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128"John introduced the Good News that the Kingdom of God would come soon.And now eager multitudes are pressing in" (Lk 16:16, Living Bible).God’s kingdom is advancing as His gospel is being proclaimed and no force can thwartthat progress as long as God wills it. The frontiers of darkness is being overcome and thosedetermined to be a part of this eternal kingdom will enter into it with a forceful determinationthat will surmount any obstacle. 12<strong>THE</strong> KINGDOM <strong>OF</strong> GOD IS EMBRACED THROUGH HARDSHIPSIn Acts 14:21-22 Luke tells about Paul and Barnabas returning to Antioch in Syria withdetermination and boldness in seeking to enter the kingdom and living for the kingdom:"They preached the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples.Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, strengthening the disciplesand encouraging them to remain true to the faith. ‘We must go through manyhardships to enter the kingdom of God,’ they said.’”Because of the difficult obstacles that lie ahead, Paul and Barnabas realized that they hadto be aggressive, forceful and determined if they were to succeed in their exploits. They had to“press on” in order to seize the prize of God’s high calling (Php 3:12-14).APPLICATIONJesus warns us that entrance into the kingdom is not easy. The kingdom of heaven needsto be aggressively pursued. It is not for the sluggish, the slacker, the faint-hearted, or the passiveHe who will take possession of the kingdom of righteousness, peace and joy must be preparedfor all hell to oppose him in every step he takes. Spiritual success requires aggressive, violentearnestness.We have to work vigorously and "violently" at times, to force ourselves to do what isright, because the kingdom of God is now under siege. This is why we have to fight as warriorsin battle and violently engage the enemy.While Jesus was not a person engaged in political warfare as the zealots had hoped, Hewas engaged in spiritual warfare. Taking the kingdom of heaven by force is an act of spiritualwarfare, both for God’s kingdom, and against any other kingdom.
129NOTES1W. E. Vine, An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (Reference LibraryEdition, Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1966), 83.2James Strong, The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nelson, 1984),73. See also Young’s Concordance, 941.3J. H. Thayer, Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, 75.4William Barclay, The Gospel of Luke: The Daily Study Bible (Revised Edition,Edinburgh: The Saint Andrew Press, 1975), 183.5The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 8 (Grand Rapids: Baker PublishingCompany, 1982), 266.6Ibid., 267.7The Analytical Greek Lexicon (New York: John Wiley & Son, 1870), 69.8W. E. Vine, An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, 189.9Richard Lenski, Hebrews and James in Commentary on the New Testament, 437.10Charles John Ellicott, Ellicott’s Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 6 (Grand Rapids:Zondervan, 1971), 66.11Craig S. Keener, A Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (Eerdmans, 1999), 340.12The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 8, 288.
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319. Lk 16:19-31 A Man Consumed Wit
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19TREASURES IN HEAVENHow do you bec
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21THE FOLLY OF WORRYLuke 12:22-34
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39INTERPRETING THE TIMESLuke 12:54-
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44SUFFERING AND SIN: REPENT OR PERI
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64SMALL THINGS MATTERThe Parables o
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