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**LifePointe Kansas City**

LifePointe Church is an exciting, culturally relevant, Biblically thriving church in Olathe, Kansas (Suburb of Kansas City). Our content focuses on lifestyle theology, psychology and neurobiology as it relates to everyday roles, relationships and compulsive behaviors. We introduce people to the real Jesus and the power of Redemption.

Latest Episodes:

Special Guest | Howell Family Nov 03, 2019

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Kings and Kingdoms | Part 07 Oct 27, 2019

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KINGS AND KINGDOMS

Why do bad things happen to good people? If God is loving, why is human suffering possible? Does the weight of a great life fall on God’s sovereign control, or are there human factors involved too? In this preaching series, KINGS AND KINGDOMS, we will explore how God has delegated to individual believers a kingship, with responsibility to understand the principles that make the kingdom thrive. We will learn how to engage spiritual authority, how to defuse the emotional shame that drives a king to live like an indigent, and ultimately how to live like God’s royal people. If you have ever had questions of why “God let this happen,” you will find nurture, freedom and a deep sense of security from this series.

ROMANS 5:17 AMP For if because of one man’s trespass (Adam’s original lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing GRACE (unmerited favor) and the free GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS [putting them into right standing with Himself] REIGN AS KINGS IN LIFE through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

CONSIDER THE QUESTION:

If God delegated His rule on earth to His people,

and His people are delinquent to those responsibilities,

how much pain and sorrow have we unduly endured?

How much of our understanding of God has been skewed?

WHAT IS SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY?

The responsibility to rightfully govern and enforce justice.

WHAT DO WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER?

1. DEMONS

2. SICKNESS & DISEASE

3. NATURAL RESOURCES (BREAD, FISH, WINE, FINANCES)

4. INANIMATE OJBECTS (FIG TREE)

5. PHYSICAL THREATS (TERROR, NATURAL DISASTERS)

6. ANYTHING WE ARE REDEEMED FROM (DUET 28)

PREVIOUS WEEKS:

1. God’s Practical Sovereignty (Sept 8)

2. The Origins of Evil (Sept 15)

3. The Nature of Process Laws (Sept 22)

4. Activating Spiritual Authority (Sept 29)

5. The Authority in Declarations and Decrees (Oct 6)

6. The Authority in the Name of Jesus (Oct 20)

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TODAY’S SERMON NOTES AUTHORITY BY THE HOLY SPIRIT’S ANOINTING!

DOES EVERY CHRISTIAN POSSESS

THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE

OF SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY?

ACTS 1:8 NKJV (Jesus said) But you shall receive POWER when the HOLY SPIRIT has come UPON YOU; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

THERE IS A DEFINITE RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN AUTHORITY AND POWER.

_______________________________

POWER WITHOUT AUTHORITY PRODUCES CHAOS.

AUTHORITY WITHOUT POWER IS USELESS.

JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT POWER

LUKE 4:16-21 NKJV And when Jesus had opened the book [of Isaiah], He found the place where it was written: 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 brokenhearted, To PROCLAIM LIBERTY to [the] captives And RECOVERY of sight to [the] blind, To SET AT LIBERTY those who are oppressed; 19 To PROCLAIM THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD." 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. 21 And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

ACTS 10:38 NKJV (Peter preached) …how God ANOINTED Jesus of Nazareth with the HOLY SPIRIT and with POWER, who went about DOING GOOD and HEALING all who were OPPRESSED by the devil, for GOD WAS WITH HIM.

JOHN 14:9-18 AMP Jesus replied, …10 What I am telling you I do not say on MY OWN AUTHORITY and of My own accord; but the Father Who lives continually in Me does the (His) WORKS (His own MIRACLES, DEEDS OF POWER). 11… [If you cannot trust Me, at least let THESE WORKS THAT I DO IN MY FATHER’S NAME convince you.] 12 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT I DO; and he will do EVEN GREATER THINGS than these, because I go to the Father. 13 And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ASK IN MY NAME [as presenting all that I Am], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son. 14 [Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] WHATEVER YOU SHALL ASK IN MY NAME [as presenting all that I Am]. … 16 And I will ask the FATHER, and He will give you another COMFORTER (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever— 17 THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for HE LIVES WITH YOU [constantly] and WILL BE IN YOU. 18 I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, desolate, bereaved, forlorn, helpless]; I will come [back] to you.

