Luke 17
The Home of God!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, May 27.
The concept of being a part of a kingdom is so foreign to American sensibilities. We are an independent people, it’s a big part of our national identity and self-narrative, so we struggle to understand authority, headship, submission, and all the realities of living under the rule of a king. Therefore, we struggle to know exactly what Jesus is saying when He declares the Kingdom of God.
There is a biblical theme that allows us to understand the kingdom teaching by looking at the Kingdom of God as the Home of God with God as the Father and us being restored to His sovereign rule through the headship of Jesus Christ.
Listen to Luke 17:20-21, “Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, ‘The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in you.”
What a beautiful thought: the Home of God is in you! Jesus came to usher us into His Father’s Household.
This is your salvation! When you believe in God and put your faith in His Son Jesus Christ, then He seals you with a guarantee through the living presence of the third person of the Trinity—the Holy Spirit (Eph. 1:14; 2 Cor. 1:22). Salvation is your invitation to and participation in the Trinitarian fellowship of God.
God has made His home in you!
Seize the moment and believe for the Home of God is here. The kingdom of God is here, not as a geopolitical empire with borders and laws, but as a home to experience the Father’s love for eternity. You are home in God because Jesus made a way for you and the Holy Spirit has made His home in you—rest in God!
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