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THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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On another occasion Jesus likened it to a mustard seed, which is infinitesimal in size, yet capable of an infinite amount of expansion and growth. He further tells us that it is something which increases like yeast or ferment. "To him who has, more shall be given, but from him who has little, even that little shall be taken away.” Yet, again, Jesus likened it unto a man who had cast the seed into ground and gone to sleep, and the seed sprang up and grew, and the man knew not how.
These are some of the most important characteristics of the Kingdom which Jesus invited mankind to enter; but the question is, what is this expanding and increasing, and, withal, an incipient, infinitesimal empire within us which cannot be seen or perceived by the senses, but which, if we sow its seed, will multiply like a small measure of yeast till it permeate the whole system, and from which even the outsiders (the birds of the air) can derive shelter and benefit ?
When we look at ourselves from a physical or physiological point of view we come across only the blood, bones, kidneys and other similar bodily organs and things in which it would be the height of absurdity to look for the promised kingdom of Heaven. But when we look from the standpoint of higher discernment we come across, not only the promised kingdom, but, also, the real King, God himself, within us. The “ Kingdom within us” of the Saviour, therefore, must mean the Spark of Divinity, the germ of Godhood, the presence of the Real, the Perfect, the Blessed One, within us. We now see what the Saviour meant by the Gospel of the “ Kingdom of Heaven.” “Go, preach
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