Introduction

Good morning. Today, I will be preaching on a passage titled, "Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down."

Today marks the final Sunday of 2025. Around this time last year, I encouraged everyone to formulate a plan for the year, asking what you intended to accomplish in 2025. I urged you to reflect on the lessons of the previous year and assess your performance. This year, I reiterate that encouragement to plan for the coming year, 2026, and to reflect on your performance in 2025.

You do not need to dabble here and there; you need to focus, to engage in decisive battles. Huawei operates on a principle of concentrating its strength, focusing all efforts on a small area to break through. Set a goal, make a plan, and then consistently work towards it. Write down your plan for the year and monitor how well you are implementing it each month and each week. This plan determines what you will do, and then each month, each week, each day, you must figure out how to implement it, turning it into a concrete, small project.

Today, we will discuss demolition. "Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." What does this mean? Demolition yields the highest returns. You see, our God is a God of demolition! He will demolish everything that is of the world, of the flesh, everything that discerns good and evil, and all hypocrisy. Whether you are God's people or just an ordinary person in society, even if you are unaware of God or the Lord, it does not matter; you will find that God will demolish these things, and He does so powerfully.

Sometimes, I lament the fact that people are deceived, you know? Many people are swindled, defrauded of a million! Not defrauding others of a million, but being defrauded of a million. Consider a wage earner, earning only two or three thousand, or perhaps five thousand, a month; when will they ever repay a million? They are quite audacious. People like this have filth in their minds, their minds are very dirty. Ignorance combined with filth is lethal! If it had been demolished earlier, preventing them from being swindled, they would not have this million-dollar debt, would they? It would have become savings instead.

Thus, some people, being swindled once in their lifetime, are set back to square one; being swindled twice, they are set back to before creation; it is simply emptiness and chaos. If a person demolishes these things, avoiding being swindled, would that not yield a great return? The return is immense!

Therefore, people must understand that demolishing the carnal habits within them yields the highest returns. You do not need to grow; let us not even talk about growth, but first demolish. That is, demolish our bad habits, such as laziness, mental laziness, stupidity, foolishness. Greed, love of money, love of the world, inviting God's wrath, demolish these things early. I tell you, the return is incredibly high, simply a behemoth among returns! Demolish, demolish early, to avoid being set back to square one and having to live your way back from there; how difficult that is. If you read the Bible, you will find that our God is a God of demolition.

The history of the Israelites is a history of demolition, truly, those who obey God prosper, those who defy God perish. Why is God so domineering? God is simply that domineering; let us not argue about it. Think about it; when you read the Old Testament, the scenes are terrifying. God brought the Israelites out of Egypt, but because there were too many bad habits within them, they could not be demolished. What was the result? None of the Israelites who could wield a sword in battle could enter the Promised Land, except for Joshua and Caleb; all the others died in the wilderness, not one entered, wandering in the wilderness.

I wonder, were Moses, Joshua, and Caleb not wronged? You do not want to enter, yet you implicate me. They were truly implicated, unable to enter together. All the Israelites wandered in the wilderness all day long. Moses would say, "Set out!" and they would set out. After two or three days, "Set up camp!" and they would set up camp. After three or five days, half a month, "Break camp!" and they would break camp again. I do not understand what the point of this was; it was simply torment. I am just tormenting you; do you not want to enter the Promised Land? We will just wander in the wilderness all day long.

I can tell you, it was truly arduous. Do you think manna was a blessing? Manna was a form of punishment, very miserable. Think about it; you burp and it tastes like manna, you defecate and it tastes like manna, for forty years, eating the same food every day. I think this is terrifying, eating manna every day. Seeing manna, you have to eat it, or you will starve. Seeing manna, the taste of manna appears in your mind, and then you die in the wilderness. Many things happened in the wilderness because people could not eat the manna anymore. We must understand this; you would suffer if you ate durian every day, you would suffer if you ate anything every day; I know this taste.

I ate cornbread from a young age and got sick of it. Later, when they wanted to give me a plate of cornbread, I said, "No! No! No!" "This is not the same as the cornbread from your time." Just thinking about cornbread, I do not want to eat it again; it was very hard. Later, I tell you, my first year in Singapore was very interesting. You know, in Singapore, you can buy a big bag of chicken wings for five dollars, a big plastic bag of chicken wings. My goodness, it was so cheap! I ate chicken wings every day, and after two or three months, eating chicken wings every day, I burped and it tasted like chicken. After eating for a few months, I got sick of it; the smell of chicken made me want to vomit; I was afraid of eating it.

