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Scripture Reading: Psalm 132:13-18

The Kingdom of God

(Luke 9)

Intro.

1. OT predicted a king ruling over an insurmountable kingdom: Psa. 2:6-7; 110:1-3; Isa. 9:6-7; Dan. 2:44; 7:13-14.

2. An angel announced to Mary the child to whom she would give birth would be king of that kingdom (Lk. 1:30-33).

3. Jesus is King over God’s kingdom today, Acts 2:32-36; 17:7.

4. His kingdom is the church of Christ, Matt. 16:18-19.

5. Luke 9: Kingdom teaching gives insight about the kingdom and incentives to be a citizen of the kingdom.

I. THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM. Luke 4:43-44

A. We Must Preach the Kingdom, Lk. 9:60 (2, 11).

1. Kingdom is central to gospel (preaching Jesus), Acts 8:4-5, 12.

2. De-emphasizing the church to attract the lost is a counterfeit message. Nullifying the kingdom to get people to come into the kingdom is absurd! Rom. 1:16; 1 Pet. 2:9-10

B. We Must See the Kingdom, Lk. 9:27. [eidon: “to know, be aware …perceive, see, be sure” (Strong’s). (Translated “perceiving” in Lk. 9:47)

1. Its approach and arrival, Mk. 9:1 (Acts 1:8; 2:1ff).

2. Essential to know, discern, perceive, experience the kingdom, or we will die in our sins, cf. Jno. 3:3-5.

a. The nature of the kingdom, Lk. 9:43-45 (17:20-21).

b. Disputed their place/position in the kingdom, Lk. 9:46-48.

-Servants of one another, not rivals and/or masters over one another, cf. 1 Pet. 4:7-11.

3. Beware of pride in the kingdom, Lk. 9:49-50. (Matt. 5:3)

C. We Must be Fit for the Kingdom, Lk. 9:62.

-The totally committed are suited for the kingdom, Lk. 9:23; Matt. 6:33; Col. 3:1-3.

II. THE CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM.

A. Delivered from Satan’s Kingdom and Conveyed (Transferred) into the Kingdom of the Son, Col. 1:13.

B. Christians have the Blessings of Citizenship in God’s Kingdom, Rev. 1:6, 9 (Heb. 12:22).

1. God’s blessings, Psa. 132:13-18.

2. cf. Beatitudes, Matt. 5:3-10 (kingdom blessings).

C. Christians Hope for the Eternal Kingdom, 2 Pet. 1:10-11.

1. Kingdom is inhabited by the righteous, Rom. 14:16-17 (Phil. 3:9).

2. Heaven: Where righteousness dwells forever, 2 Pet. 3:13; 2 Tim. 4:8.

Conclusion

1. The Son of God reigns over His kingdom now, Heb. 1:8-9.

2. We must hear the King, Lk. 9:35.

By: Joe R. Price

Posted: April 25, 2018