The gospel of the kingdom

A collection of 38 posts

John

“My Kingdom Is Not of This World”

Seeking Jesus First - August 13, 2026 “My Kingdom Is Not of This World” Please Read John 18:28–40 (NKJV) Reflection They led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early morning, and the Jewish leaders themselves did not go into the Praetorium, lest they should be defiled

Discipleship

Part 1: “That They All May Be One”

Seeking Jesus First - August 4, 2026 Part 1: “That They All May Be One” Please Read John 17:20–23 (NKJV) Reflection Jesus expanded His prayer beyond the eleven disciples: “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;

John

Seeking Jesus First - March 13, 2026

“This Is the Work of God” Please Read John 6:28–29 (NKJV) Reflection The crowd asked Jesus, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.

Apostles

Seeking Jesus First Dec. 15, 2025

Our church is a Word of Faith, Apostolic, Kingdom Life Church. Word of Faith - We believe the just and righteous live by faith in Jesus Christ and by faith in The Word of God. “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word from the mouth of

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First Mar. 5, 2025

What we get through betrayal, we will lose through justice. God created Adam and gave him dominion in the earth. Through deception, the devil tricked Adam into betraying God’s trust. This betrayal resulted in the transfer of dominion. “Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First March 4, 2025

How does one keep covenant with someone who cannot keep covenant? One can create a covenant that does not depend on the other party. One can create a covenant that grants one’s own power to keep covenant to the other party. This is what GOD did. GOD became a

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First Feb. 28, 2025

Is the Parable of the Sower speaking only about the good news of salvation? When Jesus told the parable of the sower in Matthew 13, He said, “The sower sows the word of the kingdom.” In Mark 4, Jesus said, “The sower sows the word.” People may think of that

Discipleship

Seeking Jesus First Feb. 20, 2025

Spiritual Maturity - Part Four We have received the DNA - Divine Nature Attributes of Christ. The DNA is in the seed. The baby has the same DNA as the father. However, the baby will make choices as he grows up that lead him in a total different direction as

Discipleship

Seeking Jesus First Feb. 19, 2025

Spiritual Maturity - Part Three What are some key aspects of sonship or “the adoption as sons” as it pertains to spiritual maturity? “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to

Discipleship

Seeking Jesus First Feb. 18, 2025

Spiritual Maturity - Part Two Newborn baby - ‘Nepios’ -There is nothing wrong with being a newborn baby. It is a very intimate and holy part of a person’s spiritual maturity. In this time we learn the love of The Father and the personal care of the Holy Spirit.

The gospel of the kingdom

Seeking Jesus First Feb. 17, 2025

Are there different levels of spiritual maturity? If so, how do you know measure yours? The Scriptures use at least three different words to describe relationship with God as it relates to maturity. The Greek word for baby is ‘nepios’ and it is used for a child who has not

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First Jan. 14, 2025

How does our faith increase? “… but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere,” (2 Corinthians 10:15, NKJV) “And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First Jan. 13, 2025

The amount of faith that God gave you is enough. “And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First Jan. 12, 2025

Trusting in money hinders faith in God. “Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard

The gospel of the kingdom

Seeking Jesus First Feb. 11, 2025

We come to God with the mindset of a child. “But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First Feb. 10, 2025

The kingdom of God is revealed in the planting of a mustard seed in a garden. “Then He said, “To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it? It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground,

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Seeking Jesus First Feb. 5, 2025

The Mystery is of the Kingdom of God is revealed through farming. “And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? The sower sows the word. And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When

The gospel of the kingdom

Seeking Jesus First Feb. 4, 2025

What is mysterious about the kingdom of God? The good news of the kingdom of God is the gospel of Jesus Christ. The good news is that the kingdom of God is here. You can receive it now. The kingdom  and culture of heaven is available to you now. The

Discipleship

Seeking Jesus First Fe. 3, 2025

Christ Jesus declared that because He cast out demons by The Spirit of God, “The kingdom of God has come upon you.” “But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not

Apostles

Seeking Jesus First Jan. 29, 2025

Why is it important for a church to be apostolic? The answer is found in the five “office” callings of the church.  Notice that “priesthood” is not one of the offices because no one is an intermediary between you and God except God, The SON, Himself, and The Holy Spirit

Apostles

Seeking Jesus First Jan. 28, 2025

The “church” is not just a congregation. The church is the ‘ekklesia’, the “called out ones”. The ‘ekklesia’ is a group of sent ones who establish God’s kingdom culture in a city or locale. The church is a group of people called out to influence culture. The ‘ekklesia’ is

Confessions

Seeking Jesus First Jan. 22, 2025

In Christ, we have a better covenant with better promises. Pray this personalized prayer from Isaiah 54 over your self, your family and your church today. We were afflicted, Tossed with tempest, and needed God’s comfort, Behold, The LORD will lay our stones with colorful gems, And lay our

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First Jan. 20, 2025

A New Creation When a man and woman marry, they become one flesh. The two are made one - a new creature. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” Gen. 2:24 “However, the spiritual is

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First Jan. 17, 2025

The Jealous God The Scripture describes God as jealous nine times. It even gives God the name, El Qanna, God the Jealous. What draws the jealousy of God? 1. God is jealous of His Name. Do not take His Name in vain or lightly. Count the cost and serve only

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First Jan. 16, 2024

What is the cost of obeying God and of obeying God’s word? It is hard to say exactly, but the cost includes persecution. For some, it is persecution unto death. “So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: