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you want but I am just going to refer it to the righteous God. He will take
care of it.”

One Who Represents God Needing to Be Gracious to Others
One who represents God must be gracious to others. You are strict with
the self but you are gracious to others. There needs to be a correction in the
speaking about Romans 14:17 on righteousness, peace and joy. Righteousness
is first between us and God, then we have peace based on this righteousness
with others, then we have joy in the Holy Spirit.
If One Is Representing God, God Needing to Acknowledge That Person’s
Decision but His Not Acknowledging Something That Issues from the Self
If one is representing God, God must acknowledge that person’s decision
but He will not acknowledge something that issues from the self. Hence,
Brother A may say, “Oh, I have the feeling to do this and this is my basis.”
You do it and God is observing and He says, “I know the source of that—you.
I did not acknowledge it and you will find out that many really know Me for
not acknowledging either. Do not try to impose that on the Body. The Body
knows and expresses My feeling. When something is truly of Me, the Body
will echo it.”
One Who Represents God Needing to Deny the Self and Needing to
Experience Thoroughly the Breaking of the Self
One who represents God must deny the self and must experience
thoroughly the breaking of the self. Moses needed eighty terms in FTTW,
Full-time Training Wilderness. He had to be thoroughly dealt with and be
reduced to nothing then he can represent God.
One Who Represents God Never Vindicating Himself

One who represents God never vindicates himself.
One Who Represents God Being a Person in Resurrection,
Living in the Resurrection Life of Christ
One who represents God is a person in resurrection, living in the
resurrection life of Christ. Remember, brothers, only after His resurrection
and in His resurrection was the Son of Man given all authority in heaven and
on earth. This is one of the most crucial points of the person who represents
God properly. His rod is really budding. You do not use the rod to strike