The coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.' For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.
Interpretation
The kingdom of God is not a physical place to be pointed out, but a presence felt within.
This quote by Luke emphasizes the idea that the kingdom of God transcends physical observation and cannot be quantified or localized. Instead, it suggests that this divine presence or reality is already among us, inherent in our lives and experiences, urging individuals to look inward for faith and spiritual enlightenment rather than seeking external signs or validation.
In practice
During a sermon, when discussing the nature of faith and spirituality.
And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
Your faith has saved you; go in peace.
And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Man is a dream about a shadow. But when some splendour falls upon him from God, a glory comes to him and his life is sweet.
Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again.
Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind.
The human race in the course of time has taken the liberty of softening and softening Christianity until at last we have contrived to make it exactly the opposite of what it is in the New Testament.
We have an idea that we Americans are God's chosen people, that God loves us more than any other people, and that we are God's blessed. I tell you that God doesn't love us any more than He does the Russians.
The nonconformist here may be "beat down" by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind.
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