Kingdom Foundations

Lesson 3
Salvation – The Whole Person

Biblical truths that demonstrate our need for salvation and its
redemptive work in our body, soul, and spirit.
 Salvation Is a Triune Grace
Redeeming the Whole Person
 Salvation is a triune grace that redeems the body, soul and spirit.
 Triune—means “three consisting in one”
 Salvation includes forgiveness, healing, prosperity, deliverance, safety and
restoration.
 Christ’s salvation is complete for every man, woman, and child.
 What the first Adam lost, the Last Adam (Jesus) restored through perfect
obedience.
God’s Original Plan for Mankind
 God’s original intent for us can be seen in the foundation of the world in the book
of Genesis.
 We are born to rule and we are created in the image of God.
 Image—means “to represent or resemble”
 We are spirits, we have a soul and we live in a body.
 Our Father has a mind, will and emotions; just as we are triune, He is
triune.
 To be a representative means to be able to act like the one who sent you.
 We have God’s qualities and we can act in power and character like He
does.
 We are creative, we have the ability to make moral decisions, we have free will, and
we are born to have co-dominion with God.
 We do not gain our self-image from the fall of man.
 Our true nature is reflected in God.
 Consequences of The Fall

Man’s Sin Caused Death. They had to make a choice to love

God over the fruit.
 God gave us choices so that He could have Adam and Eve’s sin was equal,
relationship with us; He wants to fellowship although Adam was the head of the
with people who have maturity in their human race.
moral perception—people that can make a
 When Adam and Eve sinned, it caused
choice.
death.
Example: walking in the Garden of
Death—means “separation”
Eden
We are spirits, therefore we will
God put a tree in the garden that
never cease to exist, but physical
covered the entire moral spectrum
death is a separation from our
(good and evil) and told them not
bodies.
to eat of its fruit
Spiritual death is separation from
God.
 Consequences of The Fall
The Separation Affected All Aspects of Man  Through the fall there was an open door for
and Earth. emotional and mental pain.
 There was separation between the man and Adam and Eve lost their identity in God
the woman. and were identified with the sin nature.
From here after, your heart (woman) will They were afraid, guilty, hiding and
be after your husband (Genesis 3:16). blame-shifting.
She will want authority too, and the  Physical death and aging appeared.
husband will be domineering. There Disease was a consequence of the fall.
will be imbalance of the authority in
the relationships.  The land was cursed and would yield
bitter food.
There is a lot of potential in the marriage
of a godly man and woman, which is why Thorns infested the ground, which is
the enemy created the struggle to prevent reminiscent of a poverty life full of toil
co-laboring. and striving instead of rest and
stewardship.
 Man’s dominion was lost.
 Consequences of The Fall
Redemption of the Fall
 Jesus was the Perfect Sacrifice and everything  Jesus took sufferings on for us. He took
that the first Adam lost, He regained. upon Himself things we could not pay for
(sin, healing, poverty, the law) and some
 Jesus walked in perfect obedience as an
sufferings for our example (persecution and
example to us.
temptation).
Acts 10:38 He was a Man anointed by
Many people want to take the same
the Holy Spirit and delivered everyone
sufferings of Jesus upon themselves and
who was oppressed.
try to pay the same price that He did, but
He had to walk as a Man anointed that is not our place.
by the Spirit so that all of us who are
anointed by the Spirit can do what
He did.
Mankind forfeited the authority over the
earth and Jesus had to come and regain
it.
 Temptations of Christ Versus Man
Jesus Was Tempted In All Aspects That We Are Tempted.
 “All aspects” includes lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, and the pride of life.
 The enemy questions the word of God in your life.
 To Eve, he questioned if what God had told her was true, just as he does to us
today.
 Persecutions and pressures arise to steal the word.
 When Jesus was thirty-years-old, He was baptized (fulfilling the law) and sent into
the wilderness to be tempted.
Comparing The Temptations of Jesus to The Deceptions In Genesis
 Satan attacked Eve’s identity, just as he attacked Jesus’ identity.
 Matthew 4:3 “…If You are the Son of God…”
 He questioned the Word of God.
 In the garden, satan tempted Adam and Eve with wisdom.
 Jesus used superior wisdom to overcome the temptations.
 Eve was tempted with the lust of the flesh through eating the fruit.
 Jesus was tempted with turning stones into bread. Jesus overcame temptation
through not using the power that He had to satisfy His needs.
 When we overcome that temptation, we will see unprecedented levels of
the supernatural.
 Jesus would multiply bread one day, but He would do it in God’s time and in
God’s way.
 Satan tempted Jesus to take a quicker route to gaining authority, by telling Jesus to
worship him.
 He offered Jesus exactly what Jesus came to get—the keys of authority.
 Jesus could have received the crown without having to die on the cross.
 Jesus knew that He had to do everything in God’s way and in God’s timing.
 Jesus was tempted to make a show of the supernatural by throwing Himself off of a
high place and letting the angels catch Him.
 He was tempted to give a dramatic sign so that it would compel people to believe.
 Jesus walked around doing many miracles, but the Pharisees still came asking Him
for a sign from heaven.
 A sign from heaven is a spectacular event that would force people to believe,
instead of letting people make a choice to believe.
 Jesus will not compel belief; it is every person’s free-will choice.
 Jesus will come in glory, and He did do many amazing things, but He did them all
God’s way, in God’s time.
Overcoming Temptations
 The enemy quoted the Scripture, but used it wrongly, out of context.
 In response, Jesus would quote the Word, being in relationship with God and
using Scripture in context with God’s will; therefore, the Word had authority.
 The passages that Jesus quoted back to the enemy were passages out of the
Israelite’s forty years in the wilderness.
 Everything that tempted Jesus also tempted the Israelites, such as hunger,
