Section 4
kingdom has been suspended and that it will return at the coming of the Lord! We should not accept this concept concerning the kingdom. We must return to the pure Word which says that the church life is the kingdom of God.
Exercise and Discipline
The church is a matter of grace and life, whereas the kingdom is a matter of exercise in this age and discipline in the coming age (Matt. 25:15-30; 1 Cor. 3:13-15). The church, like a human head, has a different appearance when seen from different angles. If you look at the back of my head, you do not see any holes; however, if you look at the front, you will see seven of them. Although the back of my head differs from the front, both are aspects of one entity. It is the same with the church. From one angle we see the church as a matter of grace and life; from another angle we see it as the king dom of God with exercise and discipline. In the church, on the one hand we enjoy grace and ex perience life, while on the other hand, we un dergo a certain amount of exercise.
We should not neglect our need for such exer cise. Because of our need for exercise, the church is the present kingdom of God. According to some