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CONCEPT OF THE KINGDOMSOLOMON APPIAH
WEEK 5 – Culture Part 5: VALUES I
MAY 3, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. RECAP from last week
2. Why study values?
3. What are values? (Confusion with beliefs)
4. Types of values
5. Where do they come from?
6. Kingdom values versus world values
7. Are values taught or caught?
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Today’s discussion will be on valuesbut before that, let us do a quick testimonies session and a recap on the concept of the Kingdom
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TESTIMONIES
• RESTORATION OF IDENTITY
• ANGELIC ASSISTANCE WITH BABY
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OUR DISPOSITION TOWARDS THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Mat 6:32-33 AMP
(32) For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.
(33) But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all i. HIS KINGDOM &
ii. HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.
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•Unbelievers are diligent in seeking the things humans need: Food, Shelter, Security etc.
•Believers must NOT strive after such but RATHER—SEEK, exert themselves after the SOURCE of all those things i.e. Kingdom of GOD
• They must SEEK, aim at and strive after FIRST His kingdom and His righteousness
•What does it mean to SEEK?03-May-16LRF 3RD DAY OF WEEK TRAINING SEMINAR 6
To SEEK [zeteo] is defined as
to worship (God)
to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into
aim at, strive after
To require, demand
to crave, demand something from someone
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SELF ASSESSMENT
•Do we actively seek the KINGDOM OF GOD and HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (i.e. the King of the Kingdom’s interests) daily in ALL we do?
• If not, how can we enjoy:
“…and then all these things taken together will be given you besides”
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WHAT MUST YOU SEEK?
1) HIS KINGDOM
2) His RIGHTEOUSNESS—not just his way of doing things but His very nature
Listen, learn and do deep study of both (1) and (2)
W/O doing this, you CANNOT know what to SEEK
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TODAYS SEMINAR
Will focus on VALUES
Values are situated within CULTURE of Kingdom
Culture is situated within CONCEPT of the Kingdom
HIS KINGDOM → HIS CULTURE → HIS VALUES
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CONCEPT OF KINGDOM
CULTURE
VALUES
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KINGDOM
Concept
•LORDSHIP, CULTURE, COSNTITUTION etc.
CULTURE•VALUES, ATTITUDES, BELIEFS etc.
VALUES•DILIGENCE, FAITH, VIRTUE etc.
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BASIC CONCEPT OF HIS KINGDOM (MATT 6:33) – AS OUTLINED BY PROPHET BAKO
i. THE KING
ii. TERRITORY
iii. LORDSHIP
iv. CULTUREValues, Attitudes, Beliefs etc.
vi. CONSTITUTION
vii. KEYS
viii.CITIZENSHIP
ix. LAW
x. GIVING
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CONCEPT OF KINGDOM
KING DOMLORDS
HIP CULTURE
Values
Norms
Customs
Traditions
Symbols
Roles
Artifacts
Language
Ideas
Beliefs, Worldviews,
Attitudes
CONSTITUTION
KEYSCITIZEN
SHIP LAW GIVING
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CULTURE IS MADE UP OF …
i. VALUES
ii. Norms
iii. Customs
iv. Traditions
v. Symbols
vi. Roles
vii. Artifacts
viii.Language
ix. Ideas
x. Beliefs, Worldviews, Attitudes
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VALUES
STUDY AREAS
1. Why study values?
2. What are values? (Confusion with beliefs)
3. Types of values
4. Where do they come from?
5. Kingdom values versus world values
6. Are values taught or caught?
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VALUES: WHY STUDY THEM?
SORT OUT ROOTS, LEAVES WILL BE HEALED
• Argument with German Prof.
• Values are the foundations/roots of policies, standards, laws, regulations etc.
• Our lives are likened to trees
(Isa 11:1, Jer 17:7-8) VALUES
Policies, Standard, Laws, Regulations
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Isa 11:1 AMP AND THERE shall come forth …a Branch out of his roots shall grow and bear fruit.
Jer 17:7-8 AMP
(7) [Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is.
(8) For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.
• Evergreen and forever fruitful
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Dan 4:13-17 AMP
(13) I saw in the visions of my head [as I lay] on my bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven.
(14) He cried aloud [with might] and said, Cut down the tree and cut off its branches; shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the living creatures flee from under it and the fowls from its branches.
(15) Nevertheless leave the stump of its ROOTS in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the midst of the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of the heavens, and let him share the lot of the living creatures in the grass of the earth.
