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Kingdom Priority... a guest blog

10/3/2017

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Jesus committed the 'keys of the Kingdom of Heaven' to His ekklesia. It was obvious from the start, that the ekklesia and the kingdom would be indelibly linked. 
​I am honored to share this blog post with you written by my friend, Myron Mason. He eats, sleeps and drinks the Kingdom. I believe you will be blessed by what he has to say.
At the end of this blog, there is a link to connect to our latest podcast. It is a great interview with Myron. You don't want to miss it.

Kingdom Priority by Myron Mason

When I hit the “proverbial wall” spiritually by truly repenting and ridding my life of idols, God began to reveal secrets to me beyond the gift of salvation; secrets about the reign of God's Kingdom in my life. God showed me that knowledgeable things I had learned were not all I needed to know.
​God revealed to me what I had lost (after Adam’s fall). Jesus’ message was never to scare me into Heaven but to encourage me. He wanted to RESTORE me because I was made in God's image and likeness (Genesis 1:26-28).
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G​od told me that satan's scheme was to steal my identity and turn me into a religious puppet so others that satan had misled could misinform me. Other people didn't have a clue as to what God had put on the inside of me; nevertheless, they thought they had the authority to tell me what God wanted me to do. This would cause me to covet the institution containing titles, pomp, and prestige and what it stood for and not GOD’S PRIORITY WHICH WAS HIM AND HIS KINGDOM.

​Satan never wanted me to study and recognize that I am a container of God's Glory as I walk holy before the Lord. Eventually, I forgot my purpose and the assignment that came with it. “Where there is no revelation (VISION), the people cast off restraint” (Proverbs 29:18).
​When you become free in Christ, your religious robes are discarded and you put on the new man which is renewed in the knowledge of Him that created you. God's ORIGINAL INTENT for man was being revealed to me “Behold I long for your precepts (original thoughts), revive me in your righteousness” (Psalm 119:40).
​The Kingdom of God should reign in every believer because it was Jesus original message –“The Kingdom is at hand”; but man's religious “churchianity” hinders many from walking in it (Matthew 23:13). Hosea 4:6 says, “MY PEOPLE are destroyed for a lack of knowledge”!
​May the body of Christ begin to ask God for what HIS PRIORITIES are...
​May the body of Christ begin to ask God for what HIS PRIORITIES are and proceed to move away from bondage found in religion and tradition.
​Jesus saved us not for us to go to heaven, only (John 17:15); but to display heaven on earth as He did “…as my Father has sent me, even so I send you” (John 20:21). Re-discover the Kingdom within, that Kingdom which God originally gave us. The Kingdom that promotes and utilizes the Holy Spirit as the early church did.
​The word “Repent” means to think high thoughts, for people to change their thinking. “Coming up higher” means to not settle for the Status Quo of those who aren't pressing in. God has something to reveal to His remnant in this hour and it, diametrically, opposes what we are practicing today. That remnant is called the Ekklesia!
​When I originally heard of the ‘Ekklesia’ from my friend, Tim Kurtz, I just listened to what he had to say. My spirit was moved; I knew it had to be more; however, I could never put my thoughts into words like he had.
​So, I began to connect the dots; I read Isaiah 9:6-7, how Heaven’s government would be upon Jesus’ shoulders. Then, I read Jesus’ first declaration in Matthew 4:17 that the Kingdom’s government had arrived. When Jesus told Peter, “…Upon this rock I will build my CHURCH and the gates of hades will not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18), somehow, that didn’t seem to give a true identification of who this CHURCH was; so, when I learned that what Jesus really meant was a government term it made me smile.
Finally, revelation came like never before; Jesus’ followers were given the approval as ambassadors!
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​In Jesus’ days, the Ekklesia in the first century meant a ruling governmental council with the authority to establish policies, legislate, confer, deny citizenship, or to elect officials.
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​I had heard of that word “council” in the scriptures before (the Sanhedrin council) so I looked it up. They consisted of 71 members: scribes, elders, prominent members of the highly priestly families and the high priest, the president of the assembly.
​So, it appeared to me that there would be a conflict when Jesus began to make disciples (disciplined learners) on what it meant to be an ambassador, a citizen of heaven’s culture. He was in all actuality training them to become the ruling council, the Ekklesia, to speak to the authorities that be.
​I recall in Acts 4:6 when Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest were gathered together at Jerusalem began to ask Peter and John by what power or what name had they healed the impotent man; the Ekklesia, Jesus was building was so much greater than those of the religious rule of His day. The Ekklesia had the power to heal and make men whole who had previously been doomed to suffer the ailment they had for the rest of their lives.
​The Ekklesia are given keys to the Kingdom of heaven; whatever they will bind (forbid) declare to be improper and unlawful on earth will have (already) been bound in heaven, and whatever they will loose (permit) on earth will have (already) been loosed in heaven.
In other words, the Ekklesia is an extension of Jesus’ Ministry, mission while on earth, because it is the Father’s good pleasure to give us the Kingdom (Luke 12:32) so we can become representatives of the government of heaven on earth!
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Myron R. Mason is a Kingdom Coach and Minister. For 30 years he has been the Chief Board Operator at WDCX-FM Radio 99.5 FM (Crawford Broadcasting). He has served in the United States Navy, and served on the National Peace Keeping Force in Beirut Lebanon 1983. He lives in Niagara Falls, New York with his wife, Dr. Veronica Mason. They have three children.
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About the Author and Founder of The Ekklesia Center

Tim Kurtz has served in traditional ministry for over three decades. He has authored several books, and teaches how the mistranslation of ekklesia into the word church has impacted the Body of Christ. His current assignment is to develop regional networks of house gatherings that reflect the Kingdom values and structure of first century believers. He and his wife Carolyn have been married 46 years and live in Michigan.

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