Expand - God’s Kingdom
(Intro)
I hope everyone has not just been enjoying our Expand series, but getting filled with the word. Through this series our expectations are high that we get fed with meat and not milk. Amen? Amen. Speaking of Amen, we learned last week that Gods Amen was part of his daily prayer regiment in the creation of the universe and all to follow. The week before we understood that we need an open mind in order to receive what God has for us. That was the story of Abram and Sarai.
Today we are going to another familiar story but receive a different revelation. Remember, meat not milk.
Okay, who is ready to be fed?
Exodus 2:11-12
"And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand."
(Luke 17:21)"Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within (in the midst of) you."
(pray)
(Message)As we know from O.T. history, Moses was saved by the action of his mother Jochebed (God's glory) and sister Miriam (strong waters) after Pharaoh saw the Hebrews were mightier (Exodus 1:9)(mightier is not necessarily meaning physical strength or just might in numbers. Here it represents wealth.) To give an idea of their wealth, In Genesis 26:12-16, Abimelech (king of Philistines) kicked Isaac and his people out from the land of Gerar because they were mighty
(Genesis 26:12-16)"Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. - And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: - For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him (jealousy). - For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. - And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we."
* How many know, the Devil doesn't like prosperity in God's kingdom?
(John 10:10) says, "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, kill and destroy..."
Everything in your possession he wants it all. And if he can't have it, no one will.
So Pharaoh goes on to say, if they were to join forces with another country during war, Egypt would certainly fall. So his action was to set task masters over them (enslave them) as it was given to Abraham.
* (Gen 1:11-12)..."Therfeore they did set over them task masters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses." But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew..."
This is prophecy coming true as God had spoken to Abram. But he didn't stop there. He commanded his people to kill all male newborns and the daughters shall be saved.
Ladies and gentlemen, satan's purpose doesn't stop for the oppressed. He doesn't stop for the weary and beaten down. He doesn't give pause because you are out of breath.
* (I Peter 5:8) "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"
When a lion has a hunger, he has to fill it. Pharaohs hunger was power.
So Moses, being drawn from the Nile River was brought up in a system that was not only about building glory, fame and splendor and conquering. The great pyramids of Giza we marvel at today, the economic system established through import/export, agriculture, government. He learned from the finest and smartest.
But after years of being under this particular headship, revelation of who he truly was took over by one act. When revelation sinks in, then you question and think about the life you have lead thus far. As soon as the heart begins to weep for yourself, change should be the next thing.
So, what happen next? He now feels the pain his brethren and sisters have suffered over 400 years by the instance of one of his brethren being beaten by a "fellow" Egyptian. Not one more second can he stand this brutality. Not one more day can his people die in front of his eyes. And he takes action against the oppressor (Pharaoh) by slaying a guard.
But here is today's revelation. Moses wasn't killing an Egyptian.
* He was killing the system of Satan. The greatest trick Satan has is for us to believe he doesn't exist. It's not one man beating another, but a puppet master pulling the strings. It's good against evil. It's God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Israel standing against false prophets.
(Example of boys fighting)
(Ephesians 6:11-12) says,"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles (tricks) of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
* (John 8:44)..."Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."
So in order for God to use him, Moses had to separate himself from the mental and physical suffering he was in. The devil has us corrupt people. We have been through it. Borrowing when we should be lending. Warring when we should be at peace. Hating when we should be loving one another. This is not God's kingdom!!!
To walk in the ministry of God we have to kill what we have been tied to. Be drawn away like Moses'.
There's a system in place that we have been oblivious to and when we cannot see with a spiritual awareness we will totally be blind, left in the dark until there is revelation of the Satanic power that has been operating in this world and age.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am telling you truth on this day.
Moses was not fighting flesh, but a Satanic system which had been established for centuries. The state our world is in is SATANIC. Controlled by a higher power that wants us to fight against ourselves. The United States should not have 4 million men and women jobless, parents and children should not fear leaving their children in school, every president should not have to face the threat of war. Our credit should not be revolving every seven years between creditors to collect a debt.
(Deuteronomy 15:1-2)
"At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.- And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release."
This is not what Gods kingdom should look like.
"Thy kingdom come, On earth as it is in heaven.."Act 28:31..."Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him."
Satan has a counterfeit system just like when he took Jesus up on the mountain and told him that he would give him everything that he sees. One of ego(egotistical), a system of control, bondage, dictatorship. Egypt did not worship God. They worshiped idols, a life of paganism and so did the children of Israel.
In order to Expand God's kingdom you have to destroys Satan's.
Satan took something from you. Today it's time to reclaim it. I want it all back.
