PART 1: THE THINGS OF MAN AND THE THINGS OF GOD MADE NEW, BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF YOU BY INTIMACY WITH GOD THROUGH FORGIVENESS: A STUDY FROM PSALM 51
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The new kingdom of God is built on Jesus Christ. God is doing away with the chaos of this sinful world by recreating mankind and building a new kingdom without evil. This is the message of the Bible. The Bible is basically about three things: the King, the Kingdom, and kingdom living. All of us are to live in the reality of the new kingdom that God has been building. Jesus is the perfected man; that is, He came and perfected mankind. Christ would take up man’s challenge to defeat evil and glorify God. He would succeed where the first man (Adam) failed. He would face temptation, turn from it, and keep His devotion to God His Father. The communion between Christ and God would not be broken as in the case of Adam, His predecessor. The new kingdom is built on Jesus Christ. He is the cornerstone upon which each stone is built (Eph. 2:20). God is building a spiritual house made up of people (referred to as living stones, according to I Pet. 2:5).
Hebrews 5:8-9, states, “Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,”
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