Beyond the Door | The Kingdom Blueprint | Pastor Scott Thomas

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Yesterday, Malachi had a soccer game.

And the whole family shows up when

there's a soccer game because we're

looking for scouts. We're looking for

NIL deals. We're like working all all of

that going on. And and uh and while

we're out there, had a great time. And

then afterwards, you do what you're

supposed to do after a great soccer

game. you you go to Chick-fil-A. That

that's what you do. And and uh there'll

be one in heaven in case you're

wondering. And and you and it'll be open

on Sundays up there. And so when you get

to Chick-fil-A, uh we go inside. I

hadn't been inside Chick-fil-A in a long

time. And and we're we're it's Caleb,

myself, and the kids. And we go inside

and we saw all kinds of free lifers in

there. We're saying hello, hugging

necks. I took an offering. It was

wonderful. But anyway, we're I'm

kidding. I'm kidding. We get in there

and we we sit down at the table and and

there's a little QR code on the table. I

it's been a minute since I've been in

there. You scan the QR code and you put

your you put your uh your your your

order in from the QR code. I'm like,

"Well, well, look at that. Look at look,

you go Chick-fil-A." And and we and so

we put the order in and we're sitting

there sitting there and the food's not

coming. Food's not coming. Food's not

coming. And Ko's like, "Man, it's taking

a long time." And then he goes, "Oh man,

I forgot to scan it to make sure they

knew which table we were at. that the

order isn't complete yet. And so finally

he scanned it and an hour and a half

later we were able to finally

we got our order.

We were in the right place,

done the right things,

but we still weren't receiving.

>> We had one more step to complete the

order.

What if I told you just one more step is

all you need in your life today to

complete what God is doing in your life?

>> The last thing you want to do, the last

thing you want to do is is is be sitting

and expecting and waiting. But there's

something else you got to do before

heaven can hit the way that it wants to

do. I want to talk to people today for a

couple of minutes who are in the

building. You are at the table, but

you're frustrated because you're not

receiving the way you thought it was

coming. I want us to talk about that

today. Matthew 4 23. Here's what here's

what our Bible reads. Jesus went about

in all Galilee teaching in their

synagogues

preaching the good news of the kingdom.

Now, I wish I had time to break all this

down, but let me just kind of throw this

out there for what it's worth. When

you're reading your Bible, the kingdom

of God and the kingdom of heaven, they

mean the exact same thing. In the book

of Matthew, you're going to see a lot of

places, in fact, 32 times Matthew uses

this phrase, the kingdom of heaven, but

that's only in Matthew. In fact, you'll

see kingdom of God about 68 times in 10

different books. But Matthew only uses

the phrase kingdom of heaven because

Matthew is writing to a completely

Jewish audience. And since he's writing

to a Jewish audience, you don't mention

the name of God. His name is too holy to

be mentioned. So you use heaven that

means the same thing. Just for what it's

worth. So kingdom of God and kingdom of

heaven are the same thing when you read

it in your Bible. But here's what's

interesting. The Bible says Jesus is

going around speaking teaching on the

good news of the kingdom. But here's

what's shocking to me when I begin to

really look at the Bible. Jesus, he

didn't publicly preach publicly like go

hard, publicly preach his death, burial,

and resurrection. He only did that to

his disciples privately, one-on-one. He

didn't talk about that. In the church

world today, that's exactly what we go

hard on. Jesus died for us, rose again,

and here now we have new life in him,

and that's good news. But Jesus did not

focus on that. Jesus taught on the

kingdom of God.

>> We talk today about what Jesus did, the

price he paid, and that's our focus. But

I just want to offer to you today that

the church has got to continue its

message and not leave it on a salvation

message, which is paramount and

wonderful and a requirement necessary

for all of humanity. But that's not

where it ends,

>> right?

>> What he did teach

was the kingdom. And in John 18, Jesus

claimed to be a king of a kingdom. So

what IS THIS KINGDOM HE'S TALKING ABOUT?

AND WHY WAS IT SO much his focus? You

see, Jesus didn't teach us how to die

and go to heaven. That wasn't his focus.

He was trying to teach us how to have

some heaven on earth.

>> That was what his focus was. THAT WHAT

GOD IS DOING THERE can be alive IN YOU.

