by Ps Wilson
First panel:
The creator king reigned over heaven and earth and wanted to share his glory with his human family on earth
Second panel:
God Reign Rejected through the three Rebellions
1. The human family rejected God's rule and chose self rule
2. Rebellious Supernatural beings deepened human depravity by mating with the daughters of men and spreading wickedness
Big idea:
Though the nations turned from God, King Jesus provides a way for every nation to return to His Kingdom
Supernatural beings Corrupt humanity with wickedness so that we cannot see His fullness
Genesis 11:1-4
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward,[a] they found a plain in Shinar[b] and settled there.
3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
What's wrong with this idea and ambition?
God commands:
to Noah's family:
Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
to Adam's family:
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Their acts of wickedness:
1. The refusal to disperse all over the earth
2. The desire to make a name for themselves
3. The intent to build a temple structure (ziggurat) to worship other gods
In another word, the towel of Babel was built NOT to worship Yahweh
Genesis 11:5-9
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel[a]—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
The Dominion Mandate (Genesis 1:26) was about humans being fruitful, multiplying, overseeing the land, and stewarding its resources, through responsible care of the earth
1. Towel of Babel is a Statement of defiant towards what God had intended
How do we ensure that we do not build a towel of Babel?
2. The dispersion of the nations
God allow other lower rank supernatural beings to rule the nations
Deuteronomy 32:8-9
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,
he set up boundaries for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a]
9 For the Lord’s portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.
YahWeh disinherited the nations through the sons of God but Israel was God allocated nation
Moses reminded Israel of how God had formed them through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But the rest of the nations were ruled by the sons of God
Psalm 82:1-8
God presides in the great assembly;
he renders judgment among the “gods”:
2 “How long will you[a] defend the unjust
and show partiality to the wicked?[b]
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
5 “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.
They walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 “I said, ‘You are “gods”;
you are all sons of the Most High.’
7 But you will die like mere mortals;
you will fall like every other ruler.”
8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance.
YahWeh called the sons of God before Him. They failed to uphold Righteousness and justice among the nations. They turned nations to idolatry and corruption. Due to their rebellion and corruption, God punished them to experience death like human beings when Christ return. Supernatural beings to die like human beings is horrific. Thus they prevent the nations from coming back to the family of God
Are the nations today still under the sons of God?
Daniel 10:12-13
Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. 13 But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.
We are told that another supernatural beings call Prince of Persia intercepted
Are there other fallen sons of God or supernatural beings overseeing the nations?
There is no need for believers to find out about this, since we don't see it in scripture
All we need today as God's people is to know the Prince of Peace
Colossians 2:13-15
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[a] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.[b]
This passage shows Jesus has "disarmed" means to permanently removed. Jesus ascension has done it all
3. God's plan to inherit the nations
Genesis 12:1-3
The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
2 “I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.[a]
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.”[b]
Israel was the north star pointing the nations back to God as seen in
Psalm 82:8
8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance.
God's heart is not just for Israel. His heart has always been for the nations
Sadly, Israel was conquered by the Babylonian but God's plan was not to be thwarted, He sent Jesus
Matthew 28:18-19
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
by pastor Wilson
big idea:
God created us to reflect His reign and share His glory on earth
God's Reign over heaven & Earth
Gods Reign rejected by 3 Rebellions seen in Genesis 3, Genesis 6 and Genesis 11
Gods Reign foreshadowed through the formation of Israel as God's
representative to the nations
God's Reign inaugurated through the comming of Jesus - the Messiah King
God's Reign extended over the nations through the church - you and me
God's Reign completely restored through the establishment of the new heaven and new earth when king Jesus return
Understand God's intent and purpose for you
God bestow special staus of bearing the image of God. This image was not for any other creature on the ground but only Adam and Eve
The image of God is a special status
given by the Creator-King to humanity in representing Him on earth
It is God's desire for humanity to be His vice-regent over the earth because God wanted to share His glory, His rulership with humanity
As long as you are human you bear the image of God. That's why we do not belong to the ape or gorilla category because we have the image of God, they don't!
