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It is finished. The new covenant is in full force and full effect. It is completed, accomplished, fulfilled and receipted as “paid in full”. Jesus Christ did all that was required of Him to mediate and ratify the restoration of order to man, as it was in the beginning. If this matter is not settled, man has no realistic hope. Man would have no realistic expectation to experience all the provisions of the Word as true in his life without further action by Jesus Christ. But praise God, you can rest in the fact that this new covenant is forever settled in heaven and earth. Nothing else has to be done. Nothing else is going to be done to settle the matter - because it is finished!

This book is built on the foundation that Jesus Christ settled all matters pertaining to man (spirit, soul and body), and all matters pertaining to His creation (eternal and temporal), on the cross. Since there is nothing left to be done to seal our inheritance, it is now up to us. All who have received Jesus Christ and the price He paid on the cross as finished are now required to take possession of all the promises bestowed to them.

Why keep emphasizing “the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross?” Because, it IS finished! Your faith in this truth is the foundation for you being able to rise up as sons and daughters of the Most High God. It is the foundation for you to walk in every provision of your inheritance, here and now on earth. Whenever you think of Jesus Christ and the cross, know that you are not only the redeemed of the Lord, but also that your destiny is “paid in full”. Know that your inheritance now rests on your ability to take possession of everything that has been willed by Blood covenant to you through Jesus Christ. The price has been paid, every provision has been settled, and all is yours. It is now up to you to resolve the matter as finished and forever settled in your heart and mind so that you can enjoy the full benefit.

This book is for believers, but there is supernatural power in a body of believers coming together in unity and speaking the same thing in one accord. There is supernatural power in a “Kingdom minded” Body of Christ becoming fitly joined together and fully functioning in the earth. This book is for pastors, teachers and leaders who desire to see their people partake of the fullness of their Kingdom inheritance. It is for personal and corporate Bible study. It is for all believers who know there has to be more to the abundant life in Christ than they are currently experiencing. It is for believers who desire to see restoration of God’s order, manifestation of the Kingdom of God, and His sons and daughters walking in full power, dominion and authority, here on earth.

Your DNA is the map of the genetic code of your life. It is the molecular basis that transmits your heredity. You are born of God, by the Body and Blood of the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. You are engrafted with the Living Word of God. The life force of Jesus, His Blood, flows through you. His Blood, rich with all the inherent attributes, authority and ability is in you. Your DNA speaks to who you are in Christ. You are God’s voice in the earth. You have Kingdom DNA. Speak what the Word of God says about you, about all that pertains to you. Search the scriptures, continuously, to discover and add to the map of whom you are, what you have, and all you can do in Christ Jesus.

There is a principle in the Kingdom of God: The more you give, the more you have, because God multiplies what you give, and adds it back to you. Share Jesus Christ and the gospel of the Kingdom, by His grace, through your faith. Give your faith away to others. Share the life in you with others. Give to establish His Kingdom. Give to have abundant supply. You are salt and light in the earth with all covenant authority and ability. And, above of all, you know the answerto all of the world’s questions - Jesus Christ.

The promises of God are to all believers who choose to believe that His Word is not just true, but true in their own lives. Be Kingdom minded - don’t be alarmed by those who insinuate that such great authority in God is not possible, that it was for a prior dispensation, or that it only comes with office or title. The promises in God’s Word are to “whosoever will.” When people ask, “Who do you think you are?” or, “By what authority do you do such things?” simply declare this:

There was, is and will forever be a King. He is one King, yet three separate and distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son - Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Spirit. They are separate, yet one. This King speaks and while He is yet speaking, His Word goes forth to accomplish that which He has spoken. His voice is so powerful that it walked in the garden in the beginning. His Word cannot return void. He was there before the beginning, and in the beginning He created the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them. He is the source of all things, and in Him all things exist and consist.

In His eternal love, God made man in His image and likeness to share in His great creation - the heavens, the earth, and all within them. He was pleased with all of His creation, except for man, in whom He was well pleased. God gave dominion on earth to man, instructing him to be fruitful and multiply, to replenish the earth, and assigned him the job to dress and keep the garden. He communed with man daily, to fellowship and to impart wisdom and knowledge.

The all-powerful, all-knowing, and everywhere present King gave man dominion, knowing from the beginning that man would treat this responsibility casually and give his authority to a usurper, the devil. But God, the great I Am That I Am, the loving Father, had a plan to redeem and reconcile man back to Himself, and restore order as it was.

The King’s provision for man’s redemption was, is, and will forever be Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) Unto us a child was born and a Son is given, and the government of the Kingdom, without end, shall be upon His shoulders. All things were made by and for Him, and in Him is Life, and that Life is the light of men.

