THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT
PROGRAM AIR DATE: 8-5-18
LESSON TITLE: “THE KINGDOM PURCHASED”
WELCOME
TODAY WE ARE BLESSED WITH A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD, THE BIBLE. THIS BOOK IS GOD'S LIVING WORD. IN ITS PAGES, WE ARE TOLD “FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD.” IT IS IN THIS BOOK OF BOOKS THAT WE FIND THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF MAN'S QUESTIONS AND NEEDS. THIS MORNING YOUR AREA CHURCHES OF CHRIST WELCOME YOU TO A PROGRAM COMMITTED TO THAT PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY AS WE PRESENT THE LIVING WORD. NOW HERE IS YOUR HOST, RAY SULLINS.
GOOD MORNING! THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR GOD’S LIVING WORD. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WEEK. AND I HOPE YOU ARE READY TO BEGIN THIS NEW WEEK WITH A DAY OF SERVICE AND OFFERING TO YOUR GOD. AS ALWAYS, IT IS OUR COMMITMENT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM TO PROCLAIM THE SIMPLE TRUTH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST WHICH IS CONFIRMED FOR US IN THE BIBLE. I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE YOUR BIBLE’S HANDY AND I HOPE YOU ARE READY TO WORSHIP GOD TOGETHER AS WE SING PRAISES TO HIS NAME AND STUDY FROM HIS WONDROUS WORD. NOW LET’S BEGIN BY TALKING TO OUR FATHER IN PRAYER!
PRAYER: OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY AND MANY GREAT BLESSINGS OF LIFE. WE THANK YOU THAT TODAY WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO WORSHIP YOU AND TO PRAISE YOU. FATHER, HELP US TO DO ALL THAT WE DO IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH EXACTLY AS YOU HAVE COMMANDED, THAT WE MIGHT BE FOUND FAITHFUL AND THOSE WHO ARE FAITHFUL CERTAINLY FATHER, WE KNOW RECEIVE THE GREAT REWARDS AND PROMISES. NOT ONLY TODAY BUT FOREVER. AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF JESUS AND IN HIS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
TODAY WE WILL BEGIN OUR SONGS OF PRAISE WITH A HYMN THAT REMINDS US OF THE GREAT LOVE GOD HAS FOR HIS CREATION. HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO KNOW THAT OUR SAVIOR HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR US BECAUSE OF THE GREAT LOVE THAT HE HAS FOR US ALL. SO, AT THIS TIME WON’T YOU JOIN IN WITH THE CONGREGATION AS WE TOGETHER SING, “GOD IS LOVE.”
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS
ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS THINGS WE ALL SHARE IN COMMON IN THIS LIFE IS THAT WE ALL HAVE MOTHERS! WHAT A GREAT BLESSING FROM GOD MOTHERS ARE! I HEARD A COMEDIAN ONE TIME WHO REMINDED ME OF HOW SPECIAL MOTHERS ARE. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW A FATHER BRINGS HIS SON UP TO PLAY SPORTS, BUT THEN WHEN THE CHILD GOT FAMOUS AND THE TELEVISION CAMERA’S WERE ON HIM, HE DOESN’T SAY HI DAD, HE SAYS HI MOM! WHY? BECAUSE MOM’S ARE VERY SPECIAL. THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MOMENT? A MOTHER, CARRIES YOU INSIDE OF HER FOR NINE MONTHS, SHE THEN ENDURES GREAT PAIN TO DELIVER YOU. THEN WHO IS THERE THROUGH ALL YOUR FORMATIVE YEARS AND THROUGHOUT ALL YOUR LIFE? GOOD, TRUSTWORTHY AND DEPENDABLE MOM. ONLY MOTHERS COULD LOVE US DESPITE WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE LOOK LIKE OR WHAT WE DO. THAT’S WHY MOMS ARE SO SPECIAL TO US, BECAUSE WE ARE THE MOST PRECIOUS PART OF THEM MADE INTO A SPECIAL UNIQUE HUMAN.
