Introduction

Good day to all! Starting with this lecture, the next few lectures will focus on the church. The Chinese Mingding Doctrine has a profound understanding of the church. If you have listened to my previous Lecture 4, Returning to the Gospel of Apostle Paul, you will be deeply impressed. This is because Apostle Paul highly valued the church and the Holy Spirit, and systematically discussed how people can live out the faith of Abraham in this world.

If you have received the Gospel of Apostle Paul, this Gospel is the power of God. I have been discussing this for the past few days. Then I talked about God's plan to build the body of Jesus Christ. Because building the body of Jesus Christ, this Gospel is the power of God, and the power of God can be manifested. If it is built as a club, there is no power of God. We once again talk about building the body of Jesus Christ, and taking a further step forward is the church. The body of Jesus Christ is the church. So what should the church look like? I am a person who pays great attention to concepts. The reason why I studied well since I was a child was not because of frantically doing practice questions, nor because of desperately studying, but because I made the concepts very clear.

I know that having a clear concept is a very important foundation. Everything must have a solid foundation, and to build a church, one must have a very clear concept of the church. Jesus Christ rarely mentioned the church, only once or twice in total, and it was still about the definition of the church. So what exactly is the church? Brothers and sisters, please do not come to church to play around with pretense. The first lecture of our seminar was about hypocrisy in the new era.

If you come to church to engage in hypocrisy, to play around with God, aren't you just courting death? You can fool me, I am just a pile of dung, fooling me doesn't matter. But if you fool God, you will not be able to handle the consequences, it is not a joke. Thank God, although I have built the church wrongly in the past few years, trying again and again, tearing it down and building it again. It's a bit like when I write a program, if I don't write it well, I rewrite it, I don't dwell on the old one. Building a church is the same, if it is not built well, tear it down and rebuild it.

When I first started building the church, I felt that if I talked to people about Jesus, they would not listen, and if I asked them to pay a price, they would definitely not come. Does this sound familiar to everyone? At that time, I had money, so I started preparing roast chicken, roast duck, braised beef, frozen tofu, and Northeastern stew, almost a full Manchu Han Imperial Feast. At that time, those dishes were really delicious, I am definitely not exaggerating. But this approach had problems. Delicious food did attract many people, but those who were attracted came to eat and drink mine, they were all freeloaders. Once they were asked to pay a little price, they couldn't do it.

I did give, but I trained a group of selfish people. That was when the reform began. The Manchu Han Imperial Feast, roast chicken, roast duck, braised beef, frozen tofu, and Northeastern stew were replaced with box lunches. As soon as they were replaced with box lunches, everyone's faces lengthened. Then the box lunches were changed to a plate of fruit, and people could eat a few pieces as they pleased. Then the fruit was replaced with a bottle of mineral water, and then they had to pay for the bottle of mineral water, one dollar for a bottle. I bought them wholesale for twenty cents, but if you wanted to drink, you had to put down a dollar. Some people said that this pastor was too fond of money. The reason for the reform was to train people to give, it was useless to have a bunch of freeloaders.

At that time, something completely unexpected happened. Because too much was prepared each time, it could not be finished. Some people would go around calling people to come and eat. One sister not only ate a lot, but also packed boxes back. I thought, since you are packing back so much good food, would you bring a few people to eat together next week? The church has so much good food waiting for people to eat, how difficult is it to bring a few people to eat? As a result, she continued to eat and pack for several weeks, and not only did she not bring anyone, but she also grew a lot of pimples on her face.

I said, you pack back so much good food every time, why don't your roommates come with you? She actually said that she didn't give them any, and what she took back was enough for her to eat for a week. When I heard this, my eyes almost popped out. I thought she could bring a few more freeloaders back, but who knew she couldn't even bring freeloaders.

