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December 14, 2017
The new birth, the family of God, and the kingdom of God.
I read this quote and it piqued my sleepy
mind.
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Jesus said, "Except a man be born
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). This kingdom you've got to
be born into. All right, watch this, there came a time when you were born into
that kingdom. When the Lord is talking about being born into that kingdom, He
is not talking to you about something that you must do. He is talking to you
about something that is done to you. If you will tell me what you did to be
born into the family of your parents, I'll tell you what I did to be born into
the family of God. The answer in both cases is nothing." - Excerpt from
the sermon titled Three Essentials by .......
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I excluded the name of the author so that the readers' minds will not be distracted by prejudices. Who the author is isn't important; the truth involved is!)
I left this comment:
That's quite misleading.
No one is born into the kingdom of God.
The new birth makes entering the kingdom of God possible. The kingdom of God is contrasted with the earthly theocratic kingdom of Israel.
The kingdom of God must be entered through conscious confession of Christ as the Messiah.
To be born into the family of God and to be born into the kingdom of God (if there is even such a thing) are completely different theological concepts. There is obvious confusion between the two concepts. The new birth is necessary for a man to perceive, and to enter the kingdom of God.
And perceiving and entering the kingdom of God requires strenuous effort on the part of those already born again.
Matt 11:12
And from the days of John the Baptist until
now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
