 like a diamond. It can go a lot of different 00:03:33.930 --> 00:03:37.229 directions. But what does it mean personally 00:03:37.229 --> 00:03:41.949 to the, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on 00:03:41.949 --> 00:03:46.830 earth as it is in heaven. So what is his will, 00:03:46.969 --> 00:03:50.180 thy will, I mean, Jesus' will. Or the Father. 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:54.960 The Father's will be done that we can know what 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.400 it is and not do what we want to do. Because 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:00.879 most times we really want to do what we want 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:05.360 to do. Yeah. Because that's our fleshly part 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:09.300 of us, the flesh flash stuff we deal with. And 00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:12.379 I remember someone saying it's just like 90 % 00:04:12.379 --> 00:04:15.879 of your thinking is kind of what controls what's 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:19.850 going on. And you need to get where 90 % of the 00:04:19.850 --> 00:04:22.829 Holy Spirit is listening to him. And then you 00:04:22.829 --> 00:04:25.509 got to, of course, that 90 % can help you outweigh 00:04:25.509 --> 00:04:29.430 that other 10%. Yes. But getting there. So I 00:04:29.430 --> 00:04:33.509 want to look in the book of Luke in chapter 17 00:04:33.509 --> 00:04:36.870 out of the Passion Translation. This is kind 00:04:36.870 --> 00:04:40.790 of gives a very good understanding of this, that 00:04:40.790 --> 00:04:43.290 the kingdom, it comes not by observation. So 00:04:43.290 --> 00:04:47.060 let's look at Luke chapter 17. And it's verses 00:04:47.060 --> 00:04:50.980 20 and 21. We were looking at the scripture in 00:04:50.980 --> 00:04:53.459 Matthew, so this is in Luke and this is in the 00:04:53.459 --> 00:04:57.439 TPT. Jesus was once asked by the Jewish religious 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:00.339 leaders, when will God's kingdom realm come? 00:05:01.019 --> 00:05:04.120 Jesus responded, God's kingdom realm does not 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.899 come simply by obeying principles or by waiting 00:05:06.899 --> 00:05:10.199 for signs. The kingdom is not discovered in one 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:13.339 place. Or another one, for God's kingdom realm 00:05:13.339 --> 00:05:17.759 is already expanding within some of you. Later, 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:20.079 Jesus addressed this again with his apostles 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:23.279 saying, the time is coming when a great passion 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:25.500 will be awakened within you to see me again. 00:05:26.220 --> 00:05:28.500 Yes, you will long to see the beginning of the 00:05:28.500 --> 00:05:30.620 days of the Son of Man, but you won't be able 00:05:30.620 --> 00:05:33.540 to find me. You will hear reports from some who 00:05:33.540 --> 00:05:36.660 will say, look, he has returned. He is over here 00:05:36.660 --> 00:05:40.019 or he's over there. Don't believe it or run after 00:05:40.019 --> 00:05:42.879 them, for their claims will be false. Wow. The 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:45.139 day of the Son of Man will burst forth with the 00:05:45.139 --> 00:05:47.160 brightness of a lightning strike that shines 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:50.579 from one end of the sky to the other, illuminating 00:05:50.579 --> 00:05:54.500 the earth. Wow. That's quite a description. Yeah, 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:57.660 it really is quite amazing. Because there are 00:05:57.660 --> 00:06:02.439 so many interpretations of Scripture out there 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:04.060 right now. And there's some big ones. There's 00:06:04.060 --> 00:06:07.269 some good ones, too. It's really good. Kind of 00:06:07.269 --> 00:06:09.509 what we learned through our history. I mean, 00:06:09.529 --> 00:06:12.670 we've been serving the Lord, me, 44 years here. 00:06:13.089 --> 00:06:15.850 And first, you know, Jesus was coming in 1988. 00:06:16.250 --> 00:06:19.370 That was a big one. You know, 88 reasons Jesus 00:06:19.370 --> 00:06:21.509 will come in 88. And I looked at a lot of them 00:06:21.509 --> 00:06:23.910 and they really look legit. You know, wow, this 00:06:23.910 --> 00:06:27.870 could happen. You know, and then in 1970s late, 00:06:27.970 --> 00:06:31.050 the prophetic word going around that Jesus is 00:06:31.050 --> 00:06:34.100 coming. And I thought, I want to live a little. 00:06:34.220 --> 00:06:38.139 And I backslid for some years. And I didn't know 00:06:38.139 --> 00:06:41.199 about actually 77 was a prophetic word going 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:44.019 around because I was backslidden. And I might 00:06:44.019 --> 00:06:45.920 have, maybe I wouldn't have backslid so bad. 