Kingdom Of God

139 Pages·2009·0.92 MB·English

The Kingdom of God is a major theme through the
Bible. Jesus began His earthly ministry proclaiming
the arrival of the Kingdom of Heaven. During His final
days before His ascension, He taught concerning the
Kingdom of God. We must understand that this
Kingdom is within us. We must recognize that we are
sons and daughters of the Kingdom, sown as good
seed into this world.
This study will teach you how to live and operate
out of a "Kingdom of God" perspective, where
everything you do is an extension of the King's domain
here on earth—His rule being released in you and
through you. You will learn how to fulfill the Kingdom
mandate that is on your life—to see His Kingdom
come and His will be done through you, right where
you are.
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© Ashish Raichur, Pastor
All Peoples Church & World Outreach
First Edition Printed December 2009
Managing Editor/Head of Publications: Valentina Hubert
Assistant Editor: Arthi Rachel Isaiah
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THE KINGDOM
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NTRODUCTION
1. A K P 5
INGDOM LANNED
2. T K H K 15
HE ING AND IS INGDOM
3. T C K 27
HE HURCH AND THE INGDOM
4. K T 37
INGDOM HINKING
5. K L 51
INGDOM IVING
6. K C 65
INGDOM ULTURE
7. K P 73
INGDOM ARABLES
8. K A 85
INGDOM UTHORITY
9. K G 93
INGDOM OVERNMENT
10. T L K 109
HE ITERAL INGDOM
11. K M 121
INGDOM ANDATE
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
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The Kingdom of God is a major theme through the Bible. Jesus
began His earthly ministry proclaiming the arrival of the Kingdom
of Heaven. During His final days before His ascension, He taught
concerning the Kingdom of God. The Early Church taught and
preached from a Kingdom perspective. In fact we are to be
preaching the gospel of the Kingdom in all the world before the
end comes (Matthew 24:14). And yet we hear very little being
preached and taught on the Kingdom of God in our churches today.
We find little or no emphasis on how we must fulfill the mandate
Jesus gave us when He told us to pray, “Thy Kingdom come, thy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Obviously, if we were to pray
that prayer, He fully intended for it to be answered in and through
our lives.
We must understand that this Kingdom is within us. We must
recognize that we are sons and daughters of the Kingdom, sown as
good seed into this world. This study will teach you how to live
and operate out of a “Kingdom of God” perspective, where
everything you do is an extension of the King’s domain here on
earth—His rule being released in you and through you. You will
learn how to fulfill the Kingdom mandate that is on your life—to
see His Kingdom come and His will be done through you, right
where you are.
The Bible Study Outline is in a format intended for personal
or group study and meditation. While brief comments are presented,
we encourage you or your Bible study group to meditate, and listen
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INTRODUCTION
to the Holy Spirit for understanding, insight and personal
application of Scripture. Record, share or discuss these insights
and life application.
Our desire is to see His Kingdom come in and through our
individual lives, and through Christ-centered, Kingdom loving
communities in our nation. Thy Kingdom Come, Lord Jesus!
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God as King and the Kingdom of God is a major theme all through
the Bible. In fact the Lord Jesus began and closed His earthly ministry
speaking about the Kingdom of God. There are about 150 verses
in the New Testament that talk about the Kingdom of God or the
Kingdom of Heaven.
The word “Kingdom” in the New Testament is the Greek bas-
il-i’-ah meaning royalty, rule, reign, a realm of the Kingdom. Kingdom
therefore refers to the realm of the King’s rule, reign or the King’s
domain.
In the New Testament, we have the phrase “Kingdom of God”
and the “Kingdom of Heaven.” We understand these to be
synonymous and therefore they can be used interchangeably. The
Kingdom of God is with reference to “who” the Kingdom belongs
to, that is, God. The Kingdom of Heaven is with reference to “where”
the Kingdom originates, that is, Heaven or the spiritual realm.
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Matthew 25:34
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The phrase “from” or “before the foundation of the world” appears
about 10 times in the New Testament. One of these, as mentioned
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