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! Kingdom of God plc
!! Business plan.
!!! What corporate logo?
!!! What 5 year strategy?
!!! What tell shareholders?
!! What does Jesus offer?
!! 1. Ludicrously profligate~/ wasteful - sower
!!! Throw away resources willy-nilly
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We won’t be careful with our assets
!! 2. Ludicrously patient - tares
!!! 5 year plan?
!!! 25 year plan?
!!! 250 year plan?
!! 3. Ludicrously small – mustard seed~/ yeast
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No advertising.
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No corporate image.
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No listing in the business directory or yellow pages...
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But is it so foolish?
!! 1. Ludicrously profligate
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But with limitless resources...
!!! Look after the pennies... cf Bill Gates
!!! Shane Claiborne
!!! Generous heart of God
!!! God’s economy
!! 2. Ludicrous patience
!!! Don’t mistake it for apathy
!!! Cf my bedroom walls
!!! Patient attentiveness
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Why wouldn’t God be patient?
!!! Patience of eternity
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Why don’t you... à ‘I have it in hand.’
!! 3. Ludicrous smallness
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But incredible power
!!! Cf children’s game – mummy , are you afraid of something this big?
Yes – virus...
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!! 4. Rotten business plan?
!!! Yield of the sower
!!! Final judgment~/ vindication
!!! Tree~/ risen bread
!!! Rotten business plan?
- perhaps not
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Personal challenge
!! A lot about response to the KoG
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Because it’s easy to overlook
!!! Cf home crowd
!!! Cf prophecy at the beginning
!!! Little faithà few miracles
!!! Deaf.
Blind à little revelation
!! 2. Parable of the sower
!!! Seed on the path
!!! Seed among thistles
!!! Seed in shallow ground
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Only some seed à good harvest
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!! 3. Treasure~/ pearl
!!! Ludicrous KoG calls for a ludicrous response from us
!!! Phil 3:7-8 ‘Whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.
What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.
I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ.’
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But I prefer the parable of the pearl:
‘*The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.
When he found one of great value he sent away and sold everything he had and bought it.’*
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Questions
What signs of the Kingdom of God are going on right under our noses that we should be attentive to?
If Jesus were incarnated today instead of two thousand years ago, how would he be spreading the word?
How might the answer to that question shape our outreach?
How precious is the Kingdom of God to me?
Does it evoke ludicrous desire?
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