Hallelujah Devotional Nr 4 – Focusing on the Attributes of God
God the everlasting Ruler Who REIGNS over all the earth. He who was & is & is to come.
Rev 1:4-8
(4) John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,
(5) and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
(6) and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
(7) Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
(8) “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
WHAT WILL GOD’S KINGDOM RELATE TO HERE ON EARTH?
The kingdom of God pertains to, incorporates & involves many things.
WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
The kingdom of God is wherever God reigns
1Co 4:20
For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.
The Kingdom has laws, precepts, principles & standards for just living
1Th 2:12
that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
2Th 1:5
that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer;
Heb 12:28
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
It pertains to His Christ, coming again to seal the reward of those found in Him.
He made us kings & priests to HIs God. To Him be the glory
It is a kingdom where some will SEE the Kingdom of God, some will ENTER it, and some will INHERIT the kingdom of God – the new Jerusalem.
Joh 3:3
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot SEE the kingdom of God.”
Mat 7:21
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall ENTER the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Luk 18:17
Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means ENTER it.”
Mar 10:24
“Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to ENTER the kingdom of God!
Joh 3:5
Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot ENTER the kingdom of God.
Act 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations ENTER the kingdom of God.”
Mat 25:34
Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
1Co 6:9-10
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not INHERIT the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will INHERIT the kingdom of God.
1Co 15:50
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot INHERIT the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
PRAYER
Father,
in this time we come to you in all humility, brokenness in spirit, with contrite hearts and clean hands because of the Blood of the Lamb of God, washing us. We pray that we will be led by Your Spirit to obey unto inheritance of the covenant promises of Your kingdom. By grace we are born of the water & Spirit.
We come tonight to be reminded of Your complete work on the cross & the power of redemption to be shared with this broken world. May we never falter to lift You up, confess You boldly & not shun away where we are rejected or ridiculed for Your name’s sake.
Amen & amen.
“By Grace there we go”