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presence of God, but in the death of Christ all that has been

taken care of, for those who believe, for those who repent.

All this is in contrast to every element of human thinking.

Colossians speaks of the mind of man active in “philosophy

and vain deceit” (Colossians 2: 8). These things that men

concoct in their minds as a result of mere human thinking

simply lead to vain deceit, where men are deceived, and it will

end up in that terrible day referred to in 2 Thessalonians 2: 10,

where it speaks of “them that perish”. We are almost in that

time, but in the meantime God has great things in mind for

you, to make you “fit for sharing the portion of the saints in

light”. That is a tremendous thing to understand. The authority

of darkness is a very real thing, the power of Satan to hold

men in their sins, hold men in evil and to weigh them down

with it. God has in mind that you are to be delivered from the

authority of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of the

Son of His love, a realm of blessing where Jesus is, the One

whom God loves; “The Father loves the Son, and has given all

things to be in his hand”, John 3: 35. They are safe there. And

He has a kingdom “the kingdom of the Son of his love”. So He

would make sinners into saints, and as a saint, every thought

of God, every blessing that is in His heart, is opened up to you.

“The Son of his love”, is the: true Solomon, Jedidiah, and the

whole area of administration is pervaded by His influence.

Would you not like to be in it?

Would you not like to have part in these great and glorious

things? The way to it is

“repentance

towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts

20: 21), claiming as your own the value and virtue of the work

of Jesus.

There are two things that we ought to understand—firstly, the

great matter of propitiation, which means that the work of