The ultimate goal of the Gospel is the Kingdom.
God loves humanity dearly and desires all to come to repentance.
Anytime we discuss the Gospel of the kingdom, we must see that to repent is the key that opens the door to His kingdom.
There is only one command in the Gospel to be obeyed.
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17
- Repent means to turn to God.
If you are called to
turn to God, then by default you are
called to turn from Satan as your lord.
The way that your express this obedience of faith, concerning the Gospel is to
confess Jesus as Lord.
This is what grants the
believer/obeyer of the Gospel, the forgiveness of sins.
This is plainly what the Lord Jesus Christ taught to and commissioned Paul to do.
15 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 to open their eyes, in order
to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’
Acts 26:15-18
Repent is about being transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of God.
- He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, Colossians 1:13
It's about changing who you serve, as your Lord.
- The Gospel of the kingdom is about changing the kingdom your are in, by changing the lord you serve.
JLB