Rev
Peter Tsukahira
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01-12-2017 (3rd
session)
The message of Israel
leads us to the gospel of the kingdom.
Without faith, it is
impossible to please God.
Behaviour is rooted in
identity.
When you enter into the
kingdom of God by revelation, you can correctly identify God.
Who does God identify
as you?
When you go to heaven,
you are still going to be you.
You start being the
real you now.
That's your key to
eternal life.
You were made to be a
particular person beloved by God.
"Who will I be to
You forever? That's why I want to start being now."
When the kingdom comes,
that's when the unbelievers will tell you.
That has to do with the
honesty, integrity and truth that sets us free.
Jacob, the grandson of
Abraham, was chosen before he was born. The younger one will serve the older
one. When he was born, he held on to Esau's heel. Jacob = the supplanter
Esau was hairy. He was
his father's favourite. He was a great hunter.
Jacob deceived his
brother and got his birthright.
He ended up marrying
the wrong woman.
Inheritance goes with
the identity.
He's lost. He didn't
know what he is and who he is.
But he's a fighter. He
fought with God all night. "You're not leaving until you bless me."
God told him,
"You're a prince with God. You're a man of honour. Your name is
Israel."
He became one of the
great fathers of our faith.
In the New Testament,
there was Simon. He always had to be first. "You are the son of the living
God." Jesus said he had correctly identified Him. "You're not Simon.
You're Peter. You are a powerful pillar of strength. I will build a community
and the gates of hell will not prevail." (Matthew 16)
Matthew 16:13-19New
King James Version (NKJV)
Peter
Confesses Jesus as the Christ
13 When
Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples,
saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
14 So they
said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of
the prophets.”
15 He said
to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon
Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus
answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and
blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I
also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church,
and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give you the
keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed[d] in heaven.”
He's not impulsive or
unstable anymore. He's a rock. (Acts)
Finding your identity
in the kingdom of God is essential.
"I made a solemn
vow to Him and Him alone."
Start living the real
you in the kingdom of God now.
Jeremiah:
Jeremiah was assigned
as a prophet against his nation.
Jeremiah 1:5New King
James Version (NKJV)
5 “Before I
formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you
were born I sanctified you;
I ordained
you a prophet to the nations.”
King David:
Psalm 139:13,16New King
James Version (NKJV)
13 For You
formed my inward parts;
You covered
me in my mother’s womb.
16 Your eyes
saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your
book they all were written,
The days
fashioned for me,
When as yet
there were none of them.
His primary gift from
God was to be a warrior. His life had already been planned by God on a daily
basis before he lived that life.
The Apostle Paul:
Galatians 1:15New King
James Version (NKJV)
15 But when
it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through
His grace,
Before he became the
ultra Jewish jihadi, before he was struck down by God's angel on the road to
Damascus, before he became the greatest apostle to the Gentiles, he realised it
was already planned.
1) It is obvious God has
two classes of servants: elite designer servants and the rest of us;
2) What's true about
them is true about us.
Are we all
designed/handcrafted by God before we were born?
What's true about them
is true about you.
Before you were born,
God designed/handcrafted you. He made you unique in all eternity. You were
designed for God's plan and purpose, and you were designed in love.
Like parents load and
pile all of their dreams, ambitions, expectations on the tiny shoulders on
their children.
If you survive this
ordeal, then you make it to school and your teachers and schoolmates will drill
into you what's it like to be popular/unpopular, who your friends are/aren't,
etc.
If you survive this,
then you move on to national service, then the marketplace, company, society,
culture and all these gets pushed into you.
When crisis happens, we
ask, "Where is God?"
We begin to turn our
life into His direction.
Many are called but few
are chosen.
Greek word ekklesia
means called out. And that is the church.
Who is God?
How can I serve Him?
How to pray?
He loves it when you
pray. He is a prayer answering God.
Now you are having a
relationship with God.
You come to a
revelation that this god is more than just your king, saviour, best friend;
that this God is your creator. He designed you before you were born. Now you
know him. You go to him through prayer.
"What was in Your
mind when you made and designed me?"
"What's Your plan
for me?"
God know what's in your
heart. But you are not willing or ready to do the plan. He chooses, out of
love, to be silent and tp be invisible.
Before you come to the
altar and pray to Him in the privacy of your own heart, in your prayer room,
bring Him a precious gift, something non-returnable. Whatever He says to you,
you will get it done. Make a solemn "I swear" vow to God.
We have dreams,
expectations, hope. We want to change and save the world.
Very often God will say
something so insignificant and you go, "Me?"
You promised,
right?
Start making it your
business to do that particular, insignificant thing.
Whatever it is that God
tells you to do.
And you'll start to
love doing it.
Out of you comes an
ability. Things happen. That's pretty cool. That's your gift. Every person is
designed to have a spiritual gift.
Your gift is part of
God's design.
Improve, discipline
yourself.
While you are using
your gift, God does a miracle on the life of another person.
That's called your
anointing. Your anointing is holy. It is part of your identity.
Whether you are a
housewife, an engineer, an accountant etc.
Use your gift for God
and God will anoint it and change lives.
Your gift produces
fruit.
God is going to ask you
about the plan that He has when He designed and created you before you were
born.
"What about My
plan? What about My dream? What about that? Did you do that?"
Make it your business
to do that plan--whether it is small or big.
We all want more, more
and more. But on the day of judgment, we stand before Him and say that "my
responsibility was very small."
Go to God. Make up your
mind.
"Well
done, good and faithful servant."
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