The What, Where, Why & When of the Kingdom?

The What, Where, Why & When of the Kingdom?

Todd Hunter and Bruxy Cavey

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Plan, Will, Agenda, Story3 Sin, Missing the Mark

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Gehenna, Hades,The Ultimate Wasted Life

Sin, Missing the Mark

Plan, Will, Agenda, Story3Sin

RepentanceMetanoia

“Rethink”“Think Again”

“Review Your Living”

Proclaiming the Good Newsof the Kingdom

Bruxy CaveyThe Meeting House

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@Bruxy bruxy.com


The Gospel is the Good News of the KINGDOM…

JesusMatt 4:17 // Mark 1:15

Matt 6:10, 33 // Luke 12:31Matthew 9:35 Matthew 10:7

Matthew 13:19; Matthew 24:14

Luke 4:43 Luke 8:1

Luke 9:11; Luke 17:20-21

John 3:3, 5John 18:36

Acts 1:3

PaulActs 14:22Acts 19:18Acts 20:25Acts 28:23Acts 28:31

Romans 14:17Colossians 4:11

OthersMatthew 3:2

Acts 8:12Acts 14:22

Revelation 1:6Revelation 11:15Revelation 12:10

Kingdom of… God / Heaven / Christ / The Son / Light

What is the Gospel?


Gospel = Good News Greek = Euangelion (Latin = Evangelium) Evangel / Evangelism / Evangelist /

Evangelistic / EvangelicalVS

Salvation = Soteria (Vampire Christians)

Luke uses the noun twice in all of Luke-Acts. But he uses the verb 25 times.


One word…



One word… Jesus. Mark 1:1, 14:9

1 Corinthians 1:18-2:2

John 1:18


Three words…


Three words… Jesus is Lord.

Romans 10:9-10, 1 Corinthians 8:5-6, 12:3

Philippians 2:11

What does Lord mean?Luke 1:38 vs. 43 Luke 2:9, 26 vs. 11


Thirty words…

Explanatory Power / Clues to Understanding

1. Meaning of the word2. The people it attracted3. The people it offended4. How Jesus died5. How Jesus lived6. What Jesus taught7. How Christ’s earliest followers

understood and applied his message8. The big picture of Scripture

The Gospel is the Good News that God has come to us through Christ to…



The Gospel is the Good News that God has come to us through

Christ to…



SHOW USHis Love

SAVE USFrom Sin

SET USIn Community

SHUT DOWNReligion


SHOW USHis Love

SAVE USFrom Sin

SET USIn Community

SHUT DOWNReligion

SET UP His Kingdom

Getting & GivingTHE GOSPEL

To him who loves us and has freed usfrom our sins by his blood, 6and has

made us to be a kingdom andpriests…

-- Revelation 1:5-6, NIV

Q & Eh?

Blue Rose Tuesdays

Etymology of “Religion”

Re-li-gion /ri-’li-jen/ (noun)From the Latin religare; re meaning “again” and ligare meaning “to bind.”

POSITIVELY, religion is a re-uniting with something.NEGATIVELY, religion is a return to bondage

Biblical Words for “Religion”

Deisidaimonia =“dread of demons”; supersition; used to

refer to pagan religion.

Threskeia =ceremonial worship of a deity; theexternalization of internal beliefs.

Getting & GivingTHE GOSPEL

Stop fighting over words.Such arguments are useless,

and they can ruin thosewho hear them.

-- 2 Timothy 2:14, NLT

The Gospel is the Good News that God has come to us through Christ to… SHOW US his love

Rom 5:8; Lk 15:11-32; Jn 1:18; 3:16; 1 Jn 3:16; 2 Cor 5:19

SAVE US from sin

Gen 1-3; Jn 1:29; Rom 6:23; 1 Cor 15:1-3; 2 Cor 5:21; Col 2:13-14; 1 Tim 1:15

SET UP his kingdomMt 4:23; 6:10; 24:14; Mk 1:15; Lk 13:18-21; 17:20-21; Jn 18:36; Acts 28:31; 1 Cor 15:20-28; Col 2:15

SHUT DOWN religionMk 15:38; Jn 17:3; Acts 17:24-25; 20:28; Rom 10:4; 12:1; 2 Cor 5:19; Eph 2:14-16; 1 Tim 2:5; Heb 8:6-13; 9:25-10:18; Jam 1:26-27; 1 Pet 2:5; Rev 21:22

Getting & Giving THE GOSPELAN OUTREACH TOOL… Directed to non-Christians Challenging for Christians A meeting place for both

groups to learn together Designed for personal

and/or group study Models humble apologetics

and repentant evangelism Supported by free tools at

theendofreligion.org

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