Playing god: the tale of two kingdoms
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The document contains multiple passages on various topics. It discusses the true nature of humanity as being essentially good versus passages from the Bible indicating humanity's sinful nature. It also contains quotes on different philosophies of life. Overall, the document presents differing views on human nature without taking a clear position.
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Playing god: the tale of two kingdoms
- 2. 1. The rules of the kingdoms 2. The king of the fake kingdom 3. Life in the true Kingdom
- 6. Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart.
- 7. “I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am..
- 8. “…all people are basically good …”
- 12. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man. Mark 7:21-23
- 15. Death Toll Event Dates 1 55,000,000 Second World War (Some overlap w/Stalin. Includes Sino-Japanese War and Holocaust. Doesn't include post-war German expulsions) 1937-45 2 40,000,000 China: Mao Zedong's regime. (incl. famine) 1949-76 3 20,000,000 USSR: Stalin's regime (incl. WW2-era atrocities) 1924-53 4 15,000,000 First World War (incl. Armenian massacres) 1914-18 5 8,800,000 Russian Civil War 1918-21 6 4,000,000 China: Warlord & Nationalist Era 1917-37 7 3,000,000 Congo Free State 1900-08 8 2,800,000 Korean War 1950-53 9 2,700,000 2nd Indochina War (incl. Laos & Cambodia) 1960-75 10 2,500,000 Chinese Civil War 1945-49
- 17. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.” – Lucille Ball
- 18. "... I’ll do whatever the **** I want - I'm famous." - Linsay Lohan
- 19. "Too much money ain't enough money. Lil Wayne
- 20. Take what you can – give nothing back Captain Jack Sparrow
- 21. Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing - Vince Lombardi
- 23. Each time the king cries out, he is obeyed The world exists for him He is the king, he is Number One
- 25. Enjoys being the centre of the world Resents authority when he is disciplined Manipulates and schemes to get what he wants
- 26. Wants to maintain the self-centred life Begins the war with authority Perfects the divide and conquer routine
- 27. Sees himself as centre of the universe At war with authority Overcomes authority with conflict/division Treats overcome authorities with contempt
- 28. Very happy to be his own authority Tolerates authority because he has no choice (he needs the bucks) He is completely self centered
- 32. “How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ Isaiah 14:12-14
- 34. God’s sovereignty The phony king’s: claim attitude options resulting condition
- 35. God’s holiness and law The phony king’s: claim attitude options resulting condition
- 36. God’s omniscience The phony king’s: claim attitude options resulting condition
- 37. God’s omnipotence The phony king’s: claim attitude options resulting condition
- 38. God’s life The phony king’s: claim attitude options resulting condition
- 40. The hunger to be “like the most High” is resident in every person “rebellion is as the sin of divination, and self-will is as iniquity and idolatry” (1 Sam. 15.23 Darby)
- 42. A lustful thought and divorce is adultery Do not resist an evil person Give to him who asks of you Love your enemies Forgive everyone who sins against you Anger is murder Be as perfect as the Father is perfect … … and many other (difficult) things …
- 45. Let Christians a)give up without trying and b) live like they want to because the do not want to look like hypocrites
- 47. Let Christians work until they: a)despair b)bring the Impossible Standard down to a list of rules they can keep c)lie to themselves that they keeping to the high standard
- 48. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith Galatians 3:24 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight Romans 3:20a For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes Romans 10:4 …you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ Romans 7:4a
- 49. Do you still secretly try to impress God by keeping the law? There is no life for you in the law – and you are dead to the law It is time to run to Him in trust
- 50. Life the Christian life with Christ’s life
- 51. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Joh 12:25
- 52. He who loves his life (psuche) will lose it, and he who hates his life (psuche) in this world will keep it for eternal (aionios) life (zoe) Joh 12:25 psuche is the natural biological life The word psychology comes from psuche zoe is God’s life, eternal life We deny our selfish and natural life (psuche) to live God’s life (zoe)
- 54. the hunger for the lunch bar is not your flesh, old man or old nature – if that were so, even a hungry cat would have an “old nature” Your flesh/old nature/old man is everything that is 1) independent, 2) selfish and 3) self-serving in your life
- 55. We have always thought that Jesus came to put eternal life in our lives We then tried to live the Christian life by working hard in our own lives Not so: He wants our old life to die and His life to live in us
- 56. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20
- 57. For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 7:15,18,24, 8:1,2 MSG.
