Living Life For The Kingdom Of God

• Matthew 19:1-2
o “He healed them there” – Not only the sick.
o A healing in the spirit, of our mind, through the healing by the word of God

• Matthew 19:3-6, 9
o MARRIAGES

• Matthew 19:11
o UNMARRIED

• Matthew 19:13-15
o PARENTS AND CHILDREN
• Adults didn’t find that Children were that important
• Parents that don’t grow up loving the Lord will have their children grow up not loving the Lord as well
• Children need direct love, not indirect love
• Leaving church to work overtime so that parents can provide for children = indirect
• Children belong to God! Don’t raise your children up to send them to the devil and make them ‘worldly’.

• Matthew 19:16-22
o THE RICH
• He was looking for a good thing to do
• “Keep the commandments”
• 4 commandments relate to God
• 6 commandments relate to people
• Why did Jesus tell him to sell his possessions?
o Because he trusted his possessions, earned by his sweat, blood and tears
o “This is mine, because I worked for it”
• Matthew 20:11-15
• Matthew 20:15’s “good” – Generosity
• The young man was not generous
• Rich people have 2 blind spots
o Thinking that they earned the wealth on their own, and not by God’s grace
o No generosity

o THE POOR
• Jealousy and thoughts of unfairness

• Matthew 20:20
o PEOPLE SERVING GOD
• The mother asked for her children to have positions in Heaven

o Matthew 20:26-28
• Matthew 20:8-9
o Jesus never spoke of himself highly

• How do we get healed?
o Lay down our lives
o Be willing to serve
o Be willing to forgive
o Be willing to put priorities on children instead of yourselves
o Understand that God is fair to everyone

• Ephesians 2:8-9
• Blessings are gifts of God.

• Ephesians 2:4-11
o Rich in mercy, not wealth

• Matthew 19:23-26
o God will set us free
• A life that is healed is a life that was lived for the Kingdom of God



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