rule of god

Disciples Disciple (Reproduce)

"Understanding the Gospel from God the Father"

Mark 1:14-15 [7.2.23]

What Time is It? – The Year of God's Jubilee

Luke 3:3

Luke 24:44-49

What is the Kingdom of God?

Kingdom (Greek: βασιλεία): Realm or Reign?

Kingly Rule – reign, rule, sovereignty, kingly power

Sovereign Administration – join the Biden Administration.

Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be your name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Luke 16:16

The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.

Βιάζεται:

The verb βιάζεται can be understood as a middle or a passive. The active βιάζω is ‘to constrain, force’; the middle is ‘to overpower by force, press hard; to act with violence’; the passive is ‘to be hard-pressed, overpowered.’

I. Marshall, New International Greek Testament Commentary (Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1978), 629.

Βιάζεται: Everyone is hard-pressed to enter into it. [Everyone is strongly encouraged to seek participation in it.]

We have much to celebrate this weekend. This coming Sunday is the last Sunday of the Christian liturgical calendar, Christ the King Sunday. And it’s also the day we will baptize two of our beloved children, Ander and Jase (one day following their formal adoption by our Director of Children’s Ministries, Ms. Samantha Mayrant). These celebrations give us the opportunity to reflect on what it means to call ourselves “Christian.”

Christians have a specific understanding of Jesus and what it means to follow his teachings. In the opening of the Apostle Paul’s letter to the churches in Colossae we find an excellent Christian description of Jesus, “the firstborn of all creation, … the head of the body, the church, … the firstborn of the dead.” As a consequence of our understanding of Jesus, we are guided to live our lives in specific ways. Join us this Sunday as we celebrate Christ the King Sunday, the baptism of Jase and Ander, and reflect on our understanding of Jesus Christ as Lord and King.