I guess the Israelites in the wilderness, why did they want to return to Egypt? It was simply unbearable; burping and farting, it all tasted like manna. Was it hard? It was hard! Why? It was to torment you like this, to demolish the filth and uncleanness within you. For example, among us, these brothers and sisters who have cancer, ankylosing spondylitis, femoral head necrosis, these diseases, what is the problem? Have the things inside you been demolished? Teacher, pray for me! Praying, I must first gesture a bit, earnestly lead you in prayer.

Demolition is difficult, so people are truly not easy. I think this person in the Old Testament died ten thousand, died tens of thousands, and then plagues raged, just tormenting them like this. Was it demolished? It was not demolished! After Exodus, then came Judges. After entering the Promised Land, did the Israelites change? They did not change! Judges records the history from after Joshua led them into the Promised Land until before Israel established a king. No matter how they were tormented, their worldly logic system could not be demolished. In Kings, when a king was established, it was the same; God caused people to suffer. The suffering was not the suffering of people.

Moses had long ago prophesied this. What did he prophesy? He prophesied that the Israelites would suffer. Why would God's chosen people suffer so much? Later, I wondered, why so much suffering? Abraham did not suffer, Isaac and Jacob did not suffer much either. Joseph actually suffered a bit, but later he lived very well. So why did the Israelites have to suffer so much? Because their minds were dirty, there were too many things to demolish.

From Kings until Jesus Christ, the words of Jesus Christ were so good! Jesus Christ said, "Do you see this temple? It is good, is it not? But I tell you today, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." Why demolish it? The reason is simple; does God care about this temple? Do you think God really cares about a thing made of a few stones piled up? Does God really care about wall panels covered with hundreds of tons of gold? God does not care much about this.

So what does God care about? God cares about the garbage in people's minds! God wants to demolish these things; suffering is normal. So today I tell you, you must go back and listen carefully to the "God's Wrath" series of sermons; we must come out of God's wrath, and never again invite God's wrath. The coming year is a year of demolition, the year of highest return. If you do not demolish, you will suffer! How much suffering will we endure? Whoever sows, reaps.

The process of demolishing is not easy. These cancer patients that I personally minister to, one by one, over many years, I have ministered to many cancer patients, watching them suffer. Their minds are dirty, very dirty. Why? They have cancer, yet they are unwilling to demolish; is that not strange? How much suffering must they endure? One sister's mother, with cancer, had a large belly, a belly full of bad water. We describe this person as having a belly full of bad water, that is the meaning, dirty! Cancer! When brothers and sisters come, she is radiant. After they leave, her family sees her like that, humming and hawing. What is wrong? Hypocrisy!

Recently, I ministered to another cancer patient, who is also listening in the group today. This ministry is desperate! I have been ministering for nearly three months. The road we have traveled these three months has been hard! Why? I minister here, and he clings to the doctor there. After ministering for a while, I asked why he had gone to Zhengzhou. Because there is an integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment there. I thought, am I being treated as a backup? It does not matter; I will be a backup for a while.

Can Chinese and Western medicine cure it? The more he was treated, the worse it got! Later, he came back, and continued to rely on the doctor, liking to cling to the doctor. Later, the doctor said it could not be cured, it simply could not be cured. The doctor gave up, but did not give up taking money. The doctor gave up on you. At this point, we began to truly minister after taking over. In three months, the time of true ministry was only a short period; the rest was auxiliary treatment. After suffering so much, he only came back a little bit. Later, I painstakingly persuaded him, looking to God's grace and mercy.

Recently, he has finally come back a little bit, and his condition has improved somewhat; at least the cancer cannot expand anymore, the cancer cells cannot expand anymore. Otherwise, the cancer cells would have grown to this state today, like bamboo shoots after rain, growing rapidly! But it has been brought under control.

As for whether we are a backup, I do not care so much about that. What I care about is serving God; how I serve God is how I serve him. I think all the problems lie in the garbage in our minds. The more carnal things we have within us, the more we will suffer. The more worldly logic systems we have within us, the more we will suffer.

What about bone necrosis, lumbar and cervical vertebrae, ankylosing spondylitis, diabetes, high blood pressure, respiratory problems, gastrointestinal problems, hemorrhoids? We have a sister with severe hemorrhoids. Every time she went to the toilet to defecate, it was not defecation, it was bleeding! A string of grapes grew around her anus; how disgusting! She liked to go to the hospital for examinations, but after the examinations, what could she do? She could not do anything.

I wonder if we can set a good goal, in the coming year, to diligently demolish this worldly logic system, to demolish it well, okay? Demolish it slowly. If you do not demolish it, that is fine; just suffer more. Who suffers? Whoever sows, reaps.

If people's hearts are dirty, building God's temple, that temple will be demolished! Jerusalem, the holy city we speak of, became a place that kills prophets. The temple of Jehovah God became a temple that kills prophets! To what extent had it reached, how dirty had it become?

