Disciples Disciple (Reproduce)

"How to Enter the Sovereign Administration of God"

Multiple Conditionalities to Enter the Kingdom of God:

1. Suffer to Enter it - Acts 14:21-22

2. Lose it - Matthew 21:43

3. Difficult/Rich - Mark 10:23

4. Inherit it - I Corinthians 6:9

5. Worthy to Enter it - 2 Thes 1:5

6. Born of Water/Spirit - John 3:5

7. Must Seek it - Matthew 6:33

To Receive the Righteousness of God – Faith

The Kingdom of God is not Equal to Salvation

One Can: 1. Enter; 2. Receive; 3. See; 4. Cast Out

“It is necessary to go through many hardships to enter the sovereign administration of God.” Acts 14:22b

εἰσελθεῖν εἰς – enter in

                     A. move into

                     B. happen

                     C. begin

                     D. begin to experience

εἰσέρχομαι: to begin to experience an event or state—‘to begin to experience, to come into an experience, to attain.’

[Johannes P. Louw and Eugene Albert Nida, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains (New York: United Bible Societies, 1996), 806–807.]

Joel Marcus, Entering into the Kingly Power of God, JBL 107/4 (1988) 663-675

The plausibility of this interpretation of “entering the basileia” is increased when we observe that “to enter into an action” corresponds not only to modern English idiom but also to ancient Semitic and NT usage.