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The 7th blessings of the kingdom of heaven
Dragnet in the sea
Mat 13 : 47-52
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From previous preachings
6 blessings of the kingdom of heaven
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New creation
Dead soil becomes living fruit trees
Young men, who are strong and
not moved by false prophet’s teachings
Fathers, who have know His love and
are no longer self centered
Little children, are growing in His love
in a still religious world
2. Wheat & weeds
3. Mustard seed
4. Ragi
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Understand that the talents and the blessings that we have are to bless others
5. Hidden treasure
Become most beautiful among the churches, through His love
6. Fine pearls
The 6 blessings of the kingdom of heaven will make us worthy to be
His bride
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Rev 3:8 ‘I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have followed My word, and have not denied My name.
The church in Philadelphia
Depends on the love of Christ, and therefore the door to the blessings of the kingdom of heaven are opened
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Rev 3:12 The one who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.
Rev 21:2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
The church in Philadelphia
Becomes the bride of Christ through
the 6 blessings of the kingdom of heaven
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The 7th blessing of
the kingdom of heaven
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Mat 13:47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind;
The previous 6 blessings of the kingdom of heaven refers to a land
The 7th blessing of the kingdom of heaven refers the sea
Why ?
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Sea
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Gen 1:6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 God made the expanse, and separated the waters that were below the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse; and it was so. 8 God called the expanse “heaven.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
In the beginning the sea was
a representation of the love of God
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Rev 13:1 And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads were blasphemous names.
In the end times, the sea that is supposed to be a representation of the love of God,
becomes contaminated by religious teachings that preach holiness come from
the 10 commandments
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Religious teachings are scary
because
they will destroy men
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1 Joh 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now it is already in the world.
Religious teachings come from
false prophets / antichrist
that are already in the world
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The sea are immense
The world has been contaminated by the teachings of religion
False prophets and antichrist are everywhere
How does God save mankind from this evil ?
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Dragnet in the sea
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Mat 13:47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; 48 and when it was filled, they pulled it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away. 49 So it will be at the end of the age: the angels will come forth and remove the wicked from among the righteous,
God’s way to help men is
by casting a dragnet into the sea
to gather fish
from the sea of religion
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Mat 13:48 and when it was filled, they pulled it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away. 49 So it will be at the end of the age: the angels will come forth and remove the wicked from among the righteous, 50 and they will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The good fish are those who
receive salvation from Jesus
The bad fish are those who
refuse salvation form Jesus
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The dragnet gathers the good and bad fish
What is the dragnet ?
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Mat 13:47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; 48 and when it was filled, they pulled it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.
What is the dragnet ?
The dragnet is the kingdom of heaven
That is already within the disciple of Christ
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the kingdom of heaven is manifested
in the end times,
to save mankind from the kingdom of religion
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Mat 13:47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind;
Who cast the dragnet into the sea ?
Jesus is the one who cast the dragnet into the sea
Jesus works through His disciples
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This is the 7th blessing of the kingdom of heaven
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Gathering fish
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Luk 5:4 Now when He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 Simon responded and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”
Before knowing Christ
Peter depended on his own strength
No fish were caught
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Luk 5:6 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to tear; 7 so they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, to the point that they were sinking.
After following the commandment of Christ
Many fish were caught,
but the nets began to tear, and the boat was sinking
Why ?
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Luk 5:8 8 But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”
Peter was still religious
Peter saw the miracle of God’s grace,
But Peter has not known
the truth of God’s love
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Joh 21:6 6 And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you will find the fish.” So they cast it, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great quantity of fish. 7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea.
After knowing the truth of
the love of Christ
Many fish were caught
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Joh 21:8 8 But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away, dragging the net full of fish. 9 So when they got out on the land, they saw a charcoal fire already made and fish placed on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have now caught.” 11 So Simon Peter went up and hauled the net to land, full of large fish, 153; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.
After knowing the truth of the love of Christ
The net was not torn,
the boat was not sinking
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Dragnet will gather lots of fish
A boat is used to cast the dragnet, with the help of many people
Like a church
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Before knowing Christ
After knowing the love of Christ
No fish
After knowing Christ,
but still religious
Torn nets and
sinking boat
Nets are not torn
Boat is not sinking
In the end times, the dragnet of the kingdom of heaven
will be manifested
To gather fish
God will use the church in Philadelphia to draw the religious back to God
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Rev 3:8 ‘I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have followed My word, and have not denied My name.
The church in Philadelphia
Has received the blessings of the kingdom of heaven thru the open door
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Rev 3:9 Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and make them know that I have loved you.
The church in Philadelphia
After receiving the blessings of the kingdom of heaven, the church in Philadelphia will draw the religious churches to God
Like a dragnet to gather fish
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The kingdom of heaven
and
end times
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Mat 13:49 So it will be at the end of the age: the angels will come forth and remove the wicked from among the righteous, 50 and they will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 51 “Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes.”
Jesus explains the kingdom of heaven
so that His disciples
will undertand end times
The ones that can understand end times are only those who have received the truth of the kingdom of heaven
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1 Joh 4:8 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 Joh 4:16 6 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
John could see end times and wrote the book of Revelation, only after John has received the truth of God’s love
God is love
Without any contamination from manmade theology
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Until now, many churches,
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Therefore, until now, many churches,
Therefore, they fail :
They are only good at making others
to become disciples of manmade theology
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Only by the love of God,
through the blessings of the kingdom of heaven,
will we understand the truth of the love of God
and receive the revelation
to understand
what is written in the book of Revelation
about end times
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Discipling others to become
the disciples of Christ
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Mat 13:51 “Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes.” 52 And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure new things and old.”
Only by understanding
the truth of the kingdom of heaven,
will a disciple of Christ be able to teach others to become disciples of Christ
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Mat 28:18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Mat 28 was written after Mat 13
Only by receiving
the 7 blessings of the kingdom of heaven,
will a disciple of Christ be able to teach others to become disciples of Christ
And fulfill the great commission
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This is Christs plan to love the world through
the 7 blessings of the kingdom of heaven
So that they will be able to do the great commission
(Mat 28:18-20)
to teach others to become disciples of Christ
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1st-6th blessings of the kingdom
Revelation about end times
To do the great commission
Bride of Christ
7th blessing of the kingdom
Disciple of Christ
Able to teach others to become disciples of Christ
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Next preaching series will be on
the book of Revelation