“The Preaching of the Kingdom” Matthew 4:17-25

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Date: February 13, 2022 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

“If you walk in the kingdom of darkness, you are only adding to the darkness. If you march with the armies of the wicked, God cannot use you to defeat them. In fact, the one who would win the world must come out of the world, and be rejected by the world, to be trained and equipped to live in the world, but not be of the world, so God can send them back into the world to draw others out of the world. That’s the Great Commission; and it hasn’t changed since Jesus said it 2,000 years ago. We must reignite the fires of evangelism in our homes, our families, our neighborhood, our workplace, etc., not swearing over the sin and darkness we are living in, as if we had no part in it, but sharing the glorious gospel of the Kingdom that is soon to come, and preparing those we love to live in it.” We will explain this further in our next sermon in this series – “Behold the King: The Preaching of the Kingdom.” You can prepare by reading Matthew 4:17-25.

“If you walk in the kingdom of darkness, you are only adding to the darkness. If you march with the armies of the wicked, God cannot use you to defeat them. In fact, the one who would win the world must come out of the world, and be rejected by the world, to be trained and equipped to live in the world, but not be of the world, so God can send them back into the world to draw others out of the world. That’s the Great Commission; and it hasn’t changed since Jesus said it 2,000 years ago. We must reignite the fires of evangelism in our homes, our families, our neighborhood, our workplace, etc., not swearing over the sin and darkness we are living in, as if we had no part in it, but sharing the glorious gospel of the Kingdom that is soon to come, and preparing those we love to live in it.”

We will explain this further in our next sermon in this series – “Behold the King: The Preaching of the Kingdom.” You can prepare by reading Matthew 4:17-25.

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