It is also this image bearing status that gives human life its sacred value calling all of us to cherish and to protect life
That's the reason the christian faith is against all form of murder, that violate the sacredness of human life made in the image of God
unborn child, special needs people, sick and frail elderly does not justifies us ending their life early because they bears the image of God
As caregivers over these people, you have given dignity to them, you are honouring the image of God status in them. Yes, the journey is tough but God has entrusted you with a sacred assignment that few others could carry. The Lord will reward you for your faithfulness over this assignment that requires you to love and to respect God's image in your loved ones
Even King David, writing thousand of years after creation reaffirmed humanity unique worth found in
Psalm 8:3-5
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; [4] What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him? [5] Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!
God's plan was disrupted when Adam and Eve rebelled against Him in Genesis 3
Garden of Eden was God's dwelling place where the creator King rule heaven and earth, Eden was also God's sacred space where His supernatural and His human family gather together
When Adam and Eve were banished from Eden, that situation posed a serious problem for humanity which is how humanity represent God properly when they no longer access to God although they bore God's image?
There is now a separation between God and man. This separation prevented humanity to know God's heart and mind, this led to people bearing Gods inage but did not represent Him well in their actions and behaviours
God was never afraid of the three rebellions found in Genesis 3, 6 and 11
The wicked schemes of the fallen, supernatural beings could never thwart God's plan to have His human family to rule and reign on earth. Yes the plan was delayed, yes the plan was disrupted but God had His ways to restore it
More importantly, God wanted to restore humanity ability
to image Him, to reflect Him, to represent
Him in a godly manner the way Adam did before the fall in Genesis 3. Only through Jesus Christ
Colossians 1:15-16
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. [16] For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.
Jesus is the image of God
He is the firstborn of all creation
"firstborn"
here refers to Jesus preeminence, where He holds the highest rank and supreme authority over all creation
How can I model Jesus even though i cannot see Him?
John 16:13-15
But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. [14] He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. [15] All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.
John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
We have the Holy Spirit who will work through godly men and women around us to help us become more and more like him
1 Corinthians 11:1
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
God's image is still upon your enemies, God's image is still upon someone you don't like. We
must not take things into our own hands to hurt or kill because they bear God's image
1. God made humanity in His image to represent Him on earth
2. This is a special status not based in one's natural talents or merits
3. Even after the rebellion of Adam and Eve, humanity kept this special status, albeit as imperfect representatives of God
4. Jesus was the perfect image of God
when He lived on earth
5. God wants to restore all of us to the image of Jesus through the work of the Holy Spirit in disciple making
Genesis 1:26-28
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” [27] God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. [28] God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
The Dominion mandate was about humans being fruitful, multiplying themselves, overseeing the land, and stewarding its resources through responsible care of the earth, creation care
Eden was perfect but the rest of the earth outside Eden was not cultivated. God required the first couple to subdue it, the rest of the earth outside Eden to transform it to become like Eden
God placed them in the garden of Eden
to learn how to be the best gardener in earth
Genesis 2:8-15
The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. [9] Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. [10] Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers. [11] The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. [12] The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. [13] The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush. [14] The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. [15] Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.
Garden of Eden was God's training ground for Adam and Eve to subdue the earth
Both of them were supposed to bring Eden to the rest of the earth where God's glory and presence could be seen through the first couple. And God wanted to share His glory with humanity, with His human family through their care and stewardship
of the earth
Prebelievers do not live their lives intentionally to bear the image of Jesus Christ and to reflect God's glory. They can be very well known, very successful in their careers, like many of our friends around us yet disconnected from the divine creator who has made them. For believers, we are to represent Jesus Christ in every sphere of society, carry His glory, fulfill His purpose in all that we do
Believers are representatives of King Jesus in our homes, schools, campuses, the marketplace. and in every sphere of influence we are placed
by Pastor John Lin
1st Panel:
God's Reign over Heaven & Earth
- God created us to reflect His reign and share His glory on earth as royal image bearers
2nd Panel:
God's Reign Rejected (The 3 Rebellions)
- The tragic choice of autonomy over allegiance to the King at garden of Eden which fractured creation and plunged it into disobedience and death
3rd Panel:
God's Reign Foreshadowed (Israel)
4th Panel:
God's Reign Inaugurated (Christ)
5th Panel:
God's Reign Extended (Church)
6th Panel:
God's Reign completely Restored (New Heaven & Earth)
Big idea:
We as human beings join rebellious spiritual being in spreading depravity, but Jesus frees us through his death and resurrection
#1 Evil Is Found In Both Human And Spiritual Beings
Genesis 6:1-5
When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with[a] humans forever, for they are mortal[b]; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
Similar parallel in Eden, Eve also saw the fruit is attractive and ate it
- Sons of God actually appears several times in the OT consistently referring to supernatural beings, members of God heavenly counsel as mentioned in Job 38:7
Job 38:7
while the morning stars sang together
and all the angels[a] shouted for joy?
