I am starting a new series today that God has convicted me to write:  Violent Like The Kingdom.  I hope you like it.

 

Let me start by saying that you would not even be reading this today were it not for something Jesus did 2000 years ago.  

He came from nothing, stood up to the oppressive Roman rule, called out the ungodly Jewish council, and declared that the devil would no longer rule here on earth unless we chose to let him.

For His great efforts, He was captured unjustly, patronized with an unfair trial, and sentenced to punishment.

They beat Him within an inch of His life and had Him carry the instrument of His execution to the hill where He would be killed.  There….He suffered an excruciating finale, was treated with disregard and dishonor, and was humiliated in every way.

 

And He did it so we can have this offer today.

 

Romans 5  19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.  20 The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

In an incredible turn of fate, He changed the culture.

 

Sin would no longer be the focus.  Sacrifice and paying off the debt would no longer be the way of life.

 

It would be replaced by faith in Him and an overabundance of grace so rich, that we would never have to turn back…..because 3 days after His sacrifice, He came back to change the world through men who would be lead by His Spirit.

 

From one decision, as Paul puts it, Jesus took away Satan’s plan to harass and degrade us.  He put us in the pole position to live in the freedom of faith.

 

So today, I want to know…..

 

When are we going to move on this?

    • We FIGHT, as a society and individuals, to have our identity recognized.  And in doing so, we simply get more lost.  Our desire to be recognized disallows us from knowing who we truly are….Children Of God.
    • We live in a society today where we have all that we could ever want, but never have there been more broken people who do not understand that they are….Free To Be Delivered.

 

  • We have all the knowledge we could ever hope to attain, but we have never been more lacking in common sense.  We act in foolishness when we should be….Wise And Anointed Followers Of God.

 

  • We say LOVE more than we ever have, but we rarely carry it out.  If we are honest, we actually love ourselves at the expense of others when we should….Love Others At Our Own Expense.

 

God has set the plan in place.

He has set us free from all that can hinder us if we choose to walk in it.

He has given us the Counselor, or Holy Spirit, that we might cry out and have direction in where we should go.

He has set the pieces in motion that we can live as Children Of God, Walking In Freedom, Anointed and Wise, and Loving Others…..

 

Now we just simply have to do it.

 

Ask God to put a vision on your heart and begin to walk out that vision…..TODAY.  As your coach, I have to tell you:  Get Your Butt Going!  If Jesus had hemmed and hawed as much as we have, there would have been no cross…..He would still be there talking about theories on how to rescue all of us from the pits of hell.  Thank God He moved immediately on the calling God had put on Him.

 

Now it’s our turn.

 

Let’s walk out our faith and be Violent Like The Kingdom.

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J