Kingdom of God
This morning on the bus while I was reading the book "Smith Wigglesworth on Healing", while I was at this part, I stop and I saw something I never saw before.
Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God...[For] that which is born of flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, "You must be born again." (John3: 3, 6-7)
I was fasinicated by this part"unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." The world cannot see the kingdom of God. The world portraits majesty of men, suffering of men, unfortunity and fortunity of men, schemes of men and skills of men. Jesus said, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Can you see the kingdom of God? While Jesus walked on this earth, He saw nothing by kingdom of God. He was not moved by anything but the movement of His Father. He saw no blindness but sight, He saw no lack but 5000 fed plus 12 basket leftover, He saw no demon-possessed men but sound minds. He knew clearly men are subject to the power of darkness, and He knew clearly He came to show us the kingdom and moreover grant us the kingdom. And even He suffered, He suffered with the consious of the kingdom above, and He saw you, and He saw me granted the citizenship of the kingdom above by His death and resurrection.
Let me quote something that Smith Wigglesworth said in the book after reading of the scripture passage above:
Oh, if you only knew what those words mean. To be born of God! It means no less than God being born anew in us - a new order of God; a new plan; a new faith by God; a new child of God; a new life from God; a new creation living in the world but not of the world, reigning in life over all the powers of the world, over whom "sin shall not have dominion" (Rom. 6: 14)
See that? Oh? Really? if only you knew what those words mean. Pause a long while, looking at the world through the window of the bus, what am I aware of, I asked myself, the world that I am living in or the true realm of God?
The access to the realm of God is free, because we can never by any means afford it. The door to the Holy of holies was open by the Lamb walking in with His own blood in His hand. And pray tell me, if the door is open for me who can stop me from going in? And if I step in, no one can get me out of it ever again.
And since the Word said to me granted the power to overcome, what can make me to be defeated? And if "sin shall not have dominion" over me? what can make sin has dominion over me again. And if sin shall not have dominion over me, any consequence and punishment of sin shall not have dominion over me as well.
I now understand why Jesus' blood not only washed our sin but also purged our conscience. For a perfect conscience is not aware of the things of this world (awareness of this world will cause worry and fear and anxieties) but concious of the kingdom of God which is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Faith takes no effort if you are living in kingdom of God.
Are you in the kingdom of God? If you are born again, are you aware that there is a change of realm for those who believe?
While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
(2 Cor. 4: 18)
What do you look at?