CONTRASTING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

FOREWORD

We find interchangeable words in the Scriptures such as Elder, Bishop and Presbyter. However, such is not the case with Kingdom and Church. The institutions these two words identify are vastly different. The following is a Scriptural study of some of those differences.

I Jesus came preaching the Kingdom a present reality (Matt 3:1-2; Matt 4:17; Luke 17:20-21; Matt 21:43); Jesus vowed to build the Church not yet in existence (Matt 16:18).

1A KINGDOM

Matt 3:1-2

3 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

 

COVENANT OF PROMISE

The Greek word translated covenant in the New Testament is diatheke. It primarily signifies a disposition of property by will or otherwise. The New Testament is not a covenant of law but of promise. Rather than a mutual agreement between two parties, each obligating himself

2023 

Bobby Gums    

How was your 2022? Was the “year” good to you? I certainly hope & pray that each of you can truly look back and say that it was a “good time” in your life, meaning that you drew closer to the Lord than ever before, that the fruit of the Spirit is increasing in your life, that you are indeed becoming more & more like Christ Jesus, and all to God’s glory. In the “natural”, I can certainly understand