The Kingdom of Heaven has approached Sister Carmen de Escobar Guatemala, May18th Year of Abundance
We will begin reading some verses before develop the theme. Dan 2:28 JK2000 But there is a God in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known to king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, are these; Mar 4:11 JK2000 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are outside, all these things are done in parables: According to the previous verses we see that the Lord reveals His mysteries to us His children, but for that we need to beg first. Jer 33:3 JK2000 Call unto me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not. The previous verse tells us that the gospel is by revelation, which is why it is necessary that we beg to receive it. Mar 1:14-15 JK2000 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel. The announcement that John the Baptist did is still valid nowadays, which is why this is time to have real repentance in our hearts. Gal 4:4-7 KJ2000 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Therefore you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. This is a kingdom of children, where the king shares His mysteries and reveals them only to those who are His children, and, if we are, we are no longer slaves because the Lord has set us free, therefore, if the kingdom of heaven has approached to us, there is nothing that we cannot defeat in the name of Jesus. Mat 4:23-24 KJ2000 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with various diseases and torments, and those who were possessed with demons, and those that were epileptic, and those that were paralytic; and he healed them. The beginning of the gospel of the kingdom is believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, believing that He was sent to do the Father´s work, healing, untying and setting free, but it is necessary that we repent to have a real change inside us.
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The Kingdom of Heaven has approached Sister Carmen de Escobar Guatemala, May18th Year of Abundance
Col 1:21 KJ2000 And you, that were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled We were away from God and our way of thinking turned us enemies of God, but we have become a living testimony of what God can do and the change that it can produce in us. Rom 12:2 KJ2000 And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. We use to live according to the model of this world, but now we need to know God´s will to us. Php 2:5-8 KJ2000 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not a thing to be grasped to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. The previous verses teaches us that we must have nature of servants, not only inside the church but being willing to help others who are in need and always being humble. Many people think that humiliation is the worst thing that could happen to them, but if the Lord humiliated Himself, why would we refuse to be humiliate? Jesus Christ is our best example of humility. Php 2:9-10 KJ2000 Therefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; The Lord was exalted because He was humiliated first, and in the same way we cannot pretend to be exalted if we have not being humiliated first. Joh 3:30 KJ2000 He must increase, but I must decrease. If we turn our character into Christ character, this will cause a change is us that others will wish, and by this we will be instruments to attract others who do not know Him to His feet. 2Co 9:8 KJ2000 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: The kingdom of God has approached to us and with him the Lord has given us the capability to do good works, but it is necessary that we understand that a good work is not only what looks god to the human eye, but also the good spiritual works; such as: intercede for others, worship, preach the gospel of God, etc. another good work is stop doing evil, because the Lord produces changes in our heart. Heb 2:18 KJ2000 For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help them that are tempted. This verse makes us understand that when go through several tests, it is because we are being capacitated to help in future to others that will go through them too. This study is allowed to be copied and printed by any mean, only if the source of the information is quoted.
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The Kingdom of Heaven has approached Sister Carmen de Escobar Guatemala, May18th Year of Abundance
Jud 1:24 KJ2000 Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, The purpose of God is present us faultless before Him, but not by our own strengths, but because He is powerful to keep us sinless, because if the Son has set us free we will be truly free of doing what is wrong Isa 61:1 KJ2000 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; The Lord came to fulfill that Word, and nowadays He is still setting free the captives and opening the doors of jails, to set us truly free. 1Pe 2:9 KJ2000 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: We belong to a kingdom of light and that is why our function must be to announce the virtues of the Lord and not to get cozy to the darkness of this world, having the conviction that we can stop sinning, because there is nothing impossible for the Lord. Heb 11:33-34 KJ2000 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in war, turned to flight the armies of foreigners. The kingdom of God is also a kingdom of faith, that help us to fight the fire of violence and passions that can consume us, therefore we must not be afraid to fight against the forces of the enemy because in the midst of the fight we will become powerful. Jas 2:5 KJ2000 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him? God has promise us to inherit the kingdom, but for that it is necessary that we have faith, that comes only by hearing the word of God. Psa 103:19-22 KJ2000 The LORD has prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom rules over all. Bless the LORD, you his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Bless you the LORD, all you his hosts; you ministers of his, that do his pleasure. Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. Let us bless the name of the Lord because in this time He has approached His kingdom to us and His grace has being manifested to allow us reaching what the Lord wants for our life, in such way that we can be free of all that could have us prisoners.
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