ACTS 1:8; ACTS 2:1-4 NKJV (Jesus said) But you shall receive POWER when the HOLY SPIRIT has come UPON YOU; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. 2:1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and [one] sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

WE ARE ANOINTED

2 CORINTHIANS 1:21 NKJV Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has ANOINTED US [is] God…

1 JOHN 2:20 NKJV But YOU have an ANOINTING from the Holy One, and you know all things.

WHEN TO ACTIVATE THE ANOINTING

ALL PRAYER

(FOR ANYTHING – FOOD TO INTERCESSIONS)

DECLARING/DECREEING AUTHORITY OVER ANYTHING

(THE DEVIL)

(CIRCUMSTANCES)

(RESOURCES)

(MIRACLES)

CHRISTIANS, THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST,

HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE PRIVILEGES

TO ACTIVATE THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

Kings and Kingdoms | Part 06 Oct 20, 2019

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TODAY’S SERMON NOTES

CONSIDER THE QUESTION:

If God delegated His rule on earth to His people,

and His people are delinquent to those responsibilities,

how much pain and sorrow have we unduly endured?

How much of our understanding of God has been skewed?

WHAT IS SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY?

The responsibility to rightfully govern and enforce justice.

WHAT DO WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER?

1. DEMONS

2. SICKNESS & DISEASE

3. NATURAL RESOURCES (BREAD, FISH, WINE, FINANCES)

4. INANIMATE OJBECTS (FIG TREE)

5. PHYSICAL THREATS (TERROR, NATURAL DISASTERS)

6. ANYTHING WE ARE REDEEMED FROM (DUET 28)

PREVIOUS WEEKS:

1. God’s Practical Sovereignty (Sept 8)

2. The Origins of Evil (Sept 15)

3. The Nature of Process Laws (Sept 22)

4. Activating Spiritual Authority (Sept 29)

5. The Authority in Declarations and Decrees (Oct 6)

pointe.info/sermons-archives

TODAY: THE POWER OF THE NAME OF JESUS!

COLOSSIANS 3:17 NKJV And WHATEVER YOU DO in word or deed, [DO] ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN,

“TO DO ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS?”

__________

TO DO ALL UNDER AND WITH THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS!

DOES EVERY CHRISTIAN POSSESS

THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE

OF SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY?

ACTS 2:16, 21 NKJV (Peter said) But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: ... 21 And it shall come to pass [That] WHOEVER calls on the NAME OF THE LORD Shall be SAVED.'

MARK 16:15-20 NKJV And He (Jesus) said to them, "GO into all the world and preach the gospel … 17 "And THESE SIGNS will follow those who believe: In MY NAME they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 "they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

ACTS 3:2, 6-8, 11-12, 16 NKJV And a certain MAN LAME from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; ... 6 Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST of Nazareth, RISE UP AND WALK." 7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted [him] up, and immediately his FEET AND ANKLE BONES RECEIVED STRENGTH. 8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them--walking, leaping, and praising God. ... 11 Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly amazed. 12 So when Peter saw [it], he responded to the people: "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently AT US, as though by OUR OWN POWER or GODLINESS we had made this man walk? ... 16 "And HIS NAME, through FAITH IN HIS NAME, has MADE THIS MAN STRONG, whom you see and know.

They preached in the name of Jesus. (Acts 5:40; 9:27)
They led people to Christ’s salvation through the name of Jesus (Acts 4:12)
They were baptized in the name of Jesus (Acts2:38; 8:16; 19:5)
They were filled with the Spirit in the name of Jesus (Mark 16:17, 18)
They healed the sick in the name of Jesus (Acts 3:6)
They had signs and wonders in the name of Jesus (Acts 4:30)
They cast out devils in the name of Jesus (Acts 16:18)
They risked their lives for the name of Jesus (Acts 15:26; 21:13 )
They made the name of Jesus famous (Acts 19:17)

WHEN TO USE THE JESUS NAME!

ALL PRAYER

(FOR ANYTHING – FOOD TO INTERCESSIONS)

______________

DECLARING/DECREEING AUTHORITY OVER ANYTHING

(THE DEVIL)

(CIRCUMSTANCES)

(RESOURCES)

(MIRACLES)

CHRISTIANS, THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST,

HAVE THE RIGHTS AND THE PRIVILEGES

TO USE THE NAME OF JESUS!

Special Guest | Kathy Toney Oct 13, 2019

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Kings and Kingdoms | Part 05 Oct 06, 2019

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TODAY’S SERMON NOTES

CONSIDER THE QUESTION:

If God delegated His rule on earth to His people,

and His people are delinquent to those responsibilities,

how much pain and sorrow have we unduly endured?

How much of our understanding of God has been skewed?

WHAT IS SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY?

The responsibility to rightfully govern and enforce justice.

