Introduction
The topic for this session is: Why does the Bible say that all were healed? I dare not say that all were healed. Please don't ask me why all were healed. If you want to ask, ask Luke and Matthew, who wrote the Bible.
Today, we are going to begin a study on why the Bible says all were healed. Examine the Bible carefully.
Multitudes also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed. (Acts 5:16)
For impure spirits came out of many, shouting with shrieks, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. (Acts 8:7)
As a result, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured. (Acts 28:9)
When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. (Matthew 8:16)
Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Many followed him, and he healed all their sick. (Matthew 12:15)
These scriptures all speak of all the sick being healed.
The Bible as the Standard
Today, if we tell people that everyone who comes to us will be healed! Many will come and hold us accountable. Why was I not healed? That would be troublesome! But this is what the Bible says, so we won't argue about it.
What do you believe? I believe what the Bible says is right. I believe that in the situation at that time, Matthew and Luke saw that all were healed. That is a very critical issue. Some believe, some don't, but I believe!
A sister really wanted to prove that all were healed, but she could not prove it after trying for a long time. For example, if a sick person is healed through prayer but relapses later, is it considered healed or not healed? This is simply too confusing.
The Sustainability of Truth
I am an engineer, or rather, I am a highly educated intellectual. A highly educated intellectual must know one thing: truth has a characteristic of sustainability.
For example, I found a scientific law, the law of universal gravitation. The moon revolves around the earth, and we can calculate its position at any given time with great precision. Then, using the law of universal gravitation, we calculate the Earth's orbit around the sun, and we can calculate its position at any given time with great precision. It cannot be sometimes this way and sometimes that way.
If different situations arise, it proves that the law of universal gravitation is incorrect. If it is correct, it will definitely be calculated this way. So, after Newton discovered the law of universal gravitation, he was very excited and said that as long as you tell me how this planet is, I can calculate its position at any given time. It's amazing!
Today, when we launch artificial satellites into space and have them operate in orbit, it is entirely based on Newton's law of universal gravitation. We can clearly calculate which orbit the satellite is in and where it is running. So, the first artificial satellite launched by the Chinese, which sang The East is Red in the sky, had to be in a specific orbit and location at a specific time.
If you say this is truth, it must be so. If it is not so, it is not called truth.
Then, brothers and sisters, back to the matter of all being healed, it does not mean that it is sometimes this way and sometimes that way, then it is not called truth. Brothers and sisters, do not measure truth by whether you can perform it.
People can launch artificial earth satellites, and they say that artificial earth satellites are launched this way. If you cannot launch them, you should simply shut up and not talk nonsense. Newton said that universal gravitation is calculated this way, and people actually calculated it that way because it can be proven.
If you cannot launch artificial earth satellites, or you do not know how to calculate the law of universal gravitation, it does not explain anything. All truth must have a characteristic called repeatability. If something is not repeatable, sometimes it is this way, sometimes it is that way, then it cannot be determined whether it is truth.
Suppose we install a light switch in our house, and sometimes the switch turns on the light, and sometimes it does not. What does that prove? It proves one thing: the switch is broken, or someone is pressing the switch at the same time as you, and the light happens to turn on, and then it doesn't work again. So today, our brothers and sisters must know that truth must have this repeatable characteristic.
Belief and Disbelief Bring Different Results
This still cannot prove anything. If it is not enough to prove anything, then what else can be used to prove why the Bible says that all were healed? I would like to share a little bit with you from another perspective, sharing some of my practical experience.
If you believe that all were healed, and then you minister with such a mindset, the results are completely different from when you do not believe that all were healed. So, I want to look at this Bible from a practical perspective to understand why the Bible says that all were healed.
From my practical side, although my practice cannot explain the problem too much, I will reason with you. Suppose I believe that all were healed, although only 10% of the people are healed through my ministry, I still believe that all were healed, and the result will be that 20% of the people are healed.
But I still tell people that all were healed, because that is what the Bible says, this is not something I made up. Because I believe what the Bible says, later 30% of the people were healed, then later 40% of the people were healed, then later 80% of the people were healed, and finally all were healed.
