The Demonic Movie which is the Chronicles of Narnia - Deuteronomy 18:10-13

Deuteronomy 18:10-13: "There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an ABOMINATION UNTO THE LORD THY GOD DOTH DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE THEE. THOU SHALT BE PERFECT WITH THE LORD THY GOD."

Now this is supposedly supposed to be the Christian author and the movie with the Christian "undertones". This movie is just as demonic as Harry Potter and churches are selling out theaters to see this. This is exactly what the Lord told us not to do. Wake up believers!

Representational Rule: Different Viewpoints of Life

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Today’s Topic: Representational Rule: Different Viewpoints of Life

Scripture: Romans 8:16; Genesis 3:6-11; John 1:14;

Greetings Kingdom Citizens:

In our various cultures and societies, how we perceive things determine how we react and make judgments about those things. However we know from our previous series, Culture of the Kingdom, because the church has not adopted nor understood the culture of the Kingdom some tend to allow the natural and worldly societies to influence the direction of the church in order to stay viable in a area. They try to impose worldly culture on the Kingdom of God and we know that is incorrect but the Kingdom of God should be the culture of the Earth because it is the culture of Kingdom that creation responds to. When Adam was created before the fall Adam had one viewpoint in life, God’s. Adam had Holy Spirit within him and based on what God told him, Adam obeyed and did what God instructed him to do. Now with this said we know that there are two viewpoints to life: God and man’s. Now these viewpoints are interpreted from two of the three components of man: The soul and the spirit. Now we already understand that God speaks to us Spirit to spirit (Romans 8:16) and the soul is the center of our reasoning and emotions. The physical body responds to what we ultimately decide on what we believe and perceive. Now back to Adam, the reason Adam could do everything that God required of Him because He was led by the Spirit of God and He consistently made the decision to follow God because for one, He was all Adam knew. So what we have is Adam’s spirit led by Holy Spirit and His soul was BLINDLY following the spirit and the Will of God being done in the Earth. But what happened at the fall?

Genesis 3:6,7: “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

Now the scripture speaks of both (Adam and Eve) of their eyes being opened. Let’s look at this. After the fall were their physical eyes open? Yes because they could see the physical earth and the creation within it. Were their spirit eyes open? No longer because Holy Spirit is now recalled and they now cannot see or receive the truth as it is because it is only revealed Spirit to spirit. So that leaves the eyes of the soul to be opened. This is the eyes that the Scripture speaks of because now man has a different viewpoint about life. Can we prove it. Look at Genesis 3:7. It says they KNEW THEY WERE NAKED. Adam and Eve did not know they were naked until after the fall and God asked Adam in Genesis 3:11, “Who told him he was naked?” So Adam and Eve now has received some type of alternative knowledge than the original knowledge they received from God. This knowledge or bread they ate of brings about death. Man’s perception of life from that point on was changed until God sends His Son, full of grace and truth (John 1:14) to restore us back into rulership and reconcile us back into the House of God. Now man’s perception of life is still declining in the sense of sin maturing in the Earth. More and more do we understand less of the spiritual because of our carnal viewpoint of the world.

Now before the fall God spoke to man plainly and revealed the truths about the secrets of the earth to Adam. After mankind fell no longer can He reveal those same truths because the connection Holy Spirit-to-spirit man is now severed and there is a separation from God. Because of this God spoke to man in types and shadows and not the reality. God understood that man could no longer see the truth in a plain way in which He intended because a veil had arisen between God and man and it was the veil of the soul.

The veil of the soul now presents a different viewpoint of life to mankind. In the next message we will look at an example of how it does that so that we come to realize the difference between the type or shadow and the reality. Adam could only rule by what God told Him and showed Him.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

Representational Rule: The Soul

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Today’s Topic: Representational Rule: The Soul

Scripture: Matthew 26:38,42

Greetings Kingdom Citizens:

The soul is where we reason, make choices and feel emotions. It is not, where we receive revelation from God. This is very important to understand. The soul is the person’s free will center. Hence this is why you can make choices and the reason you are not a robot. Now let me show you at least one scripture where Jesus refers to His soul and it being tied to an emotion.

Matthew 26:38: …My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: tarry ye here and watch with me.”

Jesus is speaking to Peter and the two sons of Zebedee at Gethsemane and speaks of His soul being sorrowful but in verse 41 of the same chapter Jesus says but the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Now it is evident that we have opposing forces going on. On one hand we have the soul sad unto to death and the spirit willing to do exactly what the Father commands. In the midst of this possible turmoil Jesus prays to Father and His prayer settles the issue when in Matthew 26:42: …Thy Will be done.

Now with that said the soul can act independent of God. It is the center of your free will. Now for the Creator, the Father, God to give us free will is a huge thing to me because it shows how deep His love is for us. Knowing we would sin and our sins would in the natural sense break the heart and in some cases kill us as parents. He still loves us so deeply that despite all of that He would still have The Way come, named Jesus, His Son to redeem us and reconcile us back to the Father.

