Operating In The Kingdom Culture - Part 1 by Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo: MP3 Download & Sermon Notes

The Kingdom of God Is Spiritual, Not Geographical

Romans 14:17

The kingdom of God is not a physical kingdom. You can live in it no matter where you are in the world. United Kingdom is a geographical kingdom — you have to physically be there to be in it. But God's kingdom is a spiritual kingdom, which means you can be physically located anywhere and still experience and partake of everything the kingdom offers.

The kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Everything in the kingdom is experienced in the spirit. Life in the spirit is sweet.

Born Again — The Entry Point

John 3:1-8

Nicodemus came to Jesus at night. He was a ruler, a man of religion, a man of reputation. But Jesus told him plainly: except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Not walk in it. Not understand it. Not even see it.

The new birth is not optional for kingdom living. It is the entry point.

You cannot appreciate what you have not been born into. You cannot see a kingdom you have not entered. And the entry is the new birth — not by education, not by moral effort, not by religious achievement.

John 3:6-8

That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. You must be born of the Spirit. The wind blows where it wills — you cannot trace it, but you can feel its effect. So is everyone born of the Spirit.

Kingdom Living Is Life in the Spirit

Romans 14:17

The kingdom of God is: righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. These three things are the evidence and the experience of kingdom living.

• Righteousness — right standing with God, not by performance but by new birth.
• Peace — the shalom of God that transcends understanding, operating regardless of external circumstances.
• Joy in the Holy Ghost — not happiness based on events, but a deep settled delight in God that comes from living in the Spirit.

If any of these are absent in your life, it is a signal: you are currently living in the natural, not in the Spirit. The natural realm offers the opposite of all three.

Life in the Spirit is not reserved for ministers or full-time workers. The kingdom is for every believer. Every one of you can access it right where you are. The supernatural life is normal life for a child of God.