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:52.120 But it's like the kingdom is within you. And 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:55.860 so in our daily walk with the Lord, in our time 00:06:55.860 --> 00:06:58.519 of our devotion, we're building the kingdom. 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:01.300 Because the kingdom of God, it's just all around 00:07:01.300 --> 00:07:03.639 you. And like it says in the Passion, I like 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:07.360 it, kingdom realm. And even our convention, you 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:10.540 know, Pastor Tony or Bishop Tony, Apostle Tony 00:07:10.540 --> 00:07:14.720 was talking about realms, different realms, things 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:18.160 that operate in levels. They operate in realms. 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:20.839 And it's like we're taken from glory to glory 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:23.779 or we're taken from realm to realm. Maybe that's 00:07:23.779 --> 00:07:27.120 another way. to look at it. It doesn't quite 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:29.819 say it, but that's kind of the concept that can 00:07:29.819 --> 00:07:33.680 be on a personal note. We go from greater glory 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:36.459 to greater glory, from one realm to another realm. 00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:40.399 So we look at everything going around. We look 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:42.839 at the war going on right now with Israel and 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:46.420 Iran, and that pops a lot of scriptures up all 00:07:46.420 --> 00:07:49.310 over. You know, everybody's got their idea. This 00:07:49.310 --> 00:07:53.910 is it, you know. This is it. This is Ezekiel. 00:07:53.910 --> 00:07:56.750 This is Jeremiah. This is Psalm 83. And it really 00:07:56.750 --> 00:07:59.550 is in part, but it's not quite the end of the 00:07:59.550 --> 00:08:02.889 picture yet. There's things that still have to 00:08:02.889 --> 00:08:06.350 happen. There has to be a harvest first. We know, 00:08:06.449 --> 00:08:09.209 and we've talked about this before, like the 00:08:09.209 --> 00:08:11.750 presence of God coming down, that John Hinkle 00:08:11.750 --> 00:08:14.610 vision where the Holy Spirit came down and stood 00:08:14.610 --> 00:08:17.269 next to each person, and immediately they knew 00:08:17.269 --> 00:08:19.949 when their walk of God was. Things are going 00:08:19.949 --> 00:08:22.759 to happen before it's the end. But we're seeing 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:25.500 preparations of things. Right. We know the Scripture 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:28.480 talks the Antichrist who is going to walk and 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:31.160 everybody's going to turn to him. Yeah, but that's 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:36.279 after the one who restrains is no longer there. 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:38.580 Yeah. Personally, I think that's the church. 00:08:38.620 --> 00:08:43.200 The intercessors are restraining that Antichrist 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.840 kingdom from coming. And I looked that up in 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.809 the Strongs about the kingdom of God. You know, 00:08:50.830 --> 00:08:55.009 that it comes not by observation. Yeah. You know, 00:08:55.009 --> 00:08:58.330 what we observe, what we see. And it says that 00:08:58.330 --> 00:09:01.029 in such a manner, it can be watched with your 00:09:01.029 --> 00:09:04.509 eyes, you know. So it's kind of, we're looking 00:09:04.509 --> 00:09:07.509 with our eyeballs, you know, to see everything 00:09:07.509 --> 00:09:09.549 that's happening. We're watching, you know, and 00:09:09.549 --> 00:09:12.509 now we can really watch because we've got. instant 00:09:12.509 --> 00:09:15.210 news from around the world. True. I mean, we 00:09:15.210 --> 00:09:18.169 can watch China Uncensored, you know, and you 00:09:18.169 --> 00:09:21.230 get a great picture of what's going on in China 00:09:21.230 --> 00:09:24.389 and what's happening with Taiwan. Sure. You know, 00:09:24.389 --> 00:09:26.549 and it's just, I mean, all these different ones 00:09:26.549 --> 00:09:29.320 that are specified. Different things. And where 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:32.200 does this fit in the kingdom of God? Right. How 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:35.179 does this fit? So we're analyzing. We're putting 00:09:35.179 --> 00:09:38.379 all these things we're hearing on our own personal 00:09:38.379 --> 00:09:41.840 think tank. And we're trying to decipher how 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:43.960 this is going to work. Or we listen to somebody 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:47.639 else's think tank to see what they are saying. 