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their disposition, their powerful person. This is serious. We know from Acts
20 that Paul gave a word to the elders from Ephesus at Miletus (v. 17) to
shepherd the flock of God over whom the Holy Spirit made them overseers
(v. 28). It has to be according to God. It is one thing for me to have a failure
and, in a sense, damage myself; but for me to deeply wound a brother or sister
because I let myself take the lead in contacting with them, this is another
thing. Shepherd according to God. Some of us can testify that after we have
passed through a particular kind of dealing, we sense our spirit is stronger,
more vital; there is more flow, and there is a positive purpose here.
IN HIS WRITINGS PETER COMBINING THE CHRISTIAN
LIFE AND GOD’S GOVERNMENT, REVEALING THAT THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE AND THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD GO
TOGETHER AS A PAIR
In His writings Peter combines the Christian life and God’s government.
One aspect of the training is that we are combining them. We are looking to
the Lord that step by step, not in one weekend, your Christian life will be
combined with God’s government. You will sense that you are in another
realm, a wonderful realm. It is serious but it is blessed; it is wonderful,
peaceful, joyful, full of light, and full of life. Peter reveals that the Christian
life and the government of God go together as a pair.
The Triune God Having Passed through a Long Process in Christ and
Having Become the Life-Giving Spirit to Indwell Us; This Being for
Our Christian Life
The Triune God has passed through a long process in Christ and has
become the life-giving Spirit to indwell us; this is for our Christian life. What
a process He went through to breathe Himself into us! This is all grace. It is
wonderful.

At the Same Time; the Triune God Still Being
the Creator of the Universe and Its Ruler

At the same time; the Triune God is still the Creator of the universe and
its Ruler. Because physically we are still in the old creation, we are still part
of it; we are subject to God’s government as every other creature is.