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Dr. Kevin L. Zadai
God Sets Our Boundaries for Us
"The Lord leads us like a shepherd leads a sheep. I know that you want to stay in the pack, and stay close to God. I don't want to get too far out from my Shepherd, or too far out from the pack."
~ Dr. Kevin L. Zadai
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Until the day when He ascended, after He through the Holy Spirit had instructed and commanded the apostles (special messengers) whom He had chosen. To them also He showed Himself alive after His passion (His suffering in the garden and on the cross) by [a series of] many convincing demonstrations [unquestionable evidences and infallible proofs], appearing to them during forty days and talking [to them] about the things of the kingdom of God. And while being in their company and eating with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father had promised, Of which [He said] you have heard Me speak.
—Acts 1:2-4 (AMP)
DISCUSSION:
When we think of boundaries, we see them as being restrictive and almost manipulative. Often boundaries are set up to restrict you because whoever put them in place wants to control you. Churches and Governments may put restrictions on you, and it might not be in your best interest. They may say they’re trying to protect you, but when God does something, He’s not just doing it for your protection with an agenda. He has no agenda. The Pharisees had an agenda, and Jesus didn’t get along with them. They had their religion, and they did their own thing for many years. They kept a secret for years that the ark of the covenant was gone, and they were hiding the fact that it wasn’t behind the curtain. The Hebrew word Kabod is glory. Ichabod means; glory has departed, so God was no longer with them, but they didn’t want to announce that because they would lose all their people.
They made it so people would have to depend on them. I’ve seen in different religions where they have a middleman where you have to go to a certain man and submit. Then all of a sudden, they’ve essentially taken the replacement of God. We don’t’ want that kind of boundary in our lives, and neither did Jesus. Here at Warrior Fellowship, you may have your Bible Study in your home, but you may still go to your church on Sundays or Saturdays. There’s nothing wrong with that as we are not in competition, and neither was Jesus in competition with the Religious Organization of the Day. He was the head of everything. He was and is the I Am. They were supposed to answer to Him, but they didn’t recognize Him when He came.
• God had already established boundaries and authority.
• His boundary was that Jesus became the son of God.
• That interfered with the boundaries man had at the time.
• The Pharisees didn’t like Jesus. They didn’t draw the crowds; He did. They didn’t perform miracles like He did.
• No one ever spoke like Jesus did. He has the words of life.
• The Pharisees couldn’t replicate the miracles or feed the people like Jesus, and they started to lose control of the people.
God appoints Jesus as the boundary because, at the time, the religious leader's intentions were not good or of God. How did Jesus oppose the mindset they had even though they didn’t recognize Him as the Son of God?
GOD SETS THE BOUNDARIES BY HIS WORD
God wants to make nations out of you. He’s not thinking about you just surviving another year on the earth; He’s thinking about you affecting people, affecting a country, a state, a city, a district, and the religious people around you. He has big plans for you. He does that because a seed must fall to the ground for it to produce a crop. Jesus never manipulated anyone. When the Pharisees would come out to confront Him, He would say, who's warned you of the coming wrath? He was already pronouncing their doom. He wasn't trying to steal people. He was the one who created all people.
Acts 17:26 TPT: From one man, Adam, he made every man and woman and every race of humanity, and he spread us over all the earth. He sets the boundaries of people and nations, determining their appointed times in history.
Through Adam, He made every man and woman and every race of humanity, and He spread us over all the earth. He sets the boundaries of people and nations, determining their appointed times in history. From this one man, Adam, God made every man and woman that will ever exist. If you look like a reptile, you're probably not human, and we're not talking about you; you're a half breed, but we're talking about people that are fully human here. He spread us all over the earth.
• He named us a race called humanity.
• He sets boundaries of people and nations, determining their appointed times in history.
• Some people are trying to destroy nations right now, and they are coming against your freedoms to practice what you believe in within your country.
• Even though you may look at people as enemies of freedom, you have to understand that there were appointed times in history where God knew every individual, even the ones you don't like.
