Introduction

Good morning, everyone. Let's summarise the Book of Malachi. Although the Book of Malachi is only four chapters long, it highlights very important theological concepts and is consistent with other prophetic books.

Malachi was a great prophet in history. What he wrote is very straightforward and clear, and it highlights four very important theological concepts. Let's sort them out carefully.

The Book of Malachi Mentions Several Basic Theological Concepts

The first concept is the attitude of offering. The curses and blessings brought about by a person's attitude of offering are very obvious. Other things, such as the blessings brought about by doing good deeds, are not so obvious! If you cannot pass the test of offering, it will be very troublesome.

If you carefully observe the situation of Christians being cursed, many of them are just unlucky in everything they do! Oh dear, unlucky! I have done experiments, and they almost all stumbled in their offerings, and offering is the most basic. I will talk to you about the attitude of offering later. Let's first summarise the key concepts.

The second concept is curses and blessings. If you ask me, who are the blessings and curses written for? I tell you, they are for Christians! Because the Bible is not written for unbelievers, but for believers! If believing leads to curses, then you are not believing in the Lord, but in curses!

If you observe carefully, Christians in our generation, especially those who are pastors and Levites serving God, are obviously cursed because their attitude of offering is not right, and then everything is ruined.

For example, some people can spend time on anything, but they are unwilling to spend time on believing in the Lord. They can arrange time for anything, but they cannot arrange time for believing in the Lord! For example, some people want to move on Sunday. They say, "If I don't move on Sunday, when will I move?" Anyway, they don't care about curses and blessings at all, and they have no fear of God.

In fact, I tell you, this highlights the greatness of God, highlighting the third concept: God simply does not care whether you believe in the Lord or not. God only cares whether you are a treasure? Chinese Mingding Doctrine firmly believes in one thing, that God only wants treasures.

Don't think that you can muddle through. Very bad Christians will definitely be cursed without even thinking about it. Don't say, "My parents are preachers." This matter itself is very interesting. In them, you can see the most basic theological concepts mentioned by Malachi. God only wants treasures.

This gives us Christians an important reminder, what kind of person do you want to be? Therefore, Chinese Mingding Doctrine highlights a very clear concept, that you must be a treasure!

As Christians, we must be Christians who fear God and pursue excellence; as Christians, we must strive to please God and fear God! The reason is very simple, if you do not become a treasure in God's eyes, then you are garbage in God's eyes, then it is better not to be a Christian.

So you can save time on anything, but you cannot save time on believing in the Lord; you can save money on anything, but you cannot save money on offering. Because this immediately determines whether you are on the road to blessing or the road to curse.

The fourth concept is salvation. Our Saviour came to save only those who fear His name. Don't think that "I believe in Jesus and have already been saved by grace." It would be bad to have this concept! Thinking that you have already been saved by grace, but you "slip" into the garbage.
Chinese Mingding Doctrine is closely related to these four basic theological concepts. The church is not a place to hide dirt and filth. We Chinese Mingding Doctrine do not like to collect garbage, and we do not have the concept of "saving many souls." We only select treasures.

In fact, in the days of Jesus, Jesus Himself also said, "The net is cast up, the good ones are picked into vessels, and the bad ones are thrown away." Now the question is, Jesus threw away the bad ones, but you invited them back, what do you think?

You have to turn the church into a place to "save souls," making it smoky and dirty. In fact, those people do not pursue believing in the Lord well, and do not want to grow, do not want to fear God, do not want to know Jesus Christ, then what are they doing in the church? And what are you doing?

Therefore, our church must develop a new habit, which is high standards. We must demand according to the requirements of Jesus Christ! In fact, God's requirements for His people have never been lowered, but many churches have lowered the standards. If you say, "With such high standards, who can reach them?" In fact, you don't have to reach them, but you must have an attitude of pursuit.

Everyone must understand that God just wants people to have a good attitude. It doesn't matter if you can't do it, but don't think that God can't do it either! God wants to make you able to do it, and you will go up step by step, and finally live out the image of God.

The Attitude of Offering

There is a very interesting saying, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also!" For example, I say, "Do you have time? Let's have a cup of tea." He says he doesn't have time. Then if I say, "We have a million-dollar project, do you want to talk about it?" Then he has time! So where your treasure is, there your heart is, and the attitude of spending time represents the degree to which people value things, so offering is a matter of attitude.

If you think that all the money is earned by you, then every time you move a dollar, you are moving your heart and liver. If you spread the idea that "the money is earned by you," the government will deal with you, and God will deal with you, and deal with you to death, so don't talk nonsense.

