Introduction

Good morning. We continue with the third part of our series on the theology of victorious warfare, "Only Those Who Can Fight Count." Do you know what is in God's heart? When the Israelites came out of Egypt, He said that the army of the Lord had come out of Egypt. This was not a group of people on vacation; it was the army of the Lord God. When God sent Moses to Egypt to bring the Israelites out, He told Moses to bring the army of the Lord out of Egypt.

They stood before the Red Sea, with the Egyptian army behind them and the Red Sea in front of them. Moses raised his staff, and the Israelites crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground. After they crossed the Red Sea, the Egyptian army also crossed. As a result, God closed the waters, and the Egyptian army was drowned under the Red Sea. Later, Moses sang a song, "The Lord is a warrior."

The second part was called "The Lord is a Warrior." I tell you, only those who can fight count. There is a slight logical connection between them. The Lord is a warrior, so you should be a warrior, because you are made in the image of God.

Our God is the God who sets us free, who delivers us from Egypt. Our God is the God who brings us to the Promised Land. Our God is a warrior who fights for us and wins for us. It is very good to be a soldier of God, able to draw on God's promises.

There are several kinds of Christians in the world. Ask yourself which kind you are. Are you the kind of Christian who speaks very elegantly? It is good to speak elegantly, but if you are not a soldier of God, fighting and victorious, no matter how elegant you are, it is still a problem.

Mingding Doctrine is a theology of victorious warfare. This view is not common. Last week, I searched everywhere, using AI, Google, and Baidu, searching all over. I searched and searched, entering "only those who can fight count," but I couldn't find anything. All I found was what I had said, so the theology of victorious warfare is not common.

Why did such a theological concept form later? Actually, I saw too many confusing phenomena in the local church. Many people were not healed of their illnesses, many, not just one or two. Then the pastor comforted them, saying that the illness was a grace. I thought it was very strange, that the illness was to train you in patience.

I didn't find this logic in the Bible. Maybe you can find it, but I didn't. I saw these diseases, and then the diseases were said to be grace, but is disease a good thing? Disease is not a good thing. At that time, there was also a testimony video. After watching it, I was even more confused.

It was a program they made specifically. A brother had nose cancer. Since he got cancer, the filming team had been recording until the brother died. In the end, the nose cancer deformed his entire face, which was very terrifying. I didn't think this could glorify God. I really haven't found it in the Bible. I think the correct statement is that everyone who comes to Jesus is healed.

I was really confused. I said, is this a testimony? What does it testify to? Does it testify to his patience? I felt that this was not right. Later, when I established the church, I found in Numbers that only those who can fight count. I tell you, it's tragic if you can't fight. The church is not built according to the army of God, and Christians are not made according to the soldiers of God. In the end, after believing in Jesus, you will find that the Jesus they believe in seems not to be the Jesus in the Bible.

Once, a sister came to me. She was very young. Because of frequent urination, she had to wear diapers in her thirties. I thought she would have to wear them for the rest of her life. She came to me, and I ministered to her. That day, after the Sunday service, I said, you also participated in the Sunday service. What did they talk about in your church? She said the pastor preached a sermon: "If God doesn't heal you, will you still believe?" Have you ever heard this kind of sermon? If He doesn't heal you, will you still believe?

Do you believe in a God who doesn't heal you? Those of you who believe in the Lord among us probably haven't heard of it. If you are from outside, you have probably heard of it. I was filled with emotion. What does it mean, "If He doesn't heal you, will you still believe?" Don't you ask yourself, if God wants to heal you, what if you believe wrongly?

That day, after I ministered to her, she didn't have to wear diapers anymore. Later, after two weeks, I called her again. I have a characteristic in my ministry, which is to follow through to the end. If you are too lazy to pay attention to me, then I won't pay attention to you. I don't want to cause you trouble. Later, she said, "Teacher, I am really completely healed." We believe that God is the God who heals me. Even if one or two are not healed, it's not that God made a mistake, it's not that God's promise is abandoned, it's that people didn't get it right.

A few days ago, I met a Christian, a former colleague of mine from many years ago. You could tell from his appearance that he had many diseases. The joints of his hands were deformed, and his knees were not right. He was very tired. Then I listened to him share about the past. We hadn't seen each other for decades. Over these decades, the road he had walked was really not easy. I said, which church are you in? He said he was in such and such a church, a very traditional church, and he couldn't draw on God's promise of healing. He also felt that he was the most authentic. The Jesus he believed in seemed not to be the same Jesus I believed in.

