Point of Grace Worship 9.7.25 “You are Invited … into His beautiful Kingdom” Pt. 1
The King of the Kingdom
Mark 1:14-18
14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” 16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 17 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 18 At once they left their nets and followed him.
Why the urgency?
Colossians 1:13-14 “13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
“From God’s perspective there are only two kingdoms, or “countries”, in this universe…
There is God’s Kingdom or satan’s. That’s it. Those are Your choices.
I think this will be somewhat of an epiphany for most of you.”
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“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
Matthew 11:28-30 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Phillipians 2:5-8
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!
“The beauty of the incarnation is exuding with humility. If the incarnation is the masterpiece, radical humility is the ethos. One cannot look at this piece of art, read this story, listen to its beautiful tune and not smell taste hear and see humility. This is a profound and progressive step down into greater lowliness. He is God, but did not grasp at this, so He came as man… but not just as a man (like a rock star arriving to be worshipped) but as a bond-servant. And not just a servant but one that would …. well … be obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross.”
(Zach Meerkreebs, Lower)
Just gaze at the stunning beauty of Christ’s humility.
His “gentle and humble” heart in action.
His heart is the safest place in the universe.