00:09:47.899 --> 00:09:49.860 Lots of opinions. But that doesn't mean you're 00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:52.840 going to see it with your eyes. Right. And that's 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:56.990 our problem. to look with our physical eyes. 00:09:57.590 --> 00:10:03.929 And we tend to analyze with our worldly brains 00:10:03.929 --> 00:10:06.590 or, you know, maybe we've got enough scripture 00:10:06.590 --> 00:10:09.330 in there to analyze, but you have to have the 00:10:09.330 --> 00:10:12.509 Holy Spirit. You have to have the Holy Spirit. 00:10:12.629 --> 00:10:15.690 And when it comes to eschatology, I have an opinion. 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:19.820 For what it's worth. We want to hear your opinion. 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:24.820 You're going to anyway, right? So in John 14, 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:29.539 Jesus is speaking to his disciples. You know, 00:10:29.539 --> 00:10:31.840 this is their last supper together. This is their 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:35.039 last time to really fellowship together. And 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:37.320 in verse 27, it says, Peace I leave with you. 00:10:37.659 --> 00:10:40.960 My peace I leave with you. He's leaving, right? 00:10:41.059 --> 00:10:42.799 They don't understand that he's leaving, but 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:45.059 he's trying to get it through to them that he's 00:10:45.059 --> 00:10:47.500 leaving. My peace I give to you, not as the world 00:10:47.500 --> 00:10:50.279 gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.879 troubled, neither let it be afraid. You've heard 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:55.080 me say to you, I'm going away and coming back 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:57.840 to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:00.360 I said I'm going to the Father, for my Father 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.139 is greater than I. Here's verse 29. This is the 00:11:03.139 --> 00:11:06.259 key piece that gives me my position on eschatology. 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:08.919 So eschatology, in case you don't know, is the 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:11.899 study of the end times. Like, what's going to 00:11:11.899 --> 00:11:15.440 happen next? And there are lots of opinions out 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.200 there about what is going to happen and in what 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:22.200 sequence. And, you know, it's sort of like the... 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:24.860 Scribes and Pharisees didn't recognize Jesus 00:11:24.860 --> 00:11:28.159 when he came because he didn't fit their eschatology. 00:11:28.419 --> 00:11:31.600 True. Okay. So Jesus said, and now I have told 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.340 you before it comes that when it does come to 00:11:35.340 --> 00:11:40.200 pass, you may believe. In other words, let it 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:44.019 come to pass before you interpret it. Don't interpret 00:11:44.019 --> 00:11:47.000 what you think is going to happen. Don't speculate 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:49.200 about what you think is going to happen. Is this 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:52.179 that? Is that this? Is this that? It was. on 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:56.539 the day of Pentecost, that Peter said, this is 00:11:56.539 --> 00:11:58.919 that that was spoken of by the prophet Joel. 00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:02.539 Yeah. Okay. And then he quotes the prophet Joel. 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:07.700 So when you get to the point in the scheme of 00:12:07.700 --> 00:12:11.840 things that it lines up with scripture, that's 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:15.039 when you say, this is that. Right now, there's 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:16.899 a lot of people saying, well, this might be that. 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:21.059 And it might be. There are some of the things 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:24.159 that do have to take place first. And the closer 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:27.700 we walk with the Holy Spirit and the more, like 00:12:27.700 --> 00:12:30.500 Jesus said, if you loved me, you would rejoice. 00:12:31.419 --> 00:12:36.440 Yeah. When we love him, we can rejoice over the 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:39.399 fulfillment of things. Yeah. Because when it 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:41.580 boils right down to it, this idea of being a 00:12:41.580 --> 00:12:44.159 kingdom, having a kingdom, having the kingdom 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:46.740 in you, having the kingdom operate in you, there's 00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:50.720 a kingdom because there's a king. If there wasn't 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:53.980 a kingdom, there wouldn't be a king. So we know 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:56.279 that our Father is the king of the universe, 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:01.440 that Jesus is his embodiment on the earth, and 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:06.159 he's the king. Jesus is the soon -coming, returning 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:08.600 king. Yeah, so who's the king of your kingdom? 