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The Universal Government of God                            22


             WHEN THE LORD JESUS WAS ON EARTH, HIS LIVING
             A HUMAN LIFE THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY UNDER THE
        GOVERNMENT OF GOD, AND HIS COMMITTING EVERYTHING
                 RELATED TO HIM TO GOD’S GOVERNMENT
            When  the  Lord Jesus was on earth,  He lived  a human  life  that  was
        absolutely  under the  government of God, and He committed  everything
        related to Him to God’s government. “For to this you were called, because
        Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you a model so that you may
        follow in His steps; Who committed no sin, nor was guile found in His mouth;
        Who being reviled, did not revile in return; suffering, He did not threaten but
        kept committing all to Him who judges righteously” (1 Pet. 2:21-23). How He
        was reviled and blasphemed, rejected, treated at His trial, and mocked. They
        put a crown of thorns and a purple garment on Him and mocked and slapped
        Him, yet He did not do anything to vindicate Himself; He kept on continually
        referring everything to God. This is the Christian life. What do you do if
        you are attacked? If you are accused, or if you are wrongly slandered, what
        will you do? The Lord cover me. Many years ago, I was in a certain place
        and I had to share something with the people there in that country and warn
        them about a certain destructive person. One of the brothers there violated
        the confidentiality of that fellowship and recorded it illegally and sent it to
        this destructive brother. He put it online and then filed a lawsuit against me.
        It was ridiculous, and it was thrown out. As soon as I heard it, I just said,
        “Lord, I offer this to you. You are the righteous Judge; I don’t have to worry
        about this.” I could not have done this twenty years ago. I would have said,
        “Don’t you call me that.” But God’s government enables us to allow Christ
        to live again.
              The Lord’s Committing All His Insults and Injuries to Him
          Who Judges Righteously in His Government, the Righteous God, to
         Whom He Submitted Himself; His Putting His Trust in This Righteous
                        One, Recognizing His Government

            The Lord kept committing all His insults and injuries to Him who judges
        righteously in His government, the righteous God, to whom He submitted
        Himself; He puts His trust in this righteous One, recognizing His government.
        This is the Christ in all of us.
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