Think about it, eating ham sausage, roast chicken, roast duck, braised beef, so much greasy food for a whole week, how could she be in good shape? It's just that people are too selfish, relying on the church to provide their meals for a week, and causing themselves to have pimples all over their face. If you come today, you have come to the right place. Although this place does not have roast chicken, roast duck, braised beef, ham sausage, and Northeastern stew, it has God's presence, the way of eternal life, and God's blessings, it's simply amazing! I was really heartbroken when I built the church like this, I cried secretly in the corner, very sadly.

Although I have come out step by step in the reform, I have not forgotten what the concept of the church is. It wasn't that I didn't know the concept of the church at that time. I was also doing healing and deliverance, and many people were delivered, but the whole concept was adjusted little by little. I am very grateful that doing what I did really shamed God. God didn't pinch me to death back then, it was because God had abundant grace and mercy. Of course, there was a reason why God didn't pinch me to death, at least I am not a selfish person.

If you build a church, and it is full of selfish guys, then the pastor is eating dung beetles every day. If not eating dung beetles, he is biting a cockroach. The upgraded version is swallowing stink bugs. If you touch a stink bug with your hand, the smell cannot be washed off, it is very smelly. From that time on, I deeply repented, and continue to do so until today. Why do I say that preaching the wrong gospel is cursed? Because I was cursed at that time. At that time, I felt that I contributed money and effort, and also served, and I loved God very much. But I preached the wrong gospel, a gospel of roast chicken, roast duck, braised beef, and ham sausage. It was good to eat, but I was cursed.

Training people like that will definitely be cursed! The church is not defined like that at all. So I went back to the Bible to see what the church really is. Fortunately, I am a scholar. Building a church is not a joke. Building a church is like building a spaceship, it has to be able to fly in the universe. If you randomly build a bullock cart, it doesn't matter if the wheels fall off while driving, you can just lead the ox and walk home with the ox. If you are sitting in a spaceship and it falls down, there will be nothing left. If you are playing with a nuclear power plant, it is terrible, and something big will happen if you are not careful.

If you are playing with a nuclear bomb, it is not a rotten egg. If a rotten egg falls on someone, nothing will happen, at most it is like touching a stink bug. The Chinese Mingding Doctrine began to form during the reform. At that time, I was cursed to the point that I lost my high-paying job, and I also encountered a mid-life crisis. Some people think that losing a job is God's calling, but it is not, I was cursed. Although I did wrong, God can always help me correct it.

The most important and basic quality of the Chinese Mingding Doctrine is called paying the price. Before the church had completely become the Chinese Mingding Doctrine, all public holidays were used for fasting and prayer, and everyone participated. The church's writing ministry was also done by brothers and sisters paying the price. Some of the people who were trained at that time left the church and then came back, saying that they went out for two months and found that the churches outside were too bad, and the people inside were also very bad. Not only did they not have a website, but the church also didn't have any courses, or even a writing ministry. People who are used to paying the price can't stand going to a church that doesn't pay the price, and they look down on it.

To this day, this saying is still circulating that people who go out from our church will definitely be leaders in other churches. A pastor said that when a couple from our church went to their church, they found that the couple was very well-trained. I was so shocked that I couldn't speak. The couple he mentioned were still among the worst in our church, and there were very few things that could be asked of them. From this it can be seen that if a person plays around with pretense in our church, he will definitely not be able to stay.

Actually, I am quite principled in doing things, but if this kid doesn't care about his own growth, why should I care about his growth? After hearing this, it wasn't me who ate a stink bug, but he felt like he ate a stink bug, very uncomfortable. So today brothers and sisters must know that to build the body of Jesus Christ, we must return to Jesus Christ's definition of the church. To understand this, you have to be able to look at the context, there is a lot of knowledge in it. But we are scholars. To this day, our Chinese Mingding Doctrine does the best in healing and deliverance, and we also check the Bible the best. As for preaching, we are humble and dare not say.

Many people don't like to be with me, because when they talk to me, they have to work hard themselves. He has been building a church for 20 years, and I have only been building a church for 10 years. I started serving ten years later than him. But he can't build a website as well as I can, and he can't write books as well as I can. I have written 80 books, and he doesn't have a single book. In our church, everyone is eager to do writing ministry, but in his church, no one is willing to do writing ministry even if he pays them. You really can't say that building a church like ours, I, as a pastor, enjoy it so much, and I am very happy to pay the price, because it is all paid on brothers and sisters who have a Mingding.

