Bible Question: Jesus talked much about qualifications for entering his kingdom. For example, He said, "Unless we become as little children, you cannot enter"; "It is harder for a rich person to enter the kingdom than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle", etc. My question is, "Is the Kingdom of God a spiritual Kingdom, one that is viewed or experienced vith Spiritual Eyes only, not a physical kingdom? Or is Kingdom living primarily about an attitude of the heart? |
Bible Answer: I think your phrase "attitude of the heart" is a very good description. The condition of our hearts produces our actions in the physical world, and our actions can produce changes in the physical world. What we do because we love the Lord really does have an effect in the physical realm. Look at Mother Teresa, for example. Yet none of us, not even Mother Teresa, can make the world over. If the kingdom were physical, NASA could photograph it from some satellite, and all of us would be fighting to get in. Instead, the kingdom is within, fighting our worst impulses in an attempt to get out. Katherine |