Now that we have the foundation for the spirit, soul and body in the next message we will look at The Various Points-of-View of mankind.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

Representational Rule

House of God
Today’s Topic: Representational Rule: Introduction
Scripture: Genesis 1:2; Genesis 1:26; Matthew 6:33; Romans 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:23

Greetings Kingdom Citizens:
When a ruler or king sends someone with authority and power to another land or territory to carry out that ruler’s will and purpose then the one that is sent has representative rule. Now that sounds simple but looking at the state of the church and the Body of Christ in some areas this is not understood. People still call themselves a “King’s kid” but have no clue how to rule. People talk about having power and authority and there is no demonstration of power. As simple as Genesis 1:26 and Matthew 6:33 are they are the most misunderstood and disobeyed scriptures. But why is this the case? Why do we have a problem fulfilling our purpose in the Earth to rule and display the good nature of God which brings peace to the Earth and subdues the Earth to the standards of the culture of Heaven to order it and make it just as peaceable as Heaven itself, which is the dwelling place of God? Well we must understand that between Genesis 2 and Matthew 4 is about 4,000 years and the mentality of man has been on the decline since the fall. But what exactly happened in the fall that began our slow decline to this current state where the concept of representational rule is almost taboo to talk or even understand. Over the next few messages we will look at it and bring us to today and how we can in the Day of Salvation rule in the Earth and bring the culture of the Kingdom to the Earth.

First we must look at the components of man. I will not spend too much time on this but we must at least have a foundation. Let’s get a scripture 1 Thessalonians 5:23:

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ

So based upon this scripture man is composed of 3 components, spirit, body and soul. Now for the sake of time we will discuss the role of the physical body today and discuss the role of the spirit man and the soul in the next two messages.

When we look at the physical body we know the physical body is made up of thousands of components working together to make it function in the Earth. As it pertains to the purpose from the Eternal, the physical body is simply a housing for the indwelling of the spirit man and the soul of man. To show you how important the physical body is you can correlate it to an astronaut. The astronaut suit houses the being of the astronaut to allow him or her to function in space. Now if that being comes out of that suit in space then that person will die due to the laws God ordained for that realm. We need oxygen to breathe and there is no oxygen in space. Now this moves me to this crucial point. There is only one time that I know of in scripture that Holy Spirit was moving in the Earth without a body and that was Genesis 1:2: “And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” During this time we see the creation being formed and on the sixth day, man would be created and God would impart Holy Spirit in man. Hence we have 1 Corinthians 6:19: “What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” God gave you this housing so you can function in the Earth and do the Will of God. So the housing is really not yours to begin with because you did not create it! Hmm! So do we have the right in God’s eyes to tattoo the housing He gave to us? According to Leviticus 19:28 the answer is no.

Finally, spirits need bodies and this law does not only pertain to the children of God in the Earth but it also pertains to eternal in the Earth. Evil Spirits or fallen angels need a body to function in the Earth. Well how do they get one? They have to have permission from a human to use the body. So do they ask? Yes. For example:
Man has a thought: Man it’s Saturday, let’s get drunk tonight and hopefully I can get a woman to take home with me. Man has a second thought: You need to prepare yourself for worship tomorrow and need to study the Sunday school lesson. Now the man has a choice to make to which voice he will yield his body to. Now if he yields to the first thought then he is yielded to that spirit of alcoholism and possible fornication because alcohol causes you to lose inhibition and control. When you are out of control then you have a problem discerning spirits.

Now this is a small example but in many cases this is what happens so we need to be careful who we listen to because who we yield our bodies to is whom we serve. Romans 6:16:”Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, His servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”

We need to treat and care for our physical bodies properly. Now I am not talking about worshipping your body where all you care about is your physique but I am talking about seeing to its needs nourishment wise and health wise because without your physical body you cannot stay on Earth. That is the law God ordained. Another way to protect the body is from ungodly spiritual inhabitation by yielding and submitting your physical body to the rulership of Christ.

At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Glory of God

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Today’s Topic: The Glory of God

Scripture: Exodus 33:17-22; Matthew 19:17; Exodus 34:6,7

Greetings Kingdom Citizens:

Now when we talk about the glory of God, what are we talking about and what does it mean for the House of God. I want to show you in this set of scriptures the glory of God and how it links to the House of God.

Exodus 33:17-19:”And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. And he (Moses) said, I beseech thee, SHEW ME THY GLORY. And He (The Lord) said, I will make ALL MY GOODNESS PASS BEFORE THEE, I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.”

In this scripture, Moses wanted to know or experience God as He was so he ask God to show him His glory. Now God’s response is unique because when tend not to think of God’s glory in these terms. God tells Moses that all of His goodness will pass before thee. Could it be that God is speaking of His glory in terms of His goodness? Let’s look at another scripture to confirm it.

