Title: Testimony of Truth
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The kingdom of God, which has been prepared forever, is not our kingdom, but the kingdom of the Father and also the kingdom of his Son. So, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness...” (Matthew 6:33) said the Son himself.
We are from below and the Son is from above. Therefore, our kingdom belongs to the world, and the kingdom of the Son belongs to heaven. The kingdom of the world is a kingdom prepared for destruction, and his kingdom is a glorious kingdom with eternal glory.
But God loved the world so much that he opened the way for us who were about to perish, not to perish, but to eternal life. This road is a new and living road. This road is narrow, and the gate that enters it is very narrow and few find it. This is what God sent as humans into the world to save us. Therefore, the new and living way is the way of salvation that God has foreknowledgeed only to His people who received His Son and believed in Him.
It is written, “To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were not born of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:12-13). He also testified, “He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins” (Colossians 1:13-14). But the faith of those who are born of God is not everyone's.
Therefore, those who receive the Son and have the Son have eternal life, and those who do not have the Son do not have the kingdom of God. It is the same as it is written about those who have a son, “We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that it may be known that the exceeding greatness of power belongs to God, and not to us” (2 Corinthians 4:7).
To those who receive the Son and believe in his name, he becomes the vessel that contains him, and the treasure and vessel in which he is contained become one. But a treasure is a treasure, and a vessel is a vessel. It is the same as testifying, “We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that it may be known that the exceeding greatness of power belongs to God and not to us” (2 Corinthians 4:7).
Also, the Bible says, “He that is united to the Lord is one spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:17). Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is not ours, but his. Only in the Son is redemption, the remission of sins, and only those who have a son are transferred into the kingdom of the Son of his love.
This is the way of the cross and the proof of the truth that the Son Himself becomes one with us. The Lord testified to Pilate, "For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to bear witness of the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth hears my voice..." (John 18:37). ), the evidence of truth is the evidence that the children of this world become children of God.
Therefore, the Bible testifies about this, "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 speak of Christ and of the church" (Ephesians 5:31-32). Therefore, the group united with Christ is the church, the bride of the Lamb.
Among the multitudes who are not one with Christ, the Spirit at work in the sons of disobedience leads them to forget the cleansing of their old sins, and they cannot escape from the bondage of sin. So he said that a servant cannot dwell in the house forever. I have a Son when I die and Christ lives in me, and if I set the Son free from sin, I can truly be free.
Therefore, when we are set free from sin and become slaves to righteousness, His kingdom and His righteousness will be fulfilled. The Bible says about this, "...the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever..." (Revelation 11:15). This is a gift from God given only to those who have faith and to receive and to become united by imitating his death and becoming united by imitating his resurrection. As it is written, “It is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8).
Therefore those who will receive the gift of God, those who have fallen asleep, will hear the voice of the Son and rise from the dead, and according to grace and truth will deny themselves and take up their cross and follow the Son. This is God's will to deliver only his chosen people from the domain of darkness and move them into the kingdom of the Son of Love. It is testified, “Therefore, it is said, Awake, you who sleep, and rise from the dead, for Christ shall give light to you” (Ephesians 5:14). This is salvation.
Also, as it is written, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived of all that God has prepared for those who love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9). will be We thank the Lord for making this known to us.
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