The King Reigns

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The kingdom of God is a concrete reality with a reigning King and a clear mission. Today, R.C. Sproul encourages Christians to heed Christ's command to bear witness to His kingdom.

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0:00.0	Jesus doesn't say the kingdom of God is within you. Jesus says the kingdom of God is among you.
0:05.0	Where the king is, there is the kingdom.
0:10.0	Disciples are standing there at the Mount of Ascension Jesus about now to leave.
0:18.0	He returned to his father and they say just before you go Jesus.
0:22.0	Just one last question.
0:24.0	What was the question?
0:28.0	Notice what Jesus says to the Pharisees, he says, if you see me casting out Satan by the finger of God,
0:39.0	then you know that what?
0:42.0	The kingdom of God has come upon you. That is it has
0:48.2	come, it has been inaugurated, it's been initiated. Another statement he makes which I think has been very unfortunately mistranslated in many versions of the English text to read this way again as a result of attempts to spiritualize the Christian
1:05.0	faith too much. Now how many of you've ever heard this statement the kingdom of
1:08.0	God is within you? You ever heard that? The kingdom of God is within you. In other words, that Christ's kingdom is found within your heart or within your mind.
1:20.0	That's spiritual in that sense. Jesus doesn't say the kingdom of God is within you. Jesus says
1:25.7	the kingdom of God is among you and there is a significant difference. Where the king is, there is the kingdom. There is a sense in which inwardly we
1:38.0	participate in the kingdom of God, but the kingdom of God is not some kind of subjective feeling found in the hearts of individuals.
1:44.6	The kingdom of God is an objective state of affairs.
1:48.9	It's a concrete reality where there's a real king over a real domain and that kingdom has come and has been
1:55.6	revealed now in the midst of these people the kingdom of God is in the
1:58.9	midst of you why does he say the kingdom of God is in the midst of them?
2:01.8	Because he's in the midst of them.
2:03.0	Because he's in the midst of them.
2:04.9	The king is there.
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