This thing, I think, is very interesting! Conversely, as a minister, if I don't believe that all were healed, then that's troublesome. Originally, 10% of the people were healed, then later it was 5%, then later they didn't believe it anymore, then later it was 1%, and then later it was like a blind cat running into a dead mouse, occasionally encountering one who was healed. So where is the problem? It lies in whether a person can choose to believe that truly all were healed.
So, brothers and sisters, if you are sick, you must believe: all were healed. If you are doing healing and deliverance ministry, you must believe that all were healed. If you believe that all were healed, that is a super thing to do. What do you think of my argument? I think my argument is very good! Believing that all were healed and not believing that all were healed have completely different results. If I believe that all were healed, then that's amazing, I will become more and more like Jesus.
Some people say that you cannot use your experience to prove it. Yes, I actually should not use my experience to prove it, but if you say that, you cannot use your experience to prove it either, right? Your experience is that only 10% are healed, so not 100% are healed. Are you the Bible? You are not. Am I the Bible? Neither am I. But the Bible says so, so we just believe it, and the result is very different.
I am an engineer, and I like to try things. From the results of my attempts, I know which one I should choose to believe, because I believe that all were healed, so miracles and wonders are constantly manifested through my hands.
The last time I shared God's glory with you, God's glory is related to miracles and wonders. For example, if the blind man is not healed, is God's glory manifested? No. There are many blind people walking around on the street, what glory of God is being manifested? There are many mentally ill people in mental hospitals, and if they are not healed, what glory of God can be manifested? No glory at all!
Because the blind man was healed, he became a vessel for manifesting God's glory. So, we must know that miracles and wonders follow those who believe. Believing that all were healed and not believing that all were healed have completely different results.
Just Believe That All Were Healed
I myself am a practical person. I have practiced many kinds of prayers and many kinds of beliefs. For example, if a person is lying in front of me, and their legs are swollen like two wooden sticks, it's very scary. When I look at them, I feel very distressed inside.
I said, can this be healed? How bad could this be? But I believe that God is the God who heals us, I believe that all were healed! I held his legs in my arms and prayed. I will share with you how I prayed for 8 hours and how I prayed for 3 hours. I believe there are many people who want to know where I get so many words. Actually, you don't need so many words, just a few words will do. What was the result? After praying for 1 hour, the legs returned to normal. I said, oh God! I myself am also very edified, You are so amazing, God! You can even do this?! Why? Because I believe that God will definitely heal him.
Once I ministered to a cancer patient, and the problem with this person was that they could not drink water or eat food. Every time they drank water or ate food, they would choke into their lungs. It was very painful. As a result, they brought him to me. I said, oh God, why did you bring me such a serious patient? Of course, I was troubled inside! I said, oh God, don't let him die on me in the end, how will I explain it?
That day he lay on the sofa in our house, rolling his eyes. The person who brought him looked at me, and I looked at her. The feeling was really bad. Even if I am a person of faith, I was afraid inside. What if he passed away? No one has ever died in our house. What if the first dead person came to our sofa? Wouldn't that be terrible? I encouraged this sister and told her that all were healed. As a result, God is really God! Later, this patient could eat, drink, and do everything. He could even go to work.
So, what am I saying? I am arguing for one thing: it is amazing that you can believe that all were healed! For me, why do I want to share that all were healed with you? Because this matter is too important! If you believe that some people seem to be healed and some people do not seem to be healed, then that's troublesome.
One day, a person came to me, and he looked at me, and I looked at him. The meaning was that he was here to interrogate me. He asked me: Do all the people you pray for and minister to get healed? Oh my God, someone is even asking this? I said: Oh, I forgot, there really is one! He said: Who is it? I said: It's you! He was very embarrassed, and I was also very embarrassed. What is in people's minds? Is there a problem with us expecting all to be healed? There is no problem at all. So, when you believe that all were healed, you can also be healed! These are the words in the Bible, this is not something I made up.
Why don't you take a pen and write it down, and go back and check Matthew 8:16, Matthew 12:15, Acts 5:16, Acts 8:7, Acts 28:9. These are two books written by Matthew and Luke. Matthew was someone who followed Jesus, and Luke was someone who followed Paul. Luke followed Paul to write the book of Acts, which is about the events after Jesus ascended into heaven, and Matthew wrote about the events before Jesus ascended into heaven. Both of these events are discussing one thing, which is that all were healed.
