Or, described in Christian language, the
kingdom of God is within, and yet develops into a Church or external kingdom; "the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," is reduced to the proportions of an earthly building.
For the beloved
kingdom of God, was first rent, and broken, by ill counsel; upon which counsel, there are set for our instruction, the two marks whereby bad counsel is for ever best discerned; that it was young counsel, for the person; and violent counsel, for the matter.
Ah, my dear friend, our divine Saviour's words, that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the
Kingdom of God, are terribly true.
I would have you seek first the
kingdom of God. But a girl should keep her heart within her own power."
The Galileans believed that if Jesus became their leader, he would lead their guerrilla militia to victory and extend the
kingdom of God throughout the earth.
Jesus said: "Seek first the
kingdom of God, and all these things will be given to you as well" (Matthew 6:33; Luke 12:31).
Great Catholic saints and martyrs, who experienced persecution and prison, nevertheless treasured the
Kingdom of God within themselves.
The essence of the Gospel is the proclamation and teaching about the
kingdom of God by Jesus Christ.
For Jesus, as for late Judaism, the
kingdom of God symbolized the visible reunification of the empirical world and the world of spirit.
Carroll optimistically taught that the
kingdom of God would be established by evangelism, missions, and social reform.
Jesus is the Son of Man who brings about the
Kingdom of God. The Pharisees must recognize this, and so must we disciples of today.
The words of Jesus that 'the
kingdom of God belongs to such' as the little children must challenge us to reflect why so.