Hypocrites sat in Moses' seat, in charge of the temple. How could this temple be good? Their hearts were far from God, focusing only on outward rituals, without true godliness. This is what the Lord Jesus rebuked them for.

Therefore, we must return to God, not imitating these hypocrites, but worshiping God in spirit and in truth. Let us examine our own hearts, whether we also have hypocrisy like the Pharisees? Whether we also have a formalized faith without life? May the Lord help us to come out of this state and return to that true faith. That is, this temple, in the future, not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down. Do you understand?

God cannot tolerate it. I tell you, this is such a God, our God is such a God. Once established as the dwelling place for His name, He demolished it. Once a temple where people prayed towards this place and God answered, He demolished it. If He does not care about His own temple, who can He care about? Our God is a holy God; He truly cannot tolerate these carnal, worldly, present-life logic systems.

In the temple, the minds of these people were full of hypocrisy. On the surface, the high priest seemed to have a great aura when he came out, but his mind was full of filth! I tell you, these people, including the scribes and Pharisees, all received their due retribution. Do not think that worldly people do not know this God or this Lord and will not receive these retributions. Likewise, no one can escape! Otherwise, why are the hospitals crowded with people today?

One of our sisters' sister has cancer. When she got cancer, she went to the hospital, which was as crowded as a market. Her sister said to her, "Sister, look at all the people in this hospital." Her sister meant, "What are you doing here? It is better to rely on God for healing, without having to squeeze into this market." Her sister's concept is so interesting. It is good that I am not alone; there are many to share the suffering. Should you not think about it even more if there are so many people suffering with you? So many people come here every day, and I come here too; can he cure it?

Do you know what happened to her sister? Her sister was treated back and forth in the hospital, almost to the point of death, and then she came to me. After I went and prayed with her for an hour, she went home lively and well. Okay, did her sister know? She knew! How stubborn is this worldly logic system? Today, if you are willing to live with this worldly logic system, if you are willing to pay the price for it, to suffer some of God's wrath, then go ahead and walk that path; I wish you good luck! I am particularly moved.

Observing the church today, God is still demolishing. How many hypocrites are sitting in Moses' seat? We are not talking about others; we must talk about ourselves; we ourselves must be very careful. In the past, I was like that! Building God's church with a worldly logic system, and as a result, God knocked me down! A good job was gone; you wanted to do it, but you could not. It is not that God really needs a full-time minister to serve Him; God does not care much. In fact, a person can still serve God well in the workplace, but when serving God, you cannot use a worldly logic system.

Today, let us continue to actively demolish. What is this like? It is like my father and mother raising five children. I am relatively soft; when my father hit me, I changed! Before he even hit me, I changed! I was wrong, I changed! I avoided a lot of beatings. If you are stubborn, you will get more beatings! Our God is also like this; if we are softer, we will get fewer beatings; if we are more rigid and stubborn, we will get more beatings.

Brothers and sisters, do you know? With this kind of character, you actively demolish; is this not pleasing to God? Quickly demolish it. How high is the return! Does something with such a high return need people to persuade you? It does not need it! Diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, everything is because God wants to demolish. If you actively cooperate with God in demolishing, is it not easy to be healed? Come, let us read today's scripture.

II. Scripture

Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” (Matthew 24:1-2)

III. Prayer

God, continue to do the work of demolition in us today. Remove the filth within us, remove the foolishness within us, remove the ignorance within us. Let us know you in our hearts, let your words be engraved on our hearts. Let those carnal, worldly things in us be completely destroyed, so that we can live out your glorious image.

O God, deliver us from the knowledge of good and evil, from indulging the flesh, and from loving the world. Grant that in our days on this earth, we may, through the Holy Spirit, put to death the deeds of the body, so that we may live out Your glorious image and bear the Mingding Doctrine You have given us in this generation. Let us receive more grace, so that what we build is not Herod's temple, but the temple built by David and Moses. O God, grant us wisdom and grace, that we may look to You and rely on You, relying on You to build Your glorious church. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

IV. Scriptural Background

The background of this passage is quite interesting. This temple was very magnificent, and even by today's standards, it would still be considered very grand. Then, Jesus Christ's disciples came out of the temple with Him, and His disciples, wow! They strutted along the path with swagger. Why? I am an Israelite, and we possess the temple! How proud we are. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. Look, we are God's people. Then they said to Jesus, "Lord Jesus, look at this temple." The Bible doesn't even bother to describe the words spoken by the disciples, pointing the temple out to Jesus. What for? Pride! Look, we are Jews, we have the temple, we have the covenant with God, we have this and that, feeling quite proud.

