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Kingdom LivingSession IV of V

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Friday, September 26, 14

What are questions Prince George will never ask?

What would it be like to live as a child of a royal family?


“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.”

Luke 12:32


What is the Gospel of Jesus?


What is the Gospel of the Kingdom of God?


The Kingdom (def.)The reign of a loving God whose Kingdom governance of the royal law of love is now available for His sons & daughters.

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In review…There is a Kingdom...

By Jesus!This is the Kingdom...

Of Jesus!This is how I enter the Kingdom...

In Jesus!So, how do I live in the Kingdom?


“Follow Me.”

Nine Times He Calls…

Matthew 4:19, 8:22, 9:9, 10:38 16:24, 19:21John 1:43, 12:26, 21:19 & 22


The Master and

His apprentice



For me personally…

How is my walk with Jesus?

How am I doing with my kingdom?


Trust me, walk with Me and I will show you my Father’s Kingdom.


“What does it look like to become an apprentice of the Master?”


“Discipleship - real life apprenticeship to Jesus -

is the passageway within The Kingdom

Among Us from initial faith in Jesus to a life of

fulfillment and routine obedience.”

Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy, p. 281


Our Problem…Obedience ≠ Abundance



“Come to me, take my yoke, and learn from me.” Matt. 11:28-29

“Deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow me.”

Luke 9:23

“I am the Vine, you are the branch. Stay in me.” John 15:5

Revisit the Three Kingdom Woods


a good man,sage,

rabbi, priest,friend,

teacher,prophet,

shepherd,counselor,

miracle worker,prince,

King,Savior,

Lord,Master,Creator

Son of God


The most intelligent Man who ever lived.


Imagine sitting under the most intelligent Man who ever lived as a student enrolled

in His good school of life…



Jesus collegeA “Good” School

World Renown ProfessorRabbi Yeshua ben Yosef of Nazareth

Degrees Offered: * PhD - Kingdom Ontology* Masters - Vine Husbandry

- Neighborhood Sociology- Followship Development

Teaching Format: Mentoring; Study Groups;Lectures; Assemblies; Cafeteria Chats

Lab Requirements: 10,000 minutes practiceFriday, September 26, 14

Kingdom Hunting“Seek first** the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.” Matthew 6:33

**Kingdom Hunters’ Options: 1. The Kingdom of God 2. The kingdom of darkness 3. The kingdom of (your name) ~ queendom for the ladies


Obedience to Abundance

1 “Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.” I Peter 2:1-3**

**NOTE the correlation between the Sermon on the Mount and I Peter 2 & 3

Peter’s Benediction - “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18


Invitation to Abundance

“The eternal kind of life now available to us within the ever-present governance of God. Jesus came among us to show and teach the life for which we were made. He came gently, opened access to the governance of God with Him, and set afoot a conspiracy of freedom in truth among human beings.”

Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy, p. 27


7 Ways of Apprenticeship to Master Jesus

* Choosing to be His apprentice in eternal living, * Abandoning the outcomes, * Developing Kingdom eyes to see and ears to hear, * Practicing what He taught, * Joining where He is at work, * Sensing if He were born today, He could live my life, and * Asking…


“Jesus, what would you do if you were living my life right now?”

~ ~ ~“Jesus, what would I not do in this moment if I trusted You and

Your Kingdom?”


This is how I live in the Kingdom...

With Jesus!Friday, September 26, 14

“Theology & Disciplines in the Workplace” by Dallas Willard ~ The Kingdom of God at Work @ Work ~

When you’re thinking about whole life discipleship, the problem is going to be what you take discipleship to be. The greatest barrier to whole life discipleship is the theory of salvation that does not include it. You may just decide to enjoy the ride to Heaven and not worry about anything else. “Thank you Jesus. I’ll see you in Heaven later. I’ll get on with my life.”

Take Jesus’ presence as an apprentice to live in the Kingdom of God like He does. All of the tasks I undertake at WORK, I undertake with Jesus at my elbow. God is present in my life through Jesus the Son. He is my teacher. He is the one I am learning from constantly as I go through life.

This infinitely powerful love is present wherever we are. God at WORK where we are in nature, history, social processes, economy, WORK. God is always at WORK. Important to think this if we are going to take Him to WORK. Recognize He is already there.


Obedience is Love!“In the last judgment we shall not be asked how learned we were or whether we displayed our learning before the world; to what extent we enjoyed the favor of men and knew how to keep it; with what honor we were exalted and how great a reputation in the world we left behind us; or how many treasures of earthly goods we amassed for our children and thereby drew a curse upon ourselves.

Instead we shall be asked how faithfully and with how childlike a heart we sought to further the Kingdom of God; with how pure and godly a teaching and how worthy an example we tried to edify our hearers amid the scorn of the world, denial of self, take up the the cross, and imitation of our Savior.”

Phillipp Jakob Spener, 1675, Pia Desideria, p. 36 (trans. Tapper, 1964)


A fresh hearing of Jesus…There is a Kingdom...



In Jesus!This is how I live in the Kingdom...

With Jesus!“What will it look like for you to practice as an

apprentice of the Master?”Friday, September 26, 14

“The further up and the further in you go, the bigger everything gets.”



Aslan turned to them and said: “You do not yet look so happy as I mean you to be.” Lucy said, “We’re so afraid of being sent away, Aslan. And you have sent us back into our own world so often.”“No fear of that,” said Aslan. “Have you not guessed?” Their hearts leaped, and a wild hope rose within them. “There was a real railway accident,” said Aslan softly. “Your father and mother and all of you are—as you used to call it in the Shadowlands— dead. The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.”And as He spoke He no longer looked to them like a lion; but the things that began to happen after that were so great and beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this is the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on Earth has read: which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.


“Fear not, Kingdom Hunter.”


In summary…There is a Kingdom...



In Jesus!This is how I live in the Kingdom...

With Jesus!How do I practice Kingdom living?


What is the Gospel of Jesus?


What is the Gospel of the Kingdom of God?



Kingdom LivingSessions I-III &V

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