WHAT DO WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER?

Ask the question, “What did Jesus demonstrate authority over?”

DEMONS
SICKNESS & DISEASE
NATURAL RESOURCES (BREAD, FISH, WINE, FINANCES)
INANIMATE OJBECTS (FIG TREE)
PHYSICAL THREATS (TERROR, NATURAL DISASTERS)
ANYTHING WE ARE REDEEMED FROM (DUET 28)

PREVIOUS WEEKS:

God’s Practical Sovereignty (Sept 8)
The Origins of Evil (Sept 15)
The Nature of Process Laws (Sept 22)
Activating Spiritual Authority (Sept 29)

pointe.info/sermons-archives

TODAY:

WHY AFFIRMATIONS, DECLARATIONS AND DECREES MATTER

QUESTION:

ARE WE JUST SAYING POSITIVE THINGS, OR IS THERE MORE TO IT?

WHEN GOD AFFIRMS – DECLARES – DECREES

PSALM 148:1-6 NKJV Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! 2 Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! 3 Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light! 4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters above the heavens! 5 Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He COMMANDED and they were CREATED. 6 He also ESTABLISHED them forever and ever; He made a DECREE which shall not pass away.

GOD’S DECLARATIONS ARE ACTIVATORS

HEBREWS 11:3 NKJV By FAITH we understand that the WORLDS WERE FRAMED by the WORD OF GOD, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

Gen 1:3 AND GOD SAID, Let there be light: (KJV)
Gen 1:6 AND GOD SAID, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters (KJV)
Gen 1:9 AND GOD SAID, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together (KJV)
Gen 1:11 AND GOD SAID, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed (KJV)
Gen 1:14 AND GOD SAID, Let there be lights in the firmament of the (KJV)
Gen 1:20 AND GOD SAID, Let the waters bring forth…the moving creature (KJV)
Gen 1:24 AND GOD SAID, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind (KJV)
Gen 1:26 AND GOD SAID, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (KJV)
Gen 1:28 AND GOD SAID unto them, Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth (KJV)
Gen 1:29 AND GOD SAID, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed (KJV)

JOHN 1:1, 14 NKJV In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD. ... 14 And THE WORD BECAME FLESH and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

GOD’S THRONE – GOD’S WORD

PSALM 103:19-22 NKJV The Lord has ESTABLISHED HIS THRONE in heaven, and HIS KINGDOM RULES over ALL. 20 Bless the Lord, you His ANGELS, Who excel in strength, WHO DO HIS WORD, heeding the VOICE OF HIS WORD. 21 Bless the Lord, all you His hosts, you [angel] ministers of His, who do His pleasure. 22 Bless the Lord, all His works, in all PLACES OF HIS DOMINION.

GOD’S WORD IN HUMAN MOUTHS

JEREMIAH 1:4-12 NKJV Then the WORD OF THE LORD came to me, saying: 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” 6 Then said I: “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.” 7 But the Lord said to me: “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and WHATEVER I COMMAND YOU, YOU SHALL SPEAK. 8 Do not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to DELIVER YOU,” says the Lord.9 Then the Lord put forth His hand and TOUCHED MY MOUTH, and the Lord said to me: “Behold, I have put MY WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH. 10 See, I have this day set you OVER THE NATIONS and OVER THE KINGDOMS, to ROOT OUT and to PULL DOWN, to DESTROY and to THROW DOWN, to BUILD and to PLANT.” …12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to PERFORM MY WORD.”

AMPLIFIED VERSION - Then said the Lord to me, You have seen well, for I AM ALERT AND ACTIVE, WATCHING OVER MY WORD TO PERFORM IT.

OTHER EXAMPLES:

MOSES – “I will be with your mouth…” (Ex 4:10-17)
EZEKIEL – “Eat this scroll… speak with my words…” (Ez 3:1-27)
ISAIAH – “I have put my words in your mouth…” (Is 51:15-16)
JESUS – “I will put my words in his mouth…” (Deut 18:18-19)
PROPHETS – “God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets…” (Acts 3:18-21)

RESISTING GOD’S SPIRIT

ACTS 7:51 NKJV [Stephen said] (You) STIFF-NECKED and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always RESIST THE HOLY SPIRIT; as your fathers [did], so [do] you.

ACTIVATING SALVATION

ROMANS 10:8-17 NKJV But what does it say? "THE WORD is near you, in YOUR MOUTH and in your heart" (that is, THE WORD of faith which we preach): 9 that if you CONFESS with YOUR MOUTH the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be SAVED.

