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KINGDOM GIVING (ACTS 20:35)

Paul says in the last part of this verse Remember the words of the Lord Jesus that He said
IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE

My topic is Kingdom Giving. When we were born again we entered into the kingdom of God.

Paul,says in Col. 1:13 We were translated from the kingdom of darkness into,the kingdom of His dear son.

We are already in the kingdom. We are children of the kingdom. We heirs of the kingdom.

We ARE IN THE WORLD BUT WE ARE NOT OF THE WORLD

As children of the kingdom we live by the principles of the kingdom

As children of the kingdom who are already in the kingdom we live by the economy of the kingdom.

We are in this world but we are not of this world.

What affects the children of this world does not affect us. Because we are in the world but we are not of the world.

When their economies fall ours does not fall. Because we are in the world but we are not of the world

When their dollar fall ours does not fall. Because we are in the world but we are not of the world.

What makes them cry does not make us cry. Because we are in the world but we are not of the world.

When they cry we do not cry like them. Because we are in the world but we are not of the world.

IF WE ARE LIKE THEM WE
We cannot bring them to our kingdom because we are like them.

In order to win them to our kingdom we must be different from them.


WE ARE LIKE ISRAEL IN GOSHEN
When Israel was in Goshen God made a difference between them and the Egyptians.

Israel in Goshen lived a different life from the Egyptians.

When there was darkness in the whole of Egypt there was light in Goshen.

When the storm hit the farm produce in Egypt there was no storm in Goshen.

When there were frogs in the whole of Egypt there was no frog in Goshen

When the whole of Egypt was hit with boils no one had boils in Goshen.

We are in this world but we are not of this world.

We live by the principles of the kingdom. We live in the economy of the kingdom

One of the principles of the kingdom is the principle of giving


WHEN WE TALK ABOUT KINGDOM GIVING
When we talk about kingdom giving we are talking about the giving of the children of the kingdom.

When we talk of kingdom giving we are talking about the giving of heirs of the kingdom

When we talk about kingdom giving we are talking about the giving of the agents of the kingdom

When we are talking about kingdom giving we are talking about the giving that advances the kingdom of God on earth

When we talk about kingdom giving we are talking about the giving of kingdom financiers



KINGDOM GIVING IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TYPES OF GIVING
Kingdom giving is different from giving to any other organization like Rotary

Kingdom giving is different from donating to charity organizations

Kingdom giving is different from donating to community projects

Kingdom giving is not subscriptions to a club

Kingdom giving is not konte konte done to bury someone who died without a funeral policy

Kingdom giving is different from konnte konte done when lobola money of your brother is not enough

Kingdom giving is not kukandira change vanhu vanhopemha mu road or street kids




1. KINGDOM GIVING IS OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE

In kingdom giving we are responding to God’s grace.

When we give in the kingdom we are responding to the grace that has kept us alive till now when others of our age are no more

When we give we are responding to the grace of God that has kept us in good health when others are in the hospital.

When we give we are responding to God’s grace that has given us fully functioning limbs when others have no fully functioning limbs.

God’s grace that has given us children when others don’t have them

God’s grace that has given us marriages when others are not married

God’s grace that has made us raise our children to adulthood when others have lost all their children

We have managed to take our children to school, colleges, universities while others have not managed.
By: Janice via Apostolic Life ( Prayer Warriors)