The Kingdom of God Made Simple

"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Jesus talked about the kingdom of God more than almost anything else — yet most Christians cannot explain it in two sentences. They know they are "saved." They know they are going to heaven. But they think of heaven as a destination and the kingdom as a metaphor — and so they live as tourists instead of citizens.

The Kingdom of God Made Simple fixes that. In twelve Scripture-first chapters, Kimani Upshur, M.Ed. walks the whole arc of the kingdom: the eternal King (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — one God in three persons), the King's arrival in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the way in through repentance and the new birth, the citizen's life under the King's constitution (the Sermon on the Mount), the Holy Spirit's power for the mission, praying "Your kingdom come" like a citizen, the ambassador's call to carry the gospel, standing firm when the kingdom comes under attack, and the glorious future — the King's return and the new heaven and new earth.

You'll learn why the kingdom is both already here and not yet complete, what repentance really is (and isn't), how to know you have been born again, what your heavenly citizenship changes about your daily life, how the Beatitudes describe Jesus Himself, who the Holy Spirit is and what He does in you, how to pray the Lord's Prayer as a citizen's pattern, how to share the gospel with gentleness and respect, how to stand in spiritual battle wearing the King's armor, and what the Bible promises about the end of the story — no more tears, no more death, and the King's face seen forever.

Each chapter ends with a Kingdom Practice: something concrete you can do this week to live like the citizen you already are.

One King. One kingdom. One allegiance.

Explicitly Trinitarian: the Father who planned the kingdom and adopts its citizens; Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, Son of God and Son of Man, the King who came, died, rose, and reigns; and the Holy Spirit who gives new birth, indwells, teaches, transforms, and empowers. Prayer to the Father, through Jesus Christ, by the Holy Spirit.

Includes a citizen's prayer and an author bio. Part of the Made Simple Framework.

More from Kimani Upshur: https://kimaniupshur.com