CONFIRMING THE WORD

MARK 16:15-20 NKJV And He (Jesus) said to them, "GO into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature… 17 "And THESE SIGNS will follow those who believe… 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the LORD WORKING WITH [THEM] and CONFIRMING THE WORD through the accompanying SIGNS.

WHAT IF… THE NEXT 21 DAYS… DECLARATIONS PDF DOWNLOAD

https://app.box.com/v/declare

SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY WORKSHOP

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Kings and Kingdoms | Part 04 Sep 29, 2019

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TODAY’S SERMON NOTES

HOW TO ACTIVATE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY

IF GOD IS

ALL-GOOD & ALL-POWERFUL,

AND WE ARE KINGS,

WHY _____________?

LAST WEEK:

WHY DOESN’T

GOD INTERVENE???

THE ANSWER COMES BY UNDERSTANDING

God’s Practical Sovereignty
The Origins of Evil
God’s Process Laws

WHAT ARE PROCESS LAWS?

A series of events that takes place in any

given circumstance with unvarying uniformity.

PROCESS LAWS

Gravity
Lift
Electromagnetism
Thermodynamics
Biogenesis
Chemistry
Planetary Motion
Mathematics
Logic
Uniformity of Nature

INTELLIGENT DESIGN & PROCESS LAWS

Organized
Structured
Systematic
Ordered
Harmonized
Standardized
Precise
Interpretive
Methodic
Predictable
Accurate
Definite
Concrete
Observable
Analytical
Scientific

BUT… WHY DOESN’T GOD INTERVENE???

God designed the universe so that even DIVINE MIRACLES WOULD BE EXPERIENCED through the predictable and organized execution, or management, of SPIRITUAL PROCESS LAWS
FREE CREATURES are FREE to be IGNORANT, DISREGARD or FAIL TO ACCURATELY EXECUTE spiritual process laws, removing the probability of miracle-intervention
Miracle interventions are therefore CATEGORICALLY IMPERSONAL and INDEPENDENT of any INTERPRETATION OF GOD’S ACTUAL WILL and LOVE for His free creatures, removing the possibility of God’s negligence
The GODHEAD is CATEGORICALLY PERSONAL, providing HELP, GUIDANCE & SUPPORT for human execution of miracle interventions

SPIRITUAL PROCESS LAWS

Unresolved Sin
Low Word Feeding
Pride
Unforgiveness
Bitterness
Wrong Motives
Bad Attitudes
Rage / Criticism
Lack of Honor (Spouses)
Sowing / Reaping (Sparing)
Disobedience to Generosity (Tithe – 10%)
Inattention to God's Spirit
Lack of Serving God's Kingdom
Lack Seeking God's Kingdom
5-Sense Domination
Unbelieving Talk

HOW TO ACTIVATE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY

1. HEART

2. BELIEVE

3. DECLARE

MATTERS OF THE HEART

PROVERBS 4:23 AMP KEEP and GUARD your HEART with all vigilance and above all that you guard, FOR OUT OF IT FLOW THE SPRINGS OF LIFE.

FAITH IS A RECEIVER

MARK 11:22-24 NKJV So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have FAITH in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not DOUBT in his HEART, but BELIEVES that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, BELIEVE that you RECEIVE [them], and you will have [them].’”

JAMES 1:5-7 NKJV If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally … and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in FAITH, with no doubting, ... 7 For let not that man suppose that he will RECEIVE anything from the Lord;

“[Blood flow] Daughter, your FAITH has made you well.” (MARK 5:34)
“[Lepers], your FAITH has made you well.” (LUKE 17:19)
“[Bartemeaus], your FAITH has made you well.” (MARK 10:52)
“[Blind] According to your FAITH let it be to you.” (MATTHEW 9:29)
“[Paralyzed] When Jesus saw their FAITH…” (LUKE 5:20)
“[Epilepsy] If you can BELIEVE, all things are possible...” (MARK 9:23)
“[Paralyzed] As you have BELIEVED, so be it done to you.” (MATTHEW 8:13)
“[Son Died] The man BELIEVED the word that Jesus spoke...” (MARK 5:34)

“[Sick] The prayer of FAITH will save the sick, and … will raise him up.” (JAMES 5:14)
“[Failed Deliverance] Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, ‘WHY COULD WE NOT CAST IT OUT?’ 20 So Jesus said to them, ‘BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF.’”
“[Fear of Storm] But Jesus said to them, "WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?" And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, "Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!” (LUKE 8:25 NKJV)
“Now JESUS COULD DO NO MIGHTY (MIRACLE) WORK THERE, except that He laid His hands on A FEW SICK people and HEALED [THEM]. 6 And He marveled because of their UNBELIEF.” [“Jesus did not many might (miracle) works there BECAUSE of their UNBELIEF”] (MARK 6:5-6 NKJV; MATTHEW 13:58)

DECLARATIONS ARE ACTIVATORS

MARK 11:22-24 NKJV So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have FAITH in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever SAYS to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not DOUBT in his HEART, but BELIEVES that those things he SAYS will be done, he will have whatever he SAYS. 24 THEREFORE I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, BELIEVE that you RECEIVE [them], and you will have [them].’”

