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and tell the world that it was coming. All the things that were spoken in the Sermon on the Mount pertain to the
kingdom, which we are soon to enter. These are the laws that will govern the dispensation of the kingdom just
as surely as the law of Moses governed the dispensation of the law. The kingdom age is the age of sonship. It
is the age of the will of God. It is the age of the mind of Christ. It is the one thousand year Sabbath of rest from
the preceding six thousand years of labor and travail since Adam fell. Adam in his unfallen state was no more
careful about raiment than a lily of the field. He had far less concern about daily bread than the birds of the air
which sow not, neither reap, nor gather into barns. Adam was a Son of God, living and moving and having his
being in God. But, when he lost that blessed estate, he was condemned to a life of care and travail, for God
said, "Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shall thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns and thistles
shall it bring forth unto thee: and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread, till thou return unto the ground." Gen. 3:17-19. This has been man's awful travail for six thousand years.
All that time he has sought to find life where no life is, forced to labor for that which is not bread. All man's labor
is for his mouth and yet his appetite is never full. Ecc. 6:7.
But now for a brief period Jesus appeared proclaiming a new age, a new realm, and an entirely new attitude.
The strange and wonderful things He proclaimed, He lived, demonstrating that it was possible for a Son of God
to live as lilies live. Yea, He taught more than that; He showed that such a life was the true life of a son of God,
all else falling far short of the blessedness of son-ship.
Jesus was independent of the need of human learning. "How knoweth this man letters having never learned?"
was the question of the learned doctors of the law. John 7:15. While other men wearied their flesh with much
study and pored over books of earthly wisdom, here was one who knew all things both visible and invisible, yet
had never studied a book nor learned an alphabet. When He was twelve years old, He was found sitting amid
doctors and lawyers, hearing them and asking them questions until all were amazed at His understanding and
answers. He knew the thoughts of men's hearts; He knew who would betray Him. He knew the graces and
virtues of all and He knew the sins of all though He never studied lessons nor learned of men. And how was it
that He knew all these things, which men can never attain through schools and books? It was because the
omniscient mind of the Father dwelt in Him. His was the wisdom of which you and I are about to partake. This
was a display of the wisdom that will govern the world in the ages to come. Let us not sell ourselves short on
this most important theme. Think not that we have the mind of Christ dwelling in us just because we have had
a few hunches and inspirations that have been correct, or even a few definite leadings of the Spirit. This mind
belongs to a new realm. This mind brings us into an entirely new attitude toward all things, both on earth and in
heaven.
It would be very easy to go on endlessly, demonstrating the glory of the wisdom of the mind of the only
begotten Son of God. But the magnificent secret of it all is found in these words: "For I have not spoken of
Myself; but the Father which sent Me He gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should
speak. And I know that His commandment is life everlasting; Whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father
said unto Me, so I speak," John 12:49-50.
The life of Christ demonstrated that He lived far above all of earth's systems, and because of the realm in
which He lived, He was completely independent of them in every sense of the word. While foxes had holes and
the birds of the air had nests, the Son of man had nowhere to lay His head. Though He was called the
carpenter's son, yet He built neither mansion nor hut for Himself. No mention is ever made of any abode He
called His own. One day He turned and saw two of the disciples of John following Him, and said unto them,
"What seek ye?" They replied, "Master, where dwellest Thou?" He said unto them, "Come and see." John
1:35-39.1 have often wondered where He took them and what He showed them, but I do not think it was a
house, a cave, or a nest. Perhaps it was the secret place of the Most High where He abode under the shadow
of the Almighty.
John 8:1 really belongs to chapter seven and should read like this: "And every man went to his own house, and
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives." The Son of God, who told us to take no thought for any of these things,
lived out exactly what He preached. Don't you try to do it! You will only make a fool of yourself. But I tell you
beyond a doubt that the realm of sonship in which He dwelt is the realm to which we are also now coming, and
that before the end of this age. What else do you suppose Jesus meant when He prayed saying, "Father, I will
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