Our God is a God of order and divine arrangement, and He desires that all things be headed up in Christ (Eph. 1:10). In opposition to the divine will, there is rebellion and chaos in God’s creation due to the fall of humanity. According to God’s divine arrangement, the reestablishment of order in the universe is centered on the relationship between Christ, the Head, and the church, His Body. Christ has been made Head over all things to the church (Eph. 1:22), and the living exercise of authority and submission within the Body of Christ is central to the working out of God’s divine will. In Authority and Submission, Watchman Nee 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.

CONTENTS

1. The Importance of Authority
2. Examples of Rebellion in the Old Testament (1)
3. Examples of Rebellion in the Old Testament (2)
4. David's Knowledge of Authority
5. The Son's Submission
6. How God Establishes His Kingdom
7. God Intends that Man Submit to Representative Authority
8. Authority in the Body
9. The Manifestation of Man's Rebellion (1)
10. The Manifestation of Man's Rebellion (2)
11. The Proper Limit of Submission to Authority
12. The Kind of Person God Uses to Be His Deputy Authority
13. The Basis of God's Deputy Authority—Revelation
14. The Character of God's Deputy Authority—Gracious to Others
15. The Basis of God's Deputy Authority—Resurrection
16. The Misuse of Deputy Authority and God's Government Judgment
17. The Need for a Deputy Authority to Submit to Authority
18. The Life and Heart of a Deputy Authority
19. The Need of a Deputy Authority to Sanctify Himself
20. The Requirements of a Deputy Authority