 Okay, welcome back after the break Okay before we went for the break we looked at You know we're looking at Kingdom lifestyle or a kingdom living and we are looking at a few characteristics of Kingdom lifestyle we looked at holiness and reverence righteousness peace and joy power authority and dominion endurance and suffering that Some of the characteristics of Kingdom lifestyle and we saw that if we belong to Kingdom of God And the Kingdom of heaven then we have to have this lifestyle Or this kind of living we need to imbibe. We need to make it part of our lives We need to check ourselves and you know where we are missing out and we need to Work on those areas and we need to make these characteristics part of our Lifestyle or our living okay any questions anyone has any questions I hope all of you are in class Anyone has any questions? Hello class anyone's there? Okay, thank you, john Okay, anyone else anyone has any questions? Yeah, okay Okay, thank you Thank you success. Okay, so we'll move on we look at some more Important aspects of Kingdom lifestyle We look at extending forgiveness Which is part of Kingdom lifestyle Kingdom living You know, we look at Matthew chapter 18 verses 23 to 35 and you know Like other parables that Jesus thought Jesus also began This parable or the story by saying that the kingdom of heaven is like Okay, Matthew 18 23 to 35 is talking about another parable and he's As with other parables, you know, he begins also this parable saying the kingdom of heaven is like a king So he says kingdom of heaven is like which implies that you know, this is A principle or this is a way of life in the kingdom of God, this is how we need to live in the kingdom of God This is a principle this is a way of life that we live in the kingdom of God. Okay So in this parable in Matthew chapter 18 verses 23 to 35 You know, the Jesus says a parable of how a king wants to settle his accounts and then he sees that you know One of his own servants owes him just say, you know 10,000 Banks of gold, okay or 10,000 rupees Or 10,000 bags of gold so he bring has the servant brought before him and he says, you know You haven't paid your debt and so he says give me some more time And you know, the king says we're going to sell your children your wife and everything that you have and You know So that the debt can be repaid and then you know, the servant falls on his knees and he begs The king to have patience And so the king takes pity on him and not only gives him time But you know, doesn't give him time But he says, you know, he will cancel all his debts and let him let him go free Just imagine how that you know servant would have felt because he owed the king 10,000 bags of gold Okay, now this servant is very happy maybe running home to tell his wife and on his way You know, he sees somebody who's avoiding him somebody who's not looking at him Somebody who's running in a direction and then he realizes that's one of his servants Who just maybe borrowed from him, you know, a one bag of gold You know, he had borrowed 10,000 bags of gold This man would have borrowed one bag of gold or just say, you know, he would have borrowed Compared to this man who borrowed 10,000 rupees. He would have just borrowed 10 rupees or even 100 rupees for him Okay, and then, you know, he runs behind him catches him chokes him in his neck He says you wicked person, you know, you've not paid my money back. Give it to me right now, you know And this poor servant falls on his knees and says, you know, please have patience with me And I'll pay you back everything that I have borrowed from you But the servant who the king had forgiven or cancelled his debts He does not forgive the man who had borrowed from him. He says, you know, I'm not going to You know, let you go so easily he takes him and hasn't thrown in the prison Now when the other guards and other servants see this, they go back to king and tell him, you know This is what the servant who you had cancelled the debts he did to somebody else who just borrowed 10 rupees from him or 100 rupees, which is a mega small amount You know, and then the king is very angry. He brings this Serving back as a servant back brought to him and he says, you know, you wicked servant I cancel all your debts because you beg me to And shouldn't you have mercy on your fellow servant just like I had on You and then, you know, the king has him Handed over to the jailers where he is Uh, thrown into prison where he's tortured till he's able to back pay back all that he is owed Okay, and then jesus ends this parable by saying this is how your heavenly father will treat each one of you Unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart So the principle here is just like god extends his forgiveness to us We need to extend forgiveness to others, you know our Our debt that we owe god is something that we can't even repay. It's like this man Who can't even repay those 10,000 bags of gold. So our debt that we have that stands before god Is something that we just can't pay whatever we do our entire lifetime Nothing that we can do can actually repay the debt That we owe god, but you know gone in his gracious compassionate Mercy and love towards us. He's cancelled everything You know, he's forgiven us. He's uh, no, he's even taken and the bible says hurled it into the depths of the seabed You know, no No one can put a fishing net and even bring it out and that's that's the amount he loves us Is forgiven us because our debt is so huge so great So big Compared to what people