We need to learn more about
the "Kingdom of heaven" that Jesus taught on, and is central to the
Christian faith. Look at what Christ had to say about His kingdom.
Matthew
3:2 - "the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew
5:3- "theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
Matthew 5:19 - "enter the kingdom of heaven"
In
Matthew 13 Jesus explains what this kingdom is all about.
Matthew 13:11- 13 - He replied, “Because the knowledge of the
secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12 Whoever
has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have,
even what they have will be taken from them. 13 This is why I
speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though
hearing, they do not hear or understand.
Matthew 13:24-33 - Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom
of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But
while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat,
and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads,
then the weeds also appeared. 27 “The
owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your
field? Where then did the weeds come from?’28 “‘An enemy did
this,’ he replied.“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them
up?’29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the
weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow
together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First
collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat
and bring it into my barn.’”
31 He
told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which
a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the
smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants
and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
33 He
told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a
woman took and mixed into about sixty pour of flour until it
worked all through the dough.”
Separation
will occur between believers and unbelievers when we die.
God’s
Kingdom is bigger and more awesome than we could imagine
A
“change” must happen in one’s life to be in the kingdom.
Always be kingdom and heavenly minded.