THE KINGDOM OF GOD

John 3:3 (NET)
Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

One of the privileges being born again affords a believer is the ability to see/recognize and understand the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is a real kingdom. Every kingdom has a sovereign and the subjects. Every kingdom has territory and tariff. Every kingdom has power and dominion, every kingdom has laws and law enforcement agents, and every kingdom has penalties for failure and rewards for loyalty and faithfulness to the work of the king.

When a person becomes born again, he has been born with the life of God and can now inherit the kingdom of God. It is the Father’s good pleasure to give him the kingdom (Luke 12:32).

The sovereign of our Kingdom is the Lord God. We are the subjects of the kingdom. The territory of the kingdom right now is heaven (the spirit realm), and parts of the earth where we the subjects of the kingdom are planted. When the Lord returns, the earth will be completely taken over by the kingdom (see Dan 7:27, Rev 11:15).

The currency of our kingdom is faith. And the more we submit ourselves to God (offering our bodies as a living sacrifice), the more we walk in the authority of the kingdom (James 4:7). It is by the power and authority of the kingdom that we can cast out demons, speak with new tongues, heal the sick, raise the dead, and walk in divine health, etc.

Go into today remembering that God has saved you and brought you into His glorious kingdom (Col 1:13) if you are born again.