I’d like to have comments and questions on my ideas about the gospel of Jesus. I see Him calling His gospel a “gospel of the kingdom.” He calls that kingdom “kingdom of God” and “kingdom of heaven.” He uses some different analogies to tell us what it’s like. He says we can enter it by following Him.
Now I’m planning to go through the New Testament again, to see what else He says about the kingdom, and to see what attracts people to it. Why would people want to go there? What is there to see and do there, and how can people know enough about it, to decide if it’s worth all the time and effort, for them, to enter it?
I remember, when I was trying to decide if I wanted to let Him take over my life, the hardest part for me in making that decision was that I was afraid He might make me into one of those Bible-waving people who go around bothering people about salvation.
Paul says that we’re saved by grace, so I’ve thought for a long time that the best way we can help is by learning to be channels of it.
I see the beliefs being promoted by all the churches, and the ways that people promote them, hiding the light of Jesus from people, and repelling people away from it. One way I see to inform people about the gospel is just to tell the story of Jesus and what He says about the kingdom. Along with that, I think we need to be trying all the time to improve our character and the way we live our lives, in ways that help improve the lives of people around us, and all people everywhere. I also have some other ideas about what to do, but that’s all I want to say about it in this thread, for now.
What do you think about all that? What do you see Jesus saying about the kingdom, and how to help inform people about it? What do you think might attract people to it, and how do you think God might let us help with that?