In many different ways and
situations, people who experience
God's calling develops the desire to listen to
His words. There are four group of
people who will be attracted to listen to
God's "word of the
kingdom". But, to the many who will listen to God's "word of the
kingdom" only the few who will truly understand the message
will be
chosen. To the chosen one's the message is clear and meaningful to
them, so they are brought to
repentance and develop faith in God and Christ Jesus.
The
chosen one's will then be
brought
by God
into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ, which will
ultimately lead to a union with Christ in the "one body",
who's head is Christ, so that they can be saved and given
"Crown of Life" –the Eternal Life in heaven. Let us
therefore continue our study of the scriptures so we will come
to know and fully understand what is God's word of the kingdom.
God's word or Message
is the Good News or
Gospel of
the Kingdom
1E.1 During His ministry here on earth, what did the
Lord Jesus Christ teach and preach?
In the following verses,
these are written:
And
Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching
in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the
kingdom, and healing every sickness and every
disease among the people. (Matthew 9:35, NKJV)
Jesus traveled
throughout Galilee teaching in the synagogues, preaching
everywhere the Good News about the Kingdom. And he
healed people who had every kind of sickness and
disease. (Matthew 4:23, NLT)
but He
said to them, "I must preach the kingdom of God to
the other cities also, because for this purpose I have
been sent.'' (Luke 4:43, NKJV)
Jesus taught and preached
God's words or Message, that is the
Good News or the Gospel of
the kingdom of God.
Why did Jesus
preach the Good News or Gospel of the Kingdom of God?
Because this is the very purpose
why God sent Him.
The Gospel of the kingdom is the
Gospel of Christ
1E.2 How did Apostle
Paul aptly describe the Gospel of kingdom of God that he preached to the early
Christians?
In Galatians 1: 11-12,
Apostle Paul explained.
11. But I
make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was
preached by me is not according to man.
12. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught
it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
(NKJV)
For I am
not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the
power of God to salvation for everyone who believes,
for the Jew first and also for the Greek. (Romans 1:16,
NKJV)
The Gospel of the kingdom
of God that was preached by Apostle Paul. . . . .
-
is
not according to man
-
neither did he received it from man
- nor
taught to him by man,
But the
gospel came through the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thus he also aptly described as the "Gospel of Christ", the power
of God to salvation for everyone who believes.
The
Teaching of Christ is the Doctrine of God
1E.3 Whose doctrine or teaching is the
Gospel of
the kingdom that was preached by the Lord Jesus Christ and His
Apostles?
In
John 7:16, this is written:
Jesus
answered them and said, "My doctrine is not Mine, but
His who sent Me. (NKJV)
The Lord Jesus Christ made
it clear that the Gospel is not His own doctrine or teaching
but it is the doctrine of the One who sent Him.
In John 17:1&3, it is the
Father in heaven, the only true God, who sent Jesus Christ.
Thus, the gospel of the kingdom is a doctrine of God.
1E.4 Why is the Gospel of the
kingdom, a doctrine or teaching of God?
In Matthew 7:21,
this is written:
"Not
everyone who says to Me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the
kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father
in heaven. (NKJV)
The doctrine is of God because
it is the will of the God, the Father in heaven, that must
be followed to order enter the kingdom of God in heaven.
1E.5
Why should people
heed God's call to listen to Christ's teachings?
In John 5:24,
this is written:
In all
truth I tell you, whoever listens to my words, and
believes in the one who sent me, has eternal life;
without being brought to judgment such a person has
passed from death to life. (NJB)
The same
verse in another version of the Bible:
"Most
assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and
believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life,
and shall not come into judgment, but has passed
from death into life. (NKJV)
Whoever listens to Christ's
teachings and believes in the one who sent Him is assured of
eternal life. He will be saved on the Day of Judgment, and
has passed from death to life.
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Jesus taught and preached God's word or Message, that is the Good News or the Gospel of the
kingdom of God because this is the very purpose why God sent
Him (Matt. 9:35 & Luke 4:43). Apostle Paul
said
that the gospel
came through the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ
(Gal.1: 11-12),
thus he
also aptly described it as the "Gospel of Christ", the power of God to
salvation for everyone who believes (Romans
1:16). The Lord Jesus Christ made
it clear that the Gospel is not His own doctrine or teaching
but it is the doctrine of God who sent Him (John
7:16) because
it is the will of the God, the Father in heaven, that must be followed
to order enter the kingdom of God in heaven (Matthew 7:21).
Thus, whoever listens to Christ's
teachings and believes in God, who sent Him, is assured of
eternal life. He will be saved on the Day of Judgment, and has
passed from death to life (John 5:24).
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