Why am I able to build such a church and create the Chinese Mingding Doctrine? Because I am not interested in this life, in the things of this world, so I can seek the way of eternal life, and pay the price of my life for it. That is not a joke. I have invented many sieves to sieve out those whom Jesus does not want, and whom I also do not want. If a person is full of interest in this life, he cannot walk this path. One day a sister said to me how wonderful this world is, and she felt very sorry that God was going to destroy this world.

After hearing this, there is no way to continue. People think that this world is wonderful, and they feel that they are living well, eating delicious food, sleeping on Simmons mattresses, driving BMWs, and living in high-rise buildings, how blessed. That is not a blessing, that is, they have not lived long enough. If they live long enough, disaster will definitely come. Some people say that I am cursing people, but I am not. The Bible says that if a person does not love God, he is accursed.

If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Maranatha! (1 Corinthians 16:22)

Speaking of the sieves I invented, such as doing homework and taking notes, if you can't afford to pay the price for your own growth, then you can't pay the price for serving others. You are not willing to do something practical to pay a little price for your own growth, in order to be able to understand the truth more clearly, and you still want to play around with pretense, isn't that courting death? Someone wrote a paragraph to the class leader of his class because he was not satisfied with the homework he wrote, saying that the teacher did not know that he did these homework not for himself, but to cope with the assessment.

He is very procrastinating, and only did a few lessons in fifty days, only thinking about having fun, and is lazy to death. He also thought that if it wasn't for himself, he could do it like this. He was almost dead when he came to church, and then his pastor and ministry class leader encouraged him to do his homework well, to know God and the truth. He stubbornly dragged his feet, and couldn't finish a lesson in a week. The teacher asked him to do it faster, and he only wrote one line for a lesson's homework. That is not called homework, it is obviously a joke.

Then he said to the ministry class leader that the pastor asked him to do more and the class leader asked him to do less, and he didn't know who to listen to. He shifted the blame quite well. When I saw this, I told his pastor to kick him out, anyway his illness was healed. He was almost dead when he came, and now that he is alive, he thinks he is okay. So he is okay, and we have completed our mission. He got on the wrong plane, the place he is going is not where we are going, and the place we are going is not where he is going. Fortunately, this kind of person is not in good health, if he is in good health, it is hard to say that he will hijack our plane, which would be terrible.

This kind of person cannot even be allowed on the plane, otherwise he will cause trouble on the way and want to go back, which will waste fuel and make us turn back for him. Selfish people in the church must be sifted out. This time I am determined that our church will be washed clean with the word of God. It is useless to have these people in the church, doing so is not in accordance with God's word. Don't complain that we don't have God's grace and mercy. If we have grace for them, we will lose God's grace. Don't think you can make me go back to eating stink bugs. Sorry, I have eaten enough.

The past is the past. From now on, we will execute God's word meticulously. We will build as God says. Because I am building according to God's word, not according to a Bodhisattva's heart. If I were a Buddhist and really wanted to become a monk, I would probably build a temple meticulously according to the words of Sakyamuni, with a Bodhisattva's heart. But we are building a church here, we only have a Jesus connection, no Buddha connection. I am not a good person, nor a great philanthropist. I am a church builder, and I will only build God's church according to God's word, to build the body of Jesus Christ.

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart (Ephesians 6:6).

If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Jesus Christ. I encourage our pastors to please clean up and screen the people you are pastoring, because this kind of person will bring the power of darkness. I learned this lesson from Peter. What Peter did was to bring in all the trash, making the church smoky. After this great apostle came back, he was still afraid of those Pharisaic Christians. What kind of logic is this?

I wish our brothers and sisters would become people with backbone. When I repented from that situation of preaching the wrong gospel, I built the glorious church of God according to Ephesians. After digging out Jesus Christ's definition of the church, everyone understood the ins and outs. Everyone must know that the church has indeed returned to the definition of Jesus Christ. Let's read the scripture. What exactly is Jesus Christ's definition of the church?

