By His grace, what the radical life of Christ should look in an American context!

believes that we find our greatest effectiveness for Christ’s kingdom when we accept His Lordship over His kingdom. Rom 8:30 @WeeManWest

believes that we show our understanding of Christ’s Lordship when we are willing to suffer all thing for His kingdom. Rom 8:37 @WeeManWest

is assured, if God is able to deliver 12K men from war harmless, so He is able to keep all who trust Christ in His hand. Num 31:49 @WeeManWest

Matthew 25:15 God gives each of us the responsibilities we have in this world on the basis of our ability. God has foreknowledge and knows us totally and He gives to us in accordance with what He knows we will produce. God entrusts those of us whom He knows will produce more for His kingdom more responsibility in His kingdom.

Matthew 25:27 God gives us His kingdom for the purpose of reproducing it. We are without excuse. He has not called us to preserve His kingdom, He promised to do that Himself. He has called us to cast the kingdom out like seed in a field, not store it in grain bins.

Romans 8:18 Our present suffering pales in comparison to the glory that God will reveal in us. He will certainly reveal His glory in us. This is part of our hope.

Romans 8:27 I’m glad to know that I don’t have to remember every prayer request in full detail. The Holy Spirit intercedes. I also know that I can lay before God the desires of my heart because I know that the Spirit intercedes for me in those desires that are in line with the will of God.

Romans 8:28 As far as the will of God is concerned and His people are concerned, all things work together to achieve His will and do good for His people. How willing are we to accept that our own death may be the best thing that ever happens to us and simultaneously the most productive thing for His kingdom in accordance with His will?

Romans 8:30 Unless we are in touch with the full sovereignty of our God this verse will make no sense. However, just like the parable of the talents, God knows who is going to respond to Him and how they are going to respond to Him. He knows this because He made each one of us as we are and know us intimately.

Romans 8:31 What does this mean? Does it mean we will have no more trials, troubles, persecutions, or martyrs in our midst? No! What it means is that in all those things God is working FOR us to bring about His will and kingdom through us. He is continually working on the side of His kingdom in accordance with His will. We must willingly accept whatever He has chosen for our role to be in that and fully embrace what it means for our lives…even if it means our own death.

Romans 8:37 In all what things? In tribulations, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, sword, and even death as he quotes Psalm 44:22. No matter what Satan throws at us in order to destroy Christ’s kingdom it will be conquered through Christ. His will be done, His kingdom come. God sent His own Son to win this battle for His people. He will certainly use all things at His disposal to insure His kingdom come.

Psalm 60:4 Christ is God’s banner set up for us to flee to from our sinful, depraved, desolate and meaningless existence.

Psalm 60:11 All manner in which man tries to bring about his own salvation is worthless vanity. We cannot save ourselves. We must accept the salvation God has provided.

Psalm 60:12 As we go about daily, we are conquerors. Even if we give our lives we have the assurance that our blood will not have been shed in vain, but will have been shed in the accomplishment of His kingdom.

Numbers 31:16 Balaam still managed to turn a profit. He advised Balack to send the women of Midian among the Israelites to lead them astray so that maybe they would be defeated.

God’s kingdom prevailed.

Numbers 31:49 What a statement to God’s victorious power. 12,000 men go to war, 12,000 men return from war.

So it is with Christ, none who are in His hand will be snatched away by the enemy. Not a single one!

Numbers 32:5 The tribes of Reuben and Gad decide the land outside of the promised land is better for them. They ask for it. They swear an oath to continue fighting with all of Israel to conquer the promised land. Yet, their inheritance will be outside of the land.

How often are we driven by our sight to fall short of the promises of God!