Principles Of The Kingdom - Part 3
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Principles of The Kingdom
Principles of The Kingdom
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38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Confession of Faith
I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my faith!
Five principles that govern poverty and prosperity
Reward
Release
Receiving
Sowing
Reaping
Last 2 weeks we dealt with - Reward, Release, Receiving,
Today I want to address Sowing and Reaping
Sowing
Jesus grew up in an age of agriculture. So the examples he used deal with Planting seed - Tending to the seed, and Expecting a harvest from the seed!
6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
6 Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.
7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
God provides the seed
10 For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
Everyday you and I make a decision. To Sow some of your seed, or give some of your money or to keep it!
When you exercise Faith and give your money - You release God’s Principle of Prosperity!
When you give into fears and eat your seed or keep your money - you release God’s Principle of Poverty!
Don’t Be Ruled By Your Circumstances!
4 He who observes the wind will not sow, And he who regards the clouds will not reap.
4 Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
6 Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.
Give or Sow your seed and you will receive a harvest
Do not look at your circumstances
Sow on a regular basis
Reaping
6 Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
6 Those who are taught the word of God should provide for their teachers, sharing all good things with them.
7 Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.
8 Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.
9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
Transform Your Thinking
8 “The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
8 “The Lord will guarantee a blessing on everything you do and will fill your storehouses with grain. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
Stay Faithful to God’s Command
Recession, Inflation and economic hard times are not new to God!
1 A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.
3 Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.
4 I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
5 I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”
6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
12 When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him.
God Gave Isaac specific instructions to follow in order to prosper in hard times. - Verse 5
We tend to let our circumstances change our behavior!
Because of hard times - everyone leaves to where it appears to be easier
If God is not specifically telling you to leave - don’t change a thing, keep serving God, keep giving, keep praising, keep praying - right where you are
If he can bless you over there - He can bless you right here
3 “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
Give Away What You Lack
8 Then the Lord said to Elijah,
9 “Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.”
10 So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?”
11 As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.”
12 But she said, “I swear by the Lord your God that I don’t have a single piece of bread in the house. And I have only a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jug. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I will die.”
13 But Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid! Go ahead and do just what you’ve said, but make a little bread for me first. Then use what’s left to prepare a meal for yourself and your son.
14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and the crops grow again!”
15 So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her family continued to eat for many days.
16 There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers, just as the Lord had promised through Elijah.
This woman gave her last to the prophet! This tells me that God works by different principles! She planted seed in her darkest timed, because the man of God convinced her that if she did - she would reap a bountiful harvest!
When you help meet the needs of the Kingdom of God - God will meet your needs
There Is Nothing Called Luck - With God!
38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Jesus knows what you are giving
1 While Jesus was in the Temple, he watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box.
2 Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins.
3 “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them.
4 For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has.”
Isaac and both Widows followed three basic principles
The started at the point of their need
The planted seed, despite their circumstances
The planted out of their need! The gave in hard times and all three received God’s abundant blessings!
5 Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy.
6 They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.
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