do to us, you know, I mean, of course what people do to us sometimes can hurt Can have a long lasting impression or an impact on our minds our lives Our emotions, but there's nothing that god cannot heal Uh, and you know, that's something that is small compared It's like what we have done towards god is like 10,000 bags of gold Compared to, you know, what our fellow brother or sister does towards us. It's just like 10 rupees It's just a very very small meager amount nowadays. You don't even get anything much in 10 rupees, you know, so and Jesus is saying when your sins are so great and so big and god has just Cancelled it just by a word By his love he just cancelled everything, you know, it's no longer stands. You're free. Just imagine Then shouldn't you extend the same forgiveness to others? So Here when we're saying forgiveness We're not saying that forgiveness Does not alter what has happened to us when we forgive somebody does not alter what has happened to us But forgiveness actually releases us from having any grudge against that Person and that I think is what god is more concerned about because when there's unforgiveness It leads to hatred, bitterness, jealousy for the point of even, you know, murdering that person Whether in words or deeds or in the physical act and that is sin previous sin before God so he's saying no forgiveness Actually releases us from the grudge against that person. So when we're forgiving others, it's actually doing us a great deal of good, you know and not harm because it's We're not all longer having that grudge that we're not longer upset. It's not depressing us It's not affecting our health and jesus is saying that is forgiveness And jesus said this is the part of the kingdom forgiveness is part of the kingdom of God so if You know, we can look back in our lives and see if you're holding any grudges bitterness hated against Anyone it's nothing compared to, you know, the extent that god has forgiven us So we can go on our knees and say god, you know, my Sins are so great So big so huge. I can never even repay that you forgiven me helped me to extend forgiveness to others so that I can really Inherit your kingdom. I can really, you know be a kingdom a citizen and deliver kingdom lifestyle Another important characteristic of kingdom living is a stewardship and here again We look at another parable in my picture to 25 versus 14 to 30 Like the other parables, which I just said jesus again begins this parable With the phrase therefore the kingdom of heaven is like and then he goes on to say what it is like So it's implying that this is a principle or a way of life in the kingdom of God and so, you know, it's talking about A king who goes on a journey and then, you know, he gives You know a certain amount of money, you know five talents And two or Talents and one talent and he goes away and he expects You know those he has given this amount to to put into Good use and to, you know reap the benefits of that. So when He comes back, you know, the king wants to settle the accounts With who he has given You know entrusted his talents to his money too And so he calls the first one and the first one says, you know, you have given me five talents And I've made it into 10 talents and he says, you know Well done, you know, and he tells the person I will make you ruler of many things He says enter into the joy of your Lord and then he goes on to the person who has two talents And he also has multiplied a double and he says the same thing to him and one person the person with one talent Comes and says, you know that I know you are, you know King I know that you're a hard man who reaps where you're not sown and gathers where you're not scattered the seeds So it was afraid I went and hid this talent in the ground and look take this is what you had given to me It belongs to you take it back and what was the reply of the king? You know And or his lord, he says you wicked and lazy servant You knew that I reap where I'm not sown or gather where I'm not scattered seed And he says at least you could have deposited my money with the bankers So that when I come I would have received it back brick interest Then he's that's something he takes away that talent that he's given That one talent is given to that person that's toward and he gives it to the one who has Where he had given five would multiply it for five more which has become ten talents. He gives it to that steward and You know the Jesus says to everyone who has more more will be given you'll have abundance But from him who does not have even what he has will be taken away from Him and then he says cast this you know wicked lazy steward or servant into The darkness where there'll be weeping and gnashing of teeth So the parable of talents, you know reveals to us the importance of a stewardship in the kingdom of God okay, god expects us to be good stewards of the time the resources The opportunities the connections the revelations And the contacts that he has placed in our life. So god has given us time talents opportunities connections, he's given us revelations from his word and Contacts of people that we can contact so that you know that he has put in our lives So that you know we can we can multiply what he has given to us And here we see that you know, it's important to know that it's not how much he has given us Okay, so we don't look at each other and compare all you put five I've got only three or two or one You know, it's not how much god has given us that he's going to ask But he's more