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The Church as the Kingdom of the Son of God’s Love 73

Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah appeared. Peter made a mistake, proposing
to make three tents, one each for the Lord, for Moses, and for Elijah. When
God the Father saw this, God the Father spoke again. We see this in Matthew
17:5, “While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them,
and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is My Son, the Beloved, in
whom I have found My delight. Hear Him!”

When we come to this point, because the Father delights in the Son, the
kingdom of the Son of the Father’s love is a pleasant thing, a matter of delight.
When I come to this last portion of the outline, I dwelled there for quite a
while, because it talks about the kingdom of the Son of the Father’s love
as a pleasant thing, a matter of delight. I was wondering, how is our church
life? When we first came into the church life, it could be very pleasant, but as
we stay on for a while, it may not be that pleasant. But the Lord is trying to
remind us that this church life we are in is the church life in the kingdom of
the Son of the Father’s love. It should be a pleasant thing, a matter of delight.
I think when it becomes not so pleasant, and we become not so delightful, we
need to all go back to the Lord and repent and pray, “Lord, this is Your church.
This is Your kingdom. This should be pleasant. This should be delightful.”
We should pray that the Lord would recover such a situation in all our church
life. In all the churches in the Philippines and all the churches in the whole
world, this church that we are in should be the kingdom of the Son of His
love. It should be delightful. It should be a very pleasant thing. May the Lord
really recover us back to the kingdom of the Son of His love. – (A. L.)