Exodus 33:22: ”And it shall come to pass, while my GLORY PASSETH BY, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock and will cover thee with my hand”

Look at that! The Lord said when His glory passes by. Back in Exodus 33:19 the Lord tells us what passes by, His Goodness. God’s nature is to be good. Jesus said Himself in Matthew 19:17: Why callest thou me good? There is none good by one, that is God..:” God is compassionate, merciful, patient, forgiving, keeps no record of wrongs and so on. Now in Exodus 33:19 the Lord said that the His name will be proclaimed before Moses, now watch this.

Exodus 34:6,7: And the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in GOODNESS AND TRUTH, keeping MERCY FOR THOUSANDS, FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION AND SIN, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity (sins) of the fathers UPON THE CHILDREN AND UPON THE CHILDREN’S CHILDREN, UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION (GENERATIONAL CURSE).”

So the Goodness of God is directly correlated to being the Glory of God. This is why God is good. Now this is the culture of Heaven, full of God’s goodness. When we even remotely think about the beauty of Heaven and the way it will be all of that corresponds to the goodness of God. So the culture of the Kingdom begins with the nature of the King. Now God sends His children in image and after His likeness or nature. This is how the Kingdom of God comes to the Earth is through the sons of God. In turn, when the Will of God comes to the earth, earth can see the goodness of God. This is why Jesus taught in the model prayer that the first request is for the Kingdom to come and the Will of God to be done in the Earth. This is the entire point of restoration. When Adam was put in the Earth, His purpose was to bring the Kingdom of God to the Earth. By the rulership and dominion of the Lord given to the sons of God to manage the Earth, the Earth is to experience and see the goodness of God. So in being after the likeness of his Father, Adam was good like God is good. Now Adam did not become good by Himself, He was good only in the sense of the goodness of God flowing through him to the Earth.

Now to show you even more the Goodness of God is when he chose His children as the heirs of the Kingdom of God and not the angels. Satan and one-third of the angels in Heaven rebelled against God. These angels challenged God in His decision to make humans His heirs and you do not challenge God. Now God could have simply eliminated and utterly destroyed them but what would that have proven. We already know that God has the superior and dominant strength to crush the competition so that would not speak anything to the Goodness of God. So what God does is put His sons in the Earth to rule the Earth and bring the culture of Heaven to the Earth. God knows that His children would sin and rebel against Him. However the Goodness (Glory) of God will come to redeem the fall man and despite their short falls and sins he would love them all enough to redeem them and forgive their sin if they make the choice to come back home to the House of God. It would also be through them that the goodness of God would flow to the Earth.

Hence, the son of God who is also a viceroy to the King is put in the Earth to be the exact representation of his Father’s good nature. If the result of God’s nature and rule shows His goodness, kindness and mercy then the result of His son’s rule in the Earth should bring about the same result and culture as in Heaven.

In the next message we will begin to look at what it means to exemplify representative rulership as the sons of God and His representatives in the Earth.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Kingdom Culture and Concept Part 2

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Today’s Topic: The Kingdom Culture of Rule Part 2

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:20; Romans 1:20

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

In our previous message we looked at one concept to rulership where the person in authority seeks benefits for themselves and can careless for the people under their rule. We concluded that this evident in today's church. This is not the type of rulership we want. Today we will discuss the second concept of rulership and the one we do want to model.

Now God in 2 Corinthians 5:20 calls the saints Ambassadors of Christ. That title fits you perfectly but how does this tie to ruling? Here is a great example, a 12 inch stick is called a ruler. It is a standard of measurement. Now if someone told you a peice of wood needs to be 4 feet long and 2 feet wide, how would we know what it looks like? Well we take the ruler and measure it length and width out on the wood and the cut it as drawn by the ruler. Now, what was once thought and invisible is now visible and tangible. Now let's take that and show your the Kingdom concept of rule. God has placed a standard in the Earth. Let me show you this scripture to bring the point home.

Romans 1:20: “For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse”

To understand the eternal which is visible, God has created things that understand Him, His power and His Godhead so that men do not have an excuse not to know about God. The thing in particular God created in the Earth is His sons or His children. Let me explain. The scripture says the invisible things of God are clearly seen and understood by the things that are made. So just like someone gives you the dimensions to a object, the object is invisible until someone takes a ruler or measuring stick with standard measurements and measures that thing out and then once it is measured and cut now the thing that was once invisible is now tangible and touchable. Hence what God did to extend His Kingdom and rulership to the Earth is place His children in the Earth as rulers or vice kings of the Kingdom of God. Now through their relationship with the Father and being discipled into maturity to handle the affairs of the Kingdom in the Earth the children are the standard or the ruler in the Earth. It is through them that the entire creation can see God and understand the things of God. This includes the unbeliever will have no excuse because the reality of who God is and His ways and character is evident and displayed through His children.