2 CORINTHIANS 4:13 NKJV And since we have the same SPIRIT OF FAITH, according to what is written, "I BELIEVED and therefore I SPOKE," we also BELIEVE and therefore SPEAK…

HEBREWS 11:3 NKJV By FAITH we understand that the WORLDS WERE FRAMED by the WORD OF GOD, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

DECLARATIONS ARE ACTIVATORS

Gen 1:3 AND GOD SAID, Let there be light: (KJV)
Gen 1:6 AND GOD SAID, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters (KJV)
Gen 1:9 AND GOD SAID, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together (KJV)
Gen 1:11 AND GOD SAID, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed (KJV)
Gen 1:14 AND GOD SAID, Let there be lights in the firmament of the (KJV)
Gen 1:20 AND GOD SAID, Let the waters bring forth…the moving creature (KJV)
Gen 1:24 AND GOD SAID, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind (KJV)
Gen 1:26 AND GOD SAID, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (KJV)
Gen 1:28 AND GOD SAID unto them, Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth (KJV)
Gen 1:29 AND GOD SAID, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed (KJV)

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WHAT IF… THE NEXT 21 DAYS…

DECLARATIONS PDF - download

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Kings & Kingdoms | Part 3 Sep 22, 2019

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IF GOD IS SOVEREIGN, AND WE ARE KINGS, WHY…? THE ANSWER COMES UNDERSTANDING TWO THINGS

God’s Sovereignty (Last Week)
The Origins of Evil (Today)

BUT… WHY DOESN’T GOD INTERVENE??? PROBLEM TO OVERCOME

God CAN intervene (All-Powerful)
God SHOULD intervene (Redemption)
YET, miracle prayer is many times WITHOUT A MIRACLE

CREATION & PROCESS LAWS

GENESIS 1:1 NKJV In the beginning God created the HEAVENS and the EARTH.

ROMANS 1:20 NLT For ever since the world was created, people have seen the EARTH and SKY. Through everything God made, they can CLEARLY SEE his invisible QUALITIES--his eternal power and divine nature. So they have NO EXCUSE for NOT KNOWING GOD.

NATURAL (GENERAL) REVELATION

Knowledge about God and spiritual matters, discovered through natural means, such as observation of nature (the physical universe), philosophy and reasoning.

SPECIFIC REVELATION

Knowledge of God discovered through the highest authority and inerrancy of divine scriptures.

ALL TRUTH IS GOD’S TRUTH

“I hold to the classical Christian view of the relationship between GENERAL revelation and SPECIAL revelation, and the thesis that no truth of any kind can be discovered apart from God’s revelation. With Augustine, Aquinas, and all of orthodox Christianity, I believe that all truth is God’s truth.”

Dr. R.C. Sproul, Reformed Theologian and Philosopher

WHAT IS A PROCESS LAW?

A series of events that takes place

in any given circumstance with unvarying uniformity.

Gravity
Lift
Electromagnetism
Thermodynamics
Biogenesis
Chemistry
Planetary Motion
Mathematics
Logic
Uniformity of Nature

INTELLIGENT DESIGN & PROCESS LAWS

Organized
Structured
Systematic
Ordered
Harmonized
Standardized
Precise
Interpretive
Methodic
Predictable
Accurate
Definite
Concrete
Observable
Analytical
Scientific

"The greatest scientists have been struck by how strange this is. There is no logical necessity for a universe that obeys rules, let alone one that abides by the rules of mathematics. This astonishment springs from the recognition that the universe doesn't have to behave this way. It is easy to imagine a universe in which conditions change unpredictably from instant to instant, or even a universe in which things pop in and out of existence.”

Dinesh D'Souza, What's So Great about Christianity

”A law of physics is a pattern that nature obeys without exception."

Sean Carroll, Cosmologist at California Institute of Technology, quoted by the New York Times, nytimes.com; 2007

"Why nature is mathematical is a mystery...The fact that there are rules at all is a kind of miracle."

