Central Baptist Church, Talladega
Someone has said, “Life is like a coin, you can spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once.” Choosing one thing over all the rest can be difficult. Life places before us hundreds of possibilities: some bad, some good and few the best. Jesus Himself stressed the “top priority” in life when He said in Matthew 6:33, “But seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
The “things” Jesus refers to are the necessities of life: food, drink and clothing. God promises to meet all our physical needs if we will seek Him for our spiritual needs first. The Lord Jesus is clearly teaching that if we are to “know God,” it begins with our making God’s kingdom the top priority of our lives. By simple definition a kingdom must have a sovereign (the king) and a domain (the place where the king rules). Knowing God involves our inviting Jesus (our King) into our lives (His domain). For the present time God’s kingdom is invisible and inaudible, yet it is eternal. In Romans 14:17 the Bible says, “For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy of the Holy Spirit.” Jesus said in Luke 17:21, “The kingdom of God is within you.”
The key then to having God’s kingdom within us is to invite Jesus, God’s Son and the King of this universe, into our lives as our Lord and Savior. The first step in this process is to admit to God that we have sinned. The Bible says in Romans 3:23, “All have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God.” Second we must be willing to turn from our sin. In Mark 1:14 Jesus tells us, “The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel.” Finally we must place our faith (trust) in Jesus as Lord and Master. This is done by praying. The Bible says in Romans 10:13: “For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Will you choose to give your life to Jesus today, so that you too may “know God”?
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