Talk by Deepak Mahtani at Oasis Church. The Kingdom of God is within us. In this talk Deepak un-packs what the kingdom is and isn't. These slides accompany his talk given on Sunday 01 Nov.

1. KINGDOM CULTURE – Part One
MATTHEW 13

2. The most important message for the body of Christ
today is the message of the Kingdom of God.
It’s the message that Jesus taught
and preached everywhere He went.
He didn’t teach prosperity.
He didn’t teach healing.
He didn’t teach casting out demons.
He wasn’t against them. He just didn’t teach them.
They all followed from what he taught: the Kingdom of God.

3. Jesus continually taught the masses parables explaining
how the kingdom of God worked:
1. The kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard
seed . . . v 31-32 (spoke to farmers)
2. The kingdom of God is like yeast . . . v 33 (spoke to housewives)
3. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a
field . . . v 44 (spoke to everyone)
4. The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking
beautiful pearls . . . v 45 (spoke to merchants)
5. The kingdom of heaven is like a net . . . v 47
(spoke to fishermen)

4. Satan’s number one goal is to keep us ignorant . . . in
the dark . . . about the Word of God in general, and of the
gospel of the kingdom, in particular!
Matthew 13:18-19 "Therefore
hear the parable of the sower:
When anyone hears the word
of the kingdom, and does not
understand it, then the wicked
one comes and snatches away
what was sown in his heart.
This is he who received seed
by the wayside.” (NKJV)

5. Our Father in heaven
Hallowed be your name
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven

6. The original Purpose, Plan and Priority of God:
A. The Bible is a book about the purpose of a King, His kingdom
and His children.
B. The King’s plan was to
extend His heavenly
kingdom to earth and
give ruler ship in this
earthly kingdom to
His children.
C. The King’s priority was to create a family of sons
and daughters, made in His own image and
likeness, that would complete His plan of extending
His heavenly kingdom to earth.

7. What is a Kingdom?
A kingdom is not a religion. It is a form of government.
A kingdom exercises “dominion” which means to govern,
to rule and to reign.
A kingdom, therefore, is a governing authority that
brings with it, strong influence.
The Kingdom of Heaven was supposed to bring
it’s full influence here on earth – the colony.

8. The Purpose and Scope of Kingdom of God
The purpose of the kingdom
of God is to bring the
influence of the government
of God to earth to set the
captives free.
The scope is to deploy the
dominating influence of
God against the powers
of darkness on earth
that affect and afflict mankind.

9. Kingdom of Heaven – Colony of Earth
Kingdom of Great Britain – Colony of Hong Kong

16. John Stott:
"Insofar as the church is conformed to the world, and the
two communities appear to the onlooker to be merely two
versions of the same thing, the church is contradicting its
true identity. No comment could be more harmful to the
Christian than the words, ‘But you are no different from
anybody else.’

17. “ According to the saying of our Lord and Saviour,
the Kingdom of God does not come in such a way
as to be seen. No one will say: “Look here it is”, or
“There it is” because the Kingdom of God is
within us. The word is very near us, it is on our
lips and in our hearts.
It is clear from this that when a man/woman prays
that God’s kingdom may come, he is praying as he
should, for the Kingdom of God which is within him,
that it may rise, flourish, and reach its full growth.”
Origen

18. Our Father in heaven
Hallowed be your name
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven

19. Our Father in heaven
Hallowed be your name
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
(in my home, in my marriage, at my
workplace, with my son/daughter, in my
illness…)
On earth as it is in heaven