As “ambassadors substituting for Christ, ” the spirit - anointed disciples obediently started to gather others who would become“ fellow citizens ” in that spiritual kingdom. Additionally, these had to remain “fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought ” in order to enjoy the approval of their King Jesus Christ. As a group, they constituted a “faithful and discreet slave, ” or a faithful steward class. ​ — Matthew 24: 45; Luke 12: 42.
प्रेषित पौलाने या राज्याची ओळख करून देताना म्हटले: “[देवाने] आपल्याला [आत्म्याने अभिषिक्‍त केलेल्या ख्रिश्‍चनांना] अंधाराच्या सत्तेतून काढून आपल्या प्रिय पुत्राच्या राज्यात आणून ठेवले. ”