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Unless our resolve is the out-flowing of the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, we, like Peter, will fail (Mt. 26:31-34). As Jesus said to his disciples, “without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5)… It is our responsibility to exert the effort and develop the essential disciplines of the Christian life if we are to become more like Christ. But as we resolve to discipline ourselves and to diligently pursue holiness, we need to know that there is a deeper truth underlying and empowering our experience – the powerful reality that God is the one enabling, compelling, and willing all that takes place.
Daryl Wingerd

The fact is that a sound and lively truth-basis has been ejected from the premises of modern evangelicalism. Evangelicalism has been dispossessed of truth to such an extent that it is becoming frightening. In its place experience and mysticism are house-sitting the church or, if not these, then church growth pragmatism or an unhealthy preoccupation with the psychological. But the necessary doctrines of the holiness of God and His just wrath, justification by faith alone, the transforming nature of regeneration, the sovereignty of God over all of creation and in salvation itself, the nature and extent of grace in justification and in sanctification – doctrines upon which the earlier revivals thrived – have been considered unimportant and useful only for wizened old theologs holed up in ivory towers who do not relate to the church’s future.
Jim Elliff

Kingdom of Heaven

Kingdom of Heaven

TOPICAL STUDY

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

MAT 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

MAT 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

MAT 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

MAT 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

MAT 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

MAT 13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

MAT 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

MAT 13:31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

MAT 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

MAT 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

MAT 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

MAT 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

MAT 13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

MAT 13:48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

MAT 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

MAT 13:50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

MAT 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

MAT 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

MAT 18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

MAT 18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

MAT 18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

MAT 18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

MAT 18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

MAT 18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

MAT 18:29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

MAT 18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

MAT 18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

MAT 18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

MAT 18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

MAT 18:34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

MAT 18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

MAT 19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

MAT 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

MAT 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

MAT 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

MAT 20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

MAT 20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

MAT 20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

MAT 20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

MAT 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

MAT 20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

MAT 20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

MAT 20:9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

MAT 20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

MAT 20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

MAT 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

MAT 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

MAT 20:14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

MAT 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

MAT 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

MAT 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

MAT 22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

MAT 22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

MAT 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

MAT 22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

MAT 22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

MAT 22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

MAT 22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

MAT 22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

MAT 22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

MAT 22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

MAT 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

MAT 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

MAT 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

MAT 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

MAT 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

MAT 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

MAT 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

MAT 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

MAT 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

MAT 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

MAT 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

MAT 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

MAT 25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

MAT 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

MAT 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

MAT 25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

MAT 25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

MAT 25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

MAT 25:17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

MAT 25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

MAT 25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

MAT 25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

MAT 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

MAT 25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

MAT 25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

MAT 25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

MAT 25:25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

MAT 25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

MAT 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

MAT 25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

MAT 25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

MAT 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

MAR 4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

MAR 4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

MAR 4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

MAR 4:29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

MAR 4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

MAR 4:31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

MAR 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

MAR 10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

MAR 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

MAR 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

LUK 8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,

LUK 8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

LUK 13:18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

LUK 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

LUK 13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

LUK 14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

LUK 14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

LUK 14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

LUK 14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

LUK 14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

LUK 14:21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

LUK 14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

LUK 14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

LUK 14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

LUK 18:16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

LUK 18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

LUK 18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

LUK 18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

LUK 18:30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

LUK 19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

LUK 19:13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

LUK 19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

LUK 19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

LUK 19:16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

LUK 19:17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

LUK 19:18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

LUK 19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

LUK 19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

LUK 19:21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

LUK 19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

LUK 19:23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

LUK 19:24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

LUK 19:25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

LUK 19:26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

LUK 19:27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

JOH 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

ROM 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.


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