947--God's Kingdom today is a real

God's Kingdom today is a real

947

	1.	God's Kingdom today is a real
		exercise,
		But when Christ comes to reign it will
		be a great prize;
		It is wisdom divine that we now may
		be trained
		That His plan be fulfilled and His
		justice maintained.
	2.	God's children, we're born to be kings
		with His Son,
		And we need to be trained that we may
		overcome
		And to know how to rule in His
		kingdom as kings,
		That His kingship thru us be expressed
		o'er all things.
	3.	Today we must learn to submit to His
		throne,
		How to have a strict life and His
		government own;
		His authority then we'll be able to
		share,
		O'er the nations to rule with God's Son
		as the heir.
	4.	With a life strict to self we must
		righteousness hold,
		Kind to others in peace, and with God
		joyful, bold;
		In the Kingdom's reality e'er to
		remain,
		For its manifestation prepared thus to
		reign.
	5.	Then Christ when He come with the
		kingdom from God
		Will to us grant His kingship to share
		as reward;
		Thus the Lord will His righteousness
		thru us maintain
		And His wisdom to heavenly powers
		make plain.
	6.	For this the Apostle pressed on at all
		cost,
		For the Kingdom assured the he would
		not be lost;
		'Tis for this he charged other, Be true
		to the Lord,
		That the Kingdom might be to them a
		reward.
	7.	O Lord, give us grace for Thy
		Kingdom to live,
		To be trained that Thou may the reward
		to us give;
		Make the Kingdom's reality our
		exercise,
		That its manifestation may be our great
		prize.