00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:13.700 Exactly. What kingdom are you? Yeah, what's the 00:13:13.700 --> 00:13:16.519 kingdom to you? Who is the king to you? Are you 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:19.240 the king of your own kingdom? A lot of people, 00:13:19.379 --> 00:13:22.580 a lot of us, you know, we kind of think that 00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:25.460 we can be in control. Yeah, because a lot of 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:28.940 this, it's a mystery. Right. And in Colossians, 00:13:28.940 --> 00:13:30.820 you know, chapter 1, and this is out of the King 00:13:30.820 --> 00:13:34.960 James. This is Paul. Wherefore, I am made a minister 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:37.659 according to the dispensation of God, which is 00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:40.740 given to me for you to fulfill the word of God. 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:43.779 even the mystery which has been hid from ages 00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:47.139 and from generations, but now is made manifest 00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:49.940 or known to the saints. Now you're talking 2 00:13:49.940 --> 00:13:53.159 ,000 years ago now. Right. To whom God would 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:55.659 make known what is the riches of the glory of 00:13:55.659 --> 00:13:59.799 this mystery among you, among you Gentiles, which 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:03.840 is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Exactly. 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:06.720 He's the king and he gets to live inside of us. 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:11.039 So the kingdom of God is within you. Right. And 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:13.919 that's a mystery. Kingdom is a mystery because 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:16.379 we're trying to figure out, you know, we don't 00:14:16.379 --> 00:14:19.220 know from once we're like the wind. We don't 00:14:19.220 --> 00:14:20.980 know where it's coming from or where it's going. 00:14:21.139 --> 00:14:23.200 Right. And that's the way it is a lot of time. 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:25.220 You know, even listening with the Holy Spirit. 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:28.559 It doesn't give us the full picture all the time. 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:30.960 Right. Because we might take a wrong turn. Exactly. 00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:33.700 Trying to. He can't trust us with all the details. 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:37.200 Yeah, it's like going through the mountains or 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:39.740 something. You know, you can go through Nebraska. 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:42.399 You can go through Illinois, Indiana, and all 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:46.340 the flat roads. Okay, so now you want to go to 00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:48.960 Kalampong or you want to go to Darjeeling. Yeah, 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:52.919 yeah. And you got these hairpins. I mean, continual. 00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:55.639 Hairpins all the time. Hairpin turns. Hairpin 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:58.899 turns that are just neck jerkers, you know. Yeah. 00:14:58.940 --> 00:15:01.759 You know, and if you have problems with motion, 00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:04.379 it's not fun, you know, because the road just 00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:06.419 curves and they're just carved out of the side 00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:09.659 of the mountain, you know. So, you know, God's 00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:12.360 path isn't always a straight line as we would 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:14.919 like it. Yeah. Because that makes it predictable. 00:15:15.580 --> 00:15:18.000 Right. You can see down the highway a long way, 00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:20.240 you see what's coming. But when you're going 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:22.059 around curves and that, you don't know really 00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:25.080 what's quite ahead. And like the expression we 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:28.899 use, you know, I remember reading when you're 00:15:28.899 --> 00:15:31.620 taking your driver's ed class, you don't overdrive 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:34.360 your headlights. I mean, you don't go faster 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:36.440 than what you can stop from what your headlights 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:40.860 will look at. Right. And so that's a good spiritual 00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:43.299 lesson too. Don't overdrive your headlights. 