Kingdom
Jesus Teaches About the Kingdom of God
Date: January 9, 2022
Passage: Luke 13:18–35
The general expectation in Jesus’ day was that the Messiah would come as a great king and leader, to set up His kingdom, and to free the nation from the rule of Rome. However, in the parable of the “mustard seed” (vv. 18-19) and the parable of “the leaven” …
IllustrationLuther – Don’t Belong to Christ You Belong to the World
And if thou be not in the kingdom of Christ, it is certain that thou belonged to the kingdom of Satan, which is this evil world. (Martin Luther – in Who Said That? by George Sweeting, p. 288). …