Deadly Influences in 2012—Kingdom Confrontation Part 1

Deadly Influences in 2012—Kingdom Confrontation Part 1

Deception is getting easier and easier
Biblical marketing is a huge contribution toward deception
“Biblical marketing is an attempt to use the latest sales concepts and
marketing principles to attract the lost in the hope that they will be won to Christ.”
There are now tons of books concerning prosperity--
It appears the only thing that a Christian wants to do is to prosper “financially” and
So many will resemble the format of Revelation 3:17
“You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’
However, the Lord said to the church in Smyrna
“I know your afflictions and your poverty--yet you are rich!”

Today many give to God or the church because
They want more money yet I have seen many
Christians that got nothing in return...
Today many treat their tithe like playing the lottery and
This is a product of the world

The book of Proverbs warns of a quick fix and
So often, we mix truth with error!
Today if you do not tithe
You will never be in a ministry position!
How foolish that today’s churches
Use the tithe as a law and spit in the face of Grace

Tithing is no sign of Christian devotion
We must tithe for the right reason so
Let our tithe feed the poor, help the widow and
Minister to the heart of God etc

Let us not play the lottery in church
Because that is a sign of mockery--
Today many give to God or the church because
They want more money

Deception is getting easier and easier
Biblical marketing is a huge contribution toward deception
“Biblical marketing is an attempt to use the latest sales concepts and
marketing principles to attract the lost in the hope that they will be won to Christ.”
There are now tons of books concerning prosperity--
It appears the only thing that a Christian wants to do is to prosper “financially” and
So many will resemble the format of Revelation 3:17
“You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’
However, the Lord said to the church in Smyrna
“I know your afflictions and your poverty--yet you are rich!”

Mark Frank Copyright 2012

‘Micro-Christianity’—the Kingdom Challenge

‘Micro-Christianity’—the Kingdom Challenge

We are in a time of history when we have so much
Information about Christianity (the Lord Jesus Christ)
Yet many don’t take the time out to read and research
Certain things must be learnt and studied but
Today we find ourselves in a fast paced life that
Constantly tries to ‘tear’ us away from Our Lord and Saviour

The only reason why God has allowed different Bible translations is so
That the message can get to everyone ( on their level)—in his mercy
We might not agree with every translation but each of us
Can take the time out to study the context of the verse
In order to get the proper meaning—we live in a great time
We can learn so many truths (keys) of the Gospel

The lack of true biblical literacy on the part of God’s people is alarming
Today people believe in a ‘micro-Christianity’—
Our generation has lost the art of reading—
With this lack we forget that Jesus is the one that was bleeding
We live in a time when our senses are being bombarded
With constant noise and entertainment—the heart goes out to my learners
In their pain I understand their strain and so I pray that Jesus
Will guard their soul because it isn’t easy for our youth—

When people are told they should read their Bibles
Their instincts, correctly, are to begin with Genesis
But they get half way and are confronted by ‘Cain and Abel’
This is not easy reading and so the reader becomes ‘confused’—
The ones who tend to read their Bibles the most, tend also to read them poorly
Just think of all the denominations that are defending their ‘doctrine’

Many just read the ‘good parts’ of the Bible because it suits them
But it will be wise to remember that
A battery is made up of a positive and a negative so
It is imperative that the Bible presents the true negatives of life

We are in a time of history when we have so much
Information about Christianity (the Lord Jesus Christ)
Yet many don’t take the time out to read and research
Certain things must be learnt and studied but
Today we find ourselves in a fast paced life that
Constantly tries to ‘tear’ us away from Our Lord and Saviour

Mark Frank

Copyright 2012

In Kingdom Living Tomorrow Never Dies

The Kingdom always gives you a FUTURE

Mistakes cannot remove your future—

The Kingdom of God will rectify your mistakes

The Kingdom will show you who you are and

It will not allow you to be religious

Jesus knew moments of darkness in his life

We will have moment of darkness in our life

Darkness means ‘growth’—

In Garden of Gethsemane Jesus realized

The awful type of death that he would suffer—

He knew that the physical pain would be terrible

He would carry our ‘sins while he was on that cross’

In the Garden, he prayed to his Father. He said, ‘If it is possible, do not let me suffer this death.’ (Luke 22:41-46.)

Believers today, at some time will have periods of spiritual darkness

They will display clouds of doubt—

Sometime they will experience an eclipse

The Bible states, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day’ for darkness is as light to you. Psalm 139:11-12

Many saints never doubt that God is real

However many saints at times doubt HIS SOVEREIGNTY

Many at times feel that God is unfair—

They feel that God has not worked in

The way that they hoped or planned

Jeremiah in the Bible was concentrating on the people’s ‘return’ to God

However, God said to him, ‘If you return, then you can serve me’ (15:4)—

Jeremiah was full of pain and despair—

Our Heavenly FATHER reminded Jeremiah about his job

Jeremiah must help people to change—

He must not change and become like the people (15:19b)

Jeremiah’s job was going to be very hard

But God encouraged him—

Jeremiah had doubts— He was suffering very much

Sometimes we forget what God has said to us—

We then need to read it again—and believe

Our lives may be hard

But we must trust in his promises—

They do not change (Read 1 Peter 1:4; Joshua 21:45; 23:14; 1 Kings 8:56 and Numbers 23:19.)

