Preach Born Again, or Preach the Kingdom of God?
Did you know that Jesus never preached that you must be born again? I know what you’re thinking; you’re thinking I’m crazy! The biblical truth is that Jesus only taught an old man, around 2:30AM, about being born again in relation to the Kingdom message. (John 3:1-7) He never preached to the multitudes about being born again. The only message He preached was the Kingdom of God, not born again.
The entire heart of Jesus’ preaching was not about being born again; He went about preaching that the Kingdom of God and that had been restored to man. He rarely spoke about the cross or many other things that the church today preaches to the multitudes or includes in our outreaches. Wait one second before you flip out -Jesus did teach those things to those whom came to seek more knowledge about the Kingdom of God- but teaching and preaching are two different things. You “preach” to those whom don’t know about the Kingdom of God, and you “teach” to those whom do. This is our example, I wonder what would happen if we really decided to follow Jesus’ example? Hmmm, we would probably have a lot more success with evangelism! We would actually answer the needs of the world! We would actually demonstrate the power of the Kingdom of God, and change lives forever, not just entertain them with our stage presence! Pray about it, and think about it!
Interesting.
My initial thoughts are that I agree with you. I have been studying the Parables of Christ for a couple of months now. I have been blogging these posts mainly on my 360 site. In the parables Jesus is always saying "The Kingdom of God is like......"
He preached about the Kingdom approximately 40% of the time. I will study on this topic more.
I have a heart for evangelism. I don't post or try to to teach a lot of doctrine. I know it wasn't doctrine that drew me to Christ. It was love!
Anyway. Felt like dropping a comment. I'm going to read some of your other material!
May your roots grow down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love!
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Wow! . Powerful revelation knowledge . I honor what God is doing in your heart ,because it is very similar to the revelation I received from God over the last ten years .The world is saved by the Blood . The Word is very clear on that .Jesus did not only die to save the world from sin . He also died in order to give you a powerful new life as king and priest in His Kingdom on earth . You need the wine and the bread . Many Christians never advance past the wine . To be "born from above" , that is what the Greek word mean ,is to receive the understanding to take up your new Life in the Kingdom . People that fail to do it does not go to hell . The Blood saved them from sin .They will however need to reign on this earth to be fulfilled . They will need this knowledge even after they have died . They will go to the 10 cities to learn it from those you have used the opportunity to walk in the power of the Kingdom of God ,while they were alive on earth . It sound strange . The reason is that people have so many wrong doctrins in theit minds that they strugle to understand the basic Grace and Love of God for all people . Be Blessed , In Him Bertus
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