What Types of People Are in the Kingdom of God?

There were two types of people in the Kingdom of God - the good and the bad which are metaphorically described as the sheep and the goats, the wheat and the tares, and the mustard seed and the leaven (Matthew 13:24-33).   Through parables, Jesus let us know that both should be allowed to grow together in the Kingdom of God until the last day when God would divide the wheat from the tares.  This does not mean churches should not be without discipline (that's another issue for another forum).  It just means that there will be both good and bad in the Church and that it is not for us to be spending all our time trying to purify the Church.  Besides, when people spend their lives focused on purging the Church, it isn't too long before somebody else tries to purge them from the Church.

Although different authors in the New Testament have different answers for what kinds of people are in the Kingdom of God, Matthew, Mark, and Luke share one thing in common:  For all 3 of them, people in the Kingdom have heard the word of God and have allowed the word to grow strong despite persecution, trials, temptation, worry and daily life issues (Matthew 13, Mark 4 and Luke 8).   In all of these Gospels the sick, sinners and outcasts are also part of the Kingdom of God.  Nevertheless, despite these similarities, there are differences as well.

For Matthew, the Kingdom of God is populated with  the broken, the meek, and those who are persecuted because they belong to the Kingdom.

For Mark, the Kingdom is for those who recognize not only that Jesus is the Christ, but that his mission, as ours, is mixed with suffering as well as with victory.

For Luke, the Kingdom is for the poor, the hungry, those who sorrow and those who are hated because they belong to the Kingdom.

For John, the Kingdom is for those who have been "born again," who love others, walk in the truth, who follow Jesus, who see and walk in the light, who believe in Jesus, and  hear from and obey God .

For Paul, the Kingom belongs to the foolish, the weak, the despised, the nobodies, and the lower classes (1 Corinthians 1;26-29).

For James it is for the poor of this world (James 2:5).

And for the Book of Revelation, the Kingdom of God belongs to those who overcome and endure.

The common theme throughout the New Testament is this:  The Kingdom of God belongs to the world's low class outcasts, misfits who decide to follow Jesus and stick with him no matter what may come.