Title: Kingdom of God (2009.1.11)
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Date: January 11, 2009
Word: Mark 1:14-15
Title: Kingdom of God
Contents :
In a word, the Christian movement can be said to be “the movement for heaven” and “the movement to restore the kingdom of God”. Jesus, who became the second Adam, came to restore the paradise that was lost because of the first Adam.
Heaven has two sides. There is an afterlife heaven and a temporal heaven. In other words, there is a physical heaven (the heaven that will appear) and a spiritual heaven (the heaven that appears).
The heart that has Jesus is the model of heaven.
He said that believers in Jesus are the house of God, the body of Jesus Christ, and the temple of the Holy Spirit, but the Lord rebukes them, saying, “Why did you make a den of robbers?”
The heart of Zacchaeus who rejoiced in accepting Jesus, the heart of a Samaritan woman who left her water jar and went to evangelize, the heart of praise from the lame man who was healed, the change in which the useless Onesimus was most needed. Just like throwing away even making money, the heart of serving Jesus is the model of the kingdom of heaven.
The home is a model of heaven.
If your family life fails, your religious life also fails. The Christian family is a family that thoroughly embraces Jesus, so it should be a model of the kingdom of heaven. Like the family life of the centurion Cornelius, the family life of Timothy from his grandmother Lois and Eunice, the family life of Noah, the family with Jesus is the model of the kingdom of heaven.
The most important element in heaven is that the Lord is with you. No matter how good the heaven is, it is meaningless if it is a place where the Lord does not exist. Heaven is valuable because Jesus is there. Likewise, no matter how nice and plentiful the house, no matter how good the car is, and no matter how wealthy you may be, you cannot have a truly happy home without Jesus. Heaven is only where Jesus is.
When all family members believe in Jesus and become a saved family, the kingdom of heaven will come. There is nothing more beautiful than the sight of building a home altar.
The church is a model of heaven.
The church is the model of heaven and the point of the world. People should be able to imagine heaven when they see the church. Because the church is the place where the people of heaven gather. The Church must have unity and peace, overflowing with love and joy. We can find the appearance of a small kingdom of heaven in the early church after the Pentecost, after the Pentecost. Heaven is the world of love, and love is the most important element of church life. If you can't find love in the church, you'll lose its existence like salt that has lost its taste.