In this episode Matt discusses Understanding the Kingdom of God, defining the Kingdom of God.
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\n[00:00:22] - a recap of previous episodes
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\n[00:02:31] - Luke 17:21 nor will they say, \u2018Look, here it is!\u2019 or \u2018There!\u2019 for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.\u201d[a]
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\n[00:02:48] - I Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
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\n[00:03:03] - Galatians 1:13-14 For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.
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\n[00:03:44] - Matthew 16:15-19 He said to them, \u201cBut who do you say that I am?\u201d 16 Simon Peter replied, \u201cYou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.\u201d 17 And Jesus answered him, \u201cBlessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock[a] I will build my church, and the gates of hell[b] shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed[c] in heaven.\u201d
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\n[00:05:25] - I Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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\n[00:06:07] - Matthew 6:9-10 Pray then like this:\u201cOur Father in heaven,hallowed be your name.[a]Your kingdom come,your will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.
\n[00:08:09] - Definition of the Kingdom of Heaven
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\n[00:10:38] - When he shall appear
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\n[00:12:08] - Understanding the Kingdom of Heaven
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\n[00:14:40] - Luke 17:21 nor will they say, \u2018Look, here it is!\u2019 or \u2018There!\u2019 for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.
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\n[00:14:58] - Are you available to God?
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\nQuotes from the episode:
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\n\u201cThe Kingdom of God really then is us, his church.\u201d [00:03:34]
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\n\u201cWhen we pray, we are to make commands upon God and upon heaven to accomplish God\u2019s purposes in the earth. [00:07:00]
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\n\u201cWe the followers of Jesus are instructed to be brokers of what is in heaven...our job here is to bring what is already there in heaven and have it manifest here.\u201d [00:07:50]
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\n\u201cThe church must be defined as the siblings of Jesus and the sons and daughters of the most high.....it is wherever they gather.\u201d [00:09:19]
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\n\u201cWhen he shall appear we shall be more like him.\u201d [00:10:10]
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\n\u201cTo understand the Kingdom of Heaven is to understand our responsibility to bring heaven to earth.\u201d [00:12:08]
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