Is the money really earned by you? Did you create the sun? You enjoy the sun every day, the sunshine, rain, and air are all given to you by God for free! But people don't think so, thinking that it is all taken for granted, thinking that every dollar is earned by their hard work, so they become evil people.

In fact, every dollar on us is God's grace to us, so it is normal for us to offer to God what comes from God, isn't it? In which country do you earn money without paying taxes? Then isn't it normal for you to offer to God? Remember, the correct attitude of offering is very important. I offer to God what comes from God, that is taken for granted! God gives me a lot, I offer, otherwise wouldn't I be stupid?

I tell you, everyone is willing to offer if they are willing to offer, and they don't want to offer if they don't want to offer, but offering is closely related to blessings and curses. If you often encounter bad luck, you don't even have to think about it, there must be a problem with the attitude of offering.

People have many days of bad luck! Do you think I will pity you? Even God does not pity you, how can I pity you? Although I want to bring you into blessing, but you want to live in curse, then what can I do? I say too much and you are annoyed, thinking that I am brainwashing you again, but that is not brainwashing, but removing the dirty things inside.

Always remember that the attitude of offering must be that you offer to God what comes from God. Malachi's logic of dealing with offering is very clear. If you withhold the offering that belongs to God, that was not yours in the first place, but God's, then you will definitely be cursed. But people don't believe it, and they have to try it themselves, what is the result?
God really does not need money, God needs people to have an attitude of offering. If you admit that all the money comes from God, then it is easy to handle, people will think: Then God gave me ten million, I offer one million, and I still have nine million in my hand!

So I tell everyone that the attitude of offering is a very magical logic. It doesn't matter if people are poor, but they must walk the blessed road. Why are people poor? Because they are not living in blessing! People who are blessed by God find it difficult to live out poverty! Take our brothers and sisters as an example, there are many who are blessed financially, so those who are not blessed financially and are unlucky must have a problem with their offering.

Then a young pastor came to ask me, "Teacher, there is a sister who is particularly unlucky, should I ask her about offering?" I said, "No, it seems like we need her offering very much." But everyone carefully considers what you are choosing.

In fact, God does not let us tempt Him, but allows us to try offering, He can't wait for us to live in blessing. Like that old woman, she threw her only two copper coins into the offering box, she is not stupid, she has the correct attitude of offering, that is, living by God. Everyone slowly considers that offering is offering to God what comes from God.

I have experienced God in offering, not exaggerating at all! I can only save a few hundred dollars a month for work, a few thousand a year, a few tens of thousands in ten years, and a few hundred thousand in a hundred years, then I can't be rich. So I gave myself a requirement, offering a tenth, and found it very good, and later changed it to offering seventeen percent.

Of course, you don't need to follow this standard, a tenth is to be paid in the Bible, so many of our brothers and sisters can't save money, there must be a problem, we must not value money more than God.

Curses and Blessings

For offering, if you offer a lame sheep to God, I advise you not to offer it! But you say that not offering is cursed, then you offer a lame sheep, is the attitude right? For example, you ask the local governor to do something, and then send him Moutai that has been opened, and send meat that has deteriorated and expired, what will he do? Not only will he not do things for you, but he will also kill you.

So our brothers and sisters must not mess up, rather be an unbeliever, than be a believer, but send a lame sheep to God, that is the concept.

Everyone must know that curses and blessings are prepared for believers. Don't come and ask me, "What about unbelievers?" Unbelievers are not in this category.

The Mosaic Law is written for the Israelites, not for the Canaanites, so the logic of curses and blessings is for believers, so believing must lead to blessing. Don't be like the Israelites who contradict God, do not fear God, and then always feel that believing in the Lord is really troublesome, and there are so many requirements.

Chinese Mingding Doctrine has a very important concept, that is, to be a Christian, be a resounding Christian, otherwise don't do it. I teach you a lesson, you try it, don't not try it and then recognize it. You carefully observe blessings and curses, don't observe a cursed Christian, and then think that he is the standard, in fact that is the standard of curse.

Let's sort out the concepts of curses and blessings, and then you make a decision. If you choose wrong, this is creation, so everything can be changed, but people can't be changed, because they are born a cursed person, you have no tricks, you tell him and offend him!

Some people don't like to hear me talk about cancer, lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis being cursed, etc., but I say this not to take care of your feelings, I just hope you can suffer less. I tell you the truth, don't think it's really ugly after listening to it! Some people like to live in curse, and don't like others to tell him, this is a very deadly thing.

