The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
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"And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." -Matthew 11:12
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- Matthew 11 verse 12 and from the days of John the Baptist until now Jesus says the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force
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- You remember what happened to John the Baptist? He preached repentance He preached the kingdom of God was at hand and what happened to John he was vilified
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- John was imprisoned and eventually he was put to death What did
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- Jesus do he picked up that same message and then Jesus was vilified he was
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- Arrested and Jesus was put to death So both
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- John the Baptist and Jesus because they preached a message that was unpopular
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- They were demonized Some of you may be discouraged by what's happening in the world today and you look around and they say the the kingdom of God seems
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- To be shrinking. I mean, that's kind of how it looks that the kingdom of God is shrinking and shrinking.
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- That's not true It's growing because we never lose anybody a true believer
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- Endures, so we're always adding Every new generation. We're just adding adding adding it's getting bigger bigger and bigger