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The Church as the Kingdom of the Son of God’s Love 68

THE GENUINE CHURCH BEING THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN
THIS AGE; TODAY THE BELIEVERS LIVING THE KINGDOM
LIFE IN THE CHURCH
The genuine church is the kingdom of God in this age; today the believers
live the kingdom life in the church. I really love these three words, “in this
age.” I heard a person who once said, “In this age we do not have the genuine
church. The genuine church is in heaven, but it is not here on earth.” But
praise the Lord, if we go back to the Bible and see what the Bible is saying,
there is a genuine church, which is the kingdom of God in this age! Today the
believers live the kingdom life in the church, in this age.
If you look at the kingdom of the heavens that Matthew speaks about,
we should realize that the kingdom of the heavens should be our incentive.
By looking at the kingdom of the heavens, we should all desire to have the
reality of the kingdom of the heavens. The kingdom of the heaven should also
tell us that we need to exercise our kingdom life, and if we are willing to do
that, then this kingdom of the heavens will be our reward in the coming age.
That is why we read that the kingdom of the heavens is here; the kingdom
of the heavens is also coming. If we exercise ourselves to be in the kingdom
of the heavens today in the church life, in our lifetime, in this age, we will
receive the kingdom of the heavens as our reward in the coming age, which
is the kingdom age.
THE FATHER HAVING DELIVERED US OUT OF THE
AUTHORITY OF DARKNESS AND TRANSFERRED US INTO THE
KINGDOM OF THE SON OF HIS LOVE

The Father has delivered us out of the authority of darkness and transferred
us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. We talked about the kingdom of
the heavens as the incentive and exercise we need to have today, but how
do we do this? How do we realize the kingdom of the heavens? This point
tells us that in order for us to realize the kingdom of the heavens, we need
to see that the Father has delivered us out of the authority of darkness and
transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. Isn’t this wonderful?
The Father has delivered us! He has already done this. He has delivered us
out of the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the
Son of His love.