If it is said that all were healed when Jesus was around, and the book of Acts says that sometimes they were healed and sometimes they were not, then we know that the situation was like that after Jesus ascended into heaven. But in fact, whether it was before Jesus ascended into heaven or after Jesus ascended into heaven, all were healed. This all were healed is actually the words in the book of Acts.
It Is God's Will for Us to Be Healed
In the book of Matthew, Jesus healed all who were sick. Then I think, if you want to learn how to do healing and deliverance ministry, do you want God to use your hands to heal more and more people? I want to! Why did I do healing and deliverance ministry back then? Because I saw brothers and sisters being plagued by illnesses, and I wept with these brothers and sisters who were sick!
My most famous case is releasing a Shanghai girl who was a middle school teacher in Singapore. No matter how many times I tell this case, every time I tell it, I thank my God, because I shed a lot of tears for this matter. After more than 3 months, it was very hard, and I was very troubled in my heart. I didn't know when she would be healed, because she had a mental illness, depression, couldn't sleep, wanted to cut her wrists, and wanted to jump off the building. She made me worry every day. You say I have faith, but even with faith, I still worry! One day she said she was really going to jump off the building, oh, I was really worried to death.
So, what should we who serve God have? What does God ask of us? What God asks of us is only to do justly, act with kindness, and walk humbly with your God. These words are well said! As a result, after I ministered for more than 3 months, the whole situation became worse and worse. This was simply killing me, how could it be getting worse and worse?
That day I was praying with her in my office. One hour passed, two hours passed, and it was still the same. There was absolutely no change. The way she was lying on the ground looked very desperate, and I was also very desperate. I felt very, very uncomfortable. As a result, in despair, I helped her up. I said, sister, let's go downstairs and have some tea to regain our strength. Actually, my faith was already on its last breath and was about to be extinguished.
As a result, when we reached the door and walked down the escalator from the 3rd floor, I turned around. I said: Sister, you must be released today. If you are not released today, we will pray until tomorrow. If you are not released tomorrow, we will pray until the day after tomorrow. You must be released!
Wow! With this declaration, my faith suddenly rose up. After it rose up, we went back after drinking a cup of tea. Less than 10 minutes after we came back, the demon began to manifest. The demon was screaming as I was hitting it. What was hitting it and making it scream? It was faith! I tell you, faith is an amazing thing. If a person has no faith, it is a tragedy. After I finished ministering, my tears fell down. I thanked God!
I have ministered to many people in despair, and they were all supported by my faith, because I believe that all were healed. If all were healed, then Jesus will surely heal this child in front of me. Although Jesus has already risen and ascended into heaven, He will surely heal her through my hands. So, I think this matter has a profound impact on us.
Someone sent me a text: Look, Paul had a disease. When he went to Galatia to preach, Paul was sick, so not all were healed. I thought about this carefully, and it sounded very interesting, so I took it out to share with you. A very famous Christian quarterly wrote this kind of thing. They take these things in the world very lightly. Whether you think it is light or important is not important at all. The key is whether you have this heart of compassion.
In my heart, I know that my God is full of grace and full of mercy. When I see brothers and sisters with illnesses, such as cancer, depression, and all kinds of diseases, I see that they are in great pain. I don't want to use any words to comfort them. I just want to see the glory of Jesus Christ manifested. When I see the glory of Jesus Christ manifested, I give glory to our Father God.
Why? Because if Jesus had not been crucified for us, if Jesus Christ had not borne the stripes for us, how could there be these healings today? Because healing is God's will. Doesn't the Bible say that by Jesus' stripes, we are healed? Jesus has already borne the stripes, why can't we receive the grace of healing?
I challenge those pastors who find many excuses for people's illnesses. They describe the patients as Job, but you will find that Job was healed and his property was doubled. But those patients? They died miserably. Can that be the same? That cannot be the same! It is not like that, is it? So, whether we as pastors can release the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ depends on whether you have faith in Jesus Christ!
Our brothers and sisters should never think that it is not God's will for our diseases to be healed. If it is not God's will, God would have revealed it to us in the Bible long ago, and the book of Acts would not have said that all were healed. Then the book of Matthew would not have said that Jesus healed all who were sick, right?
