4. Last week – 7 things to do in 2013
1.Find GOD with ALL your heart and DESIRE to know
Him more
2.CHOOSE wisely the road to follow
3.Be FILLED with the HOLY SPIRIT
4.Grow into SONS, be light and salt
5.Be a worthy AMBASSADOR of the Kingdom
6.SERVE God, put the gifts in you into ACTION
7.Discover your TRUE IDENTITY in God!
5.
6. What is a KINGDOM?
What are the components of
a Kingdom?
Jesus did NOT come to start
a religion!
MATTHEW 13: 1 -23
7. The Kingdom is already given!
•It is wonderful to receive a gift
•We all love to receive gifts
•Giving is the most powerful act of the true
essence of the human spirit
•GIVING is impossible without RECEIVING
Acts 20: 33-35; Matthew 7:6
8. The Parable of Giving
•You can ACCEPT a gift and not RECEIVE it.
•Yet receiving is impossible without accepting
•It is possible to accept a dress and not wear it.
•It is possible to accept a drink and not drink it
•It is possible to accept a life and not experience it.
9. Where is the gift?
ACCEPTANCE takes you one step closer to RECEIVING
UNWRAPPING the PACKAGE is the final step to
accessing the gift
THE GIFT IS WHAT IS IN THE GIFT
10. CHRIST WAS A GIFT TO HUMANITY
HAVE YOU TAKEN TIME TO UNWRAP HIM YET?
WHAT DID JESUS CARRY?
WHAT DID JESUS BRING TO EARTH?
WHAT DID JESUS CARRY TO EARTH?
11. Matthew 2:2
•During Christmas we celebrate the birth of the
Messiah – ANOINTED KING
•Jesus’s birth marked the Return of the King to His
colony (GOD HIMSELF ON EARTH)
•Christ Jesus the KING was God’s gift to man
•The KINGDOM OF HEAVEN was Christ Jesus THE
KING’S GOFT to Mankind on Earth
12. The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.Your Kingdom come,
your will be done, on earth as in heavenGive us today our daily
bread.Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom,
the power and the glory are yours. Now and for ever.
Amen.
13. So far, many of us have sang to
the King and still haven’t opened
Him. Many of us still don’t get
why we go to church or the
essence of our faith
14. • Mary gave birth to the box and wrapping, God gave the
gift!
• Many of us are stuck with the wrapping but not the gift
• We cannot access the GIFT without accepting the
container!
• The Kingdom is righteousness, peace and Joy in the
Holy Ghost - This is the good news
• JOHN 7:39
• Jesus is the DOOR, (where does it lead to, a room?) the
way (where is the destination).
• You are in the this world but NOT OF this world.
• You can sing about the package, tell how God it is but
not accept the content
• The Kingdom is in the SPIRIT OF GOD!
• It is a TOTAL PACKAGE… EVERYTHING WE NEED IS IN
IT
15. Satan does not mind if you accept
Jesus. As long as you don’t know what
Jesus knows, he is cool!
HE GETS MAD WHEN YOU ACCEPT THE
GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM BECAUSE IT
CONFERS ON YOU AUTHORITY, POWER,
DOMINION TO RULE AND REIGN
16. DOORS ARE FOR ACCESS
WILL YOU TAKE A BOLD STEP TODAY
TO NOT ONLY ACCEPT THE WAY OR
THE DOOR BUT TO STEP IN
Appreciate this gift of God!
John 1:12
Acknowledgement is not acceptance, acceptance is not reception
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