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was supplying the Body, the Body was supplying him. Well, it is not our
portion to be the minister of the age, to be the seer of the divine revelation
in this age, to suffer in that way, but the pattern is for us to be sons who are
loving, joyful, peaceful, faithful, and meek.
As the Israel of God, Princes and Victors, Our Needing to Walk According
to the Elementary Rules of God’s New Testament Economy
As the Israel of God, we are princes and victors, we need to walk
according to the elementary rule of God’s New Testament economy. This is
the walk like soldiers marching. It is not the general walk in the spirit, but a
walk with a goal.
Paul’s Word about the Israel of God Implying Our Need to Live in a
Kingly Way with a Kingly Walk
Paul’s word about the Israel of God implies that we need to live in a
kingly way with a kingly walk.
AS THE ISRAEL OF GOD, OUR REPRESENTING GOD,
EXERCISING HIS AUTHORITY, AND CARRYING OUT
HIS ADMINISTRATION ON EARTH FOR THE FULFILLMENT
OF HIS PURPOSE

As the Israel of God, we represent God, exercise His authority, and carry
out His administration on earth for the fulfillment of his purpose. This point
is a crucial point. Brothers, this is the peak; we are now at the peak of this
training. We climbed up together and we are all here. There is no hierarchy;
we are all here. I read this again, “As the Israel of God – the church recovered
to be this – we represent God, we exercise His authority – we do not have it,
but He wants us to exercise it – and we carry out His administration on earth
for the fulfillment of His purpose.
Isn’t there suddenly a longing within you for such a church? I just close
my eyes and dream for a moment, “I am in the Philippines, from south to
north, from Luzon to Mindanao and all the Visayas, hundreds of churches
are all in oneness, in one flow, one ministry, one work. We are all under the
throne, we are all under the government, and we are all the Israel of God! The
Lord is releasing this here. Maybe He wants you to take the first step. There
is no competition; we are not in rivalry. But the Lord did not reserve this for
some other place, some other time, even for one of the “feasts”. He restricted