interested about what we are doing With what he has given us, okay? And we see that you know god requires of us to be productive to be profitable to multiply to be fruitful and increase what he has entrusted to us And you know simply giving back what god has given to us Which is the example of that man the one talent is something that god is Not looking for he doesn't want us to do that. It's something that is unacceptable in his right It's not something that he wants. It's insufficient And you know, he requires us to invest effort To sacrifice to be diligent to be To have endurance to use wisdom You know to persevere to work hard to be committed and sincere To the gifts the assignments the talents the opportunities You know the resources that he has placed in our lives and he is looking for us to bear Fruit and this is what will please his heart. Okay when he comes again, this is what will please his heart so this is kingdom stewardship and You know as kingdom citizens Kingdom living requires kingdom Stewardship so not only with the talents that god has given us but even the time that god has Placed in our lives the opportunities that he's given to us The connections that he's given to us the revelations of his word that he's given to us the contacts of people that he's placed in our lives All of that, you know requires us to be good stewards Of what he has entrusted or placed in our life. So kingdom living requires kingdom stewardship so Being a good steward You know, we need to be a good steward of time. We need to redeem our time So we need to see how we are spending our time what we are Indulging in how we are making use of our time Because we know that time does not come free But what we do with it, you know determines whether we are a good steward of it or not So it's important for us To be You know good stewards of the talents and the gifts that god has given you. So the question here is, you know Do you know what talents god has given you? Do you know? the connections the You know the Opportunities that he has placed in your life. Are you and the time that he's given to you? Are you maximizing it? Are you using it? investing In all of those things so that it can be productive so that it can be fruitful and You know and are you being a good steward of everything that god has entrusted to you? Even time that he has given to you. Are you just wasting over your time? Indulging in things that really don't matter or that's not really edify build you up Build up your faith or edifies or builds the kingdom of god or extends his kingdom here on So something that we need to look at be aware of take stock of And work on another important characteristic of kingdom living is no partiality And we read in James chapter 2 verses 1 to 5, you know, you know the church setting or in Or in a bible study or group, you know if a man comes to our Assembly or to our group or to a bible study or worship time or a church service You know and he's dressed in in fine clothes and You know, he smells good and he has gold rings on his finger James chapter 2 verse 2 says that and you know we pay attention at the same time along with him behind him Comes a man who's you know looks very poor does not smell good not wearing great, you know polish shoes Maybe just some flat chapels or a footwear and you know, his clothes are not very clean or branded clothes, you know And he just comes in there and you know, who do we pay attention to? You know, we pay attention to the one who's wearing fine clothes smells good No, wearing a lot of gold rings on his finger that we give him seat of You know importance right up in the front and a good place But we tell a poor man, you know, we put him somewhere at the back somewhere in the side or Sorry, we tell him, okay, you know, uh, why don't you just sit down here? Because there's no place on the chairs, you know So james is saying when we do that don't be show partiality among ourselves Uh, and not just partiality are we not judging? And when we're judging we're judging with evil Thoughts and he ends in in verse five of chapter two He says has not got chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and has the kingdom which he has promised To those who love him So what do we learn from this? We learn that you know true kingdom living Is has a heart that embraces all people across all races languages cultures class Uh, or social barriers. So, you know, just embracing everyone irrespective of their culture Irrespective of how they dress they how they smell, you know, how they look So we just embrace all of them. So it's a kingdom living is a heart that embraces people across all races languages cultures Social barriers of class. So in the kingdom of god, you know, we look at For people or we perceive people we think of people or we judge people As hairs together in the kingdom of god We don't look at them at this the social standing the social status They're well the way they look but we are actually looking at each one of them You know as hairs of the kingdom of god because all of us are hairs of the kingdom of god All of us belong to the kingdom of god and so we're sons and daughters and they are hairs of the kingdom of god So all of us come on the right standing because we are all hairs in the kingdom of god So hence we should not do anything out of Partiality we need to reach out Talk There'll be friends with both the poor the rich the educated the uneducated Those who have a high social standing those will have a low social standing And we need