...Kingdom of God Dr. Pat Francis Dustin William Hall September 8th 2011 Introduction In a kingdom there are kings and queens, princes and princess's and all kinds of other royalty figures. To the common person access to the royal people and the royal property is not allowed. To capture and take hold that we we're born with royalty in our spiritual bloodline and that the God that sent HIS only begotten son not only wanted us to receive the free gift of salvation but wanted us in his royal family is astonishing. God not only wants us to be blessed but he wants us to accept the benefits of being in the royal family. Kingdom of God I have the ability to be so attractive. The kingdom of God is something that when placed inside of our hearts makes us attractive to those around us. We posses the solutions to the modern day questions. We walk with something that all mankind will react too because God created all in HIS image and are allow subject to HIS creativity entity. With the kingdom of God reigning in our hearts we allow the invisible kingdom to take reign and allow an everlasting kingdom to begin to open up opportunities for us. Opportunities like establishing that which was rightfully the LORDS back to HIM. The world has established it's kingdom and is in pursuit of capturing the sons and daughters of light. When we realize that we have the kingdom of God within us, we can begin to take authority over the kingdoms that threaten God's. The phrase...
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...Running head: KINGDOM OF GOD Kingdom of God Derek Fullmer Grand Canyon University Kingdom of God According to the Gospel, the translation phrase “kingdom of god” can interpreted into life in heaven after you die or having a personal relationship with God. Surprisingly a large number of committed Christians still assume these metaphors as life of the ages or life to the full, but in my opinion this is a misbelieve (McLaren, 2008, p. 1). For that reason, these principles may have small improvements on the meaning of kingdom of god, but it still misses much more. The metaphor kingdom of god is like life of the ages of life to the full is so rich and revolutionary that resists into a simple definition. As a result, it invites Christians to multiply metaphors and create parables as Jesus did (McLaren, 2008, p. 1). Therefore, instead of simply trying to nail down what it is, we should imaginatively explore what it is like. For an example a woman making bread, a man planting seeds, a net catching fish, and so on (McLaren, 2008, p. 1). Now some Christian’s belief the kingdom of god is the gospel rather believing it is the good news. For this reason, we as Christians are missing the whole point. The good news explains itself on Jesus’ sayings on, it was that the kingdom of God was at hand – which was a way of saying it is near, or here, or available, or live option – something you can reach out and touch (McLaren, 2008, p. 1). Moreover, the kingdom of God is not something you...
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...THE KINGDOME FOCUSED CHURCH Kenneth Davie Sr 4/16/2012 Full Name of Student Kenneth D. Davie Student I.D. No: 11-0005240 Course Type: Pastoral leadership Textbook Summary (Verbatim/Seminar Summary/Textbook Summary/Ministry Project/Dissertation) Course Title: The Kingdom Focused Church Course Number: MEC570 Date Submitted: 04/1/13 The kingdom of God is the reign of God in today’s world. This is the truth that Jesus Christ rules over all things and the evidence by God’s super-natural work in the believer and through believers in local churches. When churches focus on the kingdom of God they will and can flourish. Chapter 1: In search of the perfect church. Many may have a vision of the perfect church, but the perfect churches share a number of characteristics. Some are filled with people on fire for Christ who put selfishness, politics, and personal agendas aside for the glory of God and His purpose. They treat their pastors with respect and pay them fairly. They give generously, evangelize tirelessly, and teach truthfully. They are a joy and blessing to every member and visitor, and they serve the communities faithfully. One more thing the perfect churches have in common they do not exist. Every church is imperfect because it is made up of imperfect people, and they will produce imperfect result. Paul reminded the Ephesians that the church was the bride of Christ, and they needed...
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...teachings of jesus regarding the kingdom of god to be consistent with his background? The proclamation of the kingdom is a major feature of the teaching of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels, e.g. Mark 1 : 15, as against the epistles, where Jesus and his return are preached. But is this an already present or future kingdom? What does it mean to say that the Kingdom of God is ‘at hand’? Many scholars, particularly CH Dodd, would argue that in Jesus’ teaching he is showing us that the Kingdom of God has already arrived with no future crisis. This interpretation is called realised or present eschatology. It can be argued that through the gospels Jesus is shown to fulfil (OT)prophecies relating to the coming of the Kingdom of God. “the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raise and the poor have good news brought to them.” (Matt. 11 : 5) Here Jesus appears to make a direct reference back to Isaiah 35 which looks forward to the Kingdom of God when “the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; the lame shall leap like deer and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy” (vs5-6). It can be seen from this that the Kingdom of God had arrived; Jesus appeared to be saying that these were si gns that the prophecies had been fulfilled and the kingdom was present. The parables, a central source of eschatological teaching, also can interpreted by such scholars to show that the Kingdom had arrived. Many, such as the...