Scripture

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: This shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. (Matthew 16:15-27)

Prayer

O God! Let these words be deeply imprinted in our minds and written on our hearts. Let us open our spiritual eyes and see what a great grace it is to build this glorious church. This is our Mingding, this is why we came into this world, and this is why we live and why we die. O God! You will build Your church on this rock, O God! I want to work with You to build this glorious church, build the church on the rock, that it may overcome the powers of hell and obtain the keys of the kingdom of heaven. O God! Let Your name be glorified in the church. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

Scripture Background

The background of this passage is about Jesus seeing many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to banter with Jesus. Banter is a colloquialism, meaning to talk nonsense, to argue idly, to quibble. They asked Jesus to show them a sign from heaven. You can't understand the signs on earth, and you want to see signs in the sky? Did they want Jesus to fly around in the sky for them to see? Actually, it's nothing, just talking nonsense. In fact, my answering questions and resolving doubts is learned from Jesus. Jesus was very good at retorting.

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? (Matthew 16:1-3)

The miracles that Jesus performed, the blind see, the lame walk, they all saw it. Now they want Jesus to perform another miracle for them to see?

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. (Matthew 16:4)

Jesus took his disciples away from them, too lazy to pay attention to them. No sign for them to see, go away and play.

And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. (Matthew 16:5-7)

The disciples were confused when they found out they had forgotten to bring bread, and they immediately forgot about the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to tempt Jesus. In fact, there are many people who come to church to talk nonsense, just like in Jesus' time and in our time now. These people are not seeking the way of God at all, and they are not interested in the way of God. The reason can probably be described in one word: stupid. Here, when the disciples saw that they had no bread in their hands, they thought that the leaven of the Sadducees and Pharisees was the leaven used for making bread, which also meant that they were not very smart.

Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? (Matthew 16:8)

They argued because they didn't have bread in their hands. Ultimately, they were just a bunch of foodies. In fact, I may not have invented the matter of starting to eat. It is very likely that Jesus set this precedent.

Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. (Matthew 16:9-12)

Jesus is amazing. He didn't cook it, but he conjured it up. In fact, the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees does not refer to making bread. At that time, the disciples all answered that they understood, but they may not have understood. If they understood, they would not have asked about the bread. In the end, everyone was still very interested in eating. The problem is that guarding against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees means guarding against their teaching of nonsense, which is hypocrisy.

Some people say that prayer is not effective. When asked why, they say that someone taught them to go into a private room, turn on their mobile phones, and play worship songs, and the demons would leave. In fact, this is simply impossible to drive out demons. Some pastors even teach that prayer is not effective because the sound of praise songs is not loud enough, and as long as the music is turned up, it will be fine. Isn't this going to shake the people upstairs and downstairs to the property management to complain, or directly come to knock on the door to protest? This has actually happened in reality. After listening to the teachings of their pastor, they turned up the music to a deafening volume. That loudspeaker was like the one installed in the village for the village chief to shout to the villagers during the epidemic. Who can stand having this thing installed at home? As a result, the property management was really called in. When they came to persuade him, he quarreled with the property management. This is not teaching at all, it's all nonsense.

Jesus mentioned feeding four thousand people with seven loaves of bread and feeding five thousand people with five loaves of bread. Then, coupled with the nonsense of the Pharisees and Sadducees, the reason for involving these things together is related to bread on the one hand, hypocrisy on the other hand, and the way of eternal life on the other hand. The body of Jesus Christ speaks for the way of eternal life.

When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 16:13-17)

When Jesus asked everyone who He was, Peter answered that He was the Christ, the Son of the living God. This question was answered loudly and clearly, and Jesus was very happy. Jesus said he was blessed, and it was worth it for him to guess correctly with a pat on his head. Then Jesus said another sentence, and everyone must know that this is not referring to Peter, but to the definition of the church. Today, when we read the Bible, we must read the key points, read the overall view, and also grasp the basic concepts. These are all very important.

