non-Christians all around us?  Why not join in with them? Our view of, and belief in, eternal life will soon show in this life.   Would someone watching your life and mine be convinced of the reality of eternal life? I also like Barclay's definition of the kingdom I think it hits at what the kingdom is all about which is doing the will of God and glorifying Jesus. And how else can we bring the kingdom to people or bring people into the kingdom if we don't take the kingdom message which is the Good News as Jesus said, Repent and believe the Gospel. # 29 October 2012 at 8:01 pm julian Batchelor says: Thanks for your excellent comment Len...bless you my friend... # 29 October 2012 at 8:12 pm Bruce McIntyre says: It is hard to see how the Kingdom of God can be called down when it is allready here. When Jesus started His ministry He said the Kingdom is among us.Jesus came under His Fathers( GODS) authority, then when he left to go home He sent us out under His authority. If any go out under any other name they are not serving God but another. If any want to enter into the Kingdom of God then we must deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him. The cross has never been an instrument of life but of death, death to self will and then absolute surrender to Christ . Surrender to the working of the