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he felt it was good for me to go to Irvine. I said, “Okay, if Brother Lee felt
good, then I will go to Irvine.” But when I said that, I felt I needed to go to
Brother Lee directly instead of going through a third party. I went and asked
Brother Lee. Brother Lee answered, “Huntington Beach is good, and Irvine
is also good.” Then I asked, “Where do I go?” He said, “Both of them are
good, so you have to decide.” I said, “Brother Lee, would you please decide
for me?” I thought that he is much closer to the Lord. He could talk to the
Lord first then tell me where to go. For six months, Brother Lee did not do
that. Finally, I went to Brother Lee and told him, “You must tell me. Irvine is
asking me when I am moving there.” Brother Lee said, “I am not going to tell
you. You have to go to the deepest part of your being, where the Lord is. He
is the Lord; I am not the Lord. To me, Huntington Beach is good, and Irvine
is also good.” He told me not to talk to the Lord about this thing, that thing, or
about my feelings. Just tell the Lord, “Where do you want me to go?” When
I did that, after a week Brother Lee called me again. He said, “What did the
Lord say?” I said, “I went to the Lord and expected Him to tell me Irvine or
Huntington Beach, but it seems like another city kept coming up.” He said,
“Which city?” I said, “Anaheim, California.” He said, “So Anaheim you go.”
Don’t you think that is wonderful? We can have a direct rule from the Lord.
I just felt I needed to share this with you so you would have no doubt that we
have an intuition within us. We can come back to the direct rule of the Lord.
Praise the Lord! We can come back to the direct rule of the Lord.

The Church as the Kingdom of the Son of God’s Love
Message four is about the church as the kingdom of the Son of God’s
love. When I read this outline, I was wondering where in the ministry we
could see very carefully how the church is the kingdom. When we talk about
the church as the kingdom of the Son of God’s love, it means the church is
the kingdom. I would like to introduce you to this book written by Brother
Lee called The Kingdom and the Church. I went and read this small book
of four chapters. The title of chapter three is “The Relationship between the
Kingdom and the Church.” I was enlightened by what I read, and I will tell
you three sentences that showed me something.
The kingdom produces the church. That is why in the New Testament,
the first thing presented is the kingdom, then the second thing is the church.
But that is not all. The second sentence I read is: The church brings in the