Henry Blackaby FCCI 2007 International Conference.
A Time For Kingdom Leaders
Suggested
Experiencing God
The Man God Would Use
Matthew 24:14 (NASB) 14“This gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and
then the end will come.
Matthew 24:21 - 22 (NASB) 21For then there will
be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the
world until now, nor ever will. 22“Unless
those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake
of the elect those days will be cut short.
We are living is perilous times. Islamic terrorists threaten with chemical, biological and nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Drugs, especially Meth are taking over a whole culture, war and rumors of war are discouraging many. Satan is having a field day within the church as many men are trapped in pornography. The divorce statistic for the church is the same as the world.
Such a time as this calls for Kingdom Leaders, that will stand for righteousness and truth.
Matthew 4:19 - 22 (NASB) 19And He said*
to them, “Follow Me,
and I will make you fishers of men.” 20Immediately they
left their nets and followed Him. 21Going on from
there He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John
his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He
called them. 22Immediately they left the
boat and their father, and followed Him.
“Immediately
they followed” leaving their boats, nets and even father. Radical turning and
obedience leads you into the fullness of The Presence. The
I know of another pastor in a
charismatic church where the people are complaining of a lack of the
supernatural in their church. I have
visited with this pastor and told him of my experiences in The Philippines, he shared
his experiences in
But when I talked with some from
his church I was surprised of their hunger for more of the supernatural and I
told them of his story and they told me that that story happened in his Bible
school days many years ago. I suddenly
saw what the issue was. God was trying
to show him what He would do in future ministry, but the pastor viewed it as an
insular event. He did not process what
God was trying to show him and so his ministry today has a lack of the
supernatural that is supposed to be there.
That pastor needs to repent before God and seek Him and process all that
God is trying to show him and God will surely show up in power.
Matthew 13:3 - 15 (NASB) 3And He spoke many things
to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the
sower went out to sow; 4and
as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came
and ate them up. 5“Others fell on the rocky
places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up,
because they had no depth of soil. 6“But
when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they
withered away. 7“Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.
8“And others fell on the good soil and yielded* a
crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. 9“He
who has ears, let him hear.” 10And the disciples
came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in
parables?” 11Jesus answered
them, “To you it has been granted to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been
granted. 12“For whoever has, to
him more shall be given, and he will have an
abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken
away from him. 13“Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing
they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they
understand. 14“In their case the prophecy
of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will keep on hearing,
but will not understand; You
will keep on seeing, but will not perceive; 15 For the heart of this people has
become dull, With
their ears they scarcely hear, And they have closed their eyes, Otherwise
they would see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, And
understand with their heart and return, And I would heal them.’
The condition of the heart determines what you see and
hear. Those who are His children see and
hear and bear the fruit of the
Personal Lives
Marriages
Workplace
Churches
God is looking for Kingdom leaders. You are in the Presence of the King and you have a part in His rulership.
Ephesians 2:4 - 6 (NASB) 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love
with which He loved us, 5even when we were dead in
our transgressions, made us alive together £with Christ
(by grace you have been saved), 6and raised us up with Him,
and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ
Jesus,
We are seated with Him in the
Heavenly places far above all principalities and powers and all spiritual
beings that align themselves against Christ.
Through Christ we rule over them.
This only comes from immediate and full obedience my brothers and
sisters and no other way. Much brokenness and dying to self. The cross must have it’s way in our lives.
Acts 28:30 - Romans 1:1 (NASB) 30And
he stayed two full years in his own rented quarters and was welcoming all who
came to him, 31preaching the kingdom of
God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness,
unhindered. 1Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as
an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
The
Colossians 1:28 - 29 (NASB) 28We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man
with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.
29For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His
power, which mightily works within me.
His power that worked in Paul is
the resurrection power of the
Matthew 16:13 - 20 (NASB) 13Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi,
He was asking His disciples, “Who do people
say that the Son of Man is?” 14And they said,
“Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others,
Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” 15He said*
to them, “But who do you say that I
am?” 16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the
living God.” 17And Jesus said to
him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona,
because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who
is in heaven. 18“I also say to you that you
are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church;
and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. 19“I
will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth
shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have
been loosed in heaven.” 20Then He warned the
disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.
Whoever walks in this