A funny exercise to do: ask a bunch of evangelicals what they think the Good News was and is and only rarely someone will give you the correct answer.
Evangelicals are rather safe than sorry and that’s probably why they keep on hanging in the doorway and believe that this doorway is the Good News.
Jesus never meant for His followers to sort of get stuck in this doorway. He made it pretty clear that He is the only way through whom we gain access to this overwhelming Kingdom of God.
I don’t hear too much about it. Yet Jesus talked about it all the time. This was the revolution that the system of this world doesn’t cut it and that Jesus came to reconcile all things.
The Jesus life is the life in the Kingdom. It is revolutionary.
Observing Christianity I see that many live part time in the system of this world and that they have some part time involvement in the KoG business.
I believe Jesus wants me to live in His kingdom 24/7. And that changes everything. I live, breath, eat, spend time with my wife, kids, friends, do my work, relax, watch 24 and Prison Break, have sex with my wife, sleep and even go to church; and all this takes place in the presence of my heavenly Father who takes joy in me, his son.
Jesus invites His disciples to explore the Kingdom. He releases us into the vastness of His Kingdom. The deeper I penetrate it, the lesser life continues to be about me. The deeper I enter, the more I am absorbed by His presence… it’s all about, it’s all about ….. GOD
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