The Kingdom of God (Part 4) – Keep your lamp trimmed and burning
Jesus told a story about maids waiting for the Bridegroom to arrive to illustrate what faithfulness looks like while waiting for the fulfilment of God's Kingdom.
Jesus told a story about maids waiting for the Bridegroom to arrive to illustrate what faithfulness looks like while waiting for the fulfilment of God's Kingdom.
God's kingdom is of heaven, but in Jesus and through his ministry God's kingdom is becoming manifest on the earth. To illustrate this, Jesus told a story of how God's kingdom is like the planting of a tiny seed that grows (initially in secret) and becomes something far greater that changes the environment around it, creating blessing and benefit where it flourishes.
This week we delve into the expansive and pervasive characteristics of His kingdom that changes the environment wherever it is proclaimed.
The New Testament talks a lot about the Kingdom of God. It is a key theme in the gospels (especially Matthew and Luke) and numerous times in other NT letters. In many occurrences in the New Testament, the Kingdom of God is referred to as a present reality under the reign of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, who has now ascended to the right hand of the Father. Scripture declares that Christ has conquered sin and death and that his Kingdom has been inaugurated, but there is no denying that the Kingdom of God is not yet seen or expressed in its fullness and completeness. We still experience suffering, sickness and death in our bodies. This is a part of our still being physically located in the 'present age'. Many of us might have a hard time digesting all that the bible says about the Kingdom of God and then being able to articulate just how His kingdom outworks in…
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