Your Kingdom Come
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Matt. 6:10 Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in
heaven, so also on earth.
Rev. 11:15 And the seventh angel trumpeted; and there were
loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has
become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He
will reign forever and ever.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Lord teaches us to pray, "Your kingdom come." This means
that the kingdom of God is in heaven, but the kingdom of God
is not on earth. Consequently, we have to pray for God to
expand the heavenly sphere to the earth. The Lord said, "If
I, by the Spirit of God, cast out the demons, then the
kingdom of God has come upon you" (Matt. 12:28). The kingdom
of God is wherever the Son of God casts out demons. When the
Lord Jesus came, we had the declaration of John the Baptist,
who proclaimed that the kingdom of the heavens had drawn near
(Matt. 3:1-2). Today the kingdom of God is wherever God's
children cast the demons and their works out by the Spirit of
God. In asking us to pray for His kingdom to come, the Lord
is looking forward to the time when God's kingdom will fill
the whole earth.
"Your kingdom come!" This is not only a desire of the church,
but also a responsibility of the church. The church should
bring in God's kingdom. In order to bring in God's kingdom,
the church has to pay the price to be restricted by heaven
and come under heaven's rule. It has to be the outlet for
heaven, and it has to allow heaven's authority to be
expressed on earth. In order to bring in God's kingdom, the
church has to know all the schemes of Satan (2 Cor. 2:11). It
has to put on the whole armor of God and stand against the
stratagems of the devil (Eph. 6:11), for wherever the kingdom
of God is, the devil is cast out. When the kingdom of God
rules on earth fully, Satan will be cast into the abyss (Rev.
20:1-3). Since the church has such a tremendous
responsibility, Satan will do all he can to attack the
church. May the church pray like the saints of old, "O
Jehovah, bow Your heavens down and descend" (Psa. 144:5). Oh
that You would rend the heavens, that You would come down"
(Isa. 64:1). At the same time, we should say to Satan,
"Depart from the earth immediately, and go to the eternal
fire which God has prepared for you" (cf. Matt. 25:41).
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(c) Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from the Recovery
Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from "The Prayer Ministry
of the Church" in the Collected Works of Watchman Nee, Vol. 22, pp.
164-165. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA
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