00:15:43.610 --> 00:15:45.409 You know, if you can't see what's coming around 00:15:45.409 --> 00:15:47.149 that corner, it'll go so fast where you're going 00:15:47.149 --> 00:15:49.009 to miss something. Yeah. You're going to miss 00:15:49.009 --> 00:15:51.610 a sign or a roadmap or something like that. Right. 00:15:51.889 --> 00:15:54.909 You know, that reminds me of years ago, I was 00:15:54.909 --> 00:15:58.029 canoeing on a river, and there was one thing 00:15:58.029 --> 00:16:02.009 that I learned about around every turn, you can 00:16:02.009 --> 00:16:04.009 just be guaranteed that there's going to be another 00:16:04.009 --> 00:16:07.049 turn. You know, that's about all you can see 00:16:07.049 --> 00:16:09.830 ahead is you can see to the next turn, and when 00:16:09.830 --> 00:16:11.490 you get to the next turn, you're going to find 00:16:11.490 --> 00:16:13.169 there's another turn out there. Maybe you'll 00:16:13.169 --> 00:16:17.429 find some rapids. Yeah, that might be. But it's 00:16:17.429 --> 00:16:20.289 the same thing on these mountain roads. You go 00:16:20.289 --> 00:16:22.509 around a curve, and sure enough, there's another 00:16:22.509 --> 00:16:25.629 curve. That's kind of where we live, too. Yeah. 00:16:26.309 --> 00:16:30.190 Wow, wow. So we read in Colossians, it was in 00:16:30.190 --> 00:16:32.889 127, that Christ in you is the hope of glory. 00:16:32.970 --> 00:16:36.529 Absolutely. And so I want to turn to Ephesians. 00:16:36.529 --> 00:16:39.169 This is chapter one. You know, everybody's favorite 00:16:39.169 --> 00:16:42.009 book. I love it. And especially if you follow 00:16:42.009 --> 00:16:44.269 Kenneth Hagin, too. I mean, this is the scriptures 00:16:44.269 --> 00:16:47.529 in here. He left his Bible open to the pulpit, 00:16:47.570 --> 00:16:51.750 on the pulpit, Ephesians 1. And he would frequently, 00:16:51.929 --> 00:16:54.789 during the day, go to the pulpit and just read 00:16:54.789 --> 00:16:57.850 the first chapter of Ephesians, you know, about 00:16:57.850 --> 00:17:01.200 the mystery of his will. Yeah, I think verse 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:04.140 17, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father 00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:06.319 of glory, give unto you the spirit of wisdom, 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:09.099 revelation, and the knowledge of him. Amen. That 00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:11.339 was one of his favorite verses, and I really 00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:17.099 like that. But I want to look in verse 4. We'll 00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:19.579 do verse 3. Blessed is the God and Father of 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:21.799 our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:25.410 all spiritual blessings in heavenly places. According 00:17:25.410 --> 00:17:30.250 as he has chosen us in him before the foundation 00:17:30.250 --> 00:17:32.750 of the world. Beautiful. I mean, he chose us 00:17:32.750 --> 00:17:35.250 before we knew ourselves. Yeah. When you think 00:17:35.250 --> 00:17:37.269 about that, you think you really know yourself? 00:17:37.730 --> 00:17:40.269 You really don't. We've forgotten a lot, I think. 00:17:40.269 --> 00:17:44.490 We forgot a lot. Yeah. Wow. So he's chosen us 00:17:44.490 --> 00:17:47.109 before the foundation of the world that we should 00:17:47.109 --> 00:17:50.130 be holy and without blame before him in love. 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:53.759 That's what our destiny is. And so we have to 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:55.839 walk it out through the curves and the rapids 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:57.440 and everything else we've got to go through. 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:01.319 And having predestined us unto the adoption of 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:04.259 children by Jesus Christ to himself according 00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:07.839 to the good pleasure of his will. Yes. You know, 00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:10.240 his will is a mystery, but it's for good pleasure. 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:12.740 That's right. And for thy pleasure, what's that 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:14.420 song we used to sing? And for thy pleasure we 00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:19.109 are created. Thou art worthy, O Lord. And sometimes 00:18:19.109 --> 00:18:21.849 we don't feel like we're walking in good pleasure. 