Kingdom Governing Culture

Dr. Joseph Chang6/22/2014

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Isaiah 11:1-51A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him-- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD-- 3and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; 4but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. 5Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

• 天國文化 Kingdom Culture.• 天國治理文化 Kingdom Governing Culture.

• We are citizens of the kingdom, we are learning to build the kingdom governing culture.

• 2Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? 3Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! (1Cor 6:2-3)

I. We can turn the tide.

• Presbyterian Church USA on 6/19/2014 voted to change their constitution’s definition of marriage from “one man and one woman” to “two people”.

I. We can turn the tide.

• Bodoin College in Brunswick, ME denies the Bible Study Group its legal status in the campus, because it has a discriminatory practice in choosing its leaders.

• The enemy turns the tide in a deceitful way, we are to turn the tide in a praise-worthy way.

• God builds his kingdom out of utter destruction.

• 1A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. (Isa 11:1)

“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few."Matthew 9:37

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• 我們的主耶穌也將要以聖靈的方式來治理這個神的國度 . • The kingdom will be governed with the

spiritual way:

II. The spirit of wisdom and of understanding

• Wisdom (hm'k.x' chokmah) is the power of discerning the nature of things through the appearance.

• Understanding (hn"yBi biynah) is the power of discerning the differences of things in their appearance.

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III. The spirit of counsel and of power

• Counsel (hc'[e `etsah) is the gift of forming right conclusions.

• Power (hr'WbG> gebuwrah) is the ability to carry them out with energy.

IV. The spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

• The knowledge of the Lord (hw")hy> t[;D:Þ) is the knowledge of the true will of God.

• The fear of the Lord (hw")hy> ta;îr>yI) is the determination to carry out that will to the full.

IV. The spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

• 10 敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端；認識至聖者便是聰明。 ( 箴 9:10)10"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. (Prov 9:10)

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isdom

Understanding

Counsel

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Knowledg

e of the Lord

Fear of the Lord