Why do I say this? Actually, who were these disciples of Jesus? Unknown! Probably one of the twelve disciples. Upon seeing this temple, how much money must it be worth? I guess this person was Judas, with money on his mind. Dreaming of stealing the gold from the temple, there was so much gold in that temple! Alas! The outer court had copper coins, but the temple had gold. Pointing at this temple, magnificent, how much money! If this temple were divided into cubicles and rented out as apartments, how profitable! Do you understand? Thinking, if I were the high priest, I would turn this temple into small shops, renting them out one by one, selling char kway teow, selling rice noodles, selling Hainanese chicken rice, how great it would be to come here, renting them out. Counting the rent, looking at his own purse, how meager that purse was. Looking at the rent, I would become a landlord!

Jesus then said to them, come here, come here, do you not see these buildings? Are they valuable or not? Valuable! Are they impressive or not? Impressive! But I tell you the truth, every stone will be torn down.

After Jesus said this, the disciples were still bewildered. Why tear down such a good building? A long time ago, I told the brothers and sisters in our church that God would destroy this world and build a new world. Then one of the sisters said to me, teacher, look how good this is, how good the things on this earth are, why would God destroy it?

What a person sees is closely related to the logical system within. If your mind is filled with money, you will see that these things are all good. If you see only this life, these things are also good. If you see that your life is short, only seventy or eighty years, perhaps you will die, but the buildings on this earth will still be there. Today, when we look at those buildings from before World War II, the British architecture, those Southeast Asian-style buildings, are they not still there? They are preserved, meaning that if you buy this property, you cannot renovate it, you must preserve its original appearance. Why? To commemorate! Are they valuable or not? Very valuable indeed, properties worth millions. But the people are gone, what does that have to do with you? Once owned that house, that building, what happened later? Gone.

I have a friend whose family is very wealthy. His father used to own many properties on Orchard Road, the central business district of Singapore. When I walked with him along Orchard Road for a meal, he said this used to be our family's, this used to be our family's, all of these were theirs. Now it's gone, saying that even if it exists, it's what his father once owned, and now his father is also gone.

I tell you, if a person's perspective is not adjusted to eternity, they are living in this life. You don't even think too far, the furthest you think is about retirement, going to a nursing home. If you think further, are you really gone? So people's eyes are fixed here, but that's all garbage! Those are the things God will destroy.

What does God want to fill people's hearts with? Filled with God's eternal words established in heaven. Let us be filled with a divine logical system. If today we are filled with a worldly logical system, when we die, it's all over, nothing remains. If you go to the hospital for treatment, and the doctor says this medicine can extend your life by one year, would you want it? Three hundred and sixty-five days, would you want it? If it extends your life by five years, would you want it? You have to pay to buy it! We think extending one year is a big deal, extending five years is even more amazing. Actually, when you go to the hospital for treatment, isn't it just to extend it a little? To die a little later, right? Even if you are full of tubes, after the tubes are filled, you suffer and want to extend your life a little. Look how dirty that is, can it be extended? I'll pour cold water on you, it can't be extended!

This disciple of Jesus Christ, the one who asked Him, his mind was filled with this stuff. But Jesus said, not one stone will be left unturned. And you, in your small way, not one stone in you will be left unturned. As a result, Judas betrayed Jesus, the temple was still there, but he hanged himself on a crooked tree. Do you understand? Today, if people have the opportunity, they often go to see the old crooked tree where Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, even if you are an emperor, that's all you are! What can a person do in this world? Actually, they can't do much.

I was thinking, when can this logical system be destroyed? Why must it be extended for a period of time? Come, everyone, tell me, extending it for a period of time, and then suffering those sins, what's the point? There was an old man, I once served him, before he died, he was full of tubes, he lived in the ICU for a month before he died. After he died, his eyes were wide open. Do you know why they were wide open? Suffering, hardship, dying miserably, would you want that?

The ICU costs seven or eight thousand, ten thousand eight thousand a day. What hotel do you stay in for ten thousand eight thousand? You have to be well-tubed, able to maintain one day is ten thousand dollars, able to maintain another day is another ten thousand dollars. The family also feels that it's good for him to live one more day, to suffer one more day, right? Miserable!

A good friend, a pastor, his face and skin color turned chocolate. I thought, how can he change his skin, why change to an Indian skin? Actually, it was from the medication, suffering! If a person has the concept of eternal life, it is the spirit that gives life, why would I want to extend the life of the flesh? Can it be extended? Some say that according to the current scientific advancements, one can live to one hundred and fifty years old. If you live to one hundred and fifty years old, do you think you are great? Then miserably go to the underworld, you can also go to the underworld with your eyes wide open.