I shared a little bit with him about Mingding Doctrine, victorious warfare, and the logic of drawing on God's promises. After sharing, I stirred up a hornet's nest. I quickly took it back, because he felt that what he believed was right, that he absolutely possessed the truth. Then he took out a passage from the Bible. He said that all things work together for good to those who love God. I was very surprised. What good is it to have a disease?

Then he took out the verses in the Bible about patience. Of course, there are verses about patience in the Bible, but what I am patient with is persevering in the process of warfare, persevering until victory. He is enduring the disease, enduring until the disease is completely unhealed. What good is that? I was really surprised and filled with emotion.

At that time, I didn't think these words were in accordance with the Bible. No matter how he argued about what these people said, after reading the Bible, I found that the Bible didn't say what they said. What I read was that everyone who comes to Jesus is healed. You can check it. Then why are they not healed? God's promise will never be abandoned. It's that we didn't get it right here. We don't know how to draw on God's promise.

Later, when I established the church and studied the Bible, I had never heard in the church that the church is the army of God. This is what I said. I also rarely heard people say that the Lord is a warrior. They all think He is the supreme Lord. Actually, He is the supreme Lord who opens the Red Sea for us in front of us. The supreme Lord fights for us in front of us. It's that simple.

If the Christians in the church can't fight, what should we do? So I divided the Christians in the church into several kinds. One kind is always a slave in Egypt, and they are still in Egypt until they die. Another kind is brought out of Egypt by Moses, enters the wilderness, and then hears that the army of the Lord has come out of Egypt, that the Lord is a warrior, and that only those who can fight count. I didn't want to come in. How did I enter the army? I'm training in this wilderness. I'd better go back to Egypt. As a result, they die in the wilderness. It's so miserable. These are all Christians who are disgusted by God.

Another kind is that I also want to go to the Promised Land, but I am afraid, and in the end, I also die in the wilderness. Another kind is that God fights for me in front of me, and I want to go in and get that land. These are Joshua and Caleb. So later, I hoped that the brothers and sisters among us could all become Christians like Joshua and Caleb, and obtain the promise. Remember, it is such a tragedy for people to die in the wilderness without obtaining the promise. It is such a sorrow for people to believe in the Lord and not obtain the promise.

There is a concept here, which is that human experience cannot be theology. God's word is theology. I studied well since I was a child, so I still understand God's word after reading it. Why did I come out to establish a church? Because I really couldn't listen to them talk about those things. It was upsetting to listen to. They talked about many things that corrupted faith, so I really came out to build one myself, and I could talk about whatever I wanted. Of course, I have to talk according to God's word.

There is a very famous pastor whose illness is not healed. Actually, diseases related to defecation are particularly upsetting. Diseases related to eating are not as upsetting as diseases related to defecation. From head to butt, he has diseases all over his body. Is it great to be unhealed? Why is he unhealed? Because he feels that he is too tired from working for God.

I have never understood how working for God can cause diseases all over the body. I have never understood this. How can working for God cause diseases all over the body? Later, I figured it out. These people feel that they have made a great contribution to God. To me, this is a very absurd logic. There was someone who had brain cancer, whom I personally ministered to. I said, how did you get this disease? He said, you see, we pastors can only rest one day a week.

Is one day not enough? We Christians have never rested for a day. I was filled with emotion. I unlocked this for him, but I didn't unlock it very well. I did my best. Chinese Mingding Doctrine believes that serving is a grace, not labor, but they think serving is labor.

From my twenties to now, I have never rested for a day. Have I gotten sick from being tired? No, I never rest for a day. Working with God and walking with God is called rest. Watching TV at home is called rest. They call working with God labor. Don't you think God is upset when He sees this? Later, he died miserably from brain cancer.

At that time, I was supporting him, which was very hard. Because I am an unknown pastor, and I don't want to be famous. What would I do if I became famous? People are afraid of being famous, just like pigs are afraid of being fat. I will hide my name. In the future, you are not allowed to mention my name again. If you want to mention it, mention the name of Jesus Christ.

This gave me a very good theological foundation. Human experience is not theology. If you are not healed, it's not that God made a mistake, it's that you made a mistake. No matter how many people experience being unhealed, it doesn't prove anything. It only proves that you didn't do it right. If you have diseases all over your body and are not healed, what is the reason?