(17) This sentence is by the decree of the [heavenly] watchers and the decision is by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High [God] rules the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whomever He will and sets over it the humblest and lowliest of men. [Dan. 2:21; 5:21.] 03-May-16LRF 3RD DAY OF WEEK TRAINING SEMINAR 21
•Your life in the Kingdom is likened to a TREE
•Roots [your VALUES] grant stability against life’s tempests
• Foundations/Roots/Values of your life feed on rivers
• The quality of the river determines the quality of tree, branches, sap, leaves, fruit
•Heal roots and tree is healed
•What are the rivers? John 7:38-3903-May-16LRF 3RD DAY OF WEEK TRAINING SEMINAR 22
SELF ASSESSMENT
1. What are you planted in? Be honest with yourself
2. Do you drink of the Holy Ghost daily—so that out of your bellies flow rivers daily?
3. What are your roots? What value system do you subscribe to?
• Hollywood or bible?
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Your values guide you and shape your priorities and reactions
HEGEMONY: public institutions and social structures (including economic stratification) of a society, are created by the ruling class. The same mould the values, morality, ambitions, fantasies, fears, and desires
This is why to change a nation, you change the influencers
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WHAT ARE VALUES?
VALUES - THEORY
“Values are the social principals, goals, and standards that cultural members believe have intrinsic worth. They define what the members of a culture care about most and are revealed by their priorities.” (Hatch, 2006)
“Values are also beliefs and are defined as ‘Beliefs about what is a desirable or a “good” (e.g. free speech) and what is an undesirable or a bad (e.g., dishonesty).’” (Krech, Crutchfield and Ballachey as cited in French & Bell, 1999).
Values can be good or bad. They are concerned with what it is good to desire. (Stacey, 2007).
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VALUES - THEORY
“Values influence every aspect of our lives: our moral judgments, our responses to others, our commitments to personal and organization goals. Values set the parameters for the hundreds of decisions we make every day.” (Kouzes & Posner, 2002).
Values guide our behavior.
Values empower our decision making.
Values motivate us.
Values keep us focused.
(Kouzes & Posner, 2002; Holman, Devane, & Cady, 2007; Stacey, 2007)
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DEFINING VALUES
• Values are guiding principles that determine individual morality and conduct.
• A collection of guiding principles; what an individual considers to be morally right and desirable in life, especially regarding personal conduct.
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SYNONYMS VALUES
•Principles
•moral principles
• Ethics
•moral code
•Morals
•moral values
• standards
• moral standards,
• moral standards
• code of behavior
• rules of conduct
• standards of behaviour
• "SOCIETY'S VALUES are passed on to us as children"
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DEFINING VALUES
•Values define what is of worth, what is beneficial, and what is harmful
•What is the relationship b/n worth and worship
•Worth-ship = Worship
•Do you find it difficult to pay tithe?
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• You have been given as bonus at work a cheque for US$1,000,000.00 to do whatever you like with it.
• What would you do with it?• Share with the class what you would do with it.
• WHAT YOU SPEND THE MONEY ON HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOU VALUE IN LIFE
• Luk 12:34 AMP For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
• The location of your money, wealth etc. is the location of your heart
• Out of your heart flows the issues of your life
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•What things did you do spend your time on during the past week?
• In every 24 hours, what occupies the most of YOUR time physically and in your thought life?
•WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR TIME HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOU VALUE
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IMMATURITY
• Unclear values
• Drifters
• Flighty
• Uncertain
• Apathetic
MATURITY
• Clear values
• Life of purpose
• Meaning and direction
HYPOCRITE: One who subscribes to one set of values, and
does another. E.g. a believer who cannot stand up for
CHRIST-ian values; A person who subscribes to INTEGRITY but
LIES habitually.
IMMATURITY: One who has not identified his values
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TYPES OF VALUES
CATEGORIES OF VALUES
•Personal
• Social
• Economic: Includes corporate values
•Political
•Religious
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•What happens when your personal kingdom values clash with your organization or nation’s values?
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WHERE DO VALUES COME FROM?ANSWER: FROM THE 8 GATES OF SOCIETY
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8 GATES OF SOCIETY AKA MIND MOULDERS
1) Family: Nuclear & External
2) Belief System: Religion, Ideologies, Hegemons etc.
3) Government, Governance & Leadership
4) Economy: Corporate values, IMF, WB etc.
5) Education: Schools, Teachers, Peers
6) Media: Print, Audio-visual, internet etc.
