Jesus preached that a new Kingdom had come and that people need to change they way they lived and thought to be a part of this new kingdom.....This kingdom of God was a way of life where we come under the rule or influence of God and this Way would transform this world.......
New Radical Kingdom Principles:
*Don't get revenge when wronged, but seek reconciliations.
* Don't repay violence with violence, but seek creative and transforming nonviolent alternatives.
* Don't focus on external conformity to moral codes, but on internal transformation in love.
* Don't love insiders and hate outsiders, but welcome outsiders into a new "us" a new "we", a new humanity that celebrates diversity in the context of love for all, justice for all, and mutual respect for all.
*Don't have anxiety about money or security or pleasure at the center of your life, but trust yourself to the care of God.
* Don't live for wealth, but for the living God who loves all people, including your enemies.
*Don't hate your enemies or competitors, but love them and do to them as you wish them to do to you.
(borrowed from Brian McLaren's book "Everything Must Change" Page 99, 100)
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