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John chapter 18, verse 36.

Jesus answered,

My kingdom is not of this world.

If my kingdom were of this world,

my servants would have been fighting

that I might not be delivered over to the Jews,

but my kingdom is not from the world.

What a great verse that just contrast the kingdom of Jesus and the kingdoms of this world.

And it's really a contrast we see all throughout the Gospels.

So you just think about the differences, even as we are in an election season in the United States,

for those who listen to this podcast and live in the U.S. in the middle of a presidential election

and like all the things that are happening that are pretty focused on our country in this world.

So think about the difference between Jesus' kingdom and the kingdoms of this world.

Like the kingdoms of this world are built on, like appeasing and catering to the crowds.

The kingdom of Jesus is built on like counting the cost of following him in such a way that the crowds,

for the most part, left.

That happened all the way back in John chapter 6.

The road to Jesus' kingdom is not paved by like political hostility toward people.

It's paved by spiritual humility. That's counter the kingdoms of

this world. Like entrance into Jesus's kingdom comes not by asserting yourself, but by denying

yourself. Like those who are citizens of Jesus' kingdom are not people who show their power with the weapons of this world.

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