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How is God's Kingdom is your heart if Jesus said to pray that it comes?

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  • Gloria
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    When Jesus said the kingdom of God is within you he was speaking directly to the Pharisees who thought they were more righteous than anyone.  He was telling them their heart has to be righteous with God to enter into his kingdom.

  • 1 year ago

    The Kingdom of God exists whenever and wherever the Holy Spirit accepts an invitation to indwell a human soul. I'll let you take it, from there.

    Source(s): www.askmeaboutgod.org
  • viola
    Lv 4
    1 year ago

    When Jesus said “the kingdom of God is within you,” he was speaking to hostile Pharisees, his enemies, not his friends. (Luke 17:21, King James Version) What, then, did Jesus mean when talking with these Pharisees? Modern Bible translations, such as the Revised Standard Version, render Jesus’ words: “The kingdom of God is in the midst of you.” The Kingdom was in their midst, since Jesus, the one designated to be King of that future Kingdom, was there among those Pharisees.

  • 1 year ago

    he Kingdom of God wasn't here during Jesus' time . He told us to pray that it comes . It came during Daniel 2's 10 EU nations ans when the 3rd notable Bethlehem Star Event took place in Virgo while the moon at her feet on 2/22/1981 . But Christians aren't believing it no more than the Jews would believe that Jesus set up his Spiritual Kingdom when he was baptized .

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  • BJ
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    When Jesus made that statement, who was he talking to, he was talking to the religious Pharisees who were plotting against him, he was not talking to the common people.

    The Pharisees were Jesus’ enemies. Jesus stated that those hypocrites were not going to enter God’s Kingdom. Matthew 23:13

    Now if the Pharisees were not to enter God’s Kingdom, could the Kingdom be in their hearts? Impossible!

    Jesus’ words in your midst have at times been translated “within you.” So some have thought that Jesus meant that the Kingdom of God reigns in the hearts of God’s servants.

    But, obviously, the Kingdom of God is not within the hearts of these unbelieving Pharisees to whom Jesus is speaking.

    Yet, it is in their midst, since the designated King of God’s Kingdom, Jesus Christ, is right among them.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    The 'heart' is the deepest well of human experience away from the conscious mind. We are praying for the kingdom of GOD to manifest from within us stage by stage until it arrives on the fully conscious level as well. 

    Unfortunately, it is out of the 'heart' that evil arrives also, (Matthew 15:19). So it is on these other levels of deeper consciousness we are 'doing battle,' (2 Corinthians 10:3-6, Ephesians 6:12, etc...), until victory is secured even on this 'shallowest' level of experience where evil still exists in its strongest form. Christ assures us that victory is already certain and that the arrival of the kingdom is inevitable because of His victory over sin and death through His death and resurrection, (John 16:11,33, 1 John 4:4)

  • 1 year ago

    Yes at Matthew 6 vs 10 Jesus tells us we must pray "Let your Kingdom come". At Luke 17 vs 21 he said "The kingdom of God is in your midst". Some translations say "within you". What did Jesus mean? At the time Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees who were bitter opposers of Jesus. Certainly the kingdom was not in the hearts of such opposers. Jesus who had been appointed as King of Gods Kingdom was right there with them proclaiming the Kingdom. Therefore, Jesus could rightly say "The kingdom is in your midst. Please visit jw.org. It is very informative and enlightening. There you may read and study the bible online, or request a free home bible study on a day and time convenient for you.

  • 1 year ago

    You can know and experience this because of who Jesus is and what He has done.

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Pray that we will make it to Heaven, obey GOD! 

    The Bible states that we are ALL here being tested by GOD!  If we fail the test, then we will go to Hell at the end of our life here! 

    Heaven is a place that is ALL LOVE! To get into Heaven one has to Not have any hates in them! Even if a person is a church leader, yet dies hating even one person; they will go to Hell!

    Look around yourself. People that do Beleive in GOD have lives filled with LOVE! Jewish and Christians!   Atheists and devil followers cannot feel anymore then each of their own LUST for only their own wants, not caring for anyone but themself!  Do Atheists get married?  Or just grab at sex here and there?  Way too often Rapping innocent Girls, Woman, and Boys! 

    Look in jails, filled with Atheists and devil followers! On rare times where one in jail may come to believing in GOD; often the local news announces this!

    If someone lives their whole life without ever hearing of GOD and Jesus; then GOD will give them another life to be tested in. Hear and refuse, then Hell! 

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