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\u201cThe Kingdom of God is at Hand\u201d \u2013 Mark 1:14-20<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n
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Introduction: Epiphany – revealing Jesus<\/h4>\n

I just want to begin by reminding you that we are in the Epiphany season, and that season and the accompanying Bible readings are about revealing the person of Jesus, and the Kingdom of God that is revealed in and through Him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Sunday, we heard the story about Nathanael being called to discipleship, and of how, despite any fears he may have had, Jesus was revealed to him as the King of Israel and the Son of God. Nathanael was drawn toward the Kingdom of God, and to the person of the Kingdom – Jesus – on whom Nathanael and all of us find our way to heaven.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Today, as Jesus begins His Galilean ministry, we discover that in Him, the Kingdom of God is near.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. The time is fulfilled<\/h4>\n

In the past, I think I have explained the difference between the two Greek words for time. One \u2013 chronos \u2013 refers to the passing of actual time \u2013 days, hours, minutes. The other word \u2013 kairos \u2013 means the right time, the right opportunity. The second one is the one that is used here in Mark 1. Jesus is saying the right time has come.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Greek word translated as \u201cfulfilled\u201d has the sense of completed or perfected. The right time has come, it has reached its end. The same word is used in Galatians 4 \u2013 \u201cWhen the time had fully come, God sent His Son\u2026\u201d When the time was fulfilled, when all the prophecies had converged \u2013 the time, the place, the name, the people \u2013 when all that had happened, Jesus was born. Now another time of preparation is finished. John the Baptist had come preparing the way. Jesus had been baptized, and then tempted in the wilderness by Satan. He traveled to Galilee. Something is about to happen. Something big is beginning. But that\u2019s only true because the time of preparation has been fulfilled, completed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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You know what that\u2019s like. You\u2019ve finished your University degree. You\u2019ve had some work experience. Now it\u2019s time – the right time – to get a job in your chosen field. OR You\u2019ve been dating this girl for three years. You get along well. You have similar interests and ambitions for life. Now it\u2019s time – the right time – to buy that ring and pop the question, after all, Valentine\u2019s Day is only 3 weeks away!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Mark 1, it is God\u2019s time, time for God\u2019s will to take place, time for God\u2019s Kingdom to come. That happens with the person and work of Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What right time is it for you? Can you sense that God has made certain things and events and relationships fall into place so that it is the right time for you to make Jesus attractive to a family member? The right time for you to have a spiritual conversation with a hurting friend? The right time for you to engage in some avenue of service to God? \u2026all so that the Kingdom of God may come?<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. The kingdom of God is at hand<\/h4>\n

Jesus said: \u201cThe time has come,\u201d and He added \u201cThe Kingdom of God is at hand (or near).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Old Testament was predominantly about the Kingdom of Israel: its roots, its formation, its development, its glory days, and its demise. In the Old Testament promises were made of a Saviour. Now, in Jesus, the Saviour has come and He ushers in a new era, and a new covenant and a new kingdom \u2013 the Kingdom of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is the Kingdom of God?<\/span><\/p>\n

The Kingdom of God can be understood in three ways. God\u2019s Kingdom of power refers to His rule as King over the whole universe in a general and dependable way \u2013 guiding the stars and planets, ordering the days and seasons, causing plants to grow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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God\u2019s Kingdom of grace refers to His rule over the church on earth \u2013 God\u2019s gracious and loving rule in His church through His Word and Sacraments, for the sake of His Son, Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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God\u2019s Kingdom of glory refers to His eternal rule over angels and believers in heaven for all eternity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When Martin Luther explained the Lord\u2019s Prayer petition \u201cThy Kingdom come,\u201d he understood it primarily in terms of God\u2019s Kingdom of grace, God working among us here\u2026 in time and in the church. He saw it as God\u2019s reign among His people.<\/span><\/p>\n

