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THE THRONE-ROOM MENTALITY

 After one has learned the truths about The King's Greatest Secret!   the next greatest truth one needs to learn and have, as part of his or her walk with God, is what we refer to as "The Throne-Room Mentality".  Here's what we mean:

The Bible points out that the things that are not seen are more real and eternal than the things that are seen, which are temporary, or passing, 2 Cor.4:18.  Elisha, in 2 Kings 6:17 prayed that Yahweh would open the servant's eyes, when the servant could see the problems surrounding them, but could not see the warring angels of God which comprised a greater army than the bad army.  So, God opened the young man's eyes to that which was more important, to that "unseen realm" of the real - the spirit realm, and the realm of the eternal.  Just so, our own eyes need to be open to another world that is real, the realm of the spirit, the realm of the eternal. 

When the Bible tells us that something is real and true, then we need to believe and receive and act as though it is really real.  "Faith is the --- evidence of things not seen!"  Heb.11:1

  In Ephesians chapter 1, we are clearly told, and believe, that Jesus:

 1. Was quickened

          2. Was raised

          3. Was seated at the right hand of the Father God, far above all things, on the Throne with the Father.

  Sometimes when I preach here and in other countries, I obtain the local pastor's permission to borrow his biggest most impressive religious chair, that the most important dignitary sits in on the platform.  I bring it forward to stage center, and place it side-ways to the audience.  Then, I ask for a volunteer of a Father-God-looking gentleman from the audience, preferably  with a white beard, to play the part of the Heavenly Father.  Then I ask for someone, preferably,  his wife, to play the part of Jesus.  I have her act out the time of Jesus' being raised from the dead, from the grave, to the skies, and come and sit in the next biggest seat, at the right hand of the Father, in the Throne Room.  This chair I place next to the Father's chair, but facing the opposite direction, at the right hand of the Father.  I will tell you why the opposite direction in a moment.

  Then I tell the audience that something is missing.  I direct their attention to chapter 2 of Ephesians to the part where it plainly tells us that we were al

1. Quickened together with Christ

  2. Raised together with Christ, and that we were

  3. Seated together with Christ, at the Father's right hand, in the Throne-Room of the Father, far over and above every thing that is named, in heaven or on earth.  Colossians 3 also speaks of this.  Other places in the Bible also speak of this.

  One of the most beloved Psalms is Psalm 91 that tells us:

"He (or she) that dwells (lives) in the Secret Place of the Most High, shall abide (continually live) under the Shadow of the Almighty."

This Psalm goes on to talk about the fact that we are to continually live under our Heavenly Daddy Yahweh's chest feathers, under His wings!!!!!!!

  So, to continue with our stage presentation, I have "Ms. Jesus", who is sitting beside the Father, to go back down into the audience and find a child who will co-operate, a small child, perhaps her own.  Together they act as though they are being quickened, or, raised from the dead, together, raised from the grave together, ascending to the Father, together, and, finally seated at the right hand of the Father, together, on the Throne.

  The Bible repeatedly speaks of our Union with Jesus, with the Father, with the Holy Spirit, He in us, and us in Him.

  We saw, in The King's Greatest Secret!, how we went with Jesus into His crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection.  Now, we see how we continued, in our identification with Him, in His quickening, being raised, ascended and in His being seated at the Right Hand of the Father, in Jesus!!!!!!!

  Back to stage center, I then explain the reason that I have the chairs placed side by side, but facing the opposite direction, comes from those Scriptures that talk about our being seated at Heavenly Papa's right hand, and from those Scriptures that talk about Him being seated at our right hand.   Psalm 16:8  "I have set Yahweh always before me.  Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved."  But see also verse 11:  "Thou wilt show me the paths of life.  In Thy Presence is fullness of joy, at Thy right hand, there are pleasures forevermore."!

  In other words, if you want to have the greatest, most intense, most lasting pleasure and fun and joy and happiness, simply come in to the Presence of God, and never leave this place, but, learn to always live here in His presence, every moment of your life.