COULD ANYBODY USE A LITTLE BIT of heaven

on in in in your world right now? YEAH.

WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JESUS was

teaching. This is why Jesus said in John

John 10:9

10:9, here's what he said. He said, "I

am the door."

Now, I don't know if you've noticed

recently or not, but you'll never just

be walking on a sidew side and see a

door.

>> Doors do not exist unless they are

taking you into something,

>> right? Doors are access. Doors are

that's how you get into another place.

It It's a threshold to a new season.

Doors give you access. Here's what I'm

trying to tell you. Here's the key.

Salvation Jesus isn't the destination.

Jesus is the door that leads to what

you're supposed to be living in. He This

is why this IS IMPORTANT. YOU AND I, IF

WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE will say, "I

prayed the prayer. I accepted Jesus. I'm

good." And you sit, you stall, and

you're waiting at the table and

Chick-fil-A is not delivering

because I did the first part. I didn't

finish the order. There's more than

salvation. And if you and I are so

focused on, well, I prayed the prayer, I

accepted Jesus, I'm just waiting on him

to come back. You completely missed what

the purpose of God's word is written all

about. You got to take one more step.

Would you tell somebody you got one more

step, boo? You got one more step.

Salvation is how you enter the kingdom.

It was never intended to be where you

stop.

>> And there's too many people today that

are obsessed with the door and not

experiencing the house.

>> Why would you stand at A DOOR? LOOK, I'M

ALL ABOUT BEAUTIFUL DOORS. Get my

attention. I I think doors are cool.

Doors on homes, doors on businesses,

door like, "Wow, look at that door." But

but but but the door is there to open

and let you into something. Do not live

on the porch when you were made for the

house.

Your faith should be producing something

stronger. THE POWER, THE BENEFITS, THE

PROMISES, the joy of God should be

invading your life, your home, your

business, your relationships.

It's like it's like having a wedding,

but never starting the marriage.

>> You got the certificate, you made the

vows, but you're still not living in the

house.

The purpose of the wedding is to get to

the marriage.

You get a passport BECAUSE YOU PLAN ON

GOING SOMEWHERE.

>> God forbid YOU GOT A PASSPORT THAT'S

BLANK. You need that thing stamped. BUT

WHEN YOU TAKE THE PASSPORT TO THE

AIRPORT, THE GOAL IS not to just get

through security and get to the gate and

then live at the gate for the next 10

years eating pretzels AND DRINKING

HIGHRICED COFFEE AND WATCHING PEOPLE

COME AND GO.

YOU DON'T GET THE PASSPORT to go live in

the airport. You get the passport TO GET

ON A PLANE AND take take a trip

somewhere. And that's what Jesus wants

to do. Jesus says, "The passport IS YOUR

SALVATION, BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO GO. Now

it's time to live. Now it's time to

experience things that you never could

have experienced without me."

>> So, what does the kingdom of God

actually mean? H how do how do I begin

to even conceptualize and put this

together? Well, the Bible says in in

Matthew chapter 6 verse 10, here's what

Matthew 6:10

here's what it reads. Read it with me.

Your kingdom come, your will be done on

earth as it is in heaven. What is the

kingdom of God? The kingdom of God is

God's will being done in your life.

>> It's that simple and it's that

difficult,

you know, doing pursuing Christ when you

got to work with people that you got to

work with. That's tough.

pursuing Christ while you're raising

teenagers.

That's tough. Like driving down Florida

Avenue and pursuing Christ.

That's tough. I'm I'm I'm just saying

like this this kingdom of God is God's

will taking place in your life and in

your world. Listen, and in your world.

In other words, it starts in your heart,

but it spreads to your zip code. Like

like when Jesus invades your life, he

doesn't just come in to hang out there.

He comes in so then you and I can let

him out.

>> Keep the faith just not to yourself. Do

you understand? Like we stand in that.

So how do we step into and live in this

kingdom of God? Well, the Bible says in

Matthew 6:33,

Matthew 6:33

"Seek the kingdom of God above all."

Read that line again. Seek the kingdom

of God above all else and live

righteously and he will give you

everything you need. Seek.

You ever lost something in your house?

Lost your keys.

