SEEKING THE KINGDOM. The Kingdom must be uppermost in our quest for spiritual attainments. Rightly evaluating the privilege of seeking the Lord with a proper prospective will result in great benefits. Not the leastof the good that is gained is the ability of receive of His righteousness. It is not our self-righteousness but HIS that is imputed unto us. His kingdom is the Kingdom of righteousness prepared and reserved for the righteous nation. Citizenship is open to all who will seek Him with the whole spirit, soul and body. Mt. 6:33
THE NEW BIRTH IS THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM. Jesus made it very distinct that to even have the ability to SEE that there is a Kingdom one must be born again. Therefore, because of blindness, the Kingdom of God is not visible to them they are completely unaware of its composure and make up. John 3:3 Not only can they not see the Kingdom, but even if they could, they would find their way barred from entering into the Kingdom. It is a Kingdom of the Spirit. It is Spiritual and not physical. The flesh is in complete ignorance of the Glorious Kingdom of God. John 3:5 In response to the question of why Jesus spoke in parables He answered that is was not given to them, the unsaved, to understand the Kingdom. To those who followed Him the mysteries of the Kingdom would be revealed. Mt. 13:11
MAN IN HIS BODY OF FLESH CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM. Paul, spoke emphatically that flesh (the body) and blood (the life of the flesh, the soul) cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. Man in his natural state has no part nor inheritance in the Kingdom of the Lord. The corruptible cannot inherit incorruption. The natural, the perishable cannot find a place where it can change into that which is spiritual or imperishable. 1 Cor. 15:50 The disdain that the carnal man has now, for things spiritual, in this present life, manifests how unfit they would be for the Kingdom of God. Preparation for that everlasting Kingdom begins here, in this life, through Spiritual Birth. There is only one way. There is only one door. Because it is His Kingdom He has established the divine requirements for entrance in to and citizenship in that Country. Any coming any other way is termed a thief and a robber. John 10:1