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divine love with the authority in resurrection; this is the kingdom of the Son
of the Father’s love.

To Be Transferred into the Kingdom of the Son of the Father’s Love
Being to Be Transferred into the Son, Who Is Life to Us

The Son in Resurrection Now Being the Life-giving Spirit, and His Ruling
Us in His Resurrection Life with Love

Living by the Son as Our Life in Resurrection Being Living in His
Kingdom, Enjoying Him in the Father’s Love; Here Having the Church Life

To be transferred into the kingdom of the Son of the Father’s love is to
be transferred into the Son, who is life to us. The Son in resurrection is now
the life-giving Spirit, and He rules us in His resurrection life with love. When
we live by the Son as our life in resurrection, we are living in His kingdom,
enjoying Him in the Father’s love; here we have the church life.
This is the church life we are talking about. These two verses are very
precious to me. Colossians 3:4 says, “When Christ our life is manifested,
then you also will be manifested with Him in glory.” John 6:57 is one of my
favorite verses. The verse says, “As the living Father has sent Me and I live
because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.”
It cannot be clearer. If you want to live because of Him, you need to eat Him.
Just as the Lord ate the Father, we need to eat the Lord. We need to eat Him so
that we can live not just by Him, but because of Him. He becomes the energy
within us to cause us to be able to live Him out, to be able to walk in Him, to
be able to walk or live in this realm of life full of love.
Because the Father Delights in His Son, the Kingdom of the Son of the
Father’s Love Being a Pleasant Thing, a Matter of Delight
Because the Father delights in His Son, the kingdom of the Son
of the Father’s love is a pleasant thing, a matter of delight. The first part
talks about the Father’s delight in His Son. Both of these were recorded in
Matthew. Matthew 3:17 recorded that after the Lord was raised up from the
baptismal water, the Father spoke. The verse says, “And behold, a voice out
of the heavens, saying, This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I have found
My delight.” When the Lord started His ministry, after He came out of the
water, the Father wanted to make sure they all know that this Son is actually
His delight. When the Lord brought the three disciples out to the Mount of