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RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM:

RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM:. Text: Matthew 6:33 Intro: Do you now that shepherds do not give grass to the sheep? They lead them to the green pasture. If we don’t understand the rights of kingdom citizens we will never adhere on God’s Word to seek first His kingdom. AIM:

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RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM:

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  1. RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM: Text: Matthew 6:33 Intro: Do you now that shepherds do not give grass to the sheep? They lead them to the green pasture. If we don’t understand the rights of kingdom citizens we will never adhere on God’s Word to seek first His kingdom.

  2. AIM: • For us to understand our rights as citizens of the kingdom thus seeking it first. • For us to secure our citizenship in God’s kingdom. • HOW DO WE BECOME CITIZENS OF GOD’S KINGOM? • John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: • John 1:13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  3. Ephesians 2:19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, • Citizenry- is the people that live under the rule of the king. • Citizenship in a kingdom is not a right, but a privilege, and is a result of the king’s choice. • The benefits and privileges of a kingdom are only accessible to citizens and, therefore the favour of the king is always a privilege. • Once one becomes citizen of the kingdom, all the rights of citizenship are at the citizen’s pleasure.

  4. The king is obligated to care for and protect all his citizens, and their welfare is a reflection on the king himself. • The number one goal of a citizen in a kingdom is to submit to the king, seeking only to remain in right standing with him (This is called RIGHTEOUSNESS). II. THIS IS WHY JESUS SAID OUR PRIORITY IS TO SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. • Main distinction between pagans and believers is the things we seek for. • The pagans seek what to eat, what to drink, what to wear, etc. but believers seek for the KINGDOM and HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

  5. My first understanding of righteousness is to do right things, to obey God. • But we often missed what He said, “Seek first the kingdom of God and HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” • 2Cr 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin [to be] sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. • Rom 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous. • RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A LEGAL TERM THAT MEANS RIGHTLY POSITIONED.

  6. RIGHTEOUSNESS-means being in right positioned with God, getting into relationship with God’s government and able to claim all the benefits promised in the covenant. • SOMEONE WHO IS IN RIGHT STANDING WITH AUTHORITIES. • PRIVILEGE-are the benefits the king lavishes on his faithful citizens. • The king is personally responsible for you and all your needs. • Because the king owns everything in his kingdom, he can give to any citizen any or all of his wealth as he desires.

  7. III. WHAT WOULD YOU GET ONCE YOU BECOME A CITIZEN? • A PASSPORT • Is one of our most significant symbols of citizenship because it is an official document that identifies our legal status as a citizen of a specific nation. • It grants us freedom as citizens to travel outside our country and still enjoy all the rights and privileges we have at home. • When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, God took their passport. • All citizenship rights has been forfeited.

  8. Your right to move freely, earn a living, own a property, buy foo, drive on the streets, pay taxes, and receive the benefits and services provided by the government. • You are no longer in a right position. • They became prisoners of darkness, slaves to sin, and was ruled by a warden named satan. • Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the LORD [is] upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to [the] poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, To proclaim liberty to [the] captives And recovery of sight to [the] blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

  9. Luke 4:19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD." • Luke 4:20 Then He closed the book, and gave [it] back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. • Luke 4:21 And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

  10. IV. FULL PARDON IN JESUS NAME • Through Christ, our sins are forgiven and we receive full pardon from God. • A pardon is a powerful and potentially dangerous thing because it is irreversible unlike a parole. • Once a king or ruler has pardoned someone, that person is forever free of the crime or offense for which they were previously under judgment. • A pardon declares its recipient to be innocent as if the offense never occurred.

  11. Once a person is pardoned, the government returns his or her passport, and from that moment forward that person is free to travel, work, engage in business, buy and sell, and enjoy all other citizen rights and privileges without limitation. • A pardon justifies and reestablishes a person’s righteousness in the eyes of the law. • Jesus death and shed blood bought our pardon and made us righteous in the eyes of God once more.

  12. Our kingdom citizenship and rights were restored, and we were positioned once again as recipients and heirs of all God’s promises. V. PREVIOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD TO MAN BEFORE FULL PARDON WAS GIVEN. • Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel." • Gen 3:16 To the woman He said: "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire [shall be] for your husband, And he shall rule over you."

  13. Gen 3:17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it': "Cursed [is] the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat [of] it All the days of your life. • Gen 3:18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. • Gen 3:19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you [are], And to dust you shall return."

  14. You don’t have to fight for Satan anymore, Jesus came to destroy his works already, he is already a defeated foe, you just have to restrain/bind him in Jesus name. • You should no longer be in struggle to live a righteous living as we are free from the bondage of sin. • Your life should no longer be sorrowful because in the kingdom of God there is righteousness, peace, and joy of the Holy Ghost-Romans 14:17 • The ground is no longer under curse. • There should be no hard work or exhausting labour for us to be able to eat.

  15. Exodus 16:15-30- they gather twice on the 6th day so they could rest on the 7th day. • There should be no thorns and thistles. CHALLENGE: • Are you a citizen in God’s kingdom? • Are you receiving the rights and privileges of a kingdom citizen? CONCLUSION: • John 10:10 "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have [it] more abundantly.

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