tempting God, and self-sufficiency.
 Jesus quoted key passages showing where Israel had failed in order to show that
He would not fail and He would redeem the former sins.
 He came as the Servant Ruler, perfect in obedience.
 The Blood Redemption
The Deliberate Pouring of Blood
 Sin created death, and life is payment  Jesus poured out His blood.
for a life. Poured—means “a deliberate act, full of
 Blood is a symbol of life and of life purpose.” Jesus deliberately poured His
being poured out. blood out; it was not spilled or
 Sacrifices were instituted as a scattered.
substitute, pointing ahead to the The Spirit has strategically been poured
fulfillment of Jesus’ perfect into us as vessels: we should not spill
sacrifice. our lives, but pour them out with
purpose onto people who are faithful.
 The Blood Redemption
We are reconciled to God, and then every
Jesus Redeemed Everything That Was effect of our separation is reconciled.
Lost In the Curse. The men lowered a sick man through the
 “Who pardons all your iniquities, who roof and Jesus forgave his sins (Mark 2:3-
heals all your diseases” (Psalm 103:3). 12).
 God bore our sins and sickness: by His Jesus also showed them the power of
stripes we are healed. healing as the same power of salvation.
 He was “scourged” (Isaiah 53:5),  Our sorrow and grief were completely taken
because sickness is the scourge of care of (Isaiah 53:4).
mankind. Jesus’ sacrifice opened the door for
 Jesus’ blood paid for our healing as emotional healing of our wounds.
much as it paid for our sins. He suffered rejection and pain so that
we no longer have to.
God wants to restore our souls.
 The Blood Redemption
 Earth and poverty are redeemed The earth was cursed with thorns, but
from the curse. the redemption came when Jesus wore
 The world will always respond to a crown of thorns to the cross.
the condition of the authority in He paid the price for earth and
that region. poverty.
 Creation earnestly waits for II Corinthians 9:7-8 God loves a
the revealing of the sons of cheerful giver and is able to give you all
God and the manifestation of sufficiency and abundance for every
the glory (Romans 8:19). good deed.
 Example: nature responding We are redeemed from the curse of the
to revival. law, which is spiritual death, disease and
poverty (Galatians 3:13).
 Our relationships were healed on the We are one in the Spirit. When you are
cross. a married believer, you are one flesh with
 There are many different kinds of your spouse and often start to become
love in life. like-minded.
 Agape love—means “God quality You can be one on all levels with
love, based on a quality someone.
decision”
 Beyond just marriage, women as “second-
 Phileo love—means “friendship” class” citizens in history are redeemed.
 Eros love—means “romantic, The snake came first to a woman in a
sexual love” garden. When Jesus was raised up from
As a married believer, you get to the dead, He appeared first to a woman
experience all of them with your in a garden.
spouse. Mary was the first to partake of the
We are one in the Spirit. When you news that Jesus was alive; it was the
are a married believer, you are one redemption of women and the
flesh with your spouse and often start reversal of the curse.
to become like-minded.
 Kingdom Covenants
The Purpose of Covenants
 A covenant is more than a contract. A contract is conditional upon your talents, your
money, and specific times, while a covenant encompasses all.
 Covenants also affect your generations after you.
 Every culture has blood-covenants in their history.
 The flowing of blood is an exchange of life and it involves exchanged names, assets,
meals, and sacrifice.
 This mirrors wedding ceremonies, which are covenants.
Blood-Covenants of the Bible
 Example: Abraham, David and Jonathan
 David searched out a descendant of the house of Saul, one that he could bless in the
name of his friend, Jonathan (II Samuel).
 David and Jonathan were blood-covenant partners.
 John 15:14 Jesus calls us His friends.
 Friends—means “covenant partners”
The Redemption of All Covenant Aspects
 Blood:
 This not only relates to a covenant with God and us, but also relates to a covenant
between us, as a covenant people.
 John 6:53 “…unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you
have no life in yourselves.”
 In communion, we put Jesus’ life-force into us.
 Hebrews 9:14 The blood of Christ cleanses our conscience from dead works.
 The blood provides forgiveness throughout our lives.
 Blood flows through our body and sustains us in the body of Christ: the blood has
to flow through the body.
 I John 1:7 The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin when we walk in the
light.
 Oaths and promises:
 John 14:16 Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would be with us always.
 Matthew 28:20 Jesus will be with us until the end of the age.
 Promises—means “to summon”
 God is summoning blessing to us and when we agree with Him, we gather blessing to
ourselves.
 Psalm 138:2 God has magnified His word according to His name.
 The name of God is part of His essence and all that He is.
 Psalm 138:2 (Amplified Bible) “…You have magnified Your word above all Your
name!”
 This is a picture of a written contract where God signs His name at the bottom of all
His promises.
 His name backs up His promises with who He is: Jehovah Rapha, Jehovah Nissi, etc.
 Signs and wonders are like God putting His signature on the word that you preached.
 He makes oaths and promises to us and we make oaths and promises to each other. He
calls us to be people of our word.
 Name:
 When you make a covenant, you exchange names.
 Examples: Abram to Abraham;
 “God of Abraham”
 Acts 4:12 There is salvation through Jesus; there is no other name under heaven
by which we are saved.
 Jesus is the name above every name. Jesus humbled Himself to death on a cross,
going as low as He could go so that He could fill all things, and He was given a
name above all other names.
 Jesus’ name is above cancer and poverty.
Those names have to bow and confess Jesus’ lordship.
 In ancient times, the phrase, “in the name of,” was a business phrase that
transferred ownership of something. When we are baptized in the name of Jesus,
we transfer ownership of our lives to Him.
 When we pray, we transfer ownership of the problem over to God.
Kingdom Foundations
Lesson 3

