Thy Kingdom Come On Earth
Big Idea: When Jesus taught us to pray, “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”, it was an invitation to dream about what the Kingdom of God could look like here and now. We need that. We tend to think of the Gospel merely in terms of its benefit to us. But once we see how Jesus’ death and resurrection fit into the larger story of God’s Kingdom mission, it changes everything: not just what we believe, but why.
Purpose: showing the connection between the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross, his resurrection, and God’s Kingdom project.
1. Wouldn’t you want to know some of the ways that He’s building His kingdom here in Hamilton?
2. Wouldn’t you want to know your role in God’s Kingdom-Building project?
3. Wouldn’t you want to know this King?
Why do we have a problem with this? Problem of dualism:
Many have adopted a view that we should just hang on to our faith now, waiting for death and heaven to follow. We either focus on our spiritual life to ensure that we do get to heaven, or we enjoy life as much as we can, believing that all we need is to hang on to that faith till the end.
This makes us DUALISTS: our spiritual person is GOOD, our physical world is BAD.
Scripture, however, gives us a very balanced view of the world.
A. We live in a world created ideally for us; we will live in a renewed world.
1. God created the world and called it GOOD-- Gen. 1:31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.
2. God created humans in His own image-- Gen. 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
3. God placed humans in this ideal environment and told them to take charge of it-- Gen. 1:28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
4. God declares that He will come back and set things in order again, as King!
And to Him was given dominion,
Glory and a kingdom,
That all the peoples, nations, and men of every language
Might serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
Which will not pass away;
And His kingdom is one
Which will not be destroyed. Daniel 7:14 NASB
5. We demonstrate that we are His children as we do what the Father does. We are the Father’s children, His mark upon us is audible in our words, is visible in our work
Jesus therefore answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. John 5:19 NASB
B. We will enter that new world by faith.
1. We are SAVED by the Cross, but not merely saved.
a. We are saved by the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross.
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. Mark 10:45 NASB
…knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. 1 Peter 1:18–19 NASB
Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:18–21 NASB
b. Our sin is paid for.
namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:19 NASB
c. Our life is transferred for His life.
For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Rom 5:10
Without experiencing this salvation, we CANNOT participate in the good things that follow…
2. We are enabled by that Cross-work…
i. I will send my Spirit.
1. Spirit-led means empowered and directed.
2. Spirit-led means drawing OTHERS to Jesus through the Gospel.
ii. You will be my witnesses-speaking to the world.
iii. You will live in love and unity, that the world may believe that…
1. You are my disciples
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:34–35 NASB
2. I came from My Father
…that they may all be one; even as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in Us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send Me. John 17:21 NASB
3. We are challenged by that Cross-work to extend that work to the world.
Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” 2 Corinthians 5:18–21 NASB
Pray, then, in this way:
‘Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
‘Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9–13 NASB
4. We have been gathered here by the Spirit to implement the Kingdom of God in Hamilton.
a. What means are given to us?
i. Unity
ii. Love
iii. Transformation by Reconciliation
b. What will that look like?
i. That is our series upcoming!
ii. We will tease out a Vision for fulfilling our Mission here in Hamilton and beyond.
PURPOSE Our Purpose is to make disciples of Jesus Christ who:
Exalt God
Edify one another
Extend God’s love to all people
MISSION--Philpott Church is a community of grace, rooted together in the gospel, that exists to glorify God by making more and better disciples of Jesus Christ, who are committed to the celebration of God, the cultivation of deeper faith, and the restoration of our community, our city and the nations.
VISION—what would we see if we were to fulfill/complete this mission?
iii. You will help us decide, because our
1. “together with the congregation…” Acts 15
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas — Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren, Acts 15:22 NASB
Structure of the Series:
Cross and Kingdom; they fit together…
Stories:
* Six Old Testament kings—what they show us through their bios and the prophets who confronted them, what they lack, and how that will be filled in by…
* Jesus, our King, and the Lord of the Kingdom being established on earth
LET US PRAY!!!
Pray, then, in this way:
‘Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
‘Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9–13 NASB
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