John 18:36

Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”

From Background Notes [BN] for Mar 19th & 20th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

What the Romans did not understand was that the Kingdom of God is a kingdom that does not have an army. It is not a kingdom that crushes its enemies. Instead...

...this is a kingdom in which God rules over the hearts and minds of His followers – a kingdom built on the rule that “You will love your neighbor as yourself.” This King Jesus brought people into a kingdom that crosses national boundaries, color, race, language, economic class. Jesus is King of a Kingdom that is not a kingdom because of the might of its army, the amount of land and wealth it is able to amass. It is a kingdom that exists in relationship between neighbors. The sort of King that Jesus was does not fit with the image that the world thinks of when it uses the word, “King.” [BN,15]

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* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:15am
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