The Violent Take It By Force

The Lord Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force (Matthew 11:12). He also taught that we must receive the kingdom of God as a little child to enter in. We learn that to experience the kingdom we need to force our way into it, with passion, striving, fervor, energy, and then seize, claim and appropriate what it has for ourselves. We also discuss why this is required: (1) Our own flesh hinders us. (2) There is an enemy who hinders us. (3) God is looking for passionate people. This is where the kingdom of heaven responds to our pull in the spirit. This is the violence that the kingdom of heaven feels and experiences – our spiritual passion, fervor, tenacity, our laying a hold of what God has made available and pulling it to ourselves, in the spirit. God is pleased to give us the kingdom – that is everything He administers through His rule and reign. We must be warrior-like and childlike to receive and enter His Kingdom. We are childlike in our heart of faith. A heart that simply trusts, that just believes, that does not question. We have the heart of a warrior and are warrior-like in our pursuit, bold, tenacious and enduring. We also discuss how to be violent in the spirit: (1) Faith that is bold and childlike. (2) Faith that is tenacious and will not let go. (3) Faith that is persistent and enduring. What are the things that you need to be violent about and that you need to press in and appropriate forcefully? Be determined to do it. Jesus invites us to be violent in the spirit and take it by force.