 Morning everyone. Welcome to class. Hope all of you had a good weekend, a good restful refreshing weekend. Onina Santosh is joining us online. Welcome to all our online students and also to our e-learning students. I saw Vimal this morning. Vimal is also joining us online. Okay, let's begin our study on the Kingdom of God and before we begin let's pray. Can one of the online students lead us in prayer please? Anyone can unmute your mics and lead us in prayer? Online students. Hi ma'am, good morning ma'am. Chira is praying. Okay, one minute. Okay. Can I start ma'am? Yes. Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for this day, my Father God and we thank you Jesus for all teachers ma'am and not as we're going to begin our class, my Father God help us to understand more of your world, my Father God and help us to know you more to this class, my Father God. Thank you daddy for this new day and all the things in our life. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you Chira. So last week, last Monday, we began looking at what were we studying? Yes, before we looked at the church and the kingdom, what did we study? The king and the kingdom, we saw that God is the king of his kingdom and and as king what should be our, how do we relate to him? As a king how do we relate to him? We looked at two ways. Okay God looks at us as an inheritance you need to use a mic okay but what should be our you know how do we relate to God as king? We relate to him as sons and daughters. What should be our attitude towards the king? We looked at two different aspects in how our attitude should be. One is worship okay how we need to worship this king and the second one is prayer right? So remember we spoke about these two attributes Psalms chapter 44 verse 4 we said the Psalmist says God you are my king and command victories or decree victories over Israel and Jacob. So we learned you know these are the two ways that we can relate one is to worship and the other is through prayer. We also looked at Isaiah chapter 9 okay where we saw the names of this king his attributes and how we can relate to his attributes in our own lives and then we looked at how God introduced how the king of this kingdom came and introduced his kingdom and we saw the threefold approach of how Jesus or how this king introduced the kingdom. So what is the threefold approach that Jesus used? Yes preach teach and kingdom of God. He taught about the kingdom of God and he demonstrated it through science miracles and wonders and so we looked at briefly some of his preachings and teachings on the kingdom of God. We look at more even as we go through this this course and then we also saw how he demonstrated the power of the kingdom okay and then we moved on to chapter 3 where we looked at the church and the kingdom. So what aspect of the church and the kingdom that we looked at in Matthew chapter 16 verses 18 and 19? What has the king of the kingdom given to us as his heirs of God and co-heirs of Jesus Christ? He has given us the keys and what does he's yes represent authority, it represents authority, it represents power and what else? We'll have to use your mic others the online students won't be able to hear you okay. He's also given us the authority, he's given us the control okay protection and what is what are we supposed to do as his like we look that gates are constant that as a church we have to advance to the gates and conquer them. Okay the gates are stationary what does gates represent here or signify? Power and protection of what? Power, control and protection okay so that is in the physical natural sense but here in the spiritual sense what does gates signify or represent? Online students y'all can also answer what does gates signify? Yeah gates represent authority you know the places of control and it's also a place of power because you know in olden times the head of the whole town or city sat at the gates and you know gave judgment it also had you know a place of access control who can go in and who can come out but what does gate represent in the spiritual sense? The church has to advance the gates okay gates represent power and dominion power and dominion yes but whose power and dominion? Here it says look at Matthew chapter 16 verses yes Nina Santos says hell okay gates represent hell gates represent power and dominion whose power and dominion the church has to advance the gates yeah the keys of authority is given to the church but the church yes the church has to advance against the gates and whose gates represent enemy okay it's a power of darkness Satan and his forces okay so gates basically here in the physical talks about yes you know access control also it's a place of authority where the elders the city or the town or village sat and past their judgment also had control of access would come and go in and go out but here when we're talking about in the spiritual sense gates represents power and dominion of the evil one okay so we advance the church advances against the power and the authority of the enemy okay so that is what we were looking at and what else the church has to do for Matthew chapter 16 verses 18 and 19 the church has to advance against the gates okay because why will it not prevail against us the gates why will the gates of hell not prevail against us have the keys we have the keys we have the authority and we already have the victory right victory is already given to us Jesus is the captain of our salvation Hebrews okay and he shares his victory with us okay but what else should the church do here in in yes this authority to bind things which are which are in heaven and release things to bind things okay which is bound in heaven and and release things okay we got this authority as a church yes so we we have not only given the keys of the kingdom yes thank you Anand right Anand and Jack in we have the authority to bind the