Here\u2019s that lengthy quote I read last night:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe King\u00addom of Heav\u00aden,\u201d said the Lord Christ, \u201cis among you.\u201d But what, pre\u00adcise\u00adly, is the King\u00addom of Heav\u00aden? You can\u00adnot point to exist\u00ading spec\u00adi\u00admens, say\u00ading, \u201cLo, here!\u201d or \u201cLo, there!\u201d You can only expe\u00adri\u00adence it. But what is it like, so that when we expe\u00adri\u00adence it we may rec\u00adog\u00adnize it? Well, it is a change, like being born again and relearn\u00ading every\u00adthing from the start. It is secret, liv\u00ading power\u2014like yeast. It is some\u00adthing that grows, like seed. It is pre\u00adcious like buried trea\u00adsure, like a rich pearl, and you have to pay for it. It is a sharp cleav\u00adage through the rich jum\u00adble of things which life presents: like fish and rub\u00adbish in a draw-net, like wheat and tares; like wis\u00addom and fol\u00adly; and it car\u00adries with it a kind of men\u00adac\u00ading final\u00adi\u00adty; it is new, yet in a sense it was always there\u2014like turn\u00ading out a cup\u00adboard and find\u00ading there your own child\u00adhood as well as your present self; it makes demands, it is like an invi\u00adta\u00adtion to a roy\u00adal banquet\u2014gratifying, but not to be dis\u00adre\u00adgard\u00aded, and you have to live up to it; where it is equal, it seems unjust; where it is just it is clear\u00adly not equal\u2014as with the sin\u00adgle pound, the diverse tal\u00adents, the labor\u00aders in the vine\u00adyard, you have what you bar\u00adgained for; it no knows com\u00adpro\u00admise between an uncal\u00adcu\u00adlat\u00ading mer\u00adcy and a ter\u00adri\u00adble justice\u2014like the unmer\u00adci\u00adful ser\u00advant, you get what you give; it is help\u00adless in your hands like the King\u2019s Son, but if you slay it, it will judge you; it was from the foun\u00adda\u00adtions of the world; it is to come; it is here and now; it is with\u00adin you. It is record\u00aded that the mul\u00adti\u00adtudes some\u00adtimes failed to under\u00adstand.<\/i><\/p>\n
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