Post by foxjj on Nov 4, 2022 21:08:24 GMT
The Kingdom Of God.
The definition of a kingdom is a realm or domain. Consequently, a kingdom is normally considered as a country, or a people under a king’s rule or influence. This world has two spiritual kingdoms by which people are influenced, making them - knowingly or, unknowingly - members of the kingdom by which they are most influenced. According to Scripture, we were all under the kingdom of darkness before we became Christians as Paul explained in Colossians 1:13-14: “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
This is a very dramatic passage, describing the actions of our Heavenly Father in the lives of believers. It is by God’s Sovereign design that we have been qualified to share in the kingdom of light; which is The Kingdom of God. The qualification for entry into The Kingdom is to be born again, as Jesus proclaimed while speaking to Nicodemus in John 3:3: “Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Scripture describes the coming of Jesus into our world in this way: “In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.” (John 1:4-5) Here we have a reference to the two spiritual kingdoms. The one keeps people in darkness concerning their spiritual need. In contrast, the other is The Light of God’s Truth. The Kingdom of God brings a light onto our path of life when we enter by way of the Blood of Jesus. He is The One who claimed: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”(John 14:6)
It is through the act of Redemption that God in His mercy, delivers us from the kingdom of darkness. Redemption carries the meaning of deliverance and freedom by a payment or ransom. Our Heavenly Father accomplished this act of redemption through the sacrificial death of Jesus upon the cross. All of us who have accepted the sacrifice of Jesus on our behalf, have received forgiveness of our sin - becoming born again - thereby becoming part of The Kingdom of God.
Today, let us praise The Lord for calling us into His Kingdom.
John Joseph Fox.
The definition of a kingdom is a realm or domain. Consequently, a kingdom is normally considered as a country, or a people under a king’s rule or influence. This world has two spiritual kingdoms by which people are influenced, making them - knowingly or, unknowingly - members of the kingdom by which they are most influenced. According to Scripture, we were all under the kingdom of darkness before we became Christians as Paul explained in Colossians 1:13-14: “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
This is a very dramatic passage, describing the actions of our Heavenly Father in the lives of believers. It is by God’s Sovereign design that we have been qualified to share in the kingdom of light; which is The Kingdom of God. The qualification for entry into The Kingdom is to be born again, as Jesus proclaimed while speaking to Nicodemus in John 3:3: “Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Scripture describes the coming of Jesus into our world in this way: “In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.” (John 1:4-5) Here we have a reference to the two spiritual kingdoms. The one keeps people in darkness concerning their spiritual need. In contrast, the other is The Light of God’s Truth. The Kingdom of God brings a light onto our path of life when we enter by way of the Blood of Jesus. He is The One who claimed: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”(John 14:6)
It is through the act of Redemption that God in His mercy, delivers us from the kingdom of darkness. Redemption carries the meaning of deliverance and freedom by a payment or ransom. Our Heavenly Father accomplished this act of redemption through the sacrificial death of Jesus upon the cross. All of us who have accepted the sacrifice of Jesus on our behalf, have received forgiveness of our sin - becoming born again - thereby becoming part of The Kingdom of God.
Today, let us praise The Lord for calling us into His Kingdom.
John Joseph Fox.