Whose Kingdom do You belong to?  

Passages to have ready  
Acts 12  
Deut. 13:12-15 
Ephesian 2:1-5 
Mark 9:47 - 48
Mark 1:14-18 

Slide 1 
Whose Kingdom do You belong to?  
Acts 12  

Slide 2 
Only two possibilities: 
Kingdom of this World or Kingdom of God

Slide 3 
Are you "innocent" or "guilty" of trying to share the Gospel of Jesus? 

Innocent - Kingdom of this world. 
Guilty - Kingdom of God  

Slide 4
Peter's Prison Moment = Picture of salvation in Jesus 
1. You have no hope. Imprisoned by sin. 
2. God wakes you up to His hope. 
3  Jesus' work breaks the stronghold of sin in your life.  
4. Jesus' work continues to lead you out of that former life.

Slide 5 
Soldiers & Herod's Death = Picture of man's judgement for rejecting Jesus
1.  You place your hope in a system made by man. The System fails you.  
2.  You place your hope in your own strength.  Your strength fails you.  
3.  You place your hope in satisfaction from this world.  The satisfaction fades.   
4.  You place your hope in the favorable status of this world.  The status fades.  

Slide 6
Is your life a pattern of praising & pursuing God or self?   

Praising & Pursuing God = Kingdom of God 
Praising & Pursuing Self = Kingdom of this world.  

Slide 7 
Do you want Jesus' life to have limitations in your life?  

Limitations = Kingdom of this world. 
No Limits = Kingdom of God.   

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