{"id":16294,"date":"2018-02-12T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T02:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/?p=16294"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T17:30:32","slug":"repent-for-the-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/repent-for-the-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Repent for the Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Change your mind for the kingdom is here<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How many of us have heard about the \u201ckingdom of God?\u201d\u00a0 Mostly, Christians consider the kingdom as something in the future after the Lord\u2019s return.\u00a0 I have been taught that the kingdom has two aspects.\u00a0 One is that the kingdom is a reality now and the other is that the kingdom will have its manifestation when the Lord returns.\u00a0 If the former were true, I never experienced much of its reality.\u00a0 I pretty much was looking forward to its reality and manifestation \u201csomeday.\u201d\u00a0 I was all about church or the body of Christ, but never the kingdom.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t this the case among most believers today?<\/p>\n

However, the kingdom is a BIG DEAL for the first thing out of the Jesus\u2019 mouth after his trial in the wilderness was, \u201cRepent because the kingdom of heaven (God) has come near.\u201d\u00a0 From that point on Jesus went from town to town preaching the GOOD NEWS about the kingdom of God and instructed his disciples to do the same.<\/p>\n

The kingdom does have its reality and manifestation, and it is NOW!\u00a0 What is the kingdom?\u00a0 Simply stated, the kingdom is the king\u2019s domain.\u00a0 It is the sphere in which a king rules with authority.\u00a0 A kingdom has laws that bring order, stability and peace.\u00a0 A kingdom also has rights and privileges for its citizens to enjoy.<\/p>\n

The kingdom of God is therefore the domain of King Jesus.\u00a0 It is a sphere in which he rules and reigns with authority and power.\u00a0 It\u2019s also a sphere in which the citizens of God\u2019s kingdom can enjoy all the rights and benefits of being part of the King\u2019s rich kingdom.\u00a0 Therefore, wherever Jesus is, so is his kingdom.<\/p>\n

The kingdom of God is NOW.\u00a0 It exists today among those who place themselves under the authority of Jesus.\u00a0 You can tell who kingdom subjects are.\u00a0 They carry the same authority and power as their King.\u00a0 They understand kingdom laws and use them to manifest the kingdom of heaven on earth.<\/p>\n

In God\u2019s kingdom there is NO sickness!\u00a0 There is NO disease!\u00a0 There is NO lack!\u00a0 There is NO poverty!\u00a0 There is NO painful toil and labor!\u00a0 There is NO hate, anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, rebellion, etc.\u00a0 Jesus demonstrated this everywhere he went.\u00a0 EVERY person who approached him sick left healed!\u00a0 When there was a lack of food, a boys lunch was supernaturally multiplied to meet the need of thousands!\u00a0 When taxes needed to be paid, money was supernaturally supplied in the mouth of a fish!\u00a0 When a fisherman and his partners fished all night and caught nothing, at the Kings command, they obeyed the simple instruction and caught multitudes of fish, so many, two boats about sank!\u00a0 All of this demonstrated that the kingdom of God is NOW!<\/p>\n

Jesus, as he ascended to heaven, blessed his disciples and commissioned them to go into all the world and spread his kingdom.\u00a0 They did this by preaching and teaching about the kingdom of God with its rights and benefits.\u00a0 Their preaching was followed by the kingdom demonstration of supernatural signs and wonders.\u00a0 In other words, the disciples could do what Jesus did.\u00a0 It was the signs and wonders that got the attention of the people and gave them a hunger to know more about the kingdom they preached.\u00a0\u00a0 The same is true today.\u00a0 Signs and wonders did not end with the apostles, nor did the kingdom of God!\u00a0 We, his regular believers, can move in signs and wonders to manifest the kingdom of God on earth.<\/p>\n

Today, what is lacking is kingdom reality and manifestation.\u00a0 We have church, but no kingdom.\u00a0 We have programs, but no kingdom.\u00a0 We hear nice preaching, but little or no demonstration of kingdom power.\u00a0 Our people are still sick and diseased.\u00a0 Our people are still lacking the overflow of provision.\u00a0 When compared to unbelievers, sadly God\u2019s people are no different!\u00a0\u00a0 They both depend on the same system of survival.\u00a0 They depend on doctors to get well as well as creditors, and relatives to survive this thing called life.\u00a0 This is not God\u2019s intended plan for his kingdom people!\u00a0 God\u2019s kingdom is NOW.\u00a0 God\u2019s kingdom is waiting for people to come and submit to its King and to be blessed by him to begin living the good life he promised to all<\/em> his kingdom citizens.<\/p>\n

How do we experience the kingdom of God?\u00a0 First, we need to repent.\u00a0 To repent means to change your mind.\u00a0 We must be willing to change our mind and thus the way you do things.\u00a0 God\u2019s thoughts and ways are higher than ours and requires that our minds be renewed by His Word to match his way of thinking.\u00a0 As we meditate on God\u2019s Word we begin to understand and know his ways and come into alignment with his kingdom laws.\u00a0 Once we do, the benefits (blessings) begin to flow!\u00a0 What are some of these benefit-blessings?<\/p>\n

DIVINE PROTECTION\u2014God himself becomes a shield and fortress to project us as we go about our daily life (Psalm 91).<\/p>\n

SUPERNATURAL PROVISION\u2014When we open our heart to hear him, He will instruct us on what to do, where to go, and who to see regarding wealth creating businesses.\u00a0 Through obedience to simple instructions, not only are our needs met, but we have more than enough to help meet the needs of others as well (Luke 5:1-11; 2 Corinthians 9).<\/p>\n

HEALING\u2014Part of the Covenant we have with God through Jesus is divine healing.\u00a0 Jesus PAID for your healing when he was beaten and scourged with a bone tipped whip.\u00a0 His wounds healed all of our sickness, disease, and pain (Isaiah 53:4-5; Matthew 8:16-17).<\/p>\n

SATAN, DEMONS, AND EVIL SPIRITS DEFEATED\u2014On the cross Jesus put an end to Satan\u2019s power along with all his demonic forces.\u00a0 Now we have authority over them!\u00a0 We no longer have to acquiesce to their commands and fall prey to their torments.\u00a0 Rather we send them packing and put them in fear of us (Colossians 2:15)!<\/p>\n

The kingdom of God is alive and NOW!\u00a0 I believe that if a person is living in lack, sickness, disease, oppression, or demonic torments, they are living there because they do not understand the kingdom of God along with its supernatural laws and magnificent benefits.\u00a0 The kingdom of God IS the answer to overcome all negative things and live the good life.<\/p>\n

There are so many benefits to being in the reality and manifestation of God\u2019s kingdom.\u00a0 It\u2019s amazing and exciting!\u00a0 To participate we must<\/em> come<\/em> to God\u2019s word, understand<\/em> it, and eventually know<\/em> all that we possess as citizens of the kingdom of God.\u00a0 This article is merely meant to whet your appetite and hopefully put a hunger in you to learn more.\u00a0 I challenge you to get into the Bible and start studying this life altering truth for YOURS is the kingdom of God!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, what is lacking is kingdom reality and manifestation.\u00a0 We have church, but no kingdom.\u00a0 We have programs, but no kingdom.\u00a0 We hear nice preaching, but little or no demonstration of kingdom power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[494,1,202],"tags":[712,716,715,713,714],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}