Section 5
some propagation. Originally, a man might have been alone, but later he has four little ones. After getting married, this man's life, which is the fa ther's life as the source of a family, begins to be propagated. As the propagation of life goes on, there is also the multiplication of life. The Fa ther's life is for propagation and multiplication.
Of the Father, who is the source of life and who is for the propagation and multiplication of life, many sons are born to express Him (John 1:12-13). Therefore, we have propagation, mul tiplication, and expression. We have seen that this concluding prayer is the confirmation and strengthening of the foregoing message in chap ters fourteen through sixteen. In that message we saw the propagation of life and the multipli cation of life for the expression of the Triune God. Now we have the same points in this con cluding prayer: the Father is propagating, bring ing forth, many sons for His expression.
The name Father is very much related to the divine life. Without having the divine life, God could never be the Father. How is it possible for a man to be a father? Only by his life. If you do not have life, you cannot be a father. A father is a producer. A father does not produce by manufacturing but by begetting. A father has a