HOW CAN ANYONE CLAIM THERE IS NO GOD, WHEN WE CONSIDER THE BEAUTY AND WONDER OF A NEW LIFE COMING FROM A LOVING MOTHER. IN PROVERBS 31:10, SOLOMON TALKED ABOUT THE VALUE OF A WIFE AND MOTHER. THERE HE SAID, “…FOR HER WORTH IS FAR ABOVE RUBIES.” LATER IN VERSES 21 & 22, WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS LOVE AND CARE OF A GOOD MOTHER, THERE IT SAYS, “SHE IS NOT AFRAID OF SNOW FOR HER HOUSEHOLD, FOR ALL HER HOUSEHOLD IS CLOTHED WITH SCARLET. SHE MAKES TAPESTRY FOR HERSELF; HER CLOTHING IS FINE LINEN AND PURPLE.” FINALLY, IN VERSES 27 & 28, SOLOMON SAYS, “SHE WATCHES OVER THE WAYS OF HER HOUSEHOLD, AND DOES NOT EAT THE BREAD OF IDLENESS. HER CHILDREN RISE UP AND CALL HER BLESSED; HER HUSBAND ALSO, AND HE PRAISES HER”
HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO HAVE A MOTHER. WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD, MOTHERS ARE. YOU KNOW, WE DON’T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A SPECIAL DAY TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR OUR MOTHERS! WHAT ABOUT EVEN TODAY? HAVE YOU THANKED YOUR GOD FOR YOUR MOTHER? IF NOT, WHY NOT? HAVE YOU TALKED TO YOUR MOTHER TODAY AND TOLD HER HOW MUCH YOU LOVE AND APPRECIATE HER. AGAIN, IF NOT, WHY NOT? SOMETIMES WE ALLOW THE TRIVIAL THINGS OF THIS LIFE TO KEEP US FROM OUR FAMILIES. IS THERE REALLY ANYTHING OR ANYONE IN THIS PHYSICAL LIFE WORTH MORE THAN OUR MOTHER? DON’T ALLOW ANYTHING TODAY, WHETHER IT BE PRIDE OR ANGER, GET IN THE WAY OF TELLING YOUR MOTHER HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HER AND WHAT SHE MEANS TO YOU.
THIS MORNING WE HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER WITH US WHO IS NO STRANGER TO ANY OF US. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE BROTHER BRENT GREEN WITH US. BROTHER BRENT IS A SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE AND A FULL TIME TEACHER AT THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF MISSOURI. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM WITH US TODAY AS WE CONTINUE OUR SERIES ABOUT THE CHURCH. IT IS ENTITLED, “AND TRANSFERRED US INTO THE KINGDOM….” OUR SPECIFIC TOPIC OF STUDY TODAY WILL DEAL WITH “THE KINGDOM PURCHASED.” SO, PLEASE CONTINUE WITH US THIS MORNING, AND AFTER OUR NEXT SONG TOGETHER BROTHER GREEN WILL RETURN WITH THIS STUDY FROM GOD’S WORD. THE NAME OF OUR NEXT HYMN, “HOW SHALL THE YOUNG SECURE THEIR HEARTS!”
