WHEN EARTH MIRRORS HEAVEN AND HEAVEN MIRRORS
EARTH
September 26, 2010 am
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Matthew
6:9-12 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art
in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name. (10) Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done
in earth, as it is in heaven. (11) Give us this day
our daily
bread. (12) And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors.
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Jesus spoke of our Father in Heaven.
· The Heavenly Father.
· We dwell here in earth.
· He wants His Kingdom in Heaven to come to
Earth.
· His will in heaven to be done in Earth.
When His Kingdom comes down here, His will also is being done down here.
· We speak of entering the Kingdom.
· This refers to entering now into what has
come.
· Those who enter the arrived Kingdom are
those who do the Father’s Will.
Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my
Father which is in heaven.
This verse takes the Kingdom of Matt 6:10 and God’s will in 6:10
and combines them, showing we enter into that arrived Kingdom by doing
the Father’s will.
Jesus actually taught that only those who do things as God would do
them are in His Kingdom.
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after
our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
God said He’d make man in His own image.
· Then, after that, He would give man dominion.
· We can apply this spiritually.
· Being in God’s image is doing things
the way God does them.
· Then you are in His Kingdom in Earth.
· It’s the Kingdom OF Heaven, but
it’s IN Earth.
· We are in His image when we do things His
way.
If we treat people the way God does, we’re in His image!
If we’re in His image, He puts us in His Kingdom.
Notice the sequence of events:
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living soul.
Genesis 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden;
and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Man is formed first into His image and then man is put into the Garden.
Like Exodus.
· Form Israel in the wilderness and then put
them in the Promised Land to rule.
· But never made Canaan, and failed in the
forming.
1 Corinthians 10:1-6 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye
should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and
all passed through the sea; (2) And were all baptized unto
Moses in the cloud and in the sea; (3) And did all eat the
same spiritual meat; (4) And did all drink the same
spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed
them: and that Rock was Christ. (5) But with many of them
God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the
wilderness. (6) Now these things were our examples, to the
intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Many were overthrown in the wilderness.
So, God is working on us – forming us to make us treat people the
way He would.
Matthew 18:1-5 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus,
saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? (2)
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of
them, (3) And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be
converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the
kingdom of heaven. (4) Whosoever therefore shall humble
himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of
heaven. (5) And whoso shall receive one such little child
in my name receiveth me.
Enter the Kingdom.
· “Become” as a little child.
· Humble yourself.
· THEN YOU ARE JUST LIKE JESUS… those
who receive such a child in Jesus’ name receives Jesus.
John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the
Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself:
but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
The Father was in the Body of Jesus.
· He spoke what the Father spoke.
John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily,
I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth
the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the
Son likewise.
John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge:
and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will
of the Father which hath sent me.
This is our mandate!
Earth Must Mirror Heaven.
After Jesus said we must enter the Kingdom when we humble ourselves and
represent Jesus in our lifestyles, He tells us of a certain order of
handling a brother who refused to repent of sin.
Matthew 18:15-20 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against
thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall
hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. (16) But if he
will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the
mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
(17) And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the
church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as
an heathen man and a publican. (18) Verily I say unto you,
Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
(19) Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on
earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for
them of my Father which is in heaven. (20) For where two or
three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
When we follow that order, our decision is, as it were, Jesus; decision.
Notice this is a two-way street.
If our decision is becomes His, then Heaven mirrors Earth.
The Lord’s Prayer said that the Father’s will is to be done
in Earth as it is In Heaven.
· Earth must mirror Heaven.
· But Matt. 18:18 says our actions in Earth
will be mirrored by God in Heaven.
· Earth must mirror Heaven.
· But Heaven also mirrors Earth.
It revolves around forgiveness.
Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your
heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Matthew 18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a
certain king, which would take account of his servants.
Then we move into an example of how we must forgive.
Note that the words of the servant in verse 26 are identical to the
words his fellowservant speaks to him.
Matthew 18:24-33 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought
unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. (25) But
forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and
his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be
made. (26) The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped
him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee
all. (27) Then the lord of that servant was moved with
compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. (28)
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants,
which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him
by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. (29) And his
fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have
patience with me, and I will pay thee all. (30) And he
would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the
debt. (31) So when his fellowservants saw what was done,
they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was
done. (32) Then his lord, after that he had called him,
said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt,
because thou desiredst me: (33) Shouldest not thou also
have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
The lesson is that we should mirror heaven in the way we treat others
with forgiveness as God forgave us.
· The Lord’s prayer repeated this.
· Mirror God’s treatment of you!
But when the servant refused to mirror Heaven, and did not forgive the
fellowservant, Heaven Mirrored Earth in the negative manner, and God
revoked His forgiveness for the servant.
This verse:
Matthew 18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into
prison, till he should pay the debt.
Is mirrored here:
Matthew 18:34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the
tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
Heaven mirrors earth.
Matthew 18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto
you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their
trespasses.
Heaven mirrors Earth when we follow Jesus’ order, and it binds in
Heaven whatever we bind in earth.
If we bind a man in prison of unforgiveness, God binds us in the same
prison.
· If we loose a man by forgiveness, God looses
us!
· And we should loosen others because God
looses us.
Matthew 18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with
compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in Heaven.
Loosing is forgiving.
· It is technically not requiring was is
legally owing.
· Binding is holding someone to what is owing.
We must treat people as God treats people – as He treats us.
· Positively.
· Or He’ll treat us as we treat others
NEGATIVELY.
When Earth Mirrors Heaven and Heaven Mirrors Earth.
Only people who treat others the way God does are IN THE KINGDOM.
The Kingdom OF Heaven IN Earth.
When we mirror God in Earth, He gives us authority and He mirrors our
decisions.