The kingdom of God.

The Kingdom of God.
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We have been created to be the citizens of the kingdom God.

"The time is completed, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe in the gospel’' (Mk 1:14).

"Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand’'(Mt 4:17).

According to Jesus, the kingdom of God is nearby and to be its citizens we must believe in the Gospel and repent for our sins.

When we repent for our sins, they will be forgiven.

Then to get our souls more purified we must do penance.

"Jesus went about the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom." (Matthew.4:23)

“To other cities also I must preach the kingdom of God: for I am sent for this purpose” (Luke 4:43).

Jesus' purpose of coming into this world was preaching the Kingdom of God and make us worthy of the Kingdom.

To be worthy citizens of God's Kingdom we must be pure.

To be pure our sins must be forgiven.

To be forgiven, amendment for the sins must be made.

The king of the Kingdom, Jesus Himself, amended for our sins by sacrificing Himself on the Cross.

The Kingdom of which we are citizens is Divine, because God is its King.

It is everlasting because our King is eternal and we are to be united with Him for ever.

It is universal because all the human beings are invited to be its citizens.

It is Spiritual because God is a spirit and we are its  citizens Spiritually.

It is a heavenly kingdom even though it is begun on earth.

We, its citizens, are duty bound to carry out will of our Heavenly Father.

This is clear by the words of Jesus: “Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that does the will of My Father who is in heaven” (Matthew. 7:21).

As human beings with a body, a matter, we are living in this material world, under a material government, doing material things like eating, drinking, sleeping, earning and spending money etc.

But we were not created for living a material life for ever; this life will come to an end one day and our body which plays a major role in this life will perish and will return to earth to become one with it.

But we have a soul, a spirit, which is meant for a spiritual life which is everlasting and will continue to exist even our material death.

In fact we were created for this Spiritual life, to lead which our body must be a subservient servant.

As beings with a spirit we are living in a spiritual kingdom, of which God is the King.

As its members we have only one duty, love God and our neighbours.

Love will express itself in acts of love and kindness, which are done with our body, at the service of the soul.

The life led with love and acts of love is our spiritual life.

This life, though lived while we are in this world, belongs to the Spiritual kingdom of God, because we lead this life in God and for God.

We lead our spiritual life governed by the moral laws given by God in the form of Ten commandments and the precepts of the Church.

We are unable to see our King face to face now due to the curtain of our body.

This curtain will be removed one day and then we will see God face to face in eternal bliss.

Lourdu Selvam.