Today, brothers and sisters, rethink, we need to destroy too many things. So what is this place? Why did Jesus say to tear down this temple? Everyone needs to know.

In the previous chapter, what did Jesus say?

"So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started! “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation. “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate." (Matthew 23:33-38)

Do you understand? This is the problem. What caused them to kill the prophets? Hypocrisy! Why? Their bones are filled with a worldly logical system, the core interest in their bones is money, the interest is power, power can be turned into money, and money can buy things, that's the system. As a result, the prophets said, "No, it's not like that!" Shut up, shut the prophet's dog mouth! The dog mouth tells the prophet to shut up, just like that.

What is the most outrageous thing? The Son of God, Jesus Christ, came, and they also killed Jesus Christ, deceived by this life! So can we brothers and sisters come to a conclusion? As long as we are filled with worldly and carnal things, we are the ones who nail Jesus Christ to the cross! Don't superficially build the church, but be worldly and carnal in your bones. If you are worldly and carnal in your bones, how can you build the church? You only care about the things of this life, including how to retire, killing the prophets. People wear a religious cloak, but in their bones, they are just ordinary worldly people, hypocrites! These hypocrites, do you think they cheat people? They cheat people, they cheat people a lot!

In the Book of Nehemiah that we just studied, the high priests were all filled with a worldly logical system, marrying the local thugs, becoming in-laws. Why? To mix in circles, you have to mix in circles! So the high priests in the time of Jesus were also of that virtue. He was a product of the union of politics and religion, he had power, people believed in the Lord, but inside they were carnal, outside they were spiritual, do you think it can not be torn down?

Every stone will be torn down, every person will be torn down! Why do Christians experience so much? On the surface, it seems like they have experienced many disasters, but in their bones, it is all God tearing down. People must be torn down, people's hopes, people's core interests, are not in this world. I don't want to live one more year or two more years, I want to live forever. If you want to live forever, do you need to care about one or two years of the flesh? No need!

So sometimes what I say is hard for people to understand. I said dying at ten, dying at twenty, dying at fifty, dying at any age is the same! It's just a matter of sooner or later, dying sooner suffers less! Not many people can understand this concept. Because it's not perfect, but martyrdom makes it perfect immediately. Living one more year or two more years in this world, it's just so-so, that's my concept. If you really want to live a few more years in this flesh, to suffer a few more years, I wish you good luck! Ascending the Mount of Olives, then some disciples said, "What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" Jesus said, "Watch out that no one deceives you." Even today, the probability of brothers and sisters among us being deceived is very high. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. Did you hear that? Many people falsely claim to be the Messiah. If you don't use your head and don't investigate a little, you will fall for this trick.

You know, I used to be very familiar with this passage. So once when I was praying, I saw Jesus sitting next to me in a vision. "I am Jesus"! I remembered that many would be deceived. Even if you are the real Jesus, it doesn't hurt to examine you, but in fact, it wasn't. Jesus doesn't have that much time, nothing to do, coming to my place for a stroll? Fake!

If today there are still some people who have cancer, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, in a very painful process, they see Jesus coming, and Jesus says to them, "This is the grace I give you, the greatest grace I give you." Listen to these words, is that true? That's not true, it's fake. Some people pray for money, praying for money every night, and the Holy Spirit even urges him to pray for his money, is that true? That's not true, it's just fooling people.

So these disasters, people will hand you over to be persecuted and put to death. This is the time to see if you are real or fake. If you want to live a few more years in this world, you will not live forever. If you don't want to live a few more years in this world, when it's time to die, die quickly. Not many people can hear these words.

Yesterday, a sister asked me: Teacher, you once said you had a hope. I said, I know what you want to say. Is it to be martyred for God? She said, yes, yes, that's it! I said, I may not have this opportunity. But in my bones, I hope to have this opportunity.

At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other. For what? Just to live a few more years in this world. Do you understand? To live a few more years in this world, what's the point? There's no point!

We brothers and sisters need to start rethinking, do you want to live a few more years, or a few less years? If in your bones you want to live a few more years, you probably don't have the concept of eternal life. If you don't care much about living a few more years or a few less years, it's because you have the hope of eternal life inside.

It's that God uses cancer, ankylosing spondylitis, bone necrosis, all kinds of diseases, it's also difficult to destroy the concept of this life inside people, very difficult. So I think we brothers and sisters, the background of this passage that Jesus spoke, is to tear down this.

According to people's age, many people are already more powerful than Jesus. According to the age of the flesh, Jesus was only thirty-three years old, you are already thirty-four, enough. You say I'm thirty-nine, enough. I'm over sixty, enough. So, brothers and sisters, often prepare, often prepare for your own funeral. Actually, prepare for the funeral well, don't wait until you can't breathe, can't poop, can't pee before preparing for the funeral, it's very heavy! Isn't it?

