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The Church as the Kingdom of the Son of God’s Love 65

kingdom of the heavens. What is this? This reality of the kingdom of the
heavens should be the content of our church life. Mark mentioned this in the
previous message. The content is spoken by the Lord in Matthew 5-7; that
is the content. If you are really in the kingdom of the Lord, what you will
manifest is what the Lord has described in Matthew 5-7.
Coming back to Matthew 5:3, this verse tells us that if we are poor in
spirit, the kingdom of the heavens is ours. Brothers, we need to pray very
much. I hope we do not think that because we are in the church life for many
years, we know everything. We should ask the Lord to give us a spirit that
is so open for His speaking. This is what it means to be poor in spirit. When
we are poor in spirit, opening our entire being to the speaking of the Lord,
then the kingdom of the heavens is ours. Then, we can be in its reality, not
only in the future, but in this age, in the church age. We will also share in its
manifestation in the coming age, the kingdom age.
The Reality of the Kingdom of the Heavens Being
the Content of the Church Life; Without the Reality of the Kingdom,
the Church Being Empty
The reality of the kingdom of the heavens is the content of the church life;
without the reality of the kingdom, the church is empty. I don’t know if you
really have some feeling. If you do not have the reality of the kingdom, then
your church life is just a façade. It is just an appearance, but it is actually empty.

Since the Kingdom Life Issues in the Church Life, As We Live
Corporately in the Kingdom Life, Spontaneously Living the Church Life

Since the kingdom life issues in the church life, as we live corporately in
the kingdom life, we spontaneously live the church life.

A Believer Who Does Not Live in the Reality of the Kingdom Not Being
Able to Be Built into the Structure of the Church
A believer who does not live in the reality of the kingdom cannot be built
into the structure of the church.
WITHOUT THE KINGDOM AS THE REALITY OF THE CHURCH,
THE CHURCH NOT BEING ABLE TO BE BUILT UP
The Church Being Brought into Being through the
Authority of the Kingdom