  Psalm 63:8 (NIV) says, "My soul clings to You, Your right hand upholds me."

  Dear one, look at the intimacy, if you are seated IN Christ, at the right hand of the Father, and, if the Father is at your right hand. 

  On the platform, is seated a man, representing the Father, his wife, representing Jesus, seated facing him at his right hand, with him at her right hand, and with a child representing us, seated on her lap, between them.  At this point, I have them tenderly embrace each other, with the child in between, embracing and being embraced.

  I stand back and point to them, and explain to the audience: "This is how you are to see yourself in relation to the Heavenly Father, all of the time!!!!!!! - in times of need, times of temptation, times of weariness, of financial need, when you are sick, when you are lonely, when you go to sleep, and as you go through the day - We are to have this "Throne Room Mentality", all of the time, All The Time, ALL THE TIME!!!!

  One time, Karen and I were traveling on a ministry trip together in our van.  As we traveled through the night, we both became too tired to continue on our journey, so we decided to sleep in the back of the van.  The only problem was that it was about 15 to 20 degrees below zero.  In other words, it was very very cold outside.  But we had with us a huge down king size comforter.  We snuggled together under this large feather comforter, and slept comfortably.  The only problem was that Karen kept waking up to check to see if she was cold!  But she was warm and comfortable.  And God wants us to be comfortable under His wings, under His feathers, all the time, all the time, all the time.

  Some times I will take with me, to the teaching, one of these king-size comforters, "The Comforter has come", as the song says about the Holy Spirit, our heavenly Comforter".  But, sometimes, in our demonstration, we will find one child after another who is afraid, or who is otherwise unwilling to co-operate with us in our little play demonstration.  We continue until we find one who is willing.  So, Jesus said, "How often I would have gathered your children, as a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing."  Mt.23:37 & Lk.13:34

  "He (or she) that dwells (lives) in the Secret Place of the Most High, shall abide (continually live) under the Shadow of the Almighty.  - - He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge - -"

  Beloved, THIS is where God wants us to live, this is where God wants us to stay.  We are ever always to live and move and have our being IN Him.  This is what we mean by our constant need to have a "Throne Room Mentality".  We are to live with this picture ever in our hearts and minds and our spirits.  This is to be our perspective, our "modus operandi", our way of life.  We are to live here always, never ever to depart, with Christ AS our life.  Amen.

OTHER THRONE-ROOM RELATED TOPICS

  The Wings of God:

  Ex.19:4  "You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself. 5 Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My Own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."

  Deuteronomy 32:10  "He found him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.  11  Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, That hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions.  12  Yahweh alone guided him, And there was no foreign god with him.  13  He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And He made him suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock,  14  Curds of cows, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat-- And of the blood of grapes you drank wine."

  Ruth 2:12  " ‘May Yahweh reward your work, and your wages be full from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under Whose wings you have come to seek refuge.'  13  Then she said, ‘I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants.' " 

  I have called upon Thee, for Thou wilt answer me, O God; Incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.   7  Wondrously show Thy lovingkindness, O Savior of those who take refuge at Thy right hand from those who rise up against them.  8  Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Thy wings  9   From the wicked who despoil me, My deadly enemies, who surround me."

  Psalm 36:7  "How precious is Thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of  Thy wing."

  Psalm 57:1  "Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in Thee; And in the shadow of Thy wings I will take refuge, Until destruction passes by.  2  I will cry to God Most High, To God who accomplishes all things for me."

  Psalm 61:4  "Let me dwell in Thy tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of  Thy wings. Selah."

  Psalm 63:6  "When I remember Thee on my bed, I meditate on Thee in the night watches,  7  For Thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of  Thy wings I sing for joy.  8  My soul clings to Thee;  Thy right hand upholds me."

  Ps 91:4  "He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler."  (KJV)

  Malachi 4:2  "But for you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in its (His) wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall."  (NAS)

  Matthew 23:37b & Luke 13:34b  "How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling."  (NAS)

SCRIPTURES THAT TALK ABOUT OUR BEING IN CHRIST, OR SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER, OR ABOUT GOD BEING IN US.