to treat everyone the same without partiality because we're all hairs of the kingdom of god We're all children of the kingdom of god. That is our standing not our wealth our social status How we look, you know, um, how educated we are the big piece that we have that's not but Our standing that's not what we criteria. We judge with the world does that not us When we look at everyone as hairs of the kingdom of god, so we need to see The king we need to see kingdom value in each person and each one of them has of the kingdom of god that we need to Give them the honor that is due to them. It's true that the word of god says, you know that We honor those who We give special honor to those who honor is due We hold them in high regard Those who serve the lord who labor For the lord who minister for the lord minister for the word those who have a spiritual oversight in our lives First the saloonians 5 12 to 13 says that we honor them above the rest But yet in the way we do things, uh, you know, we do things without partiality We don't give preferential treatment based on earthly criteria, which is well social standing or even gender Or we don't give partiality because people belong to our region our geographical area our line which are people group But we treat everyone because they're the same Because each one of them, uh, we perceive them as hairs together in the kingdom of God and that is what we read in first Peter chapter 3 verse 7 where it says we don't show partiality or a preferential treatment based on wealth social standing or even gender. Okay So we'll move on Another characteristic of kingdom living is being ready for The king just two more being ready for the king and celibate lifestyle In Matthew chapter 25 verses 1 to 13 again, uh, you know, there's a parable that Jesus says and again He starts it off as saying it's a kingdom of heaven is like You know 10 virgins. So he says this is a principle the way of life in the kingdom of God Now we know this Parable very well 10 virgins so waiting for the bridegroom to come the bridegroom is delayed so they you know kind of trim Out their lamps and uh, they fall asleep because it's very late in the night And suddenly they heard the noise of the bridegroom coming and then they trim back their lamps and You know, uh, five of them which they the disparable calls the foolish versions they realize that they're running out of oil and five of them, uh, who this Disparable refers to as as wise ones wise virgins are ones who bring extra oil So the foolish ones are the wise one to share a little oil and the wise being wise saying You know, if we share this oil with you, then we will not have enough For you and for ourselves as well. So why don't you run? You know Go close by and see there's any shop where you can buy oil. So these five foolish ones they You know, uh, uh, virgins run off and to look for oil the meantime the bridegroom comes And the five wise virgins they follow the bridegroom they enter into the A wedding banquet and the door is closed and you know the so-called foolish virgins when they come They knock on the door, you know, um, they're not allowed because you know, the reply From the other side is that we do not know who you are. So, um The lord jesus, what do we learn from this parable? The lord jesus, you know, when he gave us this parable kingdom of heaven It was basically teach us how to live In a constant state of readiness For the second coming of the king or the king's return So not only this does this parable say that we need to have sufficient oil For our lamps to be burning, but we need to also have Uh enough reserve to keep our lamps burning until he comes Okay, so we need to ensure that we have enough reserves to keep our lamp burning So what do we mean by this now? You know, uh, it uh one way of applying this parable is to understand That our lives and our works are our lamps that is giving out light You know, we are the light of the world jesus said in matthew chapter 5 was 14, okay, and uh Our light is our good deeds our good works works of holiness that we just referred to we saw in point one holiness and You know Humble and differential living, okay So our good works the ministry the things that we do For the sake of god for his kingdom to represent him here on earth Is the way people see his light shining? You know Before them so we are the light of the world But does it mean that means the way we think the way we act react the lifestyle the way we speak Um, you know the things that we do Uh, everything is uh, you know, it's in its accordance with kingdom lifestyle With the kingdom of god with what god requires of us We'll be like a light shining in this dark world And our lives will represent jesus christ will represent his kingdom here on earth will manifest his glory and uh and through our lives You know the kingdom power will be demonstrated will be manifested and will bring glory to god And to glorify our father who is in heaven as we read in matthew chapter 5 verse 16 But we must ensure that we continue to live And be a light in the way we live the way we conduct our lives The way we do ministry till jesus comes Now to make this happen, we need to have an ongoing supply of oil now oil in scriptures, uh, basically, uh, you know, uh, uh Is uh symbolizes God's life It also symbolizes the presence anointing and the working of the holy spirit. So, uh oil along with dove water um Dough water oil Are all symbols of the holy spirit or it's like You know, we understand the the work the person