The Kingdom, Common And Uncommon Beliefs

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The Kingdom, Common And Uncommon Beliefs

• The Kingdom is a Bible subject. The noun
  baseleia is found 162 times in the Greek New
  Testament.
• An abstract noun, denoting sovereignty, royal
  power, dominionby metonymy, a concrete noun,
  denoting the territory or people over whom a king
  rules(Vine).

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• Definition continued
• references to the kingdom fall into two
  classes, the first, in which it is viewed as
  present and involving suffering for those who
  enter it (2 Thes. 1 5), the second, in which it
  is viewed as future and is associated with reward
  (Matt. 25 34) and glory (Matt. 13 43).

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• Kingdom stands for the blessings of God Mark
  10 25, 26.
• The kingdom was an often mentioned apostolic
  subject Acts 28 31.
• We are to seek first the kingdom Matt. 6 33.

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• The kingdom is not meat and drink.
• 1. Romans 14 17.
• 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and
  drink but righteousness, and peace, and joy in
  the Holy Ghost.

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• The child-like make up the kingdom.
• 1. Matt. 19 14, 13, 18 1-4.
• 13 Then were there brought unto him little
  children, that he should put his hands on them,
  and pray and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But
  Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid
  them not, to come unto me for of such is the
  kingdom of heaven.

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• The kingdom comes not with observation.
• 1. Luke 17 20, 21.
• 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees,
  when the kingdom of God should come, he answered
  them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with
  observation 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here!
  or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is
  within you.

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• The immoral have no part.
• 1. Eph. 5 5.
• 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor
  unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an
  idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of
  Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with
  vain words for because of these things cometh
  the wrath of God upon the children of
  disobedience.

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• The church and kingdom the same.
• 1. Matt. 16 18, 19.
• 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the
  kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind
  on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever
  thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in
  heaven.

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• The poor are heirs of the kingdom.
• 1. Jas. 2 5, 6.
• 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God
  chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and
  heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to
  them that love him? 6 But ye have despised the
  poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you
  before the judgment seats?.

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• The tares shall be burned.
• 1. Matt. 13 38-42.
• 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and
  burned in the fire so shall it be in the end of
  this world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth
  his angels, and they shall gather out of his
  kingdom all things that offend, and them which do
  iniquity.

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• Conclusion
• 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
  neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9
  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so
  are my ways higher than your ways, and my
  thoughts than your thoughts (Isa. 55).