Because this is not a very amazing thing. If we die and it's all over, then we must cherish every day. If people live forever, then you must also cherish every day. The effect of every day of service will follow you into eternity.

V. Demolishing Hypocrisy

You know, what angers God the most is hypocrisy. On the surface, I love God very much, I very much hope to obtain eternal life, but in fact, the core interest is still this life. Then it's ruined. So hypocrisy is not as good as being straightforward, these hypocritical people are particularly hateful. Why? Because when the prophet comes, he exposes their hypocrisy.

Think about it, you are sitting in Moses' seat, and the prophet comes, and you say this is nonsense. Sitting in Moses' seat, you have the power to nail people to the cross, you have the power to put people to death. You expose him, you let him be exposed, and he also lets you be exposed. He doesn't just let you be exposed, he wants you to die. You let him be exposed, he lets you die, just like that. So one prophet comes, kill one, one comes, kill one.

So how did God's temple become like this? I tell you, the manager of the temple, he is a product of the union of politics and religion, that is, politics and religion are linked. If you are the high priest, you are like a little king. If you are a high priest, you are powerful, you can decide people's life and death. Then what? If you have this authority, you want to manage the people of the whole country, what do you do? Can you believe and rely on God to manage? It's difficult.

So how to manage? He has to play with all the state machinery, political tools, manage the propaganda well, manage the right to speak well, and then manage the army well, manage the police well, manage the economy of the whole country well. How do you manage the national economy? It's hard for me to understand how to manage, don't you have to follow this worldly economics to do it? Suddenly stuck inside.

So, what did Paul say? None of those in positions of power in this world understand the mysteries of God. Why? Because their logical framework is rooted in the worldly system, which they practice daily until they leave their positions or breathe their last.

I hope our brothers and sisters begin to clearly dismantle hypocrisy. Christians must be wary of hypocrisy. Imagine a pastor fabricating falsehoods, leading people into pyramid schemes, and thinking he is building a church—is that not hypocrisy? Today, brothers and sisters, you must understand why the rate of cancer among Christians is twice as high as that among non-believers. Of course, my statistics may not be entirely accurate, and you may not believe them. It is because there are more hypocrites in the church. The abundance of hypocrisy deeply moves me. Once, on a flight to Israel, the person next to me was dressed remarkably like Jesus, resembling the Jesus in paintings, wearing a coarse yellow robe and carrying a bag, much like the images. I later learned he was a speaker and happened to be seated next to me.

I suffer from rhinitis, a severe case. At that time, I had severe rhinitis and did not know what to do. Now, it is mostly healed through prolonged prayer. My nose is still somewhat weak, but much better than before. On the plane, I was sneezing, sneezing for hours, a series of sneezes, which was very uncomfortable. It disturbed his sleep and annoyed him.

Later, I discovered that he was a speaker. If he truly resembled Jesus on the outside, he should have had some semblance of Jesus on the inside. My one sneeze exposed his hypocrisy. What good is it to look like Jesus on the outside? None whatsoever. You may appear like Jesus outwardly, but have no ability within. If you were truly like Jesus, a touch to my nose would have healed it, and you could have slept well. But he had no such power. I was deeply moved and could hardly bear to listen to what he was saying.

Therefore, God is now dismantling the church, dismantling hypocritical churches, those who sit in Moses' seat and do hypocritical deeds. They may build tombs for the prophets, but they are the ones who kill the prophets. So today, brothers and sisters, you must understand that when we begin to serve God, to be true prophets of God, we face a powerful enemy: these very people. They crucified Jesus, they crucified the prophets, so what more can they do to us? Therefore, we face the dark forces of religion head-on. Brothers and sisters, do not be surprised.

Because our information online is public, many people listen and agree with what is being said. In one church, many brothers and sisters were listening to our teachings, which infuriated the pastor. Those with some pursuit in his congregation were coming to us, while those without remained with him. How could he manage? Those who could give offerings left, and those who could not stayed behind. This infuriated the pastor, who called those who listened to our teachings traitors, becoming agitated.

If you had the heart of Jesus Christ, diligently nurturing the brothers and sisters and providing food in due season, would people need to seek teachings elsewhere? They are starving, and you have not even charged them for the food they are seeking. What good are you doing there? Of course, you can take their offerings, but we can provide their nourishment. Therefore, hypocrisy is detestable.

