A word from heaven.

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Kingdom-mindedness

Ok, today let's break from the issue of leadership and talk about a more general topic which applies to all Christians. The topic is about what actually is really kingdom-mindedness.

You see, when we receive the salvation of Christ, we accept God's grace into our life. We acknowledge what God has done on the cross. We repent of our sin and we accept Jesus as our saviour. This is when we start our journey with God under the spiritual covering of the church. We call this signing up for the "saviour's plan" aka a phone plan.

If let's say this was the full deal, we would just have to come to church every week and warm the seats, listen to the pastor, worship God, praise him, repent of our sins and partake the Holy Communion. However, that is only half of the deal. There is a major 2nd half to this deal that we cannot neglect.

When we say the sinners prayer, we do not only sign up for the "saviour's plan", we also sign up for the "lord's plan". Jesus did not come down to earth and just preached about salvation. In fact he preached more about the coming of the kingdom and advancement of the kingdom more then he preached about salvation. He built his disciples not just to receive the salvation of the lord but he prepared them for the hardship, the skills needed, the spiritual growth needed, to advance the kingdom of God.

The great commission not only talked about the saviours plan - "baptizing them in the name of the father, of the son and of the Holy Spirit." But it also talked about the Lord's plan - "Go and make disciples of all nations" "and surely i am with you always to the very ends of the age."

ok, so what am i driving at? If as Christians, we only focus on the saviour's plan, it will lead us to have a very - "i'm a sinner", "God, i'm sorry," "i receive your grace". It leads us to a mentality of always receiving from the Lord and wanting to climb out of the fact that we are a sinner.We will become self focused instead of obeying the great commission.

However, We cannot do without the saviour's plan as that is the salvation of Christians. I am saying that that is only half the deal. But can i encourage everyone to focus on the Lord's plan as well - the lord's plan of serving others, serving within the church, availing ourselves for God to use us, setting your mind on advancing God's kingdom. This will lead to a others centered mentality where we want to serve and where we roll up our sleeves and say,

"Bring in on God, what can you and me do together today to advance the kingdom of God?

Regards,

jie hui

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The kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.

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Wednesday, July 02, 2008