00:18:22.130 --> 00:18:25.250 We go through our trials. Trials are not good 00:18:25.250 --> 00:18:27.910 pleasure, but we can't see the end of the story. 00:18:28.049 --> 00:18:31.430 Why did God let this happen? What's he trying 00:18:31.430 --> 00:18:34.309 to work out in us? You need to read my book, 00:18:34.430 --> 00:18:39.250 Rich Wounds. Wouldn't you agree? Yeah, I think 00:18:39.250 --> 00:18:43.170 so. Very much so, yeah. So to the praise of the 00:18:43.170 --> 00:18:46.470 glory of his grace, he's made us accepted in 00:18:46.470 --> 00:18:48.670 the beloved. Hallelujah. And we just got to read 00:18:48.670 --> 00:18:51.710 verse 7 too. In whom we have redemption through 00:18:51.710 --> 00:18:53.869 his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according 00:18:53.869 --> 00:18:57.789 to the riches of his grace, wherein he has abounded 00:18:57.789 --> 00:19:01.470 toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having 00:19:01.470 --> 00:19:05.730 made known unto us the mystery of his will, according 00:19:05.730 --> 00:19:09.089 to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed 00:19:09.089 --> 00:19:14.410 in himself. So we want to make Jesus smile. Yes. 00:19:14.730 --> 00:19:17.470 We really want to make him smile. And doesn't 00:19:17.470 --> 00:19:19.829 it make you smile when someone smiles at you? 00:19:20.130 --> 00:19:23.789 Yeah. And I try to do that. I do too. And people 00:19:23.789 --> 00:19:26.250 notice that. They'll smile back usually unless 00:19:26.250 --> 00:19:29.730 they're having a rough day. And sometimes they 00:19:29.730 --> 00:19:33.329 need that smile. But it's the same thing when 00:19:33.329 --> 00:19:35.430 we are looking at the Lord, if we just smile 00:19:35.430 --> 00:19:39.289 at him. Yeah. You know, that thankful heart makes 00:19:39.289 --> 00:19:43.259 him respond. So we go on in verse 10, that in 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:45.920 the dispensation of the fullness of times, he 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:49.559 might gather together in one all things in Christ, 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:52.680 both which are in heaven and which are on earth, 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:55.759 even in him. I mean, let's talk about the kingdom 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:59.160 of God coming together. It's kind of like we 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:02.799 had a prayer time for our devotions on Tuesday 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:05.779 morning. And Jean Little was bringing the word 00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:07.940 forth and just finished everything and the phone 00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:11.240 rings and it's Clarice Fluitt. Yeah. You know, 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:13.700 was coming with the word of the Lord, you know, 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:17.700 for Jean. And she says, you know, I'm in my pee 00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:20.099 patch over here. You're in your pee patch over 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:23.180 there. Yeah. You know, and sometimes when this 00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:27.240 big kingdom of God, we just might feel like we're 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:29.720 just like little nothing. You know, but God has 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:33.740 a plan whether your ministry is out there. Or 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:36.359 if you have a hidden ministry like Timothy Bentz. 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:39.180 Right. Or God will take you places where you 00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:41.740 couldn't go with a big ministry. Yeah. You couldn't 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:45.460 go with a big name because you got the holy paparazzi 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:48.440 following you, you know. Unholy maybe. Unholy 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:50.539 paparazzi. Yeah, you got that too, you know. 00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:53.440 But if you stay hidden. But so he's gathering 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:58.359 all things together. And in verse 11, and in 00:20:58.359 --> 00:21:01.039 who or in him we have obtained an inheritance. 