Q1. Where is the kingdom of God?A better question is - who is the kingdom of God? The kingdom of God is God Himself sown into us as the seed (Mark 4:26).
We need to repent (= change our mind) to receive the kingdom (Mark 1:15). Then we need to let this seed grow within us. It won't be easy (Acts 14:22), but the Lord's bountiful supply will empower us that we would have a living of expressing Christ (Romans 14:17)
Q2. What kind of people are in the kingdom of God ?
1. Life of God
They are born into the kingdom (John 3:3). The divine birth is the entrance into the kingdom. Sorry, neither adoption nor immigration. One has to be born again by receiving God's life.
2. Nature of God
Through the divine birth God's life is now in our spirit, but do we let God's nature spread into our soul (feeling, thinking and decision making)? Those who are saturated with God's nature should be like:
a. Toward God - They are simple, open, pure, dependent, and obedient like children (Mark 10:15)
b. Toward men - They are lowly, meek, caring, giving, enduring persecution, and mourning for the evil situation of the world (Luke 6:19-38)
c. Toward self - They deny their soul life and would not be occupied by any worldly matters (Mark 10:23-29)
3. Expression of God
They are filled with the life and nature of God. As a result, they are able to overflow God's life into others through their proclaiming and announcing the kingdom of God (= the person of Jesus Christ).
a. Demons and sickness are cast out (Luke 9:2, 11:20)
b. They are active (even aggressive) in proclaiming the kingdom (Luke 9:62, 16:16b)
c. Proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, unhindered. (Acts 28:31)
Pray this prayer: Lord, may Your name be sanctified, Your kingdom come and Your will be done in my home and my locality (Matthew 6:9-10). Amen!
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