Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 Christ taught us to pray this prayer. It is important to understand what we are praying for. We must understand the difference between living under the law in Satan’s Kingdom, and living by faith in the
The fall of Adam and Eve removed them from God’s Kingdom. God could no longer be their Tree of Life. His life force, which is eternal, had to be withdrawn as they partook of Satan’s evil consciousness, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
This is where the law became necessary. …for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. Romans 3:20 NAS Satan’s consciousness brought a mixture of good and evil. The law draws a line between the two and exposes sin.
We who are born into sin (born of water) are unable to walk in righteousness. At our best, all of our righteousness is as filthy rags.
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Isaiah 64:6 We must be born again (born of the spirit).
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
Satan’s Kingdom and the law teach us self-mastery. Some of the leaders in the church (scribes and Pharisees) make men responsible for their own righteousness. They teach us to live by the letter of the law.
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you shut off the kingdom of heaven from men; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. Matthew 23:13. NAS
And (Jesus) said, Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3
To become as little children means that we cannot enforce our knowledge or our understanding on our own lives or the lives of others. There is only one Master in God’s Kingdom. We relinquish all rights to self-mastery in order that we might gain Christ. He leads us through faith. We simply “follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.” Rev. 14:4. Even “following the Lamb” is by His spirit and not by any mastery of our own.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1 Corinthians 13:12
Only Jesus can guide us safely into His Kingdom and train us to live by the leading of His spirit. When we walk in the realm of the reasoning mind, Satan’s consciousness has access to deceive. The blind lead the blind.
We are able to enter into the
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: Romans 8:1-3
Parting with self-mastery requires many leaps of faith, but the reward of “His Kingdom come and His will be done” in your life is wonderful. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8:32
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1 comment:
Amen,even so.. Come Lord Jesus Come
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