and work of the holy spirit through these symbols Okay, so oil is basically Referring to god's life his presence in the presence and anointing and the working of the holy spirit so You know without the holy spirit in our lives without the anointing the presence and the power of the holy spirit in our lives You know, we cannot Live our lives daily. We cannot go through our lives daily and we cannot You know Be sanctified and our lives will not be able to reflect the salvation of god to good deeds Because we do not, you know, have the power and the working and anointing of the holy spirit In our life. So we must ensure that each day we are, you know In intimacy with fellowship with the holy spirit so that we will experience a continuing supply of Of this oil, which is the life of god the presence the power the anointing and the working of the holy spirit In our life. So how can we do this? Um, you know, it's basically abiding In christ abiding in jesus christ abiding in the holy spirit It's constantly being connected in fellowship with the holy spirit with the father son and holy spirit through prayer Through reading god's word meditating on words word obedience and Intimacy that way, you know, we are always connected in our heart to god, okay So without This intimacy, you know, we cannot live our lives here. We would be like the Five virgins who did not have their lamps burning While when the king comes and you know, the king will say I do not know who you are So kingdom living basically calls for a lifestyle of constant intimacy with god Where they are living our lives And you know our ministry shining our lights for jesus in the way that we live In the way that we behave and you know act and think and this is uh, you know comes when we are connected With the father son and holy spirit constantly in intimacy with the father son and holy spirit The last The stick of that we will be looking at it's not in the last in terms of last There's no more but there are more we can act in this but Something that we will look at lastly in this chapter is being celibate for the kingdom's sake Matthew chapter 19 versus 9 to 12 you know Here talks about Um You know in verse 12 for there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother's womb And there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs the kingdom of heaven's sake So he was able to accept it let him Accept it. Okay. So in the context of Of divorce sexual immorality Um and all that you know, uh, jesus mentions this in verse 12 Now the term eunuch here is Us in the context of not marrying Okay Being single being celibate Practicing celibacy and it's not The term that we understand eunuchs as you know, something who's going through Undergoing some physical change Uh that we commonly understand. Okay, so This was in verse 12 says there are those who were born to be celibate Okay, uh, which means that you know, they have no inclination. They have no desire whatsoever for marriage Then secondly, there are those who are uh, you know, are made celibate by man They're forced into being uh single because of social religious or other influences That have compelled them to take on celibacy Okay, maybe social reasons. Maybe religious reasons. Maybe other things That has happened to them Which is compelling them not to marry to be celibate Okay, and then there are those who choose a celibate lifestyle for the sake of the kingdom of heaven Some people don't want to marry so that they can invest all of their time effort energy Uh, you know into um, you know, uh building god's kingdom extending god's kingdom here on so a possible paul is an example of The last, uh, you know a choice that is choosing to be Celibate or choosing to be a eunuch in this constant in this case when we're talking about eunuch It's talking about also her choosing a celibate lifestyle Because he wanted to further the kingdom of Um heaven, okay, so paul knew that he had a right He had a legitimate legitimate right to take a believing wife to have a believing wife But yet he chooses uh to forego this Uh for the sake of preaching the gospel And we read this about this in first Corinthians nine Um in chapter nine was five and versus 15 to 16 And also he says that uh, he that he's made this choice so that you know, he could serve the lord without any destruction Which he mentions in uh chapter one of Sorry in in first Corinthians chapter seven was 35. So, you know, um You can choose if you want to be married. It's very doesn't matter You can still marry and you know lift kingdom culture kingdom lifestyle kingdom thinking you can Release the power of the kingdom of god that is in you You know In your marriage to your children And also to the spirit of influence that god has Placed you in or you know, you can choose You know to give up marrying so that you can You know, you can serve god better. You will not be distracted That's a choice that is left up to you and that is also leading of the holy spirit What he's leading and asking you to do so in this chapter we basically saw about Kingdom lifestyle characteristics of kingdom lifestyle So the importance that of holiness and reverence Which is um, and um You know, which is a translation of the salvation that we've received if you've received salvation, you know, it translates into good works The sanctification that is happening is shown through the way that we live Holiness and if you indulge in the These are the flesh, you know, it proves to us that You know, we have no place in the kingdom of