Matthew 13:44

The Lost Gospel of Jesus, part 6

Reading Time: 15 minutesThat’s what Jesus was announcing when he announced the Kingdom of God in Nazareth, that’s what the people heard… “Salvation, rescue, deliverance, healing is here.” “Power is here.” Power to deliver the poor, the bound, the shattered is here. “The authority of the messiah is here.” The authority to set you free, and rescue you and deliver you, is here. Can you imagine how exciting those words would be? …Imagine the preacher gets up and says, “Today is the day you’ve been waiting for, today is the day God shows up.” That’s what the people in Nazareth heard.

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The Lost Gospel of Jesus, part 4

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Gospel that Jesus preached was called, The Gospel of the Kingdom of God. We’ll get to what the phrase, “Kingdom of God” means in a bit, but first let me show you that it was the main theme of Jesus ministry.
Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Mark 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Luke 8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
Luke 9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
Jesus ministry is focused on announcing the presence of the Kingdom of God and teaching his disciples how to enter it and participate in its expansion. The Kingdom of God is the purpose, the core, the point of Jesus’ ministry.

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