CULTIVATING OUR
KINGDOM CULTURE
Text: Gen 2:14
• Gen 2:15 Then the LORD God took
the man and put him in the garden
of Eden to tend and keep it.
INTRO:
• In the Garden of Eden there was
only one culture, one government,
the government of heaven
• Mankind duty was to tend and to
keep it.
AIM:
• FOR US TO CULTIVATE OUR
GARDEN SO AS TO BE FRUITFUL.
I. OUR PURPOSE IN LIFE
• To be fruitful-we are good seeds of
the kingdom-Matt 13: 37
• To multiply
• To replenish
• To subdue and rule over all the earth
• To DO this we have to influence the
world with the kingdom of heaven’s
distinctive culture.
• We have to cultivate our kingdom
culture.
• Another version of Gen 2:14 is to
tend and keep our culture.
• A garden needs a gardener, for this
reason God placed Adam and Eve
there not just to inhabit in it but to
keep it and tend it.
II. ADAM AND EVE’S FIRST FAULT
• They allowed the existence of the
enemy.
• To tend means to pay attention, to
act as an attendant.
• To keep it as it is, keep it FREE from
anything that would destroy it
• They allowed satan to exist in the
garden.
• When Jesus said, “whatever you
bind on earth will be bound in
heaven…” was just a reinstatement
of Adam & Eve’s authority to us.
• We can now understand more His
words, “Do not give an inch to the
devil”. Ephesians 4:27
• They should have prohibited Satan
to gain access on their territory.
• This is why garden needs
fence/hedge to stop intruders.
• Job 1:10 "Have You not made a
hedge around him, around his
household, and around all that he
has on every side? You have blessed
the work of his hands, and his
possessions have increased in the
land.
• We know that satan is not
omnipresent, he cannot be here and
there at the same time.
• He got his hierarchy of demons and
evil spirits.
• Unfortunately, he has intruded our
gardens, minds, families,
relationships, culture, church,
homes, etc.
• There is no point planting in the
garden and you allowed it to be
destroyed.
III. WHAT ARE THE NECESSITIES IN
CULTIVATING A GARDEN/CULTURE?
• Prepare and use (land) for crops or
gardening.
• Break up (soil) in preparation for
sowing or planting
• Cultivating a land would include
ploughing, removing debris,
fertilizing
• Hebrews 3:15 while it is said:
"Today, if you will hear His voice, Do
not harden your hearts as in the
rebellion.“
• Hebrews 3:13 but exhort one another
daily, while it is called "Today," lest
any of you be hardened through the
deceitfulness of sin.
• Illustration: Suyod sa palayan
• Old roots or weeds should be
removed
• Fertilizers enhance seeds’ growth
• Pro 19:6 Many entreat the favour of
the nobility, And every man [is] a
friend to one who gives gifts.
• Pro 18:24 A man [who has] friends
must himself be friendly, But there is
a friend [who] sticks closer than a
brother.
• Gen 32:20 "and also say, 'Behold,
your servant Jacob [is] behind us.' "
For he said, "I will appease him with
the present that goes before me, and
afterward I will see his face; perhaps
he will accept me.
• When your enemy is hungry, give
him food…
• Rom 2:4 Or do you despise the
riches of His goodness, forbearance,
and longsuffering, not knowing that
the goodness of God leads you to
repentance?
IV. REPLENISHING
• To make new supply or make
complete
• It is now our turn to plant and have
our own garden
• G12 idea-look after 12 believers and
make them disciples.
• Pass over the seeds of God’s word.
• Mat 28:19 "Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
• Illustration: Thesis on population
• Judges 2:10 When all that generation
had been gathered to their fathers,
another generation arose after them
who did not know the LORD nor the
work which He had done for Israel.
• We could not keep a culture if
nobody knows about it. Pass it on.
• Mat 28:20 "teaching them to observe
all things that I have commanded
you; and lo, I am with you always,
[even] to the end of the age." Amen.
V. ADAM & EVE FAILED TO KEEP THE
GARDEN/CULTURE-WHY?
• Eve wasn’t equipped with God’s
word.
• Gen 3:3- her knowledge was, even if
they touched it, they gonna die.
• 2Cr 2:11 lest Satan should take
advantage of us; for we are not
ignorant of his devices.
• Eve listen to satan.
• She look on it. What you see is what
you need.
• Fix you eyes unto Jesus. Hebrews
12:2
• She desired for the pride of life.
• She didn’t even stop from there, she
manipulated Adam to eat it.
• 1Ti 2:14 And Adam was not
deceived, but the woman being
deceived, fell into transgression.
• Gen 3:17 Then to Adam He said,
"Because you have heeded the voice
of your wife,
VI. THE RIGHT AWAY EFFECT OF
LOSING THE CULTURE
• Envy, anger, hatred, murder, lies,
etc.
• These are the culture of satan
• Gen 4:7 "If you do well, will you not
be accepted? And if you do not do
well, sin lies at the door. And its
desire [is] for you, but you should
rule over it.“
• Instead of man ruling the earth, sin
rules on mankind.
• This is what we are facing today.
VII. LIVE WITH GOD’S PURPOSE IN
YOUR LIFE NOT YOURS
• Fulfil your destiny
• Nothing worth doing than to live with
a purpose
• Rom 14:7 For none of us lives to
himself, and no one dies to himself.
• Rom 14:8 For if we live, we live to
the Lord; and if we die, we die to the
Lord. Therefore, whether we live or
die, we are the Lord's.
• Do not allow the world’s culture to
influence your life.
• Jam 1:27 Pure and undefiled
religion before God and the Father is
this: to visit orphans and widows in
their trouble, [and] to keep oneself
unspotted from the world.
• Display the kingdom of heaven
distinctive culture:
• SERVANTHOOD
• HUMILITY
• LOVING
• CARING
CHALLENGE:
• Are you keeping and tending your
garden?
• Are you replenishing?
• Are you ruling your world?
CONCLUSION:
Gen 2:15 Then the LORD
God took the man and
put him in the garden of
Eden to tend and keep it.