Jesus told us to seek the Kingdom first

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Robert Gwin

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So, what is God's Kingdom? Isa 9:6,7; Mat 5:3; Luke 1:31-33 show that it is a real government with Jesus as King

What will it accomplish? Dan 2:44; Mat 6:10 reveal that the Kingdom will come and remove all existing Kingdoms and stand forever.


What does it mean to seek first the Kingdom? Mat 6:33; 13:44 We seek it by supporting it and having faith that only it will make conditions on earth the way God wants them.
 

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Kingdom of God, in Christianity, the spiritual realm over which God reigns as king, or the fulfillment on Earth of God's will. - Britannica.com
 

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What does it mean to seek first the Kingdom?

Contex, contex and again contex. Matt 6: Jesus is speaking to non christians. He is instructing them in how to live as a christian.
Read the whole of the sermon on the mount again.
 

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So, what is God's Kingdom?

Touching on the first question only: They are full of all the saved, with Christ as the head. It means to seek salvation from God, as Christ spoke of some of traits of one who will be and is saved, in the Kingdom. The Lord's prayer, with the words of the Father's Kingdom to come (is coming soon), was another indication of the necessity to be saved into the Kingdom, to be in the Kingdom and rule with Christ, for duties not really defined yet.
 

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So, what is God's Kingdom? Isa 9:6,7; Mat 5:3; Luke 1:31-33 show that it is a real government with Jesus as King

What will it accomplish? Dan 2:44; Mat 6:10 reveal that the Kingdom will come and remove all existing Kingdoms and stand forever.


What does it mean to seek first the Kingdom? Mat 6:33; 13:44 We seek it by supporting it and having faith that only it will make conditions on earth the way God wants them.
I believe God's Kingdom is peace of mind (Matthew 4:17).
 

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So, what is God's Kingdom? Isa 9:6,7; Mat 5:3; Luke 1:31-33 show that it is a real government with Jesus as King

What will it accomplish? Dan 2:44; Mat 6:10 reveal that the Kingdom will come and remove all existing Kingdoms and stand forever.


What does it mean to seek first the Kingdom? Mat 6:33; 13:44 We seek it by supporting it and having faith that only it will make conditions on earth the way God wants them.

17 for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. - Romans 14:17-19.
 

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I believe God's Kingdom is peace of mind (Matthew 4:17).

Citizens of the Kingdom do benefit from that Bob, of course we have the same emotions as everyone else, but overall we have all the fruitages of the spirit in our lives.
 

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17 for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. - Romans 14:17-19.

Yes sir, citizens of the Kingdom do not live on bread alone, but every utterance that comes from Jehovah's mouth. We are very peaceful since we pursue the things of peace. Much of that peace comes from the way we define Joy sir:
Jehovah first
Others second
Yourself last

There is so much happiness in following that definition Soul.
 
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