powers and the authority of the evil one in prayer we also bind on earth what is bound in heaven we lose on earth what is lost in heaven so the church basically brings heaven to earth okay just give me a minute so the church is part of God's kingdom here on earth today and the church comprises of whom yes and who are we we are the body of Christ we are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb we have been given we have been vested with the authority to overthrow what the devil is doing and to usher in here on earth what is in heaven okay now to understand this let's go back to Genesis chapter 4 verse 1 okay or we can just look at Genesis chapter 1 verses 26 and 28 sorry Genesis chapter 1 verses 26 and 28 can somebody read that please then God said let us make man in our image according to our likeness let them have dominion over the fish of the sea over the birds of the air and over the cattle over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth so God created man in his own image in the image of God he created him he created him male and female he created them then God blessed them and God said to them be fruitful and multiply fill the earth and subduate have dominion over the fish of the sea over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth amen okay so we see that when God created Adam and Eve the Bible teaches us that Adam and Eve were both created and made okay they were both created and made we read here in this passage God said let us make man in our image and then he says he also created man so man is very unique because he's both created and made our body was made God took mud okay and he made us out of the dust of the earth and his spirit God created man's spirit and when he breathed into us man became a living being okay a life-giving being or a living being okay so Adam wasn't actually if you look Adam was an offspring of God okay he was made by God but he was also created in the sense you know God breathed into man God the Holy Spirit created in the sense the breath of God the spirit of God you know was created in us and so Adam was and is an offspring of God his origin is from God okay so this is so amazing and imagine this God who is king this omnipotent ruler of this universe he created Adam and Eve and then he gives them a what does he give them he gives them dominion he issues them a decree right he says let them have dominion and God says let them have dominion and so who is this God who say let them have dominion we saw this God is the king of his kingdom he's an omnipotent ruler he's all powerful he's omniscient omnipresent he's eternal he's sovereign and this God is issuing a decree saying let Adam and Eve have dominion on the earth and this is no small thing because God is speaking into mankind's life he's speaking into Adam and Eve's life he's speaking into your and my life and he's saying hey i've designed you for dominion okay so each of you are designed for dominion what is the meaning of your design for dominion to take control to rule to reign to have authority to have power so where do we have dominion where do we have dominion on the earth yes we have dominion on the earth that meaning that God is saying whatever happens or whatever transpires here on this planet earth is under our jurisdiction that means is under our authority it's under our dominion so the authority of the whole of the earth has been given to us who yes it's been given to make it more personal right to us make it even more personal to you and me yes it's very important for us to know that we have the authority we have the dominion okay so he says let them have dominion and these are no small words that God was speaking we can't take it lightly okay because he was he was transferring or he was delegating his rule his lordship his authority his dominion to mankind just imagine this great powerful awesome king mighty we can't even see him we can't even go near him you know this great king is actually you know delegating or transferring his authority lordship his power his rule is dominion to into mankind so man's authority is actually coming from which realm the spiritual realm yes it's coming from the spiritual realm why god is a spirit being yes there is offspring and he's extending his rule his reign through man and woman here on earth okay so he's given us dominion is giving us the authority and he's saying through them my rule my reign my kingdom my government will be extended here on the earth okay so we looked last week at who this great king is he's a wonderful counselor mighty god prince of peace everlasting father the ruler of peace and he is wanting to express himself here on the earth but he's expressing himself through whom through you and me okay so in putting dominion on the earth basically god was saying you know my kingdom will be extended here on earth through mankind which means all that I am all of my fullness all of my glory all of my attributes all of my nature that is invisible will now become visible how through us yes you know through us so just imagine the the how god looks at each one of us right he doesn't look at us oh these are weaklings these are you know prone to sin prone to temptation I don't think but look at how big god is thinking about us how great his thoughts are that's where the psalmist in 139 says how precious are your thoughts towards us how vast how you know immeasurable god's thoughts is towards us and here he's looking at each one of us as hey each one of you are kings and queens you know you are not servant matter you are not made as servants as slaves but you are kings your co-heirs with god can you imagine that I mean I'm just repeating this because I want us to know including me our identity who we are so that we can how can we usher in god's kingdom god is not saying hey you are my children so you know how how parents teach children right even