Living by the Unity of THE Faith

HIS School of Kingdom Living

You have been enrolled in a school you did not choose.

The moment you were born again, the moment the Holy Spirit took up residence in you, you were registered in HIS School of Kingdom Living.

This is not a school where you learn theology. This is not a school where you accumulate head knowledge. This is not a school where you earn degrees or certificates.

This is the school where you learn to live by THE FAITH of the Son of God.

And there is only one Teacher.

Hebrews 12:2 “…looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Jesus is the ORIGINATOR of faith.
Jesus is the PERFECTER of faith.
Jesus IS faith.

He doesn’t just teach about faith. He doesn’t just model faith. He IS the faith by which we live.

And He has given us the Holy Spirit - the Spirit of Truth, the Spirit of Prophecy, the Spirit of Holiness, the Spirit of Righteousness, the Spirit of Peace - to train us how to live by HIS faith.

This is The School of Kingdom Living.

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What Is THE FAITH?

Not “A Faith” - But THE Faith

There’s a critical distinction we must understand:

When Scripture speaks of “the faith” (with the definite article), it’s not talking about your personal faith or my personal faith. It’s not talking about our individual ability to believe.

It’s talking about THE FAITH - the singular, objective, living reality that is Jesus Himself.

Ephesians 4:4-6 - “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.”

One faith.
Not many faiths.
Not your faith and my faith.
One faith.

Ephesians 4:13 - “until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.”

The UNITY of THE faith.

This is what we are being trained into. This is what the School of Kingdom Living is producing in us.

Not unity of opinion.
Not unity of denomination.
Not unity of theology.
Unity of THE faith.

Jesus IS The Faith

Galatians 2:20 - “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”

Look at that phrase carefully: “by faith IN the Son of God.”

But the Greek can also be read: “by THE faith OF the Son of God.”

Do you see the difference?

Faith IN Jesus = your faith directed toward Him

Faith OF Jesus = HIS faith living in you

We don’t live by our faith. We live by HIS faith.

Romans 3:22 - “even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction.”

Again, the Greek: “through the faith OF Jesus Christ”

It is HIS faith, not ours, that saves us.

It is HIS faith, not ours, that sustains us.

It is HIS faith, not ours, that transforms us.

It is HIS faith, not ours, that will glorify us.

We are learning to live by THE faith OF the Son of God.

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Jesus: Author, Finisher, Completer, Perfecter of ALL Faith

He Is the Life-Giving Creator and Maintainer of Faith

Hebrews 12:2 calls Jesus the “originator and perfecter of the faith.”

The Greek word for “originator” is (archegos) - meaning:

- Author
- Founder
- Pioneer
- Prince
- Captain
- Leader

Jesus doesn’t just START faith. He IS the source of all faith. Faith originates IN Him. Faith flows FROM Him. Faith exists BECAUSE of Him.

The Greek word for “perfecter” is (teleiotes) - meaning:

- Completer
- Finisher
- Perfecter
- One who brings to completion

Jesus doesn’t just start the work of faith and leave you to finish it. He completes it. He finishes it. He perfects it.

Philippians 1:6 - “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work among you will complete it by the day of Christ Jesus.”

HE began it.
HE will complete it.

Your job is not to manufacture faith. Your job is not to maintain faith. Your job is not to perfect faith.

Your job is to receive HIS faith and live by it.

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He Has Given Us a Full Measure of Faith

Romans 12:3

“For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.”

God has allotted to EACH a measure of faith.

This is critical: You already HAVE faith. It was given to you. You didn’t earn it. You didn’t generate it. God ALLOTTED it to you.

Ephesians 2:8-9 - “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

Faith is a GIFT.

You don’t produce it. You receive it.

And here’s the beautiful part: He gave you a FULL measure.

Not a partial measure that you have to add to. Not an insufficient measure that you have to supplement with your own effort.

A FULL measure.

Everything you need to live by His faith has already been given to you.

2 Peter 1:3 - “His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.”

Everything.
Already given.
Already granted.
By HIS divine power.

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The Holy Spirit: Our Teacher in the School of Kingdom Living

Jesus Gave Us THE HOLY SPIRIT

John 14:16-17, 26 - “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; the Helper is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you…But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all that I said to you.”

The Holy Spirit will TEACH you all things.

