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Introduction
Tonight, we’ll have our last BFM study and there were a number of topics that I considered going through.
Evangelism, Cooperation, Religious Liberty, the Family and others stood out for various contemporary reasons, but the one that resonated the most was article 9: The Kingdom.
As Christians, we talk about how we are apart of the Kingdom of God.
What does that mean?
As we talked about this morning, we read in the Gospels that Jesus talks a lot about the Kingdom of God as something being at hand - yet we also know in Scripture that the Kingdom is a future reality.
It’s an “already but not yet” truth and it should impact the way that we live our lives!
David Jeremiah put it well whenever he said, “Many Christians have the mistaken notion that eternal life begins when they die.
But that is not biblically accurate.
Eternal life begins when we are born again into the Kingdom of God.”
If you are a Christian, if you’ve repented of your sins and have been born again, then you get a glimpse of the Kingdom of God already!
The Psalmist shares in Psalm 34 to
How can we taste and see this? It’s only possible because the Kingdom is a present reality.
We don’t have to wait to be a part of it.
We experience it now.
With that said, what if you’re not a Christian?
How does the Kingdom impact their life?
We know that our God reigns over all of His creation as it’s rightful ruler and king.
We read in Psalm 103 that
This means that even if you’re not a Christian, even if you’ve never heard the name of Jesus, you encounter the Kingdom because God’s rule extends to all people.
If you look in the BFM, you see lots of topics that we frequently study and discuss.
Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, Eschatology (end times), Evangelism, and others.
Yet, we don’t talk a lot about the Kingdom.
This needs to be an important topic that is dear to our hearts.
Let’s study this neglected topic tonight.
The BFM shares this, ““The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty over the universe and His particular kingship over men who willfully acknowledge Him as King.
Particularly the Kingdom is the realm of salvation into which men enter by trustful, childlike commitment to Jesus Christ.
Christians ought to pray and to labor that the Kingdom may come and God's will be done on earth.
The full consummation of the Kingdom awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of this age”
Let’s read some of these Scripture passages:
God’s Kingdom is universal and impacts all people - but some people reject His authority.
Every single human is either in the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Man.
Tonight we’ll look at what the Kingdom is, what it is not, and why the Kingdom matters today.
What the Kingdom of God is
Think of some of the mightiest nations you’ve heard of or read about.
Some of the ones that immediately come to mind in the ancient world are the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and several others.
In the middle ages and Enlightenment era the Ottomans, British, and Spanish dominated the world.
These kingdoms lasted varying amounts of time and had great rulers and military leaders.
They won key battles and made crucial discoveries.
Yet, each and every one of these world powers met their eventual demise.
They rose and they fell.
We read in the BFM that God’s Kingdom is different because the ruler isn’t a king, ruler, dictator, or president.
Instead, it is the Lord Himself.
He is the King of His Kingdom.
We read in the Bible that the Kingdom of God is a present truth that we are apart of
The Kingdom is at hand.
We are apart of this kingdom now as children of God! Yet, we also see in Scripture and in the BFM that the consumption of this kingdom will wait for the future when Christ returns and brings about His eternal Kingdom.
We read in the Gospels about the Kingdom as Jesus talks about it often.
How does Jesus bring about a kingdom?
We know that this world is under the power of darkness as Ephesians 2 shares this
That’s who we were before Christ.
What did Christ do?
We read in the Gospels that Jesus wages war against the powers of darkness.
Jesus drives demons out.
He heals people of diseases and sickness.
1 Cor 15:55-57
This is what we see Jesus do - He gives us the victory!
Who gets the ultimate victory?
To those who are apart of His kingdom.
Who can be apart of His Kingdom?
People of every nation, tribe, and tongue!
With the Roman Empire, if you were born in the empire, you received extra benefits compared to someone who was not.
Is that how it is for Christians?
Do some people get extra benefits and rights?
No.
We read in Galatians 3 that we are all adopted into His Kingdom and we all receive the same rights!
God is the creator and king.
He sent forth His Son to redeem those under the law and to adopt us as sons and daughters into His Kingdom!
This means that we receive something.
In legal adoption, the adopted party receives the privliges and status of a biological child.
In the Kingdom, what do we get?
We get Christ’s righteousness
This is good news!
Because we are apart of God’s Kingdom, we receive something.
We receive Christ’s righteousness.
Further, we have the hope that we are apart of something bigger than ourselves and something that will last forever.
The United States is a dominant nation - likely the most powerful one the world has ever seen.
Yet, the United States has only been around for 250 years.
The Roman empire was around for nearly 1000 years if you count the Byzantine Empire.
We can’t grasp Hebrews 12:28 as we see
A Kingdom that cannot be shaken… The Kingdoms of this world will be shaken.
Each and every one will rise and fall in due time.
The Psalmist shares this in Psalm 46 as we find
If nations rage and kingdoms topple, where should our ultimate hope and allegiance lie?
In the Kingdom of God that will never falter, fall, or waver.
Because He is our stronghold.
We have the hope that we belong to His everlasting Kingdom now - and we will be with Him for all eternity as He continues to rule and reign.
What the Kingdom of God is not
The Kingdom of God is an immediate and future reality.
The Kingdom of God gives us benefits and changes our trajectory.
The Kingdom of God has a ruler.
The Kingdom of God is cosmic and earthly.
The Kingdom of God is universal.
The Kingdom of God is so many things!
Yet, some people say the Kingdom of God is things that it simply is not.
Some people say that the Kingdom of God is something that promises to bring about your best life now.
The Kingdom of God promises to heal you of every illness and bless you financially.
The Kingdom of God promises ultimate restoration and reconciliation but not of earthly things… The Kingdom brings about a new people - a people who have been saved of their sins!
The Kingdom of God is by nature exclusive - a message that our world hates to hear!
Our world loves inclusiveness and how everyone is a winner and everyone gets a participation trophy.
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