Doubt will rob you of experiencing Kingdom reality in your life. Millions of believers affirm the reality of the resurrection, as well as an enormous amount of historical evidence, yet if you refuse to believe, then the resurrection will remain an unknown reality to you. Doubt is passing judgment out of ignorance, believing something isn't true, simply because you've never experienced it for yourself. This is not the way truth is discovered. Faith is putting God's word to the test. Faith follows the instructions, fulfills the requirements, performs the experiment, and looks for the results. You have to take the plunge of faith, because if you don't jump off the cliff, you'll never get wet.
Hab 2:2-3
Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.
The knowledge of the Kingdom of God is not meant to be a secret, but we in the Church have been neglectful of our duty. We have the knowledge of God's Kingdom, but we have failed to fully believe and apply this knowledge. The Church has failed in her primary mission, which is to make the Kingdom of God known throughout the earth. Yes, we have had some success, but two thousand years of Christendom have come and gone, and still millions upon millions remain ignorant of the truths God has plainly revealed in his word. To many, Kingdom realities yet remain unknown, mysterious secrets. People perish for lack of knowledge. They perish because the reality of the Kingdom remains hidden from their eyes. How can this be? This is a travesty of monumental proportions. Millions will end up dead in the ditch, as long as the path to life remains hidden from their eyes. Jesus didn't suffer and die so that the world would end up dying in the ditch.
People need to know one thing. It is vitally important that they grasp one fact. This fact is that although the Kingdom of God is invisible to the eye, it is very real and it does indeed exist. In fact, the invisible, eternal reality of God's Kingdom is more real than any material reality, because Kingdom reality is the building block upon which the universe derives its' entire existence. Since we already know this, the Church's one desire should be to make God's Kingdom evidently plain to the whole world! If we really believe that the Kingdom of God is the one great reality of our existence, then how can we hide it from the world?
It should be our determined purpose to do all we can to spread the message of the Kingdom, which Jesus commissioned the Church to proclaim to the nations. If our light be hid, it is hid to those who are lost, and they will never be found. The Kingdom of God on earth is composed of the eternal spirits of those who have believed in Christ, and from this truth flows all other truth pertaining to the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of Christ, being spiritual, is stronger than any physical, material power, and thus it has the capacity to conquer the world. The Kingdom of God is, has always been, and always will be greater than any power known to man. Jesus demonstrated this power while he lived with us on earth and when he left, he commanded us to continue doing the same works he had done.
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