  The Bible has very Very VERY much to say about our being IN the Father, IN the Son, being IN the Holy Spirit, about the Son being IN us, the Holy Spirit being IN us, about the Father being IN us, about us being IN God, and about God being IN us.  Terrifyingly, the JW's have unscrupulously changed EVERY reference that speaks of this, and in so doing, have taken the heart right out of the Gospel!

  The Bible also has much to say about our being seated at the right hand of the Father, IN the Throne Room of the Father, IN the heavenly places, IN Him.  This is what it means to "abide in Him".  The Bible says that we are "bound up in a bundle of life in God".  "In Him we live and move and have our being."

Conclusion

  Dear one:  Hear the heart of your lovely Heavenly Father as He gently invites you to come and sit on His lap.  "Underneath are the everlasting arms."  Deut 33:27a  "The eternal God is a dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms--"  (NAS)  Come and feel His long strong loving arms around you.  Jesus took the children up in His lap and placed His hands upon them and blessed them.  Your Heavenly Daddy, your Abba Father, your Big Papa, lovingly invites you to sit on His lap, with your ear up against His big chest, snuggling under the downy comfort of His chest feathers, and listen to His heart beat with one ear, and with the other ear, to His whispers of encouragement and comfort, and guidance. 

  The husband and wife are still on the stage, embracing, on the stage, with the little child snuggling between them, representing you, sitting on your Heavenly Father's lap, in Christ, filled with God's Spirit.  At this point, I have the congregation point to the Throne, where you are seated, listening to God's heart beat, listening to His whispers.  The congregation points here, and says aloud,  "This is my new home."  "my permanent address."  "This is where I live!"  "In the Throne Room of the Father", "seated in Christ", "filled with His Spirit", "in the Presence of the Most High", "surrounded by the angels", "far over and above", "everything that is named", "with Christ as my Life", "I face every challenge", every need, "this is where I live", "all the time", "All of the Time", "all of the time"!  "Amen".   

  By this time there is hardly a dry eye in the place, as the Spirit of God gently but powerfully makes it real, healing from past hurts, giving them a great and lasting revelation of the Father's heart of love.

  On our last trip to Africa, we were coming out of the country, and had to go through immigration where they were checking every bag for contraband and illegalities.  We were weary, after having ministered intensely for 4 1/2 weeks.  The chief inspector was a woman who was serious about her business, there in Lagos Airport, in Nigeria.  Lagos is known for its terrifying airport procedures.  As we stepped up to the counter to have our bags inspected, the woman looked at Joshua, then at me, and spoke tenderly.  "I know you.  A number of years ago, in a place far distant, I remember clearly how you set up the chairs, and told us of the Heavenly Father's heart of love, and how I could always be seated on His lap.  I wept tears of joy at the tremendous impact of this revelation, and I have lived in the strength of it ever since.  I want to especially say thank you!"  She came out from behind the counter, still in uniform, while the others were looking on, and embraced us tenderly, while we wept tears of joy.  I am weeping now as I write this.  And you, too, can live happily ever after in the presence of God your Father, because this is where He has seated you, if you are willing.   By the way, they never even searched one bag!  Remember, "In His Presence is fullness of joy, and, at His Right Hand, there are pleasures forevermore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"  See you at the Throne!

  Dear One,

  We have also written articles on: 

          "Passivity: Dead Mouse Theology"

          "Kingdom Glory: The Authority of the Believer"

          "Miracle Judgement: Psalm 149"

          "Kingdom initiative"

And, our books on:

          How To Rule The World, our handbook on the Kingdom of God.*

          The Cult of Cannibals , on rightly relating to others.*

          The King's Greatest Secret! , on how to consistently please God.*

          The Sexual Ministry, our book on marriage happily ever after.

          How To Raise ‘Purfect' Kids

  *Please pray for us, as these three books are presently out of print, so we need to print more of them!

  Great Commission Ministries,  9473 County Rd.D, Webster WI  54893

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