when we grown up even if you are married even if you have our children our parents will tell still tell us what to do and what not to do yes god is a father he guides us he leads us but he looks at us as his co-heirs right and he's delegating and he's transferring his authority to each one of us and he's saying hey I'm not only just giving you authority and dominion but all of who I am my glory my fullness my nature my attributes my character I want you to manifest that here on earth and I think we need to take hold of you know what god is taking hold of us we need to take hold of what god is thinking of us we need to take hold of what god has planned and prepared for us even before the foundations of the earth okay so god's authority from the invisible rem is being released here into the visible his authority came from the spiritual and goddess spirit and it came into the natural rem and how did it come through you and me so god is looking at each one of us you know our whole I work here on earth is not hey I've received salvation hallelujah praise the lord you know amen I'm going to heaven I have a place in heaven I have a big mansion in heaven so I don't have to worry about anything here but no it's our responsibility to extend god's kingdom here on earth and usher in others into his kingdom okay in the light of that I just like to you know say that you know you were you were asking me I think last week or week before last you know about the justice and the righteousness of god so how can we say god is just and right and he punishes sin and at the same time how can we say he's loving gracious compassionate and merciful so if you look at roman chapter two was four it says you know or do you despise the riches of his goodness his forbearance long suffering not knowing that the goodness of god leads to repentance roman chapter two was four okay just this is like a side note so since the students here the the in-person students ask how can you you know we weigh in a balance god's righteousness is just he's a just god when he sees sin he punishes sin at the same time he's loving gracious compassionate and forgiving so if you look at roman chapter two and I'm bringing I'm going to connect that to what we are studying here about the church and the kingdom if you look at roman chapter two was four he says don't despise the goodness the patience and the long suffering of god because the goodness of god is going to lead to what repentance the thing about it the goodness of god is going to lead to repentance yes god is a just god his justice demands the just judgment for all sin but how does god at the same time deal with sinful man paul says that the goodness of god leads people to repentance so when we sin god judges our sin but really god is trying to draw people to himself through his goodness mercy forbearance and long suffering okay sorry yes so like what will be the consequence now for us we face the consequence but at the same time we'll we don't focus on the consequence but we are focusing more on you know that even if you know the word of god says father you know corrects rebukes or punishes his son why because he loves so how much more the heavenly father when he loves us so now if our earthly father punishes his son or daughter you know he's not going to be rude to that extent where he's going to kill or murder or send the child away or the the son or daughter away from home the punishment is why so that the child can learn can correct their ways yes we're not repeated with come in the right ways and follow in ways of righteousness and holiness so even the consequences for us since god is is looking at it as a way that will bring about his goodness mercy forbearance and long suffering so that you know his people come back to him so in that same light you know if you look at Paul in in in Corinthians and he also in Timothy he says you know if somebody is sinning throw them out of the church send them out of the fellowship and then in in Corinthians he says you know give them up to Satan now we can say how can Paul it be so rude you know how can he say give them up to Satan send them out of the fellowship don't have anything to do with these people who are you know involved in sexual immorality he's saying yes give them teach them you know speak to them if they still don't then send them out why does Paul say that because he's saying he continues to say that even when they go out and they step out you know they're away from the protection the spiritual covering the spiritual protection of God and what happens when they're outside God's spiritual covering and protection the enemy is all out to steal kill and destroy and then what happens when we go through problems and difficulties we come back to God we run back to God say God I've sinned I've done this I'm receiving curses this that we can do anything please forgive me take me back as your child like the prodigal son he knew where his place of worth and where he would get food to eat and at least a place to stay some kind of mercy he would receive so he comes back so he's saying so here in Romans chapter 4 when Paul is writing he's saying hey you know yes God is just he is righteous but he's also patient long suffering and good and merciful in his his consequences of punishment is going to bring back people to him so he's saying when you are preaching so that is why you need to be patient with people you're coming back to the church in the kingdom of God so everybody in this room including me is not perfect right you might not like something I've done something I've said you might be upset with me or whatever we might not get along with each other but what does the kingdom of God tell us thinking and thinking next chapter now we need to love our enemies okay and do good to those who do harm or evil to us so he's saying basically in Romans chapter 2 he's saying don't