Thank You: The Dynamic Duo: Genesis 28:20-22

 

1. Giving and Gratitude Start With Personal Commitment

Then Jacob made a vow: “If God will be with me and watch over me during this journey I’m making, if he provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear, and if I return safely to my father’s family, then the Lord will be my God.
Genesis 28:20-21 (CSB)

This stone that I have set up as a marker will be God’s house, and I will give to you a tenth of all that you give me.”
Genesis 28:22 (CSB)

2. Giving and Gratitude Grow With Personal Discipline

Then Jacob made a vow: “If God will be with me and watch over me during this journey I’m making, if he provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear… This stone that I have set up as a marker will be God’s house, and I will give to you a tenth of all that you give me.”
Genesis 28:22 (CSB)

God said to Jacob, “Get up! Go to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes. 3 We must get up and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me everywhere I have gone.”
Genesis 35:1-3 (CSB)

Jacob built an altar there and called the place El-bethel because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
Genesis 35:7 (CSB)

3. Giving and Gratitude Flourish with Personal Appreciation

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.”
Genesis 28:16-17 (CSB)

Then Jacob made a vow: “If God will be with me and watch over me during this journey I’m making, if he provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear and if I return safely to my father’s family, then the Lord will be my God.
Genesis 28:20-21 (CSB)

“He has been with me everywhere I have gone.”
Genesis 35:3 (CSB)

Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.
Hebrews 13:5 (CSB)

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
James 1:17 (CSB)

“I have put wisdom in the heart of every skilled artisan.”
Exodus 31:6 (CSB)

source https://edgechurchcolorado.com/thank-you-the-dynamic-duo-genesis-2820-22/

Kingdomology: Kingdom Business: Luke 19:11-27

 

Therefore he said, “A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king and then to return. 13 He called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas, and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.”
Luke 19:12-13 (CSB)

1. The Message of the Benevolent King – I must use my time, talent and treasure for the kingdom.

‘Engage in business until I come back.’
Luke 19:12-13 (CSB)

…for every animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine.
Psalm 50:10-11 (CSB)

2. The Message of the Faithful Servants – I must invest my treasure wisely.

“At his return, having received the authority to be king, he summoned those servants he had given the money to, so that he could find out how much they had made in business. 16 The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten more minas.’17 “‘Well done, good servant!’ he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over ten towns.’”
Luke 19:15-17 (CSB)

Four Types of Biblical Giving You Should Practice This Week…

Tithe

“Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.”
Leviticus 27:30 (CSB)

Alms

Offering

Sacrificial Giving

2. The Message of the Faithful Servants – I must invest my treasure wisely.

3. The Message of the Disobedient Servant – I Must Overcome Fear and Trust God.

“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it safe in a cloth 21 because I was afraid of you since you’re a harsh man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’22 “He told him, ‘I will condemn you by what you have said, you evil servant! If you knew I was a harsh man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow, 23 why, then, didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest.’ 24 So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’”
Luke 19:20-24 (CSB)

Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure — pressed down, shaken together, and running over — will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Luke 6:38 (CSB)

‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.
Luke 19:26 (CSB)

“‘Well done, good servant!’ he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over ten towns.’
Luke 19:17 (CSB)

“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it safe in a cloth 21 because I was afraid of you since you’re a harsh man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’
Luke 19:20-21 (CSB)

source https://edgechurchcolorado.com/kingdomology-kingdom-business-luke-1911-27/

Kingdomology: Kingdom Culture: Acts 2:42-47

 

1. Learning Culture

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching…
Acts 2:42 (CSB)

Take the time and trouble to keep yourself spiritually fit.
1 Timothy 4:7 (Ph)

Continue to grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:18 (ISV)

2. Praying Culture

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching…and to prayer. 
Acts 2:42 (CSB) 2:42 (CSB)

So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was being made earnestly to God for him by the church.
Acts 12:5 (CSB)

3. Faith Filled Culture

Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and signs were being performed through the apostles.
Acts 2:44 (CSB)

4. Fellowship Culture

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts.
Acts 2:46 (CSB)

Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality.
Romans 12:13 (CSB)

5. Giving Culture

Now all the believers were together and held all things in common. They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need.
Acts 2:44-45 (CSB)

…for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
Psalm 50:10 (NIV)

