FOUNDATION STATEMENT:The Kingdom
of God system is not activated because
you’re in need; it’s activated when you engage in the principles of it.
I. We cannot to take our education in the Kingdom of God
lightly if we want to become proficient in working the system of God
effectively.As believers we’ve taken
our education in the Kingdom of God lightly and because of it we’ve lacked knowledge
about the laws and principles of this system.
A. The
importance of learning the Word
1. Hosea
4:6 – Not knowing the spiritual law of God’s Word can keep you from things that
are rightfully yours
a. Destroyed
– Cut off --- When you are cut off from something, there’s something there that
you can’t get to
i. Can
not knowing the law of salvation, cut you off from salvation?Can not knowing the law of healing cut you
off from healing?Can not knowing the
law of prosperity cut you off from prospering?
b. This
all began because they rejected knowledge
i. They
despised it and refused it and it cost them
ii. A
person who has little to no hunger for the Word of God will be cut off from
most of the provision that God has for them because they don’t know the laws
necessary to access the provision
c. Proverbs
13:13 – If the Word is not significant to you destruction will be the results
i. Destroyed
– To be bound
a) If
you despise learning and understanding the law of liberty you’re going to be
left in bondage to things
2. Luke
10:38-42
a. She
sat at Jesus’ feet and heard is word and that was the needful thing
3. Continuing
in the Word is key in knowing the law (John 8:32-33)
a. Joshua
1:8 – Meditate the Word day and night
i. He’s
meditating the Word so that he can understand to do it
ii. Joshua
is going to take the law/word that he’s been meditating day and night and he’s
going to make his way prosperous
b. Psalm
1:1-3 – He delights in the Word – We got to delight in the Word and love the
Word
i. He
prospers in everything that he does because he knows the law
B. Understanding
the perfect law of liberty
1. Proverbs
2:2 (AMP) – We should put forth great effort where the Word is concerned
2. Proverbs
2:6 – The Word is understanding and it is knowledge
3. Proverbs
2:11-12 – Understanding these laws will keep you protected from evil
4. Proverbs
3:13 – When you understand these laws and can work them on purpose you’ll be
happy
5. Proverbs
4:5-7 – God places a high priority on understanding and you can’t get
understanding without the Word
6. Proverbs
9:10 – Hosea 4:6 – People are destroyed because the lack understanding
7. Proverbs
10:13 – There’s judgment for lacking understanding and making wrong choices
8. Proverbs
13:13-15 (AMP) – Understanding will bring favor
9. Proverbs
15:14 (AMP) – To have understanding of the Word you got to be hungry for it
10. Proverbs
15:32 – The person that gets offended and refuses instruction despise his own
soul, but the person who receives correction and obeys it will get
understanding
11. Proverbs
16:16 – Understanding these laws is one of the most valuable things that we can
obtain
12. Proverbs
16:22 – Understanding is a well spring of life
13. Proverbs
18:2 (AMP) – A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in his own
opinions
14. Proverbs
19:8 (AMP) – Understanding these law will lead me to good things and to
prosperity
15. Proverbs
21:16 – The people who wonder away from the word, will continue to be people
who bear no fruit
