God’s Kingdom and Will

Northwest Bible Church – April 12, 2026 – Matthew – Alan Conner

Matthew 6:10

God’s Kingdom and Will

Intro 

A.  THE MEANING OF KINGDOM.

1. BDAG – 1. The act of ruling; royal power, rule and reign.  This is the primary component, God’s reigning activity.    2. territory ruled by a king, kingdom.

2. TDNT, I:582f.   1. the essential meaning is reign rather than realm.  2. this reign comes down by divine intervention, not by human efforts.  .  .  3. “the concern of the kingdom as God’s action towards man is soteriological, so that our explanation of it stands or falls with our explanation of soteriology generally in the preaching of Jesus Christ and His apostles.”   

B. THE PRESENT KINGDOM.

1. The kingdom of God came with Jesus.  Mark. 1:15; Luke. 17:20-21

2. The kingdom of God has come.  Matthew. 12:28; Acts 5:16; 8:7

3. The keys of the kingdom were given.  Matthew. 16:18-19; 18:18.

4. The kingdom of God was given to the church.  Matthew. 21:43; Luke. 12:32; Revelation. 1:6

5. The kingdom started small and grew.  Matthew. 13:31-32

6. The kingdom is being entered now.  Luke. 16:16

7. Christ’s kingdom is not of this world.  John 18:36; Colossians. 1:13

C. HOW TO PRAY “THY KINGDOM COME”.

1. ETHICAL – Intensively for God’s people.  

2. EVANGELISTIC – Extensively among the lost.   

3.  ESCHATOLOGICAL – ultimately for the future.

D. THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN.

1.  Reference is to God’s “revealed will” of His moral law now and future glory.  

2.  Immediate, complete and whole-hearted obedience on earth as in heaven.  

3. This is needed both by unbelievers and believers.   

Conclusion