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Secrets of the Kingdom of God

Secrets of the Kingdom of God. God does not hide things from us, but for us . My goal is that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, Colossians 2.2-3 . Say the Word Matthew 8.5-13.

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Secrets of the Kingdom of God

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  1. Secrets of the Kingdomof God

  2. God does not hide things from us, but for us.My goal is that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, Colossians 2.2-3

  3. Say the WordMatthew 8.5-13

  4. “The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand” Mark 1:15 Both the ‘time’ and the ‘kingdom’ assumes the whole history of Israel and its growing Messianic expectation

  5. Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created man on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation . . . like all the things the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes? Deuteronomy 4:32-34

  6. Moses: Model of a Kingdom Event • Exodus event • Covenant relationship • Journey of destiny

  7. Three Glimpses of a Growing Vision • The Exodus Event • The Davidic Monarchy • The Prophetic Promise

  8. Kingdom model Age to Come R P The End This age

  9. Kingdom theology • The new or messianic age has dawned, fulfilling OT expectations and inaugurating the relentless and determined will of God. • King Jesus brings healing and salvation to all nations. • This salvation includes previously excluded groups: sinners, the sick, Gentiles, Samaritans, the poor, women and children. • It spreads through the proclamation of the word, healing and phenomena of power and revelation.

  10. Pivotal chapters • Matthew 8 The “Centurion connection” • Acts 10 Mission to the Gentiles

  11. Matthew 8-9 Matthew groups together 11 miracles to show his readers that Jesus Christ possessed the authority and power of the promised Messiah found in the Old Testament.

  12. 8:1–17 Three healing miracles • Healing over leprosy, paralysis and fever. • Each of those healed belonged to a group excluded from full life in Israelite society: a leper, a Gentile and a woman. • All 3 stories culminate in vs.17 “This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmitiesand bore our diseases.”

  13. Submission to Christ’s authority means Christ is more important than my culture/traditions

  14. v.8I do not deserve • valued someone lower than himself v.6 • cared for a foreigner v.6 • invested in an alien place of worship Luke 7.5 • cross-culturally sensitive v.8 • understood authority v.9 • sense of unworthiness in the presence of Holiness vv.8-10

  15. “Say the word” means . . . • I don’t need God to work on my terms • I don’t define who God is • I understand God is not confined nor defined by time and space • I have no need to try and control God • I am not the center of God’s universe ( request is not for himself)

  16. Jesus’ Authority • over nature • over demons • over sin, • over death

  17. Power and control are not authority • Authorityis the right to use the power given. • Power, authority and responsibility - not only go together, they must be equal or one ends up with irresponsible and abusive leadership lacking accountability. • Authority is released to those committed to kingdom expansion.

  18. Servanthoodsufferingand sovereignty. . . are all part of God’s definition of authority.

  19. God’s Authority is . . . Not controlling but liberating Not limiting but enlarging Not confusing but clarifying Not exploiting but empowering

  20. God wants to do something through you and not for you.

  21. Submission to Christ’s authority means We no longer focus on what we don’t have, but what we do have – Jesus’ authority and presence.

  22. Say the Word Release the power and authority of Jesus over our minds and the circumstances of our lives.

  23. Say the Word Release the power and authority of Jesus over our health and reign in our physical bodies.

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