Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-03-18
WHAT HE. CAME TO DO

WHAT HE. CAME TO DO
JESUS, l repeat, came to reveal
- God to men, which is but another
way of saying that he came to teach
men about the Kingdom of God.
Here we shall need to read Mark
4:26-29, and Romans 14:17.
"The Kingdom of God is as if
man should cast seed into the
ground" said Jesus; and Paul, in
Romans 14i17, says, 1.-THE King
dom of God is not meat and drink;
but righteousness, and peace, and
Joy in the Holy Spirit"
Jesus, then, came to establish a
kingdom within the. hearts of men.
1t means the rule of God in human
hearts. What he wills, we gladly do.
1t manifests itself in the daily life Of
the individual, in the home. in the
school, in the church-everywhere.
THY KINGDOM COME"
GO VITAL is this truth, for the
- Christian that Jesus, in the pat
tern prayer, teaches us to say, THY
Kingdom come. Thy will be done on
earth as in heaven"
If we live in the atmosphere Of
this prayer, we shall embody
daily the fruits Of the coming
/ Kingdom Of God. If we really
"seek first the Kingdom of God.
and his righteousness" we. lift the
level Of life wherever we stand
and serve. This is precisely what
Jesus did. "He went about doing
good"
We help to answer the prayer,
THY Kingdom come" when we do
with all our might what our hands
find to do-in the home. in the COM
munity, in the church.
KINGDOM OF GOD AMONG MEN
IT is not enough to consider this
truth in terms of some far-off
dramatic event. 1t is present force
and factor in today's world.
One day the Pharisees asked
Jesus when the Kingdom of God
should come. He told them that it
would not come with observation
that it is within the hearts of men.
What did he mean? believe
| thas he meant just this, that the
Kingdom Of God will and must
manifest itself in the common af-
fairs Of everyday life. We may
hinder its manifestation. We may
retard its coming. On the other
hand, we may make IL manifest
and hasten its spread to earth's
remOtest bounds.
How? BY yielding ourselves to the
rule and reign of God in every re-
lationship of life. In race relations,
in social service, in relief to the
afflicted, in united effort for peace,
in better housing. in better recrea.
tional facilities. in educational op.
portunities for all. The Kingdom OF
God is not an impractical theory,
but working principle. even as the
! leaven works in the loaf.
WHEN WILL 1T COME?
THE Kingdom of God will come
when redeemed hearts every.
where enthrone God in their whole
attitude and purpose. Then. and not
until then,
win IL come? This is stubborn
question. From our viewpoint, il
may seem doubtful; but Jesus de-
clares that II win come. II have
overcome the world" he de-
clares.
The one question for you and for
me, What part shall have in the
coming of the Kingdom of God upon
the earth? We each decide by our
willingness or unwillingness to fol
low him.
Observe good faith and justice
toward all nations: cultivate peace
and harmony with all. - George
Washington's Farewell Address.
(CopyfiEht by the International Council
OF Religious Education on behalf OF N
Protestant denominations Released b.
WNU FestuFes.)
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