Now the question now is what is the reality of God and who is God? We will explore this in the next message.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Kingdom Culture and Concept of Rule Part 1

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Today’s Topic: The Kingdom Culture and Concept of Rule Part 1

Scripture: Jeremiah 23:1,2

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

The purpose of the culture of the Kingdom of God is to rule. When we look at rulership carnally then we see rulership as domination and conquest and many times it is who dominates who. Today we will look at one of the two different concepts of rule.

When we see the word rule we think of kings who sit in seats of honor and surrounded by attendants and get all of their needs and desires met. However they do not care about the condition of the people under their rule. Regardless if they are poor or just getting by they are concerned about self first. They are concerned with maintaining power and treading out anybody who seems to threaten that rule. Throughout human history that has been the case, even in the church today! Some pastors, bishops, prophets and other leaders in the church who have people under their rule, they seek their own benefits at the expense of the people under their rule. Could this be the reason why some people see the church as a business for the pastor to prosper only?

Jeremiah 23:1-2:"Woe be unto pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! Saith the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold I will visit upon you the evil of your doings saith the Lord."

Now there are various ways the pastors (shepherds) scatter the flock and we will look at a few. First they feed the flock food or bread that leads to death. In other words they present various doctrines such as Prosperity and Inclusion Gospel. When the people intake and accept (eat) these doctrines then they are eating unto death. Hosea 6:4 says my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. You have to understand these misguided leaders feed the flock junk food to appease them and then when the flock is so sin sick and the junk messages at one time that appeased them, now does not work. Now these pastors and leaders will continue to prosper while the people are spiritually starving and malnourished and living spiritually in poverty when the Lord has promised they would be prosperous and healthy. When we see an obvious disconnect, discernment will scatter the flock because they who are truly seeking the Truth will leave and on the other hand those who stay will starve to death even though emotionally they think they are on a all-time high.

The first concept of rule is when a ruler, pastor or shepherd uses the authority and power they have to benefit them first and show a lack of care for the people who have been put under their rule. So the well being of these people, spiritually and or emotionally is really of no concern to the one that is put over them to rule and lead.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Kingdom Culture and Concept of Rule Part 1

House of God

Today’s Topic: The Kingdom Culture and Concept of Rule Part 1

Scripture: Jeremiah 23:1,2

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

The purpose of the culture of the Kingdom of God is to rule. When we look at rulership carnally then we see rulership as domination and conquest and many times it is who dominates who. Today we will look at one of the two different concepts of rule.

When we see the word rule we think of kings who sit in seats of honor and surrounded by attendants and get all of their needs and desires met. However they do not care about the condition of the people under their rule. Regardless if they are poor or just getting by they are concerned about self first. They are concerned with maintaining power and treading out anybody who seems to threaten that rule. Throughout human history that has been the case, even in the church today! Some pastors, bishops, prophets and other leaders in the church who have people under their rule, they seek their own benefits at the expense of the people under their rule. Could this be the reason why some people see the church as a business for the pastor to prosper only?

Jeremiah 23:1-2:"Woe be unto pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! Saith the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold I will visit upon you the evil of your doings saith the Lord."

Now there are various ways the pastors (shepherds) scatter the flock and we will look at a few. First they feed the flock food or bread that leads to death. In other words they present various doctrines such as Prosperity and Inclusion Gospel. When the people intake and accept (eat) these doctrines then they are eating unto death. Hosea 6:4 says my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. You have to understand these misguided leaders feed the flock junk food to appease them and then when the flock is so sin sick and the junk messages at one time that appeased them, now does not work. Now these pastors and leaders will continue to prosper while the people are spiritually starving and malnourished and living spiritually in poverty when the Lord has promised they would be prosperous and healthy. When we see an obvious disconnect, discernment will scatter the flock because they who are truly seeking the Truth will leave and on the other hand those who stay will starve to death even though emotionally they think they are on a all-time high.

The first concept of rule is when a ruler, pastor or shepherd uses the authority and power they have to benefit them first and show a lack of care for the people who have been put under their rule. So the well being of these people, spiritually and or emotionally is really of no concern to the one that is put over them to rule and lead.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Kingdom Message: Who is the Youth Pastors and Ministers (Ephesians 6...

Kingdom Concepts and Rulership Part 3

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Today’s Topic: Kingdom Concepts and Rulership Part 3
Scripture: Matthew 28:19

Greetings Kingdom Citizens
When you talk about kingdoms there is also a discussion of the civilization that exists in that kingdom. Simply put a civilation is the culture of a people. The culture is the civil order and behavior of the people. Now when we talk about the expansion of the Kingdom of God the concept we want to look at is colonization.