LESSON
BRENT GREEN
WHAT A GREAT JOY IT IS TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THE WORD OF GOD AND STUDY IT. WELL LET US DO THAT AS WE BEGIN OUR STUDY NOW IN COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 13. HERE WE READ, “HE HAS DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS AND CONVEYED US INTO THE KINGDOM OF THE SON OF HIS LOVE, IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.” ALL WE WANT TO CONSIDER BEFORE US AT THIS TIME IS THE KINGDOM. BUT PARTICULARLY THAT THE KINGDOM IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PURCHASED. I THINK BEFORE WE JUMP IN THOUGH WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT CONCERNING THE KINGDOM. EVEN AS WE READ ABOUT HERE IN COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 1 THAT THE KINGDOM IS THE CHURCH. PAUL SAID THAT HE AND THE OTHER CHRISTIANS WERE CONVEYED INTO THE KINGDOM. IF THE KINGDOM DIDN'T ALREADY EXIST IN HIS DAY WHAT WAS HE CONVEYED INTO? WELL, HE WAS CONVEYED INTO THE KINGDOM WHICH IS THE CHURCH. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE KINGDOM DOES EXIST NOW AND PRESENTLY IT HAS BEEN PURCHASED LONG BEFORE BY SOMETHING VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. BY SOMETHING VERY, VERY VALUABLE. WHAT WE READ HERE AND UNDERSTAND IN COLOSSIANS 1 VERSE 13 IS THAT IT WAS HIS BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. THE KINGDOM WAS PURCHASED WITH THE BLOOD WHICH MEANS BECAUSE THE KINGDOM IS THE CHURCH AND EXISTS PRESENTLY. THE PRESENT KINGDOM HIS CHURCH IS PURCHASED WITH THAT PRECIOUS BLOOD THAT WAS SHED THERE ON THE CROSS.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT PASSAGE AS WE BEGIN OUR STUDY HERE IS ALSO FOUND IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 16. MATTHEW CHAPTER 16 THERE IN VERSE 18 AND 19. THIS IS JESUS' RESPONSE TO PETER. AND JESUS SAYS THIS, “‘I ALSO SAY TO YOU THAT YOU ARE PETER, AND ON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH, AND THE GATES OF HADES SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST. AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, AND WHATEVER YOU BIND ON EARTH WILL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN, AND WHATEVER YOU LOOSE ON EARTH WILL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN.” YOU NOTICE THERE HOW JESUS USES THE TERMS CHURCH AND KINGDOM INTERCHANGEABLY? BECAUSE HIS CHURCH IS THE KINGDOM THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW. WHEN HE SAYS UPON THIS ROCK JESUS IS ACTUALLY REFERENCING PETER'S PRIOR WORDS THERE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD. UPON THAT FOUNDATIONAL PIECE OF INFORMATION, JESUS BUILDS HIS CHURCH. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IT IS WHAT WE ARE PART OF TODAY'S CHRISTIANS. THE KINGDOM IS THE CHURCH AND THE CHURCH IS MADE UP OF INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS AND SO WE AS CHRISTIANS ARE THAT CHURCH AND WE ARE THAT KINGDOM. WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS THAT WE AS THE CHURCH HAVE BEEN PURCHASED. WE ARE DEALING WITH THE KINGDOM THAT WAS PURCHASED BY JESUS CHRIST.
SO I WANT YOU TO FIRST UNDERSTAND THAT THE PURCHASED KINGDOM WAS BOUGHT. WE BUY THINGS ALL THE TIME. IT IS SIMPLY A PART OF LIFE. WE GO THE STORE AND BUY GROCERIES. WE CAN BUY ELECTRONICS. YOU COULD BUY BIGGER ITEMS, CARS AND HOUSES. BUT WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS ALL THE TIME TO EXCHANGE MONEY OR TO PAY A PRICE FOR THAT WHICH WE ARE BUYING. AND WHEN WHAT WE DO THAT WE BUY THINGS. WELL, SUCH AS THE CASE IN A VERY SIMILAR WAY TO THIS KINGDOM, THE CHURCH ABOUT WHICH WE SPEAK. JESUS CHRIST BOUGHT THIS KINGDOM. HE PAID THE PRICE. IT WAS PURCHASED BY HIM TO BECOME THAT KINGDOM WE READ ABOUT. WELL, WHAT WAS THE PRICE? WELL, IT WAS NO MONETARY VALUE. IT WASN'T SOME GOLD OR SILVER OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE FACE OF THIS EARTH. JESUS CHRIST INDEED BOUGHT THIS KINGDOM. THAT'S HOW IT BECAME PURCHASED BUT THE PRICE HE PAID WAS HIS BLOOD.
