Manfred begins by expressing gratitude to Heavenly Father for revealing the Gospel as the very heart of God's love and power to bring salvation and reconciliation through Jesus Christ. He emphasizes the importance of knowing God personally and deepening love and passion for Him. The Gospel is described as multifaceted—referred to as the glorious Gospel or the Gospel of the glory of the blessed God—and encompasses various dimensions found in Scripture, such as the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, Jesus Christ, salvation, grace, God, peace, and the eternal Gospel. Manfred explains that these aspects are different perspectives of the same overarching Gospel, each revealing a unique facet of God's truth. He focuses on the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, highlighting that it is a spiritual reality present now, not an external observable kingdom. Entry into this kingdom requires spiritual rebirth through the Holy Spirit, involving repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. The Kingdom's characteristics include righteousness, peace, and joy—each rooted in the work of the Holy Spirit. Righteousness involves living according to God's character, judging sin through the cross, and rewarding faithful service. Peace encompasses forgiveness, acceptance, reconciliation, and inner assurance, even amid chaos. Joy results from deliverance, God's power at work, and serving the Lord out of love. Manfred concludes by describing how the Kingdom of God is practically established through worship, prayer, and preaching, all exercised in spiritual authority rooted in Christ and the Holy Spirit. He prays for the Lord's return to establish His visible, eternal Kingdom, urging believers to live in the reality of the Gospel and to exercise Kingdom authority through their worship and service.
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.