Introduction : A countrywoman asked me to tell her the address of the kingdom of heaven, and I was puzzled.


1. Where is the kingdom of heaven?
    1) The atmospheric sky.    (Ge 1:20)
    2) The sky in the universe, the world of stars.    (Ge 1:14,16)
    3) The spiritual third heaven where Paul went.    (2Co 12:1-2)
    4) The kingdom of heaven that becomes the temple when we believe in Jesus and are
        saved and where God is.    (1Jn 4:15, Col 1:13, 1Co 3:16)

2. May the kingdom of heaven come.
    1) The kingdom of heaven comes in praising.    (Ps 22:3, 103:22)
    2) The kingdom of heaven comes in repenting.    (Mt 4:17, Rev 3:19-20, Lk 15:7)
    3) The kingdom of heaven comes in preaching the Word.    (Mt 13:19, Ro 10:17)
    4) The kingdom of heaven comes in the presence of the Holy Spirit.
         (Jn 3:5, Ro 14:17, 1Jn 4:13)
    5) When the kingdom of heaven comes:
        (1) Sinners are saved.    (1Jn 2:2, Ro 8:1-2)
        (2) Demons are driven out.    (Mt 12:28, Ac 10:38)
        (3) The sick are healed.    (Mt 4:23, Ps 103:3, 1Pe 2:24)
        (4) Spiritual and physical poverty is gone.    (Gal 3:13, 2Co 8:9, Heb 6:14)
        (5) The waves become calm.    (Mk 4:39, Ps 46:1)
        (6) The dead spirit comes to life.    (Eph 2:5-6, Ps 23:3)


Conclusion : Believers in Jesus are unusual people. They have the kingdom of heaven in their hearts. In other words, the kingdom of heaven has come in their hearts, where the Triune God is and everything is done, and then it is revealed in the world.