AT times you may not be sure that prayer is worthwhile—

But you must still pray and lay it before him—[even in anger]

Even at his worst times, Jeremiah continued to pray—

Sometimes it seemed that he only complained to God

But he continued to pray—nothing stopped him

(Jeremiah 12:1-3; 15:15; 17:14 and 20:7-12)

Jeremiah prayed clearly and in an honest way

Mark Frank

Copyright 2012

The religious church thinks that the Kingdom is not for today

Rev 1:5-6: ....Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Malachi 3:17a: “They shall be mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “on the day that I make them my jewels.”

Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom

He preached relationship and not religion

Religion wants to put us into a specific ‘hold’ and keep us there

The religious church is divided into two major

Categories, one labelled ‘clergy’ and one labelled ‘laity’

The clergy referred to ‘fulltime ministers’ who

Generally performed all the spiritual duties of the church

Everyone else was referred to as laity

But God has pulled many out (and is still pulling) of this religious ‘hold’

Religion cannot save man—the Blood of Jesus does

We are a kingdom of kings and priest

We are peculiar people designed for a Kingdom purpose

We are His Governmental Agents on earth to bring Him Glory!

Every aspect of our life is to be the domain of God

The religious church thinks that the Kingdom is not for today

The religious church wants to hang on until Jesus comes back so

Many disregard Kingdom Teaching because they think it is not for now

The religious church believes the Kingdom is for Heaven

Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom

He preached relationship and not religion

The religious church thinks that the Kingdom is not for today

The religious church wants to hang on until Jesus comes back but

We are a kingdom of kings and priest

We are peculiar people designed for a Kingdom purpose

We are His Governmental Agents on earth to bring Him Glory!

Every aspect of our life is to be the domain of God

Mark Frank

Copyright 2012

Kingdom File 2—An Imperial Church

 An imperial church is a church that is functioning

Within the framework of the Empire of God—

The ekklesia is HOLY and “is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven”

(Hebr8:4.5; 9:24; 1 Chron. 28:19, Ex. 25:40 Etc)

She existed before the foundations of the EARTH

The Ekklesia is the LORD’s SENATE

The Ekklesia must fulfil the KING’S MIND—so if

The Lord does not build the house, its builders labour in vain” (Ps 127:1)

The Ekklesia makes the invisible EMPIRE visible

Our Heavenly father has made HIS WORD Visible—

Jesus came as an invisible king,

Representing an invisible power to assume

The government of a yet invisible empire—

We have the privilege of making HIS Kingdom VISIBLE—

Love is the FIRST visible trait that can be made public

An Imperial church functions

Within the Framework of the Empire of God—

She must colonizes whatever she touches

Her Majestic presence infects all GENERATIONS—

The Ekklesia is the LORD’s SENATE

The Ekklesia must fulfil the KING’S MIND—so if

The Lord does not build the house, its builders labour in vain” (Ps 127:1)

Jesus came as an invisible king,

Representing an invisible power to assume

The government of a yet invisible empire

Mark Frank

Copyright 2012

The Kingdom vs. playing the Lottery in church with the tithe

The Old Testament tithe was a tax—not a gift

Today many give to God or the church because

They want more money yet I have seen many

Christians that got nothing in return—

This can simply be due to the fact that

They treat their tithe like playing the lottery 

The book of Proverbs warns of a quick fix and 

So often, we mix truth with error!

Today if you do not tithe

You will never be in a ministry position!

How foolish that today’s churches

Use the tithe as a law and spit in the face of Grace

Tithing is no sign of Christian devotion

We must give for the right reason so

Let our tithe feed the poor, help the window and

Minister to the heart of God etc

Let us not let our tithe be like the lottery

Because that is a sign of mockery

Today many play the lottery in the church—

We give because we want to not because we have to…

Mark Frank

Copyright 2012

Christian refugees—Kingdom Victory

Christian refugees—Kingdom Victory

paroikos

par'-oy-kos

From G3844 and G3624; having a home near, that is, (as noun) a by-dweller (alien resident): - foreigner, sojourn, stranger.

We have Christian (citizens of Heaven) refugees on this planet

They are scatted everywhere in many places of the world

They cannot return to their homeland and they are not yet

At the place they would like to be

Some of their conditions are miserable

By the standards of the world yet

They have chosen it above what they had before

They love the Lord and they have become all things to men

The idea of the Christian being a "refugee" is useful (I Peter 2:1 1)

There are millions of political refugees in the world today

They are scattered in camps in many places in the world

Their present conditions are often "miserable"

By the standards of the world, yet

They have chosen it above what they had before.

They live hoping for a better future

Some will obtain it now and will not

Some die in misery while others live in joy

Whatever the situation God is with the saint

We were sent here for a purpose

We must glorify Him in our new domain

This is why He has given us dominion and

More important we have His Name which is all that we need

Let us love one another as Jesus has loved us

He was also a foreign in this land and

He brought His Father’s Kingdom to planet earth

Let us do the same—this brings God Glory

Mark Frank

Copyright 2012