This is your Teacher in the School of Kingdom Living.

John 16:13 - “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.”

The Holy Spirit is:

The Spirit of Truth

John 14:6 - Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.”

The Spirit of Truth leads you into Jesus, who IS the Truth.

The Spirit of Truth teaches you to live in reality - God’s reality, not the world’s lies.

The Spirit of Prophecy

Revelation 19:10 - “Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, ‘Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brothers and sisters who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.’”

The Spirit of Prophecy reveals what is coming. He shows you the future. He keeps you watching and expectant.

The Spirit of Holiness

Romans 1:4 - “who was declared to be the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord.”

The Spirit of Holiness sanctifies you. He sets you apart. He makes you holy - not by your effort, but by His presence.

The Spirit of Righteousness

John 16:8 - “And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment.”

The Spirit of Righteousness convicts you of sin and reveals Christ’s righteousness in you.

The Spirit of Peace

Romans 8:6 - “For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace.”

Galatians 5:22 - “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace…”

The Spirit of Peace produces peace in you - not circumstantial peace, but eternal peace that transcends understanding.

All for the Glory of God and the Glory of His Grace

And why does the Holy Spirit do all this?

Not for your glory. For HIS glory.

Ephesians 1:3-6 - “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in the Beloved.”

To the praise of the GLORY of His GRACE.

That’s the point. That’s the purpose. That’s the end goal.

Everything the Holy Spirit does in your life - every lesson in the School of Kingdom Living - is to bring glory to God’s grace.

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Living Moment by Moment in the Unity of THE Faith

This Is Daily, Moment-by-Moment Training

The School of Kingdom Living is not a one-time graduation. It’s a lifelong process of learning to live by HIS faith.

Luke 9:23 - “And He was saying to them all, ‘If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.’”

Daily.
Not once.
Not occasionally.
Daily.

Moment by moment, you are being trained to:

- Deny self
- Take up your cross
- Follow Jesus
- Live by HIS faith

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 - “Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer self is decaying, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

Day by day.
Moment by moment.
Inner self being renewed.

The Unity of His Peace, The Unity of Truth, The Unity of Faith

These are not three separate things. They are one reality.

When you live by THE faith OF the Son of God, you experience:

The UNITY of His PEACE - Because you’re not striving in your own strength. You’re resting in His completed work. Peace flows from faith.

The UNITY of TRUTH - Because you’re no longer living in the lies of self-sufficiency. You’re living in the reality that He is everything and you are nothing apart from Him. Truth is the foundation of faith.

The UNITY of THE FAITH - Because you’re connected to the same faith that all believers share - the faith OF Jesus Christ living in us all. This is the unity that transcends denominations, cultures, and time periods. We are all living by HIS faith, not our individual faiths.

Ephesians 4:3-6 - “being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.”

One Spirit.
One hope.
One Lord.
One FAITH.
One God.

This is the UNITY we’re being trained into.

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Jesus Is Coming to Replace the Failed Divine Council

Understanding the Divine Council

This is a truth many miss: The earth was originally governed by a divine council - spiritual beings placed in authority by God.

Psalm 82:1, 6-7 - “God takes His stand in His own congregation; He judges in the midst of the rulers…I said, ‘You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High. Nevertheless you will die like mankind, and fall like any one of the princes.’”

Deuteronomy 32:8-9 - “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sons of mankind, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. For the LORD’S portion is His people; Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.”

These spiritual beings - the “sons of God” (divine council members) - were given authority over the nations. But they failed. They rebelled. They became corrupt.

Genesis 6:1-2 - The “sons of God” rebelled and corrupted humanity.

Daniel 10:13, 20 - The “prince of Persia” and “prince of Greece” - spiritual beings ruling nations in rebellion against God.

Ephesians 6:12 - “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

The divine council FAILED. They chose SELF over God. They chose rebellion over righteousness. They chose their own kingdoms over God’s Kingdom.

Jesus Is Replacing Them With His Church

And here’s the stunning truth: Jesus is replacing the failed divine council with His glorified Church.

1 Corinthians 6:2-3 - “Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life?”

We will judge angels.
We will judge the world.

Revelation 2:26-27 - “And the one who overcomes, and the one who keeps My works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; and he will rule them with a rod of iron.”

Authority over the nations.

Do you see it?

The divine council had authority over nations - and they failed.