A COUPLE VERSES I THINK IMPORTANT IN SCRIPTURE TO SEE THAT, ONE OF WHICH WE FIND IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, ACTS CHAPTER 20. THIS HERE IS PAUL AND HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE CHURCH AND HE IS EXHORTING A CHRISTIANS AND THEIR LIVES AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT HE TALKS ABOUT THE CHURCH. BUT IT IS WHAT HE SAYS CONCERNING WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT THIS KINGDOM THAT IS KEY. ACTS CHAPTER 20 IN VERSE 28 PAUL SAYS, “THEREFORE TAKE HEED TO YOURSELF AND TO ALL THE FLOCK, AMONG WHICH THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS MADE YOU OVERSEERS, TO SHEPHERD THE CHURCH OF GOD.” HE IS TALKING TO ELDERS TELLING THEM ABOUT THEIR JOB THAT THEY ARE DOING WITHIN THE CHURCH. BUT NOTICE THE VERY LAST PIECE HERE IN VERSE 28, “THE CHURCH OF GOD WHICH HE PURCHASED WITH HIS OWN BLOOD.” THAT'S THE PRICE THAT JESUS PAID TO BUY HIS KINGDOM, TO PURCHASE THE CHURCH. THAT'S WHAT HE GAVE. YOU CAN READ ABOUT THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS IN THE GOSPEL RECORD. LIKE IN JOHN CHAPTER 19 VERSE 34 WHEN IT CAME TO THE POINT WHEN THE SOLDIER CAME AND PIERCED HIS SIDE WHAT CAME FORTH? BLOOD AND WATER. AND THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS FROM THE BLOOD THAT WOULD FLOW FROM HIS HEAD AND DOWN HIS BACK FROM WHERE HE IS BEATEN THROUGHOUT EVERY PART OF HIS BODY THAT SUFFERED INJURY WHAT DID HIS BODY BRING FORTH? IT BROUGHT FORTH BLOOD. AND THAT BLOOD WAS THE PRICE THAT HE PAID FOR HIS KINGDOM; THE CHURCH. EVEN THERE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 26 AND VERSE 28 WHEN JESUS WAS INSTITUTING THERE THE LORDS SUPPER THAT WHICH WOULD BE A PART OF OUR NEW TESTAMENT WORSHIP IN THE CHURCH HE SPEAKS OF THE COVENANT OF HIS BLOOD. THAT NEW COVENANT THAT HE WOULD BRING INTO EFFECT WITH THE SHEDDING OF HIS BLOOD AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS CHURCH, THE KINGDOM. JESUS' BLOOD PAID THAT PRICE. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND AS CHRISTIANS, THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THIS CHURCH THAT IS HIS KINGDOM, THAT THE PRICE JESUS PAID WAS FOR US AND FOR OUR REDEMPTION.
IF WE LOOK OVER THE WRITINGS OF PETER IN FIRST PETER CHAPTER 1 WE CAN FIND THAT KEY IDEA WHICH IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO JESUS BUYING HIS CHURCH, THE KINGDOM, AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US. FIRST PETER CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 18 SAYS, “KNOWING THAT YOU ARE NOT REDEEMED WITH CORRUPTIBLE THINGS, LIKE SILVER OR GOLD, FROM YOUR AIMLESS CONDUCT RECEIVED BY TRADITION FROM YOUR FATHERS. BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, AS OF A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT.” WHAT WAS THE PRICE PAID? JESUS' BLOOD. WE WERE REDEEMED WHICH LITERALLY MEANS WE WERE BOUGHT BACK. WE WERE INDEBTED, WE WERE ENSLAVED TO SIN. THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD EVER PAY THAT DEBT ON OUR OWN BUT JESUS REDEEMED US. HE PAID THE PRICE AND BOUGHT US THUS HE BOUGHT HIS CHURCH THUS HE BOUGHT HIS KINGDOM WITH HIS OWN BLOOD. A MAN WHO LIVED ON THIS EARTH WITH NO SIN AND THAT'S WHY HIS BLOOD WAS PRECIOUS. THAT'S WHY HE WAS ABLE TO REDEEM US. THE PURCHASED KINGDOM WAS BOUGHT BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT EVERYDAY.
