{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Faith","title":"Christ is King – The Church and The Kingdom PT2 // Mark Davies // September 24, 2023","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3487,"description":"The Church and The Kingdom Pt. 2\n \nFour Realms of Authority\nSelf \nChurch \nFamily \nCivil Life \n \nWhat does Christ expect from the church? \nSubmission to Jesus’ authority \nLive a life aimed at loving service \nUnity - Submitting to one another \nRealize: Christianity is not just about you\n \nContext: Historic Theological Views of the Church’s Role \nDominance Theology \nEscapism Theology\nEngagement Theology\n \nModel’s of Church\nThe Attractional Model \nThe Intentional Model \n \nHow Does The Kingdom Advance? \n \nThe Kingdom Advances Through Influence. \n \nMatthew 16:19 ESV\n“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”\n \nHow Do You Gain Influence? \n \nInfluence is gained through: Prayer, Being Equipped, and Serving\n \nPray Like This \nPray For Your City\n \nMatthew 6:9-10 ESV\n“Pray then like this: \nOur Father in heaven, \nhallowed be your name. \nYour kingdom come, \nyour will be done, \non earth as it is in heaven.”\n \nYou cannot change that which you do not love. - David Powers \n \nJeremiah 29:7 ESV\n“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”\n \nPray for the Holy Spirit’s Power\nActs 1:4-8 ESV\n“And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” \n \nSo when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”\n \nPray for God’s strategy\n \nBe...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xe5ZmqsbRK_eg3Aa1aaHkwMagjXYQWPYjJYhv8jTcBI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMDUw/MGUwMDE1NzNlYTc4/ZWM2Y2YzZWJjMjQy/MmQ2Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}