Live in Your Own Kingdom

READ: Luke 17: 20-21
MORE LESSONS: I Cor . 6:9-1 1
Bible Reading in One Year: Leviticus 8-10

The word 'Kingdom' is a two syllable word: King and dom(Domain) where the king stays. When you get born again a kingdom is set up on your inside. There are two dimensions to possessing God 's Kingdom- His Kingdom is right now inside us and we will also enter into His kingdom in heaven when we leave this temporal world. His Kingdom inside us is brought about by the presence of God in our lives through the Holy Spirit and the Kingdom we are looking up to enter in heaven is also by the Holy Spirit of God. So the Kingdom of God, both now and here after, is about the power, righteousness, peace and joy of the Holy Spirit (Rom 14: 17).
There is yet another kingdom-the kingdom of Satan. This kingdom also has two dimensions to it: the kingdom of darkness as located in the heart of every wicked sinful person and the kingdom of darkness which every sinner goes to after this temporal earth passes away, that is the lake of fire. Man is created to rule over the earth. This means men have their own kingdom on the earth but every man is either part of the Kingdom of God or the kingdom of Satan. So, we have three kingdoms; the Kingdom of God (spiritual), the kingdom of Satan (spiritual) and the kingdom of men (physical). In this present age there is a conflict between the kingdom of God on our inside and the work of wickedness of the kingdom of darkness in the children of disobedience. Jesus has His Kingdom here on earth in the same way as Satan. Every kingdom has a king; those he rules (the subjects) and the rules that guide that kingdom (law). The king who rules your destiny determines the kingdom to which you belong. A believer already belongs to God's Kingdom so he goes to heaven when he dies because the King takes him/her to the location where He physically dwells and rules. The same thing happens to the sinner in whom Satan has a throne; so when he/she dies, he is taken to where his king lives.
The Word of God is the constitution or law of God's Kingdom. When a believer is born again and is full of the Word of God then he is fully of God's Kingdom. For many people, Jesus is the Lord of their lives but they want to live by the law of Satan's kingdom. You cannot implement the law of one kingdom in another kingdom. As a child of God, there are certain things you cannot do. In God's Kingdom there is law but in the kingdom of darkness there is lawlessness. If you want to remain a member of the Kingdom of God, you have to keep the laws of the Kingdom. Many believers love the power and joy in the Kingdom of God and also the lawlessness in the other kingdom, but you have to choose on. Stay under God's Kingdom and

Prayer/Action
* Rededicate your life and ways to Him and His Kingdom afresh today.
* Proclaim that the power of the kingdom of darkness will not prevail against you.
* Plead the Blood of Jesus over your spirit and body now.

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