Colonization is when a kingdom or country come into a foriegn land and take over. Instead of making the people in the land slaves, they teach the people the ways of the kingdom or country that is now in rule. Now let's bring it to the Kingdom of God and the House of God. The headquarters or Throne of the Kingdom is located in Heaven and that is home. God sends His sons and His Kingdom to the Earth (foreign land). Now that the Kingdom of God has returned to the Earth, God wants His children to be viceroys or vice kings and bring His rulership and culture to the Earth. The territory that God wants to rule is the hearts of men and not physical land. So God employs His children in various places to disciple people in the culture of the Kingdom. What a powerful concept. Colonization has always been a Kingdom concept. Jesus said it best in

Matthew 28:19: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

What was King Jesus doing in the Great Commission of Matthew 28. He was deploying kings, ambassadors and sons of God in the earth to colonize the Earth with Kingdom culture. They would do this through discipleship and empowerment through Holy Spirit.

What has happen is we have separated the son from the ruler and when that happens and there is a lack of knowledge of how authority flows in the Kingdom. When you do not understand you are a son and your power is restricted by the King then when you look at ruling you see it as how to dominate your enviroment for your benefit. Remember ruling is not about us having power and authority for our desires and will. So the purpose is to rule and the standard of rule is to establish the Divine Order of the King in the Earth.

So we are the vice kings who stand in the place of the King to bring the culture of the Kingdom into the Earth.

At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

Kingdoms and Concepts of Rulership Part 2

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Today’s Topic: Kingdoms and Concepts of Rulership Part 2

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28; Galatians 4:4,5

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

Authority and power (grace) in the Kingdom of God is given to sons of God, not for their own personal benefit and gain. Grace is given to accomplish the Will of the one who gives it. Grace in the Kingdom of God is given to the sons of God to bring the rulership and Will of God to the Earth. In addition, grace is given to advance the culture of the Kingdom in Heaven in Earth so one sees the culture in the sons of God. So what they see on Earth is a mirror image of Heaven itself.

God put His sons in the Earth to carry out the family business. God told him to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the Earth (Genesis 1:28). God knew the earth would need managing so He tells His children to replenish to earth to build a population to manage the Earth. Now when man fell in Genesis 3 it did not terminate the intention of God for man. Now since the fall we see a decline in man. But God had a plan to redeem man and Galatians 4:4,5 states:

"But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption of sons."

Jesus came to redeem and reconcile us back to the Father and be sons. In addition to bring back the original government and culture of the Earth. Now we can serve as viceroys to the King in Heaven and bring His rulership and culture to the Earth. Do we see how important understanding rulership is.

Jesus lived, died and was resurrected to give us the dominion back in the Earth so that we can serve as viceroys or vice kings to the King of Kings. This is why the Gospel of the Kingdom os so important to understand. In addition we need to understand kingdom concepts and principals to understand the relationship and power structure we live under as Kingdom citizens. Living in a democracy makes understanding monarchies a little difficult but if you take the time to study and seek God’s wisdom, knowledge and understanding then you will come into the understanding of how the Kingdom of God and it’s concepts function in the Earth considering it is an invisible eternal kingdom.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

Kingdoms and Concepts of Rulership

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Today’s Topic: Kingdoms and Concepts of Rulership

Scripture: Matthew 6:10; Genesis 1:26

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

If we think with a worldly system mindset then we cannot think with a Kingdom mindset. There are very few kingdoms in the Earth today. Now we know that God's government is a Kingdom model. In fact, it is the first governement ever on Earth. It is the government that the Earth needs. So for us we have to think and live in a Kingdom mindset. Kingdoms have rulers. The source ruler or primary ruler is the King. Everyone else has delegated power and authority to rule as ordered by the King. Now we understand the House of God is in Heaven and Earth and the sons in the Earth and they have been given dominion to rule over the Earth. Now the Kingdom of God has a King who rules over kings. Huh? Let me explain.

There is a french term for the word king and it is "roy". Now the person that is sent to bring the rulership of the king to another area is called a viceroy. A viceroy is a vice king who takes the position of the king in an area. Now a hidalgo is a son of a noble family who comes to gain his fortune. Now hidalgo and viceroy are two separate people. Many people think along the lines of the Hidalgo only and it leads them to seek their own fortunes. But when you think and act in the capacity of a viceroy, you understand that you are here to ensure that the same standards of rule that is in Heaven are brought and executed in the Earth. So a viceroy does not come simply to survive or to make their own fortune. They come in the capacity of the king himself and their existence brings forth the same rulership in that area that exists where the King is. Can we prove this in scripture?

Matthew 6:10:"Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven."