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. (Matthew 16:18-19)

These words are so well said! The definition of the church is very clear here. It must be built on the rock. It's just that Jesus' words are similar to the articles we write, that is, after we finish speaking, there are still some places that need to be explained. In fact, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. This does not need to be explained, because the disciples see Jesus doing it every day. There is no need to explain that the keys to the kingdom of heaven are given to you. All the resources of the kingdom of heaven are in Jesus' hands. The power of hell cannot overcome Him, and there is no need to explain that He sees it every day. However, the church is built on the rock, and these few important words of the rock have not been explained. So Jesus tried to see how everyone understood the rock.

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. (Matthew 16:21)

This is a good thing or a bad thing, it really depends on the person. If it is said that he will rise from the dead on the third day, this is definitely a good thing. How can there be life without death? Because He was raised from the dead, He was declared to be the Son of God; also because of the power of the Holy Spirit, He was declared to be the Son of God. But at this time, Peter was also inspired by God and by Satan. This is simply a hybrid, a double helix. Double helix is a biological term. Peter has a double helix formed by two sets of chromosomes. One is from the revelation of the Father, and the other is from the revelation of Satan.

Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: This shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. (Matthew 16:22-23)

What does Peter mean by saying this? Could it be that resurrection will not come upon Jesus? If Jesus is not crucified, how can this grace of redemption be accomplished? Jesus Christ was born for this and came into this world for this, is Peter going to stop him? So Jesus said to Peter, Satan, get away from me! There is no way to rectify Peter when he says such a thing. To change it, you have to change his genes. Because Peter's genes are bad, and he has things that cater to human desires in his bones. Jesus had already described Peter's whole life in the Bible.

People are actually like this, half human and half demon. Half are inspired by the Father and the Holy Spirit. The other half are inspired by Satan. This is the true portrayal of man. Sometimes they want to dedicate themselves, sometimes they want to live for themselves; sometimes they become selfish ghosts, and sometimes they become dedicated angels. Jesus has already said that not savoring the things that be of God, but those that be of men is Satan.

Everyone be careful, this is very important, that is, when you see this thing, you may not have thought about it and revealed a natural reaction. This is probably from the meaning of man. The meaning of man is quite corrupt. How much of the meaning of man you have, how much Satan you have in you, that's the truth. Jesus then said a sentence, and this sentence is the foundation.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. (Matthew 16:25-27)

God has a great plan in eternity, that is, in the future, the sons of God will enter into the glory of God. Everyone will be rewarded according to their deeds. How scary is this! Therefore, whoever lays down his life for Jesus will find life, and whoever wants to save his life will lose his life. This is an unshakeable truth. The rock that Jesus Christ spoke of is to deny oneself. The Chinese Mingding Doctrine is a church that pays the price and denies itself. If some people write reports, notes, and reflections, all they write about is their work, then this person is a selfish ghost.

They rarely write about serving God and paying the price for others. If you are a selfish ghost, I will tell you your fortune today, and you will surely lose your life. It is not that I curse you, but that you yourself have violated the word of God and built your house on the wrong foundation. So you brought the curse on yourself. I'm just telling you the truth. How much time do people care about the things of God, care about the meaning of God, and how much time do people only cater to the meaning of men?

The background of this passage forms a sharp contrast. I once wrote a book called Two Kingdoms, Two Pursuits, which is my Bible study on the Gospel of Matthew. Today I want to tell everyone good news. We are going to open another course called 003 Professional Edition, which is about the Gospel of Matthew. The teaching materials have been prepared, which is Two Kingdoms, Two Pursuits. I encourage everyone to practice it. The background of this passage has laid a very good foundation for us. The Chinese Mingding Doctrine establishes a church, in fact, it establishes a church of dedication.

