The Kingdom Of God

THE KINGDOM OF GOD

OBSERVATION: CHRIST’S DISCIPLES STRUGGLED WITH THEIR PRAYER LIFE. HE GAVE THEM A SOUND MODEL TO FOLLOW.

INTERPRETATION: MATTHEW 6:10 (NKJV) YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. MATTHEW 6:10 (THE BOOK-PARAPHRASE) MAY YOUR KINGDOM COME SOON. MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE JUST AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

POINTS TO PONDER:

THE KINGDOM OF GOD ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE REIGN AND DOMINION ON EARTH AND HEAVEN. IT ENCOMPASSES THE PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AN ABSOLUTE MONARCHY RULED BY GOD ALONE WITH THE SCEPTER (ROD OF AUTHORITY) IN HIS HAND ALONE. SIMPLY STATED, THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS THE SOVEREIGN RULE OF GOD.

THE SAVIOR AND SOVEREIGN OF THE KINGDOM IS JESUS CHRIST AS PREDICTED IN ISAIAH 8:14 (NKJV) HE WILL BE AS A SANCTUARY, BUT A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE TO BOTH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, AS A TRAP AND A SNARE TO THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM.

LUKE 16:16 (NASB) THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS WERE PROCLAIMED UNTIL JOHN ( THE BAPTIST) ; SINCE THAT TIME THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAS BEEN PREACHED, AND EVERYONE IS FORCING HIS WAY INTO IT.

APPLICATION: ROMANS 14:17 (NKJV) FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT EATING AND DRINKING, BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS SPIRITUAL BY NATURE: ITS SUCCESS IS CONFIDENCE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.