Great child of God, READ AND REAP continues its flashback on The Kingdom of God . Blessed today.
Theme: KINGDOM OF GOD
Lesson: DEFENDING OUR GOD-GIVEN CROWN
Text” Heb. 2:5-9 Memory Verse 2Tim.4:8
Objective:
At the end of the lesson, the audience should be able to see man in a royal position in Christ; see him as the head of heaven on earth; as having all it takes to live as the God of heaven on earth as well as how to defend his God-given position against spiritual Intruders.
Introduction:
Man existed like elect angels in the heavens before his manifestation on earth to hold brief for God on earth. To successfully do this for God, man must think, talk and act like God. To represent the God of heaven on earth is indeed honourable and glorious. This , in other words, is giving man a crown. Everything that is needed for the government of heaven to be established on earth in terms of security, infrastructure and other amenities, Jehovah has provided, all of which will remain under man’s superintendence. (See lead text above)
Presentation:
Step1: CHRIST HAS PUT MAN IN A ROYAL POSITION
a) By overcoming death for man, Christ has put believers in Him in a royal position. (cf. 1Pet.2:9; Rev. 5:9,10)
b) Believers are earmarked for a crown of righteousness as a consequence. (See memory verse)
c) Any person at a royal position has the status of a king or queen or a member of their family.
Step2: MAN AS THE HEAD OF HEAVEN ON EARTH
a) Just as the Nigerian Ambassador to the United States of America is the head of Nigeria in that country, even so is the Christian person the head of heaven on earth.
b) Heaven’s Embassy on earth is, in other words, called Church or Temple of God. (cr. 1Cor.3:9,16)
i. The Church or Temple hereinafter referred, the Christians are – taken as living stones with which the Embassy’s building is constructed – cf. Heb. 3:4-6; 1Pet.2:4,5.
ii. It is where God’s seat of power situates on earth. (See Eph. 1:17-23; 3:8-11)
Step3:
ALL IS SET FOR THE SMOOTH RUNNING OF HEAVENLY GOVERNMENT ON EARTH
a) Elect angels ascend to give God report and descend to bring man support – cf. Jn. 1:51.
i. That is how they minister as agents to provide what is lacking in God’s government of heaven headed by Christians on earth. (cf. Heb. 1:7,13,14; Rev. 19:9,10; 22:8,9)
Step4:
OUR CROWN IS SUSTAINABLE IN RIGHTEOUSNESS
a) It is issued by the God of Righteousness and is therefore the Crown of Righteousness (see our memory verse)
i. It is no question whether it is a powerful crown coming from an Omnipotent God.
ii. Righteousness exalts a nation as sin reproaches. (cf. Ezek. 5:14)
b) God called us to be holy even as He is holy (see 1Pet.1:14-16; Heb. 12:14; Eph. 5:1-7).
i. See details of fruitful righteousness in ‘Eph. 4:17-32’.
Evaluation
1a. From our text, all is yet to come under man’s feet. What is it that remains?
b. What is the receipt or guarantee that it shall surely be his reading ‘Eph. 1:13,14’?
2. What is the kind of crown believers are given and why can they not get it now?
3. Who are those that work tirelessly to ensure the government of heaven on earth is not interrupted?
4. Where is the seat of power of the government of heaven on earth?
5. Give a brief history of how man emerged the head of God’s government on earth.
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