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OBEYING GOD
His Plan is not for us to work FOR Him (Our Creator), but for Christ to work in and through us for his good pleasure. Our part is obedience. Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-14 (in Context)

Gods Eternal Purpose is to: 1. 2. Express Himself through Man To commit His authority to Man, so that Man may exercise Gods authority on earth, through God living IN Man in Jesus Christ.

Genesis 1:26 (King James Version) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Genesis 1:28 (King James Version) And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

God wants the righteous to take authority in this world, and remember it is only those in whom Christ (God) is LIVING that God considers righteous, and with whom He is prepared to work.

Proverbs 29:2 (King James Version)

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Unfortunately, the ungodly in control today, and the world is suffering and result, the main reason being that the Righteous are not exercising their authority. Many of those called by God do not even realize that they have authority from God! What does God consider as righteous rule? It is not throwing our weight around. It is loving God and all people and doing the Will of God through walking in His Spirit.

Romans 8:4 (King James Version)

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.