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SERMON TIMELINE

1. Introduction

2. John the Baptist

3. The Baptism of Jesus

4. Temptation of Jesus

5. The Preaching Ministry of Jesus I

Today is Sunday. February 2^nd, 2025

INTRODUCTION

Over the last couple of weeks, we have looked at Jesus being baptized and then led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit for 40 days of testing and temptation.

We saw Satan wait until Jesus had fasted for 40 days and nights, and when His human flesh was weakest, that is when Satan tempted Jesus.

Remember, temptation is NOT a sin. Giving in to the temptation is where we fall. Satan tempted Jesus by turning a stone into bread because he knew how weak the human flesh was. However, Satan did not understand how the indwelling of the Holy Spirit strengthens the flesh beyond temptation.

Though Satan tried to misuse scripture to tempt Jesus, Jesus answered each of the three attempts of Satan to tempt Him with scripture, correcting Satan’s misuse of God’s word.

This is one of the greatest tragedies of the Christian walk. When people like Satan try to use the word of God for their own gain and purpose. We can see the misuse of scripture on TV, in books, and on the internet. Prosperity preachers, various so-called ministries, and even cults use the word of God, collapsing the context, cherry-picking verses, and misapplying what is written to prove their man-made doctrine, belief, or obtain their desire.

Though Satan tried to appeal to the weakened flesh of Jesus with temptation, Jesus shows us that we have power through the Spirit of God to resist and the written word to rebuke and correct false teachings and applications.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be equipped, having been thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

We now see the beginning of Jesus’ ministry of preaching.

This public ministry began in Galilee just after the imprisonment of John the Baptist (Mark 6:17-18)

We see in Matthew 4:13 that He began at Capernaum on the edge of the Sea of Galilee.

Mark 1:14 tells us that Jesus preached “the gospel of God”, telling people to REPENT and PUT YOUR TRUST IN THE GOSPEL.

So, Jesus says that the gospel of God is to repent and put your trust in the gospel.

So, let’s read our reference and talk about what Jesus proclaimed and whether it is the same message we should preach today.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE

Mark 1:14-15

“Now after John had been delivered up into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe [LIT: put your trust] in the gospel.”

I. JESUS PREACHED THE KINGDOM OF GOD. WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD?

a. The Kingdom of God is foretold of in the Book of Daniel

i. A Kingdom which shall never be destroyed (Daniel 2:44)

ii. A Kingdom, along with glory and dominion, given to the Son of Man (Daniel 7:13-14)

b. The Kingdom of God involves four concepts

i. God’s kingship, rule, or recognized sovereignty

1. The term “kingdom,” as used by the Jews, often stressed the abstract idea of rule or dominion, not a geographical area surrounded by physical boundaries.

2. Kingship means royal power, dominion, and rule; it is the right or authority to rule over a kingdom.

ii. This rule of God is spiritual in nature

1. It is not a physical kingdom

a. John 18:36 “Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If My Kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be delivered over to the Jews; but as it is, My Kingdom is not from here [LIT: This Realm].”

2. His Kingdom is spiritual.

a. Romans 14:17 “for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”

3. Today, this Kingdom’s visible manifestation is the Body of Christ in the form of the Lord’s church.

a. For the church is that community of souls in whose hearts God is Sovereign

b. This means the church constitutes the Kingdom of God on earth.

i. Matthew 16:16-19

ii. Colossians 1:12-14 “giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 Who rescued us from the authority of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”.

iii. I Thessalonians 2:12

iv. Revelation 1:4, 6, 9

4. And this Kingdom has a future element as well as a present one

a. Jesus spoke of the future aspect in Matthew 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom, which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”

b. Paul spoke of the future aspect in 1 Corinthians 15:50 and 2 Timothy 4:18

c. And Peter spoke of the future Kingdom in 2 Peter 1:10-11

c. The Kingdom of God is both present and future

i. The Kingdom of God in the present sense

1. It is found wherever the sovereignty of God is accepted in the hearts of men.

2. It is a spiritual kingdom. God rules the hearts of men

3. Its outward manifestation today is the Lord’s church

4. This rule, or the Kingdom of God, was birthed on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2)

ii. The Kingdom of God in the future sense

1. The rule or Kingdom of God will be complete with the coming of the Lord

2. It will end with a New Heaven and a New Earth in which righteousness dwells

a. As described by Peter in 2 Peter 3:10-13

b. Described by John in Revelation 21 and Revelation 22

3. And the only ones who will experience this will be those within the church who submit to God’s will today!

a. Matthew 7:21-23

b. 2 Peter 3:13-14

The Kingdom of God includes the Good News gospel of Jesus Christ!

II. DOES THE KINGDOM OF GOD NEED TO BE PROCLAIMED TODAY?

a. Of course!!

i. Philip “preached the things concerning the kingdom of God” Acts 8:12

ii. The Apostle Paul taught and preached;

1. About the challenges in entering the future Kingdom in Acts 14:22

2. He reasoned and persuaded people concerning the Kingdom Acts 19:8

3. Preached the Kingdom among the Ephesians in Acts 20:25

4. Testified of the Kingdom of God to the Jews in Rome in Acts 28:23, 30-31

iii. In Paul’s letters (epistles) he wrote;

1. In Romans 14:17 the nature of the Kingdom

2. In 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:21; Ephesians 5:5 those who will not inherit the kingdom of God

3. In 1 Corinthians 15:24-26 Jesus gives the Kingdom to God when He returns

4. Colossians 1:13 about how we are in the Kingdom NOW!

5. 2 Timothy 4:1, 18 Jesus judging us at His appearing for His new Kingdom, and about the Lord preserving him for His heavenly Kingdom

b. However, there is an important difference in our message today

i. John the Baptist, Jesus, and His disciples had a “Limited Commission” proclaiming the kingdom “at hand”, meaning drawing near.

1. For the rule of God as foretold by the prophets was about to be manifested

a. Mark 1:14-15; Daniel 2:44; 7:13-14

2. During Jesus’ earthly ministry, that Kingdom (reign) was yet future

3. That was the “good news” (gospel) of the Kingdom then: it was near! (at hand)

ii. After the ascension of Christ, the preaching of the Kingdom proclaimed it both present and future

1. The rule of God is now being fully manifested through Jesus Christ - Matthew 28:18; Ephesians 1:20-22; 1 Peter 3:22

2. Those who “gladly receive” the message are added by the Lord Himself to His church or Kingdom (i.e., the community of believers who submit to His authority) - Acts 2:36-41,47; Colossians 1:13; Revelation 1:9

3. Those who persevere to the end inherit the heavenly and everlasting Kingdom of our Lord - Acts 14:22; 2 Peter 1:10-11

This is the Good News (gospel) of the Kingdom today: it is both NOW and COMING!

CONCLUSION

The preaching ministry of Jesus involved proclaiming the Kingdom of God, the coming rule or reign of God, as proclaimed by the prophets like Daniel.

However, Jesus did more than proclaim the coming Kingdom of God, He called on people to REPENT, and He called on people to put their TRUST in the gospel message.

We will look at what it is to repent and put your trust in the gospel next week.

In the meantime, we do well to ask ourselves, “Are we in the Kingdom of God today?”

The answer lies in whether we submit to the rule of God now manifested in the person of Jesus Christ.

NEXT WEEK: “Part 6: The Preaching of Jesus II”

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