The first request in the model prayer is for the rulership and dominion of God to come from Heaven to Earth to accomplish the Will of God in the Earth. This is to regain the original purpose for the sons in the Earth in Genesis 1:26. The Earth should experience the exact same culture and see it dominate in the Earth through the sons of God just as it is in Heaven when the King's Throne is located.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

Kingdom Message - Searching You Out (Psalm 139:23,24)

Dominion Mandate and Concept of Rulership

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Today’s Topic: The Dominion Mandate and Concept of Rulership
Scripture: Genesis 1:26

Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Genesis 1:26:”And God said let us make man in our image after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth”

When we look at what I call the “Dominion Mandate” of Genesis 1:26 we see the nature and purpose of man. We see the nature of man as being in the image of God and after the likeness of God. The purpose of man is when God said “let them have dominion.” Now when we look at the purpose, God, in that statement, anticipated the creation of male and female because he said “them”. But, the purpose of man is to have dominion. God tells us in Genesis 1:26 what we have been given dominion over. What is dominion? Dominion is power and rulership. God.

When God created Adam, He created a ruler. Now Adam was not just the ruler of the physical earth, but He was also the ruler over everything that was in the Earth. This is what Genesis 1:26 is saying when it speaks of the fowl, cattle creeping and OVER ALL THE EARTH. So when God created man, He created a son and a ruler. Now for some people they want to talk about being the ruler but leave off talking about being a son and the two work together. When you sever those two, the son and the ruler, then the requirement of restraint that being a son comes with is hindered. When all we talk about is rulership then all we try to do is oppress and consume but if you combine that with being a son then that brings a completely different picture to the forefront. When you look at a son and ruler together, then the son understands that they are a ruler but the power that is given to them is not of their own but it comes from the Father to accomplish His Will in the Earth and not their own. But as you look at Genesis 1:26, being a ruler is the thing that God put His sons in the earth to do because if they are made after His likeness and God is a King Himself then rulership is an automatic, inherited trait to the children. The key is learning how to be submitted to the King and how to use the dominion in a responsible way to bring the Will of God to the Earth.


At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Family in Heaven and Earth

The House of God
Today’s Topic: The Family in Heaven and Earth
Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-16

Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Ephesians 3:14-16: “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in Heaven and Earth is named, That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with His might by His Spirit in the inner man;”

Now Paul speaks of bowing his knees to the Father of Jesus Christ or whom the WHOLE FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH IS NAMED. What is the family’s name? The House of God. Now this should have jumped out at you in the sense that Paul says the House of God, or the family is in Heaven AND Earth. How can this be? First let me give an example and then bring it to the eternal reality.

In my household, The House of Calhoun, the headquarters for this household is in the State of Florida at my residence. In that residence resides my wife, Bianca and our son, William. Now, I am the patriarch of the household and the authority and power of that household resides at our residence. William has no authority or power at that residence because it resides with his parents. Once William comes of age and moves out of our home to another place, for example the State of Georgia, if he is not married and still under our household, then the House of Calhoun migrates to the State of Georgia. Now you have the House of Calhoun in the States of Florida and Georgia. Now the headquarters for the House is still in Florida and since William is still under our covering then the standards that are at home in Florida are expected to be maintained in Georgia. William is delegated certain authority and power to use in Georgia and as long as he stays under our authority. But if he disobeys and “sin” against us then his authority, power and privileges can be revoked by his parents in Florida. Now let’s pull this concept into the eternal.

The children of God’s home is not Earth. Our home is Heaven. So we establish that the House of God is in Heaven. Now how does it come to the Earth? God, the Father sends His children to this created place and establishes them there with dominion. In other words, God created the Earth, then created man, then blew the Breath of Life in him (Genesis 2:7). Now in this place His children are given dominion or rulership over the Earth (Genesis 1:26). This rulership is a delegated authority and power to bring the Kingdom and its culture to the Earth. So what we will have is Earth mirroring the culture and reality of the Heavenly Kingdom. When God sends His children to the Earth the family of God, or the House of God is now extended from Heaven to Earth. It is through the children that the Will of God and the Kingdom culture and rulership comes to the Earth.

This is how the House of God is in Heaven and Earth. So Heaven is the headquarters or our home. It is where the Throne of God is located and the seat of Power. Heaven is our home but God has sent His family, His children into the Earth and He has given them dominion in the Earth. This dominion is not for their own personal use, but they use the power to fulfill the Will of the One who sent them. So we have the House of God in Heaven and Earth. In the next message we will look at Rulership.

At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

House of God vs. The Houses of Mankind

House of God

Today’s Topic: The House of God vs. The Houses of Mankind

Scripture: Isaiah 2:3,4

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

Now when we look at the contrast between the House of God and the houses of mankind, one of the obvious differences is in ethnicity. Many of our houses or families are built along ethnic lines and some transcend through interracial or interethnic marriages. Even with that obvious difference, Satan has played off of that and the spirit of racism has plagued mankind since the beginning. Racism is not just a black-white thing, it is a spirit that runs not just in the color of ones skin but also in various sects of religion. For example you will have the Sunni Muslims fighting and murdering the Shiite Muslims on the basis of beliefs. Furthermore many still have the mindset that races should not mix as it pertains to marriage.

