Sunday Morning April 19, 2015 at the Heritage Addition church of Christ located in Booneville, AR.

1. Heritage Addition church of Christ
By Jim Bradshaw
Sunday Morning, April 19, 2015

3. Basic Math
If a=b
And b=c
Then a=c
Read Acts 1:4-11

4. There is Urgency to Preach
about the Kingdom
Jesus was sent to preach about the Kingdom
Act 1:3 NKJV to whom He also presented Himself
alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs,
being seen by them during forty days and speaking of
the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

5. There is Urgency to Preach
about the Kingdom
Jesus was sent to preach about the Kingdom
Luk 4:43 NKJV but He said to them, "I must preach the
kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this
purpose I have been sent."
Mat 4:23 NKJV And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching
in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease
among the people.

6. Jesus was sent to preach about the Kingdom
Mat 24:14 NKJV And this gospel of the kingdom will be
preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and
then the end will come.
Mar 1:14 NKJV Now after John was put in prison, Jesus
came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of
God,
Luk 19:10 NKJV for the Son of Man has come to seek and
to save that which was lost."
Preach
Kingdom =
Gospel
Being Saved =
Being in the
Kingdom

7. Disciples Sent to Preach
about the Kingdom
Luk 9:1-2 NKJV Then He called His twelve disciples
together and gave them power and authority over all demons,
and to cure diseases. (2) He sent them to preach the
kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Mar 16:15-16 NKJV And He said to them, "Go into all the
world and preach the gospel to every creature. (16) He
who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who
does not believe will be condemned.

8. Disciples Sent to Preach
about the Kingdom
Mat 28:18-20 NKJV And Jesus came and spoke to them,
saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on
earth. (19) Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, (20) teaching them to observe
all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

9. Preaching the Kingdom
Includes Baptism
Act 8:5 NKJV Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria
and preached Christ to them.
Act 8:12 NKJV But when they believed Philip as he
preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the
name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.

10. Act 8:35-38 NKJV Then Philip opened his mouth, and
beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. (36)
Now as they went down the road, they came to some water.
And the eunuch said, "See, here is water. What hinders me
from being baptized?" (37) Then Philip said, "If you believe
with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." (38) So he
commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the
eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.
Preaching the
Kingdom =
Preaching Jesus
Preaching Jesus =
Preaching
Baptism
Preaching the
Kingdom =
Preaching Baptism

11. There is Urgency to Preach
about the Kingdom
We Must continue to preach about the Kingdom
Act 28:30-31 NKJV Then Paul dwelt two whole years
in his own rented house, and received all who came to
him, (31) preaching the kingdom of God and teaching
the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with
all confidence, no one forbidding him.

12. Nature of the Kingdom
Act 1:6-8 NKJV Therefore, when they had come
together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this
time restore the kingdom to Israel?" (7) And He said to
them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which
the Father has put in His own authority. (8) But you shall
receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

13. Nature of the Kingdom
Joh 18:36 NKJV Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this
world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would
fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now
My kingdom is not from here."
It is An ETERNAL KINGDOM
Dan 2:44 NKJV And in the days of these kings the God of
heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed;
and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall
break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall
stand forever.

14. Nature of the Kingdom
Mar 9:1 NKJV And He said to them, "Assuredly, I say to
you that there are some standing here who will not taste
death till they see the kingdom of God present with power."
The KINGDOM would come with
POWER!
Act 1:8 NKJV But you shall receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me
in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of
the earth."
The Kingdom came in Acts 2:1-4

15. The Kingdom Exists!
Col 1:13 NKJV He has delivered us from
the power of darkness and conveyed us into
the kingdom of the Son of His love.

16. How Do We Enter the
Kingdom?
Joh 3:5 NKJV Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to
you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot
enter the kingdom of God.
Act 2:37-38 NKJV Now when they heard this, they were cut
to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,
"Men and brethren, what shall we do?" (38) Then Peter said
to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

17. How Do We Enter the
Kingdom?
Act 2:41 NKJV Then those who gladly received his word
were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were
added to them.
Act 2:47 NKJV praising God and having favor with all the
people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who
were being saved.
Salvation = Church = Kingdom;
All follows a believers water Baptism

18. Preaching the Kingdom
of God
If TODAY WE want the
church to GROW WE
MUST get back to
Preaching the Kingdom!