- Some of these supernatural beings did something horrific, they decided to abandon their God-given boundary and directly interfere with humanity
- These Sons of God were supernatural beings who chose to rebel Yahweh as mentioned in Jude 6
Jude 6
And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
Jude 6 pointed back to the story of Genesis 6:1-5
These angels are not those with wings, but supernatural beings
- After Adam and Eve rebellion in Genesis 3, these supernatural beings saw humanity vulnerability and decided to exploit it. They crossed a boundary that God has set attempting to corrupt the human line and produce their own race of rulers call the "Nephilim" (giants, mighty warriors, men of renown who served as a catalyst to spread human wickedness)
- These Nephilim were seen as heroes of the ancient world but with a very dark and evil ancestry
- This rebellion by the Sons of God in Genesis 6:1-5 intensified Human Depravity
This wasn't just human sin worsening. This was evil, spiritual forces contaminating humanity and according to ancient Jewish writings that were used during the second temple period, these rebellious Sons of God, supernatural beings attempted to hijack God's plan. They wanted to imitate God by producing their own human children when they decided to mate with the daughters of men. And worse, they intermingled with God's human family and introduce forbidden divine knowledge, spread violence and magnified human wickedness to unprecedented levels. Rather than accepting God's desire for human to be part of His family, these supernatural beings sought to rule humans. God's intent to create humanity was to be a part of His family, He didn't want slaves, He wanted a family. So this cause widespread evil and wickedness on the land
God judged these supernatural beings, He called on Noah and brought about a flood.
2 Peter 2:4-5
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment; 5 if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
Peter was pointing back to Genesis 6 to the rebellion then from the above verse. God cast the Sons of God into imprisonment in the underworld, held in chains for final judgement, locked away, they are unable to continue their direct interference. Yet their corruption has left a mark. Violence, depravity, wickedness filled the earth. These explain why evil often feels more than just human making bad decision, is more than that, this is why evil feels so enslaving
Behind all our struggles that we go through, behind the false idols, cultural idols that enslave society, behind systemic injustice that seems impossible to uproot, there are spiritual powers actively working to corrupt, to enslave and to destroy God's imagers
Think about it:
Why do we witness crimes that are involving more and more of the younger generation?
Why do we see entire nation fall into the cycle of violence and wars, generation after generation?
Why do ungodly ideologies spread like viruses capturing minds and hearts in our world today?
Because evil is deeper than we think, is more than human making bad choices
Yet God continues to extend His love and grace. He pronounced judgement but He preserved Noah
Genesis 6:8-9
But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
Noah and the Flood
9 This is the account of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a] and hers;
he will crush[b] your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
Genesis 3:15 declared where God promised that Eve's offspring would crush the serpent's head. These rebellious supernatural beings were attempting to corrupt that line but God preserved Noah from whose line came Jesus 2000 years later
Why?
Because we cannot win this battle on our own, we need divine intervention, we need a King powerful enough to defeat both our human rebellion and the spiritual forces corrupting creation. A King who had to be fully human to reverse the rebellion in Genesis
When addictions feel like chains that we cannot break, there's a reason
When our world seems to plunge darker and darker each day, is because evil runs deeper than we think
Only a King with authority over both human physical and spiritual realms can set us free. We need the Kingdom gospel
#2 King Jesus Defeated All Powers And Restores Us As Spirit-Led Imagers
1 Peter 3:18-22
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19 After being made alive,[a] he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God.[b] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.
Peter in this whole passage is pointing back again to Genesis 6 rebellion. He's telling us what Jesus did, that He confronted the imprisoned, rebellious supernatural beings. Between His death on the cross and His resurrection, Jesus went to the prison (the underworld) where those rebellious Sons of God from Genesis 6 were held. He went there to remind those rebellious beings that they are doomed and they will continue to stay doomed. He went there to proclaim His victory over them that God's plan for His human family would be restored through Him. He went there to declare triumph over what they had done in Genesis 6
Water baptism:
- is our response of loyalty to King Jesus
- is public declaration that everytime a human being goes through baptism, this person corresponds to what Jesus had done
- is public declaration that spiritual forces are doomed and have no hold over us anymore
- is a complete shift of our loyalty from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of Light in God
Romans 8:29
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
What does it mean to be truly human?
