What Is the Kingdom?Sample

The Kingdom of God is Christlikeness! When Jesus enters the human heart and begins to reign, He rearranges every priority, every attitude, and every desire to be like His. He brings His Kingdom order to every area of our lives. He reorders our families, our finances, our time, our businesses, etc., to reflect His light, love, and glory. Many have only taken the step of salvation into the Kingdom but have never gone any further. This total life makeover has NOT yet occurred in their lives.

This makeover (transformation) comes in a two-fold process. First, we begin to be confronted with Jesus’s life and words from Scripture. The Sermon on the Mount alone is perhaps the greatest body of teaching describing the way God wants us to live with Him and one another. It is the most concise depiction of heaven’s way of life ever given to man. As we read the Scripture, allowing it to genuinely confront us and as we begin to repent and believe, we then begin to enter Kingdom life - experiencing His reordering.

Reflection Question

• In what areas of your life do you sense God’s gentle confrontation through scripture as He is reordering your life?