Part 1 of the series The Kingdom by David Pawson
The meaning and practice of living in the Kingdom today. Are we prepared to be subjects of the King? We speak so much about the Church, but Jesus spoke principally of the Kingdom.
A ‘kingdom’ is a group of people ruled by one person, the ‘king’, who makes all the laws himself without their votes or approval. The concept is anathema to contemporary democracy and its confidence in government by the people, the naive assumption that majorities will always get it right. History does not encourage optimism. There have been more bad kings than good, even in God’s chosen people Israel.
Behind our world’s problems, which baffle our finest politicians and philosophers, lies a fundamental, racial and fatal error of having chosen the wrong king. Born into his (Satan's) kingdom, he has deceived us into thinking we can each of us be our own kingdom, inevitably clashing with each other, as individuals or nations.
The only solution is to find the right king and become his loyal citizens. One day all other kingdoms will be shaken to pieces but this will remain, for ever. Only then will the conflict, in which every one of us is involved, be resolved.
2 фев 2017