SOMETHING IMPORTANT ALSO TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE PURCHASED KINGDOM IS THAT IT IS OWNED. AND THAT GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH BUYING. WE THINK ABOUT OWNERSHIP SIMPLY BEING A PART OF LIFE. THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BOUGHT SUBSEQUENTLY THEN WE SAY WE OWN THOSE THINGS. SO THE GROCERIES WE BUY, WE OWN THEM AND THAT'S WHY WE EAT THEM. THE CARS WE BUY, WE OWN THEM AND THAT'S WHY WE DRIVE THEM. THE HOUSES WE BUY, WE OWN THEM OR AT LEAST ONE DAY WE WILL AS THAT PRICE IS PAID BACK. BUT WE LIVE IN THEM BECAUSE WE OWN THOSE HOUSES. YOU SEE, OWNERSHIP IS WHAT FOLLOWS AFTER BUYING SOMETHING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN EVERYDAY LIFE. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT ALSO CONCERNING THIS PURCHASED KINGDOM. YES, IT IS PURCHASED AND JESUS BOUGHT IT WITH HIS BLOOD. BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS HE OWNS HIS CHURCH. HE OWNS HIS KINGDOM. LOOK AGAIN AT THE WORDS WE READ EARLIER IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW. MATTHEW CHAPTER 16 AND VERSE 18 THERE IS ONE SMALL WORD THERE THAT INDEED HAS BIG MEANING FOR US AS WE UNDERSTAND THE LESSON HERE. ONCE AGAIN MATTHEW 16:18, JESUS SAID, “‘I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH.’” DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT LITTLE WORD MY DESIGNATES OWNERSHIP? THAT JESUS OWNS HIS CHURCH, HIS KINGDOM. IT BELONGS TO HIM THAT HE AS HE SAID IN OTHER PLACES IS THAT FOUNDATION OR THAT CHIEF CORNERSTONE, EPHESIANS 2:20. THE CHURCH IS NOT BUILT ON ANY OTHER MAN THE CHURCH IS NOT BUILT UPON ANY OTHER NAME. IT IS BUILT UPON JESUS BECAUSE HE OWNS IT. IT IS HIS KINGDOM. THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SO OFTEN WE THINK ABOUT THE CHURCH OR SOME DO AS BELONGING TO MEN OR BELONGING TO A GROUP OF MEN.
TURN WITH ME ALSO AS YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES WITH YOU HOPEFULLY AND AS WE STUDY TOGETHER TO FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER 3 IN VERSE 15. HERE IS ANOTHER VERSE AND IN IT'S CONTEXT IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT. BUT HERE FOR OUR LESSON, I WANT US TO AGAIN LOOK AT ONE OF THE PHRASES WE FIND THERE. FIRST TIMOTHY 3:15, PAUL SAYS, “IF I'M DELAYED, I WRITE SO THAT YOU MAY KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT YOURSELF IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, WHICH IS THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD, THE PILLAR AND THE GROUND OF TRUTH.” YOU NOTICE THERE IT'S THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD? THAT WORD, OF JUST LIKE THE WORD ‘MY,’ DESIGNATES OWNERSHIP OR POSSESSION, THAT THE KINGDOM, HIS CHURCH BELONGS TO HIM. HE OWNS IT. IT IS NOT THE CHURCH OF SOME OTHER MAN OR SOME OTHER MAN'S NAME. NO, INDEED IT BELONGS TO JESUS AND BECAUSE IT BELONGS TO JESUS, BECAUSE HE OWNS THIS KINGDOM WHEN THE TIME COMES HE WILL DELIVER THAT KINGDOM BACK TO THE FATHER. FIRST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15 AND VERSE 24 TELLS US THAT HE WILL DELIVER HIS KINGDOM BACK TO THE FATHER. IF HE DIDN'T OWN IT HE COULD NOT DELIVER IT. BUT AS WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE OWNS IT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU AND FOR US AS CHRISTIANS THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THIS KINGDOM? IT MEANS THAT HE OWNS US AS WELL. THE WORDS WE FIND IN THE BOOK OF FIRST CORINTHIANS, 1ST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 6 AND VERSE 20 REMINDS US OF THAT KEY PRINCIPLE. HE THERE SAYS, PAUL DOES, “FOR YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE; THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY AND YOUR SPIRIT, WHICH ARE GOD'S.” THEY BELONG TO HIM. YOU AS A MEMBER, A CITIZEN OF THIS KINGDOM, ARE OWNED BY THE OWNER. YOU BELONG TO JESUS IF YOU'RE PART OF THIS KINGDOM. THE VERY NEXT CHAPTER 1ST CORINTHIANS 7 VERSE 23 SAYS, “YOU WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE; DO NOT BECOME SLAVES OF MEN.” YOU ARE NOT TO SUBJECT YOURSELF THAT IS IN A SPIRITUAL SENSE TO THE OWNERSHIP OF OTHER MEN. NO, YOU BELONG TO JESUS BECAUSE HE BOUGHT YOU AND HE OWNS YOU IF YOU'RE PART OF HIS KINGDOM.