judge sin you're no one to judge because the point you judge you are also sinning what you need to do is you need to be patient with people show them the mercy the goodness and the forbearance of Jesus Christ okay no no that does not mean coming to that that does not mean Paul is saying here you shouldn't condone sin you should not overlook sin you should not correct sin you should not address sin no that is not what he's saying he's already saying you know he's he's talking to the Jews here and Roman saying hey in this chapter I'm not explaining the whole chapter Romans chapter 2 but he's saying hey you Jews you think you have the law but at the same time the very law that you think you're very proud of you're breaking it then when you are breaking it how dare you judge somebody else how dare you judge the Gentiles okay so coming back to the church and the kingdom of God you know God has given us the authority he's given us the power and we are here to represent him that is what I'm trying to say we are here to represent his goodness his mercy his compassion his forbearance his love why so that people can come back to him so that people can repent okay so that people can receive salvation salvation yes is the power of God the word that goes out but also it is why do why would people choose Jesus compared to other gods because he's basically very forgiving gracious merciful compassionate kind loving he's a father he's not just some power he's not just some energy we can't we we can't relate with power and energy right can't say okay I can't say I'm going to relate with this electricity power and energy it makes it basically makes no sense to us but God is not an power he is not an energy he is a person he relates to us as a person okay and when he relates to us as a person he relates to us with all of his nature and his attributes and that is what he's saying I want you as the church as the saints as the people in my kingdom who are vested with authority don't use the authority to be bosses don't use the authority to you know to command to bring down but be like me just even as I'm righteous and just I'm also gracious merciful for bearing and loving okay so the key here is uh you know we have the authority authority comes from God but what is the key the key here is obedience okay so as long as Adam and Eve walked in obedience they walked in they walked in as long as they walked in obedience they walked in authority yes so as long as you and I walk in obedience we will walk in authority now you might be wondering hey this person when they that person prays such authority such power God hears healing happens deliverance happened but when I'm praying absolutely no authority the devil doesn't seem to be scared of me you know why because we are not obedient to God okay obedience is the key here okay now when Adam and Eve disobeyed they lost their authority they became slaves right but God had created them to have even dominion over satan right say he says you know um uh he says that you know uh subdue what is the meaning of subdue God doesn't want you to subdue who do you subdue you subdue whom you subdue the enemy right when you go for war you subdue the enemy it's it's a word that is used for warfare subdue so when says God says subdue means put under keep press keep down you know keep oppressed yeah keep under your control your authority so subdue here is basically saying hey there is an enemy you need to subdue him and I've given you authority because I won over the enemy I've crusaded okay so obedience to God is absolutely vital to walk in a dominion that he's vested in you and me so it's simple as long as Adam and Eve were able to have firm dominion as long as they obeyed God okay the day they disobeyed God everything went out of control they became slaves so how important is obedience and how importance is obedience to God for God obedience is absolutely important okay no partial obedience there's no partial obedience for God like King Saul says you know when Samuel comes and says you know God told you to kill every animal you know when you were going to fight the king of this son why did you bring the king you know back here why did you bring the animal so he said no we brought this animal just to sacrifice to God okay so he says because you have disobeyed but Samuel says hey I've done what God asked me to do so sometimes we think hey we did what God asked us to do why is God punishing me partial obedience is disobedience delayed obedience is still disobedience okay so it's absolutely important for us to walk in the obedience of God and when we do that we'll be able to flow in authority and and you know we will be able to overcome our enemy so our authority is spiritual it comes from the spiritual realm and flows into the natural realm so what really connects us to the spiritual realm is where our authority comes from okay and and we need to walk in authority we need to walk in obedience to God then only we can resist the devil okay so we see that when Adam sinned he lost his authority Satan took over but we see the king of the kingdom comes back Jesus Christ he came he redeemed us he bought us back and then he says I'm giving you the keys of the kingdom of authority of heaven now the authority is vested in the redeemed saints of God I'd like to just look at these demonic spirits like cockroaches and rats that infest our house okay some of you are you know just thinking as an example I like I like to look at demonic spirits as these cockroaches and these rats okay that come and creep into our homes and you know as long as you love them what will happen they'll stay they will multiply they'll be all over okay and and and then soon it'll become like the plague that you know of frogs that was all over the Egyptians but what do you do yeah you take hits you take hits or you take the the the rat you know rat traps or you you