Endurance in Faith: Choosing Life and Love in the Kingdom of God

In this powerful sermon, we journey with Jesus as he sets his face toward Jerusalem, confronting the domination systems of religion, politics, and empire with a radical vision of the Kingdom of God. This kingdom is not built on power and control, but on relationship, reciprocity, and shared abundance between God, creation, and humanity.

The message reminds us that earthly structures—temples, governments, even the comforts of daily life—are temporary. Yet the relational kingdom of God endures. Drawing on scripture, prophetic tradition, and personal testimony, this sermon calls us to persistence in faith, even in the face of persecution, uncertainty, and loss.

Jesus assures his disciples that endurance will gain their souls, and that wisdom will be given even when opposition arises. We are invited to choose life, to choose love, and to embody Christ’s presence in the world. Through hardship, illness, or destruction, we can be heroes in our own stories Christ-bearers who bring light and love into the world.

As Frederick Buechner once said: “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” This sermon echoes that truth, urging us to endure, to trust, and to live abundantly in God’s eternal kingdom.

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