So, can we today begin to desire to be like Jesus? God uses my hands to heal 10% of the people, but after a while, there will be 20%, then after a while, there will be 30%, then after a while, there will be 50%, then after a while, there will be 80%, and then after a while, all will be healed. How much I desire that God's mercy can be in our hearts and make us more and more like Jesus!
Desire to be like Jesus, desire that God use your hands to manifest His glory, desire that those who are sick can be healed, desire that God can release grace and mercy through you. Can we become vessels of blessing for Jesus Christ? If we desire to become that vessel of blessing, then begin to believe that Jesus Christ healed all who were sick.
Some people will say that if Jesus healed everyone, what is the use of hospitals? The person who said this, his son was sick, and his wife took the child to pray, and the child was healed. He was on the sidelines and said sarcastically that you have to take the child to the hospital! This time it was his turn, and he suddenly had a fever while on a business trip. On the first day, he took a lot of medicine, but it didn't get better. It was useless to have his wife pray for him. Later, he got a little better, but it kept coming back. The next day, he asked his mother, and his mother was also in charge of our healing and deliverance ministry. His mother prayed for him, but it kept coming back. On the third day, he asked his mother: Can I ask the teacher to pray for me?
I prayed for him and killed the spirit of fever. He was very uncomfortable with the hot and cold flashes. One moment he was cold, and the next moment he was hot. His hands and feet were cold. It was very scary. This kind of disease is an evil spirit, but I killed the evil spirit. After killing it, I didn't want to morally kidnap him. But he must begin to understand from his heart that medicine and hospitals are still a little troublesome!
Today, there are many diseases that cannot be cured in hospitals! But is there any disease that cannot be cured with God? No! Then why do we still need hospitals when we have God? I tell you, because hospitals are prepared for those who have no faith. Why don't we be people of faith? Being a person of faith saves money and reduces suffering. How great is that!
The medical conditions at that time were not very good, but Jesus healed everyone. Are the medical conditions better today? Some time ago, the person who had cancer who could not drink water or eat food who came to me, is now raising money because after he left the church, he still wanted to go his original way. So, what is happening now? The condition is getting worse and worse, the body is getting worse and worse, the money is also spent, and the body is not working.
There are really too many things like this! So, our brothers and sisters, if you are still troubled by hospitals and taking medicine, I think you must come out of this trouble. Luckily I don't care much. If you want to take medicine, take medicine. If you don't want to take medicine, don't take medicine. It is your own business whether you take medicine or not. I don't force people. Luckily, I am this kind of person, and I am also very free.
Some people say that Timothy drank some wine, so he still had to seek treatment! It's okay, I'll let you drink some wine too. If you have a headache or fever, you can drink some wine and pray too. Stomach ache? Drink some wine. Paul said so in the Bible, try drinking a little, and if it doesn't get better, we will pray! So, I don't think there is any contradiction. Jesus also spat some saliva, mixed it with mud, and smeared it on people's eyes. Jesus also had a lot of tricks.
So why are we subject to these restrictions? It's OK if you want to see a doctor, no problem. The question is whether we believe what the Bible says, all were healed! If we believe what the Bible says, all were healed, then wouldn't everything be fine? So, brothers and sisters, start choosing to believe.
Put Faith into Practice and Manifest God's Glory
Actually, I can explain many more myths to you. Do you think I just believe it so foolishly? No! I have many interpretations, but no matter how I interpret it, it is better for us to practice together and manifest God's glory. If you are willing to use your life to manifest God's glory, then begin to be raised up by God and do the most meaningful thing, which is to release God's grace and mercy so that the people you meet and the people you minister to can be healed because of you!
Why don’t we see this situation today? One day, I ministered to a sister’s student whose foot was sprained. After I ministered, his foot was healed. After it was healed, she invited me to her venue to minister to another person. As a result, there was a group of pastors in that sister's venue who were learning harp and bowl worship. I did not participate in their worship at that time.
Someone had a stomach cramp on the spot, so I said to this sister, call them over, I can pray for this person with a stomach cramp. Stomach pain is very easy to deal with, praying will make it better. As a result, after the call, the person was sent to the hospital. I was very surprised, aren't you doing harp and bowl worship? This is such a good opportunity to manifest God's glory, why can't you heal him in one go? Anyway, I think it is great for people to be healed! Right?
