The Kingdom Of The Lord

In their book, The Great Commission to Worship, Vernon Whaley and David Wheeler takes an in depth look at commandment from Jesus for His followers to go out and spread the Good News of salvation. Today’s Christian seems to have a misconception about their role in evangelism. As the authors stated, “many times in Scripture it appears

In Let the Nations be Glad, the emphasis in the first chapter is that missions is not the most important aspect of the church, but worship is. Worship is the glorification of God by man and creation, and anything that gives God glory is attributing to worship. The fall however, ruined the intended perfect worship that man mas designed to give to God, in eating of the forbidden fruit Adam and eve distanced themselves and all of their offspring from God until the end of the age. Missions exists only because worship does not, because of the fall, missions must take place in order to share the love of Christ with those who are distanced from him by sin, and show them that a reparation of this separation is possible in Christ alone. Missions can work as an aid to worship, in that it brings glory to God by introducing the nations to him, and

‘The Kingdom of God’ is perceived in many different ways by a variety of people. It is commonly thought that it refers to a life after death namely ‘Heaven’ and Jesus seems to reinforce this by stating, "my kingdom is not of this

My understanding of the Christian call to serve others is that helping others enables us to try and replicate doing what Jesus would do. When we serve others, it allows us to build relationships, give ourselves

The gospel describes Jesus as a great teacher who astounded the crowds who gathered to hear him. Though he engaged in debates with Pharisees and Sadducees, he took great interest in ordinary people. He often taught them in parables, stories that used vivid images from everyday life to illustrate spiritual truths (Invitation to World Religions, pg.416). The central theme in Jesus’ teachings was the Kingdom of God. For Jesus, the kingdom of God was not an ordinary kingdom, but that exists when human beings recognize God’s sovereignty over the world and respond in love and in

To know Jesus Christ is the best thing that can happen in a person life. It transforms your mind, body and sprint. I have picked the following three topics to share my experiences of knowing Jesus Christ. First, what can your local church do to better communicate God’s love to your community? Second, why are personal testimonies important in sharing the gospel? Third, Did Jesus claim to be God? These are the three topics that always spark my interest when talking about our Lord savoir Jesus Christ.

Jesus spread “good news” of God’s kingdom. He did “miraculous works of healing and calming the sea and feeding the 5,000” (Lecture 4, 2015). In Echeverria’s, The Christian Faith as a Way of Life, he states, “Christ is Lord of all-over every aspect of life. Yes, even the intellectual life is in service of Christ the King” (2007, p. 244). Jesus Christ was sent by His Father to atone for humanity’s sins. This act is an example of God’s eternal love for humanity. John 3:16 says, “for God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life”

The Kingdom may exist in the individual human heart, in groups, in institutions, and in nature. The Kingdom of God is as broad and as overarching as the presence of God which renews and transforms and recreates everything touched by it.

The kingdom of heaven develops into a serious, if not the prominent, theme of the Sermon on the Mount, and dare I say is probably the most protruding theological motif arising from it. Yet, more specifically within the Beatitudes, we get a glimpse of a present, but not fulfilled kingdom of heaven. First, in Matthew 4:17 Jesus proclaims, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (italics

This was very different than the way most people think of a kingdom. Most kingdoms encompass some marked off territory of land in which a king rules over the land. In this Christological view, we see that the kingdom is Jesus among us. God has come to us.

In Chapter 4, Christology, some of my assumptions about Jesus and God were challenged. One of assumptions I had that was challenged was the kingdom of God. I assumed that the kingdom could be defined as a place, rather than the text that defines the kingdom as an event that is happening. Theologians say the kingdom is the present and the future or “already and not yet.” This chapter also describes the kingdom is symbolic, “it is something performed, something to be realized or made real in and through the cooperative activity of God and humanity.

The parable of the shrewd manager is the parable appears only in Luke’s Gospels and really exemplifies how much Jesus is against dishonesty. This was common during the time this parable was being taught, especially involving Jewish merchants. The parable talks about a rich man who had a manager, whom the rich man accused of not performing his job. Being afraid of losing his job, the steward concocts a plan to impress his master and decides to collect all the debts owed to the rich man from others. He sat down each debtor and had them reduce what they owned the rich man.

And yet, the impact of that sermon was greater in many respects than previously well thought out sermonic offerings. I’ll ask you the same question: “What Does The Kingdom of God Look Like?” How would you respond to this question? Maybe you’re thinking about the scriptures and how they describe heaven. Maybe you’re trying to imagine it right now. Perhaps you may not even believe in heaven. Well, before you get too carried away, let me just say this: the answer is simple. What does the kingdom of heaven look like? It looks like you. At least it’s suppose to. That is, if you claim to be a

Saladin in this film is portrayed as someone who is ruthless in battle but overall an understanding and reasonable man. He does a lot of thinking and strategic planning before the war or any activities concerning the war, which is shown by the way he emphasis the reasons for winning wars (preparation rather than just by the blessings of god). However, he is determined to finish once he enters the battle. This is shown more by his opposition than directly from Saladin’s character, for example, after the first day of war Balian says this is just a first day and there will be hundreds more. On the other hand, Saladin in The Crusades (1935) is portrayed as somewhat more arrogant. For example, when

The Kingdom of Heaven is an epic film directed and produced by Ridley Scott, and written by William Monahan, filmed in Morocco. The story of the Kingdom of Heaven is set during the Crusades of the 12th century, and is basically about the life of Balian, a French blacksmith, who defends the Kingdom of Jerusalem against the Muslims and reclaims the city from the Christians. In this story, I could travel back in time to experience life during the era of the Crusades and learn more about the perspective of duty between the Christians and Muslims.