First, the church is not an army. If you build a church that is not an army, that is not God's will. If you build the church wrongly and preach the gospel wrongly, you will definitely be cursed. Remember, if you build the church wrongly and preach the gospel wrongly, you will definitely be cursed.

Second, the church is an army, but you are not a soldier. The church is an army, but you are not a soldier. You are a deserter. You are the one who died in the wilderness. You are not victorious. There are also many problems. If you are in a church that is God's army, and you are a soldier, but you are timid and dare not enter the Promised Land, and you come back to report bad news and corrupt people's faith, you will also die in the wilderness.

Come among us and try to be a soldier of God. It is infinitely good! Be a soldier of God, draw on God's promises. This is our vision and mission—to draw on God's promises! No matter how many promises God has, they are all ours! Brothers and sisters, you must know that warfare can kill people. But we have the faith to die if we die. We have obtained God's promise, but we have not died. It is not so easy to die.

Only those who can fight count. You must count, count in God's army, put on Jesus Christ, and be able to rise up and fight, and be able to draw on God's promises. Training in the wilderness is actually troublesome. When the camp is set up, the Levites dismantle the tents and carry away the tabernacle and the ark. Then, when the camp is pitched, the tabernacle is set up again. It hasn't been long since it was set up, and there is no rest. Set up camp! The place is very good. Why set up camp? I haven't had enough of my vacation here. No, this is called training.

What are you doing in this wilderness? Set up camp. When you get there, there is no water to drink. There has been no water for three days. What do you think? Can you cross the Red Sea but not get water? This is called training. Is it hard? It's hard. Is it troublesome? It's troublesome. But if you are afraid of trouble, then the trouble will be even greater.

Some time ago, we had a sister among us who has recently had some symptoms of deliverance. She gets irritable when she talks, and she feels that this work is very troublesome. Of course, if you do the work right, it is very troublesome. You have to go step by step. But if you do the work wrong, the trouble will be even greater. So you have to cast out the evil spirit that is afraid of trouble.

Thank God, the battle is to make you God's elite soldier. You must be able to fight, to count, and to enter the Promised Land. You must not be afraid of death, and you must drive out these giants. I tell you, many things can be released, and even those with dull minds can be released.

Later, I discovered how dull minds are formed. Let me analyze it for you: fear of trouble, fear of trouble, always wanting to do things in one go, resulting in immediate failure. Then trying again in one go, hoping for a glamorous transformation, but failing to transform and remaining the same. Therefore, to be God's elite soldier, one must train on the training ground, in the wilderness, and then go to battle.

Later, I ministered to many foolish people who all wanted to do things in one go. Once, I ministered to someone who was screaming in pain from leg pain. Her husband was a pastor, serving in the church. During the day, I attended classes with her, and she grimaced in pain. I asked, "What's wrong?" She said, "Oh, my leg hurts. Although it's okay now, it's very tiring. It hurts the most at three in the morning. I couldn't sleep last night because of the pain."

I said, "This is easy to handle. When you're in pain at night, call me." So I prayed with her for two hours, from one o'clock to three o'clock. The pain subsided, and she could sleep well. The next day, we went to class again. Her husband is a famous pastor. He said, "Pastor Liu, you should ask God to snap His fingers, and she will be healed."

I thought to myself, "Such a big-name pastor, snap your fingers, and your wife is lying next to you. Why don't you snap?" I snapped for two hours to heal your wife's leg pain! A snapping pastor leads snapping soldiers. If one snap doesn't work, they give up. Not me. If one snap doesn't work, I snap again until she's no longer in pain.

Many people say things like this, "You should ask God to give you such a gift." But that's not a gift; it's training, it's battle. It took eight years of war to drive out the Japanese devils. Even if it takes eighty years of battle, I will drive them out! What does "snap in one go" mean? Jesus Christ can snap, but I haven't trained to that level yet.

If the Holy Spirit fills me without limit in the future, I will also be able to snap. But one must go from not being able to snap to being able to snap. I think if someone hasn't trained on the training ground, they will be finished on the battlefield. Battle is a training of faith and, even more, a training of courage.

Living is a battle that no one can escape. Either win the battle and receive the promise, or fear the battle and die in the wilderness. Battle is a training of faith, a training to deal with bad habits, working with God, and the beginning of victory. Battle will bring rich rewards. Battle, be God's elite soldier, count in God's army, and live out God's image.

