Description: This book presents many helpful principles and examples from the holy Scriptures related to the proper exercise of both authority and submission, an exercise that is according to the divine life in the Body of Christ. Christ has been made Head over all things to the Church (Eph. 1:22), and the living excercise of authority and submission within the Body of Christ is central to the working out of God's divine will.
Contents:
- The Importance of Authority
- Examples of Rebellion in the Old Testament (1)
- Examples of Rebellion in the Old Testament (2)
- David's Knowledge of Authority
- The Son's Submission
- How God Establishes His Kingdom
- God Intends that Man Submit to Representative Authority
- Authority in the Body
- The Manifestation of Man's Rebellion (1)
- The Manifestation of Man's Rebellion (2)
- The Proper Limit of Submission to Authority
- The Kind of Person God Uses to Be His Deputy Authority
- The Basis of God's Deputy Authority—Revelation
- The Character of God's Deputy Authority—Gracious to Others
- The Basis of God's Deputy Authority—Resurrection
- The Misuse of Deputy Authority and God's Government Judgment
- The Need for a Deputy Authority to Submit to Authority
- The Life and Heart of a Deputy Authority
- The Need of a Deputy Authority to Sanctify Himself
- The Requirements of a Deputy Authority
