03/05/2019
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THE KINGDOM JESUS PREACHED?
The message of the Kingdom is focused on who Christ Jesus is, His life, death, burial and resurrection - 1 Cor.15:3-5. The message is not a thing. It's about a person. Knowing Him and letting Him live His life through you by His Spirit. Paul in Gal. 2:20 says that he has been crucified with Christ, yet, he no longer lives but Christ lives in Him.The life he lives in the body, he lives by the faith of Christ who lives in Him. So the message of the Kingdom is centred on Christ as KING and His REIGN. Having Him as the master of your life and Letting Him express Himself in you and through you. Paul in Col. 1:27 says to have Christ living in you by His Spirit as LORD and GOD (Jn.20:28,29)is to have the hope of glory. Do you have this hope of glory?
When Jesus is King of a life, then the person can know Righteousness, Peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit - ROM.14:17.
So the message of the Kingdom is about letting JESUS RULE EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES FOR OUR GOOD AND FOR HIS GLORY. He does not impose Himself on us. He presents Himself as the Pilot who is capable of piloting our lives safely in this life and in the hereafter in His everlasting Kingdom - Dan.7:13,14.
The Greek word for ' Kingdom' is Basileia and means primarily the rule of God and secondly the realm over which the rule and reign is exercised. In other words those people who've accepted God's rule, are His willing subjects. To accept God's rule requires a change of heart and mind known in scripture as repentance leading to conversion, a turning around to follow the King of Kings.
Is Jesus the King of your life?
Does He control every area of your life: your thoughts, speech, actions, feelings, finances, relationships, job, business, etc?
If yes, praise God. If no, seek Him and His Kingdom first and all other things will be added unto you - Matt. 6:33.
It's not about seeking things: money, sex,power, position, visa, cars, lands and houses, marriage etc. It's about seeking Jesus sincerely not for the loaves of bread He can offer. But seeking Him truthfully and out of love for Him.
Many seek him today as in the days when He was on Earth for what they can get, not for who He is.
It's not about joining a denomination, trying to respect the laws, trying to be a good person. It's about trusting and confessing Jesus as God who became a man, died for your wrong thinking and acting, was buried and after three days was raised back to life and lives forever and ever and capable and willing to give you His life eternal and direction. ROM.10:9,10.
Continue to follow these teachings and you'll know better how to make Him your KING and enjoy all the BENEFITS. He offers. PEACE.
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