One day I was leading worship in the church, singing and dancing, and everyone was very happy. A sister came in from the outside limping. I said: What's wrong? She said: She sprained her foot on the way to church. I said thank God, this is better than worship! I asked her to put her foot on the stool, and the worship was stopped. Is worship important? We have plenty of time to sing, but this sister's leg needs to be healed now, and we need to manifest God's glory now.
I grabbed her ankle, prayed, and she was healed. Then we continued to sing. Is singing that important? Some people think singing is important, but I think manifesting God's glory is more important. Does singing represent God's grace and mercy? Of course, it is also a part. But I think a person's illness being healed,
Building a Victorious Church
What is the most important part of the Bible, especially the New Testament? It is building a victorious church! If a victorious church with God's presence is established, then healing and deliverance will have the most important foundation.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, you must begin to understand why sometimes prayer works and sometimes it does not. This is inseparable from faith. Faith in what? Faith in God's word. If we believe in God's word, then you will know that the most important truth taught in the New Testament is to build a victorious church.
A church built according to God's word must be a victorious church. Therefore, Jesus said, I will build my church on this rock, the rock of truth, the rock of Jesus Christ, the truth of Jesus Christ. Anyone who falls on this rock of Jesus Christ will be broken to pieces. But the church built on the rock of Jesus Christ is a victorious church.
You know, when I first started building the church, the church was extremely desolate. It was very difficult for me. I had no people, no money, no resources, but I had time to pray. I read the Bible every day and prayed every day until the Bible was worn out. Then miracles and wonders sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and the church experienced a great turnaround. From a church without prayer to a church with prayer; from a church of prayer to a church of daily prayer; from a church of daily prayer to a church of morning and evening prayer. That is us.
Our church has paid a great price to fight. After winning the battle in the spiritual world, healing and deliverance are like a swift kill! So it's a matter of victory. If you are victorious, then enjoy it! Brothers and sisters, as Christians, be victorious Christians; as pastors, be victorious pastors; build churches, build victorious churches.
It would be miserable to be ridden and beaten by the devil, wouldn't it? Working so hard for nothing. So what does Chinese Mingding Destiny say? Only by winning the battle can we inherit the promised land. If you read the Bible carefully, the Book of Numbers says that only those who can fight count! In the New Testament, only those who can fight spiritual battles count! So Paul fought the good fight, and the good fight is over.
We brothers and sisters must begin to change and pursue to imitate Jesus and Paul. I wonder why the situation today is not like that? Actually, there are many reasons, but I have mentioned two things: one is faith, and the other is the victory of the church.
The Christian faith is not a faith of personal cultivation. Personal cultivation cannot bring powerful healing and deliverance. So I encourage everyone, our pastors, to go back and ponder what I have said and build a victorious church. Do not bring your church members to me as if it is enough to be healed here. This is not enough. You still have to grasp the most important thing.
So what is the most important thing? The Book of Revelation writes to the seven churches, saying that those who overcome will be blessed. He who has an ear, let him hear. You will surely understand what it means to overcome. Our Chinese characters are very interesting. I have defeated someone expresses the meaning of winning. To defeat someone and to win are both called victory.
According to God's word, we will surely build a victorious church. This victorious church has a unique feature: Jesus said,
I will build my church on this rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. (Matthew 16:18-19)
Do you understand? This is the key! In fact, healing and deliverance are the most basic work of the church and one of God's most beautiful promises. Today, we are building a victorious church, rising up, overcoming, and then letting God's presence be manifested in the church, letting God's glory be manifested in the church, and healing and deliverance will be like mushrooms after rain.
I tell you, no one does not need God. We need God so much, don't we? Today, no matter how many hospitals there are in this generation, they cannot replace God. So how can we restore the situation in the Book of Acts and the Gospel of Matthew where everyone was healed? It is that all our pastors must yearn to be like Jesus.