>> You tore the house upside down looking

for the keys

>> and they were in your pocket the entire

time. Right. That's Yeah.

Seek. Pursue it. Chase it. Dig. Reach.

He's saying this. This is how you come

after the kingdom of God. It's a

pursuit. IT'S NOT SITTING back waiting

on it. No, no, no, no, no, no. GET UP

AND GO. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. You

are seeking right now being in this

room. When you hit a life group, you're

seeking. When you join us for the

business owners, the executive

collector, you're you're you're seeking.

I'm coming after you. When you have a

time of prayer, a devotional, you're

seeking. I'm coming after you today,

God. That matters.

Seek first the kingdom of God. Why does

it point that out? Because there's a lot

of kingdom options.

>> Oh yes, there are. There's the kingdom

of comfort.

>> Oh, how you know we love us some

comfort. We love us some comfort. We

prefer comfort over growth.

>> Oh, yes we do.

>> Just just make it easy, please. That

that that that so we we we got a kingdom

of comfort. We got a kingdom of

reputation. We will do anything to make

sure my reputation looks good.

building my style, building my brand,

making sure that I so it it's a kingdom.

Politics is a kingdom.

>> Oh yes, it is. Because some folks

actually think that politics has the

answer to fix this world.

>> You see, whatever kingdom, whatever you

worship, whatever you look to for

answers is what you begin to pursue and

worship. And ladies and gentlemen, the

the politicians are just as jacked up as

you and I are.

>> Yeah. Yeah. humanity, it cannot I it it

finds itself in a tail spin trying to

fix the problems it keeps creating.

Albert Einstein said that you can't fix

problems at the same level you created

them at.

And when you have humanity that keeps

coming up with problems, but then we

look to politicians to fix what is

already broken because of humanity, we

we've got to spend that means we need a

higher kingdom that can actually speak

into this kingdom and begin to repair

and heal and bring answers that we can't

come up with on our own. We need Jesus

in our world is what I'm trying to tell

you. Man is devoid of answers.

Politicians, I don't care if you're a

donkey, if you're an elephant, or if

you're lost. I'm just telling you right

now, the one that will fix it is the

lamb. We need the lamb to step into the

situation and fix this and bring a peace

and a direction for our life. These

kingdoms are running. God said, "I want

you to choose one. I want you to choose

pursue. Seek the kingdom of God. Seek

the kingdom of God." Well, Scott, how do

I know if I'm going in the right

direction? How do I know if I'm doing

it? Have you ever given directions to

somebody? Hey, hey, where is so and so?

Okay, go down this road. I grew up in

Virginia and we used barns and trees and

fences like that. That's that's kind of

the the markers that we gave them. Drive

down this road till you hit the dead

end. You're going to see a big red barn

on the lefth hand side. Go down there

about three. And that that's how you're

you're giving markers, right? The gas

station, the fork of the road. We we

give markers to a friend. Well, I want

you to know the Bible gives us clues,

gives us markers to help us identify if

we're moving in the kingdom. It's called

the fruit of the spirit.

>> Do you have any love in your life? Oh,

you going the right way, Hercules.

Hercules, good for you. Do you have some

peace in your life? Good. You I'm not

saying that everything is peaceful. I'm

just saying you have peace in your life.

Isn't it amazing that when you're

serving Jesus, you can have peace in a

crazy situation?

That's what THE BIBLE IS GIVING US the

fruit of the spirit. How about this one?

How about this one? Have you Have you

started feeling bad about things you did

or said? It's that thing called

conviction. Like, I feel like I need to

go apologize. Oh, you're going in the

right direction right now. I promise

you.

>> Cuz you didn't feel that before.

>> All of a sudden now it's not right. I

got to fix this. How you got some new

friends, some new voices in your life.

you actually find yourself thinking

about Jesus or talking to him now. Some

things you your language is changing.

>> That attitude is changing. Thank God

we've been praying for your attitude.

That attitude is change. You go if when

when THESE THINGS HIT, YOU'RE GOING IN

THE right direction. Seek first THE

KINGDOM OF GOD. DON'T SEEK SUCCESS. SEEK

THE KINGDOM.

