Thursday, January 14, 2016
10:17 AM

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Matthew 12:28 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/mat.12.28.NKJV

"Your Kingdom come"
Not praying return of Christ

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/rom.14.17.NKJV

Freedom is ability to do what is right

And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"—that they might accuse Him. Then He said to them, "What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?  Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."  Then He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other. Then the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him. But when Jesus knew it,  He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.
Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You."
Matthew 12:10-15, 22, 38 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/mat.12.10-38.NKJV

Jesus came to reveal the Father
A father who empowered and delight in His children

Miracles are necessary to demonstrate who the Father is
Rule to protect
Empower

But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.  For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.  The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.  The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.
Matthew 12:39-42 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/mat.12.39-42.NKJV

And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. Thus Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men— than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
I Kings 4:29-31 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/1ki.4.29-31.NKJV

And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.
I Kings 4:34 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/1ki.4.34.NKJV

Appetite for God greater than self gratification

You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the Lord put his  foes under the soles of his feet.
I Kings 5:3 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/1ki.5.3.NKJV

David Illustrated presence of God but still maintain as man.

Strongest like God
Weakest evil like David

But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there  is neither adversary nor evil occurrence.
I Kings 5:4 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/1ki.5.4.NKJV

Sometimes the Lord hide something from us in the most offensive ministry

Divine reasoning (wisdom)

Compassion n desire of God to restore

Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Isaiah 60:1-3 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/isa.60.1-3.NKJV

Who you are in Christ
We arise because of what He has done
Get up, arise n shine