"Saul's tragic ending should warn us not to play with God We should not try to build up any kind of monarchy. We are all here to build up the kingdom, the Body of Christ. In the Lord's recovery we do not have many pieces of work. We should not be today's Saul, considering only the work in our region and trying to build up a monarchy for ourselves.
We all, especially our co-workers, should realize that we are not involved in a small work. David probably never realized that his history was fully related to God's becoming a man to join Himself to mankind and to live on earth to accomplish His eternal will. Nevertheless, David was related to the genealogy of Christ in Matthew 1, and what we are doing today is related to the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21 and 22. Therefore, we must have the confidence that we are doing one unique work - the work of His recovery to carry out His economy, which will consummate in the New Jerusalem." (Life-Study of 1 & 2 Samuel, Msg. 17)
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