By virtue of our Baptism, we are in covenant with our King. Paul is telling us to literally “put on Christ”. “Therefore take on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand evil in the day, and having done all, to stand.” Ephesians 6:13 I recently did the Jeff Cavins Bible study on Ephesians, he helped me understand the armor Roman soldiers used. He was looking at Roman soldiers every day, so he could equate how to live God’s Kingdom with what he was seeing in front of him. If we can understand this, we can help to usher in God’s Kingdom. Paul is outlining how to live in God’s Kingdom by telling us to, “Put on the whole Armor of God”. But I am here to tell you, the supernatural world is real, as real as the world we live in, and there is a battle that is raging around us. One of the issues today is that people have stopped believing in this, they have stopped believing in the supernatural. I do this in order for you to understand, you choose who you serve. But for practical purpose’s sake, I will refer to two Kingdoms, God’s Kingdom and Satan’s. God allows this because God does not revoke our free will, and he let Satan make his choice. Satan was originally an angel of light created by God, therefore he is subject to the laws of God. He is opposed to God’s kingdom, but we must remember that God and Satan are not equals. Satan likes to think he also has a Kingdom, but in reality, he has to operate within the laws of God’s kingdom. Jesus is the King of our Kingdom and He wants all of us to be a part of this Kingdom. “For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6: 12 RSV The Whole World is God’s Kingdomīasically, the whole world is God’s Kingdom because He is the creator of it. If you truly are a believer, then we must believe what the Word of God has taught us which is, that the supernatural world is real. Living God’s will on earth is how the earth gets transformed from a place of division and hatred to a place of Love. If we can understand the concept of God’s Kingdom, then practically speaking, we can live God’s will on earth. Learning from both Jansen and my Spiritual Director has drawn me deeper into a relationship with Our Lord. Jansen is helping our intercessory prayer team learn about the Kingdom of God. I have been privileged and honored to meet recently a man named Jansen Bagwell who is an ex-charismatic evangelical pastor that converted to Catholicism. “Thy Kingdom come…thy will be done”, it seems that God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven has to do with God’s Kingdom. So let’s take a look at the line that comes before that. We pray this prayer in the Our Father, “thy will be done on earth.” Do we mean it when we pray it? How does God’s will get done on earth as it is in heaven? Have you ever asked yourself that question? Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. It does not store any personal data.Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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