Thank you for making Milestone a part of your weekend. We are glad you’re here! Below are the notes for teaching on August 13th 2023.

Mark 1:14-15
¹⁴ Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, ¹⁵ and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

We focus on two major points from Mark 1:14-15: The arrival of the kingdom, and the reception of the kingdom.

1. Kingdom Come

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2. Kingdom Received

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Conclusion

How can we then know that this kingdom is real? Couldn’t Jesus have just been lying, tricking many people to follow a clever scheme?

The reason we trust Jesus as King and His kingdom is because of the resurrection is that in His death, Satan and his kingdom thought that they had won, but the resurrection of Jesus proves that His authority and kingdom is greater than any other authority and kingdom. The resurrection was the hinge point for the apostles. Peter, in his first sermon after the ascension of Jesus said, “This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. [But] God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified” (Acts 2:23–24, 32, 36)
It is because the King humbled himself and took the form of a servant and obeyed to the point of death that God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11).

So, will you bow before Him as your loving and ruling king, or will you bow before Him as your conquering and judging king? He has made away, he has brought the good news of the kingdom of God, and he calls us to repent and believe. He calls us to trust that his kingdom is full of love, forgiveness, freedom, and mercy. The King and the kingdom are for all who confess that Jesus is Lord—is king—and believe in their hearts that God raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9)

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