“And, Jesus grew in wisdom, stature and in favor with God and man.” (Luke 2:52) He is our example of walking through life in victory and the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is our inheritance, the first born of many brethren. He taught us to ask the Father whatsoever we will in His Name. He taught us that we should believe we receive it, and we shall have it. He taught us to speak to mountains and see them removed. He taught us to speak the Word only.

In the foreknowledge of God, who knows the end of all things then backs up to initiate the beginning, He implemented a plan to restore His intended order to creation. And in God’s time, Jesus endured the sin and shame of the cross. He died and was buried. He took back the keys of death, hell, and the grave, and bruised the devil’s head in doing so. Jesus, the mediator of a new and better covenant, the Living Word, rose again with all power and authority in His hand. He is now seated at the right hand of God the Father.

In Jesus, we are cleansed from all sin yesterday, today and forever. We are healed and set free. He is the only door to the Father, and He is the Good Shepherd. To all who will abide in Him, the True Vine will abide in them and bring forth much fruit. His finished work on the cross restores all who believe on the Name of Jesus back to authority and power. More importantly, we are restored back to a relationship of fellowship with the Father, as it was in the beginning. In Jesus, we can walk in the fullness of the covenant, as the sons and daughters of God and as joint heirs.

After His work on the cross was finished and He ascended to heaven, Jesus sent us a Helper: A Teacher, the Anointing. He knew that man would need instruction and power to walk out this life in victory, as He had on earth. The Holy Spirit came to live in us as evidence that we are now one in God. His Spirit rests upon us to empower us to be and do all that He requires. The Holy Spirit gives us power to witness of Jesus, to be living epistles known and read of men. We have the power to walk in one voice and one accord with no divisions among us. He gives us power to prophesy, dream dreams, and see visions of wonders in heaven and earth.

Through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, the hearts of men are drawn to Jesus Christ. He gives gifts to men for the effectual working of the Body, and by His Spirit we are all one Body in Christ. The Spirit reveals truth to us, and empowers us to be who we are, receive all that our inheritance provides, and achieve all we have been destined to do, in Christ Jesus.

Unlike an earthly king, our King is personally vested in our lives. He has predestined the plans for our lives, our steps, and the grace needed for success. But, the choice to follow His path is solely up to us. God desires not only to be a part of our lives, but to be the center of our lives. He wants to be the center of our relationships, and of all our endeavors. He is the center of the three-fold cord that binds us to our destiny, our family, all we are, and all we do.

Our King laid down His life for us to possess the power, authority, and dominion intended for man from the beginning. He laid down His life so we could exercise dominion to take authority over our lives, situations, and surroundings on earth to further advance and establish His Kingdom. He laid down His life so that we could walk, in this life, as if walking in heaven on earth. This is the environment intended for man as it was in the Garden of Eden. He laid down His life so it would be where man thought a thing and it was so; where man spoke a thing and saw what he spoke; and, where man had dominion over every place the soles of his feet tread. This is the inheritance that God has bestowed on all those who choose to partake of the promises and provisions of His covenant.

We glorify our King in spirit, soul, and body when we demonstrate that we acknowledge His love for us. Faith works by love, therefore our faith works by our knowing just how much He loves us. We flow in the Spirit when we operate in and are motivated by love. Not just our love of God, but in the revelation of how much God loves us, because He first loved us.

Jesus Christ walked the earth in the power of the Holy Spirit, connected to and in communication with the Father. This is our model of how to walk in this life. Our King is our example and as He is, so are we in the earth. The King wants His manifest sons and daughters to rise up and establish His covenant, His Kingdom, in the earth for all to see.

Can you imagine how it would grieve a natural father who has made every provision to bestow all his earthly goods to his children, but his children have no desire to know and walk in that inheritance, or simply choose not to do so? How much more must it grieve our heavenly Father that all men are not walking in the provision of the sacrifice of His Son and His finished work on the cross. How it must grieve Him further that the ones who are walking in covenant are not walking in the fullness of the covenant; and, that the salt and light of their example is not attracting others to a life in Christ and His Kingdom.

Our King, the Living Word, has given us the written Word for our instruction. It is our constant reference to know who we are, what we have been given, and all we have the ability to do in Christ Jesus. Because He loves us, His desire is only for our good. He has laid out life and death before us and He desires that we choose life. Our God desires that we keep partaking of every provision of His plan that cost Him the ultimate price, His life. He loves us now and will always love us in spite of our attitudes, motivations, or error. He is not interested in our behavior modification; He wants life and heart transformation. Only in knowing and completely trusting in His love for us can we experience true power and freedom to walk out the promises as His true sons and daughters. Our King wants His Word to be quickened in our hearts, settled in our minds, and coming forth from our own mouths, so that our lives are transformed to walk in the fullness therein.

