1.
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.”
2.
Perilous
(GK) = Difcult, dark, dangerous, furious, ferce, hard to take,
trouble
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some, savage, tough
3.
NRSV: “You must understand this, that in the last days distressing times will come.”
4.
AMP: “But understand this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of
great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear].”
5.
We are now in those end times.
a.
The world is in serious trouble.
b.
John 17:16: “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”
B.
Colossians 1:12-14—Transferred From One Kingdom to Another
1.
Translated
(GK)
=
To transfer, to carry away, to remove from one place to another
2.
We have to adjust our words, thoughts and actions to the Kingdom we’ve been
translated to, or we’ll keep living in the dark.
3.
Verse 13 (AMP): “[The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the
control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of
the Son of His love.”
4.
Verses 13-14 (NLT): “For He has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and
transferred us into the Kingdom of His dear Son, who purchased our freedom and
forgave our sins.”
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5.
1 Peter 2:9 (NIV-84): “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who
called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
a.
Darkness is lack, poverty and shortage.
b.
We have been redeemed from this curse.
C.
Psalm 9:9-10—We Are Not Subject to the Times
1.
AMP: “The Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge
and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation). And
they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your
mercy] will lean on and confdently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not
forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God’s Word
and the right of their necessity].”
2.
We are not subject to the times we live in.
3.
We are not subject to nor do we live under the dominion, rule, control or infuence
of whichever way the economy and the world system is going at the moment.
4.
The times are subject to the authority of the Word, to the Blood and to the Name
of Jesus spoken and acted upon by the believer.
5.
The times are subject to us.
6.
We are governed by another economy and another system—the kingdom of God.
7.
In that Kingdom system, we have victory over lack.
8.
In troubled times, we are to thrive and fourish—not just survive and barely get by.
9.
In times of trouble, when the cost of living is so high—times of desperation where
people are losing their homes and assets, and are accumulating great debt, God
has promised to be our Refuge and High Tower.
10.
He will lift us up and over every economic downturn.
11.
Look to Him—not to the banks, your employer or people.
12.
God has a covenant determination to prosper us. All we must do is believe and
receive.
13.
How do we prosper in these times? THE BLESSING
14.
We are not subject to the curse, we are subject to THE BLESSING.
15.
Proverbs 10:22: “The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sor
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row with it.”
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“We must get our minds renewed to the reality of the kingdom of God
and who we are in that kingdom.”
—Bill Winston,
Kingdom Principles: Operating Above the System of the World
“Don’t tell me what the kingdom can’t do. It can do it and can be used specifcally to cut
through anything and get you anything you want, independent of what is going on in the
world’s system.”
—Bill Winston
Kingdom Principles: Operating Above the System of the World
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