The Kingdom of God is the reign of God descending in and through King Jesus to a broken and bent world. This message was given on November 30, 2014 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info: www.newcitychurch.ca

2. God Gives Us His Words of Eternal Life
Luke 1:26-38
Today’s Scripture:
Found on page 855 in our guest Bibles.

3. Be on the lookout for...
1 The royalty of Jesus
2 The reign of Jesus

4. Luke 1:26-38
26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent
from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was
Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's
name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said,
“Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”
29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and
tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,
Mary, for you have found favor with God.

5. Luke 1:26-38
31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb
and bear a son, and you shall call his name
Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the
Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give
to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he
will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of
his kingdom there will be no end.”
34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be,
since I am a virgin?”

6. Luke 1:26-38
35 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit
will come upon you, and the power of the Most
High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be
born will be called holy—the Son of God. 36 And
behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has
also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month
with her who was called barren. 37 For nothing will
be impossible with God.”

7. Luke 1:26-38
38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the
Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And
the angel departed from her.
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.
Unison: Thanks be to God!

9. Luke chapter 1
31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb
and bear a son, and you shall call his name
Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the
Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give
to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he
will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of
his kingdom there will be no end.”

10. “I know men; and I tell you that
Jesus Christ is no mere man.
Between Him and every other
person in the world there is no
possible term of comparison.
Alexander, Caesar, Charle-magne,
and I have founded
empires. But on what did we
rest the creations of our genius?
Upon force! Jesus Christ
founded His empire upon love;
and at this hour millions of men
would die for Him.”
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
1769-1821

11. “Jesus’ impact was greater
a hundred years after his
death than during his life; it
was greater still after five
hundred years; after a
thousand years his legacy
laid the foundation for much
of Europe; after two
thousand years he has
more followers in more
places than ever.”

12. King Herod “The Great”
(74/73BC - 4BC)
“The King of the Jews”

13. Luke chapter 1
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of
the Most High.
!
35 …the child to be born will be called holy—the
Son of God.

14. “Jesus’ establishment as ‘the
Son of God’ was officially
proposed and voted on by the
Council of Nicea [325
AD]...until that moment in
history, Jesus was viewed by
his followers as a mortal
prophet...a great and powerful
man, but a man nonetheless.”
Professor Teabing in
Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code

15. “The beginning of
the gospel of Jesus
Christ, the Son of
God.”
!
~ the Gospel of Mark, 1:1

16. “And those in the boat
worshiped him,
saying, ‘Truly you are
the Son of God.’”
!
~ the Gospel of Matthew 14:33

17. “Simon Peter replied,
‘You are the Christ, the
Son of the living
God.’”
!
~ the Gospel of Matthew 16:16

18. “...these are written so
that you may believe
that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God, and
that by believing you
may have life in his
name.
!
~ the Gospel of John 21:31

19. “And the angel
answered her, ‘The Holy
Spirit will come upon
you, and the power of
the Most High will
overshadow you;
therefore the child to be
born will be called holy--
the Son of God.’”
!
~ the Gospel of Luke 1:35

20. Luke chapter 1
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of
the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him
the throne of his father David, 33 and he will
reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his
kingdom there will be no end.”

21. “…I will raise up your offspring after you, who
shall come from your body, and I will
establish his kingdom…I will establish his
throne forever. I will be to him a father and he
will be to me a son. And your house and your
kingdom shall be made sure forever before
me. Your throne shall be established forever.”
!
~ 2 Samuel 7:12ff

22. “ ‘As for me, I have set my
King in Zion, my holy hill.’ I
will tell of the decree: The
Lord said to me, ‘You are
my Son; today I have
begotten you. Ask of me,
and I will make the
nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth
your possession.’”
~ Psalm 2

23. But what is
this Kingdom
of God? ?

24. Main Idea
The Kingdom of God is the
reign of God descending
in and through King Jesus
to a broken and bent world.

25. church
family
politics
business
art
education
journalism
thought
emotions
environment
entertainment
sports

26. sacred
church
!
family
politics
business
art
education
journalism
}secular
thought
emotions
environment
entertainment
sports

27. chu rch
f amily
p olitics
bu siness
ar t
educa tion
jo urnalism
th ought
em otions
environm ent
ente rtainment
sp orts
the kingdom
of God
the kingdom
of darkness
(the world)

29. 1
men and women still seek Him

30. “…our great God
and Saviour,
Jesus Christ”
~ The Apostle Paul in Titus 2:13

31. 2
Let every heart !
prepare Him room

32. Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
let earth receive her King;
let every heart prepare Him room
and heav’n and nature sing….

33. Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns:
let men their songs employ;
while fields and floods, rocks hills and plains
repeat the sounding joy…

34. No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground;
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse if found….

35. He rules the world with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
the glories of His righteousness
and wonders of his love…

36. Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
let earth receive her King;
let every heart prepare Him room
and heav’n and nature sing….

37. “The kingdom of self
is heavily defended
territory.”
~ Eugene Peterson

38. “There is not one square
inch of the entire
creation about which
Jesus Christ does not
cry out, ‘This is mine!
This belongs to me!’”
~ Abraham Kuyper
Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands

40. flickr images courtesy of:
Kelly: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thevintagebutterfly/3054726409
samantha celera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scelera/2111642762
other images:
https://ca.movieposter.com/poster/MPW-50410/Chronicles_of_Narnia_The_Lion_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe.html