May I have a WORD with you?
Helping ordinary people read the Bible for the sake of life application and a godly transformation. In other words, for the sake of becoming more like Jesus.
May I have a WORD with you?
Ep 071 (S4E5) Have you still not found what you’re looking for?
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John
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Season 4
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Episode 5
References:
- “Repent …, for the Kingdom … is near. (Mt 4:17)
- Kingdom - βασιλεία (bas-il-i'-ah)
- Of heaven (Mt) - 45x
- Of God (Mk, Lk, [Jn]) - 51x & 2x
- What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “the Kingdom of God?”
- Heaven - #1 answer
- Think first not in terms of place
- Think in terms of the function of ruling over…
- The reign of the king
- The reign of THE King
- Wherever the KING reigns, that is the King-dom
- Bore-dom: the state of being bored
- King-dom: the state of being ruled over
- Heaven - #1 answer
- Gen 1:26-28 - רָדָה (raw-daw') - to rule, have dominion, dominate, tread down
- Psalm 8 - esp vss 5-6
- We have made a mess of our God given purpose to rule at God’s image bearers that we are
- So, Jesus comes to set the Kingdom right.
- Luke 4:14-22
- Kingdom - βασιλεία (bas-il-i'-ah)
- Mt 6:33 - seek first the Kingdom
- Seek - ζητέω (dzay-teh'-o)
- to seek in order to find
- to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into
- to require, demand, to crave, demand something from someone
- to seek in order to find
- What are we looking for? What happens when we find it?
- Seek - ζητέω (dzay-teh'-o)