- 59. … of Him (the Father) you are in Christ Jesus, 1Corinthians 1:30a
- 60. God the Father One and together for eternity past Jesus becomes human Jesus pays for our sins God the FatherWe get Jesus’ life through the Holy Spirit Faith Old self dies Salvation Jesus Us Separated from God Unsaved man Eden Separated from God Christ in us Us in Christ Christ in God One and together for eternity to come The world sees Jesus in us The Father sees Jesus in us God the Father Jesus Us GOD’s LIFE (Zoe)NATURAL LIFE (Psuche)
- 61. "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5
- 63. Yes we do. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 1John 3:14 … God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. … I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life 1John 5:11-13
- 65. it assumes you have: the selfless desire the unselfish motive and the strength to do it … and you don’t
- 67. For your family’s sake For the Kingdom’s sake For your own sake PLEASE surrender now … and begin a new life
- 68. As long as you are humble and surrendered, let God can prune or discipline you as He sees fit “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.“ James 4:6 You do not want God to resist you: He specializes in hard cases like you and me Be wise: choose to surrender now
- 76. 1) Practice His Presence 2) Choose His will 3) Call on Him for Help
- 78. Recognise God as being intimately present in you Involve and acknowledge Him in every area of your life Keep you mind focused on Him It is a habit to be acquired
- 79. Choose against your own will (the certain bad outcome) and Choose His will (... for His plans for you are good)
- 80. Cry from your heart Call out loud
- 81. We practice His presence + We use our wills to choose His will + We cry out to Him for help = He helps and we change = The life of Jesus grows in our lives = Sanctification
- 82. OUR OLD LIVES Generational weaknesses Sins Agreements Addictions 10 0 -10 WE ARE SET FREE Confession Forgiveness Deliverance LIFEinthe NEGATIVE SURRENDER Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Goodness Faithfulness Self-control Gentleness TAKENto POSITIVE WELIVE CHRIST’sLIFE
Hinweis der Redaktion
- Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland
- Does that include: Your husband? Your wife? Your children? Your pastor? Billy Graham? The pope? YOU?
- For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. Rom 7:18
- The top 20 atrocities in this list killed as many people as were alive on the earth in the 1500s
- What does God say? Love others and put them first Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it Luke 17:33 … in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than yourself. Php 2:3
- What does God say? Die to live “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me Galatians 2:20:
- What does God say? For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil… 1Ti_6:10
- What does God say?” Give to get Give, and it will be given to you…" Luke 6:38
- What does God say? Be willing to be last … many who are first will be last, and the last first. Mark 10:31 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Php 2:4
- He establishes his kingdom at birth Each time the king cries out, he is obeyed. The world exists for him. He is the king, he is Number One. Because there is none higher than himself, (proven by the fact that he is always obeyed) he is in the position of a god.
- The baby is the center of the universe
- The problem We do not belong in the centre of our lives That position is made only for God The ultimate question The question is this: Who is Number One? The fleshly man says to God: Who is first - Is it I or Thou? – I think it is I
- Everyone subject to God In relationship with each other
- In every heart there is a cross and a throne, and each is occupied. If Jesus is on the throne, my self is crucified and I obey Him. But if my self is on the throne and is being obeyed, then Jesus is on the cross. The self-centred man: Puts himself first Obeys his own will first Looks to his own wants and needs first Lives in conflict and competition with others Dethrones/ignores God Since he is on the throne, he claims God’s attributes as his own
- The kingdom of self is a fleshly kingdom with its roots in what Lucifer wanted (and wants) to do. The hunger to be “like the most High” is resident in every person.
