The role of the local church in the extension of the Kingdom of God
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Authors
Botsis, Dorian
Issue Date
2009-08-25T10:54:04Z
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Trinity , Kingdom of God , Church , Reconciliation , Evangelism , Discipleship , Work , Matthew , Holy Spirit , Jesus , Father , Son of God , Revolution
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Abstract
The Kingdom of God is wherever the Triune God is worshipped as Lord. It exists beyond time and place, but breaks into our time and place wherever creation worships the Triune God as Lord. The local church, in its present time and geographical place, is the microcosm of the Kingdom of God. As such, the local church contains within it all the resources necessary for the Kingdom of God to be established. Therefore, the local church is called to lead creation to worship the Triune God as Lord. It does this by fulfilling three specific works as specified in Scripture: the work of evangelism; the work of discipleship and the work of reconciliation. The modern day church must start a revolution to discover afresh these works and become what Scripture describes as the ecclesia of the hodos: the local church extending the Kingdom of God.
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Citation
Botsis, Dorian (2009) The role of the local church in the extension of the Kingdom of God, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1528>