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Persistence, Prayer and True Righteousness in the Kingdom - Luke 18:1-17
In our last sermon from Dr. Luke’s Gospel Jesus warned of the fact that many people when he returned to fully consummate His Kingdom would be preoccupied with the things of this world rather than looking for Christ and preparing for God’s judgment. In our passage this morning, Jesus teaches how we should live our lives NOW in light of the fact that the Kingdom has dawned in him and the full consummation and revelation of the Kingdom is imminent.
We are to remember Lot’s wife; rather than being like Lot’s wife (cf. 17:32), and others during the time of Noah and Lot who were unprepared and were caught unawares by God’s judgment, we are to live prepared and expectantly prayerful lives in this present age (18:1-8; cf. 1 Peter 1:13ff). We are to trust in God’s righteousness by faith alone and we are to find in this salvation the gospel of the Kingdom (18:9-14). In fact, as Kingdom people we are to be like little children not in our knowledge or in our behavior, but in our simple trust and hope in God (18:15-17).
In our passage from Dr. Luke’s gospel this morning, Jesus focuses our attention on Kingdom living NOW in light of the future Kingdom that has yet to fully be revealed and consummated at his Second Coming!
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