I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. Let not then your good be evil spoken of: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. Romans 14:14-18

What is the Kingdom of God? This is a good question, and the Apostle Paul answers this question under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Paul states “For The Kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit” The Kingdom of God is not about carnal things, its not about things that please the flesh its about living in communion with Christ 

So why do we as Christians worry so much about carnal things? As Paul taught earlier, divisions in the body of Christ about what food we should eat, or what day we should worship, in the end these are carnal issues. Jesus said “Unless you are Born Again, you wont see the Kingdom of God” (John 3:3) You can try to keep the law perfectly, but you still wont enter the Kingdom of God, why? Because you must be Born Again in Christ, you must be regenerated by the Holy Spirit.

The Apostle Paul states “do not let your good be spoken as evil” If you are fully convinced in your mind that you must eat a Kosher diet, then why use that as evil to condemn your brothers and sisters in Christ? If you feel fully convinced that you shouldn’t celebrate the incarnation of Christ on Christmas, then why turn that to evil and attack the Church? You see what you believe is doing good for The Lord is actually turning it into evil again the Kingdom of God

The Kingdom of God is not about food or sacred days, the Kingdom of God is about righteousness, the fruits of the Holy Spirit , peace , love, joy, and self control. Don’t be a stumbling block for the body of Christ, remember a Kingdom divided against itself will not stand! I would like to end with a quote by JC Ryle “The day is coming when there should be a congregation that shall never break up, and a Sabbath that should never end, a song of praise that should never cease, and an assembly that should never disperse.”

The Kingdom of God is eternal communion with our Lord Jesus Christ, not the carnal things of the world, be Born Again and produce the fruits of the Holy Spirit in Christ, Amen!