The Church will have authority over nations - ruling WITH Christ in righteousness.

Revelation 20:4, 6 - “Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them…they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.”

This is why we’re being trained.

The divine council failed because they operated in SELF. They had their own agendas. Their own kingdoms. Their own glory.

But in Jesus’s Kingdom?

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In Jesus’s Kingdom: No Rebellion, No Self, No Fear

His Kingdom Operates Differently

In the failed divine council, there was:

- Rebellion against God
- Lawlessness
- SELF-rule
- SELF-governance
- Fear
- Competition for power
- Pursuit of personal glory

In Jesus’s Kingdom, there is NONE of this.

No Rebellion

Because everyone in His Kingdom lives by THE faith OF Jesus.

When you’re living by HIS faith (not your own), there is no rebellion. His faith produces perfect obedience.

Hebrews 5:8-9 - “Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him.”

Jesus learned obedience. And now HIS obedient faith lives in us.

No Lawlessness

Because THE faith produces righteousness.

Romans 3:21-22 - “But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe.”

Through THE faith OF Jesus Christ, righteousness is produced. Not our righteousness. HIS.

No SELF-Rule or SELF-Governance

Because in His Kingdom, HE is KING and HE alone rules.

1 Corinthians 15:24-28 - “then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to our God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet…When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all.”

In His Kingdom, there is no competition for the throne. There is no SELF seeking power.

HE is KING.
We are His servants, His priests, His administrators.
But HE alone is sovereign.

No Fear - Not Even Fear of Death

1 John 4:18 - “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.”

Romans 8:15 - “For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, ‘Abba! Father!’”

Hebrews 2:14-15 - “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, so that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.”

In His Kingdom, there is no fear of death because death has been defeated.

We live by HIS faith, which conquered death. We live in HIS love, which casts out fear.

This is what we’re being trained into.

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We Are Made to Be Kings and Priests to Our God

Revelation 1:5-6

“…To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood, and He made us into a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

He MADE us into a kingdom.
He MADE us priests.

Not “He will make us someday.” He MADE us. Past tense. Already done.

Revelation 5:9-10 - “And they sang a new song, saying, ‘Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood people from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. You have made them into a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.’”

We WILL reign upon the earth.

This is our destiny. This is what we’re being prepared for in the School of Kingdom Living.

Kings and Priests - What Does This Mean?

As KINGS: We will administrate justice, govern territories, rule over cities and nations under Christ’s authority. We will do what the failed divine council could not do - rule in perfect righteousness without SELF.

As PRIESTS: We will minister to God, worship in His presence, teach survivors how to approach God, intercede for those under our care, and demonstrate what it means to live in unbroken fellowship with the Father.

1 Peter 2:9 - “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”

Royal priesthood.
Kings AND priests.

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Jesus Rules in Faith, Truth, Joy, and Peace

His Kingdom Is Established on These Foundations

FAITH - Everything in His Kingdom operates by THE faith OF Jesus Christ. Not human faith. Not religious striving. HIS faith.

TRUTH - His Kingdom is built on absolute truth. No lies. No deception. No self-delusion. Just truth.

JOY - His Kingdom is filled with joy because joy is the fruit of living in truth by faith. Joy is not based on circumstances but on the eternal reality of who He is and what He has done.

PEACE - His Kingdom is characterized by perfect peace (shalom) - wholeness, completeness, harmony, rest. This is the peace that passes understanding because it’s grounded in His unchanging character.

Romans 14:17 - “for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”

Righteousness (truth lived out)
Peace (rest in Him)
Joy (fruit of faith)
In the Holy Spirit (by His power, not ours)

His Unity of THE FAITH IS Truth

John 14:6 - “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.”

Jesus IS truth. Therefore, HIS faith IS truth.

When we live by THE faith OF Jesus, we live in truth.

And truth produces joy. Not happiness based on circumstances. JOY - deep, abiding, eternal joy.

John 15:11 - “These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.”

HIS joy IN you.
Not your joy generated by positive thinking.
HIS joy.

And all of this produces HIS eternal PEACE.

John 14:27 - “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.”

My peace.
Not worldly peace (absence of conflict).
HIS peace (presence of God’s shalom in the midst of everything).

All By Grace

And how does all of this happen?

By GRACE.

Titus 2:11-14 - “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and in a godly manner in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.”

