Living in the Kingdom of God’s Son is living as saints in marvelous light. Colossians 1:12-14 God has “made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the holy ones [saints] in light, who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love, … [Read more…]
You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” Mt 5:43 The rabbis added hate your enemies. It is not in the Bible. See WMB footnote. You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as … [Read more…]
Gospel to Roman citizens was quite different from gospel of the kingdom in meaning. Both meanings come from the same Greek word, euaggeliou. To Roman citizens gospel, euaggeliou, “was the news of, or the celebration of, Caesar.” Particularly, “the celebration of the accession, or birth, of a king or emperor.” N. T. Wright There was … [Read more…]
God has made us His spiritual house in Christ in His Spirit. 1Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander. 2Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation. 3Surely you have tasted that … [Read more…]
Christ reigns—he leads us to respond to His reign by the Spirit. We are God’s kingdom people. He has destined us to love, know and see Messiah Jesus as King of the kingdom of the Son (Col 1:9-14). For, we have been born of the Spirit (Jn 3:3; Jn 3:5-8; Gal 4:6). We see Jesus … [Read more…]
How God created us is a heavenly thing we can only comprehend when we are born of the Spirit. In unsaved state, we were natural man, body and soul—flesh. We couldn’t understand heavenly things (Jn 3:12). Since we were flesh, God met us as we were. God sent His Son in the flesh. “And the … [Read more…]
Here in the Gospel of the Kingdom, we see Jesus teaching the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24 and Matthew 25). His audience is the 12 disciples, including Judas the betrayer. After he rose from the dead, he proclaimed the kingdom for 40 days (Acts 2:1-11). The last three parables Jesus told. In Matthew 25 Jesus tells … [Read more…]
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Messiah Yeshua, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yeshua made me free from the law of sin and of death. Romans 8:1-2 We have life in Christ Jesus … [Read more…]
Giving first hand to brothers and sisters of Jesus is far better than delegating such giving. Jesus makes this quite clear. Well placed giving 31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32 Before him … [Read more…]
We do not fear death because we serve God. Pagans do fear death because because they obey Satan. We serve God because in His love He chose us as His own in Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has crowned us with every spiritual blessing in the … [Read more…]