The Kingdom of God is a Party

Classic Sermons

“The Kingdom of God is a Party”

Dr. Tony Campolo

  1. When Jesus came into the world, he came for a specific purpose; to establish His Kingdom
  2. In the synoptic gospels; Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus starts by saying “Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand”
  3. The Kingdom of God is within you
  4. Jesus never asked us to go into to world and make believers, He told us to “go into the world and make disciples”
  5. When people become surrendered to the Lord they experience a joy that they have never experienced before
  6. Story about Blaise Pascal and his experience of being a passionate disciple of Jesus Christ
  7. Story about John Wesley when he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ
  8. Have you come to that point in your life where you can say “Jesus whatever you want me to do I’ll do…?”
  9. The Kingdom of god is Shalom (A transforming agent)
  10. Story about Jean Thompson and her student Teddy Stallard
  11. The Kingdom of God is when you go to and transform a place into the kind of place that God wants it to be
  12. Leviticus 25- The Sabbath Day
  13. Story about the Seventh Day Adventist and the guy who cut his grass on the Sabbath
  14. The Seventh Day, The Seventh Year and The Fiftieth Year
  15. The fiftieth year is the year of Jubilee
  16. Luke 4- Whoever declares the Jubilee is the Messiah
  17. Isaiah 61- The acceptable year of our Lord
  18. The church has to create employment for poor people
  19. The church should house small businesses during the week
  20. If you are going to help the poor, give them money, but don’t let them know where it came from
  21. The God who sees what you do in secret will reward you openly
  22. The church has to use its resources to create jobs for the poor
  23. Story about the guys who got old phones and sold the working parts
  24. The Kingdom of God is a party
  25. Joke: Jesus was Jewish…which was the next best thing to being Italian
  26. Story about the time Tony went to a fraternity party
  27. The parable of the Prodigal Son
  28. Story about the greasy spoon diner in Hawaii and the birthday party for Agnes the prostitute
  29. The next time someone asks you “what time is it?” you answer “Party Time!”

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