<p>4:43 <i>But he said to them: I must preach the good tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for this is why I was sent</i>- He did not want to be a mere miracle man. His focus was upon preaching the Kingdom, and so He departed rather than meet all the human need which He could have done. His approach ought to be programmatic for us; and too often the focus of our ministry has either been upon purely academic pushing of Biblical ideas at one extreme, or mere do-gooding for its own sake at the other.</p><p>Comparing with :19, the preaching of the Kingdom is made parallel to preaching the time of acceptance with God and forgiveness of sins <i>now</i> (2 Cor. 6:2). Rom. 14:17 seems to teach that the Kingdom of God is more about &quot;peace and joy in the Holy Spirit&quot;, both now and eternally, than physical, tangible things. Christ's parables about the Kingdom don't speak of a political Kingdom, but rather about the relationship between God and the believer in the here and now. See on Acts 8:12.</p>