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...KINGDOM PRINCIPLES PREPARING FOR KINGDOM EXPERIENCE AND EXPANSION KINGDOM PRINCIPLES PREPARING FOR KINGDOM EXPERIENCE AND EXPANSION Dr. Myles Munroe © Copyright 2006 — Myles Munroe All rights reserved. This book is protected by the copyright laws of the United States of America. This book may not be copied or reprinted for commercial gain or profit. The use of short quotations or occasional page copying for personal or group study is permitted and encouraged. Permission will be granted upon request. Unless otherwise identified, Scripture quotations are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked (NKJV) are taken form the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Please note that Destiny Image’s publishing style capitalizes certain pronouns in Scripture that refer to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and may differ from some publishers’ styles. Take note that the name satan and related names are not capitalized. We choose not to acknowledge him, even to the point of violating grammatical rules. Cover photography by Andy Adderley, Creative Photography, Nassau, Bahamas Destiny Image® Publishers, Inc. P.O. Box 310 Shippensburg, PA 17257-0310 “Speaking to the Purposes of God for this Generation and for the Generations to Come. ” Bahamas Faith Ministry...
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...In the book, “The Upside-Down Kingdom”, author Donald Kraybill delivers a message about the kingdom of God being upside down compared to the kingdom of this world. I love how he has a lot of scriptures instead of just his opinion. This book started out by describing the traits that make the kingdom of God upside down and about detours people have to make. According to Kraybill we make these detours to get around Jesus and his core message. The kingdom of God is not separate, but in the middle of the world. “God calls us to turn our backs to the kingdoms of this world and embrace an upside down world,” (Kraybill 32). In the next chapter Kraybill describes Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, which brings in three points, political, religious and economic. These are the sub points to Kraybills thesis. According to Kraybill there are five symbols related to the temptation which include: bread, devil, desert, mountain, and temple. “The temptation points to a right-side-up kingdom encompassing the three big social institutions of his day: political (mountain), religious (temple), and economic (bread).” (Kraybill 33). The political temptation goes with the historical context of...
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...Galilee and John the Baptist had baptized him. In Matthew 4:12-17, Matthew noted that Jesus began to preach a message of repentance because the kingdom of heaven was near. Jesus moved to the city of Capernaum from Nazareth to reach a larger audience. Matthew 4:17, “From that time Jesus began to preach and say, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” The phrase ‘from that time’ refers to the arrest of John the Baptist. From this event, Jesus chose to launch His public ministry. Matthew goes on to talk about the calling of the first disciples, Simon Peter, and his brother Andrew, who were fishing. (Matthew 4:18-20). Jesus promised them that He would make them fishers of men. Jesus was beginning to build His kingdom. Jesus then called James and John fishermen, who were tending to their nets in their boat. (Matthew 4:21-22). In Matthew 4:23-25, Jesus went around the region proclaiming the message of the kingdom. He healed people and the people responded from far away. Matthew 5:1. “Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them saying...” It was custom that the preacher to sit and the people listening to stand, but I think the people did sit on the mountainside and listened to Jesus. Jesus had been proclaiming that the kingdom of heaven was at hand, and was calling the people to repent. This sermon was the longest message of Jesus. Jesus’ posture was that of a King sitting...
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...Hidden Treasure (Kingdom of Heaven) and The Parable of the Ten Virgins The parable of the Hidden Treasure uses simile to convey how the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. First, the kingdom of heaven is very valuable like treasure. It is by the grace of God that people can go to heaven or know what to do to go to heaven. Secondly, the kingdom of heaven can be said to be hidden in a field because not every one can find it and some people do not even know about it. Whoever finds it should be joyful because it is God's mercy that allows them to see it. However, unlike the man who found it and hid it again, we should share the kingdom, or in other words, the gospel. Finding the kingdom of heaven is finding salvation...
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...The benevolent way in which Jesus respected and valued women in first century Palestine, significantly revealed the Kingdom of God and highlighted how society can be a more inclusive and compassionate place today. This essay will explicate the Kingdom of God, exemplify the ways Jesus demonstrated the Kingdom of God with women and express the importance of Jesus' teachings in today's society. • Linking sentence to Paragraph 1 The central message of Jesus's teachings, the Kingdom of God, is the conceptual spiritual realm where God reigns as king in the lives of his people. According to Zanzig, Jesus saw the Kingdom of God as the reign of God’s love over the very hearts and lives of people. This delineates that the Kingdom of God is already present among us, thus it is the saving presence of God within us and our...
