We Must Change Our Mindset To Kingdom Thinking!!!

Matthew 7

We are walking today:  We Must Change Our Mindset To Kingdom Thinking!!!

Witness change throughout the Bible:  H2498 chalaph--to go on from, to change, substitute, alter, change for better

2 Samuel 12:20 - Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed H2498 his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

The Torah  ...............
 Genesis 41:14 - Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed H2498 his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

 
The prophets  ..................  
  Isaiah 24:5 - The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed H2498 the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

The writings  ...........................
 Psalms 102:26 - They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change H2498 them, and they shall be changed:

Daniel 2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

Matthew 7:28-29 28 And it came to pass, when Yeshua had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

As the creator of all things by the breath of His word and as the Word of Elohim. Yeshua stepped into time. The scriptures foretold of the head that was struck and heal that was bruise, after the curse that was spoken over Eve in the Garden. During the fall of man from dominion on the earth in the book of Genesis.

John 1:1-3  Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 All things came to be through him, and without him nothing made had being.

Genesis 3:14-15 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) 14 Adonai, God, said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all livestock and wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust as long as you live.  15 I will put animosity between you and the woman, and between your descendant and her descendant; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

THE KING IS CENTRAL TO HIS KINGDOM

If we were created for kingship, and if Yeshua came to earth to restore the kingship we lost, and if we want to be prepared to resume our rightful place as kings, then we had better learn what it means to be a king and how a king relates to his kingdom.

The first thing we need to understand is that a king is the central component of his kingdom. A king embodies the essence of his kingdom; the kingdom is the king. Without the king, there is no kingdom. The land and the people may still be there, but unless they are ruled by a king, they are not in a kingdom.

Second, a king is the ultimate and only source of authority in his kingdom. In the Kingdom of Heaven, the authority of God the King is exclusive and absolute. His word is law and His will is carried out even to the farthest reaches of His realm. And God’s realm is infinite.

Yeshua demonstrated this kingly authority when He said numerous times, “You have heard…but I tell you” (see Matt. 5:21-22,2728,33-34,38-39,43-44, emphasis added).

Yeshua spoke and taught on His own authority. He did not rely on the thoughts, ideas, interpretations, or traditions of others. Why? Because He was a King whose authority was independent and sovereign.

The biblical account of this occasion records: When Yeshua had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law (Matthew 7:28-29, emphasis added).

FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF A KING

A king is distinct both from a democratically elected leader, such as a president or prime minister, as well as from a dictator in a totalitarian state.

Following are 14 characteristics of a king that clarify that distinction.

1. A king is never voted into power. His power is inherent from birth. Democratic leaders are elected to power; totalitarian dictators seize power; but a king is born into power.

2. A king is king by birthright. His kingship is not conferred by men. Elected leaders rule by the will of the people. Dictators rule through fear, repression, and coercion. A king rules because he is born to it.  Christ was born a King. We do not make Him King; all we can do is acknowledge that He is King.

3. A king cannot be voted out of power. Because the kingdom is his by birth, a king rules for life. A president is voted out of office or departs due to term limits. A dictator may be brought down by a coup d’etat or popular uprising.

Kingship, however, is a lifelong office. The King of Heaven reigns by sovereign right of creation. He will never be voted out of power. Nor will He ever be dethroned. No act either of man on earth or of the spiritual powers of darkness will ever remove the King of Heaven from His throne.

The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign for ever and ever (Revelation 11:15b).

4. A king’s authority is absolute. That is why he is not a president or a prime minister. Presidents must consult Congress, and prime ministers, Parliament.

5. A king’s word is law. Because a king’s authority is absolute, his word is law. No one can countermand his orders, negate his pronouncements, set aside his decrees, or amend his statutes.

The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous….By them is Your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward (Psalm 19:7-9,11). The King’s word is law. Great reward follows obedience. Disobedience brings severe penalties.

6. A king personally owns everything in his domain. Presidents and other elected leaders do not own their countries; they are citizens like everyone else.

Dictators often act as though they own everything, but whatever they possess they acquire by fraud, theft, and corruption. A king, on the other hand, personally owns everything in his domain (Psalm 24:1). The King of Heaven Himself declares: Every animal of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills

7. A king’s decree is unchanging. In a democratic system, laws can be amended, revised, or revoked. Dictators change and even reverse their own decrees whenever it suits them.

8. A king chooses who will be a citizen. In a democracy, the citizens choose their leader while a totalitarian system treats its “citizens” as little more than tools of the state.

A kingdom operates in the opposite manner—the king chooses the citizens. Because his authority is absolute, he determines the standards of citizenship in his kingdom. The people do not vote for the king, but in essence, he votes for them.

9. A king embodies the government of his kingdom. This means that wherever a king is, his entire government is present earth; the Kingdom is here because the King is here Yeshua said:
If two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in My name, there am I with them (Matthew 18:19-20).

All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations…teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age (Matthew 28:18-20).

The Kingdom of Heaven is here because the King of heaven is here in the hearts and lives of His citizens who populate His colony here.

10. A king’s presence is the presence of his authority. When a king shows up, his full authority is present. His authority does not reside in a place or in a document; it resides in him personally.

This is why citizens of God’s Kingdom colony on earth can act with kingly authority. Because the King is present, His authority is present also. It was this present authority that Yeshua had in mind when He said:

I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven (Matthew 18:18).

I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask Me for anything in My name, and I will do it (John 14:13-14).

Kingdom citizens may always exercise kingly authority because the King is always present with them.

11. A king’s wealth is measured by his property. The larger and richer in resources a kingdom is, the wealthier the king, because the king owns everything in his kingdom.

12. A king’s prosperity is measured by the status of his citizens. If the citizens are poor, the king is seen as a poor king. If the citizens are prosperous, however, the king is seen as a wealthy king. Wealthy citizens make a king proud. That is why it is important for a king to make sure his people prosper. Yeshua never preached prosperity.

Why not? Because prosperity is a matter of Kingdom business. Anyone who becomes a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven automatically prospers because the King of heaven is a wealthy King—the wealthiest of all.

And He is also a righteous and benevolent King who is committed to the fullest and greatest welfare of His people.

13.A king’s name is the essence of his authority. A king can delegate authority to anyone he pleases to act in his name or on his behalf. This is often done by issuing a “king’s letter,” a royal edict signed by the king and bearing his official seal that authorizes the bearer to act on his authority

14. A king’s citizenry represents his glory. Any conscientious king wants his citizens to be happy, prosperous, and content because their status and quality of life reflect on him.

The greater their prosperity and well-being, the greater the glory and honor that rest on the king who provides for them so well. Citizens of God’s Kingdom are supposed to show what their King is like by the way they live, act, dress, walk, and talk.

PRINCIPLES

1. A kingdom is the sovereign rulership and governing influence of a king over his territory, impacting it with his will, his intent, and his purpose.

2. In the fullness of time, Yeshua came to the earth and reestablished the Kingdom. Because only a king can establish a kingdom, this act alone reveals that Christ is the King.

3. Yeshua said that His Kingdom was not of this world; He never said that it was not inthis world.

4. Inside each of us is a latent kingdom consciousness striving for expression.

5. We all seek power over things and over circumstances, and that is what the Kingdom of Heaven promises.

6. A king is the central component of his kingdom.

7. A king is the ultimate and only source of authority in his kingdom.

8. The sovereignty of a king is inherent in his royal authority.

9. God’s sovereignty is absolute. He is completely self-determining

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