The Hidden Kingdom
March 03, 2019 | Mike Stancak
Passage: Matthew 13:24-43
It’s easy for us to look around at the state of Christianity in our country and become really discouraged. Maybe you feel that you have less and less room to express yourself as a Christian, less voice in the workplace, less representation in media or government. Most of the time, what representatives still seem wildly off the mark from the true Christianity we find in Jesus. If the Kingdom is advancing, then where is it?
This week we continue in the parables of Jesus as he leads us to think about the way the Kingdom advances. What we find out is that the Upside-Down Kingdom of Messiah does not advance in the way we would expect in our achievement culture. Instead, Jesus resets our expectations so we can have eyes to see the growth of the Kingdom as a seed under the soil or yeast in dough: invisible, but very, very real.
Series Information
Matthew 12:22 - 20
In the next installment in our Matthew series as we see conflict heating up around Jesus. As his ministry continues, it becomes clear that the values of the Kingdom clash with the arrogance, pride, and apathy of his day, and people start to polarize around him. I'm sure the same will be true of us. At every step we'll find that Jesus' grace is sufficient for the journey, as we learn the way of the Upside-Down Kingdom.