On GOVERNMENTS: The SPIRITUAL government

Mark 6:1

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6 And he went out from thence,

and came into his own country;

and his disciples follow him.

How is the world being run today?

Are governments successful?

Are people happy?

Are people being served?

Observe how JESUS created His government.

With specific instructions, glorifying GOD alone.

This, in sharp contrast to how the world is being run.

Matthew 10:1

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10 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples,

he gave them power against unclean spirits,

to cast them out,

and to heal all manner of sickness

and all manner of disease.

Matthew 10:5-6

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5 These twelve Jesus sent forth,

and commanded them, saying,

Go not into the way of the Gentiles,

and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 10:7

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7 And as ye go, preach, saying,

The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 10:8

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8 Heal the sick,

cleanse the lepers,

raise the dead,

cast out devils:

freely ye have received, freely give.

Matthew 10:9-10

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9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

10 Nor scrip for your journey,

neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves:

for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Matthew 10:11

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11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter,

enquire who in it is worthy;

and there abide till ye go thence.

Matthew 10:12-13

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12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.

13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it:

but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Matthew 10:14-15

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14 And whosoever shall not receive you,

nor hear your words,

when ye depart out of that house or city,

shake off the dust of your feet.

15 Verily I say unto you,

It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom

and Gomorrha in the day of judgment,

than for that city.

Matthew 10:16

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16 Behold,

I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves:

be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:17-18

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17 But beware of men:

for they will deliver you up to the councils,

and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

18 And ye shall be brought

before governors and kings for my sake,

for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:19-20

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19 But when they deliver you up,

take no thought how or what ye shall speak:

for it shall be given you in that same hour

what ye shall speak.

20 For it is not ye that speak,

but the Spirit of your Father

which speaketh in you.

Matthew 10:22

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22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake:

but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Matthew 10:23

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23 But when they persecute you in this city,

flee ye into another:

for verily I say unto you,

Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel,

till the Son of man be come.

Matthew 10:27

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27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light:

and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye

upon the housetops.

Matthew 10:26

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26 Fear them not therefore:

for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed;

and hid, that shall not be known.

Matthew 10:28

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28 And fear not them which kill the body,

but are not able to kill the soul:

but rather fear him which is able to destroy

both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 10:29-31

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29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?

and one of them shall not fall on the ground

without your Father.

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Fear ye not therefore,

ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Matthew 10:32-33

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32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,

him will I confess also before my Father

which is in heaven.

33 But whosoever shall deny me before men,

him will I also deny before my Father

which is in heaven.

Matthew 10:34-36

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34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth:

I came not to send peace, but a sword.

35 For I am come to set a man at variance

against his father,

and the daughter against her mother,

and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

36 And a man's foes shall be they

of his own household.

Matthew 10:37

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37 He that loveth father or mother more than me

is not worthy of me:

and he that loveth son or daughter more than me

is not worthy of me.

Matthew 10:38

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38 And he that taketh not his cross,

and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Matthew 10:39

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39 He that findeth his life shall lose it:

and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Matthew 10:40

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40 He that receiveth you receiveth me,

and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

Matthew 10:41

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41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet

shall receive a prophet's reward;

and he that receiveth a righteous man

in the name of a righteous man

shall receive a righteous man's reward.

Matthew 10:42

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42 And whosoever shall give to drink

unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water

only in the name of a disciple,

verily I say unto you,

he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Luke 24:45

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45 Then opened he their understanding,

that they might understand the scriptures,

Luke 24:46-48

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46 And said unto them,

Thus it is written,

and thus it behooved Christ to suffer,

and to rise from the dead the third day:

47 And that repentance and remission of sins

should be preached in his name among all nations,

beginning at Jerusalem.

48 And ye are witnesses of these things.

Luke 24:49-50

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49 And, behold,

I send the promise of my Father upon you:

but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem,

until ye be endued with power from on high.

50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany,

and he lifted up his hands,

and blessed them.

The world's hope is in JESUS.

In having a spiritual government.

With the Triune GOD in it, of it, by it.

If we don't aspire to have such a government, then we'll keep having the governments we've been having.

It's really as simple as that.

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The SPIRITUAL government

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