>> STOP IT. SUCCESS IS ALWAYS GOING TO

ELUDE YOU. SEEK THE KINGDOM. DON'T SEEK

TO BE LOVED. SEEK THE KINGDOM. DON'T

SEEK OPPORTUNITIES. SEEK THE KINGDOM.

Don't seek recognition. SEEK THE

KINGDOM. BECAUSE HE SAID, "SEEK FIRST

THE KINGDOM ABOVE ALL THINGS."

>> And then the stuff things will be added

to you.

>> In other words, in other words, do it

the kingdom way and you get to enjoy the

journey.

>> It doesn't wear you out. Do it God's

way. Supernatural help provides on THE

BACKSIDE. DO IT GOD'S WAY AND let the

game come to you instead of you chasing

the game all over the place and I can't

get my hands on it. God's not keeping

things from you. He's keeping things for

you. But he says the way you get it is

the way you've got to keep it. And as

long as you keep your focus on me, I'll

bring stuff into your life. Oh, you can

seek after Peanut and Chen and Wilma and

Eli. You can you can go after them all

day long, but that don't mean that

they're going to provide everything you

need. Seek first my kingdom, my way of

doing things, my mindset, my heart, and

then I will add the stuff to you.

>> I know what it is to love Jesus, be

saved, and not seeking the kingdom.

>> Yeah,

>> I've done it.

>> Like I I'm like a pro. I can speak to

this.

I love Jesus. Yes, I do. I love Jesus.

How about you? Woo. And I could check

the box.

>> But I wasn't pursuing the kingdom.

>> I I thought salvation was it. I gave my

life to Jesus. I thought I was done.

>> I didn't realize that's only the door.

That I got to get in the house.

>> That there's more to come. And that's

exactly what God's word is laying out

and and and focusing us on on

understanding that God's way is so much

easier when you do it his way and that

there's more waiting on us. You see,

here's what I need you to know. Kingdom

living is a team sport.

Look at the person beside you. Don't

look at me. Just look at the person

beside you. Look, look, look, look,

look, look. No, look at him. Seriously.

Like, look at him. Look at him. Yeah.

Don't kiss them. Just look at them. Like

some of y'all like

you need that person in your life.

Oh yes you do. Oh yes you do. I know

their laugh gets on your nerves but you

need them in your life.

>> Yes. Amen.

Understand that the the the church is

called the body of Christ.

>> The church is called the family of God.

And I need you to hear me today. You

can't thrive in the kingdom if you're

isolated.

>> If you're just in and out and

disconnected, you'll never experience

the kingdomness that God wants you to

walk in because disconnection creates

dysfunction.

>> If I'm trying to do it alone, I've got

no one encouraging me in my faith. I'm

just living isolated, alone, set apart.

I just come kind of come and go. I'm I'm

kind of a secret service agent for

Jesus. Well, that's there's no position

in the kingdom for that. We all family

up in here. We need some sister sledge.

We are family. Do you understand?

Look, all everybody in there don't have

a clue what I'm talking about. But

that's okay. That's all right. You're in

the house, but you never come out of

your room.

>> You ever had a teenager? You got a drug

out of the room. I'm going to take the

door off of your room if you don't come

out THAT ROOM.

COME OUT OF YOUR ROOM.

>> You never JOIN US IN THE LIVING ROOM.

There's where some peace and some

relationships and rest are flowing. YOU

NEVER STEP INTO THE DINING ROOM. THAT'S

WHERE YOU YOU'RE FED. YOU EAT. YOU GET

STRONGER. WE WE'RE NOURISHED TOGETHER

AROUND THE TABLE. YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO

THE LAUNDRY room to get THE STAINS FROM

THE PAST OUT of your life so you can

rest in peace and not be afraid with

what was there AND BE EXCITED ABOUT

WHERE YOU'RE GOING. YOU NEVER COME TO

THE WRECK ROOM, THE RECREATION ROOM

WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SOME FUN and laughter

and encouragement. Get stronger and joy.

You we we we got to get out of our room

to get into the house. You need the

whole house. Somebody shout the whole

house.

>> The whole house.

>> You need the whole house. You need the

whole family. You need the whole church.

You need the whole kingdom.

>> Why? Because there's three big things

that I see that this connects with and

matters. Number one, the church is the

place where you belong.