FINALLY, AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS PURCHASED KINGDOM LET'S UNDERSTAND THAT THE PURCHASED KINGDOM IS VALUABLE. CONSIDER AGAIN THAT IN THIS LIFE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS HAVE VALUE. MAYBE IT'S AGAIN, SILVER OR GOLD. MAYBE ITS THINGS LIKE DIAMONDS. AND I'M SURE THESE ESTIMATES RANGE THROUGHOUT TIME AND GO UP IN TIME BUT THE HOPE DIAMOND WAS ESTIMATED AT ONE POINT IN TIME TO BE OF VALUE OF OVER $250 MILLION. ISN'T THAT AN AMAZING THING TO ABOUT SOMETHING OF THAT GREAT VALUE? AND YET THAT PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE VALUE OF THIS PURCHASED KINGDOM. JESUS' KINGDOM. HIS CHURCH IS VALUABLE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE VERSES WE MENTIONED. BECAUSE OF THINGS WE READ OF WHAT WE STUDIED. THINK ABOUT THOSE ONCE AGAIN AND WHY THOSE THINGS BRING HIS KINGDOM SUCH GREAT VALUE. IT HAS VALUE BECAUSE OF HIS BLOOD. WHAT BLOOD COULD BRING GREATER VALUE TO ANYTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST? HE PURCHASED IT, ACTS 20:28. THAT IS WHAT GIVES IT IT'S VALUE. IT IS VALUED BECAUSE OF HIS SACRIFICE. JESUS THERE IN EPHESIANS 5:25 IS DESCRIBED AS ONE WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS CHURCH, FOR HIS BRIDE. IT HAS VALUE BECAUSE OF HIS SACRIFICE AND IT HAS VALUE OVER EVERY OTHER THING ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH. YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL? IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT COULD WE COME UP WITH IN THIS LIFE THAT HAS GREATER VALUE THAN THE THINGS THAT JESUS CHRIST HAS GIVEN TO US? AND AT THE TOP OF THAT, THE BLOOD THAT HE SHED. YOU SEE, IT HAS VALUE BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS BROUGHT TO IT. HE PAID THE PRICE. HE PURCHASED IT WITH HIS BLOOD. HE OWNS IT BECAUSE OF THAT PRICE HE PAID. AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND EVERYDAY THE VALUE OF THIS PURCHASED KINGDOM. ARE YOU LIVING WITH THOSE IDEAS IN MIND? IF YOU'RE A PART OF THIS PURCHASED KINGDOM MAKE SURE YOU NEVER FORGET THESE KEY THINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY IN YOUR DAILY WALK WITH HIM.
CLOSING COMMENTS
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WHEN WE CONSIDER THE GREAT PURCHASE PRICE OF THE CHURCH, WE REALIZE JUST HOW VALUABLE IT IS. FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD WAS PURCHASE WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF. SO THE QUESTION FOR US THIS MORNING IS, ARE WE IN THAT CHURCH WHICH HE PURCHASE? MAKE SURE EVEN TODAY THAT YOU ARE RIGHT WITH GOD IN ALL THINGS.