heaven that we are unrighteous and We cannot inherit the kingdom of god and you know, sometimes we give up our legitimate rights as we saw So that we don't become a hindrance to others who believe But we pursue righteousness peace and joy And in the kingdom of god, we go through endurance and suffering which is part of the kingdom Son, which god has promised us along with the promise that we will be children of god Heirs of god promise also that is we will go through suffering And we have to endure suffering. We have to be patient And forgiveness, you know when god has forgiven us Our debts is so huge so big something that we can't comprehend something that we can't just simply pay back Then, you know, we when we think about that It's easy for us to forgive somebody who has done something very small compared to what Our sins are so great in the sight of god, then we don't show partiality We are ready for the coming of the king And you know, uh, when we live these this kingdom lifestyle, you know Uh, we are mindful of who we are You know that we are called where we are called to which kingdom we are called to And when we are mindful and we live like this the power and the authority or the dominion of god that is in us vested in us will be released And we will see ourselves dominating our challenges and situation that overwhelm us Whatever it is, we will speak to those things And we will also flow in mighty science miracles and Wonders, yes, so that is chapter five about kingdom living any questions any questions on king on chapter five no questions So I hope we're not just going to be, you know, all of us including me not just going to be hearing or learning these things but You know, it's important why we're doing this courses because we belong to kingdom of god and we need to change our kingdom thinking perspectives mindsets We also need to change our lifestyle And and we will look now at chapter six Kingdom culture and why it's important for us To live kingdom thinking and kingdom lifestyle. How is will influence the culture? Okay, there's no questions. Can we move on to chapter six? Okay, we'll move on to chapter six Thank you. Subhashish Rosalind and Lupega. Thank you, Anita. Okay, uh, according to Thank you success revelation chapter one versus five to six We see that as believers, you know, we've been washed from our sins by the blood of Jesus And he has made us priests and kings of our gods So can somebody please read revelation chapter one versus five and six please for us revelation chapter one versus five and six anyone Revelation chapter one, I thought Rosalind you're reading Let me read Chapter one verse Five and six it says in king new king James version And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness The first born from the dead and the ruler over the kings of earth To him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood And he made us kings and and priests to his god and father To him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever amen Thank you, Lupega. So here we see in this Two verses there's a present tense application of us being kings and priests to our god In the present as kings we represent God's rule We represent God's reign here on earth. We've already learned about that They're here to see and further his kingdom You know into our them into our earthly them so as please we glorify our God Okay, and how do we glorify our God? When we worship him We also glorify God when we take the matters of the earth to heaven when we intercede when we pray And when we seek God's heart to bring You know heaven here on earth or to interfere to bring heavenly Intervention sorry to bring a heavenly intervention In the affairs of the life here on So there is also we see there is a future tension that we saw there's a present tense Where you know, we are here to bring his kingdom here into our earthly them By bringing heavenly intervention of the affairs of Of his life of The heavenly life the kingdom culture the kingdom reign rule Kingdom presence here on earth that is a present tense application In this verse we also see there's a future tense application of being kings And priests when we will reign on the earth in his literal kingdom Okay, which we read in revelation chapter five versus nine two 10 so we also said this in the in chapter one We're basically now part of a spiritual kingdom We will also be part of a natural kingdom when jesus comes again the second time You know and then we will all reign on this earth in his Literal kingdom. So, you know and first peter chapter two verse nine We read that uh, you know, we are a royal priesthood A holy nation of people belonging to god the people who've come out from darkness into His marvelous light. So as royal priests would you know, we are kingly priests You know, or we are kings and We are a holy nation Lubega, can you please mute your mind? Thank you lubega Okay um, so, you know First peter chapter two verse nine says we are a royal priesthood. We are kingly priests Oh, we are kings and priests. We belong to a holy Nation and the word nation here is the greek word ethnos, which means A race or a tribe. So, you know as a nation Or a tribe of people Uh, you know, uh, we have same habits same customs same culture Because we belong to a specific kingdom and so belonging to the kingdom of god All of us, you know, have the need to have the same habits customs and cultures because we belong to the kingdom of heaven or kingdom of god So as kings and priests, we are people of a common