Our King is pleased when we accept His love, when we choose to accept His provision and His destiny for our lives. He is pleased when we seek to know Him in a sustained and meaningful relationship, one of daily communion and fellowship. It pleases Him when we seek to know His desires toward us. It pleases Him when we desire to become like Him, walk in His fullness, and search out the hidden treasures, mysteries, and revelations in His Word. Our King is pleased when we are motivated by what motivates Him: love; our love for Him, for each other, and for the lost. He is pleased when we take up His cause to manifest as fully mature sons and daughters of God, walking as Jesus did, and establishing His Kingdom on earth for all to see.

In the earth realm, the king of the kingdom is the authority, defender, and protector of that kingdom. His power and authority are absolute and without question. The loyalty of his subjects is commanded. But our King is higher than that. He thinks on things, and what He thinks happens. He asks, and receives all that He asks. He speaks, and His words do not return void. Our King loves us with all that He is, all He has, and with everything He can do. Because of that love for us, He allows man the free choice to accept or deny His Kingship and the many benefits of covenant with Him. While our King could command compliance, He doesn’t, and never will. He’s interested in relationship, and that, only by man’s free will decision to accept the priceless provision made by Jesus Christ on the cross.

Christians are often heard saying that the world is full of hurting people – the walking wounded – and the Church is the hospital they go to for healing. This implies that all the hurt and wounds people suffer happen outside of church, and that the church is a safe haven where only good and godly things happen. Such a simplistic view does not acknowledge that the church is filled with imperfect people in process of being perfected. These same imperfect people are often the source of a lot of the hurt and wounds that are inflicted on others, even within the church walls. When people experience wounds in church – God’s designated place of refuge – it is one of the worst hurts, and has potential for deep and lasting impact. God never intended this for His house, or for the people called by His Name.

I have attended church since early childhood, but it wasn’t until my late twenties that I understood that there’s more to being a Christian than just attending church, or at least there should be. There is a distinct difference between joining a church and accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. There is a distinct difference between going to church regularly and being a Christian. There is a distinct difference between trying to walk out this Christian life in one’s own strength, versus being filled with the wisdom and strength of the Holy Spirit. It was through the ministry of Christian television that I learned I needed a personal relationship with Jesus Christ by confessing Him as Lord and Savior of my life. Also, I learned that I needed to be empowered through the baptism of the Holy Spirit to walk out each day in victory.

I remember being so excited when I found a church in my area that believed the same as I was being taught over the years on television. I was even more excited when, a year after finding that church, the Lord put on my heart to leave my job and come work for Him. My career was going well; I was living a good life and loving God. Initially, I wasn’t sure if I was hearing God or just my zeal. I told the Lord that if He paid off my debt, I would comply. Less than six months after saying that, my employer announced they were downsizing and asked for volunteers to accept buyouts. I applied for the buyout and subsequently received it nine months later. It was sometime after I applied, but before I received my buyout, that my church announced they were looking for a church administrator!

After I obeyed (and got the job), I really expected a new level of order and peace in my life. I thought I would be a part of that church and working in that assignment for Him for the rest of my life. Every time the doors of the church opened, I was there soaking up the Word, being caught up in praise and worship, and experiencing the tangible anointing of God’s presence. It was a joy and an honor to come to the house of God each day to work. I thought it would always be that way.

I was new to the experience and the experience was new to me. My expectation was that things were only going to get better and better; from glory to glory. It was probably shortly after the first year that reality began to sink in that the same bad attitudes and behaviors in people’s lives outside the church were alive and well inside the church. Sadly, I realized over time that my reality was not isolated. Most Christians that you talk to would agree that they’ve had similar observations and experiences in their interactions with people at their own churches, including:

• People choosing to speak or not speak to others for seemingly no apparent reason other than their own system of reward and punishment

• People quick to judge adversity, (especially sustained adversity) in the lives of others as the result of sin, yet viewing the sustained adversity in their own lives as just thecircumstances of life

• People using “God loves me just the way I am” as an excuse for bad behavior and proof that God does not require change of them, because they are still standing and still being “blessed”

• People believing that it’s “OK” when they operate like the world because in their eyes it’s not the same; after all, they’re “Christians”

• People calling right wrong, and wrong right if it’s expedient to their personal cause at that time

• People more ready to follow the bad examples of others than the good

• People assigning worth to others based on physical appearance, clothes, cars, perceived wealth, race, or age

• People having suffered hurt at the hand of others, perpetuating the cycle of hurt by inflicting hurt on others by their own hand

• People holding others to a higher standard than they expect of themselves

• People thinking it’s a ‘righteous win’ as long as they win, even if everyone and everything around them is decimated

• People jockeying for position and harboring jealousy about the blessings of others, as though God only has a limited supply to go around

One	The King of the Kingdom
Two	And, the Kingdom of God is Like
Three	Entrance to Abundance in the Kingdom
Four	The Whole World Waits

Five	I Am Who the Word of God Says I Am
Six	I Have What the Word of God Says I Have
Seven	I Can Do What the Word of God Says I Can Do