Raising Ruling Sons and Daughters 

As we gathered this Sunday, we continued our “Year of the Kingdom” series, focusing on how ruling families raise ruling sons and daughters. The message powerfully reminded us of God’s original design for family as the foundation of Kingdom rulership and the importance of intentional parenting. 

God’s Original Design: Family as the Source of Kingdom Dominion 

Paul began by taking us to Genesis 1:26-28, highlighting God’s original mandate for humans to “be fruitful and multiply” and to have dominion over the earth. This passage reveals a profound truth: 

• Kingdom originates in family 

• From one man and one woman would come sons and daughters who would exercise dominion 

• Though mankind surrendered this rulership through sin, Jesus was born as a ruler to restore us to this Dominion Mandate 

This reminder wasn’t just casual—it was fundamental to understanding how Kingdom operates. 

Intentional Kingdom Parenting 

One of the most challenging points was the call to intentionality in raising children. Without intentional design: 

• Our families can drift without purpose or direction 

• The world often shows more strategic intentionality than believers (Luke 16:8) 

• We need “intentional Christianity” and “intentional Kingdom” approaches to parenting 

The pastor noted that throughout human history, we’ve moved through different eras—from nomadic to agricultural to industrial to information. Yet the agricultural era held a particular Kingdom essence: cultivation, inheritance, and the patience required for growth. This contrasts sharply with our instant-success society. 

Finding Identity, Gifting, and Inheritance in Family 

Within healthy Kingdom family culture, several key developments occur: 

1. Sons and daughters find their identity 

1. They discover their gifting and calling 

1. They receive their inheritance 

1. They work alongside fathers and mothers until the baton is passed 

The Father’s Affirmation and Discipline 

Every son and daughter is looking for two things: 

• Identity: “Tell me I’m a son and a daughter” 

• Affirmation: “Tell me if I’m right” 

Jesus received this at His baptism when the Father declared, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I’m well pleased.” Later, on the Mount of Transfiguration, the Father added, “Hear Him!”—showing the progression of sonship to authority. 

When presence and anointing start moving on someone, that’s the Father saying, “This is My son, this is My daughter—hear them.” When they start moving in spiritual authority, the heavenly Father says, “They’ve matured and come to stature—hear them.” 

Discipline: The Path to Rulership 

Hebrews 12:5-11 teaches us that discipline is how the Father prepares us for inheritance. The pastor emphasized: 

• Discipline prepares us to steward our inheritance 

• How we receive correction determines our legitimacy as sons/daughters 

• Most people receive correction as rejection, revealing an orphan spirit 

• Correction is the Father’s way of training us to be rulers 

A Multigenerational Vision 

The message concluded with a powerful vision of multigenerational impact. “A good man leaves an inheritance for his children and his children’s children,” the pastor reminded us—not just financial inheritance, but revelation, pioneering, and spiritual legacy. 

We saw examples of this intentionality in families within our church community who are raising children with purpose, positioning them in the family of God where other spiritual fathers and mothers can help shape them. 

The Kingdom’s advance depends on this intentional design: fathers and mothers raising sons and daughters who understand the Father’s business and live as rulers in their generation.