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.
We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act.
The organization controlling the material equipment of our everyday life is such that what in itself would enable us to construct it richly plunges us instead into a poverty of abundance, making alienation all the more intolerable as each convenience promises liberation and turns out to be only one more burden. We are condemned to slavery to the means of liberation.
Money has lost its narrative quality the way painting did once upon a time. Money is talking to itself.
Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine.
Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.
The body can't distinguish between cleansing and punishing for the body is ignorant, and mute besides.
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