Summary
So if the kingdom is solely understood as creation and the territory over which God is sovereign simply because he made it, if it's simply limited to that, that buttresses up then against these other references to the kingdom, it seems doesn't it? The kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven is God's reign and rule in our hearts through the Holy Spirit. The kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven is God's reign and rule through the Holy Spirit in our hearts. James is simply revealing here and reminding that where there is faith that faith will express itself. So when God by His grace brings us to faith where He transforms our stony hearts of unbelief into hearts of belief in the Lord Jesus Christ, that faith will express itself. But the reformer Calvin said that the call of the Christian is to make the invisible visible.
Video citations
- “A Mustard Seed, Yeast and Flour” 10-17-21 — What you're open your Bibles, please, with me this morning to Matthew the 13th chapter. If you're using a few edition of Holy Scripture, you're going to find that on page 13 in the New Testament.…