Dale
The gifts of God are beyond dollars and cents. They're beyond years added to our lives. Because we already have life. The law of sin and death that He took the victory over; that means that eternal life is yours. Eternal life, I'm living forever. What do you say, “Thank You, Lord.” We can't wait to see His kingdom manifested in the earth.
Debbie
It's that Sabbath day that we're ushring in the day of His rest, the day of Spirit. We're coming to know Him. We're coming to know Him in a whole new way, in a whole new level.
Ron
There's a level of the manifestation of His Kingdom that's already happening in the earth. It's as we appropriate more of Him, then the Kingdom will manifest more. You gotta wipe way out of your mind, the kingdom being the lion is gonna lay down with the lamb and all that kind of stuff. You got to see in the Spirit that the Kingdom of God is relationships. It starts in the house of God, and the relationships have been being purified in the house of God. The judgments of the Lord, if you want to call it that, have been unfolding in the house of God. There's also something happening out in the world where relationships are being shaken, tested. And that's all because of what's happening in the house of God, and going out from the house of God. So the manifestation of His Kingdom, it, it's not on a timeline. It's not, well, this is not the timing of the Lord. It's more at the initiative of the sons of God, in the house of God. And, as they appropriate His presence, more of His presence is within them. I guess you'd say that. Anyway you get more of God in you and less of you. So the more of God in the men and women of God, in the body of Christ, the more His kingdom manifests. It may not manifest as outward signs. What's really happening is in relationships throughout the world on different levels. Yes, there's the relationships of the remnant. There's the relationships of the the body of Christ. And, then, there's relationships that we would term, the world. All those relationships are all under the Lordship of Jesus Christ, whether they want to bow the knee, don't want to bow the knee. That's already a happening now. So He's already Lord of lords and King of kings. Will He be more of Lord more Lord of lords and King of kings? Yes, He will. There will be more of a manifestation of His Lordship through His sons, as they appropriate more of Him. And as they do that, they don't have to necessarily prophesy against this; it doesn't matter. Because it's the relationships that minister. And it starts in the house of God, and from the house of God, it's kind of like that, that pebble you throw in a pond, all those little waves going out. It affects every relationship in the world, whether it's governments, whether it's, whatever, you know, all the stuff that we see out there is really a complete distraction and an illusion of what's really happening. And all these people, spirits, and relationships, and all these different nations, and businesses and governments, what's really happening behind the scenes, if the Lord would open our eyes, we'd be blown away at what's happening in the relationships, because that's what counts, because they're all people. There's stuff happening in their relationships, because what was happening in the Kingdom of God.
Ed
One of our pastors said, one time that the Kingdom of God is not going to come until we're ready to possess it. And, as we start coming to that point where we're taking on more and more and more of a possession, things in the world are going to change. They have to, you start exposing the world to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and things will change.
Dale
His kingdom is unfolding, as we walk with Him. We may not see all of what He's, what He's doing. The beauty of that is, it's the body of Christ. The blood that flows through the heart is the same blood that flows through the feet. God's not just playing here and there, he's got it all covered.
Ron
The Kingdom of God comes as we are ready to appropriate it. The responsibility of knowing who you are 24/7, and with that awareness, walking with that awareness. Then you begin to guard what comes out of your mouth. You guard your thoughts; you guard what comes out of your mouth. You guard your atmosphere, because you are responsible. If you believe, and if you know your calling and destiny in God, then there is a responsibility that you have to walk a certain way before the Lord. He requires you to walk a certain way, because of what He's given you, you know, more given more responsibility. And so this responsibility thing, I think, one of our mentors, very much, he was aware of that principle because of what God had given him, he had great responsibility. And he did not walk as a lot of people feel they can walk in this quote, “freedom.” Did he have a freedom? I suppose he had a freedom. I believe he walked more restrained than most people walk, a self restraint. Not God wasn't restraining him. But it was a self restraint, because he realized the calling, and that he had 24 hours in a day. And those 24 hours had to mean something. And they couldn't be frivolous; let's put it that way. So I think that's where we're coming into, if you really get serious about what the Lord said, “Oh, well done, good and faithful servant, I'm going to give you 10 cities.” Think about, not the cities but think about what He's really saying. You've been responsible, in a little thing, now I'm giving you great responsibility. So with that responsibility comes a demand, I think. The flesh doesn't like that. You would rather be free, and fancy free and not have stress. We're always trying to throw stress off. And I realized that the Lord has to enable us in this, but there still is this responsibility that we walk in. Because of that, I think there's something happens in our hearts and our spirits where we appropriate more of the Lord than we were appropriating before we came into this level of responsibility and awareness.
Dale
I think what you're talking about is maturity. God gives us a choice. I make the joke of Jesus motel, places of staying. And I think God gives us those choices. as He matures us. And you can say, “Okay, God, I'm not going any further.” Or you can say, “Lord, I want more. I'm reaching out, I'm appropriating Your gift of the Holy Spirit on a deeper level than I ever have before.” Are you willing to appropriate the answers when you're faced with a question?
