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If we could find a man like that and place him in the jails and prisons
of earth, among men who knew they were guilty of crime, and make
them believe that he had the power not only to pardon, but to take the
criminality out of their natures, with all the shame of their sin, and put
them back in the place of honor they occupied before they committed
crime, I tell you, he would be the most popular man, not only among the
prison administrators and guards, but among the prisoners as well!
They would be willing to build him a monument, giving him all the
glory they could. Such a man would have a monument that would touch
the stars. Jesus Christ is that Man. That is what Jesus Christ has done
by making Himself King by His sacrificial love. He has gained for
Himself the glory not only of removing guilt, but of removing
defilement and uncleanness from every one who will trust Him. He is
the Saviour of all men, and in due time shall win all hearts and purify
all lives. That, my friend, is the power and glory of the Kingdom of God!
The Kingdom of God is the rule and reign of God over all. The
foundation of this Kingdom is in the human heart. The world has not
yet witnessed anything like the total and absolute government of God,
except in the life of Jesus. But there has been an increase of His
Kingdom from generation to generation and from age to age. A new
order is now coming forth in the earth! The hour of the completion of
the body of Christ that has been forming in the earth for the past two
millenniums is now at hand. The age of the reigning of Christ in and
through the manifested sons of God is now ready to be revealed. The
reign of Christ in our lives is being confirmed as Father changes us,
renews our minds, increases our vision, strengthens our faith, and
transforms our natures. When He removed all the old religious
traditions and doctrines and ideas that were not of Him, our Father was
preparing us for the pure and holy and righteous reign of God in us and
through us. In this new Day the love of God and the power of God shall
prevail. The elect of God who are beholding the face of the Lord and
being changed into His likeness are the highest expression of the
Kingdom of God in the earth. To them shall be given the Kingdom and
the Dominion over all things that they may reign in love, mercy,
goodness, power and righteousness, not forcing men to obey, but
imparting to all men the transforming grace of God in the power and
demonstration of the Holy Ghost without measure...
We still have those among us who thunder the letter of the law from
Sinai's mount—but all such will change their tune if ever they stand
with the Lamb of God at Calvary's hill, for there they find God removing
His law from the external tables of stone to write them upon the fleshy