Seeking the Kingdom First Part 11 (Final)

Chapter 2 :
Seeking the Kingdom first
Why seeking the Kingdom sets us free
Part Eleven (final part of this chapter)
What the Kingdom is about in relation to singleness
The rest of this book will attempt to answer the question as to what the Kingdom is about in relation to living a single life. Granted, it won’t cover everything, [...]

Seeking the Kingdom First Part Ten

Chapter 2 :
Seeking the Kingdom first
Why seeking the Kingdom sets us free
Part Ten
Our goal and joy is God’s Glory
So therefore, our joy and goal is actually for God’s glory. We live our lives for the glory of God. The reformers believed this, and which is why they had the saying ‘Soli deo gloria’- for the [...]

Seeking the Kingdom First Part Nine

Chapter 2 :
Seeking the Kingdom first
Why seeking the Kingdom sets us free
Part Nine
Getting ‘dirty’ and selling all you have
The practical applications of seeking first the Kingdom and focusing on Christ are the things we probably hear about every day in our church meetings. I think the part of the parable about the man ’selling everything [...]

Seeking the Kingdom First Part Eight

Chapter 2 :
Seeking the Kingdom first
Why seeking the Kingdom sets us free
Part Eight
Ps 35:27 says, “May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say ‘The Lord be exalted, who delights in the well-being of His servant.’“
God’s vindication and rescuing us from sin is a result of His [...]

Seeking the Kingdom First Part Seven

Chapter 2 :
Seeking the Kingdom first
Why seeking the Kingdom sets us free
Part Seven
Digging deep to find the treasure
We must continue to look at the treasure of Christ that we’ve found to continue to find our joy and peace there. We tend to forget very easily just how much Christ really is worth, as the voices [...]

Seeking the Kingdom Part Six

Chapter 2 :
Seeking the Kingdom first
Why seeking the Kingdom sets us free
Part Six
Re-aligning our goals when single
To bring this back to a practical level, and focusing it on singleness, we should be concentrating on seeking the Kingdom and not concentrating on finding out who we are going to marry. We should be dedicating our thoughts [...]

Seeking the Kingdom First Part Five

Chapter 2 :
Seeking the Kingdom first
Why seeking the Kingdom sets us free
Part Five
Only righteous in Jesus
Because Christ’s blood covers us, we are justified before God and He sees us as righteous in God’s eyes. The theologians call this ‘imputed Righteousness,’ and it is important because it helps us understand that Christ is the one who [...]

Seeking the Kingdom First Part Four

Chapter 2 :
Seeking the Kingdom first
Why seeking the Kingdom sets us free
Part Four
Why this should excite us
Firstly, I think, is that because we now have His Righteousness living within us we have the strength we need to advance the Kingdom and reign of Jesus in this world, and we can also (as per chapter [...]

Seeking the Kingdom First Part Three

Chapter 2 :
Seeking the Kingdom first
Why seeking the Kingdom sets us free
Part Three
Some more Gospel essentials
Let’s break this down even more. “Seek first the Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.” (Matt 6:33 NIV) What we need to start seeing is that seeking His Kingdom is not a law [...]

Seeking the Kingdom First Part Two

Chapter 2 :
Seeking the Kingdom first
Why seeking the Kingdom sets us free
Part Two
Why is the kingdom worth seeking?
I think this is best explained using the two parables Jesus used.
Matt 13: 44-46 (NIV)
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in is [...]