In this second installment of The Kingdom of God Series, Pastor Walt thinks out loud on how The Kingdom of God dispels darkness. The rule and reign of God is everywhere. God established the earth as a reflection of His glory. But we live in a fallen state. We have sickness, disease, and poverty … these are evidence that we live in a fallen state. Jesus went against the Pharisees who taught that those who were rich and successful were blessed by God, and those who were sick and poor were cursed by God. As a demonstration of The Kingdom of God dispelling darkness, Jesus healed people and blessed the poor. 

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In this first installment of The Kingdom of God Series, Pastor Walt thinks out loud on The Kingdom. The Kingdom of God is where ever the rule and reign of God is. Our relationship with God is always our first priority … Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God. Jesus taught us to proclaim The Kingdom of God is at hand. Today, our emphasis is about the church, but if we’re going to carry out the mission of Jesus, our emphasis needs to be about building The Kingdom of God.

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Excommunication is expulsion from the church. Pastor Walt tells us the story of a church who believes that they do not perform same-sex marriages. This church allowed some actively gay people who were in same-sex marriages to join the church. There were women who met in the church and a staff member performed the marriage ceremony. Although the pastor didn’t perform the marriage ceremony, he condoned the lifestyle … and was excommunicated. Pastor Walt explains that the church has rules and regulations and our lives are built upon these. But, the church has evolved to having no rules and regulations and people impose their views and perspective on the church. Sinners are welcome so they may hear the Gospel message, but a Born-Again Christian’s life changes into living their life for God.

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Is this Thinking Out Loud episode, Pastor Walt asks is the church today inundated with false prophets? Yes, we have false prophets everywhere. Televangelists on television preaching the prosperity gospel. Social Media moguls shooting off at the mouth with whatever comes into their mind. Then we have the far-left wing of the church who says that anything and everything goes. Listen is as Pastor Walt helps us understand how we can discern who is a false prophet.

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Pastor Walt thinks out loud on the topic of fear. Why are we so scared? We are scared of everything! The Bible says a lot about fear … fear is mentioned 365 times in the Bible. But, the church is acting out of fear. The church is afraid of danger, and wants safety and security. Did Jesus tell us to seek safety and security? No. He told us to seek truth. Some pastors don’t talk about fear because they don’t want to upset the flock … but pastors are to teach the truth. 

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In this episode, Pastor Walt Thinks Out Loud and tells us that we need the Quiet Power that Jesus had. Is it all about us or all about Him? It starts with humility, being completely humble to the Holy Spirit’s power. Today, the Church has a lot of wealth, a lot of good communicators, a lot of resources, yet, we are failing in speaking the Word of God to the culture. The Quiet Power is the power to resist, the power to bring the Gospel to the masses. Although Jesus had all power, he submitted His power to His Father’s Will. He was humble to His Father’s Will. Let us pray for the Church, pray for our nation. We need the Quiet Power to bring the lost to Jesus.

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Pastor Walt thinks out loud and asks why are you so naughty? It’s very difficult to be obedient and obedience is hard. The greatest sin of all is acting independently of God … that’s what disobedience is. The idea of following old, antiquated laws is out of touch in today’s world. So, we disobey God and His laws.

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America is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and Americans are wealthier than 99% of the world. So, why are Americans so bad with money? Pastor Walt thinks out loud and asks we have all this wealth, but what are we doing with it? What’s happening with all our giving? Some prosperity gospel preachers live in opulent homes and some even have private jets. Is this what Jesus meant when He said it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God?

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Whose idea was gay marriage? Whose idea was abortion? These are hard questions that we rarely hear in the church. Pastor Walt thinks out loud and asks who came up with these ideas? Who is the source of these ideas? God? Satan? Pastor Walt helps us understand that most pastors don’t talk about these controversial issues, and what we do and what we don’t do affects how society views the church.

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So, what is the unchurched? Very simply … people who don’t go to church. We have failed in the goal to get the unchurched into the church. Why? Because the idea wasn’t to fulfil the mission of Jesus … the goal was just to get people outside of the church to come inside the church. Pastor Walt thinks out loud and tells us the good changes and the not so good changes the church has done to get the unchurched into church.

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