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What does the Bible say about enter the kingdom of god?

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The Bible teaches that entering God’s kingdom is possible only by his gracious work, received through repentant faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus says we must be born again, born of water and the Spirit, to see and enter the kingdom (John 3:3, 5). He calls sinners to repent and believe the gospel because the kingdom has drawn near (Mark 1:15). This new birth produces a childlike dependence on God, not self-righteous striving (Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17). Those who persist in unrepentant sin will not inherit the kingdom, yet Christ transforms his people by his Spirit (Galatians 5:19-21; 1 Corinthians 6:9). Believers enter amid trials and will finally receive incorruptible resurrection life (Acts 14:22; 1 Corinthians 15:50-52).

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  • John 3:5

    Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!

  • Galatians 5:19-21

    [19] Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, [20] idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, [21] envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

  • Mark 1:15

    and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Gospel."

  • Acts 14:22

    confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9

    Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

  • Matthew 6:33

    But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

  • Mark 10:15

    Most assuredly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

  • Luke 18:17

    Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

  • John 3:3

    Jesus answered him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."

  • 1 Corinthians 15:50-52

    [50] Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. [51] Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, [52] in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

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