Why do people become hypocritical? At their core, they are carnal, and they have not dealt with this aspect. Upon closer examination, their words are overwhelmingly carnal, a basketful of them. So, when those brothers and sisters with cancer or serious illnesses come among us for ministry, it is very difficult for us, truly difficult. I tell you, every time they visit, your illness worsens. Do you know why? Because they transmit carnal things, entirely carnal concepts. I am dismantling carnal concepts here, and they are rebuilding them there. You are already dizzy, right? Hearing those carnal things seems so logical. Sometimes I lose my temper; it is too difficult!

Six. Dismantling the Carnal

If a person does not dismantle the carnal, he is certainly a hypocrite. In the church, they show their best side to the pastor. What do I need to see that for? Let us look at the filth within. What to keep, what to discard, what to dismantle—let us do it quickly. I am deeply moved. What I hate most among us, whether pastors, co-workers, or small group leaders, is when they come to me and say, "Teacher, look how well I lead this prayer, how well I lead that prayer." They talk about how well they are doing. I say, let us talk about something else, about where you should grow, where you should dismantle. I do not want to hear those things; what good are they? You are doing well, and you want me to tell you that you are doing well. If you want me to say you are doing well, you are still carnal, and you have much to dismantle, your mind full of worldly things.

So much filth and corruption within us are carnal. Then think about it. Of course, I will not stop you from seeing a doctor, as I have no right to. But the problem is, doctors treat the flesh. If you want to live a few more years in the flesh, are you not very carnal? Then will you not be dismantled by Jesus Christ? Are you not suffering these things today for this very reason? You say this is carnal; will Jesus dismantle it? Not one stone will be left upon another. God will dismantle everything, every stone, every carnal attribute.

Seven. Dismantling the Worldly

This is the worldly: a person in the world cannot help himself. Think about it. You become the high priest, and you have to deal with the Roman soldiers, and you have to manage the country's economy and politics. How difficult is it not to be worldly? So, we have truly wronged Jeroboam. Jeroboam took over the ten tribes and was quite pleased. He took over the ten tribes and established the Kingdom of Israel. Once he took over, he was in that position, seeking its governance. What to do then? He brought in all the advisors. The high priest also had these advisors, right? So, what do we do? It is not easy.

So, today I want to tell you a story. Yuwen Tai was the founder of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Yuwen Tai once consulted Su Chuo on the way to govern the country, and the two had a brilliant conversation. This conversation is not famous, and for some reason, historians are unwilling to spread it, but it reveals the core secret of imperial rule in China for thousands of years: nurture corrupt officials, kill corrupt officials. The high priest governs this country, Jeroboam governs Israel, so what to do? You have to ask, right? How can the country be established? Su Chuo said, use officials. How to use officials? Use corrupt officials, fight corrupt officials.

The king did not understand, why use corrupt officials? Su Chuo said, if you want others to work for you, you must give them benefits. But you do not have so much money to give them, so you give them power, let them use the power in their hands to plunder the people's wealth, and they will get benefits, right? Look at what he is saying, oh my goodness, right?

Yuwen Tai said, corrupt officials get benefits from the power I give them, what benefits will they bring to me? Look at this matter, all benefits. The high priest also has this dialogue with the people below. Su Chuo replied, because they get benefits because you give them power, so in order to protect their benefits, they must maintain your power, then your rule will not be solid? You must know that everyone wants to be emperor. If there are no corrupt officials to maintain your regime, then how can you consolidate your rule?

Yuwen Tai suddenly realized. Then he asked puzzledly, since corrupt officials are used, why fight corrupt officials? Su Chuo said, this is the essence of power. To use corrupt officials, you must fight corrupt officials, so that you can deceive the people and consolidate your regime.

Yuwen Tai was very confused after listening: My lord, tell me quickly. Su Chuo said, there are two benefits: First, which official in the world is not greedy? The officials under your command are not afraid of his greed, but afraid of not listening to you. So, in the name of fighting corrupt officials, eliminate the corrupt officials who do not listen to you, and retain the corrupt officials who listen to you. This can eliminate dissidents and consolidate your power, and you can get the people's support. Second, as long as the officials are greedy, their handle is in your hands. If he dares to betray you, you can destroy him on the grounds of greed. Corrupt officials are afraid that you will destroy him, so they will listen to you more obediently. So, fighting corrupt officials is your magic weapon to control corrupt officials. If you do not use corrupt officials, you will lose the magic weapon to fight corrupt officials, then how can you control officials? This is the mystery of using corrupt officials and fighting corrupt officials.

If all your subordinates are honest officials and deeply supported by the people, if he does not listen to you, you have no excuse to remove him. If you have to remove him, the people will be unhappy. If you are unhappy, you will be resentful, and if you are resentful, you will cause chaos in the country, so you cannot use honest officials. In this way, you can clean up the bureaucracy and make it a uniform group of people who support you.

