HEART OF THE PASTOR
GOD’S vsORDER WORLD’S ORDER
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n Matthew 16:19–21 Jesus says, “I will give Proverbs 10:22 tells us that “The blessing of the you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with and whatever you bind on earth shall be it”. Once we start to understand the Word’s bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on blessing, it becomes clear that everything we earth shall be loosed in heaven. Then he strictly need is in the Word. charged the disciples to tell no one that he was Before we look at the revelation on the Christ. From that time Jesus began to show the World’s Order versus God’s Order, it is his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and important that you understand that we are suffer many things from the elders and chief children of the King of Kings – which means priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the that a kingdom (earth) was left for us to rule third day be raised.” over. If you look at the word “king” you will For many Christians, religion can be find it means a ruler over a domain (“dom”) a mask that Satan uses to cripple us and our – from which we get the word “kingdom”. testimony. One of hypocrisy’s most common When we look at daily examples we will find and fatal symptoms is worldly-mindedness. that we each have domains to rule over. It is important for us to understand that These might include being a husband of a there is a World Order and there is God’s household (king of the house) or a steward Order. When the Holy Spirit over our finances (which are revealed this to me some a blessing from the Lord). time ago, I realised how In the World’s Order you In the World’s deceived I was. I needed will quickly find that if your at that moment in time to domain becomes bigger Order you will allow myself to be aligned than your ability to rule quickly find that by the Word of God again. over it (e.g. your capacity In Hosea 4:6 God says “my to pay debt back), you will if your domain people are destroyed from lack lose your ability to rule becomes bigger of knowledge”. Immediately I and also compromise your realised that any knowledge stewardship. Proverbs 13:11 than your ability we gain without a revelation us that “Dishonest to rule over it (e.g. reminds of the Holy Spirit is mere money dwindles away, but information. Information is whoever gathers money your capacity to a very dangerous concept little by little makes it grow.” pay debt back), because if we don’t fully Verse 22 goes on to say that you will lose your “A good person leaves an understand the impact of the given information, we might for their children’s ability to rule and inheritance find ourselves in a worldly children, but a sinner’s wealth also compromise or a ‘religious’ environment. is stored up for the righteous.”
your stewardship.
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