Kingdom Principles

Kingdom Concept #1

“Are you the king of the Jews?”…Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is from another place.” “You are a king then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to Me.” “What is truth?” Pilate asked (John 18:33b,36-38a).

Jesus said, “ My kingdom is not of this world ,” and “ My kingdom is from another place ,” clearly implying that He was a King. He was speaking of the Kingdom of Heaven. Notice that Jesus said that His Kingdom was not of or from this world; He never said that it was not in this world. His Kingdom on earth originated in Heaven. When Pilate pressed further, Jesus plainly said, “ I am a king .” He then said, “ I came into the world to testify to the truth .” What truth? The truth that He was a King with a Kingdom. What could be clear er than that? Testify is a word often used to describe what a witness does in a courtroom—testifying or avowing to what he has seen or heard. The original Greek word employed here has an even deeper meaning. It is a word of experimentation from the laboratory and means to verify or validate. Essentially, Jesus said to Pilate, “I came to earth because I am a King, and I will prove it by putting it to the test. I testify to the truth that a King is here, a Kingdom is here, and this Kingdom is available to anyone who wants to come in.” The last thing Jesus said to Pilate was, “ Everyone on the side of truth listens to Me .” A more accurate rendering would be, “Everyone on the side of truth hears Me.” This is a very important point because it has to do with “connecting” to Jesus’ message. Everywhere I go teaching the message of the Kingdom, I find that it resonates with people from all religions and walks of life. God creat ed us for kingship—for dominion—and inside each of us is a latent kingdom consciousness striving for expression. This consciousness

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