kingdom culture You know, we have a set of shared attitudes values goals Uh, and practices that characterize us that we belong to the kingdom of god Okay, no problem lubega Okay, and you know, we share a common set of beliefs and uh behavior Okay, um And as a community of believers, you know, we uh, even as we belong to this kingdom culture We need to follow kingdom thinking and kingdom Living and when we follow kingdom thinking and kingdom living, which is uh, you know attitudes values goals practices beliefs and behaviors of the kingdom of heaven We actually create a kingdom culture now we are the kind of incorporating what we learn about kingdom thinking and kingdom living And looking at the importance of why we need to king think like kingdom citizens and live our lifestyle as a kingdom Citizens because when we do that, you know, we are actually coming together Uh, we are all sharing the same attitudes values practices beliefs and behaviors and they're creating a kingdom culture In our and in our in our environment or we'll uh, you know in this the world that we are living in It's the foreign territory because we don't belong here. So we need to establish Such a culture, you know, we need to establish such a culture Amongst us as a community of believers Where we are truly functioning as kings as priests of the Kingdom, okay kings means we exercise dominion authority. We subdue Uh, we exercise our authority as priests, you know, we worship god. We we we looked at it in in chapter two You know, uh, we we pray and ask him to uh, you know decree and Bring about his kingdom culture here. We pray we intercede for, you know, heavenly intervention in our earthly life And we also offer sacrifices to god Not just through our lips, but to our very lives the way that we live a kingdom lifestyle and as believers We also need to understand that kingdom teaching You know understand kingdom teaching we need to understand kingdom teaching and we need to begin To think and live from a kingdom Perspective so These are two things that we need to do to establish a culture amongst us as a community of believers Where we truly function as kings and priests the kingdom and as believers we understand kingdom teaching and begin to think Uh and live from kingdom perspective. So when we we as believers follow kingdom thinking we ask Believers live the kingdom lifestyle, then we create a kingdom culture in our Environment so when such a community is established, you know, it will be such a powerful Community that is you know coming against the the gates of hell coming against the forces of darkness And it prevails the forces That are coming against us advancing Against the kingdom of god and then we will truly be sought and light in this world. So why is it important? For us to create a kingdom culture is because A kingdom culture community will know it become a prevailing force For advancing the kingdom of god, we will advance the kingdom of god With great force because there's unity. There's oneness. We're coming together The second thing like I mentioned is that we will truly be sought and light in this world For this is what god has called us to be And also the third thing is that kingdom culture will overpower overthrow the evils of any culture Around us. So we dominate the culture. We will dominate the situations the world view the things that are Around us and when people come into a kingdom culture environment They're coming with you know with their own baggages. They're bringing with them their evils of their own existing culture Then, you know, it will bring about change in their life. It will not change us Who are creating this kingdom culture the only thing that would change is a culture which they have Walked in the evil culture which they have walked in, you know, they will be delivered from that They will be set free from that. Okay, so we look at a few facets of kingdom culture Just a few passes of kingdom culture. The first one is a culture of honor Okay Kingdom we've already looked at it in the previous lesson But kingdom culture is a culture where we practice giving honor reverence and respect to everyone Irrespective of the social standing well status because all of us are heads of the kingdom So when you honor someone Basically expressing the value you place on them who they are and what they mean to you personally So we need to honor everybody in the kingdom of god because what is their value? Each one of them are hairs in the kingdom of god irrespective of whether they're educated or uneducated Okay, so when do we show honor to someone? We give honor with what we say and what we do when we speak highly of them When we refuse to defame them gossip or backstab them When we stand in the presence of that person applaud them or give financially into their life when they are in need Or serve them in any way when they are in need You know, we show honor to that person. Okay We'll continue with this lesson in the next class. We'll stop here. We just have one minute. Anyone has any questions? Anyone has any questions? No questions Okay, then we lend class. Thank you all for joining class today I hope you were benefited by what you learned And I hope you would it will translate into the way that we live and think And we will take stock of what we have learned and listened and you know, we will Truly live kingdom lifestyle and think by looking in the mindset. Okay Okay, thank you all and have a blessed week ahead. God bless all of you. Thank you Thank you, ma'am Thank you