I dare to boast before God, I have a clear conscience before God, but many people abuse it. Anyway, the pastor himself said that he often served there late at night without sleeping, so let me call to see if this is the case. When I call, no one answers, so I ask if you didn’t say that you served until very late and didn’t sleep, why didn’t you answer the phone? Now you're done for, you've become a fool. The service I'm talking about is not for fools. I encourage everyone not to use these words to put on me, but to put it on yourself and think about who you have served.

Completely break the world's logical system in us, and completely break the wrong human concepts in us. What people think is justified is wrong. Today, the reason why people have so many diseases is because there are too many concepts in people. The church defined by Jesus is to build the church on this rock, and this rock is to lay down one's life. Because this world is empty, and our lives are vanity of vanities. But in this vanity of vanities, we seek God and finally know God, so we are willing to lay down our lives.

The Chinese Mingding Doctrine's Bible study has its unique features, which cannot be found anywhere else. I feel that no one understands Romans better than our Chinese Mingding Doctrine. We understand Ephesians and Galatians very well, and we also understand Acts very well, describing Peter, James, and others clearly. Because we build the church on this rock, we do not build the church according to the meaning of man, but according to the heart of God. We are not establishing so-called family altars to talk nonsense. We are laying down our lives here, coming out of the vanity of vanities, obtaining our Mingding, and joyfully looking forward to the glory of eternity.

I long for Jesus Christ to come again before I die. However, before Jesus Christ comes again, there will be two evangelists, the two olive trees before God, who will die for God, die at the hands of the Antichrist. Some people say, teacher, that might be you. I said I hope that's me. Many years ago, I attended a meeting, and during the break, I knelt there praying, and the word of God came to me. He said, are you willing to die for me? At that time, I couldn't wait to respond, and tears fell down. I am grateful that God can look up to me like this. My answer is yes. God, I am willing, not only today, but I have always been willing, and I have been looking forward to this day for too many years.

Even today, I still hope to die for God, which is why I serve so diligently. Sometimes, when I pray for you, my own body also suffers. For more than half a year, my neck was in great pain, but I never stopped serving because I really don't care too much about it. So today, let's make a decision to build our Chinese Mingding Doctrine church on this rock. We are all a people willing to die for Jesus Christ.

The Word of God is the Rock

Life is vanity; you must accept this. You must know that life is vanity of vanities, and you must also know that you cannot save your own life by yourself. There is no other way except to offer your life to God to gain life. That's why the church really cannot tolerate those who come and just ask the pastor to pray for them. They come only for their aches and pains. From head to toe, they have aches and pains everywhere. One moment this hurts and they need prayer, the next moment that hurts and they need ministry. Sometimes I think, let these selfish people just die with their pain.

Although these are my true feelings, God still has abundant grace and mercy, so I will pray for them to make the pain go away, and that's all. Go away means go away. Later, I found that sometimes I no longer waste my breath. What people live for is innate, it is predestined. What they are destined to live for is their choice. Those who only want to live, I cannot serve. That is being an enemy of God.

The way of giving life is the rock. I have a book called Walking Out of a Vain Life, which is an exposition of Ecclesiastes. One day, listening to my own exposition of Ecclesiastes, I felt like I was telling a story like Shan Tianfang, it was so well told. Because a vain life allowed me to describe this matter very thoroughly. So I am willing to give, willing to choose to offer myself, because offering myself to God is an incomparably good choice. This is the rock.

A person is able to do God's word because they understand that the days of this world are vain and meaningless. Therefore, they are willing to do God's word. God's word is the purpose of our lives, and we have hope through God's word. Some people want to build a unicorn in this world. Do you know what that means? It is a term in the investment world, usually referring to companies that are established for no more than 10 years and have a valuation of more than $1 billion, and a few with a valuation of more than $10 billion. I said, why doesn't this head have a horn? If one day a horn really grows out of your forehead, then you really become a unicorn. These are all meaningless.

Later, I concluded that making money is meaningless; making joy is meaningful. Sometimes, that nerve inside me also twitches, because I give too much to these selfish people and don't want to give anymore. Slowly, I also understood that serving itself is grace. Joy is so good, so what I hate the most is people who have food, drink, clothing, and shelter, but just like to make trouble for no reason and are not joyful. Today, we must live on the foundation of seeing through life and death. This is the foundation, this is the rock. Then, hearing God's word, go and do it, just like building a house on this rock. This is a wise person.

