Section 17
order that resurrection life and power might be expressed. This manifestation of resurrection power caused a reaction among the opposers, who then conspired to kill the Lord Jesus. As part of their consideration, a prophecy was uttered. This indicates that the conspiracy among the opposing religion actually serves to fulfill God's purpose. It helps to gather all the scattered peo ple of God for God's building. Therefore, never be disappointed by the situation in your local church. If there is a difficult situation in your church, praise God for it. It must be His provi sion. He will do something and then the opposi tion of religion will be stirred up. The opposers may even try to kill you. But do not be troubled. That very conspiracy will be used by God to gather His scattered people together for His building.
I want to impress you with the fact that as long as we are in the Lord's recovery and as long as we have the resurrection of Christ, regardless of the situation among us or the conspiracy in the environment against us, God's eternal pur pose will eventually be fulfilled. There will be a gathering of God's scattered people for God's building. All the negative things—the death and the opposition—will be the servants of God's