7) S & T: increased interconnectivity
8) Arts, Sports & Culture
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VALUES
Parents
Religion
Media
Friends
School
Teachers
Extern Family
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WHERE DO WE GET VALUES?
i. Families
ii. School
iii. Friends
iv. Society
v. Media: TV, Radio, Internet
vi. Church
vii. Music
viii. Books
ix. culture
x. employers
xi. time-period in which you were raised (70’s anti-establishment, peace, individuality. 80’s money, prestige, don’t get caught, etc. 90’s earth, green peace, health and fitness), etc.
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CORE VALUES OF THE KINGDOM
CORE VALUES - A small set of timeless guiding principles
•Only a few values can be truly core
• To identify the core values, determine the values that are central and passionately held
•Values must stand the test of time, they do not change with the market, company’s change markets to remain true to core values.
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EXAMPLE OF VALUES
• Righteousness & Justice
• Diligence
• Faith
• Virtue
• Knowledge
• Temperance
• Patience
• Godliness
• Brotherly Kindness
• Love
WHICH OF THESE ARE CORE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
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•Psa 89:14 AMP Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and loving-kindness and truth go before Your face.
•God’s GOVERNMENT i.e. KINGDOM is founded upon these 2 core values
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VISION - LRF
An army of Kingdom Leaders Restoring Families, Neighbourhoods, Communities, Cities, Nations and Continents with God.
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MISSION - LRF
To raise an army of Leaders who are an embodiment of the word of God with spiritual steel backbones, who will RESTOREtheir Families, Neighborhoods, Communities, Cities, Nations and literally Continents to God thus laying foundations for many generations.
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CORE VALUES - LRF
1. Integrity
2. Discipline
3. Charitable Righteousness (TZEDAKAH)
These values are NEEDED for the realization of the VISION
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KINGDOM VALUES VERSUS WORLD VALUES
• Too many in the army have a civilian mentality
• To many so called DISCIPLes are un-DISCIPLined
• DISCIPLINE is a basic to DISCIPLSHIP & requires Lordship-Submission relationship
• Democracy has re-DISCIPLed the globe via hegemon
• Too many take their definitions and point of reference from the world e.g. Hollywood, Hegemon
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THE VALUE SYSTEM OF KINGDOM CITIZENSJer 9:23-24 AMP
(23) Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise and skillful person glory and boast in his wisdom and skill; let not the mighty and powerful person glory and boast in his strength and power; let not the person who is rich [in physical gratification and earthly wealth] glory and boast in his [temporal satisfactions and earthly] riches;
(24) But let him who glories glory in this: that he understands and knows Me [personally and practically, directly discerning and recognizing My character], that I am the Lord, Who practices loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord. [I Cor. 1:31; II Cor. 10:17.]
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IntelligencePower Riches
Understanding&KnowingGOD
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• Intelligence/Wisdom, Power and wealth/riches are good and needful to promote kingdom ends BUT we do not glory or boast in these. We boast in knowing and understanding GOD—the King of the Kingdom. It is the King who owns/possesses ALL Intelligence/Wisdom, Power and wealth/riches. He sets down one and sets up another
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2Co 10:17-18 AMP
(17) However, let him who boasts and glories boast and glory in the Lord. [Jer. 9:24.]
(18) For [it is] not [the man] who praises and commends himself who is approved and accepted, but [it is the person] whom the Lord accredits and commends.
•Universities need national accreditation
•We need GOD accreditation/commendation03-May-16LRF 3RD DAY OF WEEK TRAINING SEMINAR 54
ARE VALUES TAUGHT OR ARE WE BORN WITH THEM?
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A CORE VALUE
Mat 6:33 AMP But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.
The fact that HE says SEEK means you were not born with it. It is a prize, a treasure to be sought after
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• Mat 13:44-46 AMP
• (44) The kingdom of heaven is like something precious buried in a field, which a man found and hid again; then in his joy he goes and SELLS ALL HE HAS and buys that field.
• (45) Again the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a dealer in search of fine and precious pearls,
• (46) Who, on finding a single pearl of great price, went and SOLD ALL HE HAD and bought it.
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Are values taught or are we born with them?
Pro 22:6 AMP Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. [Eph. 6:4; II Tim. 3:15.]
Rom 12:2 AMP Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude…
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• If they were born with them, children would need no training from parents or guardians
• NEXT WEEK WE”LL FOCUS ON SPECIFIC VALUES NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE
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THE END
THANK YOU
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