VI. THE SUBJECTS OF THE KINGDOM JESUS' IDEA CHAPTER I THE KINGDOM OF GOD THE measure of a man's dissatisfaction with himself is the measure of the man. A nation's self-dissatisfaction is the prophecy of what it may become. Our aspirations and ambitions are, as a rule, indicative of our capabilities. Viewing life as disinterestedly as one can, there is great difficulty in understanding the problem of the world and of human existence. There is so much darkness mingled with the light, falsehood with truth, sin with goodness, sorrow with happiness, that any rational solution of the problem seems unlikely, if not impossible. One thing, however, attracts and rivets the attention:Men, individually and collectively, are not satisfied, and have never been satisfied with themselves or their condition. There has been, to a greater or less extent, dissatisfaction with things as they are; it is this divine discontent, indeed, that has always turned the wheels of progress. Rightly does the poet sing: "Progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beasts: God is, they are; "Progress is The Law of Life: Man is not Man as yet." This dissatisfaction with himself affects, very noticeably, man's attitude toward the material and the intellectual world of his time; unfortunately, this spirit of discontent is not so manifest in the religious world. As to the former, there is |