IN THE KINGDOM – KINGS RULE AND REIGN

IN THE KINGDOM – KINGS RULE AND REIGN: AND THRONES ARE ESTABLISHED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS! 

“IN RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALT THOU BE ESTABLISHED: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee” Isaiah 54:14. 

To AUGUST — is to REIGN and RULE in life as the REDEEMED — the ROYAL PRIESTHOOD made KINGS and PRIESTS unto God. 
And to rule and reign in the Kingdom for our God, you NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD which is in Christ Jesus. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION: but sin is a reproach to any people” Proverbs 14:34. 

“It is an abomination to KINGS to commit wickedness: FOR THE THRONE IS ESTABLISHED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS” Proverbs 16:12. 

“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast REDEEMED us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 and hast MADE US unto our God KINGS and PRIESTS: and we shall reign on the earth” Revelation 5:9-10. 

“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, AN HOLY PRIESTHOOD, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ . . . 9 But ye are a CHOSEN GENERATION, a ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light” 1 Peter 2:5, 9. 

“For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of RIGHTEOUSNESS shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the RIGHTEOUSNESS of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made RIGHTEOUS. 20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21 that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through RIGHTEOUSNESS unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord” Romans 5:17-21. 

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in him” 2 Corinthians 5:21. 

“For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but RIGHTEOUSNESS, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost” Romans 14:17. 

“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and RIGHTEOUSNESS, and sanctification, and redemption” 1 Corinthians 1:30. 

SUMMARY: 
The central message is this: August is a month to reign and rule as God’s redeemed Royal Priesthood, and this reign is only possible when we are established in the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus 

KEY POINTS: 

1. THEKINGDOM PRINCIPLE: RIGHTEOUSNESS ESTABLISHES THRONES

In God’s Kingdom, kings’ rule and reign. But thrones are not sustained by power, they are sustained by righteousness. 
“FOR THE THRONE IS ESTABLISHED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS” Proverbs 16:12 
“IN RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALT THOU BE ESTABLISHED… far from oppression and terror” Isaiah 54:14 
Righteousness brings stability, exaltation, and freedom from fear. “RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A NATION” Proverbs 14:34  

2. OUR IDENTITY: THE REDEEMED ROYAL PRIESTHOOD

Through the blood of Jesus, we have been redeemed out of every nation. 
God has “MADE US unto our God KINGS and PRIESTS: and we shall REIGN on the earth” Revelation 5:9-10 
We are “a CHOSEN GENERATION, a ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, an holy nation” 1 Peter 2:9 
Our purpose is to offer spiritual sacrifices and to show forth God’s praises. 

3. THE FOUNDATION: THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN CHRIST

We do not reign by our own works. We reign because we have received the gift of righteousness. 
“they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of RIGHTEOUSNESS shall REIGN IN LIFE by one, Jesus Christ” Romans 5:17 
God made Jesus to be sin for us “that we might be made the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM” 2 Corinthians 5:21 
Christ Himself has been made unto us “wisdom, and RIGHTEOUSNESS, and sanctification, and redemption” 1 Corinthians 1:30  

4. THE REALITY OF THEKINGDOM

The Kingdom of God is not about external things, but about “RIGHTEOUSNESS, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost” Romans 14:17 
Where sin once reigned unto death, now grace reigns “through RIGHTEOUSNESS unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord” Romans 5:21 

CORE CONCLUSION 

To August — is to reign and rule. 
But to rule and reign effectively in the Kingdom for God, you must first be ESTABLISHED IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD which is in Christ Jesus. 
That righteousness is what secures your throne, protects you from oppression, and enables you to function as King and Priest unto God.