- The hunger to be “like the most High” is in every person – it is the original basic sin of the Adamic world It is this that Jesus came to destroy: Joh_10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. You were still physically alive before you got saved, so the abundant life is more than the biological life _____________________________ “rebellion is as the sin of divination, and self-will is as iniquity and idolatry” (1 Sam. 15.23 Darby) Self will is idolatry – because we secretly worship ourselves
- Trying to meet the Impossible Standard will always lead you to give up and look to God for help
- If you tried and were honest: you would find the standards impossible in your own strength and be driven to God
- If you really tried to do it yourself and were honest: you would find the standards impossible in your own strength and be driven to God
- The law was designed to make us fail and run to God. It did not work with the Pharisees. Just when the Pharisees were happy that they were keeping the law (having brought down the standard), Jesus said: “You heard that it was said… but I say unto you…”
- You are dead to the law – imagine trying to impress someone but you are dead ….
- Not your own life: HIS LIFE Not your own strength: HIS STRENGTH
- Your old life must die - and Christ’s life (not your old life made alive) must live IN YOUR LIFE in the form of the Holy Spirit … knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. Rom_6:6
- Why is there no condemnation for us? Because Jesus … delivered us from this body of death
- Because of the Father we are in Jesus. He put us there
- Jesus’ life becomes our life when we accept His sacrifice for us
- Whose life is in the branch? The vine’s life, of course The branch does not have it’s own life (cut it off and see if it survives) The vine can only remain alive while being attached to the branch The life in the vine comes from the branch that feeds it and keeps it alive.
- Note: … this life is in His Son
- It is not merely a question of “What would Jesus do?” and then doing it. WWJD is only an indication of what we ought to do You can decide to do what Jesus would have done, but that does not prove your heart has been changed.
- You may have done “What Jesus would have done” because Tim was watching you ;-)
- Jesus showed the disciples His scars after His resurrection – and He still has them (… they will know Him by the scars) In the same way, your scars wounds that you receive (in your heart and body) in this fallen world while continuing to trust in Him: qualifies you for work in the Kingdom draws us to Him for comfort and healing will be for glory in the next life … if we surrender to Him
- As long as you are surrendered, God can prune or discipline as He sees fit "GOD RESISTS THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE. “James 4:6 YOU DO NOT WANT GOD TO RESIST YOU: He specializes in hard cases like you and me Read “Secrets of the vine”
- He does not want you to be spoilt rich kid with a rotten attitude - You don’t want that for your children either Remember: God wants you to prosper as your soul prospers. By that He means your heart comes first – your comfort after …
- Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 3Jn 1:2 Your soul must prosper first – then the rest of your life can prosper … Seek ye first the Kingdom… and all these things will be added
- Story of how lifeguards are trained How long do you want to try and stay afloat by yourself?
- It is merely acknowledging the truth that He lives in us
- Recognise God as being intimately present in you He knows: your every thought all your fears All your secret sins and desires Involve and acknowledge Him in every area of your life Expect His power and love in every area of your life Ask His help in every situation Speak to Him all the time in your heart Share your intimate secrets with Him – He knows anyway! Keep your mind focused on Him When you are distracted by anything, look to Him again as soon as you realise it without feeling guilty. Say to Him something simple like “Abba, I am yours” “My Father, I love You!” “Lord, I am yours always” or like I do: “Sorry I forgot You Lord, here I am again!” Do it 100 times a day It is a habit to be learnt It is true anyway that God is in you – we just forget Decide to keep your heart and mind set on Him Constantly keep the eyes of your soul fixed on Him Give Him your attention Give Him your adoration and praise Ask the Holy Spirit to help you. You don’t have to speak out loud - He is nearer than you can imagine Even the smallest remembrance will please Him – especially in the middle of something you are very busy with He loves to hear it! He rejoices to hear it.
- Put off the old man by surrendering our self-centered wills to Him and choosing His will Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds Col 3:9
- Crying for help is in itself an act of humility it is an admission that we are not all-powerful … all who call on the Name of the Lord shall be saved
- The more we give up parts of our life to Jesus, the more His life invades ours.