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...Kingdom Essay Taylor Downey Grand Canyon University: BIB 354 1/29/2015 Kingdom Essay Within scripture and the gospels, Jesus was an incredible teacher and preached the good news of the kingdom of God to those around Him in his ministry. In the Gospels, he is called teacher more than 40 times, which proves that he was truly an influential figure and people hung to every word he spoke. Within his words and teachings, he talks about a variety of topics such as love, forgiveness, and purity. However, the big picture for Jesus as a teacher was speaking truth and pointing people towards the coming of the Kingdom of God. The majority of what he spoke on centered on this idea of kingdom, which showed the many characteristics of the Kingdom. How Jesus Taught The material to which Jesus taught was very impactful, but they way he delivered it and taught was truly unlike any other. Jesus was know for using parables within his lessons because of the audience he dealt with and the resistance he might face. The best way to fight the resistance was to teach in a way that broke through potential hostility within listeners while teaching on dangerous topics (Stein, 1996). The beautiful thing about the way that Jesus taught was before his listeners could resist what he was saying, he already got his point across and it was received because of the parables in which he used. An example of this would be in Luke chapter 13 verse 18 and 19 when he uses the phrase “like a mustard seed” and...
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...The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5: 1-12) Name: Tutor: Date: The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5: 1-12) The Sermon on the Mount appears in the gospel of St Matthew and it stretches all the way from chapters 5-7. This study will only focus on the beatitudes, which appear in Mathew (5: 1-12). The Sermon appears in no other place in the entire bible and the closest equivalent being the Sermon on the plain found in the gospel of St Luke (6:17-49). According to (Kendall, 2011) Saint Matthew authored the book of Matthew, which contains the Sermon on the Mount. St Matthew or Levi as referred to by Mark (2:14) and Luke (5:27) was the son of Alpheus, born in Capernaum. Capernaum was a town found near the shore of the Galilean sea. St Matthew was a patron of Tax collectors, meaning he was originally a tax collector by profession in the service of the Roman Empire. In his service, he learned different languages such as Hebrew and Greek that came of great use to him. According to (Greenman and Larsen, 2007) the Roman tax collection system was engulfed in corruption and fraud therefore people perceived the tax collectors to be extremely corrupt and unclean. The tax collectors fraudulently charged extortionist amounts and were hostile to the Romans in the way they collected the taxes. In Matthew (9:9), Jesus finds Matthew sitting in his office and calls him to become one of his disciples. He became a disciple and spread Christianity even after the...
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...quote in context I felt like Jesus was telling the disciples that he will not be with them much longer and that the disciples need to take care of the people that will support their teaching and the message of the kingdom of God. Hamm feels that this verse is primarily about Jesus, his prediction of his impending death, and letting the disciples know that they have limited time with him. Hamm also states that Mark would like the reader to see Jesus as “king-like”, the Messiah. Hamm also believes that this quote is used in political policies not to aid others (i.e. the poor, uneducated), however Hamm feels that this works only if the quote is taken out of context. Like Hamm, I believe that the quote implies a need to help others that are less fortunate then ourselves. I did not see this verse as...
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...subject with our subject in-charge Ma. Imelda Grace G. Daña RVM. First, I learned about the Four Gospel: One Message of Lesson 1 of our subject. St. Paul, in his letter to the Galatians, stress two important facts about gospel: there is no other gospel and that the gospel he and the other apostles preach came from Jesus Christ. The Gospel writers are Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Matthew, Mark and Luke are Synoptic Gospels because it explains about Jesus’ Humanity. John’s Gospel explains about Jesus’ Divinity. The account of Jesus teaching His audience about the values of the kingdom contained in the Beatitudes and the many new laws on praying, almsgiving, and fasting is presented in both gospels. Matthew calls this event “Sermon on the Mount” while Luke calls it “Sermon on the Plain”. Matthew’s audience is predominantly Jewish so he wanted to show them that Jesus is the Promised Savior, the God-Son who, like the Father who gave the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai also gives the Beatitudes and the new laws on praying, fasting, and almsgiving on mount. Luke has for his audience the Greeks so Jesus must be presented to them as someone who accepts and treats everyone “Jews and Gentiles” equally. Dei Verbum urges that the sacred authors told us the honest truth about Jesus Christ. In what He did and taught for our eternal salvation. This is the Good News, the Gospel and there is no other. Jesus is the good news presented to us in the gospels. Jesus is no ordinary good news. He is the...
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...cannot just believe in god and be able...
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...divine right of Kings and had absolute control over his kingdom during his reign. Louis believed that he was not subject to earthly authority and that he derived his right to rule directly from God. Similarly, Elizabeth 1 believed that God had entrusted her with a kingdom to defend, a church that she had to lead in a true way and a people that she had to protect from both foreign enemies and themselves. Elizabeth 1 parliamentary government allowed her to rule the people of England at the same time satisfy...
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