Thank you God for seeing past our ignorance. In this day we are seeing the growth in interracial marriages, and the growth of spiritual fathers whose households are comprised of many different races. On that note, the House of God is unique in that the House is not dependent upon the color of skin or a certain denomination or ethnicity. Since God is a Spirit then the children of God are also spirit. But as a part of the Spiritual Law that God ordained before the foundation of the world. These children, who are spirits, need a fleshly housing to live on Earth. The fleshly housing does not determine if you are in the House of God because the House is made up of spirits. But let me show you this beautiful scripture and prophecy from Isaiah.

Isaiah 2:3,4: “And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”

Now the part of that scripture that should bring joy and hope to you is the latter part where in the House of God nation shall not lift up a sword against nation and neither shall they learn war any more. In the House of God there is a completely different atmosphere.

In the House of God there is peace, well being and harmony. This is completely opposite of the atmospheres that can exist in the houses of men. The nations (various people) within the House of God will be in such an atmosphere that the things that divide and destroy people and other nations will have no effect in the House of God. When you look at this prophecy it is centered in the time of the Millenial Rule of Christ when Jesus will sit on the Throne in Jerusalem and reign. What a sight and a thought.

The point I want to drive home is that all of us who are in the House of God are one (Galatians 3:28) and we are a chosen generation and a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9). Our DNA or genetic lineage is directly from God and our family has nothing to do with our fleshly ethnicity.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

House of God vs. The Houses of Mankind

House of God

Today’s Topic: The House of God vs. The Houses of Mankind

Scripture: Isaiah 2:3,4

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

Now when we look at the contrast between the House of God and the houses of mankind, one of the obvious differences is in ethnicity. Many of our houses or families are built along ethnic lines and some transcend through interracial or interethnic marriages. Even with that obvious difference, Satan has played off of that and the spirit of racism has plagued mankind since the beginning. Racism is not just a black-white thing, it is a spirit that runs not just in the color of ones skin but also in various sects of religion. For example you will have the Sunni Muslims fighting and murdering the Shiite Muslims on the basis of beliefs. Furthermore many still have the mindset that races should not mix as it pertains to marriage.

Thank you God for seeing past our ignorance. In this day we are seeing the growth in interracial marriages, and the growth of spiritual fathers whose households are comprised of many different races. On that note, the House of God is unique in that the House is not dependent upon the color of skin or a certain denomination or ethnicity. Since God is a Spirit then the children of God are also spirit. But as a part of the Spiritual Law that God ordained before the foundation of the world. These children, who are spirits, need a fleshly housing to live on Earth. The fleshly housing does not determine if you are in the House of God because the House is made up of spirits. But let me show you this beautiful scripture and prophecy from Isaiah.

Isaiah 2:3,4: “And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”

Now the part of that scripture that should bring joy and hope to you is the latter part where in the House of God nation shall not lift up a sword against nation and neither shall they learn war any more. In the House of God there is a completely different atmosphere.

In the House of God there is peace, well being and harmony. This is completely opposite of the atmospheres that can exist in the houses of men. The nations (various people) within the House of God will be in such an atmosphere that the things that divide and destroy people and other nations will have no effect in the House of God. When you look at this prophecy it is centered in the time of the Millenial Rule of Christ when Jesus will sit on the Throne in Jerusalem and reign. What a sight and a thought.

The point I want to drive home is that all of us who are in the House of God are one (Galatians 3:28) and we are a chosen generation and a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9). Our DNA or genetic lineage is directly from God and our family has nothing to do with our fleshly ethnicity.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

The Creator and the Creation

The House of God

Today’s Topic: The Creator and the Creation

Scripture: Romans 1:18-20; 2 Peter 1:4

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

One of the beautiful ways of God is that in creation, the things of creation are to show something about God. Now if everything in the earth is supposed to do that then there should be no question that God exists. So there is no excuse for anyone to even believe that there is no God. If we just look at creation, the creativity of God shows His majesty and a small snippet of the creative mind of God. With that said let’s look at Romans 1:18-20:

“For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest to them; for For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse; Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful ; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

When Paul was writing this in its context he clearly was speaking about man’s wickedness and God’s response to his wickedness. So based on Romans 1:18,19 we see that the result of man’s wickedness is the wrath of God poured out on them because they suppress the truth with unrighteousness. For example, wicked and unrighteous men only see the truth through the prisms of their own eyes. If they are wicked and unrighteous then the truth within them is wicked and unrighteous. Now some may say, how can God hold mankind responsible for knowing someone they cannot see. God takes that argument away through the creation. Romans 1:20 says The invisible things of Him (God) are clearly seen and understood by the things that are MADE. So what that means is that there are certain people in creation that must behave a certain way that models the divine nature, holiness, goodness, mercy, compassion, loving kindness, understanding, wisdom and counsel of God. So the children of God are to be the sign to the world that God is real. Hence we have 2 Peter 1:4:

“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

The divine nature of God is evident in the children who submit themselves to the rulership of Christ and allow the Will of God to be done through them, for them and for the Earth. This divine nature shows in the attitude and ways of the children. However this starts with the proper mindset of the individual. If all we know is we are Christians and sinners saved by grace, then to realize you are a son of God who has citizenship and rights within the Kingdom of God is going to be foreign to you. God will pour out His wrath on the wicked and unrighteous because just looking at the creation and the sons of God there is NO EXCUSE for them not to believe in this truth that “God is real and He is the Creator of the World”.

