 Many years ago, the Lord God spoke to His representative, Hosea, stating: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. Hosea 4:6 In response to this, Hosea spoke those words to the Lord God’s people. In the upper room, when the Holy Spirit came and filled all who were there, because they were of one mind. They were all "in one accord". It is so important that you read and study God’s Constitution and not only listen to what is preached. By reading and studying His Constitution, you are saying that you want to get to know Him and you want the Holy Spirit in your being. You are actively seeking the Kingdom of God. As King Jesus stated, “If you love Me,keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.” John 14:15-17 It is because of the lack of knowledge of the King’s Constitution that we fail to be like Him. Many religious Christians use most of their time following religious traditions, bylaws and customs and rarely take serious time to seek the Knowledge of the Lord God for themselves. They get too entangled in this world and religious activities and fail to see the Governor—the Holy Spirit—is trying to get their attention. While growing up in the church many years ago, there were many activities—men’s day, missionary Sunday, Pastor appreciation week, vacation Bible school, fellowship dinners. The list is endless. So much so that a church can become just another community club with members, dues and lots of activities! We even had an evening service and a midweek service. But what I noticed was that the leaders had to “pump up” the members to come to Bible study and prayer service. Why? Because they fail to study God’s Constitution for themselves. There is no hunger for the Word of God. They equate “busy” with doing the Lord’s work. Being busy doesn’t always equal being in right-standing with our Lord and King. That’s religion. When you read, study and live by the King’s Constitution there is no need for a revival. That concept is religious. The Word will always revive you…rejuvenate you…refresh you…and recharge you! This is how my wife and I live. We don’t need to be “revived” because we are “renewed” daily with God’s Word. To be revived is to be brought back to life. But when you are full of God’s Word you are alive in and through Him, our Lord and King! It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63 A revival meeting is designed to give you a “boost”. A religious mind needs that boost as a drug addict needs their drugs. That may sound extreme, but they both want to feel something but seek it in different places. A religious mind tries to change people from the outside. It focuses on the external to make them more like Jesus. While the Kingdom mind knows it is an internal work only through the power of God’s Word and our Kingdom Governor—the Holy Spirit. “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.” But it was to us that God revealed these things by His Spirit. For His Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths. But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others. For, “Who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach Him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:9-16 NLT When you are filled with the Kings Word, you live by it each and every day. For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. Colossians 1:9-10 To embrace a Kingdom mindset, you must see Him as a King, not a religious symbol. Pilate viewed Jesus as a king of the Jews. And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.” ’ ” Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” John 19:17-22 In order for you to recognize Jesus as King, you must see Him as King, you must think of Him as a King not a religious leader. Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!” Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” John 1:47-49 Nathanael viewed Jesus as a King. When the Lord Jesus fed the five thousand people, not including women and children, they recognized Him as a king, not a religious leader. Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone. John 6:10-15 Finally, When He was born, He was recognized as a King by the wise men. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.” Matthew 2:1-2 They never stated a religious leader, but a king. This is why King Herod was afraid of Jesus. When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. Matthew 2:3-4 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. Matthew 2:16 To assist you in this Kingdom mindset, also read this article: Decluttering Your Soul of Religion Remember, your greatest asset is your faith in the King's Word. All scriptures are NKJV unless noted W.R. Luchie www.kingdomcitizens.org |
