<b>Jesus Culture</b>

Jesus came to bring the Kingdom of Heaven to earth. He came to teach us the <b>culture</b> of Heaven and to instill that in our hearts as we live on this planet.

For most of us, the thought of a Kingdom is kind of strange. We experience democracy, dictatorship, socialism, etc. A perfect King owns everything and rules over his kingdom in such a way that his people are protected and provided for. Life on this earth will always have problems and bad things are guaranteed to happen because people are inherently evil and we live in a fallen world. Don't expect God to right every wrong in this life. Heaven is where He will do that.

Also, Jesus was not religious. What! Yes, Jesus was not religious and He did not come to bring religion. At least, not in the sense of practicing rituals that were created by people. Jesus rejected the religious traditions that men came up with. He brought a <b>relationship</b> with God. God is a loving relational being who is not impressed with you keeping the traditions of your religion. He simply wants a relationship with you. Don't put God in a box. Yes, we have the Bible as God's words to us for life and salvation and we must follow it, but don't condemn other people on issues that don't really matter because they have a different view than you.

Jesus prayed:
<em>"Our Father who art in heaven
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven"</em>

And that is the gist of it. Jesus came to teach us and set the example, to provide a way into His kingdom, to bring the kingdom of heaven to us so that we can do His will on earth as it is done in heaven.

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***Not to be confused with the "Jesus Culture" movement or the band.***