Topic: Making Him Real by Living Real In Him/Ch.3 | |
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The Earth and the Fullness Thereof are the Lord's
Media, Technology, Industry, Sports, Politics, Entertainment, Exploration, Internet, Education, Medicine, Government, Arts, Finance, Business, Marriage, Parenting, Drama, Military, Science, Agg. Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done, On Earth, As It Is In Heaven! This chapter portrays various spheres of influence in society which should be ruled over by Believers, with a Kingdom of God mindset. Society is made up of many spheres, arenas, segments, disciplines, orders or groups. All based on common interests or direction. Nearly every discipline or segment, has its own language, customs, culture and mindset. This is true whether you speak of the medical community, the legal community, the sports community, the music community or any of hundreds of groups, sects or sphere's. Sometimes within a sphere such as sports, there will be many segments or disciplines. For example, golf, tennis, baseball, football, soccer, basketball and cricket are all sports. But, the language, skills, tools and practices are very different. There are a few "spheres of influence" that we will deal with in this chapter which greatly effect how society will function and the bound- aries within which it will operate. Abraham Kyper listed 8 arenas of societal influence in his writings, in which Christians should lead. Bill Bright and Loren Cunningham listed 7 in their assessment and Lance Wallnau also listed 7, which he called, 7 mountains of influence. My list of major arenas, spheres or groups which need to be transformed to facilitate Kingdom of God manifestation in the earth and reshape society, to follow "original intent", has 9 areas of oppurtunity or spheres of societal influence. New Covenant, Kingdom of God, Believers can change the way the world operates. Not by mass crusades, not by petitions, or marches, not by missionary campaigns and certainly not by mega church development. These are all good things, but they do not change the societies in which they attempt to establish a presence. To change the world, the way the world thinks, pursues and prepares for life, must be changed. The church must invade the workplace and every arenaof influence. The areas for emphasis are: * Arts, entertainment, sports * Business, finance, technology * Religion * Family * Education * Media (radio, TV, magazines, newspapers) * Government/Politics * The Net (blogs, twitter, facebook, chat rooms, progamming, Utube with a message) * Science (as opposed to pseudo-science and culture driven fo- science) These are major areas needing change and redirection. These spheres of influence, shape, direct, impact and conform socities. By trans- forming them, we can change the way the world thinks, change the way people think. Change the way people do things and you change the culture. The message of conversion alone, though powerful and heart changing, is not enough to change a world driven by carnal mindsets and flesh driven pursuits. To produce Kingdom of God fulfillment in the earth, every segment, arena, sphere or discipline must be invaded, re-directed and Word of God undergirded. Proverbs 10:20 (NAS) The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little. To go outside the walls of the local assemblies, we must think outside the walls, break with ineffective traditions and encourage people to pursue career choices that shine light into darkened areas of society. |
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