One day when I went out to preach, I preached about yearning to be like Jesus. As I was preaching, some pastors couldn't stand it. Then someone gave me a word: Are you the only one who can do it? I was just analyzing that we should yearn to be like Jesus. As for whether I can do it or not, to be honest, I am really better than you. Whether it works or not is not the key. Yearning to be like Jesus is what matters. We cannot mess around. Do you believe that one day you will be like Jesus? I believe it, so I am becoming more and more like Him, and then healing and deliverance are as numerous as bamboo shoots after a rain.
Some people say that healing and deliverance are not important. How strange! Did Jesus do unimportant things? Go tell Jesus that what He did was not important. He did so much. Are the things He did not important? I don't think that makes sense! If it were not important, Jesus would have told us long ago, but He did not say so. If it were not important, Paul would have told us long ago, and there would be no need to do so much. Moreover, if you read Paul's letters carefully:
For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. (Romans 15:18)
Having Faith That Can Pay the Price
The road to yearning to be like Jesus is not easy because it requires paying a price. Therefore, there is a most important concept in Chinese Mingding Destiny called paying the price. Are we willing to offer our lives as a living sacrifice? When you pay the price, what hinders you is your own family. When your family hinders you, do you forsake them for Jesus or forsake Jesus for them? There is no way to have both. Jesus is not a fish or a bear's paw; your family is not a fish or a bear's paw. There is no comparison.
As for me, I will forsake everything I have for Jesus and follow Jesus alone. No one can stop me from pursuing to be like Jesus. The Bible says, are you willing to forsake your wife, children, parents, fields, and houses for the sake of God's kingdom and God's name? It does not say to forsake Jesus for your wife and parents. Where do these words come from? If there are such words, we will act according to your words.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, begin to pursue walking on the narrow road and entering through the narrow gate on the path to being like Jesus. This is not easy. The kingdom of heaven is entered by those who strive, not those who casually stroll in. We must strive to practice faith!
What exactly is faith? Faith is a choice to believe that all are healed. Is that so difficult? It is not difficult to believe that all are healed; it is just a desire in my heart, and it is a desire based on the Bible.
The Fruit of Faith is Miracles
So today, brothers and sisters, in the process of practicing faith, you must know that faith is a choice. What is the fruit of faith? Some people say, I am a person of faith. Look how good my life is! Sometimes I speak rather harshly. I think your life is not as good as that of a monk I know because that monk does more good deeds and pays a greater price. Then you say, Why do Christians talk about monks? Some monks are really great. From a human perspective, they are good. They are really good people.
But what does the Bible say? The fruit of faith is miracles. Signs will accompany those who believe, not those whose lives have been changed. Jesus said:
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well. (Mark 16:17-18)
Do you understand? Is there healing from sickness? Yes! What is the difference between sick people will get well and all are healed? This is the truth. Do not ever use your experiences, your observations, or the phenomena you have observed to replace God's word. And then what do you say? Casting out demons is crucial. But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. (See Matthew 12:28) Is this not the word of the Bible? So when we practice faith, we begin to insist on practicing this kind of faith and see miracles and wonders.
Faith That Persists to Victory
Today I want to give you another concept called persisting to victory. Only those who endure to the end will be saved. We must persevere, persevere, persevere. So there is a characteristic in me. My faith must always persist to the end, always persisting one minute longer than the devil. In a 100-meter race, you don't have to lag behind by half the distance. As long as you lag behind by one step, you are the champion, and the other person is second. Isn't that right? You don't need much more, just one minute longer than the devil. He retreats, and you continue to persist.
So in my preaching, you will often hear me say a sentence. Actually, I really say it this way: You little thing, I can't handle you? I will definitely persist one minute longer than you! Persist in one thing to the end. It only counts when the thing is done. Persisting to the end is called faith. I tell you, persisting is not easy. You have to persist until your faith is often like a flickering lamp, with the faith inside barely alive. But it's okay. Even if it's barely alive, it won't go out. Clean up the inside, push the faith up again, and then start persisting until victory.
In my experience of healing and deliverance, I have found that some demons are finished after persisting for 10 minutes. Some demons can last for an hour after persisting for 10 minutes, and they are cast out in one hour. If they cannot be cast out in one hour, most of them are cast out in 3 hours. If they cannot be cast out in 3 hours, they usually persist for 8 hours. There are not many demons that can persist for more than 8 hours.
