The Kingdom, Part 4

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Matthew 4:17 ESV
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
When Jesus began His ministry He stated that the kingdom of heaven was at hand. As king, Jesus was bringing the kingdom with Him. In it says that Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom...”
Matthew then gives what Jesus taught in chapters 5 through 7, commonly called the Sermon on the Mount. If we want to know what Jesus talked about on a regular basis, we just need to study these chapters.
Not only did Jesus teach the kingdom ethic and what it looks like for kingdom citizens to live rightly with God and others, but He then lived it out. As we read Matthew chapters 8 through 10 we see this. Jesus as king demonstrated to His loyal followers what it looks like to be completely obedient and to love God and love others.
But Jesus wasn’t just another earthly king in the long line of selfish and wicked kings. The temptation in the wilderness in Matthew chapter 4 revolved around what kind of king Jesus would be.
Matthew 4:8–9 ESV
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”
Matthew 4:8-9
The enemy was attempting to get Jesus to fall in line with all the earthly kings that proceeded Him, to be disobedient to God, to rebel from God’s authority, and to ultimately bow down to him for personal gain and glory.
The enemy was attempting to get Jesus to fall in line with all the earthly kings that proceeded Him, to be disobedient to God, to rebel from God’s authority, and to ultimately bow down to him for personal gain and glory.
So what kind of king was Jesus?
Mark 10:45 ESV
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:28 ESV
even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
King Jesus came to offer His life as a ransom, a sacrifice to God on our behalf for the forgiveness of our sins. The enemy was trying to get Jesus to bypass the cross, to settle for worldly glory.
Question: Are you after God’s glory or worldly glory?
Challenge: Examine your motives for what you do.
Prayer: Thank you Jesus that you loved God and us and died to prove it.
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