Remember, only those who can fight count. What battles have you fought? Some brothers and sisters like to come to me and gesture. I speak harshly; please bear with me. People always advise me to speak more pleasantly. Many people advise me, not just one, but I can't change this habit. Maybe I also need to battle.

Although I speak harshly, it doesn't matter. We have developed a Xiao Mu (小牧, Little Shepherd). Currently, our algorithm is not good enough. When our algorithm and capacity improve, I will definitely make it public for everyone. Xiao Mu speaks very pleasantly, providing ample emotional value. Unlike me, who speaks so harshly, he can give you enough comfort, praising you first and then pointing out your problems.

Living is a battle. Who cares if the words are pleasant or harsh, as long as you can draw on God's promise. If you listen to the Apostle Paul speak, you will definitely give him advice. "Paul, why do you speak so harshly? Can you speak more pleasantly?" In that era, there were people teaching Paul how to be a pastor. Paul's speech was crude. I even found theological basis to describe Paul: Paul's speech was crude, and his appearance was unattractive.

I'm not making excuses for myself. This is a bad habit that I need to slowly adjust. Although my words are rough, my doctrine is not rough. I long for all of you to be able to draw on God's promise, to obtain the Promised Land, and to become God's elite soldiers. God created all this to shape people in His image. This is also a college entrance examination, a life's college entrance examination, testing whether you are in God's elite soldier team.

Scripture

On the first day of the second month in the second year after the Israelites had come out of Egypt, the Lord said to Moses at the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai: “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army." (Numbers 1:1-3)

Prayer

God, we now want to be your elite soldiers, and we want to be counted in your army. God, your intention is for the church to become your army, a mighty army. You will surely fight for us in front of us. God, may every one of our brothers and sisters become your elite soldiers and draw on your promise.

God, now do the work of training in us. Train us so that we can become victorious elite soldiers. Remove the fear within us, remove the feeling of being afraid of trouble within us. Remove our bad habits, deal with us, and let us increasingly have your image. God, you are a warrior, and we also want to be warriors. Throughout our lives, with your presence, we will constantly battle, so that the captives may be released and the oppressed may be set free. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Scripture Background

Before and after the Israelites left Egypt, they were the Lord's army that came out of Egypt. Whether you like it or not, you have become a soldier. When crossing the Red Sea, God opened the Red Sea. Later, Moses summarized: "The Lord is a warrior." The English expression for "The Lord is a warrior" is "warrior." The word "warrior" is not just a soldier, but more like Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, Zhang Fei, Zhang Yide, a general.

Then they entered the wilderness. As they walked, they ran out of water. As they walked, they came to a place with water, but the water was bitter and undrinkable. As they walked, they ran out of water again. As they walked, there was water again, but the water was smelly. Of course, this is what I said. In short, it was a lot of trouble, and the Israelites were confused.

"What am I doing here? Wasn't I doing well in Egypt? There was still meat in the pot." They remembered the meat they ate every New Year, just like when we were poor as children, we looked forward to the New Year. "I didn't want to be a soldier. How did I become a soldier?"

Counting according to this method was a training session. Then they went up Mount Sinai and made the tabernacle. After the tabernacle was made, they told the Israelites to count the number of people. Counting the number of people was according to families, clans, and names, counting those who could fight. Our topic is "Only those who can fight count; those who cannot fight don't count."

After counting, were there any who could fight? The Israelites were confused, including Korah and 250 elders. "How did I become an elder in the army?" Then Korah said, "How did I become a commander of a thousand or a commander of a hundred?" They were very confused; they didn't want to be soldiers. Being a soldier is very hard. Whether you want to be a soldier or not, God decides. God decided it that way and didn't consult with you.

In Singapore, all men serve in the military. In today's Israel, all men and women serve in the military. So in the streets of Israel, you often see a group of girls wearing military uniforms and carrying guns. Both men and women have to serve in the military. In Singapore, you will be jailed for deserting, so you cannot desert.

I used to have a colleague who was very concerned about serving in the military. I guess he was like Korah and those 250 elders. I tell you, in the army, you cannot avoid being trained. People don't consult with you; when you get to the army, you have to be trained.
As a result, my colleague is now 70 years old. When he was young, he went to the army. At that time, Lee Kuan Yew was very ruthless. He snapped his fingers and put all the men into the army for training.