Grace INSTRUCTS us.
Grace TRAINS us.
Grace TRANSFORMS us.

Grace is not just forgiveness. Grace is the empowering presence of God that enables us to become what we could never be on our own.

Grace teaches us to:

- Deny ungodliness
- Deny worldly desires
- Live sensibly
- Live righteously
- Live in a godly manner
- Look for His appearing

All while we’re in “the present age.”

This is the School of Kingdom Living - and grace is the curriculum.

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Key Passages That Illuminate This Truth

Jude 24

“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with great joy.”

He is ABLE to keep you from stumbling.

Not you. HIM.

He will make you stand in His presence.

Not you making yourself stand. HIM making you stand.

Blameless.

Not because you earned it. Because HE presents you blameless.

With great joy.

This is the joy of THE faith - standing in His presence, blameless, presented by Him.

Ephesians 1:3-6

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in the Beloved.”

He blessed us. (Past tense - already done)

With EVERY spiritual blessing. (Nothing missing)

In the heavenly places in Christ. (Already positioned)

He chose us. (We didn’t choose)

Before the foundation of the world. (Before time began)

That we WOULD BE holy and blameless. (Future certainty based on past decision)

He predestined us.

To adoption as sons and daughters.

According to the good pleasure of HIS will.

To the praise of the glory of HIS grace.

Do you see it?

Everything is HIS doing.
Everything is for HIS glory.
Everything flows from HIS grace.

This is THE faith we’re learning to live by.

Hebrews 4:1-11 - The Rest That Remains

“Therefore, let’s be afraid that, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also did; but the word they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united with those who listened with faith. For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, ‘As I swore in My anger, they shall not enter My rest,’ although His works were finished from the foundation of the world…

So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. Therefore let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience.”

A Sabbath rest REMAINS.

This is not just spiritual rest NOW. This is the 1000-year reign of Christ - the Sabbath rest, the seventh “day” (seventh millennium) when we rest from our works and reign with Him.

We who have believed ENTER that rest.

Not “will enter someday.” We enter NOW by faith, and we will experience the fullness of it THEN in the Kingdom.

The one who has entered His rest has also rested from his works, as God did from His.

This is the key: You stop working in your own strength. You rest in HIS finished work. You live by HIS faith, not your efforts.

This is what the School of Kingdom Living teaches you.

Hebrews 4:16 - The Throne of Grace

“Therefore let’s approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for help at the time of our need.”

The throne of GRACE.
Not the throne of judgment.
Not the throne of condemnation.
The throne of GRACE.

Approach with CONFIDENCE.
Not fear.
Not shame.
Not hesitation.
CONFIDENCE.

Why? Because you’re coming based on HIS righteousness, not yours. You’re coming in THE faith OF Jesus, not your own faith.

To receive mercy and find grace for help at the time of our need.

This is where you go in the School of Kingdom Living. Every moment. Every day. Every time you need help.

The throne of grace.

And there you find:

- Mercy (not getting what you deserve)

- Grace (getting what you don’t deserve)

- Help (everything you need)

- At the time of your need (not too late, not too early - exactly when you need it)

This is how we learn to live by THE faith OF the Son of God.

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The School’s Curriculum: Learning to Live Without SELF

The Core Lesson: SELF Must Die

Every lesson in the School of Kingdom Living ultimately teaches one thing: SELF must die so that Christ can live.

The failed divine council fell because of SELF.
They wanted their own glory.
Their own kingdoms.
Their own authority.

We’re being trained to have NONE of that.

Galatians 2:20 - “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”

No longer I who live.
But Christ lives in me.

This is the curriculum.
This is what every trial teaches.
This is what every suffering produces.
This is what every stripping accomplishes.

The removal of SELF so that HIS faith can operate unhindered.

Kingdom Living = Living by HIS Faith, Not Your Efforts

In His Kingdom, nothing operates by human effort or human wisdom.

Everything operates by HIS faith.

Zechariah 4:6 - “Then he said to me, ‘This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the LORD of armies.’”

Not by might. (Not by human strength)
Not by power. (Not by human ability)
But by My Spirit. (By God’s power operating through faith)

John 15:5 - “I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.”

Apart from Him: NOTHING.
In Him: MUCH FRUIT.