Come out of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees, which is all idle talk and the logic of this life. We have completely broken away from the logical system of this life, the worldly logical system, and the carnal logical system. From today onwards, offer your life, because this vain life is to accomplish an exceeding and eternal weight of glory! How good it is to do God's word, and even more so when we come out, no longer selfish, and are willing to give, you will be joyful, and even give offerings with special joy.

Be a Wise Person, Build Your House on This Rock

Be a wise person, build your house on this rock. This sentence is very important.

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” (Matthew 7:21-27)

Hearing God's word and doing it is building your house on the rock; hearing God's word and not doing it is building your house on the sand. The house built by a foolish person is not only unfinished but collapses into a pile of mud. It costs money to clean up and throw away the garbage, it is meaningless. I have seen many people build churches and end up with depression, or build and turn themselves into King Saul. All of them chose wrongly between this life and eternal life, between God's will and man's will. There was a couple who used to be group leaders among us. When the group was handed over to them, they started holding criticism sessions against me in the group.

As a result, something amazing happened: they were spotted and poached by this pastor. I said this pastor is amazing, specializing in finding stink bugs. After this pastor poached them, he treated them like treasures and immediately turned them into full-time workers in their church. Who knew that their church's membership would plummet not long after, and it wasn't just that the garbage was removed, it was that the few people who loved the Lord in their church were all gone, causing this pastor to become depressed.

After he became depressed, the church was even more tragic. Later, a non-salaried pastor in their church said that if the depressed pastor couldn't manage, he would take over, and the first thing he did when he took office was to fire this couple. Building a church must be built according to God's word. How God says, we will do. Everyone must know this clearly. No matter what I do, I will find the basis in the Bible. This is my habit.

Building the church on this rock by doing according to God's word, if you have confusion you can ask me. Every thing I say will be carefully examined and considered, because I don't want to put a curse on my head again. Why become such a costly church? Because Jesus talked about paying the price. But today, the least preached scripture in the church, do you know which section it is?

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. (Mark 10:29-30)

In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples. (Luke 14:33)

Leaving everything for Jesus, leaving parents, wives, children, fields, and houses, these are all God's beloved treasures. Some people leave Jesus for their wives, parents, children, and all are reversed. Let's think about it carefully, Jesus will really weep for it in heaven. Do we put the Lord aside as soon as something happens? I can tell you that I was very painful when I was about to lose my job, and I was defeated in the internal political struggle of the company. In other words, it was actually building the church and being cursed, because it was not built according to God's word.

Even in that situation, if I met someone who needed to be served, I would still serve him regardless of day and night. Sometimes I would bring the work that I couldn't finish at the company home and do it until four in the morning. It was really hard. Paying the price is inherited from the Lord, because life is to live for the Lord, although I did it wrong, my attitude was still right. I paid the price for God and never been selfish, never served God for my own self-interest.

The rock is the truth of God, so what is the truth? The truth is that life is vanity of vanities. You must know what kind of plan God has and how He arranges for this world to move forward step by step according to God's plan. God has revealed to us the wisdom and mystery of building this church, so that we can deeply know Him. Now, start building the church of Jesus Christ on this rock according to God's word, and God will work with us. Because it is God who builds the church on this rock, when God works with us, and we are willing to dedicate, willing to offer our lives.

I can shame those who are unwilling. If you can't do it, don't do it. Come among us and take the initiative to propose to be a class leader. To be a class leader, you have to grade homework, but he hasn't graded for 50 days. When asked why he hasn't graded homework for 50 days, he said he was very busy. Why didn't I see you putting other things aside because you were busy with Jesus? If you can't put other things aside, then Jesus must put you aside.

