"Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." Luke 12:32
"Soon I'll have reached out to and influenced more people than anybody in the history of the planet,
save God himself. And the best he ever managed was the Sermon on the Mount."
Tomorrow Never Dies
It's rather odd, if you think about it, that there are pastors who preach to more people every Sunday morning than Jesus ever did. We sometimes think about the feeding of the 5000 and the 4000 and the mentions of the large crowds, but in reality Jesus mainly spoke to small crowds, and an intimate gathering of 12. In popular church terms, Jesus was a small group leader, who occasionally had a speaking gig at a convention.
I think this is true because it is easier to get to know a small group, easier to establish intimacy and honesty. To that end it is the small group that learned the most at Jesus' feet and it was the small group that would later be sent out to once again be fruitful and multiply. This they were only able to do because of those years at his feet hearing of the kingdom and experiencing it daily.
+ What is the Kingdom of God?
+ Is it a present reality? a future reality? both?
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