Kingdom Principles

Kingdom Concept #7

“Where are you from?” she asked. “Why do you ask?” I answered. “Because you have an accent.”

She knew nothing about me until I spoke . There was no way for her to tell just by looking at me that I was Bahamian. My citizenship was invisible. It was my speech that clued her in to the fact that I was not from her “neck of the woods.” Citizenship is invisible. The only way you can actually know someone is from a particular place is by listening to them and observing their behavior over time. The same is true with us as Kingdom citizens. There is no way for people to tell by looking at us that we are citizens of the Kingdom. Our language and our behavior should make that known to them. In other words, they should recognize us by our distinct culture . Culture is a product of the language, ideals, and values of a peo ple or a nation. Even though people cannot recognize us as Kingdom citizens by our outward appearance, our distinctive language, ideals, and values should give us away. Our culture should reflect and reveal our citizenship as being here but not from here, as being in the world but not of the world.

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