Kingdom of God

Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Sisters of Loreto (Slavicek). Mother Teresa took her first vows on May 24, 1931 and final vows on May 24, 1937 (Gold). However, Mother Teresa heard a remarkably unique call from God while on a train ride. She heard God calling her to abandon her sheltered lifestyle as a Loreto sister to go work for and live among the impoverished and outcasted people of Calcutta (Slavicek). On August 12, 1947, Pope Pius XII granted Mother Teresa permission…

of the Kingdom of God to those who 'have ears to hear. ' This is understood as a method to separate those that only hear the word of God, from those that are willing to hear and accept it as well. The Kingdom of God, which is also referred to as The Kingdom of Heaven, is believed in Christianity to be the spiritual realm over which God reigns, though another interpretation is that it is the fulfillment on earth of God’s will. Additionally, in Christianity it is believed that God’s Kingdom was…

Summary: Jesus main point of teaching was to teach about the concept of the Kingdom. Staples points out that Kingdom is not referring to a territory of land, but rather what God rules. Staples splits the kingdom into three tenses or parts: past, present, and future. Past reality refers to God’s reign through Jesus. Everything God did in the beginning was to “set the stage” for Jesus and his deeds. The Holy Spirit represent the Kingdom’s present reality. The Kingdom’s future reality refers to the…

the Kingdom of God. He described the “good citizen” as a person who accepts Jesus’s commission and the “prime citizen” as “someone who accepts this commission with enthusiasm (pg 110). From this description, it is obvious that enthusiasm is really what separate the “prime citizen” from the “good citizen”. Plantinga continued in his comparison of the two citizens by stating that the “good citizen likes the kingdom of God just fine, but the “ prime citizen” passionately yearns for the kingdom”…

nature of the Kingdom of God that can greatly inspire and influence them into taking the steps necessary to secure a future in the Kingdom of God. A popular quote from the parable (although not in the Gospel of Mark) of the wedding “ Many are called, few are chosen.” (Matthew 22:14 (NAB)), certainly applies to the Kingdom of God and is still very relevant to Christians of today. In fact, everyone is sent an invitation to take initiative to secure a future in the Kingdom of God seeing that God…

Borromeo. Born around 1538, throughout his entire childhood, he began to spread the Kingdom of God. As he got older, he lived a life of humility and had a great love for others. He was very good at writing, which made him the patron saint of learning and the arts. His works to improve the church, led to him becoming a Saint in the year 1610. St. Charles Borromeo was a very devout Catholic who built up the Kingdom of God during the Protestant Reformation by working to assure young adults were…

The Messiah of the Jews, The Son of God; Jesus was born in the city of Bethlehem, Judea. At that time the country was ruled by the Roman Empire. Most Jews were simply hard workers to maintain a very poor life. They had lost all hope that one day they will have their kingdom back. Jesus grew up in a very poor family and experienced a typical Jews’ life. Jesus’ father was a carpenter who simply worked to get a family meal. Jesus started to find his life motive in going to the synagogue once a week…

the kingdom of God as some far off place that I hoped to get to someday. In practicing ministry, it has become much clearer to me that the kingdom of God is a reality in our world today. It really hits me when I preach a sermon about one of the main purposes of Jesus’ ministry. Luke records it this way in chapter 4 verse 43, “But he said to them, 'I must preach the good news of God’s kingdom in other cities too, for this is why I was sent. '" (CEB). Jesus kept saying that the kingdom of God was…

asking significant questions of who Jesus is, but also why Jesus is who He is for us. Moltmann’s primary points throughout his work are Jesus is the Kingdom of God, our hope for the world, and our friend who welcomes.…

dichotomous pull of the glorious in-breaking kingdom of heaven, where Jesus proclaims the character of kingdom dweller, and the brokenness of the present world, where sin still besets men and women. Perhaps the listeners of the day, as we do today, sat and pondered, “Am I in the kingdom of heaven or am I out?” Scot McKnight rightly identifies that the Beatitudes are a sweeping “manifesto of a kingdom way of life.” In proclaiming the characteristics of kingdom dwellers, not only does Jesus flip…