People want to rush madly on the road to curse, and no one can stop them. Why not walk on the road to blessing? How wonderful it is to offer yourself to God. But today, what I see is that many people put God aside as soon as something happens. Brothers and sisters, after listening to my sharing, I hope you can imitate Jesus, imitate the Apostle Paul, and I also hope that you can imitate me. I can put myself down at any time. Don't think that I have little work. I do a lot of work. It's just that serving these people who often put Jesus aside, I rely on faith in my heart, hoping that they may reverse in the future, and may choose a path of offering themselves. If I don't have this kind of faith, then I am very painful to serve, and it is as uncomfortable as eating a dung beetle.

I hope everyone knows that all of life is vanity. What good is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Especially after having experienced so much. After experiencing it again and again, you must begin to offer yourself for the sake of Jesus, then you are a wise person. Don't be a fool, don't be that kind of silly calf, building your house on the sand, hearing God's word and not doing it, continuing to build, and finally collapsing. What are you after? God will personally send a devil to help you tear it down, and it is also God's mercy that He will come to help you tear it down; if God does not have mercy on you, He will not bother with you at all.

Go ahead and toss yourself around, and still think that you are preaching and driving out demons in the name of the Lord, but the Lord says that He does not know you at all. Because you are not building the church on this rock according to the truth of God. Everyone should be a wise person in God's eyes. You see, many people in the world can put God aside for their children, but you rarely see anyone put their children aside for God.

Beware of the Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

Why beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees? Because it is fake. If you really make a decision deep in your heart, and say to God in front of God, God, I will serve you all my life. Making this decision is not difficult, and letting go of those things is not difficult. But if you can't let go, then you can only slowly carry them with you. If you can let go for Jesus Christ, there is no one who will not receive a hundredfold in this life and eternal life in the age to come, but people choose not to believe.

Today, we live by the great power of God, and we must beware of this hypocrisy. Because the root is selfishness, that one's own affairs are more important than God's affairs. Living for this life and money, those complicated things in this world, and living for one's own family, can only be described in one word: miserable, it will be very miserable. You can preach the gospel, you can drive out demons, but it is useless, because the root is bad. From now on, you must often ask yourself what you are living for.

I'll say a word from my heart. I examine a person, maybe once, twice, three or four times even five times. If one day I find that this person is not building the church, I will do one thing: may you go in peace. Don't think about staying here and being blessed, sorry, you don't even have the qualification to be blessed. Because I am building the church of Jesus Christ with God, cooperatively on this rock. I really don't care about your offerings, nor about one more person or one less person, let alone your status in this society. If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

I hope that brothers and sisters will no longer play fake, but play the real thing with God, and see through what life is all about. Those little things on your hands are not worth being busy with. If you ask me, I have many more things to be busy with. I can put them down, precisely because I know that all of this life is vanity of vanities. Therefore, whenever our pastoral leaders or pastors encounter difficulties and problems, if they bring the people they pastor to me, I will have time.

Because this is my job, is my life, is my destiny. But don't abuse it. The reason why I say I have time is because I have put other things down. I have put down a lot of things, only because God is a God who is gracious to me. Religious behavior cannot solve the problem. Don't always try to prove things by relying on something, you can't prove anything by relying on anything.

Summary

Next, Lecture 8 will talk about The Basic Work of the Church - Healing and Deliverance, and Lecture 9 is The Basic Work of the Church 2 - Pastoring God's Flock. The last lecture is especially good. I desperately hope that everyone in the church is Treasures in God's Eyes. If they are all treasures in God's eyes, I will be happy. The reason is very simple, because what God wants are treasures, not garbage, and garbage belongs to Lao Ma.

If Lao Ma messes with you today, and messes with you tomorrow, then you must know that you will be taken away by Lao Ma someday. Several people have been taken away in the past few years. We have established a system for building churches, which is the logic of healing and deliverance, the theology of healing and deliverance, and the theology of pastoring. This is what God cares most about. Through this process, treasures are screened out and garbage is screened out. There is no one who poops here, but a pile of egg-layers.

May God remember me and be gracious to me, Amen! May God bless everyone!
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