Salvation – The Whole Person

REVIEW
 Our redemptive history begins in Genesis where we find the root of all
principles of grace. Genesis 1:26-2:25 describes God’s original plan for mankind (our
identity, place and purpose in creation).
 We were originally created in God’s own image, which means in His likeness,
able to act like Him.
 We were made to have dominance over the earth that He created and to be His
royal people.
 We have free-will like He does.
 God created us to be able to choose to love Him and walk in fellowship with
Him.
 Since we are made in the image of God, we too are three part beings, yet one
(I Thessalonians 5:23). Sin and the resulting separation from God affected all aspects of
man and the earth—his God-given sphere of rule.
Some consequences of the fall found in Genesis 3
 There was separation between men and women. There would be a power-struggle
between men and women.
 Emotional dysfunction was created where there was shame and bad self-identity.
 The earth was cursed, men would toil and the ground would yield weeds; women
would have pain in childbirth.
 Disease, sickness, and poverty were consequences of the fall.
In Matthew 4:1-11 we can see the temptations of Jesus are relate directly to satan's
deception in Genesis 3:6.

Genesis Matthew

 Questioned God’s word in Adam and  Questioned that Jesus was the Son of
Eve’s lives God
 The lust of the eyes (The fruit looked  Turning stones into bread
good to eat.)
 Use their authority over creation  Throwing Himself from a high place
What can be learned about overcoming temptation from Jesus’ example?
 The Word of God is powerful when we are submitted, stand in right
relationship and are under God’s will.
 We have authority from heaven.
 Jesus came as a ruler who served.
 Isaiah 53, Psalms 103:1-6 and the accounts of Jesus’ death, burial and
resurrection, shows how Jesus “reversed the curse” and redeemed what was lost in
Eden.
 Isaiah 53: God took away our sins and our sicknesses through Jesus’ stripes and
scourging.
 Emotional healing: our sorrow and our grief were bore on the cross through
Jesus’ grief and separation from God.
 The earth was released from its curse: the earth once bore thorns; Jesus wore
thorns on His head as redemption for the earth.
 The woman was redeemed and given back her place next to the man: Eve was
the first to eat the fruit; Mary Magdalene was the first to see Jesus alive again.
 We are God’s covenant friends (John 15:15). Jesus’ sacrifice provided the
following aspects of the covenant, and this equips us to do His will (Hebrews 13:20-21).
 Blood—His blood was poured out as in a covenant ceremony. The shedding of blood
reunited us with Him as in a marriage. We now take part in Him and His nature
through His blood (John 6:53).
 Oath/Promises—God promised that He would be with us always (John 14:16). We are
partakers in the promises of God.
 Name—In covenants, the two people take on each others’ name. We are baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ and now are no longer our own, but His (Isaiah 62).
 Clothing—He is our covering; His robes were torn as the veil between us was torn
(Hebrews 10:20).
 We are God’s covenant friends (John 15:15). Jesus’ sacrifice provided the
following aspects of the covenant, and this equips us to do His will (Hebrews 13:20-21).
 Armor—We get the full armor of God; we have His strength and He equips us
(Ephesians 6:11-18).
 Assets—Jesus is our inheritance; everything that He walked in, we walk in (Romans
8:14-17).
 Fighting one another’s battles—He fought our battle on the cross and we now have
victory through Him (James 5:16).
 Covenant Meal—The Lord’s Supper; His body was broken for us (Luke 22:17-20).