Carrying 20 kilograms of equipment, holding a gun, and crossing a very wide ditch. He was tall and big, not very agile, and he jumped over. Because he had resentment in his heart, he fell. In the army, if you fall in front, you don't jump, right? That's not how it is. If you fall, it's your fault. When jumping over the ditch, snap, snap, snap, snap, there's no chance to wait. Snap, the person behind stepped on his leg, and his leg was broken. Finally, he was sent to the hospital.

After his leg healed, he came back. When crossing the ditch again, snap, he fell again. The person behind stepped on him again, breaking his back, and he was urinating blood. In the army, if you tell the squad leader or platoon leader that you are urinating blood, I tell you, the officers in the army will first choose not to believe you. They will think you are lying and making excuses. So his urinating blood was delayed, and the entire treatment process in the hospital was quite miserable.

Why are people so unlucky? If a person is called by God to be a soldier, and then you have a lot of resentment in your heart, it will be like this. Like me, since I serve God, I serve happily. If I don't serve happily, woe to me. I'm not stupid, unlike some people who do it with resentment and end up with a lot of illnesses. What's the point?

After the Israelites left Egypt, they began to count. Actually, this concept existed long ago, because the elderly, women, and children cannot go to the battlefield. They had to count those who could go to the battlefield, men over twenty years old who could fight with knives. Men over twenty years old who could go out to fight, how many times does Numbers repeat this?

It is repeated N times. If I were to write the Bible, I would not waste ink like Moses. The entire book of Numbers mentions it more than twenty times, and there is another time in chapter twenty-six. Why is it so troublesome to write so much? I would just write one thing: those over twenty years old who can fight, how many people in the tribe of Judah, how many people in which tribe, the whole Excel table, how good would that be? Actually, Moses deliberately wrote it this way, for fear that you would miss it. It is written more than twenty times in Numbers, and you still didn't see it.

Exodus is a very important book, so how could you not see it? So everyone should know why it appears so many times, because this matter is very important. As a result, after this group of people was counted, only Joshua and Caleb entered, and the rest all died in the wilderness, becoming people whom God detested.

Don't you think this is a good revelation? Are you still afraid of trouble? "Oh, when I come to Chinese Mingding Doctrine, I have to take notes." Taking notes is such a simple training! "Oh, forget it. This ministry, that ministry, I have to take classes and take notes. It's too much trouble!" I tell you, not being trained is even more troublesome. Doing things right reduces trouble; doing things wrong increases trouble.

I really thank God that my mind is very clear. If I build the church wrong, build it into a church that cannot battle or win, build a church and serve God, and then be rubbed on the ground by the devil, how much suffering would I have to endure? Wouldn't that be woe to me? Why would I do that? From the first day I built the church until now, I have made up my mind that even if I am the only one left, the church must be built according to God's word. Even if I am the only one left, that's okay.

I don't want to build a church and end up with a lot of illnesses, living under a curse, with a face like a bitter gourd. Why would I do this? If I'm going to do it, I'll do it right. As a result, in the counting, there was Korah, and 250 elders were swallowed by the earth. Because they didn't want to battle, and they didn't want to be soldiers. They wanted to return to Egypt as slaves!

If I were to lead these people back to Egypt as slaves, would Moses agree? Moses would not agree! So what if Moses doesn't agree? Kill Moses, and we will return to Egypt! But if you kill Moses, can you kill the God behind Moses? Oh, I think their brains were kicked by pigs, not even donkeys.

Those who wanted to return to Egypt? They ended up in a terrible state. After the census, they sent twelve spies to Canaan to see if it was indeed a land flowing with milk and honey. Upon their return, heavens, ten of them gave such a report that they died on the spot! Their report: "We cannot go! It is suicide to enter! There are giants there!"

I thought to myself, their brains were not just kicked by a pig, but by a sparrow. If you could enter, come out, and even carry fruit out, and the giants did nothing to you, how could you say you cannot go? Afraid of death, they died on the spot. What kind of thinking is that? My aversion to stupidity flared up, and I could not understand it.

If God's will is this, do not stubbornly resist. The church is God's army; do not go against God. Do not build the church into a family for eating, drinking, and merrymaking. The church is God's army, training brothers and sisters to be elite soldiers. I accept the hardship; I would rather not offend God, so I must do it this way. Only those who can fight count; this must sink into your mind.

