OK. Sometimes you read something that is just so well written that you don't want to add anything. I read something like that today, so I am going to simply let you read it, and say that, in my opinion, this is an excellent explanation of how the Kingdom of God becomes a present reality, as it is meant to be.
When the kingdom is manifested, it's rather obvious. It doesn't look like a church building. It doesn't necessarily look like a group of religious people professing certain things- including the profession that they are Christian. It doesn't necessarily look like a gathering of people advocating the right political or ethical causes. It doesn't look like a group who are- or will at least believe themselves to be- morally superior to others, telling them how they should live. It doesn't look like a group using swords, however righteous they believe their sword yeilding to be. It rather looks like people individually and collectively mimicking God. It looks like Calvary. It looks Christian, whether it identifies itself as such or not. When people are 'coming under' others to love and serve them, without regard to how much or how little those others derserve it, and without regard for their own interests and reputation, the kingdom of God has come.- The Myth of a Christian Nation, by Gregory Boyd
Amen. That is where I want to be!!!!
1 comment:
I agree. I believe one should share Christ through their actions first and words second. My experience has been that the only truly deep conversations about God I have with those who don't believe, come from them seeing me trying to be like Christ. I fail often, but those times of success move others in ways my profession of faith alone can't.
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