Yuwen Tai was overjoyed and praised him repeatedly. Su Chuo said to Yuwen Tai: There is more. Yuwen Tai widened his eyes and asked: What else? Su Chuo said: You use all corrupt officials, so what about provoking public grievances? Yuwen Tai was shocked, but he did not think of this. What is the wonderful plan?

Su Chuo said: Issue an order to severely punish this corruption, raise the banner of anti-corruption, and increase publicity again and again, so that the people know that you hate corrupt officials to the bone, so as to prove that you care about the people, and let the people think that you are wise and martial. As for those bad officials, push the responsibility on them, and never let the people think that you are the chief culprit for employing corrupt officials. You must let the people think that you are good, and the reason why so many problems have occurred in the society is not that you do not want to do well, but that the officials below do not want to implement your policies well.

What about those officials who have too much public resentment? Kill him! Under the banner of seeking justice for the people, put the people's wealth he has plundered into your pocket. In this way, you can quell public grievances, and you can get the benefits of plundering the people's wealth in the name of plundering the people's wealth. Why not do it?

Did everyone understand what I said? I ask you, how does this high priest manage the country? If it is not managed this way, how is it managed? I was thinking, I must never touch this thing.

Never touch this thing. Once you touch this thing, you have to follow this set of things. If you do not follow this set of things, you will not know how your head fell off. Did everyone understand? So now do not believe anything, just believe in God. As long as people are in this world, they have to follow the worldly logical system. Following the worldly logical system is the set of logic said between Yuwen Tai and Su Chuo, which is忽悠. Dismantling this worldly, how to dismantle it? Do not touch those things.

Some people say, Teacher Liu, make it bigger and stronger. I said I do not have that volume. If I make it bigger and stronger, I will be in jail! Forget it. I am just an ordinary person. We can bless one if we can bless one, and release one if we can release one. So, Jesus Christ is not a worldly Jesus Christ, He is a divine Jesus Christ. He wants to lead us on a divine path. If people are greedy for power and money, you have no way. A worldly person, a person with power and influence in this world, none of them can know Jesus Christ, it is very difficult.

Eight. Actively Dismantling

Are there many worldly things in us? When you go to the store to buy things, do you have to spend money? Do you have to dismantle the carnal? We eat something delicious, do we not know it is delicious? We know, right? So this is natural, these carnal and worldly things, and then put on a spiritual appearance, which is hypocrisy. If you are a hypocrite, will you not become a brood of vipers? How can you escape the punishment of hell? Then people become those who kill prophets and kill Jesus Christ. Although you did not live in that era, you had no chance. If you lived in that era, if you had the opportunity, you would definitely be these people.

You know that those who were哇哇哇 shouting to nail Jesus to the cross were all fans of the high priest, all those who wanted to get an official position in that system. Today I have exposed these things, so what our brothers and sisters pursue is no longer these things. Then you say if I am not these, how can I live? Then you can live better. Can God not let you live well? It is actually very easy to let you live well.

I think I will make a summary. Actively dismantle these things. I tell you, who is the faithful and wise servant, whom the Lord has appointed to manage his household and give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant if his master finds him doing so when he comes. Truly, I tell you, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed,' and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

I tell you, does our God lack money? He does not lack money. Does our God lack things? Does he lack good things? He does not lack. Does our God lack temples? He does not lack. What our God lacks is faithful and wise servants, appointed by the master to manage his household and give them their food at the proper time. I tell you, the path we are taking today is running towards this path.

I am particularly moved, how I wish every one of our brothers and sisters was a faithful and wise servant, appointed by the master to manage his household and give them their food at the proper time. You must have insight. Let us re-sort it out today. When we are faithful to God, we will not be faithful to this world. When we are faithful to God, we will not be faithful to money. I tell you, if God reigns in us, raising our hands for people, we will not lack any benefits. Amen!

Today, brothers and sisters, let us begin to actively dismantle and become faithful and wise servants. In the future, God will do the work of blessing in you. So I think, offering is not offering, offering is grace, offering is great grace.

At this time, raise your hands and pray with me. Lord Jesus, I want to be a faithful and wise servant. God, do this wonderful work in me today, dismantling the dirty and filthy things in me, dismantling those things that cater to the flesh and love the world. God, reshape me today, shape me according to your image, so that I can live out your image. Let the next year have your abundant grace in me, save me from all carnal corruption.

Lord Jesus, in the next year, I will be released from all diseases, release me from the troubles of my current diseases. My illness will be healed, and my heart will turn to you. You are my Lord, you will control my life, you will dismantle the worldly and carnal things in me, so that I can be in accordance with your will in my life. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!