It is a sad but true fact that many of our “rulers in Israel” today—those who have taken on the duties and responsibilities of teaching, preaching, and manifesting the Word of God—have a diminished concept of the nature of God. Their knowledge of God and his nature does not carry the weight of experience. Consequently, when they are faced with the need to help others live as those who “will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ” (Rom. 5:17), they have no more experience of God and his kingdom than Nicodemus and simply have nothing helpful to offer. For all practical purposes, God might
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