“Jesus' kingdom was not like the popular expectation. He used the phrase 'kingdom of God' with a different meaning. His kingdom was not of this world (John 18:36). It was not like the kingdoms of this world. It was the kingdom of God, a supernatural kingdom. It was invisible to most people (John 3:3)-it could not be understood or experienced without the Holy Spirit (v. 6). God is Spirit, and the kingdom of God is a spiritual kingdom.” PeopleWorldDifferentSpiritualUsedSpiritJesusThis WorldHolyExpectationsUnderstoodInvisibleKingdomsPhrasesHoly SpiritKingdom Of GodDifferent Meanings Author:Tom Harpur
“Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life of grace unless he is born again spiritually. This regeneration is effected by Baptism: "Unless a man is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (Jn 3:5)” MenSpiritualSpiritWaterBornGraceHolySaintFleshKingdomsHoly SpiritSpiritual LifeKingdom Of GodBaptismBorn AgainRegeneration Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Church is a moment in time when the kingdom of God draws near, when a meal, a story, a song, an apology, and even a failure id made holy by the presence of Jesus among us and within us.” MadeMomentsStoriesSongJesusChurchHolyDrawsKingdomsMealsApologyKingdom Of GodMoments In Time Author:Rachel Held Evans
“The Bible says, "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost"” JoyDrinkHolyGhostKingdomsMeatRighteousnessKingdom Of GodHoly GhostPeace And Joy Book:Seven Things The Holy Spirit Will Do For You Source: Seven Things The Holy Spirit Will Do For You
“Christians were never meant to be normal. We’ve always been holy troublemakers, we’ve always been creators of uncertainty, agents of dimension that’s incompatible with the status quo; we do not accept the world as it is, but we insist on the world becoming the way that God wants it to be. And the Kingdom of God is different from the patterns of this world.” WorldWayWantDifferentGodChristianChangeAcceptingChristianityLordTroubleThis WorldAcceptanceBecomingHolyNormalPatternsCreatorChristian InspirationalKingdomsAgentsUncertaintyChanging The WorldDimensionsMeant To BeStatus QuoKingdom Of GodInsistingTroublemakerAccepting RealityImperfect World Author:Jacques Ellul
“Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life - to drive the crowd away from His church.” WayShouldUsedChurchNumbersKnownLordDependsHolyConsequenceShould HaveImportanceCrowdsKingdomsFollyBrownTemplesEverlastingKingdom Of GodOur LordStressedWhipsShould Have KnownThings Fall Apart OkonkwoLarge CrowdsMr Brown Author:Chinua Achebe
“It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of paradox, where through the ugly defeat of a cross, a holy God is utterly glorified. Victory comes through defeat; healing through brokenness; finding self through losing self.” WantSelfMatterHealingVictoryHolyDemandAchievementFindingsLosingCrossesDefeatUglyKingdomsObedienceParadoxSovereignKingdom Of GodBrokennessHoly God Book:Loving God Source: Loving God