00:21:02.230 --> 00:21:06.009 being predestined, what he wants us to do, according 00:21:06.009 --> 00:21:09.170 to the purpose of him who works everything after 00:21:09.170 --> 00:21:13.470 the counsel of his own will. Beautiful. Jesus' 00:21:13.650 --> 00:21:17.349 own will for us. And that's what the kingdom 00:21:17.349 --> 00:21:20.049 is to us personally. So what is the kingdom of 00:21:20.049 --> 00:21:22.640 God to you? What is he? Working out in your, 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:25.579 you might be a loose cannon out there. Hopefully 00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:28.240 not. You know, you need to, you know, it's always 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:30.740 good to have somebody over you that you can bounce 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:33.519 things off. Someone in the Lord that has a lot 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:35.920 of wisdom. Yes. Which may not be your brother 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:37.880 or sister -in -law or something. It might be, 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:40.859 you know, an apostle or a bishop that is really, 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:44.539 you know, has revelation in that. And that's 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:46.819 somebody you really like to be attached to. You 00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:50.099 know, people that are close to God that you need 00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:53.390 to surround yourself with. So that we should 00:21:53.390 --> 00:21:58.690 be to the praise of his glory who first trusted 00:21:58.690 --> 00:22:02.910 in Christ. Amen. So, you know, we're supposed 00:22:02.910 --> 00:22:06.589 to be a praise on the earth. Right. To his glory. 00:22:06.829 --> 00:22:10.250 To his glory. And that's an everyday thing. Yeah. 00:22:10.289 --> 00:22:12.750 To the praise. There was a song, I remember Ramona 00:22:12.750 --> 00:22:15.940 Dix of the Olive Branch wrote. Years ago, and 00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:18.799 I love it, to the praise of his glory, I am created. 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:21.339 Yes. Yeah, and I thought, and that's where this 00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:24.200 was taken from. I thought, oh, and I just love 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:26.980 that song. You know, but even when we don't feel 00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:29.039 like praising sometimes, you know, but it's a 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:32.299 command. And that's how we stay on top of it. 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:35.220 Yeah, you overcome. It's an overcoming thing 00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:39.539 that we have to walk in all the time. Yes. And 00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:43.690 it really helps you. When you don't feel like 00:22:43.690 --> 00:22:46.230 praising and you do it out of obedience, you 00:22:46.230 --> 00:22:52.349 just start because he said praise. And he says, 00:22:52.390 --> 00:22:55.250 in everything give thanks, for this is the will 00:22:55.250 --> 00:22:58.170 of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. So when 00:22:58.170 --> 00:23:00.990 we do it because we know that it's the right 00:23:00.990 --> 00:23:04.509 thing to do, even if we don't feel like it, but 00:23:04.509 --> 00:23:07.420 if you start it. You don't have to feel like 00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:10.339 it to start it. You just start and the feeling 00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:13.319 comes as you start because when you begin to 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:16.119 praise, when you begin to give thanks and you 00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:20.680 put your eyes on Jesus, then the things of earth 00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:23.720 grow strangely dim. All of the clouds begin to 00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:27.019 go away, the dark things that are giving you 00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:31.539 ideas that are not. productive, those begin to 00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:34.940 flee because you're putting yourself into the 00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:38.339 light of his glory and worshiping him in his 00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:41.500 glory. He's the king, remember? He's the king. 00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:44.539 It's about the kingdom. So as we worship, it 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:48.180 sets us free. Yeah, it's like that song. The 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:50.720 tag of it is, even when I don't see it, you're 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:53.619 working. Right. Even when I don't feel it, you're 00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:55.839 working. You never stop working. Right. You never 00:23:55.839 --> 00:24:00.099 stop working. Way maker. Yeah. You know, great. 