Jesus Worldview
The gospel of the kingdom of Jesus Christ is rarely heard today. We hear portions of hit broken up and fractured in a variety of churches. Some churches you hear none of it. The gospel of the kingdom of Jesus Christ is what turned the world on its head in the first century. It infuriates many to the point of causing them to commit murder. It revolutionizes many more. This gospel is being restored in the earth today.
Five Common Gospels Of Today: (see part I)
- Christian Gospel of libertinism
- The Christian Gospel of legalism
- Christian Gospel of Catholicism
- Gospel of progressivism and enlightenment
- Gospel of Islam
There are many others and strange partials as people try to explain God…..But with this post I hope to compare and contrast these with the gospel of the kingdom we find in scripture.
The Gospel of The Kingdom of Jesus Christ
John the Baptist preached it, Jesus preached it, the disciples preached it and the apostle Paul preached it to the gentiles.
The message of the gospel (good news) of the kingdom was that your world is entirely controlled by Satan. All of its systems enslaved to the demonic powers in control. Governmental, economic, religious (including much of Christianity), entertainment…all systems of Satan, controlled by wicked powers in high places.
You are loyal to this system and therefore are its slave.
God is uprooting and displacing this system with the currently present and increasing kingdom of his son, Jesus Christ.
Turn from your loyalty to the world system, repent of your sins and join God in his son Jesus Christ. Believe in him and completely surrender your life to him and follow him. Let him have his way in your life daily.
Baptism in water was an outward display of this turning and dying to Satan’s world and your loyalty to him.
The gospel of kingdom of Jesus Christ is about a new creation displacing the old. It’s about our death and his new life. This gospel is rarely preached today. We have shrunk it down to a miniscule version of its formal self.
The gospel of the kingdom of Jesus Christ is like an insurgency within Satan’s domain.
God’s Restorative Work
The Lord himself is restoring this gospel of the kingdom message.
In these last days Jesus Christ is Gods communication with man (Hebrews1). Jesus Christ himself embodies the union between God and man. God speaks to man through his son Jesus Christ alone, God speaks to us in the language of Jesus Christ alone.
If our foundation is not on the gospel of the kingdom of Jesus Christ we will struggle with confusion about God. Our worldview will be inaccurate and not match well with reality.
Much more to come on this.
Also don’t miss all the great work of Frank Viola on recovering the gospel of the kingdom.