Richard Feynman, The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist, Nobel Prize winner for quantum electrodynamics

"...to be a scientist, you had to have faith that the universe is governed by dependable, immutable, absolute, universal, mathematical laws of an unspecified origin. You've got to believe that these laws won't fail, that we won't wake up tomorrow to find heat flowing from cold to hot, or the speed of light changing by the hour. Over the years I have often asked my physicist colleagues why the laws of physics are what they are? ...The favorite reply is, 'There is no reason they are what they are--they just are.'"

Paul C. Davies, Physicist, Cosmologist, & astrobiologist at Arizona State University, quoted in edge.org/3rd_culture/davies07/davies07_index.html

THE EARTH & PROCESS LAWS

Sized Smaller – Atmosphere Impossible
Sized Larger – Atmosphere contain free hydrogen
Fractionally Further from Sun – We would freeze
Fractionally Closer to Sun – We would burn up
Moon’s Perfect Distance – Gravitational pull
Earth Rotations – Predictably every 24 hours

"One of the most important numbers in physics, the proton-electron mass ratio, is the same in a galaxy six billion light years away as it is here on Earth, according to new research, laying to rest debate about whether the laws of nature vary in different places in the Universe."

Dr. Emily Baldwin, Earth's Laws Still Apply in Distant Universe

HUMAN EYE - The eye distinguishes over 7 million colors. It automatically focuses on over 1.5 million messages.

DNA - DNA is made up of four chemicals that scientists abbreviate as A, T, G, and C. They are arranged in the human cell like this: CGTGTGACTCGCTCCTGAT and so on. There are three billion of these letters in every human cell. DNA is a three-billion-lettered program telling the cell to act in a certain way. It is a full instruction manual.

BUT… WHY DOESN’T GOD INTERVENE???

God designed the the universe so that even DIVINE MIRACLES WOULD BE EXPERIENCED through the predictable and organized execution, or management, of SPIRITUAL PROCESS LAWS
FREE CREATURES are FREE to be IGNORANT, DISREGARD or FAIL TO ACCURATELY EXECUTE spiritual process laws, removing the probability of miracle-intervention
Miracle interventions are therefore CATEGORICALLY IMPERSONAL and INDEPENDENT of any INTERPRETATION OF GOD’S ACTUAL WILL and LOVE for His free creatures, removing the possibility of God’s negligence
The GODHEAD is CATEGORICALLY PERSONAL, providing HELP, GUIDANCE & SUPPORT for human execution of miracle interventions

TRUTH & PROCESS LAWS

JOHN 8:32 NKJV And you shall KNOW the TRUTH, and the TRUTH shall MAKE you FREE.

SPIRITUAL PROCESS LAWS

Unresolved Sin
Low Word Feeding
Pride
Unforgiveness
Bitterness
Wrong Motives
Bad Attitudes
Rage / Criticism
Lack of Honor (Spouses)
Sowing / Reaping (Sparing)
Disobedience to Generosity (Tithe – 10%)
Inattention to God's Spirit
Lack of Serving God's Kingdom
Lack Seeking God's Kingdom
5-Sense Domination
Unbelieving Talk
Etc.

WHAT ARE SOME

SCRIPTURE EXAMPLES OF

SPIRITUAL PROCESS LAWS?

CHURCH TITHING – 10% GIVING

MALACHI 3:9-12 NIV You are under a curse-the whole nation of you-because YOU ARE ROBBING ME. 10 Bring the whole TITHE into the storehouse…Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that YOU WILL NOT HAVE ROOM ENOUGH FOR IT. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty.

CHURCH MATERIAL GENEROSITY

2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-8 NIV [Remember] this: he who SOWS SPARINGLY and grudgingly will also REAP SPARINGLY and grudgingly, and he who SOWS GENEROUSLY that blessings may come to someone] will also REAP GENEROUSLY and with blessings. …8 And God is able to make ALL GRACE (EVERY FAVOR and EARTHLY BLESSING) come to you in ABUNDANCE, so that you may ALWAYS and under ALL circumstances and WHATEVER the need be SELF-SUFFICIENT…

IGNORANCE OF GOD’S WORD

HOSEA 4:6 NKJV MY people are DESTROYED for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. Because you have REJECTED KNOWLEDGE…

BINGEING IN GOD’S WORD

JOHN 8:31-32 NKJV Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you ABIDE in MY WORD, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall KNOW THE TRUTH, and the TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE."

DISHONORING SPOUSES

1 PETER 3:7 AMP In the same way you MARRIED MEN should live CONSIDERATELY WITH [YOUR WIVES], with an intelligent recognition [of the marriage relation], HONORING THE WOMAN as [physically] the weaker, but [realizing that you] are joint heirs of the grace (God's unmerited favor) of life, IN ORDER THAT YOUR PRAYERS MAY NOT BE HINDERED AND CUT OFF. [Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.]