6. Worship Culture

…praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.
Acts 2:47 (CSB)

7. Growth Culture

…Every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
Acts 2:47 (CSB)

I will build my church and the gates of hell wont prevail against it.
Matthew 16:18

source https://edgechurchcolorado.com/kingdomology-kingdom-culture-acts-242-47/

Kingdomology: Unlocked Kingdom: Matthew 16:13-20; 18:18-20

 

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”15 “But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am?”16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”17 Jesus responded, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.”20 Then he gave the disciples orders to tell no one that he was the Messiah.
Matthew 16:13-20 (CSB)

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
Matthew 16:18 (CSB)

1. GOD GAVE ME KEYS SO I COULD UNLOCK GATES.

“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 16:19 (CSB)

KEYS GIVE ACCESS
KEYS GIVE AUTHORITY

Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.
Hebrews 4:16 (CSB)

KEYS GIVE POWER
KEYS GIVE FREEDOM
KEYS GIVE PARTNERSHIP

“…they will pick up snakes; if they should drink anything deadly, it will not harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”
Mark 16:18 (CSB)

2. GOD GAVE ME AUTHORITY SO I COULD BIND AND LOOSE.

Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you lose on earth will have been loosed in heaven. 19 Again, truly I tell you, if two of you on earth agree about any matter that you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.
Matthew 18:18-20 (CSB)

I will give you the keys (authority) of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on earth will have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth will have [already] been loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 16:19 (AMP)

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.
Matthew 18:20 (CSB)

source https://edgechurchcolorado.com/kingdomology-unlocked-kingdom-matthew-1613-20-1818-20/

Kingdomology: Citizens of Heaven: Philippians 3:20, 1 Peter 2:11-12

 

1. I am an ALIEN on earth.

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world.
1 Peter 1:1 (NIV)

I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
1 Peter 2:11-12 (NIV)

2. I am a CITIZEN in Heaven.

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 3:20 (NIV)

3. How do citizens of heaven live on Earth?

“My kingdom is not of this world,” said Jesus. “If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”
John 18:35-36 (CSB)

Work on the present

Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:12 (CSB)

Forget the past

Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead…
Philippians 3:13 (CSB)

Get excited about the future

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:14 (NIV)

…we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 3:20 (CSB)

source https://edgechurchcolorado.com/kingdomology-citizens-of-heaven-philippians-320-1-peter-211-12/

Kingdomology: Jesus Is King: John 18:28-38

 

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising and have come to worship him.”
Matthew 2:2 (CSB)

“Rabbi,” Nathanael replied, “You are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel!”
John 1:49 (CSB)

To keep this command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 God will bring this about in his own time. He is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords.
1 Timothy 6:14-15 (CSB)

Then Pilate went back into the headquarters, summoned Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Are you asking this on your own, or have others told you about me?”35 “I’m not a Jew, am I?” Pilate replied. “Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”36 “My kingdom is not of this world,” said Jesus. “If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”
John 18:33-36 (CSB)

JESUS IS KING…

1. Jesus is KING over the spiritual realm

“My kingdom is not of this world,” said Jesus. “If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”
John 18:37 (CSB)

2. Jesus is the KING over Truth

“Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”38 “What is truth?” said Pilate.
John 18:37-38 (CSB)

“It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.”
2 John 1:4 (NIV)

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7

God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.
Ephesians 1:5

I am writing to you who are God’s children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.
1 John 2:12

Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans for welfare, and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11

3. Jesus is KING over me

Jesus replied, “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” “What is truth?” said Pilate.
John 18:37-38 (CSB)

…He must increase, but I must decrease.
John 3:30 (ESV)

source https://edgechurchcolorado.com/kingdomology-jesus-is-king-john-1828-38/

Kingdomology: Priority Pivot: Matthew 6:33

 

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
Matthew 6:33 (CSB)

1) How Do I Make God’s Kingdom A Priority?

…for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17 (CSB)

2) Why Is Kingdom Living A Challenge?

“Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?” Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they? 27 Can any of you add one moment to his life span by worrying? 28 And why do you worry about clothes? Observe how the wildflowers of the field grow: They don’t labor or spin thread.”.
Matthew 6:25-28 (CSB)

3) What Are the Rewards Of Kingdom Living?

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
Matthew 6:33 (CSB)

source https://edgechurchcolorado.com/kingdomology-priority-pivot-matthew-633/