Transcript Understanding The Kingdom

And when it was day, he departed and went into a
desert place: and the people sought him, and came
unto him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them.
But he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of
God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. And he
preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
Luke 4: 43-44
“During the past sixteen years I can recollect only two
occasions on which I have heard sermons specifically
devoted to the theme of the Kingdom of God. . . . I find
this silence rather surprising because it is universally
agreed by New Testament scholars that the central
theme of the teaching of Jesus was the Kingdom of
God.”
[quoting Dr. I. Howard Marshall of the University of
Aberdeen]
Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy, 59.
Jesus Preached the Kingdom (Luke 4: 43)
Mankind Lost the Kingdom
The Devil Claimed it was given to him (Luke 4 : 5 – 8)
Matthew 6: 33
“But seek first the Kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you”
Jesus Christ
Matthew 9:35
“Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages,
teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the
kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease
among the people”
Jesus Christ
Matthew 24:14
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in
the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the
end will come.”
Jesus Christ
“Fulfilling the assignment of preaching the
Kingdom is the key to the timing of the
return of Christ. Jesus said that the end
will come after the gospel of the Kingdom is
preached to all nations. . . . The fact that
Jesus has not come back yet is proof that
His assignment, which He delegated to His
followers in every generation, has not yet
been fulfilled.”
Dr Myles Munroe
Acts 28:30
“Then Paul dwelt for two whole years in his own rented
house, and received all who came him, preaching the Kingdom of
God and teaching the things which concernthe Lord Jesus Christ
with all confidence, no one forbidding him
How many churches today are actively and
conscientiously preaching the gospel of . . . . the
Kingdom of God? Not just any message will do. . . .
Jesus will return only when the message of the
Kingdom has been proclaimed in all the earth, and
that proclamation is the Church’s responsibility?
“The gospel of the Kingdom is the only true gospel.
Anything else we preach is not the true gospel, or at
least, not the complete gospel. Preaching about Jesus
Christ is a vital and essential part of preaching the
gospel of the Kingdom, because He is our way into the
Kingdom. Just because we place our faith in Christ,
however, does not mean that we automatically
understand either what it means to be a citizen of the
Kingdom or how to live like one.”
The Kingdom is life itself. . . . [and] The king
is the central component of a kingdom and
embodies the essence of the kingdom.”
The Unfortunate thing is that many in the Church
have discovered the King but they have no clue
about the Kingdom that He came to bring to
mankind.”