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#23 The Inner Kingdom
From Meditations on the Epistles of John, by Samuel Froehlich
But as the first man, by faith in the lie, fell away from God and became
darkened, so must we now, by faith in the truth, fall away from the devil so as
to become enlightened. Then God establishes His Kingdom in us in righteousness,
peace and joy. This inner kingdom of God is indeed still invisible and hidden at
the present time, as the fruit of the first appearance in the flesh, but at the
second appearance of Christ in glory it will be revealed. And he who has not now
received the inner kingdom of God cannot enter in the future kingdom of glory
(Luke 17). Therefore all is established upon faith and our eternal salvation
depends upon the use we make of the time of grace. But as faith in the word from
the beginning works unto salvation, conversion and rebirth, so must it
afterwards work unto obedience, in love, unto the end, so that in the foundation
of the right faith there is nothing else than love, which keeps the commandments
of God or continues in Christ and then in the Father also. We believe only in
the proportion that we love.
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But as the first man, by faith in the lie, fell away from God and became
darkened, so must we now, by faith in the truth, fall away from the devil so as
to become enlightened. Then God establishes His Kingdom in us in righteousness,
peace and joy. This inner kingdom of God is indeed still invisible and hidden at
the present time, as the fruit of the first appearance in the flesh, but at the
second appearance of Christ in glory it will be revealed. And he who has not now
received the inner kingdom of God cannot enter in the future kingdom of glory
(Luke 17). Therefore all is established upon faith and our eternal salvation
depends upon the use we make of the time of grace. But as faith in the word from
the beginning works unto salvation, conversion and rebirth, so must it
afterwards work unto obedience, in love, unto the end, so that in the foundation
of the right faith there is nothing else than love, which keeps the commandments
of God or continues in Christ and then in the Father also. We believe only in
the proportion that we love.