Being a Kingdom Witness - Sustaining the Kingdom of God – Lesson 35 | Pastor Russell Miles – New Hope Freedom & Deliverance – May 20, 2021 (Amplified Bible)


1) As Kingdom citizens, we must let the world know that Jesus has risen from the grave and the way to know Him is to establish a __________________________________ with Him by accepting Him as Savior.
(John 20:11 AMP) But Mary remained standing outside the tomb sobbing. As she wept, she stooped down [and looked] into the tomb.
(John 20:12 AMP) And she saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
(John 20:13 AMP) And they said to her, Woman, why are you sobbing? She told them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.
(John 20:14 AMP) On saying this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing [there], but she did not know (recognize) that it was Jesus.
(John 20:15 AMP) Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you crying [so]? For Whom are you looking? Supposing that it was the gardener, she replied, Sir, if you carried Him away from here, tell me where you have put Him and I will take Him away.
(John 20:16 AMP) Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning around she said to Him in Hebrew, Rabboni!—which means Teacher or Master.
(John 20:17 AMP) Jesus said to her, Do not cling to Me [do not hold Me], for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brethren and tell them, I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.


2) As Kingdom witnesses, we do not need to spend time on trying to prove who Jesus is by looking at signs of the times, but instead we should be _________________________ who He is to the unbeliever by the power He delegated to us through His Name.
(Acts 1:6 AMP) So when they were assembled, they asked Him, Lord, is this the time when You will reestablish the kingdom and restore it to Israel?
(Acts 1:7 AMP) He said to them, It is not for you to become acquainted with and know what time brings [the things and events of time and their definite periods] or fixed years and seasons (their critical niche in time), which the Father has appointed (fixed and reserved) by His own choice and authority and personal power.
(Acts 1:8 AMP) But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.


3) As Kingdom witnesses, we should not complain or become concerned when fellow witnesses stop witnessing about the gospel. No matter who stops witnessing, God always has someone else to take his / her place so that the _________________________ of the gospel will always continue.
(Acts 1:16 AMP) Brethren, he said, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold by the lips of David, about Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.
(Acts 1:17 AMP) For he was counted among us and received [by divine allotment] his portion in this ministry.
(Acts 1:18 AMP) Now this man obtained a piece of land with the [money paid him as a] reward for his treachery and wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle [of his body] and all his intestines poured forth.
(Acts 1:19 AMP) And all the residents of Jerusalem became acquainted with the facts, so that they called the piece of land in their own dialect—Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.
(Acts 1:20 AMP) For in the book of Psalms it is written, Let his place of residence become deserted and gloomy, and let there be no one to live in it; and [again], Let another take his position or overseership.
(Acts 1:21 AMP) So one of the [other] men who have accompanied us [apostles] during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
(Acts 1:22 AMP) From the baptism of John at the outset until the day when He was taken up from among us—one of these men must join with us and become a witness to testify to His resurrection.
(Acts 1:23 AMP) And they accordingly proposed (nominated) two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
(Acts 1:24 AMP) And they prayed and said, You, Lord, Who know all hearts (their thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, purposes, and endeavors), indicate to us which one of these two You have chosen
(Acts 1:25 AMP) To take the place in this ministry and receive the position of an apostle, from which Judas fell away and went astray to go [where he belonged] to his own [proper] place.
(Acts 1:26 AMP) And they drew lots [between the two], and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was added to and counted with the eleven apostles (special messengers).