1Ⅵ As those who have been born of God to enter into the kingdom of God, we need to be recovered to the direct rule of God by the intuition of our spirit (Matt. 5:3; 1 Cor. 2:11; Mark 2:8):
2一 无罪的时代,是神治的原则;良心时代,是自治的原则;人治时代,是人管治的原则:
2A In the dispensation of innocence we see the principle of God's rule; in the dispensation of conscience, the principle of self-rule; and in the dispensation of human government, the principle of man's rule:
42 From the time of Adam's expulsion from the garden of Eden to the time of Noah's departure from the ark, God established the conscience within man to represent Himself in ruling over man (Acts 24:16).
53 After the flood, because man was subject neither to God's rule nor to self-rule, God authorized man to represent Him in ruling over man (Gen. 9:6; Rom. 13:1).
6B Because man has been degraded from God's rule to human rule, God, in saving man, must recover him from human rule to divine rule so that once again man may live before God in simplicity and under His direct authority (Matt. 5:3, 8; 6:33).
7三 神恢复人的计划,也照样要人从人治,经过自治,而达到神治。
7C In God's plan of recovery man must retrace his steps from human rule to God's rule, passing through self-rule in between.