Then you say, how can you persist in praying for so long? Pray in tongues! Casting out demons, speaking in tongues, and then picking up snakes with your hands, and when you drink deadly poison, it will not hurt you at all; you will place your hands on sick people, and they will get well. It's all arranged this way. So persist in constant prayer in tongues. If that doesn't work, pray with your understanding. If that doesn't work, pray in tongues again.
My prayer is very simple: In the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to retreat! Fever is the demon of fever, headache is the demon of headache, stomachache is the demon of stomachache, and then the spirit of hell and death. Then the Holy Spirit will have a special revelation to tell you that this is the spirit of the dung beetle, and you cast out the spirit of the dung beetle. It's very interesting!
Some time ago, when I was sharing my testimony, a couple from Singapore said to each other: Yes, before your father died, he plastered the walls with feces! I said that was a demon. She said, I didn't know at the time. In the process of our healing and deliverance, there are many different kinds of demons. Later I found out that those who play with feces all day long have the spirit of the dung beetle. The spirit of the dung beetle is very common.
Establishing a Correct View of the Church
So how do we restore the situation where all are healed? We must constantly emphasize the view of the church in the church. The church is God's army. We must build a victorious army that can fight hard battles, not battles in the world, but battles in the spiritual realm, trampling on the devil. So we must establish a view of the church, know what the church is, and how the church should be built. The church is God's army, and everyone is beginning to gradually restore this understanding. We must begin to constantly restore the truth of the Bible. The truth of the Bible is crucial.
Some people criticize the Charismatic movement. I don't know what that movement is, but I know that I am of the Jesus movement. The Jesus movement is to restore the truth of the Bible, and this is crucial. In the last days, people will ascend the mountain of the Lord and enter the temple of the God of Jacob. What exactly is the mountain of the Lord? It is the different levels of truth in the Bible. If you constantly climb the mountain of truth, when you climb to a very high level, striking the devil is very powerful!
In the process of my own climbing, in the early days, I was beaten miserably by the devil. At that time, I also believed in the Lord, but below the level of brotherly unity, I was beaten all the time. But above the level of brotherly unity, there was less beating. In Rick Joyner's book The Final Quest, it is described that climbing further up, you reach Galatians 2:20: I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. At this level, striking the devil, the arrows are shot very far, and they immediately hit the devil's rear command.
So brothers and sisters, how do we restore the situation where all are healed? It is to build a victorious church. If you are willing to pay this price, willing to hold on to this kind of faith, believing that you have received it, you will receive it. Then constantly remove the myths within us, remove the many myths that corrupt our faith. If people do not believe that all are healed, then what do you believe in? Because this is clearly written in the Bible. I am not talking about myself; I am talking about the Bible. Even if I cannot do it, I cannot deny that the Bible is written this way.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, go back and examine the Bible carefully, remove the myths in us related to healing and deliverance. Our church is not Charismatic, not Evangelical, not Lutheran. We are just the Jesus-imitating movement. There is nothing wrong with imitating Jesus. Only those who are like Jesus count.
Once I ministered to a child studying in Japan who had severe depression. She improved a lot under my ministry. When she returned to her hometown, her grandfather was lying in bed and could not get out of bed. The local preacher was in her home. She sent me a WeChat voice message, and I said a few words to the preacher. Then I led her grandfather in prayer, and her grandfather was able to get out of bed and walk, but two hours later, this sister blacklisted me.
Actually, I have encountered many such things because the local preachers believe that what I preach is heresy. They believe that what I do is very harmful. I was very surprised. That which is unlike Jesus has become orthodox, and that which is like Jesus has become heresy? Is there anything I have done that is not imitating Jesus?
Some people say that the devil also performs miracles. If the devil performs miracles, will God not perform miracles? If bad people eat, will you not eat? There is no such thing! If the devil performs miracles, our God performs greater miracles! The Pharaoh's magicians could turn their staffs into snakes, but Moses not only turned his staff into a snake, but also had it eat the snakes the magicians’ staffs turned into. So we must begin to do what Jesus did. Brothers and sisters, after listening to what I have said, I encourage you to think carefully, come out of these myths, and then begin to pursue imitating Jesus, yearning to be like Jesus, and God will surely make you like Jesus. Amen!