Sorry - but - I'm taking two chapters this morning... I think I can understand how Joshua felt when he said "How long will you be slack about going in and taking possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you?" All this land distribution is getting a bit tedious so we're going to move through it a little quicker today.
God has given the Isrealites this awesome gift - a land - a home to call their own; yet, they are slow in receiving that gift.
God has given us an awesome gift through His Son, Jesus Christ. We have been promised life in the Kingdom. So why are we so slow to receive it? Do you have people on your prayer list that you have been praying for years for - praying that they will have a greater understanding, a greater relationship with God our Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit? Maybe you have prayed for them, mentored them, taught them, shared with them.... done everything you can think of to help them understand God's love for them... but, nothing... They have yet to receive the Kingdom.
And what exactly is the Kingdom? It is living in relationship with God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, not just in the world to come, but in the here and now. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ, the Kingdom has broken into this world. It is at hand. Yet, so many of us think of it only as something to be received in the future, not as a way of life today. Receive the promised land... God has given it to you through His Son, Jesus the Christ.
Receive the gift of the Kingdom of God. It belongs to all God's children.
God has given the Isrealites this awesome gift - a land - a home to call their own; yet, they are slow in receiving that gift.
God has given us an awesome gift through His Son, Jesus Christ. We have been promised life in the Kingdom. So why are we so slow to receive it? Do you have people on your prayer list that you have been praying for years for - praying that they will have a greater understanding, a greater relationship with God our Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit? Maybe you have prayed for them, mentored them, taught them, shared with them.... done everything you can think of to help them understand God's love for them... but, nothing... They have yet to receive the Kingdom.
And what exactly is the Kingdom? It is living in relationship with God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, not just in the world to come, but in the here and now. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ, the Kingdom has broken into this world. It is at hand. Yet, so many of us think of it only as something to be received in the future, not as a way of life today. Receive the promised land... God has given it to you through His Son, Jesus the Christ.
Receive the gift of the Kingdom of God. It belongs to all God's children.
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