Hope this helps you to see the kingdom as here now and also someplace in the future as well.

Salvation:

We are already saved, but the fullness of our salvation is yet to come. (Eph 2:5, 1 Pet 1:5)

Eternal Life:

It has been given to us, but the fullness will only be given when we die. ( John 3:35, Mark 10:30)

Like Christ:

We will be like Christ, yet Christ is already formed in us now.

(Phil 3:21, 2 Cor 5:18)

With God:

We will live with God forvever, but He already lives within us.

( 1 Thess 4:17, 1 John 4:13)

‘Not only future gifts , but blessings we already enjoy in part,’

Lord , thank-you that you gave shown us so many things to help us understand your Kingdom.

Posted by topher on Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 at 00:42 and is filed under Northfield YA, Devotional. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.