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Discerning The Gospel Of The Kingdom Within Christianity
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In today's world there seems to be a lot of complaints over separation of church and state, where churches demand a say in government but want government to stay clear of churches.
What many of these people forget is that God also wants nothing to do with man's government or man's politics...
We often hear the phrase " inalienable rights ". I wonder. Who's rights? Are they determined putting God's will first, or instead the will of mankind or just your own? Sadly, the majority stand up for the latter two more often than not, and then use God to justify it.
A lot of Christians...
It seems to me the good in humanity is in constant conflict with the bad. The old cowboy movies made that clear. Yet we could say that the mid 20th century was a good time for many of the first world nations even though there were constant wars.
What made it good was not us or our godly...
Are we a product of our environment or of our own thinking?
Is not our thinking influenced by our environment? Whether we think in compliance with it, or seeking an alternative way to it, are the two still not influenced by the same?
Did not Jesus give us an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT to...
Two natures... animal and spirit.
Two principles... self serving and selfless
Two worlds... world created upon man's principles and Kingdom created upon God's principles.
Two cultures... man's culture and God's counter culture
Two theologies... one which wrongly says we can have it both ways and...
Consider how Jesus gave us examples of things we could do if we felt compelled to go out and do some good today. A couple of examples were feed and clothe the poor, or visit the infirmed or incarcerated. Was He just talking about seeing to their physical needs? Or was He talking about more...
When one blinds themselves with the politics of man, it is quite easy to lose sight of the Kingdom and how those of it are to refrain from playing the games of man.
There is no setting the example of Kingdom while busily promoting division between man by way of the favourite game of politics...
Funny how in life the delusions last but reality fades quickly away.
What we are then left with as a result is nothing but the societies, politics and religion of today.
© ...timothyu
It seems to me a shame that people, especially professing Christians, prefer to defend the world and ways of man over that of the Kingdom and of God. Preferring instead to delude themselves they are secure in their religion, this while they live contrary to what Jesus taught. Pride in worldly...
There has been a lot of talk from the self-proclaimed centre of the Christian universe in the last half century about a new age movement that would detract from Christianity. The finger has often been pointed at spiritualism in it's various forms (excluding of course spiritualism within...
The question often arises... why? If Jesus wanted to make an impact or difference, why did He come 2000 years ago instead of today, especially with mass communication available now. Well apart from the obvious conclusions of it being detrimental to His original cause, He would have to compete...
Almost 2000 years since Jesus taught us everything we need to know. Yet few in earth (especially those who profess to follow Him) seem to grasp a message that God has been trying to get into our thick self determining heads since the beginning.
God has taught us over and over by way of...
Seems to me if it doesn't involve politics, it is of little interest to most people. Without politics in Christianity, or any other religion for that matter, and people seem lost. Seemingly blissfully unaware that politics or man's ideals have no place in Christianity (or at least Jesus' version...
It's not just cults, but a government, a religion, even a partner will break us (if we are not already broken) in order to make us over in their own image. God will not do so. We must break ourselves free of flesh and make ourselves over in a way uncommon to mankind (thus freeing ourselves from...
A new day, the same old traditions of mankind backwards to the will of God. Once again we experience and are seeing the kind of manipulation mankind invokes to seek gain at the expense of others. A tradition of man. Does God condone gain at the expense of others and self determination of what is...
Ancient scripture, both Hebrew and Christian, remains relevant today simply because the nature of man does not want to change, and as a result remains so predictable. It seems to me the Bible from beginning to end has God showing man the benefit of change from the original indiscretion, while...
There is an old classic called the Nickel Song made popular by Melanie/The New Seekers. Jesus said Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Christians for the most part fail to seek God on a life long basis yet seem...
It seems to me Christianity (the religious institution - not the reality) has always been on shaky ground, EXCEPT for when it was aligned with empires and kingdoms of man, the controlling voice over the masses and of nations. Did the religious instituion not become an empire itself and even in...
Don't confuse Christianity with Jesus. That is like comparing an insurance company with a person who helps out the sick or widowed. One gives of themselves, the other has an angle.
...© timothyu
The Bible, from cover to cover, speaks of man's will vs the will of God. As a result we have an ongoing battle between the world man has made, and the Kingdom of God compliments of Jesus (previously just the will of God).
Jesus said the Kingdom would be a stumbling block to the will of man...