For Heaven’s Sake – Up There, Down Here

• How do we care about what Heaven cares about?
• 1. Men can be dense
• 2. You can be in a moment and miss it
• What was the Gospel message Jesus came to proclaim? The Reality of the Kingdom of God

Mark 1:14-15  //  After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

Luke 8:1  //  After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God.

Luke 9:1-2  //  When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Acts 1:3  //  He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.

Acts 28:31  //  He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance!

• The Reality of the Kingdom of God
• Reality: What you can count on.
• Gentle Non-Cooperation with Evil
• M.E.R.: Minimal Entrance Requirements
• Heaven: Life with God

Matthew 6:32-33  //  For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father  knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

• Kingdom: The range of your effective will

Genesis 1:26  //  Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Matthew 6:10  //  Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven

• Up there, down here
• Awareness