Introduction to The Kingdom

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Introduction to The Kingdom

• And when it was day, he departed and went into a
  desert place and the people sought him, and came
  unto him, and tried to keep Him from leaving
  them.
• But he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom
  of God to other cities also for therefore am I
  sent. And he preached in the synagogues of
  Galilee.
• Luke 4 43-44

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• During the past sixteen years I can recollect
  only two occasions on which I have heard sermons
  specifically devoted to the theme of the Kingdom
  of God. . . . I find this silence rather
  surprising because it is universally agreed by
  New Testament scholars that the central theme of
  the teaching of Jesus was the Kingdom of God.
• quoting Dr. I. Howard Marshall of the
  University of Aberdeen
• Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy, 59.

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Why The Kingdom

• Jesus Preached the Kingdom (Luke 4 43)
• Mankind Lost the Kingdom
• The Devil Claimed it was given to him (Luke 4 5
  8)

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The Kingdom Priority to God

• Matthew 6 33
• But seek first the Kingdom of God and His
  righteousness, and all these things shall be
  added to you
• Jesus Christ

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Jesus Preached the Kingdom

• Matthew 935
• Then Jesus went about all the cities and
  villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching
  the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every
  sickness and every disease among the people
• Jesus Christ

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The Gospel and the End

• Matthew 2414
• And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached
  in the whole world as a testimony to all nations,
  and then the end will come.
• Jesus Christ

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What Others Say

• Fulfilling the assignment of preaching the
  Kingdom is the key to the timing of the return of
  Christ. Jesus said that the end will come after
  the gospel of the Kingdom is preached to all
  nations. . . . The fact that Jesus has not come
  back yet is proof that His assignment, which He
  delegated to His followers in every generation,
  has not yet been fulfilled.
• Dr Myles Munroe

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Paul Preached the Kingdom

• Acts 2830
• Then Paul dwelt for two whole years in his own
  rented house, and received all who came him,
  preaching the Kingdom of God and teaching the
  things which concernthe Lord Jesus Christ with
  all confidence, no one forbidding him

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The Churchs Responsibility

• How many churches today are actively and
  conscientiously preaching the gospel of . . . .
  the Kingdom of God? Not just any message will
  do. . . . Jesus will return only when the message
  of the Kingdom has been proclaimed in all the
  earth, and that proclamation is the Churchs
  responsibility?

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• The gospel of the Kingdom is the only true
  gospel. Anything else we preach is not the true
  gospel, or at least, not the complete gospel.
  Preaching about Jesus Christ is a vital and
  essential part of preaching the gospel of the
  Kingdom, because He is our way into the Kingdom.
  Just because we place our faith in Christ,
  however, does not mean that we automatically
  understand either what it means to be a citizen
  of the Kingdom or how to live like one.

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• The Kingdom is life itself. . . . and The king
  is the central component of a kingdom and
  embodies the essence of the kingdom.

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• The Unfortunate thing is that many in the Church
• have discovered the King but they have no clue
  about the Kingdom that He came to bring to
  mankind.

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