Either you are controlled, or you control it. Let me tell you, being controlled is terrible; controlling it is okay; you can control the force. When others control you, you cannot control their force. I would rather not be controlled; I would rather control others. Of course, this sounds harsh, but the principle is sound. Remember, we control demons, and they must obey us. Praise the Lord! This is the essence of the Chinese Mingding Doctrine.

During David's reign, Israel was built into the most powerful empire in history, a nation of warriors. Therefore, the country was prosperous, very wealthy, and powerful. Our brothers and sisters must know that believing in Jesus Christ is not believing in Santa Claus; believing in Jesus Christ is becoming elite soldiers of Jesus Christ. This connects everything.

In the days of Jesus Christ, Jesus said, "Forsake everything and follow me," because this is an army. Whether you forsake it willingly or not, you must forsake it. This is an army; you cannot bring your family to the battlefield. This is the background of this passage; the theme is that only those who can fight count.

Being God's Soldier is Grace

Being God's soldier is grace. The Chinese Mingding Doctrine emphasizes several things: serving is grace, not a chore, not a contribution, but grace; serving is gaining. Does my service look like a chore? Over the years, some have told me that serving God is not easy. I say, how is serving God not easy? Of course, doing it wrong is easy, and then after it is easy, it is not easy.

I tell you, I enjoy being a pastor. I have a logic in my mind: being God's soldier is grace. I either receive grace or receive wrath. Why would I want wrath? If I serve God well, being a soldier is receiving grace. Why would I want disaster? Complaining all day long, and then God gives you more trouble, it becomes even more troublesome. So, if I do not serve well, woe to me, as Paul said. Being God's soldier is grace.

"So also Abraham 'believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.'" (Galatians 3:6)

"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." (Hebrews 11:1)

Abraham, because of his faith, received the reward of righteousness. Brothers and sisters, when we come before God, we must also have such faith. No matter the circumstances, we believe that God's word will not fail. This is our spiritual lesson and the key to our life's growth. May the Lord help us to rely on Him more and experience His faithfulness and power. Amen.

Whoever has forsaken this or that for Jesus Christ will receive a hundredfold in this life and eternal life in the age to come. Some people are foolish; they did not study well in elementary school and only read half of it, only seeing the forsaking but not seeing the receiving. So, I speak a bit harshly; go back to elementary school and think about elementary school compositions more clearly. How can you not understand such simple words? Is it losing or gaining?

Why have I not rested for so many years, and I am not tired? Because what I receive is grace, so I am not tired. If you think I am boasting about my labor, I should show you a bitter face. But no, I love to work; working is simply an enjoyment. Some people are not tired playing mahjong because they love playing mahjong. Some people are not tired serving God because they love serving. Some people are comfortable and enjoy playing games; they are not tired.

I neither play games nor mahjong, nor do I play golf. I only fight demons. I have this hobby, so having a hobby is so good. I just love this. Work is grace, serving is grace; it is not others who gain, but you who gain. I am not asking you to serve people to make you labor; I am asking you to serve God to let you receive grace. You serve people, and many things are done wrong, served wrongly, and I have not even said anything to you, and you still think you are great.

Being God's Soldier is an Exercise of Faith

Being God's soldier, you must count, is an exercise of faith. I ask you, will you die if you go in? Will you die if you go to war? Those who die are those who are afraid of war. Always remember, if you are not flexible and quick-witted on the battlefield, it is very troublesome. In World War II, British pilots had a survival manual; those who followed the survival manual died.

Those who were mentally flexible escaped because those who have faith can persevere to salvation. So, those who have faith must be flexible. Judging left and right, without faith, you will panic. Like after an earthquake, running down from the tenth floor to the basement, the building collapses, and you are buried underground, all caused by panic.

Faith is that after people enter, they will obtain the promised land. Those who said they would die died; those who said they would obtain the promise obtained the promise. This is an exercise of faith; you must have the faith to die if necessary. Later, I discovered that as long as you believe, God is in front of you, God is a warrior, Jehovah God is a warrior fighting for you, then is it not a 100% win? What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of with 100% victory? So far, I have never lost a spiritual battle.

Someone asked me, "Teacher, what is the longest healing and deliverance?" The longest is until I die, but I tell you, even if I die, what I ask for will be accomplished. I believe all are exercises of faith. Know that God is fighting for us in front of us. If you are timid, it will be fatal; timidity is unbelief.