It's a place to belong. Everyone needs

to belong.

Everybody Everybody needs I even the

loner in here, you need to know that you

belong to somebody.

I I I like watching those reality TV

programs. That one was called Alone

where people were just kind of by

themselves in the wilderness and they

had to friend for themselves and and and

they're like literally alone and they've

got cameras on them or they're just they

got to build a place to live and they

got to run away from animals or they got

to find fish for their own food and and

they're just alone. But when they put

cameras on them, do you know what the

people who are alone talk about? Their

family. That's right.

>> I just miss my because everybody even

when you're alone, you know, you need to

belong.

>> We all need to belong. We all need to

know that there's we're we're connected

to a posi. We got a crew around us. A

place where you're loved and accepted.

People that you can do some life with,

where you can serve together, place

where you can uh people that you can

vacation. You know, we got we got people

in this church that are that are

traveling all over the world vacation

together and they met each other in

church. You might be going, "That is

whackadoodle do." I'm telling you now,

you can meet people right here that will

be thicker than blood in your life. Do

you understand? They're family like your

family's whack. You got some real people

here that can kind OF AND AND THERE'S

NOTHING like the BODY OF CHRIST. WHY DID

THAT HAPPEN? Because it's the

kingdomousness thing going on there that

we understand that there's more rooms

than just my room. And when we start

doing it together, it changes

everything. You need the church if you

people to help you raise your kids.

>> Yes. YOU CAN VET BABYSITTERS in this

place. Where else do you get to know the

parents of the babysitter that you want

to bring to your house? Yeah. You you

you you find your people here. People

who will hurt with you. People who will

celebrate with you. We don't do this

alone. You need a tribe that will

strengthen your faith. Faith. Number

one, you you need a place belong. Number

two, you need a place to grow. Oh, yes

you do. A a a place a place where you

can learn. a place where you can change

by sitting under the teaching, under the

preaching, under worship,

coming straight from God's word. And I'm

just going to go ahead and go Bible. You

need a pastor.

>> You don't need a preacher. You need a

pastor.

>> You hear a lot of preachers on social

media. They're not your pastor.

>> No, no, no. You You need somebody

because the Bible says that a pastor is

there to watch out for your soul.

and that they they they speak things to

empower you with the word that you walk

stronger, that your family is covered,

that you got some direction when times

get cloudy, you get some hope when you

walked in without it and now you're

leaving with it. You you need some

spiritual brothers and sisters in your

life to encourage you and to call your

tail out.

>> I ain't seen you in church. Where are

you? I saw what you posted ON SOCIAL

MEDIA. WHAT the

>> Oh, no. We we we we we we we need a

righteous slap in the face sometimes by

folks who love us. It's a place where

I'm growing. You need to you you better

be around somebody WHO CAN CALL YOU OUT.

IF you're living in a world that NOBODY

CAN CALL YOU OUT, THAT YOU GET TO LIVE

ON YOUR OWN. YOU'RE YOUR OWN AUTHORITY.

YOU are in the most dangerous place

you've ever been in your entire life.

You need folks who are close enough that

can see, hear, and be have the power,

the relational capacity to speak back

into your life and to encourage you. We

need that in our life. You need a place

that will feed you and challenge you.

>> There's some days you come to church,

you ought to leave here a little bit

angry with me.

>> I don't even like what he said today.

>> I don't even sure if that's in the

Bible.

And if it is, I might tear that page out

myself. If I don't

I don't get to do this the way I want to

do this.

>> I'm going to give account to God one day

what I said and what I did not say. I

can't I can't start redacting aspects of

his word, editing it like it's the

Epstein files. I I can't treat God's

word this way.

I got to give you THE WHOLE BOOK. I

CAN'T JUST give you pieces of it.

Number three, it's the place of impact.

Some of y'all didn't even HEAR THAT

POINT. I'M COMING. IT'S THE place of

impact. It's the place you belong. It's

the place that you grow. And it's the

place where you create impact. Listen to

me. Salvation,

baptism,

united in the church.

Not not salvation. Baptism hide in my

house.