put you know various nowadays they have so many solutions for cockroach everything and if you see it running somewhere in your house you run behind it with your chappals and your slippers at the broom and you kill it okay so when you use your authority when you decide to use your authority that's when you're able to clean up your houses of cockroaches and rats but as long as you tolerate them you're happy with them they're happy to invest your infest your not invest in infest your home okay it's the same this example is the same with demonic spirits okay God has given us dominion the king of the universe has released his authority into your lives the demon has no right to infest your house and your life and any area of your life okay as long as you welcome them tolerate them you're happy with them you're living with them you know you know how what happens in the end but the day you arise and say hey enough is enough satan has done enough with my life you know you suddenly realize hey i learned today i've got the keys of authority so i have to wake up i have to clean up my life i have to clean up the areas of my life and when you use your authority that you derive from the king of kings and the lord of lords and you say devil time you leave enough is enough stop you have no authority no place you know and you bind and you release and you speak God's promises over your life okay so we need to exercise exercise God given authority in our world in our sphere of influence in your sphere of activity in bringing the kingdom of God into every area every sphere every place that God has blessed you with and your even your own faculties your mind your emotions your will every area of your life and you need to know something that the king of glory is backing you up okay the king of glory is backing you up amen okay we see that in the final 40 days of Jesus on the earth you know before he was able he ascended back to the father in heaven he Jesus knew that he had only 40 days left with his disciples and when you know that your time is very short on earth what would you do if you knew your time on earth is very short what would you do you will accomplish everything that you have do you Sean is saying that he will do everything that he wants so Sean I need to see your lists okay I think I need to get Sean's lists and I need to help him out okay so yeah we would we would do things that are have to be done that are important right that are in that is very very important um you know my uncle passed away during COVID my dad's oldest brother but before he passed away he knows his time has come he was almost 80 plus you know he has the way he has you know organized everything papers written down you know every file has a list of what is there what is in you know in it and he's made sure that everything is up to date and he's explained everything to his older daughter so you know when is when he passed away and the daughters went to the to look for you know some important documents every file was so neat with details with the list of what is in each file so you don't have to search paper after paper in a big heap you just look at the file it's done everything and he said so meticulously done so neatly done we didn't have to have any problems and everything was up to date so he's done what was very very important with the family with his daughters in the church in the kingdom of god and see how the fore planning that he um had okay so you know when Jesus was here and he uh you know after he resurrected he came back 40 days you know he knew that he had to do the things that were top most priority and important and what was the important things he he did look at act chapter one was three can can some he thought about the kingdom of god act chapter one was three can are um online students very quiet so can we have one of our online students read please act chapter one was three online students you are there yes ma'am go ahead cheetah is reading yeah acts one three to whom he also present himself alive after his suffering by many infable proofs being seen by them during 40 days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of god amen so what was sir jesus doing and teaching and preaching them ma'am yes the kingdom of god so important see so in kingdom of god is so important we'll see how as a church we kind of forgotten about the kingdom of god we moved away from the whole thing so we see that you know in those 40 days jesus continued to teach about the kingdom of god okay sermon on the mount matri chapter five six talking about the kingdom all through he's talking the parables is all about the kingdom of god and the kingdom of heaven even after he resurrected and before his ascension he talking about the kingdom of god okay so jesus began his ministry by saying the kingdom of god is here or the kingdom of heaven is here throughout his ministry he preached and taught and he demonstrated the kingdom and even in the 40 days he continued to emphasize on the kingdom of god and this was so caught by his disciples the disciples knew that for jesus what was the main topic of his sermons kingdom of god okay so we see that they also after jesus ascended back to the father went back to the father we also see that the early church also continued to speak and preach and demonstrate about the kingdom of god and one example is philip who is philip anyone knows who's philip he is a disciple philip is actually one of the like steven was one of those who was like you know a steward just waiting upon people you know giving food supplying food getting ration taking care of the widows and the orphans in the church feeding them but we see that you know philip you know he when the persecution arose he went to samaria okay and he went and preached and he taught and also went about doing mighty science miracles and wonders we read that in in act chapter eight was 