What completes us?

Seeking

God's Kingdom

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the

Kingdom of God and

his Righteousness,

and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 6:33

Reason's for dissatisfaction

• Lack of understanding about Kingdom of God
• Application in our practical living

Seeking the Kingdom

• Seeking the Kingdom of God
• Seeking His Righteousness
• Practical application
• Encouragement from Jesus

What is Kingdom of God ?

Kingdom of God is

God's Rule

Kingdom of God

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me   

to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Luke 4:18-19

Kingdom of God

Luke 4:18-19 (NIV)

• Proclaim good news to the poor
• Freedom for the prisoners
• Recovery of sight for the blind
• Set the oppressed free
• Proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor

Kingdom of God

Luke 4:18-19 (NIV)

• Freedom
• Justice
• Peace
• Righteousness

Kingdom of God

Citizens of the Kingdom of God

But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.

Philippians 3:20

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves

Colossians 1:13

Kingdom of Love

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Matthew 22:36-40

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 13:34

Kingdom of God stands on

Love

How to live as a

Citizen of God's Kingdom?

• Living according to the values of the Kingdom of God
• Display the values through your actions in your living

Summary of Kingdom of God

Seeking the Kingdom

• Seeking the Kingdom of God
  • To live according to the values of the Kingdom
• Seeking His Righteousness
• Practical application
• Encouragement from Jesus

Example of

Practical Living in the Kingdom of God

Galatians 5

Seeking His Righteousness

1. To do the right thing(Relationship)
2. To trust

Seeking His Righteousness

1. To do the right thing (Relationship)

To act according to what is expected of you, same as in any other relationships.

Examples:

• Employee and Employer
• Father and son
• Wife and Husband

Seeking His Righteousness

2. To trust God

Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

Genesis 15:6

Seeking the Kingdom

• Seeking the Kingdom of God
  • To live according to the values of the Kingdom
• Seeking His Righteousness
  • To do the right thing & to trust God's Rule
• Seeking(Practical application)
• Encouragement from Jesus

Seeking(Practical application)

When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Galatians 5:19 - 22

Seeking the Kingdom

• Seeking the Kingdom of God
  • To live according to the values of the Kingdom
• Seeking His Righteousness
  • To do the right thing & to trust God's Rule
• Seeking(Practical application)
  • ​​​​​​​Fulfilling kingdom values
• Encouragement from Jesus

Seeking the Kingdom

25 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?

26 Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?

27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

Matthew 6:25-27

Seeking the Kingdom

28 “And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing,

29 yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.

30 And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?

Matthew 6:28-30

Seeking the Kingdom

31 “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’

32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs.

33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

Matthew 6:31-33

Seeking the Kingdom

• Seeking the Kingdom of God
  • To live according to the values of the Kingdom
• Seeking His Righteousness
  • To do the right thing & to trust God's Rule
• Seeking(Practical application)
• Encouragement from Jesus
  • He cares

Takeaways

• You are citizen of Kingdom of God
• Live according to kingdom values
• He will provide all our needs

“You are a king, then!” said Pilate.

Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."

John 18:37

Who is the King?

“Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate.

“You have said so,” Jesus replied. Mark 15:12

Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”

John 18:36

Where is it located?

“the kingdom of God is at hand” Mark 1:15

"Repent, for the kingdom of heave has come near." Matthew 4:17 

"The kingdom of God is in your midst/among you ." Luke 17:21

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. 

Galatians 5:1

What is the motive?

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heave Matthew 5:1-12

Qualifications to be a part of Kingdom

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; ........I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this

will NOT inherit the kingdom of God.

Gal 5:19-21

But the Advocate/Comforter, 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.

John 14:26

Who is the Governer?

Jesus was going all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

Matthew 9:36

Takeaways from this comparison:

• God is reigning in a spiritual kingdom, which is not of this world.
• It is a kingdom that is totally opposite to world.
• Remember, we can only be a part of one Kingdom at a time.

What’s the relation between our repentance and the Kingdom?

• Jesus has come to set us free from our sins
• Made us righteous
• Made us a kingdom. (Rev 1:5)

“.... Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen". Rev 1:5

But, Why a Kingdom?

God always wants to live with us.

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Gospels
• Revelation 

But, NOT

• So that we can enjoy this world.
• Enjoy the riches of this world while following Jesus.
• Not ONLY to free us from sins and bondages.

That’s the reason we are incomplete,

          we accepted him as saviour,

but

we don’t want his relationship,

we want to leave alone.

How selfish are we??

So, what are we supposed to do??

• Make Jesus as your King
• Live in the Kingdom of God.
• Live only in the Kingdom of God. (Remember, we can only be a part of one kingdom)
• Seek the things, in the Kingdom of God

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness"

Matthew 6:33

How about our problems in this world?

• Old testament
• New testament 

“Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Matt 6:25-33

Takeaways:

• We can only live in one Kingdom.
• God has made us his Kingdom.
• The Kingdom of God is Not of this world.
• If you are saved, then Jesus is your King.
• So, think in terms of kingdom of God.
• Seek that kingdom.
• All things will be added to you.