"Christian" or "Kingdom of God"?

[shturt678]

Someone not long ago asked me after Church, "What's the big deal, Isn't just being a "Christian" good enough Jack?" My response, "the Kingdom of Christ" is the supreme concept in the New Testament where he just walked off not concerned? Just wanted some input in this area?

Old Jack

 

[RANDOR]

Jack...ya must forgive here..........but when i read this....this picture came across my mind.......
There's old jack standing on a corner in hawhyeeeeee, haven't shaved in months, hair dirty and distorted, fingernails long and pointy holding a huge sign sayin........."REPENT!...FOR THE KINGDOM DRAWS NIGH!"

As two quarters hit the bottom of his jar.....tink....tink

 

[shturt678]

Jack...ya must forgive here..........but when i read this....this picture came across my mind.......
There's old jack standing on a corner in hawhyeeeeee, haven't shaved in months, hair dirty and distorted, fingernails long and pointy holding a huge sign sayin........."REPENT!...FOR THE KINGDOM DRAWS NIGH!"

As two quarters hit the bottom of his jar.....tink....tink

Thank you for your response again!

Wasn't but 4 days ago a church leader said to me glaring also, "We're suppose to encourage others, and not keep telling them to repent daily."

Where I was going with this one brother was passages dealing with the Kingdom of God, and praising our Lord for them. My point: Repent is my daily word of the day, ie, ex-military, and word of encouragement is not telling others what they want to hear as the church leader wanted me to do, but the good news of the Kingdom, ie, you got this one on the money.

Old Jack trying to sqeeze into the Kingdom of Christ in light of Matt.13.

 

[clark thompson]

If we claim Christ but do not care like Christ and do the work of Christ we should look within ourselves to see if we have Christ.

 

[RANDOR]

Thank you for your response again!

Wasn't but 4 days ago a church leader said to me glaring also, "We're suppose to encourage others, and not keep telling them to repent daily."

Where I was going with this one brother was passages dealing with the Kingdom of God, and praising our Lord for them. My point: Repent is my daily word of the day, ie, ex-military, and word of encouragement is not telling others what they want to hear as the church leader wanted me to do, but the good news of the Kingdom, ie, you got this one on the money.

Old Jack trying to sqeeze into the Kingdom of Christ in light of Matt.13.

Jack...love the Warrior in ya......you be a doer and not a watcher...
I've led more people to Christ..by tellin it like it is.................I'll hunt them down..........have left work many times and spent endless hrs. with a soul.
Just didn't say something and hope they got it.......and go on with my life......

And..amazing...................while the fish are bitin...................keep fishin.

But hey..................................you should of seen the one that got away :

 

[shturt678]

Jack...love the Warrior in ya......you be a doer and not a watcher...
I've led more people to Christ..by tellin it like it is.................I'll hunt them down..........have left work many times and spent endless hrs. with a soul.
Just didn't say something and hope they got it.......and go on with my life......

And..amazing...................while the fish are bitin...................keep fishin.

But hey..................................you should of seen the one that got away :

Thank you for your response and ability to "hear."

Matt.13:9, "He that has ears, let him be hearing." Let's see....ol' RANDOR can hunt, fish, and "hear," ie, sounds like you're already in the Kingdom of God being of "good ground" also...no need to send you some good Hawaiian "soil" as the ground already prepared.

Old Jack fertilizing the "good soil," Matt.13:9.