This "manifesto" was written when a group of young Christians challenged themselves to get hold of the reality of their faith. Anyone who wants to know what all out, radical Christians are saying and doing - and what this "Kingdom of God" is all about - should read on for information and inspiration...
Read the entire document: Kingdom Seekers Manifesto (PDF)
Extracts from Kingdom Seekers:
First things first...
...Beware of theory with no practice. The ultimate
disaster (and major bonus for the enemy) for any Kingdom Seeker is that
he or she become an "expert" on the Kingdom (quoting scriptures and all)
but doesn't actually do a great deal about it. Don't end up in the
fearful position of those who have been given much but in the end, yielded
little actual fruit. Jesus said that "from everyone who has been given
much, much will be demanded" - if you
find that the Kingdom has been revealed in greater clarity or urgency through
what we've been exploring - do something about it! Go for the life that
is founded on maximum obedience (don't even settle for 99% obedience!)
The church, particularly in the west, is haunted by Christians who have
said, effectively, "this far and no further". The result is that some of
the more unacceptable parts of Jesus' teaching about what it means to "enter
the Kingdom" are swept under the carpet of our acceptable theologies. Many
sermons preached on Luke 12:32 -
"Fear not, little flock, for your Father
has been pleased to give you the Kingdom"
- all very good Sunday school stuff, but
look at the very next verse!
"Sell your possessions and give alms. Provide
for yourselves treasure in heaven..."
We must, if we are to be the generation that
God is looking for, take God at his word and live for the heavenly treasure.
"where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." ...
Brotherhood Pledge
...Now this brotherhood is brought into being by
the covenant blood, water and Spirit. Yet, it remains for us to ratify
this, to confirm it, and make it real in our lives by making a brotherhood
pledge to one another. Just recently, I attended a wedding, where I was
struck by some of the words used in the liturgy as the marriage vows were
make - "till death do us part", "everything I have is yours"... If marriage
is sealed by vows of this kind how much more ought we to seal our relationships
in the body of Christ? A husband and wife are "one flesh", a powerful union.
Yet brothers in Jesus are called to be "one as the Father and the Son are
one" and this is a spiritual
union; more lasting than marriage, since in eternity there will be no more
marriage, but everlasting brotherhood!
King David, catching a glimpse of this kind of brotherhood in his covenant
relationship with Jonathan, cried
out with grief at his death -
"I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother, you
were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than
that of women,"
Brotherhood in Jesus is to be a sealed love,
committed, "strong as death" as Song of Songs puts it.
The Master himself taught this...
Into the Kingdom
