Training For Reigning

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Training For Reigning

• By Dr. Ron Leech
• Senior Pastor of Eastside City Church
• Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Introduction

• Destined for a Throne
• We are Born To be Kings
• We are Destined to Reign in Gods Kingdom

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God Created You For Divine Destiny

• Jeremiah 15
• Psalms 13913-18
• Romans 828-29

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King David is Our Example

• But he did not reign because he had not been
  trained
• Life is a series of CLASSROOMS, CLEARING HOUSES
  and TRAINING CENTERS
• In order to reign in Zion, we must train in the
  Church

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There are Three Training Centers

• Bethlehem
• Adullam
• Hebron

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Beth.Lehem The House of Bread

• This is Davids HOME CHURCH
• His place of calling
• His place of anointing
• His place of beginning
• We must learn well at Bethlehem!

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First Lesson is Spiritual Authority

• He found a King to serve 1 Samuel 1621
• Watchman Nee There is no one who is fit to be
  Gods delegated authority, unless he himself
  first knows how to be under authority. If anyone
  of His children is independent and self reliant,
  not subject to Gods delegated authority, then
  that one can never accomplish the work of God on
  earth.

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The Pattern is Apprenticeship

• You will never have authority under you until
  you have established, delegated authority over
  you. Nee
• Name your delegated authorities?
• The lessons of life are found in your Bethlehem,
  which is none other than the House of God.
• The House of Bread, where we are all called to
  serve the authorities and people given to us by
  God to serve.

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Second Lesson is Personal Integrity

• David found a Giant To Kill
• Goliath must be called out and defeated in
  Bethlehem or he will attack you later in life
• What is your Goliath? Strongman. Stronghold.
  Imagination

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Internal Goliaths

• Demon Spirits Ephesians 610-14 2 Cor.104-5
• Carnal Nature Rom. 714-813
• Tradition Ephesians 514

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External Goliaths

• Davids own family
• David had to use his own proper armour
• We can learn principles and character but we must
  have our own fight of faith
• Our Armour Ephesians 610-18

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Third Lesson is Moral Purity

• David found a friend to Love 1 Sam.1725
• God intended Merab 1 Sam.1817
• But Saul gave her to Adiel 1 Sam 1819
• Saul gave Michal 1 Sam.1820-21

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Davids Area of Failure

• The snare or Moqesh, the trap.noose.scandal
• This was the area of Davids failure throughout
  his life! God tried to give David a close friend
  and confident. 1 Samuel 2016-17

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This Area was a Major Weakness

• Intimacy and Moral Purity was always Davids
  problem area 2 Samuel 11
• Learn this lesson Do not minimize this problem
• Every member must come to grips with his/her own
  sexuality and find a Godly way to meet his/her
  needs in this area of life. It needs to happen
  in Bethlehem

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Training For Reigning

• Part II

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Second Dwelling Place

• The Cave of Adullam
• 1 Samuel 221-4

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What is Adullam?

• Dalahto dangle. let down like a bucket into a
  deep well. The end of your rope
• Adullam is the place of testing, learning, and
  growing

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What happened at Adullam?

• David was placed in the hold 1 Sam. 224
• Placed on hold by the Spirit
• Masada-Masuda-Peirasmos

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David Was On Hold!

• Spoke to the King of Moab 1 Samuel 223
• Psalm 23, Isaiah 5010
• Anchor your trust in Gods Character, Gods
  Person, God Himself

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The Three Lessons of the Cave

• Compassion
• Courage
• Character

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Lesson of Compassion

• In distress, in debt, and discontent
• Worked with those God brought
• 1 Chronicles 12 400 become 340,800 warriors in
  7 ½ years

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Lesson Of Courage!

• 1 Samuel 231-5
• 1 Samuel 239-13

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Lesson Of Character

• 1 Samuel 241-12 and 267-11
• Cave at En-Gedi and the wilderness of Ziph
• I will not lift my hand against the Lords
  anointed
• God never leads us to do anything that is
  contrary to His character

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The End Never Justifies The Means

• Gods will never leads outside His character
• Gods call never leads outside His character
• Gods character standard judges all we do

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Conclusion

• Saul died while David was still at Adullam
• You take care of learning the lessons of Adullam
  and God will take care of the enemies and
  obstacles of Adullam
• Compassion, Courage and Character are necessary
  for Training For Reigning

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Review

• BethlehemThe Place of Calling, Anointing and
  Beginning
• Its Lessons are Spiritual Authority
• we must find a King to Serve
• Personal Integrity-We must find our Giants to
  destroy
• Personal Intimacy-We must find our friend to love

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Review of Adullam

• The place of Testing, Learning and Growing
• Its lesson of Compassion
• Courage
• Character

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Training For Reigning

• Part III

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Third Dwelling Place

• Hebron
• The City Of Alliance

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Hebron

• The place of Commitment
• Relationships
• Covenants

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What happened At Hebron

• 2 Samuel 21-4 8-10
• David became Judahs King at Hebron
• Abner made Ishbosheth Israels King

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Three Lessons of Hebron

• David made a covenant with Failure/Second best
• David made a covenant with Abner
• David made a covenant with Success/Fame

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First

• He cut a covenant with Judah
• This is a covenant with Failure. Second Best 2
  Samuel 24
• He behaved in Judah as if he were already in Zion

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Second

• He cut a covenant with Abner 2 Samuel 312
• This is a covenant with forgiveness from your
  enemies

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Third

• David cut a covenant with Israel
• This is a covenant with Fame/Success
• 2 Samuel 45-8 2 Samuel 51-3

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Conclusion

• Hebron is the place of Commitment, Relationships
  and Covenant
• Its lessons are failure, learn to fall forward in
  failure
• Forgiveness a costly lesson
• Fame, Learn to keep success in balance

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The End

• Thanks for listening and have a great day!