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That Kingdom of grace focus is what Jesus was referring to as well. He wasn\u2019t saying that God was finally exercising His sovereign reign over the world\u2026 His kingdom of power. He wasn\u2019t saying that God was finally bringing about the end of the world\u2026 His kingdom of glory. In the person of Jesus, God was bringing His Kingdom of grace to bear on the lives of sinful and hurting people in the here and now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve probably heard the olden-days story of the couple who were driving together in the car. It was the era of front bench seats in cars. These were veterans of 25 or 30 years of marriage, and the woman said, \u201cHoney, do you remember when we were young, and full of love, and we used to sit close together when we drove. Sometimes we held hands, or you\u2019d put your arm around me. Sometimes I\u2019d lay my head on your shoulder.\u201d From the other side of the front seat she looked at him and said, \u201cHow come we don\u2019t sit close and do that any more?\u201d He looked back at her for a second and then replied, \u201cI haven\u2019t moved.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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God\u2019s kingdom didn\u2019t move either. God created Adam and Eve perfect and holy, in His image. When they sinned, they moved to the other side of the bench seat, far away from God, far away from God\u2019s will, far away from God\u2019s Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Jesus said, \u201cThe Kingdom of God is near,\u201d it didn\u2019t imply that people have come near to the Kingdom, or have made themselves Godly and acceptable. It\u2019s that, in Jesus, the Kingdom has intentionally come VERY near to them. Last week we heard about Jesus fulfilling the law and the prophets, and about Jesus knowing what is in the heart of a person, and about Jesus being the ladder (or maybe escalator) that brings people to heaven. In all those things, God\u2019s kingdom comes to people. When Jesus called Peter and Andrew, James and John to discipleship, the Kingdom of God was near. When Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well, the Kingdom of God was near. When Jesus held and touched and blessed the little children, the Kingdom of God was near. When Jesus taught about the nuances of the Kingdom, the Kingdom of God was certainly near. When Jesus healed the paralytic and forgave his sins, the Kingdom of God was near. When Jesus died on the cross, suffering, forgiving, saving, the Kingdom of God was profoundly near.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Today, when a person \u2013 child or adult \u2013 is baptized, the Kingdom of God is near. When we receive Christ\u2019s body and blood in Holy Communion, the Kingdom of God is near. When we hear God\u2019s Word preached, when we study God\u2019s Word personally or in a group, the Kingdom of God is near. When we receive absolution\/forgiveness, the Kingdom of God is near. When God\u2019s people love and serve others in Jesus\u2019 name the Kingdom of God is near.\u00a0 When God\u2019s people witness to others of God\u2019s grace, acting as fishers of men, the Kingdom of God is near.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. The message: repent\u2026 and believe<\/h4>\n

Jesus said: \u201cThe time has come. The Kingdom of God is near.\u201d The end of His first mini-sermon invites people to \u201cRepent and believe the good news.\u201d The Kingdom of God called for those two simple things: repentance and belief.<\/span><\/p>\n

