READ:
ROMANS 14:15-21
The world
cannot fully understand what the Kingdom of God is all about. The Kingdom of
God is a mystery. We have to be taught by the Holy Ghost before we can
understand what it means. You may ask: Where is the Kingdom of God is located?
What kind of Kingdom is it? The first thing to know about the Kingdom is that
it is not of buying rice and meat. It is not a kingdom of eating and drinking.
It is a kingdom of joy, peace and holiness. Romans 14:17 : ”For
the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy
in the Holy Spirit.” Why is it not a kingdom of eating and drinking?
This is because there is no hunger there. There is no thirst there. This does
not mean that we will not eat there. We shall eat from the fruit of the tree of
life there. We shall eat of the hidden manna there. We will drink from the
river of life there. However, we will not eat because we are hungry or drink
because we are thirsty. We will be eating and drinking just for pleasure. It is
also a very powerful Kingdom. The power there will be based on God Himself. If
this is so, then the Kingdom will be of tremendous power. Those who will belong
to the Kingdom will taste of the power even while on the earth. 1 Corinthians
4:20: “For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.” One of the
reasons why Christianity has been impossible to wipe out is because it is
backed by the power of the Almighty God. Always all religions that have tried
to oppose Christianity have tried to do so by reasoning. They say, “How can you
say a virgin conceived?” they say, “How can you say God has a son? Who is His wife?”
Christians have an answer that nobody else has. We say that if you call the
Name of Jesus miracles will happen and this is true. No one has ever said if
you call the name of other gods, or religious leaders miracles will happen.
This is why no other religion apart from Christianity holds crusades. What are
they going to present there? They are always criticising the good works that
God is doing through His Son. When the Kingdom is fully here, it will be power
all the way. In will be an extremely powerful Kingdom. There will be priest and
kings in the Kingdom. Everybody in the Kingdom will be a King and, at the same
time, a priest. How wonderful will it be to enter a city where everyone is a
king and a priest!
MEMORIZE:
1 CORINTHIANS 4:20 -For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.
