Title: People who are with the Lord
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The dwelling place of the Lord is the kingdom of God, the kingdom of his beloved Son. As it is written, “He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love” (Colossians 1:13).
The one who will dwell in the kingdom of his beloved Son is the wife of the Son who loves God. Therefore, the wife of a son is his wife, who loves him and obeys and submits to him and serves him as head.
As it is written, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever does not obey the Son will not see eternal life, but the wrath of God remains on him” (John 3:36). Faith is obedience. Faith without obedience has nothing to do with the kingdom of God. Because faith with obedience is an eternal covenant between husband and wife. Therefore, faith with obedience is not just faith, but “…faith that works through love…” (Galatians 5:6).
Jesus, who came into the world to seek a bride, said, "If anyone wants to serve me, follow me; where I am, there will also be those who serve me; and if a man serves me, my Father will honor him" (John 12:26) He said to the Father, who sent him, “Father, I want the one you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, which you have given me because you have loved me from before the foundation of the world” (John 17:24).
Therefore, the bride that the Father prepares for the Son and gives to the Son, loves the Father and the Son madly. It is the same as it is written, "If we are crazy, we are for God..." (2 Corinthians 5:13).
A man (Christ) and a woman (the church) are one body that God has joined together. That is why the Bible says that a woman's head is a man, and "Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and the two become one flesh, and this is a great mystery, I am speaking of Christ and the church" (Eph 5:31-32 ) did.
The man (Christ) gave himself up for the woman (the church). For this reason, the woman (the church) cuts her head off for the man (Christ), and the two become one body with the man (Christ) as the head. This is the great secret that a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and the two become one flesh.
It is written, “He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that he himself might have supremacy over all things” (Colossians 1:18). Therefore, a woman who is not one with her husband and only wants his glory is a thief, a thief, a robber, and a fox who destroys her master's vineyard.
Today, there are as many flocks as foxes who lust after their husbands more than their husbands. These are those who enter the wedding banquet without robes. The robes are the clothes of love, the new commandment, that the Father who sent him into the world will put on his son's bride. The Son who became flesh is also looking for a bride who becomes flesh through the commandment of love.
Therefore, He said, “He who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and show myself to him” (John 14:21). If you love me, you will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him” (John 14:23).
Love is “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love; just as I kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love, so if you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love” (John 15: 9-10) As you said, those who keep the commandments of the Son will be transferred to the kingdom of the Son of His love as the wife of the Son.
Therefore, “speaking the truth in love, and in all things grow up into him, which is the head, which is Christ” (Ephesians 4:15), and also “keep ourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.” (Ephesians 4:15) d” (Jude 1:21).
On the day when this love will be united into one body and the mystery will be fulfilled, “I dwell in them and the Father in me, so that they may become one, so that they may become one, just as the Father sent me and loved me, so they also loved me. so that the world may know what you have done” (John 17:23).
Therefore, the Bible testifies, "Whoever keeps his word, in him the love of God is truly made perfect, and by this we know that we are in him" (1 John 2:5), and also, "At any time God No one has seen us, but if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us” (1 John 4:12). His commandment is that we love one another as he has loved us.
The truth says, “I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. In this way you will be sons of your Father who is in heaven, because God makes his sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and sends rain It comes down on the righteous and the unrighteous” (Matthew 5:44-45), and again He said, “Pursue peace and holiness with all men, without which no one will see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14). ) did.
Therefore, He said again, “He who has the Son has life, and he who does not have the Son of God does not have life” (1 John 5:12). Amen, thank you Lord.
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