Acts 28:30-31 - “Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.”
Today’s New Testament One Year Bible reading concludes the book of Acts. It is a fitting conclusion on Paul’s activity as a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was on house arrest but had great liberty and freedom.
The book of Acts opens and closes with an emphasis on the kingdom of God. Jesus spent 40 days with the disciples teaching them about the kingdom of God before He ascended to heaven. The book of Acts closes with Paul proclaiming the kingdom of God. This is the message that today’s church should be emphasizing. It is also the message that the church should be fleshing out to the rest of the world. It is so important that Jesus emphasized we should seek it above everything else (Matthew 6:33). There are two other verses that describe the kingdom of God:
1 Corinthians 4:20 – “Your kingdom is not in word but in power…”
Romans 14:17 – “For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”
A prayer that I pray regularly is “God, let your kingdom be established in me, through me, and around me.” After all Jesus taught us in the Lord’s Prayer to pray, “…Your kingdom come…” May His kingdom saturate every area of your life today!