Yesterday and today I have been very busy doing things in my Computer shop with two CPUs to be fixed plus I have many things to do online for a project.
Sometimes I have no time to recheck my post with online grammar and spelling checker to correct the wrong spellings and grammar. I admit, that I am not expert in English, that is why I am thankful for the online checker and please take patience of my mistakes or clerical errors.
Again, we have been invited for dinner this afternoon in the birthday celebration of our neighbor who turned 61 years old today. Thanks for the invitation Nang Betty for the birthday of Nong Muroy.
My message for today that God has impressed in my heart is about the Two Spiritual Kingdoms.
1 Peter 2:9 "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:" KJVApostle Peter wrote a letter addressed to the people of God in his time, to let them know their spiritual position while living here on earth. We see here the spiritual position of the people of God that they are no longer in the kingdom of darkness, they have been called out of it and they have been transferred into the Kingdom of Light.
Two Spiritual kingdoms
This verse reveals two spiritual kingdoms and positions of people living in our world. Apostle Peter called it darkness and light. These two things symbolized the two kingdoms which Apostle Paul declared.
Colossians 1:13 "For he has rescued us out of the darkness and gloom of Satan's kingdom and brought us into the Kingdom of his dear Son,.." TLBBoth Apostle Paul and Peter agreed together, of course - they were inspired by the Holy Spirit, that there are two spiritual kingdoms existing on this planet earth that both are populated by human kind.
There are two spiritual kingdoms that has its king. The one is of Satan who is the king in the kingdom, called kingdom of darkness. And, the other one is called the kingdom of light which Apostle Paul said, the Kingdom of his dear son, of course the son of God no other than our Lord and King Jesus Christ.
The Apostles said that, there are people who are called out of darkness and have been brought into the Kingdom of light. That simply means that, those who have been brought into the Kingdom of light are no longer under the control and power of Satan, in the kingdom of darkness. Instead, they are now under the control and power of God.
The work of the devil is to destroy lives of the people through the deceiving tactics and strategies -since the beginning of men. Those people who are under controlled by Satan's power naturally obey him. Anything that people do that will destroy the lives of the other people are the signs that they are under the power and control of their king Satan.
In the other hand, in the kingdom of light which Jesus Christ is the King is the opposite of what the devil is doing. That is why Jesus said in John 10:10 "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." KJV
The People in the Kingdom of Light
To whom did the Apostles address when he wrote that they have been called out of darkness and have been transferred, rescued or brought into the kingdom of Light? Biblically, the believers of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Christians - believers of Christ after they have heard the gospel - in the time of Apostle Paul at Colossi that he wrote the book of Colossians. And Apostle Peter wrote his books in the Bible addressed to the believers of Jesus Christ at Jerusalem.
The same gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, they have been preaching and teaching of what we have now. And therefore, in today's time all those who have heard and believed the same gospel are also brought into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. That's how powerful the gospel is, it can transfer, rescued or saved and or delivered people from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of Light.
Apostle Paul declared that the gospel is the power of God for salvation.
"I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile." Romans 1:16 NIVThat's the reason why the devil will try his best to blind people spiritually, so they will not believe the gospel, because once a person is enlightened by the power of the gospel, Satan would have lost a worker that he is going gradually to destroy even the worker's household. If possible, Satan will persecute, put into prisons or kill all the preachers of the gospel. And he is doing that up to now since the time of the early Christians.
The people who wanted to destroy the Kingdom of Light
According to Christian history, which is Biblically based that the Apostles of Jesus Christ were put in prisons and have been killed by the religious people in their time. It has been believed that Apostle Peter was nailed reversed on the cross. Apostle Paul was beheaded in Rome. Whose law and role they have obeyed that they have done all of this that the preachers of the good news (gospel) have been sentenced to death? It was the law of religion. People who are in religion have done this Satan's mission to kill and destroy.
People who are under the control of their spiritual king - the devil - simply fulfill his mission. If you know the Christian history, you will find out that even the so-called - church - headed by a known leader, many have been killed, put in prisons and have destroyed families because of their law. Is the law they have made inspired by God or the devil? But the law of God through our Lord Jesus Christ is LOVE. Jesus said love your enemy.
"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic." Luke 6:27-29 NIVActually, the devil cannot and will not be able to destroy the Kingdom of Light. He may be able to destroy and kill some believers of the gospel, but it's only the physical not the spiritual. Physical death is nothing to be afraid by the people in the Kingdom of Light. Apostle Paul said.
"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." Philippians 1:21Remember, I am talking here about spiritual kingdoms. Although these kingdoms are both spiritual in its nature, but its mission is manifested in the physical world. The most important is not the physical, but the spiritual and if ever the devil could destroy the physical, he cannot destroy the spiritual or the Kingdom of light.
The Kingdom of Light cannot be destroyed
In the other hand, the devil cannot really destroy the missions of the Kingdom of light. May the devil be able to kill physically some of the believers, but the King in the Kingdom of Light has preserved more people, instead that his Kingdom is destroyed it is the devil's kingdom that has been destroyed.
In the time of Paul and Silas, they made the world (system of the kingdom of darkness) upside down.
Acts 17:6 "...Paul and Silas have turned the rest of the world upside down, and now they are here disturbing our city,..." TLBHistory upon history of the Christendom proves that the Kingdom of light cannot be prevailed by the kingdom of darkness. It is ever existing in more power than before. Pastors and Christian workers/missionaries are growing fast than ever before that penetrate to all corners of the globe. Yah..... Jesus said, even the gates of hell cannot prevail his church (kingdom). (Matthew 16:18).
In this website which, I am doing my best to post the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, is one way that the Kingdom of Light will penetrate to all the world. Those who are blessed by the message, they are going to share with their social networks. Hallelujah!
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