00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:04.480 Hallelujah. So sometimes you have to get it in 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:08.930 the song to remember, yeah, that's true. We see 00:24:08.930 --> 00:24:12.049 with our natural eyeballs unless you have the 00:24:12.049 --> 00:24:15.150 real gift of discernment to see what's happening 00:24:15.150 --> 00:24:19.990 around you. Yeah. Somebody just recently, please 00:24:19.990 --> 00:24:21.829 forgive me, I don't remember who it was, but 00:24:21.829 --> 00:24:23.670 I think it was somebody at the convention or 00:24:23.670 --> 00:24:26.630 maybe somebody I heard after that said something 00:24:26.630 --> 00:24:31.650 about the angels are singing to you to try and 00:24:31.650 --> 00:24:35.450 get you to pick up that song. And then you sing 00:24:35.450 --> 00:24:38.460 it. Sometimes I get songs in my head. It doesn't 00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:40.799 occur to me, or it didn't until I heard that, 00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:43.180 that I need to just sing it out. Sing it out. 00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:45.200 Because I've got songs going in my head all the 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:48.380 time. But I don't always think to sing them out. 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:52.559 So the angels are standing by, waiting for us 00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:57.660 to give the word, releasing the word, giving 00:24:57.660 --> 00:25:01.960 voice to the word. Psalm 103 .20 says, Bless 00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:04.700 the Lord, you his angels, who excel in strength, 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:08.039 who do his word, heeding the voice of his word. 00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:10.579 The angels are standing around waiting for us 00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:13.119 to give voice to his word so that they can go 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:17.500 to work and do what his word says. So as we listen, 00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:21.319 they're trying to help us. As we listen to the 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:24.839 Holy Spirit, as we tune into that spirit realm 00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:29.960 where the angels have come to work with us, And 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:32.400 if there's an angel singing to you and you think 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:35.220 it's just a song in your head, go ahead and sing 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:37.819 it out or go ahead and speak out the word that 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:41.039 you're hearing in your spirit. And your voice, 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:45.279 your voice activates them. The kingdom of God 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:48.839 is a voice -activated kingdom. So that's another 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:50.920 one of those mysteries that's a part of this, 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:54.059 but that's how he designed it. Yeah. So this 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:57.740 is just a great thing you could do for your own 00:25:57.740 --> 00:26:02.569 study. What is the kingdom of God for you? You 00:26:02.569 --> 00:26:05.890 can go and look up the word kingdom and see how 00:26:05.890 --> 00:26:09.089 that applies to you. I think that could really 00:26:09.089 --> 00:26:11.990 help you get some direction in a lot of ways. 00:26:12.210 --> 00:26:14.309 Because you talk about kingdom of God, the kingdom 00:26:14.309 --> 00:26:17.150 of heaven, and they're really the same. Right. 00:26:17.390 --> 00:26:21.289 So because the kingdom of God is operating in 00:26:21.289 --> 00:26:23.990 you, if you've welcomed the king to live inside 00:26:23.990 --> 00:26:26.769 of you. It will be a mystery revealed to you. 00:26:27.069 --> 00:26:29.710 Absolutely. It'll be mystery after mystery, day 00:26:29.710 --> 00:26:32.869 by day, all the time. He's ready to give you 00:26:32.869 --> 00:26:36.470 downloads if you just tune in. So Holy Spirit, 00:26:36.589 --> 00:26:41.250 we ask you to tune us into your spirit. We need 00:26:41.250 --> 00:26:45.390 more input from you. So Lord, we lay aside the 00:26:45.390 --> 00:26:49.130 distractions that are trying to keep us from 00:26:49.130 --> 00:26:53.170 hearing your voice, trying to keep us from accomplishing 00:26:53.170 --> 00:26:55.269 what you put us on this planet to accomplish. 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:59.500 Lord, we submit to you. We humble ourselves before 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:03.160 you and we recognize that we need you. We need 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:05.960 your spirit. We need your word operating in us. 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:08.799 Thank you for giving us that grace to overcome 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:13.559 as we seek your kingdom, as we seek you as the 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:16.920 king. Lord, we just want to have that relationship 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:22.019 growing moment by moment from glory to glory 00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:27.680 in you and you in us. In Jesus' name, amen. 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