The School of Kingdom Living teaches you this reality until it becomes your life.

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Jesus: Author and Finisher of ALL Faith, Including the Unity of THE FAITH

He Doesn’t Just Start It - He Completes It

Here’s where we find our confidence:

Jesus is not just the author of your faith. He’s the FINISHER.

He starts the work. He continues the work. He completes the work.

You don’t have to worry about whether you’ll make it. HE will make sure you make it.

Philippians 1:6 - “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work among you will complete it by the day of Christ Jesus.”

He began it.
He will complete it.

Your job is simply to yield. To surrender. To present yourself daily as a living sacrifice. To seek first His Kingdom.

HE does the rest.

The Unity of THE FAITH Is His Work, Not Yours

You’re not trying to achieve unity. You’re not striving to generate faith. You’re not working to produce peace.

You’re simply learning to live by what HE has already given you.

Ephesians 4:3 - “being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”

Notice: KEEP the unity. Not create it. Not manufacture it. KEEP it.

The unity already exists. The Spirit has already created it. Your job is to keep what already is.

The faith already exists. Jesus IS the faith. Your job is to live by what already is.

The peace already exists. Jesus IS our peace. Your job is to walk in what already is.

This is the beauty of the School of Kingdom Living: Everything you need has already been given. You’re just learning how to live in it.

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Preparing to Rule in His Kingdom

You’re Being Trained for Governmental Authority

Make no mistake: The School of Kingdom Living is not just about personal transformation.

You’re being trained to GOVERN.

To replace the failed divine council.
To rule over nations.
To administrate justice.
To teach survivors.
To restore creation.

All under Christ’s authority. All by THE faith OF Jesus. All for the glory of God.

Luke 19:17, 19 - “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; since you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to have authority over ten cities…And you are to be over five cities.’”

Authority over cities.

The divine council had authority over nations - and they failed because they operated in SELF.

You’re being trained to have authority over cities and nations - and you will succeed because you will operate in THE faith OF Jesus, with no SELF.

In His Kingdom: No Fear, No Self, No Rebellion

The government of His Kingdom is completely different from earthly governments and from the failed divine council.

Isaiah 9:6-7 - “For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of armies will accomplish this.”

The government rests on HIS shoulders.

Not ours.

No end to the increase of His government.

It keeps expanding.

Peace, justice, and righteousness.

That’s the foundation.

The zeal of the LORD will accomplish this.

Not human effort.

This is the Kingdom we’re being trained to administrate.

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Conclusion: Enrolled in the School, Headed for the Kingdom

You didn’t choose this school. You were enrolled the moment you were born again.

Every trial? A lesson.
Every hardship? Training.
Every stripping? Preparation.
Every breaking? Transformation.

You’re learning to live by THE faith OF the Son of God.

Not your faith. Not your efforts. Not your goodness.

HIS faith. HIS righteousness. HIS life living in you.

And why?

So that when He returns, you will be ready to reign with Him.

Ready to replace the failed divine council.

Ready to rule over nations in righteousness.

Ready to teach survivors how to live in God’s Kingdom.

Ready to administer justice without SELF.

Ready to govern in faith, truth, joy, and peace.

All by grace.
All for His glory.
All through THE faith OF Jesus Christ.

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The TIME is NOW. NOW is THE TIME.

The TIME of training is NOW.
NOW is the TIME to surrender to the curriculum.

The TIME of His return draws near.
NOW is the TIME to learn Kingdom living.

The TIME of reigning is coming.
NOW is the TIME of preparation.

The School of Kingdom Living is in session.
The Teacher is present.
The Holy Spirit is instructing.

Are you a willing student?
Or are you fighting the lessons?

Remember:

Jude 24 - “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with great joy.”

He is able.
He will keep you.
He will present you.
Blameless.
With great joy.

Trust THE faith OF the Son of God.
Rest in His finished work.
Approach the throne of grace with confidence.

The School is preparing you.
The Kingdom is coming.
The King is returning.

And when He does, you will reign with Him - not in SELF, but in THE UNITY OF THE FAITH.

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“For we who have believed enter that rest…So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.” - Hebrews 4:3, 9

“You have made them into a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.” - Revelation 5:10

“Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of armies.” - Zechariah 4:6

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THE KING IS COMING. ARE YOU LEARNING TO LIVE BY HIS FAITH?

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