Your Kingdom Come

Pastor Phil Vance

Highlights

The purpose of Jesus coming was to preach the Kingdom of God.
God’s laws are absolutely right and righteous because they are absolutely perfect.
Kingdom theology (2 aspects)
1. The present evil age
2. The age to come
3. The already but not yet kingdom theology (inaugurated eschatology)
  1. End times began with the death of Christ.
Three main comments Jesus made about the kingdom.
1. The kingdom of God is coming in ways that cannot necessarily be measured or quantified. Luke: 17:20
  1. He didn’t want you to see it, He wanted you to be it.
2. Repentance is a necessary part of being in the Kingdom of God.
  1. Matthew 4:17
3. Only born again people can see the Kingdom of God.
4. The Holy Spirit is vital to the Kingdom of God.
  1. John 3: 3-8

Discussion Questions:

When did you submit yourself to God as your Lord? What lead you to that decision and what has been the results of His authority over your life?
In what ways are you being the Kingdom of God made manifest today?
How do you recognize the Kingdom of God when you see it? Why is it important to increase our ability to perceive it?

Key Scriptures, Quotes and Definitionsl

Kingdom: a system or way of living that acknowledge God as the king and me as His subject
The Lord has made the heavens his throne; from there he rules over everything.
Psalms 103:19 NLT
During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God. Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before. John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?” He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:3?-?8 NLT