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to enter into the Kingdom Society? They aren’t morphed in just because the see our love. Someone must proclaim to them the way into this new Kingdom Society or else they will not be able to decide whether they want to enter through the narrow gate (Matt. 7.13-14). This is the third Mandate, which was given to the Church by the risen Lord Jesus (Matt. 28.19-20; Mark 16.15-18; Luke 24.45-49; John 20.21-23; Acts 1.8). There is only one entrance into the Kingdom Society and that is to confess Jesus is Lord and believe that God has raised Him from the dead (Rom. 10.9). There is justification and salvation in this confessing and believing (Rom. 10.10). Jesus is Lord of all (Rom. 10.12) and therefore all are granted salvation and the riches of the Kingdom Society upon confessing and believing (Rom. 10.12-13). But how can one confess and believe if they have never heard this Good News (Rom. 10.14) and way of entry into eternal life? Someone must open their mouth and share the way into the Kingdom Society. The commission to the early church was to declare how rebels can enter the blessings of the eternal Kingdom of God – repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. The book of Acts is the story of how the Gospel infiltrated into Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the world. It infiltrates through the feet of those who bring this Good News that God in Christ was reconciling the world to Himself not counting men’s and women’s sins against them. There is no story in Acts where social action for the betterment of Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, or the world, is demonstrated. The only demonstration of the church tackling an injustice issue is within the church itself (Acts 6). Outside the church walls it’s all about the message of forgiveness through faith. Once faith is initiated then there is entry into the Church, where there is a foretaste of the Kingdom of God here and now but not it’s fullness. The commission from the Commander in Chief to the troops is,