IT’S NOT ABOUT PERFORMANCE,

OR MERITS, BEFORE GOD;

IT IS ABOUT PROCESS LAWS!

WHAT WILL YOU ALLOW?

MATTHEW 18:18 CEV [Jesus said] I promise you that GOD in heaven WILL ALLOW WHATEVER YOU ALLOW on earth, but HE WILL NOT ALLOW anything YOU DON'T ALLOW.

WHAT ABOUT THE SCRIPTURES WHERE GOD IS CURSING PEOPLE WITH SUFFERING?

PERMISSIVE VERBS

DEUTERONOMY 28:15, 20, 22 KJV But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God …that all these CURSES shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: ... 20 The LORD SHALL SEND upon thee CURSING, VEXATION, and REBUKE, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, UNTIL THOU BE DESTROYED…; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. ... 22 The LORD shall SMITE thee with a CONSUMPTION, and with a FEVER, … they shall pursue thee UNTIL THOU PERISH.

WHAT NOW???

EVALUATE your trust in God
ACKNOWLEDGE your relationship to spiritual process laws
ACTIVATE to God’s process laws

Kings and Kingdoms | Part 02 Sep 15, 2019

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KINGS AND KINGDOMS

TODAY’S SERMON NOTES

IF GOD IS SOVEREIGN,

AND WE ARE KINGS,

WHY…?

THE ANSWER COMES UNDERSTANDING TWO THINGS

God’s Sovereignty (Last Week)
The Origins of Evil (Today)

CHARLES TEMPLETON

After reading an issue of LIFE magazine and seeing a photo of an anguished mother clutching her dead infant in drought-ravaged Africa.

“I thought, ‘Is it possible to believe that there is a loving or caring Creator when all this woman needed was rain?’ How could a loving God do this to that woman? Who runs the rain? I don’t; you don’t. HE does – or that’s what I thought. But when I saw that photograph, I immediately knew it is not possible for this to happen and for there to be a loving God. There was no way. Who else but a fiend could destroy a baby and virtually kill its’ mother with agony – when all that was needed was rain?...and I began…considering the plagues that sweep across parts of the planet and indiscriminately kill…and it just became crystal clear to me that it is not possible for an intelligent person to believe that there is a deity who loves.” (Page 42, Case for Faith – Lee Strobel)

WHEN WE BELIEVE GOD IS CULPABLE

Erodes EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT & personal closeness to God
Wires you with REACTIVE ANGER towards God, causing you to FIGHT God, AVOID God or simply SHUT DOWN in your relationship with God
Position you as an EMOTIONAL VICTIM in life, DISEMPOWERING your ability to move forward. [If God is against you, or allowing the enemy to thrive, what hope do you have?]
Compel you to DECONSTRUCT your belief in God altogether

WHY WOULD WE PROFILE GOD AS PUNITIVE?

We are emotional beings with survival instincts
Our brains try to make sense of suffering
Placing blame gives an illusion of power to protect
God is the most convenient target of blame, others are second
We hope discovering the purposed-meaning will make us whole again
We have been taught bad theology, so it is what it is
We don’t know how to deal with problem Scripture texts

THE ORIGIN OF EVIL – PROBLEM TO OVERCOME

God CAN destroy evil (All-Powerful)
God SHOULD destroy evil (Loving & Good)
YET, evil IS in this world

THE ORIGIN OF EVIL – HOW IT HAPPENED

God is absolutely perfect! (Matt 5:48)
God created only perfect creatures! (Gen 1:26-31)
One of the perfections God gave some of His creatures was the power of free choice! (Gen 2:15-17)
Some of these creatures freely chose to do evil! (Gen 3)
Therefore, a perfect creature caused evil! (Rom 5:12)

HOW FREE WILL CAUSES EVIL

Some of our suffering is brought on DIRECTLY by our own free choice. The choice to abuse my body can result in sickness.
Some of our suffering is brought on INDIRECTLY by our own free choice. The choice to be lazy can result in poverty.
Some physical EVIL TO OTHERS can result DIRECTLY from our free choice, as in the case of spouse or child abuse.
Others suffer INDIRECTLY because of our free choice. Alcoholism can lead to poverty of one’s children.
Some NATURAL-PHYSICAL evil may be a NECESSARY BY-PRODUCT of a good process. Rain, hot air, & cool air are all necessary for food and life, but a by-product of these forces is a tornado. (Also consider, the earth fell under a curse at Adam and Eve’s disobedient “free choice” which gave rise to natural disasters)

WHY DOESN’T GOD DESTROY EVIL?