>> Oh, no, no, no, no. Salvation, baptism,

a part of the kingdom, the community,

the family. We're doing some life

together. I know that first step feels

awkward. I don't know anybody here. And

we're doing everything we can to make

that as easy as we can. We give you a

free drink at Aroma for crying out loud.

Like, we want to know you. We want to

but but but we want to walk in this

together. Together. We we come to

advance God's kingdom. It's a place of

impact again on earth as it is

>> in heaven. That's what these outreaches

are for that we're doing for the

community. We join together to make

impact out there and love people that

don't even realize that a church would

give or love that way. That's what FLC

Sports is all about. That's what Pokeci

is all about. All my Pokeci brothers, I

love y'all. Like that's what that's what

we're doing here. We're part of the

family. We wrap arms around folks. We

serve on in Sundays together. We invite

other people. We're making impact as a

kingdom, as a church. This is what we

do. It's a place of impact. We don't

just come to get. We come to give

>> a slice of what God put in us to help

someone else's life made better. The

people that are sitting around you today

should be better because they're sitting

close to you.

>> They got a smile from someone who

doesn't look like them. don't even know

who they are and they shook my hand.

What the heck is that all about? We

happen to like people around here.

Sorry. It's kind of how we roll.

They close with this.

John chapter 10 verse 10 says this.

John 10:10

I came that they may have life and have

it abundantly.

This is Jesus talking.

I came that they may have life and have

it abundantly. cautious

came that they may have life. Jesus

said, "I am the door." The door to what?

The door to salvation.

But he didn't come just to give you

salvation.

He came to give you life more abundant.

The more abundant is the kingdom.

>> I came that you would have life,

salvation, and have it abundantly.

Kingdom.

Do not stop with salvation when kingdom

is what's waiting on you.

>> That you can walk in and live in the

promises of God. Can I just remind you a

couple things of the benefits of the

kingdom? I'm just going to do this

quickly. You access it by faith, not

because you're great.

>> Now, we know you're great and we love

you like you are, but just trust me.

Your your halo is a little bit tarnished

and your wings are missing a couple of

feathers. We all have some flaws in our

stuff. We can just dismantle all of that

stuff. The Bible says in Matthew chapter

Matthew 18 · chapter mention

18, "Unless you become like the a little

child, you'll never enter the kingdom of

heaven. It it's it's not my greatness.

It's not my stature." It's I realize

that he's strong when I'm not. That's

what brings me in. I access it by faith.

Supernatural understanding is a part of

the kingdom benefits. When you get in

the house and don't live on the porch,

you get inside. Changes everything.

Matthew chapter 13 says, "Knowledge of

Matthew 13 · chapter mention

the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has

been given to you." God wants to reveal

some answers to you that you can't get

anywhere else. It happens inside the

house. When you start pursuing, seeking,

coming after him, he starts downloading

stuff in you that you cannot naturally

know and people cannot naturally teach

you. Holy Spirit becomes your teacher

and he starts to impress you on how to

lead and how to deal with the marriage

thing. When the counselor has no answer,

how to handle your child, how to handle

the business situation, give you wisdom

on moving forward, how to w- when you

feel stuck, how do I move forward, he

gives us answers. He reveals secrets of

the kingdom from a different realm. He

opens our eyes to answers.

When you're when you're serving in the

kingdom, NOT ON THE PORCH, GLAD YOU'RE

SAVED, BUT YOU GOT TO GET THROUGH the

threshold. Stop living in almost and get

into everything he promised.

Benefit unstoppable growth in your life.

Oh yeah, this is good. Matthew chapter

Matthew 13 · chapter mention

13, Jesus said, "The kingdom of heaven

is like a mustard seed." Some of y'all

saying, "Yeah, that's really little."

Well, can I tell you the nature of

mustard seed? When you plant it, it

takes over everything. It is invasive.

It will it grows into trees. it become I

mean it will swallow wherever it was

allowed to grow. And that's exactly what

the Bible is saying. There's an

unstoppable growth. It starts small but

eventually it covers everything. You

see, here's what I'm trying to tell you.

You don't see yourself having very much

opportunity. I don't see myself as

really being spiritual. I don't see

myself as doing anything successful in

God's house. And so, you see yourself as

small as a mustard seed. But Jesus said,

"That's exactly how it starts. You just

bring what you got and watch me open it

up and I will let my growth invade your

life and take you further. Give God six

months and lift your head and look at

where you are and look at what's going

on in your house and look at what's

happening in your finances doing it

God's way. You get God's results. It's

called kingdom living.

