Kingdom Principle: God is actively working to save the nations. Jesus message of salvation is not only for the Jewish people it is also for the Gentiles. The deciding factor among all peoples is whether or not they embrace the Son. To embrace Jesus is to embrace the Father’s plan.
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All the Nations will be ___________________________
Luke 10:14 (ESV) — 14 But it will be more bearable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
No one is exempt from God’s judgment!
What the scripture teaches us is that all will be judged by God, because all have rejected God on some level.
Romans 1:18 (ESV) — 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
Romans 2:3 (ESV) — 3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?
Romans 2:6–8 (ESV) — 6 He will render to each one according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
Romans 3:9–12 (ESV) — 9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
Romans 3:21–24 (ESV) — 21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
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Satan has been __________________________________
Luke 10:18 (ESV) — 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
Satan, in some respect, serves as the ruler of the nations.
Ephesians 2:1–3 (ESV) — 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
Ezekiel 28:11-19 (pg. 670)
There is a real sense in which Satan has been judged in the past, and that judgment is clearly demonstrated during certain times, in the present, that is throughout history. For example, in the judging of Tyre, and in the coming of Christ, and in the victory over death, and in the spread of the gospel. Moreover, this judgement will be finalized on that great day of judgement in the future.
Revelation 20:10 (ESV) — 10 and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
The powers of darkness have been defeated, not completely but decisively and there is no power superior to Jesus and the message of salvation. Therefore, Preach the Gospel!
Matthew 16:18 (ESV) — 18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Questions to Consider
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How does this passage encourage you to preach the good news of Jesus Christ?
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To whom might you take the message of salvation to this week?