• They were to be on the Earth at this time. Some of them might not be here much longer because God is the one who takes care of those things.
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• God sets the times and seasons.
• Adam and Eve started in a perfect place. They ended up in a really bad place. We're still there, except that Jesus came and gave us salvation.
• We're participating in appointed times and seasons where there are boundaries of nations.
• There are certain boundaries that you call a nation or a country, or a continent, and the people groups that are there, God knew.
• As believers, we have superseded the boundaries. We are considered aliens, not the ones in flying saucers, but we are strangers. Paul said we're strangers in this land that we're just visiting here.
• Earth is not our home. Our home is in heaven, and we're visiting here according to the apostle Paul.
• We were transferred out into the Kingdom of light, which means we were transferred into the Kingdom of God, which is an eternal kingdom. Many scriptures support this truth.
• We supersede the boundaries of who we are here on the earth. When we get to heaven, it’s a different set of rules. You're going to find out that those are the rules that you were ruling by in your spirit the whole time down here.
• There were times here that you felt restricted by your color or the amount of hair on your head. Here you felt displaced, but in heaven, it’s like one big family.
• God knows every person on the earth, and He knows who His sheep are. We're His sheep, His faithful ones.
• We’re His shining ones. We’re His wise ones. We're the ones that are called sons and daughters of God in the last days.
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As a believer, how do you supersede the boundaries that man has put in place? How do you stand firm in this position that God has given you?
JESUS SHOWS HIMSELF ALIVE AFTER THE PASSION
Acts 1:5-8 AMP: For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized and empowered and united with the Holy Spirit, not long from now.” So when they had come together, they asked Him repeatedly, “Lord, are You at this time reestablishing the kingdom and restoring it to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His authority.
But you will receive power and ability when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses [to tell people about Me] both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.” And after He said these things, He was caught up as they looked on, and a cloud took Him up out of their sight.
Jesus showed Himself alive for 40 days and talked about the Kingdom of God. He performed many miracles in this time. He was with the apostles and commanded them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for the Father and what He had promised. They asked Him, “When and at what time will you reestablish the kingdom and restore Israel? They asked Him about the Roman Government because, in their minds, that's why they thought He had come. Jesus said to them, “It is not for you to become acquainted with and know what time brings —these events, and definite periods or fixed years in seasons. They're a critical niche in time that the father has appointed and reserved by His choice, authority, and power. He might not have known the answers to those questions, but He refused to answer them. He puts it right back on the father, takes a breath, and says, “But you're going to receive power from on high ability and efficiency when the Spirit of God comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” And when He had said this, even as they were looking at Him, He was caught up into a cloud, and then they never got to ask Him about Rome again. The main thing He wanted them to know was to remain in the city because the power from on high was coming and that they were going to be a witness. He focused on them being a witness, spreading the good news of the Gospel with everyone instead of focusing on times and seasons that are only reserved by the Father's choice, His authority, and His power period.
1. Discuss: Acts 1:2-8 amongst you and Jesus’ response to the Disciples when they asked Him about the times and seasons. Why did He respond the way He did? Where should our focus be?
2. Talk about God’s appointed time how He has fixed and reserved certain things by His own choice, authority, and power. Then discuss how Jesus never answers the questions the disciples asked but says they will receive power from on high.
PRAYER:
Father. I thank you so much for everyone. I thank you for blessing and causing them to trust. I just thank you, as the spirit of fear is leaving right now about the end times spirit. The spirit of fear is leaving, not feeling like they have control over their life's destiny, feeling like they're afraid of what's coming upon the earth. And I thank you, Lord, that fear is going now. It's a spirit. And I cast it out.
I drive it out in Jesus' name. And that Father that you administer the people right now that the times and seasons and the people that would be on the Earth at this time are all known by you. And you've already planned this out. And I thank you that you're a good God, and you've given us the Gospel, which means good news. And we're going to preach that message. Yes. And we're going to give you glory for it in Jesus' name.
