Kingdom Come | Part One

Published: Sept. 20, 2020, 4 p.m.

So when they had come together, they asked him, \u201cLord,\xa0will you at this time\xa0restore the kingdom to Israel?\u201d\xa0

He said to them,\xa0\u201cIt is not for you to know\xa0times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.\xa0

But you will receive\xa0power\xa0when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and\xa0you will be\xa0my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and\xa0Samaria, and\xa0to the end of the earth.\u201d
Acts 1:6-8 (ESV)

Pray then like this: \u201cOur Father in heaven, hallowed be\xa0your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:9-10 (ESV)

Now when he heard that\xa0John had been arrested,\xa0he withdrew into Galilee.\xa0And leaving\xa0Nazareth he went and lived in\xa0Capernaum by\xa0the sea\u2026

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying,\xa0\u201cRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.\u201d

  1. Anticipate the unexpected
  2. Hearing the unpopular
  3. Seeing the unseen

While walking by\xa0the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.\xa0And he said to them,\xa0\u201cFollow me, and I will make you\xa0fishers of men.\u201dImmediately they left their nets and followed him.\xa0

And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.\xa0Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Matthew 4:12-17 (ESV)

  1. Pursuing the unknown

And he went throughout all Galilee,\xa0teaching in their synagogues and\xa0proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and\xa0healing every disease and every affliction among the people.\xa0

So his fame spread throughout all\xa0Syria, and\xa0they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and\xa0pains,\xa0those oppressed by demons,\xa0those having seizures, and\xa0paralytics, and he healed them.\xa0 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the\xa0Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

What kingdom lens do you see through