Kingdom of God Ways

Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Kingdom of God ways are higher and better than earthly ways.

Kingdom of God people live by a higher standard. The sermon on the mount covers a lot of things, but the thread that weaves through every verse is that believers in Jesus should be different than the world. Our differences aren’t necessarily outward in the way we dress, but in the inward man of the heart. The spirit of God in us will help us to forgive and bless our enemies, go the extra mile and be joyful in hardships.

Jesus’ kingdom is a different kind of kingdom than the kingdoms of this world.

God’s ways are higher than our ways. God’s thoughts are higher than our thoughts. In order for God’s kingdom to come and his will to be done as Jesus told us to pray, we need to start thinking like God does.

God’s Kingdom has higher standards.

Under the old covenant (The Law of Moses) many things were permitted because of the hardness of people’s hearts. It was never God’s best. Examples are

Divorce
Retribution and vengeance (eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth)

In order to live by these higher standards that Jesus talked about, we need to have new, soft hearts. When we ask Jesus to come into our heart, he makes our heart new and it is soft towards the things of God. With Jesus in our heart we are able to do these commands. Jesus would not tell us to do something we could not do.

Human Nature

Human nature is self-centered, and when we are hurt our natural response is to hurt back. Human nature is very often greedy. We should not react with our human nature, but respond with our new born again nature (the nature of Christ). Remember Christ asked Father God to forgive the people who were crucifying him.

We need to be filled with God’s Word and Spirit.

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind by the Word of God. By meditating on the bible you will begin to think like God. You will know how Jesus would act in your situation. By God’s precious promises we partake of the divine nature. (2 Peter 1:3-4)

Scriptures to Study: Isaiah 55:7-9, Romans 12:2,