River Valley Church of Christ
This summer we’re going to have a series of messages based on the parables of Jesus in Mark’s Gospel. We encourage you to read the entire Gospel to understand Jesus’ stories in their context.
Mark 4:30-34 ESV
The Kingdom of God was designed by our heavenly Father to be advancing and increasing. Based on New Testament imagery, the church has sung “Onward, Christian Soldiers” and “A volunteer for Jesus, a soldier true.” But in Jesus’ teaching we see a different metaphor. Rather than always seeing the Kingdom of God as . . .
1. a “mighty army,” we might want to see it as peacemaking.
2. “conquering,” we might want to see it as feeding and transforming.
3. a “mission,” we might want to see it as a way of living.
2 Corinthians 10:3-4 ESV