To be like Christ
The arrival of the Holy Spirit launched a powerful reversal campaign against the rebellious Sons of God. Why? Because The Holy Spirit enables us to walk in freedom and holiness. So when you walk each day in freedom and holiness, you are reversing the effects of that rebellion that happened in Genesis. You are walking in the Light of God
Galatians 5:16
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
When we walk by the Spirit, something happens. When we walk in step of the Spirit, when we rely and depends on the Spirit, something happens inside of us, the Holy Spirit begins to work in you, the Holy Spirit begins to produce something in your life. The fruit of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Jesus embodied all of the fruit of the Spirit
Start with:
1. Set our minds on the things of the Spirit
- what is filling your mind today? What are you meditating on?
- what is taking space in your mind right now?
- finances, relationship, things you watch etc
- when we fill our minds with certain things, our minds become set on it
- are we thinking about things that brings us closer to Jesus?
- is our thought life worshipping God, glorifying Him?
- it begins with what we allow into our lives, what we are consuming today?
- if all we are consuming today is what we see on media, feed, algorithms... latest podcast over God's word, are we too caught up with games etc
- spend time on the word of God, else how can Holy Spirit work in you?
Romans 8:5
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
John 14:26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
by Pastor Meng Cham
God create us to:
1. Reflect his reign
2. To share his glory in all the earth
There's sign of brokeness around us. Aggression, mental health. Struggles, family breakdown, natural disasters, discrimination. Divorce, death etc
The problem is 'us'
Big idea:
We rejected God's rule, but Jesus restores us through His obedient life and sacrificial death.
# Royalty commands Loyalty
Sacred space is a place where God is encountered in a special or direct way, by virtue of which the very place becomes holy and set apart from ordinary space
Eden was YHWH's Home, Temple, and Throne
Yahweh laid down house rules
Genesis 2:16-17
And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
The venomous supernatural serpent knows how to exploit human desires
Genesis 3:1-7
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Serpent was talking to both of them, meaning Adam was all the while standing next to Eve
God gives prohibition to prevent damage
When you doubt God's intention, God's goodness, the tempter made it desirable.... Surely they will not die, they did not die immediately but sacred space was fractured. The harmony they had - become harm only
We have to do it according to God's boundary inside, not outside
Desire on the eyes
Desire of the flesh
Pride of life
Instead of peace is panic
In place of shalom peace they experienced:
Shame
Fear
Blame
Genesis 3:14-19
So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a] and hers;
he will crush[b] your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
16 To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.”
17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’
“Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”
5 fractures emerged:
1. between the Creator and His creation
2. between the Woman and the serpent
3. between the Woman and the Man
4. between the Man and the ground
5. between the Humans and their King
Before they can start edenic project, they have to now do it without god's glory and his presence
Death will be our ultimate separation
Human rebellion opted the sacred space
Christ came to mediate to show us obedience and taught us that as imager of God,
# The cross precedes the crown
Adam and Eve chose autonomy which is self rule over allegiance
Genesis 3:21
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
For our brokeness to be healed, the healer must be broken
Genesis 3:22-24
And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side[a] of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
He reversed the effect of rebellion on two ways:
1. See all kingdom. If you bow to me... Desire of eyes
2. After 40 days. Devil ask Jesus to command... Desire of flesh
3. Devil showed him kingdom... Pride of life
Philippians 2:6-11
Who, being in very nature[a] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
# Jesus chose the cross over the crown
Christ not just live a sinless life, He lives in obedience also through his sacrificial death
De-throne yourself from your own self rule and turn your life to God and said "Lord, come and reign"
Disciple making is the advancement of the kingdom of God, reconciling human, one subject at a time, with her Creator-King!
Even when costly...
I am the sacred space as Holy spirit lives in me
How to?
1. Resist the tempter voice
- whispering lies that question God
- we must be Proficient with the word of God
2. Guard our family
- become the best guard by keeping each other align as husband and wife
- able to set godly boundaries
- guard our marriage
3. Protect the sacred space
- don't quench the spirit that is in you
- keep pure and holy
- don't allow something corrupt to keep us away from God
- cultivate prayer and worship
