Dallas Willard - Living the Eternal Life Now 1 - Your Kingdom and God's Kingdom

About this sermon

This is the first session from the "Living the Eternal Life Now" conference hosted by the Church of the Apostles, in Fairfax, Virginia, in February 2010. Dallas begins by introducing us to the four guiding texts for the series: Matthew 6:33 and 4:17; Romans 5:17; 2 Peter 3:18; and Colossians 3:1-4. He explains how the eternal life "from above" starts now, and reminds us that Jesus declared that we are the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13). He then explains what a human kingdom is, what God's kingdom is, the difference between the manifest presence of God and the ontological presence...and how we restore the ruined human kingdom and begin living our eternal life with God now as we continue "training for reigning!" In the Q&A session, Dallas takes on thoughtful questions around desire - whether it's good or bad and how you manage it; alcoholism; and how to grow in grace, with many helpful insights embedded in each response. Hear this teaching in podcast format on The Dallas Willard Podcast, episode 54. Follow along with your choice of these downloadable resources: Notes for this video session: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Living_the_Eternal_Life_1_Notes.pdf Dallas's slides: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Living_the_Eternal_Life_1_Slides.pdf Full conference handout: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/2010-DallasWillard-Living-the-Eternal-Life-Now-Handouts.pdf Listen to this same teaching session on The Dallas Willard Podcast, episode 54. To study these topics more deeply, see Dallas's book, The Divine Conspiracy. https://dwillard.org/resources/books/divine-conspiracy #EternalLife #TrainingForReigning

Topics

• Heaven & Eternity