The kingdom story so far (disrupted but not deterred)

by Ps Meng Cham

Why the kingdom gospel II (God's Reign Rejected)

(The kingdom story so far disrupted but not deterred)

Big idea:
Despite our rebellion God promises to restore His kingdom

Turn us from self rule to trust in faithful king

No matter how loud is our shout to be independence from God, there's always a whisper that God's kingdom will stand forever

1 John 2:15-17
[15] Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. [16] For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. [17] The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.


Desires of flesh, eyes and pride of life is from the world

Rebellion 1:
Choosing over God's authority

(Genesis 3)

Genesis 3:11-13
[11] And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” [12] The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.” [13] Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”


Physical death is a Lost of sacred space, losing all access to the empowering God

The temptation:
The desires of the flesh is nothing wrong until we step out of boundary

It is dethroning God in our human heart

The result Adam and Eve were banished from the garden of eden

It is about authority

Rebellion 2:
Escalation of evil

(Genesis 6)

Human ventures further and further from God

With Enoch God was pleased

Insurrection from sons of God

The temptation:
The desires of the eyes

Genesis 6:2
[2] that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.


Produce Rival offspring, led to uncontrolled violence and evil

Proliferating evil, humans tends to follow

Rebellion 3:
Deliberate defiance

(Genesis 11)

The temptation:
the pride of life

Genesis 11:4
[4] They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”


All the good that was given to the human but they used it to put a stop to God's kingdom mandate to go out, they stayed put to build towel of Babel

the Result:
YHWH disinherited the nations assogning them to lesser supernatural beings

God was undaunted and He was not deterred

God's kingdom restated

Human rebellion cannot overturn devine authority

Genesis 3:15
[15] And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”


Kingdom of God

Disrupted, not deterred

Genesis 9:1
[1] And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.


Flood was a reset

Rainbow was a sign of covenant that judgement will not be repeated but a greater ARK will come

Psalm 2:1-4
[1] Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing? [2] The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, [3] “Let us tear their fetters apart And cast away their cords from us!” [4] He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.


God laughs because Whatever form rebellion takes, cannot unsettled God's rule and ultimate reign

Psalm 2:7-9
[7] “I will surely tell of the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. [8] Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. [9] You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.’ ”


It's not human going towards God butGod coming to reclaim this world and redeem us back to Himself

Our rebellion may disrupt God's kingdom, but it cannot be deterred

Application 1:
We can exercise hope in our troubled world, in the light of His kingdom

We live in times of instability, moral confusion, political unrest ... Don't be afraid because History is bending itself towards God's ultimate reign. God is not perturb by all these according to Psalm 2..

Application 2:
We must continue to resist temptation because the tempter is still at large

Keep growing in the word of God, it is His truth that sets us free and keep setting us free

We must guard ourselves through prayer, for us to sensitive us to those things around us

our love for God must make Him king of our life NOW

When we are lone we are truly target, together we are admonished, encouraged

#Resist temptation
#We have hope

We get flustered easily during delays. What if delay is not always bad but redemptive.

Imagine this is a last mrt train service that me or others is running late to catch, we benefitted from the delayed train. However, there are some who feel flustered when train is delayed because they have waited for very long. But this last train will pick up everyone but will everyone get on?

What if the train is a kingdom train and is a last train?