God cannot do what is actually self-contradictory (Round squares, colorless color, rock too big to move, cease to self-exist, make good into evil, cannot lie, cannot change, cannot make mistakes or do something stupid… like make a round square)
It is contradictory to destroy evil without destroying free choice
But free choice is necessary to a moral universe
God cannot destroy evil without destroying this good moral universe

IF GOD KNEW, THEN WHY…

God wanted a personal relationship with His created beings
A free world where no one sins may be conceivable but may not be achievable
Yet, at the end of all things God will have a free moral world where beings have chosen to surrender to Jesus and God’s Kingdom

MATTHEW 18:18 CEV [Jesus said] I promise you that GOD in heaven WILL ALLOW WHATEVER YOU ALLOW on earth, but HE WILL NOT ALLOW anything YOU DON'T ALLOW.

WHAT NOW???

EVALUATE your trust in God
ACKNOWLEDGE your emotional resistance
SURRENDER to the REAL JESUS and GOD’S GOODNESS

NEXT SUNDAY MORNING!

WHY DOESN’T GOD MIRACULOUSLY INTERVENE IN HUMAN SUFFERING?

Seek to know God’s organization, systems and process laws!

Kings & Kingdoms | Part 01 Sep 08, 2019

Show notes

KINGS AND KINGDOMS

TODAY’S SERMON NOTES

IF GOD IS SOVEREIGN,

AND WE ARE KINGS,

WHY…?

THE ANSWER COMES UNDERSTANDING TWO THINGS

1. God’s Sovereignty

2. The Nature of Evil

1 TIMOTHY 6:14-15 AMP [Timothy said] Keep all His precepts unsullied and flawless, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Anointed One), Which [appearing] will be shown forth in His own proper time by the blessed, only SOVEREIGN (Ruler), the KING OF KINGS and the LORD OF LORDS…”

JOHN 8:32 NKJV [Jesus said] And you shall KNOW THE TRUTH, and the TRUTH shall MAKE YOU FREE.

THE POWER OF AN UNTRUTH

1. The truth you believe will make you free!

2. Partial truth is an untruth!

3. The untruths you believe will keep you bound!

STERILIZE THESE PARTIAL TRUTHS

God’s Sovereignty
The Nature of Evil

WHAT IS SOVEREIGNTY?

Above or superior to all others;

independent of all others;

under no rule or law outside Himself.

GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY IS FIXED

WITH FINALITY IN REDEMPTION!

GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY IS EXPRESSED

WITH FINALITY IN GOD’S WORD!

PSALM 89:34 NKJV [God said] My COVENANT I will NOT BREAK, NOR ALTER the WORD that has gone out of My lips.

MALACHI 3:6 NKJV [God said] For I [am] the LORD, I DO NOT CHANGE.

ERRATIC SOVEREIGNTY

VERSUS

PREDICTABLE SOVEREIGNTY

GOD IS ONLY IN CONTROL

OF THE PART OF YOUR LIFE

YOU GIVE HIM CONTROL OF!!!!

DEUTERONOMY 30:19 NKJV [God said] I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, [that] I have SET BEFORE YOU life and death, BLESSING and CURSING; therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both you and your descendants may live;

DEUTERONOMY 28:1-2 NKJV [God said] IF YOU diligently OBEY the voice of the LORD your God, to OBSERVE CAREFULLY all His COMMANDMENTS which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 and all these BLESSINGS shall come upon you and overtake you, BECAUSE YOU OBEY the voice of the LORD your God:

DEUTERONOMY 28:15 NKJV BUT it shall come to pass, if you DO NOT OBEY the voice of the LORD your God, to OBSERVE CAREFULLY all His COMMANDMENTS and His statutes which I command you today, that all these CURSES will come upon you and overtake you:

HOW MARGINAL AND LOOSE

CAN WE GET

BEFORE WE GO TOO FAR?

MATTHEW 18:18 CEV [Jesus said] I promise you that God in heaven will ALLOW WHATEVER YOU ALLOW on earth, but HE WILL NOT ALLOW anything YOU DON'T ALLOW.

JOSHUA 24:15 CHOOSE YOU this day who you are going to serve…
ISAIAH 66:3 THEY HAVE CHOSEN their own ways…
MATTHEW 16:24, 25 If any man WILL come after me…
2 PETER 3:5 They deliberately [WILLFULLY] FORGET [what God said]…
JOHN 5:40 And you WILL NOT come to me, that you might have life.