Our brothers and sisters begin to understand this matter, don't think that if I don't tell you, you won't get cancer, lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis. Because the Bible has long said that people who live in curse, God will add the diseases given to the Egyptians and the diseases not given to the Egyptians to you, that will kill you! So the attitude of offering immediately separates people, some enter into curse, some enter into blessing.

God Chooses Only Treasures

God chooses only treasures, and the reason is simple. There is a passage in Malachi that says, "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap." If you are gold, you remain gold after refining. If you are dross after refining, then you are dross. Some are gems, some are scum. Gems are clever and capable, pleasing to God and treasures in His eyes.

God is like a refiner's fire and fullers' soap, meaning He only wants treasures. If the cloth is rotten after washing and cannot be whitened, it is discarded. If it is a good cloth after washing, it is kept! The Lord Jesus came to do this. Do not think that the Lord Jesus came to save everyone; that is just a beautiful hope.

I say these things only in the hope that everyone can become a treasure in God's eyes. I do not want anyone to get cancer, nor do I want anyone to suffer in pain. I tell you, many people become very bold. Once they recover from their illness, they "divorce" God, saying, "I have no time to attend meetings, I have no time to serve!" That is their attitude.

So, if you want to be a treasure, won't you suffer less? If you want to be trash, won't you be sent to the lake of fire and brimstone to be burned? Do not inherit the wrong idea that God wants everyone to be saved, so everyone will be saved. It is not like that! I also hope that you will go to Tsinghua and Peking University, that you will be a millionaire, that you will be a blessed person! But that is just a hope. So, the ideal is really full, and the reality is very bony.

God chooses only treasures, so brothers and sisters, make up your mind to be treasures in God's eyes! Don't listen to me and say it is too difficult, and I just want to be trash. No one can stop you!

If you do not think that God is like this, and think that God wants everyone to be saved, then open your eyes a little and do a little investigation. It is easy to find that Christians have too many disasters and are very miserable.

If you think you are a treasure, but you are not, isn't that self-deception? If a man thinks he has something when he has nothing, he deceives himself. If you think you are a treasure, then "is it a mule or a horse? You pull it out and show it off."

Reflect on the past month, how did you love God? If you really love God so much, what did you do that Jesus did? If you do not do what Jesus did, but do a lot of what Jesus did not do, can that be called believing in Jesus? Everyone thinks carefully, is that the case?

The theological concepts that Malachi speaks of are the basic concepts and basic values of Chinese Mingding Doctrine. As you get older, your flesh grows, your ability to distinguish good from evil increases, and your temper becomes bigger. Isn't that fatal? That is not a treasure!

The Savior Only Saves Those Who Fear His Name

Why are some people saved and some are not? If you look carefully, is being self-righteous called fearing God? Those who fear God will have the sun of righteousness arise, and those who do not fear God will have darkness appear.

Everyone thinks about what it means to fear God. Many years ago, someone said, "Teacher, I have never seen anyone as arrogant as you." I said, "What am I arrogant about?" He said, "I tell you, humble people never say they are humble." I was puzzled by this sentence for a long time and accused myself of why I wanted to say that I was humble.

So one day I prayed, and God gave me a word that was very clear and solved the confusion in me. God said, "Moses said he was very humble, was he humble? He was humble! Jesus Christ said He was gentle and humble in heart, was He humble? He was humble! Did the Apostle Paul say he was humble? He also said it, was he humble? He was humble!" After listening, I was very comforted.

Later, I thought about what humility is. Later, I found that humility is that I am not good, but my God is absolutely good! I cannot do this, but my God can definitely do it. Nothing is impossible with God. This is fearing God. Do not say, "I can't do it, and God can't do it either." Isn't that troublesome?

For example, when our brothers and sisters are looking for a job, do you think it is because of your true ability? I tell you, some people were really bad when they first came to us, but they found a job, and it was very suitable for them. Isn't that wonderful?

So those who rely on God will not be ashamed. Do not think that you are very capable. We think we are not good, but my God will definitely make me good. That is a good word! This is called fearing the name of God. So our brothers and sisters must know for sure that those who fear the name of God are very powerful.

Do not underestimate God. If you underestimate God, God will underestimate you! You think you are very humble, thinking that you are nothing. Is that called humility? It is not! It is actually thinking that I am really nothing, but God can enable me to live out the image of God, and then you walk in this direction.

If you are a salesperson, you will find that you can still get orders even though you are so bad! This is called humility, this is called fearing God, not relying on yourself. So the arrogant and the evildoers are not really arrogant, but they think they are not good, so God is not good either, so they are arrogant and not humble.

