The Kingdom of God is stated nearly 300 times in the New Testament. The Old Testament consistently foreshadows the Kingdom of God. Paul states that the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power (20). Jesus is the King. He is power and coming in power (Revelation 1:10, 12-18, 4;1-6, 5:6-8).
God’s present reign in the lives of his people – that dynamic, peaceful, loving new life in Christ (3; John 14:27; 2 Corinthians 5:17), the power of the new birth (John 3:3-8), showing itself in a humble life, dedicated to Christ and his church – that reign is the kingdom of God in all is power and glory.
To the arrogant in Corinth, Apostle Paul says, “I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out… what power they have.” Paul, full of the Holy Spirit, will come in power, if the Lord wills it, to the congregation the Lord Jesus led him to found. He will not come with shouts. He will not yell. The presence of power was enough to bring armies down in silence.
The power that raised Jesus from the dead is within his people, for that power is the Spirit of God, who hovered over the formless dark deep in the beginning (Genesis 1:1-2). The genuine power of the Holy Spirit is ever present; sadly, it can be denied, as some arrogant people in the Corinthian congregation did. I should not be a subject of the Kingdom who rejects the Kingdom’s power. (Acts 7:55)
