Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
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… Jesus answered, My king, listen up, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight so that I should not be delivered to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here. Wow. Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I came into the world. Verse 39. but you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. This is what Pilate is saying. He's saying to the crowd, you've got a custom at the Passover time for me to release somebody to you. You want me to release Jesus? And they said, no way. We want Barabbas, a murderer. And he says, do you therefore want me to release to you the king of the Jews? That's the word. It's still ringing tonight. spoken 2,000 years ago. Isn't it wild that all of the anti-Semitism that's going on in the world? …
… He said, My under rowers, My third level galley slaves, huper etes. In John chapter 18 and verse 36, that word appears again, and it's from the lips of our Lord. Jesus said, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My third level galley slaves would be fighting so that I could not be handed over to the Jews. But as it is, My kingdom is not of this world." In Luke, He referred to the disciples with this term, and here He referred to everybody who is His servant in the kingdom. We're all essentially third-level galley slaves. That's why, as I read you a few moments ago in chapter 3, verse 5, He says, "'What is Apollos. What is Paul? Servants. Servants. Down in verse 8, he who plants, he who otters are one. In other words, they're indistinguishable. Each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. But we are God's fellow workers. In other words, none is above the other. …
… And it reflects a pretty shocking absence of discernment at a very high level. Listen to the familiar words of our Lord in John 18, "'My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be delivered over to the Jews. But as it is, My kingdom is not from here. That is not difficult to understand. I think it's foundational to all of us, we understand this. There are two kingdoms in the world, right? Kingdom of light and darkness, kingdom of God, kingdom of Satan. And they are separated by a gulf that is really impassable. And yet, inevitably, there are people in the church, and today this has become so widespread that I think it's the most widespread expression of the social gospel perhaps yet in American and Western culture. And I want you to see how Scripture addresses this. To begin with, turn to Matthew 16. Matthew 16. This is familiar, obviously, and you've all preached on this, but I want to go down to verse 13. …