the spirit and the kingdom

We have been delivered from the domain of darkness and transferred into the Kingdom of Jesus - the beloved Son of the Father (Col 1.13). To be in the Kingdom is to be in the Holy Spirit, the result of which is righteousness, peace and joy (Ro 14.17). This new age, that is of being in the Kingdom by the power of the Spirit, came first in the ministry of Jesus (Mt 12.28) and then at Pentecost. Living in God's redemptive reign is to live in the Spirit.

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