Feast: Let Him Who Glories Glory in This (Part Two)
Seeing the Kingdom of God
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Mark Schindler
Given 27-Sep-26; 55 minutes
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Jeremiah 9:23-24 serves as a foundational scripture, warning against glorying in personal wisdom, might, or riches, and instead calling people to glory in knowing and understanding God, who exercises loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. These two verses encapsulate God's work throughout the entirety of Scripture regarding the kingdom of God and humanity's opportunity to participate in it. David's life illustrates the journey of truly coming to know God. Psalm 18 reflects a younger David who, while faithful, emphasized his own righteousness and kept God's laws. By Psalm 51, written after serious failures, David's focus had shifted entirely toward God's mercy, repentance, and outgoing concern for others. This transformation mirrors what God requires of His called people today. David's prayer in I Chronicles 29 further demonstrates his recognition that all wisdom, riches, and power belong solely to God. Matthew 25:31-46 reinforces that genuine righteousness is expressed through serving others, because serving even the least of God's people is equivalent to serving Jesus Christ directly. This outgoing concern is the hallmark of true citizens of God's kingdom. Passages from Jeremiah 7, 8, and 11 illustrate the devastating consequences for those who, without God's Spirit, slide back into the ways of the world, glorying in their own wisdom and refusing to repent. These warnings underscore how precious and unique God's calling truly is. A correspondence with a man questioning the relationship between the gospel of the kingdom and the gospel of grace highlights how, without God's Spirit, even sincere seekers remain confused. Paul's writings and Peter's confirmation show that grace and the kingdom are inseparable, not competing gospels. Drawing on an analogy from electrical engineering, the complexity of God's kingdom ultimately reduces to simple steps of