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Wednesday, 27 October 2010 07:14

What is the Kingdom of God?

Written by Nadiia Rodynchenko

On this website you will read and hear a lot about the Kingdom of God. So what is the Kingdom of God?

The Bible says that the Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. That means that wherever the Kingdom of God is, where the rulership of God is manifested, there is fullness of righteousness, peace and joy. The Kingdom of God is not about religious activity, it's about accepting the work that is already done. Everything you do to try to earn what God has done for you is futile, dead works. The only thing you can do is to receive it and step right into it.

Live the Kingdom life!

 

What Wikipedia says about the Kingdom of God (an excerpt)

The Kingdom of God or Reign of God (Greek: Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ - Basileia tou Theou,) is a foundational concept in the three Abrahamic faiths, and most notably within Christianity, where it constitutes the central theme of Jesus of Nazareth's message in the synoptic Gospels. The phrase occurs in the New Testament more than 100 times, and is defined almost entirely by parable. According to Jesus Christ, the Kingdom of God is within (or among) people, is approached through understanding, and entered through acceptance like a child, spiritual rebirth, and doing the will of God.

 

Examples of what the Bible says about the Kingdom of God (from The Message Bible)

Matthew 4:23 From there he went all over Galilee. He used synagogues for meeting places and taught people the truth of God. God's kingdom was his theme-that beginning right now they were under God's government, a good government! He also healed people of their diseases and of the bad effects of their bad lives. Word got around the entire Roman province of Syria. People brought anybody with an ailment, whether mental, emotional, or physical. Jesus healed them, one and all...

Matthew 5:48 "In a word, what I'm saying is, Grow up. You're kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you."

Matthew 13:44"God's kingdom is like a treasure hidden in a field for years and then accidentally found by a trespasser. The finder is ecstatic-what a find!-and proceeds to sell everything he owns to raise money and buy that field.

Mark 10:13The people brought children to Jesus, hoping he might touch them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus was irate and let them know it: "Don't push these children away. Don't ever get between them and me. These children are at the very center of life in the kingdom. Mark this: Unless you accept God's kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you'll never get in." Then, gathering the children up in his arms, he laid his hands of blessing on them.

Luke 17:20[ When the Son of Man Arrives ] Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar. Nor when someone says, 'Look here!' or, 'There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you."

James 2:5Listen, dear friends. Isn't it clear by now that God operates quite differently? He chose the world's down-and-out as the kingdom's first citizens, with full rights and privileges. This kingdom is promised to anyone who loves God...