KINGDOM PRINCIPLES

1. KNOWLEDGE- INFORMATION PROVERBS 4:6 6 Do not turn your back on wisdom, for she will protect you. Love her, and she will guard you. 7 Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do! And whatever else you can do, develop good judgement. (NLT) Proverbs 4:6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love here, and she will watch over you. 7 The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. (NIV) 1. KNOWLEDGE- INFORMATION 2. UNDERSTANDING- COMPREHENSION 3. WISDOM- APPLICATION

EPHESIANS 1:16-18 16 I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, 17 asking God, the Glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.  18 I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called-his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance 

PARABLES: Matthew 13:1 Later that same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake. 2 A large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got it into a boat. Then he sat there and taught as the people stood on the shore.

Mathew 13: 10 10 His Disciples came and asked him, “ Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?” 11 He replied, “ You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not. 12 To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even the little understanding they have will be taken away from them. 13 That is why I use these parables, for they look, but they don’t really see. They hear, but they don’t really listen or understand. 14 This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah that says, ‘ When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend. 15 For the hearts of theses people are hardened, their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes-so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me Heal them.

16 “ But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. 17 I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but they didn’t see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn’t hear it. 18 “ Now listen to the explanation of the parable about the farmer planting seeds: 19 The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message about the Kingdom and don’t understand it. Then the devil one comes and snatches away the seed that was planted in their hearts.

Parable of the hidden Treasure and the Pearl 44 he Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure that a man discovered hidden in the field. In his excitement, he did it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field. 45” Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls. 46 When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it.

THE KEYS TO TIME MANAGEMENT EPHESIANS 5:16 Make the most of the every opportunity in these evil days. Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us a new in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

THE FRUIT THAT RESULTS FROM BELIEVERS LIVING OUT THESE KINGDOM PRINCIPLES GODS LIGHT SHINES OUT OF INDIVIDUAL BELIEVERS AND THE CORPORATE BODY OF CHURCH WHEN THESE PRINCIPLES ARE EXPRESSED IN THEIR LIVES. THE LIGHT SHINES INTO THE SPIRITUAL DARKNESS OF THE WORLD, ENABLING THE KINGDOM TO ADVANCE AND THE DEVILS DOMINION OF DARKNESS TO RETREAT. THESE PRINCIPLES ARE THE OUTWORKING OF A RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY LIFE, THE LIFE TO WHICH ALL CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED. THEY ARE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS IN PRACTICE. THEREFORE LIVING BY THESE PRINCIPLES GIVES GLORY TO GOD BECAUSE OF THE FRUIT THAT RESULT BOTH IN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVERS AND IN THE LOCAL CHURCH. BELIEVERS ARE ABLE TO LIVE AT PEACE WITH GOD, WITH OTHERS AND WITH THEMSELVES. THEIR HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH JOY AND THIS RADIATES FROM THEIR LIVES. BELIEVERS ARE THANKFUL FOR THE GIFT OF GOD’S KINGDOM AND FOR THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO ENABLES THEM TO LIVE BY THESE PRINCIPLES OF THE KINGDOM AND SO EXPRESS THE LIFE OF JESUS IN THEIR OWN LIVES.

PROVERBS 3:5 TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART; DO NOT DEPEND ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. 6 SEEK HIS WILL IN ALL YOU DO, AND HE WILL SHOW YOU WHICH PATH TO TAKE. 7 DON’T BE IMPRESSED WITH YOUR OWN WISDOM. INSTEAD, FEAR THE LORD AND TURN AWAY FROM EVIL.