Worldview and the Kingdom of God Quotes

“On a related point, no one can “build” God’s Kingdom. We can only submit to His Kingdom.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“When Jesus returns all who did not want Him to rule over them will be destroyed : Lk.19:27”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“This means that the church needs a paradigm shift from a “saved from hell to go to heaven” paradigm to a “saved to be part of God’s kingdom on earth” paradigm.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“But when Jesus was tempted, Satan claimed authority over all the kingdoms of the world because he said they had been given to him. This happened when Adam listened to Satan rather than to God, and submitted himself under Satan’s rule (see Rom.6:16). When Adam did that, he gave up his dominion/authority to Satan and Satan thereby became the prince of this world. God did not make Satan the prince of this world. Man did.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“A kingdom can come about in three possible ways. First, someone can stand up and by force assert authority over others and declare himself as king over his people, and the people submit themselves to his rule. Or second, someone can invade an existing domain or territory and by force compel the people to submit to his rule. Or third, a people can willingly invite someone to reign and rule over them.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“Unless they are intentionally brought under the Lordship of Christ, by default they are part of Satan’s kingdom (Lk.4:5-6,1Jn.5:19), because man came under Satan’s authority. Jesus called Satan the prince of this world.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“When Jesus talked about His Kingdom, it was not about church growth or about escaping the world to go to heaven, but about being a part of His kingdom on earth where He rules over every aspect of life on earth. Few Christians however have a worldview and vision of the Kingdom of God on earth.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“Jesus said, “When you know the truth, the truth will set you free.” (Jn.8:32). Only God’s truth can bring release, freedom, and healing from satanic lies so that we can experience the abundant life that God intended for us.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“When a culture embraces more truth than lies in their worldviews and beliefs, the result is development, progress and life. When a culture embraces more lies than truth, the result is stagnation, death and destruction. Most people are not aware that they are reaping the fruit of their worldviews and beliefs, whether of progress and development and life, or of stagnation, death and destruction.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“Based on both perspectives, the poor are encouraged not to bear responsibility for their poverty and they adopt a fatalistic, helpless and impotent attitude towards their plight and become dependent on others for their survival.[20] The truth however is that there are some very developed nations that have large populations, limited land space and lacking in natural resources but their development comes from application of their creativity and minds, while many nations that have abundant natural resources continue in terrible poverty because of their animistic roots.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“We too are to overcome, not only the challenges we face and our discouragements (Rom.8:17-39, Heb.12:1-2), but the devil also (Rev.12:11) that we may reign and rule with Him (Rev.3:21). All of life, I believe, is actually a test and an opportunity to learn to overcome.[17”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“one which might be described as the “Salvation from this world” worldview, and the other “God’s Kingdom on earth” worldview. Each also has its consequences – whether we engage and serve and influence, or disengage and withdraw from the society around us.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“What vastly different assumptions they each make about life! What each person sees depends not on what there is to be seen but on how they see. In other words, we do not see things as they are but as we are.[3] But most people are not aware of this filter or how they are seeing things. We could have a limited perception or even false beliefs about something based on false assumptions we are making but not know it because we are not conscious of the assumptions we are making.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“Aside from this, there are even grave errors in the core belief of most Christians about God and His purposes for us in this world, based on ideas that are not Biblical although assumed to be Biblical. As a result, the devil has quite successfully distracted and neutralized Christians from being engaged in God’s Kingdom advance in the world. Before we go on to examine what these false ideas, wrong assumptions and half-truths are, and their consequences, let’s consider the concept of worldview from which all ideas arise.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“Whether we are aware of it or not, whatever ideas we hold, they have consequences. They shape what we become and they therefore shape the world.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“External laws do not change people. What is needed is internal change. When people’s worldview, beliefs and values change, right choices and conduct will naturally follow.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“As for the donor, the priest and the levite, their spiritual beliefs determined for them what mattered more – the church building or the temple, or their religion. Not people. These stories illustrate the power of beliefs or ideas and their underlying worldview.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“It is quite common in the culture of these nations to regard work as a curse or punishment for the sins of your previous life, or as a burden to be avoided as far as possible.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“Satan steals, kills and destroys the abundant life that God intended for us by planting lies in the minds of people. People are set free only when truths expose the lies.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“All cultures and nations have truths and lies in their worldview and beliefs. Truth leads to progress, development, health, and life (abundant life) as God designed and intended it to be. Lies lead to stagnation, perversion, death and destruction.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God

“Then I said that we need a paradigm shift in how we understand the Gospel – not as the Gospel of Salvation but as the Gospel of the Kingdom.”
― Eng Hoe Lim, Worldview and the Kingdom of God