What about the evildoers? They rely on their own hands and live in their own logical system, so they live in a curse and become evil people in God's eyes.

I tell you, all the promises in the Law of Moses will be fulfilled in us, but not because of you, but because of our Savior; your sickness is healed, not because of you, but because of our Savior, because your sickness is attributed to Jesus Christ, how powerful!

I think that if a person has no faith in God and no fear of God, it is simply a tragedy in life. Who can save us from this body of death? I tell you, we can rely on the Lord Jesus who loves us! Trusting in God is very reliable and must be reliable.

Actually, we have all tried it. Someone said, "Teacher, I can't control it." Then I said, "Then try it. When you encounter this kind of thing, quickly pray in tongues a lot." Then that feeling is gone, because the Spirit of God will become your strength, but some people do not want to rely on God, they just want to carry it on their own, but they cannot carry it on their own. If you can carry it on your own, then do you still need a Savior?

So we must repent. In the past, we relied on ourselves, but now we must rely on God; in the past, we believed in ourselves, but now we believe in God; in the past, we were afraid, but now we are not afraid of anything, only afraid of God. This logic is correct.

So Malachi was able to propose such clear and great theological concepts in that era. He was really a great prophet. It turns out that this is God's will. So when we believe in the Lord, we should have more reverence, more trust, and less self-righteousness, especially those who do not know God, who are more likely to be self-righteous.

Actually, I tell you, people should never be arrogant. If you are arrogant, will God not discipline you? So what should you do if you encounter this kind of thing? Never be arrogant, read the Bible carefully. My words are very rough, and I did not study Chinese well since I was a child, but the principles are not rough, and the knowledge is not rough.

Actually, I say these words not to hope that people get cancer, but to hope that people do not get cancer; nor do I hope that cancer patients are not healed, but I hope that they are healed.

Remember! Do not think that it is bad if you feel uncomfortable listening to it. Isn't it normal for you to feel uncomfortable? Do you feel comfortable reading this book? It is uncomfortable, so what did I say? I am just telling you according to the words of the Bible. If you cannot listen to it after I finish speaking, then I will not force you.

I hope to bring you a little shock. If we feel uncomfortable listening to God's words, can you reason with God? God will curse whoever He wants to curse. We cannot reason with God! If what I am saying is not God's word, you can completely ignore it, but if you listen to this book, you must be careful. Malachi tells you that this is a curse, so let's not go that way.

Do not think that traditional theological concepts are very good. Many brothers and sisters like to listen to some strange arguments, but are those God's words? A pastor believes in the Lord and gets cancer, and then he still preaches every day. Although it makes people feel comfortable listening to it, it is not grace.

I am so emotional. When will everyone be able to read and understand the original text of the Bible? I do not want you to listen to me. I hope you can read and understand the Bible! If I am wrong, I am really willing to change, otherwise I will be very stubborn.

I often overturn the sermons I preached five years ago. It turns out that I was wrong five years ago. Five years later, I may overturn what I am preaching now, because I have grown and my understanding of God has improved.

I am not like some people who have not changed from the first day they believed in the Lord until now. That is impossible to be right! And it has no practical value, no operational space. After listening, it is over, and then it is over.

I say these things only to hope that brothers and sisters will receive more grace and more benefits of the gospel. Everyone should think carefully and never be arrogant! If you really get cancer, think carefully about what I told you.

Malachi is great. Everyone will have a chance to listen to it carefully in the future. I tell you, I do not dislike letting those Christians receive grace, but it is a bit difficult to communicate with them. Why is it difficult? They just identify with what they identify with. It is really hard! Actually, I am as hard as they are. I hope they receive grace, but they are firmly walking in a curse.

It turns out that God really does not care about one more death or one less death. Do not think that God cares very much! It is clearly recorded in Exodus and Numbers that the Israelites left Egypt, but only Caleb and Joshua entered the Promised Land. The rest were all killed in the wilderness. God did all this.

Does God really care about one death or two deaths? Even if we are killed by God, do you think God cares very much? God does not care either, but what is the problem? It is that we do not fear God and do our own thing.

So from now on, I ask everyone not only to listen to what I say, but also to compare it with the original text of the Bible, read Malachi carefully. I am just explaining Malachi to everyone, and I also interspersed some stories in the middle, that's all!

What I say is not the truth, but what Malachi says is the truth. Everyone must return to the original text of the Bible, listen carefully, read carefully, and then sort out and summarize to see if what I said is true or not? Amen!

We will finish the summary of Malachi here. May God bless everyone. Goodbye, brothers and sisters!

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