12 so can one of you please read act chapter eight was 12 can you please take the mic Sean do you mean that philip was a deacon yes for deacon yes yes okay can one of you please read act chapter eight was 12 please any one of our online students likes to read jack in you like to read acts eight to chapter eight was 12 yes yes acts eight was 12 but when they believed philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of god and the name of Jesus christ both men and women were baptized amen so we see here that you know what did philip preach in samaria the things concerning the kingdom of god and he also preached the name of Jesus christ and what happened both men and women accepted Jesus christ that means they were they received salvation and they were baptized okay let's look at a couple more verses so some of the online students and in-person students can also get ready to read we look at paul and barnabas paul was a great apostle barnabas also went along with paul in the first missionary journey did a lot of good mission work look at what they preached and what they taught in acts chapter 14 was 21 and 22 can somebody read that please you read act chapter 14 verses 21 and 22 and when they had preached the gospel to the city and made and made many disciples they returned to listra iconium and anti-ock strengthening the souls of disciples exhorting them to continue in the faith and saying we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of god yes so here we see that you know paul and barnabas they realized that even as they are preaching and teaching the kingdom of god they realized that you know they would face many difficult hardships and persecutions and tribulations look at what paul preached when he was at Ephesus in acts chapter 19 was 8 and acts chapter 20 was 25 can two of our online students please read act chapter 19 was 8 someone else can read acts chapter 20 was 25 and he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of god amen so when paul was at Ephesus we see that you know he spoke boldly in the synagogue okay he was there almost for three years he spoke boldly in the synagogue for three months and then when persecution arise he moved on to the hall he took a hall called the the hall of tyrinus tyrinus and then he he preached and he taught it was like a bible school there and many of them who you know maybe attended his bible school actually went around and started churches around Ephesus and that is how we had the seven churches in revelation that is mentioned there okay thank you nina john you can also read acts chapter 20 was 25 please and indeed now i know that you all among whom i have gone preaching the kingdom of god will see my face no more yes so paul's testimony here you know we see that you know he testifies to the elders from Ephesus indicating that he's emphasizing on preaching the kingdom of god in his ministry okay and look at when acts chapter 28 versus 23 31 and yeah acts chapter 28 versus 23 and 31 can somebody read that please need to take the mic and read it yeah okay acts chapter 28 uh was 23 they arranged to meet paul on a certain day and came in very large numbers to the place where he was staying from the morning till evening he explained and declared to them the kingdom of god and tried to convince them about jesus from the law of moses and from the prophets was that even boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of god and taught about the lord jesus christ so here we see that you know paul is under house arrest he is at rome so he is at paul is at house arrest which means that he has you know even though he's like imprisoned he has the access or opportunity for people to come in meet him so even as he is you know there in rome you know look at him even as he is in house arrest he must be really anticipating what is going to be the consequences of the judgment that ceasar is going to you know give towards him what is the verdict that ceasar is going to give towards him but he's not just focusing on that and he's not doing any ministry but here we see even in house arrest what is people come to paul and what does he use how is he using his time he's using it to preach the kingdom of god and the things which concern the lord jesus christ and he's preaching and teaching that with all confidence okay also look at how paul writes about his workers and companions of his kingdom look at colossians chapter 4 verse 11 can somebody read that please colossians chapter 4 verse 11 and jesus who is called justice these are my only fellow workers for the kingdom of god who are of the circumcision they have proved to be comfort to me so paul is writing the church at colosse and you know when he's he always mentions about his co-workers and so he's mentioning here about a person called jesus was also called justice and he says you know how does he uh talk about them he says they are his fellow workers for the kingdom of god so even paul thinking and living and doing everything in the framework of the kingdom of god so it's also important for us to think to live and to know that we are part of the kingdom of god and not just part of this world okay look at how john the beloved of jesus saw himself and others with him as companions suffering for the sake of the kingdom let's can somebody read revelation chapter one verse nine please hi john both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of jesus christ was on the island that is called patmos for the word of god and for the testimony of jesus christ yes so here we see that you know he says i john and your brother and companion in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patience of jesus christ okay so even john the apostle is thinking in terms of the kingdom of god and so important for us to think in terms of the kingdom of god we'll stop here and we'll come back after the break thank you everyone