Repentance is an authentic and genuine and heartfelt response to hearing the Law. It\u2019s really the presence of a holy Jesus that makes sinfulness obvious to human beings. When Luke records the account of Jesus calling Peter to discipleship, they go out fishing, even though Peter and his fishing partners have been out all night. After the great catch of fish \u2013 a miracle produced by this holy Jesus \u2013 Peter looked at Jesus beside him in the boat, and humbly confessed, \u201cLord, I\u2019m a sinful man.\u201d It was when he could see his life in light of Jesus\u2019 perfect life that He recognized and repented of His sinfulness.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s important that we do the same. We can\u2019t literally sit beside Jesus in a boat, but we can compare our lives to God\u2019s standard as it is set out for us in the Bible, either in the Law or in the sinless life of Jesus. One of the pictures of the Law is that of a mirror\u2026 we look into it and see our moral flaws and failures, our sins. When we compare our lives to God\u2019s law, or to Jesus\u2019 life, we find that, like Adam and Eve, in our thoughts, words, and deeds we have moved away from God and God\u2019s Kingdom. Repentance is first a realization that we aren\u2019t sitting beside God anymore, and it\u2019s a desire to turn to Him and to be nurtured and blessed by His comforting and assuring love, to have Him put His arm of grace around us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Belief is that complementary partner of repentance.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a story of a Sunday School teacher who asked her class what faith is. She waited patiently until finally one boy offered this definition: \u201cFaith is believing in something that you know isn\u2019t true.\u201d Not quite the Biblical definition!! Hebrews 11 says that faith is believing in something that you can\u2019t see.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to Jesus, it\u2019s not just some generic faith – as if it were a stand-alone quality. Jesus says it is belief in something\u2026 Jesus connected the Kingdom of God with belief in the Gospel, the good news. \u201cBelieve in the Gospel.\u201d Three times in these first verses of Mark 1, we hear that word. Mark\u2019s account bluntly begins by saying: \u201cThe beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.\u201d In our text today, we hear: \u201cJesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the Gospel of God\u2026\u201d Then\u2026 \u201cBelieve in the Gospel.\u201d The Gospel is the message that in Jesus Christ we know and experience the love and the grace and the forgiveness and the salvation of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you make cinnamon buns \u2013 and you\u2019ve got to make them with raisins in!! \u2013 you get the dough all ready, you let it rise, and then you put it into the oven. Over the next 20 or 30 minutes, the oven keeps a secret. But when the timer rings, and you first open the oven door, the good news of fresh cinnamon buns is first recognized by your nose\u2026 that beautiful smell that sets your taste buds into anticipation mode, and gets your stomach ready for a delectable treat. [Who would like some right now??]<\/span><\/p>\n

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At this, the beginning of Jesus\u2019 ministry, He identified that the \u201coven door\u201d on the Gospel was being opened, as the Kingdom of God came near in Him. Over the next couple of weeks we are going to hear accounts of people who experienced that sweet smelling Gospel in the sickness-healing, demon-exorcising, compassion-extending, sin-forgiving actions of Jesus. In a couple of months, the Gospel aroma will intensify as we are reminded again of the amazing self-sacrifice of Jesus on the cross of Calvary, bringing us God\u2019s grace, delivering forgiveness for our sins, extending a sure and certain hope of new and eternal life in heaven by virtue of His own resurrection from the dead. Good news indeed!!<\/span><\/p>\n

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After we have repented of our sins, that is what Jesus calls us to believe: believe the good news; believe in His sacrifice; believe in His forgiveness; believe in His heaven; believe in His love; believe in His grace; believe in His daily presence and compassionate intervention in our lives. In all of these things, in all of these ways, the Kingdom of God is near.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[Bonus thought: \u201cfishers of men\u201d]<\/span><\/p>\n

I just want to finish off with a brief bonus thought – at no extra cost – on the phrase \u201cfishers of men\u201d that Jesus used as He called Peter and Andrew.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fishers of men is an analogy of evangelism, which is the same Greek word as Gospel \/ good news. Evangelism is Gospelizing people, good newsing them with that wonderful \u201cbest news ever\u201d that God loves them with an everlasting love. In an odd kind of way, Jesus is saying that people need to be rescued from their \u201cnatural\u201d (but sinful) environment. Fish can swim. They won\u2019t drown in water. It\u2019s when they are caught and removed from the water that they die.<\/span><\/p>\n

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That all seems strange when you apply it to people. Like fish thrive in their natural environment of water, people thrive and succeed and prosper in their \u201cnatural\u201d environment of the world. But that\u2019s the problem \u2013 people thrive in the world, and at the same time ignore God and the Kingdom of God. And sin thrives in this world, too. In another place, Jesus talked about discipleship \u2013 that is following Him \u2013 and how that discipleship involves denying one\u2019s self and taking up a cross. That\u2019s dying, dying to the things of the world, to the ways of the world. It\u2019s unnatural! But it\u2019s necessary if we want to truly and personally and eternally experience the Kingdom of God. As those who have been caught by Jesus, drawn to Him as we heard Nathanael was last week, we provide the same \u201crescue\u201d as the Holy Spirit uses us to evangelize, to fish for people in their \u201cnatural\u201d environment of the world, and to catch them alive for the Kingdom of God.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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