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.
You have to be able to interact with people whose politics you disagree with.
The Great Seal was an early proclamation of 'humanitarian intervention,' to use the currently fashionable phrase.
Every man is our brother, and every man’s burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted. Where injustice reins, all are unequal.
Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood.
Utilitarianism is a civilization of production and of use, a civilization of "things" and not of "persons," a civilization in which persons are used in the same way as things are used. In the context of a civilization of use, woman can become an object for man, children a hindrance to parents, the family an institution obstructing the freedom of its members.
When we are returned to power we want to put in the statute book an act which will make our people citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country.
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