'My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting...' Somehow throughout the ages, Christians have forgotten this vital statement from Jesus when He spoke in response to Pilate’s query. We have seen christians trying to claim name and fame all in the name of religion. We have seen wars being fought and lands captured because christians wanted to expand the boundaries of the kingdom of Jesus. Millions have perished and countless others have been plundered because christians somehow had the misguided notion that they were fighting for Jesus and had to conquer in His Name.
I n these times, we do not find much physical wars but the idea has taken root in myriad other ways. We want christians to rule over nations. We want more christian communities and christian entrepreneurship. These may be quite desirable but if it springs out of the notion that we have to control and take ownership of the world systems, we are sadly mistaken. We are spending our energies on something that is not sanctioned by God. We fail to see that our wars are not in a visible realm. We war against invisible powers and that too, not because we want to have some worldly gain. Our thrust is to establish the kingdom of Jesus just like He was doing here on earth, nothing more and nothing less.
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