He says in Matthew 16, I'm going to give

you authority and access

another piece. I'll give you the keys to

the kingdom of heaven. Unlock resources

to fix the problems on earth. Then then

here's the last one, the invitation.

Matthew 22,

Jesus is telling a parable and he said,

"The kingdom of heaven is like a king

who prepared a wedding banquet for his

son and he invited everybody who wants

to come in." Would you just plant to

your feet and stand to your feet in this

room, please?

Everybody is welcome into the kingdom.

>> The way you enter the kingdom is through

the door of salvation.

But don't make the door of salvation

your destination. You were made for more

than salvation.

Salvation is what gives you access to

things you never should have had any

other way. Never could have gotten any

other way. But because you went through

the door, you didn't stand at the door.

You just didn't stop at the door. I'm

not living on the porch. I'm going

inside and I'm not isolating in my room.

I'm going to get into the living room.

I'm going to go to the dining room. I'm

going to go to the recck room. I'm going

to enjoy everything that he said I can

have. I'm going to get with the family.

We're going to do some f We're going to

do some growing. We're going to be

laughing together. We're going to be

calling each other out. We're going to

be serving together. But this is the

kingdom of God.

The blueprint Pastor Caleb talked about

these past few weeks. Getting on the

right operating system. Change your

mind, you change your world.

>> And when you step into that world, it's

it's different.

We can live and experience every promise

that Jesus said. So again, seek first

the kingdom of God above all else and

things will be added to us. Today I want

to pray with you. I want to pray for

you. Would you bow your heads in this

room? In fact, I just want to ask you a

question. No one looking around if

you're saying, "Scott, I've probably

been standing on the porch. I haven't

been in the house. I got another step I

got to take. I realize that I've been

sitting at the table and nothing is

being delivered and I've been kind of

frustrated wondering where God was. But

I realize I got to take another step.

And today I want to ask God to help me

show me what the next step is. On the

count of three, just throw your hand up

right back down. 1 2 3. Where are you?

Oh yeah, my family. I love you. I love

you. Been there, done that. I got you. I

love that. Today, I want I want us to

pray and I and I want I want you to

begin to just open your heart. Say,

"God, I'm seeking you. I'm I'm coming

after you. I want everything you said I

can have. I want to know you. I want to

experience you. I want to live in your

kingdom. Not just on the porch, but

every promise. Would you pray with me?

Heavenly Father, today we are opening

our hearts and we're declaring that we

need all of you. Not just not just the

fact that we can make heaven our home.

Thank you for that rich and amazing gift

that Jesus only you could provide that

for us. and we say thank you and we

worship you for that moment. But Jesus,

even even you said that we should be

living in the kingdom, not just just

staying outside in salvation. And so

stepping all the way in and embracing

your family and being a part of your

kingdom and and and being a part of the

answer for this culture, that's exactly

who you made us to be. And I pray today,

God, for my friends in this room that

that that they feel like they they're

kind of stuck and they feel like things

aren't being delivered and they're

living one promise short of everything

they thought that you were supposed to

bring. God, today I pray you would help

us understand that if we'll take another

step, if we'll keep seeking, if we'll

keep stepping, then our best days are

ahead because the kingdom will continue

to unfold. And every benefit, every

promise, everything in the book that you

said comes with your kingdom. We shall

experience it. Supernatural answers,

growth that we can't even begin to

describe, advance in our life, a peace

that passes understanding. God, I pray

that you would wrap us in this house and

let us know that we're a part of your

family. We've been adopted in and we

can't be kicked out. We are yours. We

are you. You are ours and we are in this

together. So God, I pray for I pray for

a conviction

that would not allow us to stay where we

are.

A righteous frustration

that says, "I'm not living this way

another month." Something changes today,

God. Today we do not want to play with

your word or your promises. So stir us,

shake us, awaken us that we can

experience everything that the kingdom

of God came to deliver. We worship you

as our king and we say thank you for

this today in Jesus name. Everybody said

amen. Amen. If you received that, put

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