The Baptist Faith and Message
Adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention May 9, 1963
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IX. The Kingdom
The Kingdom of God includes both His general sovereignty
over the universe and His particular kingship over men who
willfully acknowledge Him as King. Particularly the Kingdom
is the realm of salvation into which men enter by trustful,
childlike commitment to Jesus Christ. Christians ought to
pray and to labor that the Kingdom may come and God's will
be done on earth. The full consummation of the Kingdom
awaits the return of Jesus Christ and the end of this age.
Gen. 1:1; Isa.
9:6-7; Jer. 23:5-6;
Matt. 3:2; 4:8-10,
23; 12:25-28;
13:1-52; 25:31-46;
26:29; Mark
1:14-15; 9:1; Luke
4:43; 8:1; 9:2;
12:31-32; 17:20-21;
23:42; John
3:3; 18:36; Acts
1:6-7; 17:22-31;
Rom. 5:17; 8:19;
1 Cor. 15:24-28;
Col. 1:13; Heb.
11:10, 16; 12:28;
1 Peter 2:4-10;
4:13; Rev.
1:6, 9; 5:10;
11:15; 21-22.
