The kingdom of God
is justice and joy,
for Jesus restores
what sin would destroy.
God’s power and glory
in Jesus we know;
and here and hereafter
the kingdom shall grow.

2. The kingdom of God
is mercy and grace;
the captives are freed,
the sinners find place,
the outcast are welcomed
God’s banquet to share,
and hope is awakened
in place of despair.

3. The kingdom of God
is challenge and choice:
believe the good news,
repent and rejoice!
His love for us sinners
brought Christ to his cross:
our crisis of judgement
for gain or for loss.

4. God’s kingdom is come,
the gift and the goal;
in Jesus begun,
in heaven made whole.
The heirs of the kingdom
shall answer his call,
and all things cry glory
to God all in all.

Scriptures: Psalms 29:9, Luke 12:32, Luke 17:11-19, Isaiah 42:7, Romans 5:8, James 2:5, Matthew 13:31-32, Luke 4:18-19, Romans 14:17, Luke 6:20, Luke 7:34, Matthew 4:23-24, Acts 28:31, Acts 16:17, Luke 15:1-2, Mark 1:14-15, Matthew 10:7, Matthew 13:43, Matthew 12:28, Luke 10:9, Luke 11:20, 1 Corinthians 4:20, Acts 19:8, Luke 14:15-24, 2 Samuel 9, Galatians 4:7, Leviticus 13, Leviticus 14, Matthew 5:3, Matthew 8:2-4, Matthew 9:10-13, Matthew 23:23, Mark 1:40-45, Mark 2:15-17, Mark 4:26-32, Luke 5:12-14, Luke 5:29-32, Luke 11:42, Luke 12:31-33, Luke 13:18-21, Luke 17:20-21, Acts 8:12, 1 Corinthians 15:28, Galatians 3:18-22

672. The kingdom of God