Being God's Soldier is Working with God

Going in to fight giants, is it me fighting or God fighting? We are fighting together! Is God glorified or am I glorified? We are glorified together! I do not want to be separated from God; we are together with God, how good! Working with God. God is my project manager, and I am His team member. We fight together and win, how good.

What kind of person, what kind of enemy, what kind of giant can stand before God? Since they cannot stand before God, they cannot stand before me. Why are you so awesome? So arrogant? I am proud of my God. I am working with God; my glory is inseparable from God's glory. We are a unified team, working with God.

The Bible says that there was a man named Enoch who did not die; he was taken away alive. He walked with God on earth; whatever God did, he did; whatever God said, he said; wherever God went, he went. This is called walking with God. Walking with God does not die; our God is the eternal God.

Being God's Soldier Requires Total Surrender

Is total surrender a loss or a gain? It is a gain! I will tell you a story: In our area, there were twins. When the twins were born, they were like kittens, very small, less than a pound. Both were like this. Some fetuses are seven pounds, some are six pounds, how can two pounds live? As these two children grew up, they both grew up, but both were skinny and weak. In English, it is called very skinny, just skin and bones.

His mother liked one and did not like the other. The one she liked stayed at home, and the one she did not like was sent to the army. Then the one in the army underwent hellish training! The army does not care whether you are bony or fleshy; if they ask you to carry twenty pounds, you must carry twenty pounds. If you cannot carry it, you still have to carry it. Two years later, the young man returned, and looking at his brother, he was still bony and weak.

So, you must know that when you go to the army, you must surrender totally. If they ask you to carry ten pounds, you must carry ten pounds; if they ask you to carry twenty pounds, you must carry twenty pounds. In those days, guns were very heavy, that kind of very heavy AK-47, very hard.

But it was because of total surrender that he became a strong young man. For new recruits, the old soldiers kick you, and you must endure it. So, he gradually became a strong young man. So, brothers and sisters, in the army, you cannot be half-hearted; you cannot bring your family. We start practicing now; what you let go of, you will gain.

Being God's Soldier is God's Will

When you are God's soldier, God does not want you to be a bony, weak warrior. God's will is that you can become a strong young man. Otherwise, why does the Bible say it so many times? Because this is God's will, afraid that you have not read it, written nineteen times. If you still have not read it, then you deserve a beating.

God's will is that you grow to maturity, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. In the future, God will give you many graces and send you to manage God's kingdom. In God's kingdom, the most important element is the army. If a church is built without an army, will it not be rubbed on the ground by demons?

Why do people not receive God's promises? It is not that God made a mistake; it is not that God's promises are abolished; it is that people have not fought, have no ambition to be soldiers. Among some pastors and church leaders I have met, after I told them this information, their reaction was, "Who can do that?" After saying that, I was stunned. How can receiving grace be impossible?

Being God's Soldier Can Live Out God's Image

Our God is a warrior, so are you? If God is a warrior and you are not, then something must be wrong. Revelation describes Jesus Christ with a tongue like a sword, eyes and body like shining bronze, terrible and awe-inspiring. The image of our God is definitely not Santa Claus, nor a fat chef.

Our God is incredible, terrible and awe-inspiring, extremely noble, all glory, honor, power, and authority belong to God. Do you want it? If you are not a soldier, you cannot obtain it, and in the end, you will live miserably. If you do not overcome in the spiritual realm, that is the root of all problems. If you are a preacher and occasionally hear my sermons, do not pick on my vulgar language. I am just a rough person, but my words, my doctrine, are not rough.

If you are living miserably now, it is because you do not count, you are not within God's army, you cannot fight. If you are not prosperous financially, it is because you cannot fight. You are full of diseases because you cannot fight. You must rise up, go out of Egypt, into the wilderness, and then into the promised land.

Do not be afraid, do not worry, God's promises, no matter how many, are all Amen. Fighting and winning is the only way to obtain the promised land. This logic is too clear. Let us believe in the Lord with such faith. If your flesh is too strong, fight, be God's elite soldiers, put to death the deeds of the body.

If demons are very powerful, be God's elite soldiers, rub the demons on the ground. If the demons on your body are almost gone, we will kill the demons on others, so that the captives may be released and the oppressed may be set free. Present yourselves as a living sacrifice, living out God's glorious image, how noble that is!

Our sermon ends here. May God bless everyone.