Do not let the Big Bang theory or Darwinism fool you. Evolution is a funny thought and I want to leave you with this thought: If we came from monkeys and we evolved to humans, then what are we to evolve to now? Are we going to be some weird creature? This is how absurd these theories are. God created the world, that includes mankind, and set everything in a particular order so that the things of God are clearly seen AND UNDERSTOOD by the things that are made. If the animals and plants believe in God, why are we having such a hard time?

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

Design of the Children of God

House of God

Today’s Topic: The Design of the Children of God

Scripture: Genesis 1:26; Genesis 2:7; John 20:22

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

The question is how does a Heavenly family come to the earth? The way God did this is He created a being called man and formed Him from the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7). The most important thing in the creation of man is the part that gives man his being and life and that is when God breathed the Breath of Life and then man became a living soul or being. The Breath of Life is Holy Spirit. After Jesus was ressurected from the dead in John 20:22 it says Jesus breathed on them (disciples) and said "Receive ye the Holy Spirit."

Now by God giving man His Spirit, mankind was very unique in contrast to the rest of creation. Mankind would be the offspring, sons of God and when creation sees them they will also see the Creator. Now besides creation from dust, mankind was uniquely designed for two purposes.

1. To be His children

2. To extend His Heavenly Kingdom to the Earth.

Our base scripture for this discussion is Genesis 1:26:"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth

To be His Children

This is such a vast subject but for this message we will lay the foundation. When God created man He created Him with the intent to be His children or sons. So if God is going to create children then in the same hand the children should look like Him. Hence in Genesis 1:26 says God made us in His image. God's image is Spirit. So the image God gives His children is that of Himself so when creation sees the children, they will also see the Creator. Finally, the children will be discipled by the Father, through their spiritual fathers to have the nature, character and ways of the Father. Now this is a snippet of what we will discuss in this series.

To Extend the Heavenly Kingdom to the Earth

This is a powerful concept to grasp but once again just a snippet of discussions to come. The way the Kingdom comes to Earth is through the children of God. How do we know? In Genesis 1:26 it also says that "dominion" was given to mankind also. Dominion is royal power that comes from the Throne of God to the children on Earth. Why would God give the children power? Power is the evidence of the unseen Kingdom and God. In addition it gives us the ability to do the work of the Father in the Earth. Adam could not command the animals and tend to the needs of the Garden without the royal power from Heaven. It was Heaven that established earth so it is Heaven that understands the ways the creation works and how they even show something specific about God. This is why we have to be children and be willing to submit to the rulership of the King so we can be empowered to do the Will of the One who sends us whose name we are called by.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.

New Series: The House of God - Introduction

The House of God

Today’s Topic: House of God: Introduction

Scripture: Acts 17:24; 1 Corinthians 3:16

Greetings Kingdom Citizens

What is the House of God? For many people they believe the cathedrals, temples, and buildings we construct and where we meet to worship is the House of God. Where did that thought come from? Well we can look back to ancient times where people would construct special buildings and dedicate them to their particular god and claim their god lived in that building. So that building would be the house of that god. The Scriptures say something completely different about the House of God and His residence.

Acts 17:24: “God made the world and all the things therein, seeing that He is Lord of Heaven and Earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.”

So if the temples, cathedrals and all of these buildings are not the House of God, then what is? Before we answer that let’s look at another example of what people say the House of God is.

Some say that the House of God is God dwelling in us. Now this is correct in statement but it limits the scope of what the House actually is. Now let’s explain. 1 Corinthians 3:16 tells us, in a question, that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth within us. That is correct. This fleshly housing gives God a place in the realm of time to come to a particular place and impact that place with His Will. Now they use that scripture because their understanding of the House of God is that it is not made of brick and mortar but of people. Now the reason it falls short or limits the scope of the full definition of the House of God because God dwelling in us is an aspect of the House of God and not what the House of God is in its entirety. So what is the House of God?

The word “house” is an ancient family. For example in London we have the House of Windsor and in Germany you have the House of Hanover. Now one aspect of these “houses” is that they are multi-generational. These “houses” exist today and if you are a member of that house then you were considered to be very prominent in that culture. But we are discussing the House of God. The House of God is the most ancient of all the houses. The House of God is the family of God in time and space. It is the original family or the original house on Earth. Now if the House of God is a family then there is a minimum requirement or standard. The standard is the family has to have a father and children of that father.

In the next message we will look at how the House of God comes to the Earth.

At the Father’s Service,

Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.