Becoming a Kingdom Citizen. All nations, including kingdoms, have citizens. All nations require immigration status. The Kingdom of God is no different. Every Kingdom Citizen today is a naturalized citizen. We emigrated from a foreign country, a "dominion of darkness"...
How do you know when you need to make a course correction? a. you received feedback from your environment (college or work) that you're failing at something b. you Inner Defender is finding new and creative ways of casting blame for a problem elsewhere
Remember, without territory, there is no kingdom; and without a kingdom, there can be no kingdom citizenship. In the book of Matthew, when Jesus Christ began His public ministry, He announced that the Kingdom of Heaven had arrived. ..
The kingdom has come. Kingdom citizenship is never postponed. The Kingdom of God is present and functional on this earth right now. If you have been "born again" then you have been naturalized as a kingdom citizen right now. And this means that all the rights, benefits and privileges of Kingdom citizenship are yours right now.
We enter the kingdom of heaven through the process that Jesus called being " born again " changing our trust in Jesus for the forgiveness of our rebellion, and acknowledge Him as Lord ( Owner) of our lives. This " new birth " gets us into the Kingdom of Heaven.
When we become citizens of God's Kingdom, it means that we voluntarily align ourselves with a new government and a new country, embracing the language, its ideals and its values. God's Constitution of the Kingdom is very explicit regarding our citizenship. Ephesians 2:19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, ...
Keep in mind, that the greatest enemy of the kingdom is religion . Religion keeps pushing the kingdom away from people. You can't get it now; you can't experience it now; you can't benefit from it now; wait until later". And so the people suffer.
Becoming a Kingdom Citizen. All nations, including kingdoms, have citizens. All nations require immigration status. The Kingdom of God is no different. Every Kingdom Citizen today is a naturalized citizen. We emigrated from a foreign country, a "dominion of darkness"... Constitutional Scripture: Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the power ...
Religion postpones citizenship to the future . Religious leaders tell their people, "You will be a citizen...someday. You will be in the kingdom...you will have joy...later...you will be a full citizen...but not today. Not yet.