The Gospel of the Kingdom of God

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The Gospel of the Kingdom of God

Mark 1:14-15

August 13, 2023 • Edgardo Rosa • Mark 1:14–15

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We focus on two major points from Mark 1:14-15: The arrival of the kingdom, and the reception of the kingdom.

1. Kingdom Come

2. Kingdom Received

How can we then know that this kingdom is real? Couldn’t Jesus have just been lying, tricking many people to follow a clever scheme?

The reason we trust Jesus as King and His kingdom is because of the resurrection is that in His death, Satan and his kingdom thought that they had won, but the resurrection of Jesus proves that His authority and kingdom is greater than any other authority and kingdom. The resurrection was the hinge point for the apostles. Peter, in his first sermon after the ascension of Jesus said, “This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. [But] God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified” (Acts 2:23–24, 32, 36)

It is because the King humbled himself and took the form of a servant and obeyed to the point of death that God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11).

So, will you bow before Him as your loving and ruling king, or will you bow before Him as your conquering and judging king? He has made away, he has brought the good news of the kingdom of God, and he calls us to repent and believe. He calls us to trust that his kingdom is full of love, forgiveness, freedom, and mercy. The King and the kingdom are for all who confess that Jesus is Lord—is king—and believe in their hearts that God raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9)

In the Beginning: The King, His People, in His Land

June 18, 2023 • Edgardo Rosa • Genesis 1:26–31, Genesis 2:15–17

We study the following under these two markers: Identity and Purpose 1. Land 2. People 3. King Let us approached the beginning of the story. Let us reconsider how deep and meaningful the Genesis 1 and 2 are. It is not only good enough to know what day God created what. We must dig deeper into why He created. Genesis 1 and 2 are inviting us to see the narrative of God and to get or mistreat the beginning will have catastrophic results. The reason we dug, and will continue to dig into land, people, king is because these three themes will ultimate and continually point us to Jesus, His character and work. All of Scripture, everything written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms, is pointing and culminates with Jesus (Luke 24:27, 44). So, the more we contemplate and mediated on the narrative of Scripture—from Genesis to Revelation—the more that we will encounter and delight ourselves in Jesus. So, please keep joining us as we unfold this summer the narrative of Scripture.

In the Beginning: The King, His People, in His Land Pt. 2

June 25, 2023 • Edgardo Rosa • Psalm 95:1–7

What do we learn about the King in the first two chapters of Genesis? He is: 1. Transcendent 2. Source & End 3. Rules By His Word 4. Benevolent This morning we started by reading Psalm 95 and not reading from a portion of Genesis. This is because the aim, the end, of creation is God’s glory that is magnified in our praise. If we did not praise and worship God after studying His kingly rule over his creation, we would be falling short of our creaturely purposes. As we read in Psalm 95, a right posture before the King is a posture of praise and worship. We bow the knee in adoration. This is the posture of all of subjects of his kingdom. While Psalm 95 gives us an earthly picture, Revelation 4 gives us the heavenly picture. We read in Revelation 4 that the heavenly beings praise the King before his throne crying out. The question is not whether God is king or not, the questions is whether you recognize him as your king. The questions this morning is, “Who is the king of your life? God or you? You see, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess his rule. But will you confess his rule over you as your King or as your conqueror? We will either bow the knee in praise and worship or bow the knee in defeat. We hope that you would see that there is no greater or kinder King to follow. He is the great King who stands above creation; the great King who is the source and end of all things, working everything out for his glory and our joy; the great King who rules justly and joyfully by his word; the great benevolent King who seeks the good of his people. This world and our own sin temp us to doubt and usurp his rule over us, but we must know that his rule is not heavy but light. To live under the rule of the King is to live under peace, under love, under grace, under mercy, under hope, under victory, under protection, under his blessing. By grace through faith, in Jesus we hostile enemies are reconciled to the King and are promised to one day live in his land with him and his people forever. This is the great narrative and promise that the Bible lays before us.

The Deceit, The Despair, and The Defeat of Sin

July 2, 2023 • Edgardo Rosa • Genesis 3

Continuing with The Narrative of Scripture we look at what Bible has to say about Morality and read Genesis 3. Understanding what God has to say through His Word in Genesis 3, we see: 1. The Deceit of Sin 2. The Despair of Sin 3. The Defeat of Sin