Thursday, November 7, 2024

The New Jerusalem

 

Gospel of the Kingdom

Intelligence is not knowing everything. It's the ability to challenge everything you think you know. Understanding the meaning and intend of the Word of God requires critical thinking. 

As it is written: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. ~ Colossians 3:16

Organized religion preaches a gospel of salvation and emphasizes the need for a savior whereas the Gospel of the Kingdom relates to Jesus as our King. Pastors are hired to preach only their organization's doctrines. If they preached the whole truth, they would most likely lose their cushy job.

The gospel of the kingdom is a message that Jesus preached about the coming Kingdom of God, and is a central part of the Christian faith: 

The kingdom of God
A place where God's reign is openly and gladly recognized. The kingdom of God is also known as the kingdom of heaven. The gospel of the kingdom is mentioned four times in the Bible: Matthew 4:23, 9:35, 24:14, and Mark 1:14. A kingdom is made up of: The King, the King's domain, the King's subjects, and the King's laws.

The gospel
The good news of Jesus' work to overcome resistance to God's kingdom. The word "gospel" comes from the Greek word euangelion, which means "good news". The gospel of the kingdom is a message about:
1.Turning from sin (live a clean wholesome  life)
2.Trusting in Jesus Christ  (obedience to His commandments)
3.Beginning a new way of life (actually practicing what God says rather than following traditions of men)
4.The Kingdom of God is the only place of perfect righteousness and peace (This is a peace that transcends, outdoes, surpasses, excels, rises above, goes beyond and over the top of any other kind of peace)

The promise: The promise is not that people go to heaven or hell, but go the the grave and await their resurrection to dwell in the Kingdom of God on earth. The gospel of the kingdom is the promise of the new heavens and new earth.

 

To learn more about the Kingdom of God, You Are Cordially Invited to Renew Your Strength Bible Study Group... https://mlf1070.blogspot.com/2021/01/renew.html

 

The purpose of Renew Your Strength Bible Study Group is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong.
 
Over the years, as Renew Your Strength has continued to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, we have recognized that some of the things we once held as true, in fact, are not; and therefore we will not “cast in stone” a statement of our beliefs. We reserve the right to be wrong and to repent of such error when we discover it.  
 
To learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.