1. Kingdoms: Living with a Foot in Two Different Kingdoms

2. Mark 1:14-15
14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

3. Romans 13:4
4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 

4. Two Different Kingdoms
Kingdom of God
Jesus is the King
Kingdoms of Earth
Human rulers

5. Two Different Kingdoms
Kingdom of God
Jesus is the King
Heart
Kingdoms of Earth
Human rulers
Territorial

6. John 3:5-6
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

7. Two Different Kingdoms
Kingdom of God
Jesus is the King
Heart
Transformation
Kingdoms of Earth
Human rulers
Territorial
Coercion

8. Romans 12:2
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

9. Two Different Kingdoms
Kingdom of God
Jesus is the King
Heart
Transforms
Kingdoms of Earth
Human rulers
Territorial
Coerces

10. I Peter 2:17
17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.

11. Romans 13:6
6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. 7 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

12. Jeremiah 29:4-6
4 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease.

13. Jeremiah 29:7
7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

14. James 1:5
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

15. Matthew 20:25-28
25 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

17. Prayer Available
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