Whose Kingdom?

How does God build His Kingdom? His methods are totally different from the methods used by the world. God builds His Kingdom through prayer, preaching, evangelism, and discipling. Alot of Christians are involved in social and political programs. God does not build His Kingdom through political, social, and environmental programs or means, that is, programs or means which support political, social, and environmental causes. Christians are finding and will continue to find it difficult to preach, pray, evangelize, and disciple in the context of political, social, and environmental programs. If we as Christians try to do God's work from within these arenas, we will be forced to make major compromises. If a Christian has a job in these arenas, he or she will have to understand that compromise does not further God's Kingdom. If he or she wants to make a Kingdom impact from within social, environmental, and political programs, great suffering can be expected. The Bible says that all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus, will suffer persecution (2 Timothy 3:12). If we compromise in order to avoid persecution, we sin. That's the message of the Book of Hebrews. Jesus said His Kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36). Scripture says that the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are divinely powerful(2 Corinthians 10:4). I know professing Christians who are following and supporting some or all of the above worldly causes through ungodly organizations, and sincerely think they are doing God's work. But those ungodly organizations would persecute them if they stood up for the Truth. If you are one of those Christians, get out! The price of staying could be spiritually fatal! It seriously matters whose kingdom you are building.