THE Kingdom of God TAKES IT BY FORCE pt 1

THE Kingdom of God TAKES IT BY FORCE

Mat 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and   the violent take it by force.

Intro:

The battle for the Kingdom of God is a battle over what type of seed you allow to grow in the soil of your heart. Satan wants you to believe his words over the Word of God so that he can exert his will in your life. Guard against his attacks by planting the incorruptible seed of God's Word in your heart and capturing negative thoughts immediately with the Word.

Isaiah 14:12-15

The Fall of Lucifer

    ¹² “ How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! ¹³ For you have said in your heart: ‘ I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; ¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ ¹⁵ Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.

Ephesians 1:22 ²² And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

Psalm 8:4-6   ⁴ What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? ⁵ For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. ⁶ You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,

Genesis 1:26- 27  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” ²⁷ So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

1 Corinthians 15:24  ²⁴ Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.

Luke 17:21 ²¹ nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God   is within you.”

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. ⁴ For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, ⁵ casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Peter 2:11¹¹ Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

1 Timothy 1:18-19 ¹⁸ This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, ¹⁹ having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,

Matthew 4:3-4 ³ Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
⁴ But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”