1. Title: The Glorious Church

Today, I see the work God is doing among us, and I thank God for it. This is the glorious church. We are much better than in 2011, and we must continue to run and pursue relentlessly. Building a glorious church is our dream. I encourage brothers and sisters to begin to yearn for service.

In the past, I had a desire to take a trip to heaven. If I could be caught up to the third heaven and see hidden things, constantly taking pictures with my smartphone to show to the brothers and sisters, how wonderful that would be. I have never been, but I know it by faith. My thinking may not be very wise (man's wisdom is not God's wisdom), and it is not good to show it to unbelievers.

Jesus Christ, coming from heaven, rarely spoke about heavenly things, but mostly about earthly things. Paul went to the third heaven and said, I saw hidden things, but I will not tell you. It would have been good if Paul had told us, but he did not, even though he had been there. Later, I understood that it was useless to say, because people would not believe. If they did, it would add a lot of trouble, and people would endlessly question whether it was true and whether you really went.

A Southeast Asian gambling king once owed debts and wanted to jump off a building. He clearly jumped, but three hours later he was sitting on the balcony. People said he was fooling them. Many did not know it was the power of God, and instead argued about whether it was real or not. The Bible records many things that do not conform to human wisdom. Building God's glorious church is God's wisdom.

Many of our ideas seem right, but they are foolish. Jesus came into the world and stirred things up, and Paul also stirred things up by preaching the gospel everywhere. People said he was a troublemaker. Jacob also cheated for the blessing of the firstborn and left home. Jacob stirred things up by faith. Whether you like it or not, man is in the world to stir things up. Today, I am stirring things up, paying a heavy price to build a glorious church, all for the purpose of making known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms God’s manifold wisdom. This reflects the faith of man. Man will live beautifully through faith and see the glory of God.

2. Scripture

so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Ephesians 3:10-11)

3. Prayer

Lord, You want to use the church—You are our church—You want to use us to impart Your manifold wisdom to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms. Lord, You chose us in eternity. Although we have light and momentary troubles in this world, we believe that we can live out Your glory and receive glory in Jesus Christ. Amen!

4. Know God's Plan

The most important thing for us is to understand God's plan. If we do not understand God's plan, we cannot plan our lives. The other day, I received a plan for the Xiong'an New Area. If you know this plan, your investments will be almost certain to make money and you will receive a very high return. In this land of China, you will receive a very high return. Today, if you know the plan of God's kingdom, you will receive a very high return when you plan your life.

The church is the body of Jesus Christ. Building God's glorious church will put all things under the feet of Jesus Christ. Under the feet of Jesus Christ is under our feet. Can the head and body be separated? What belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ is ours, and what is ours belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ. We shall be glorified in the Lord Jesus Christ. This is God's plan before the creation of the world. Do you want to live well? Then dream of building the body of the Lord Jesus Christ. Develop the habit of being prescient and start receiving God's plan. God's plan is to put all things under His feet and to make all things serve God's church.

From Matthew to Revelation, it is full of God's plan. It details God's church. When God writes, He writes to the church, not to individuals. If you do not know that God's will is the church, it will be difficult to live in freedom. so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord.

This morning, a sister came to me, and I taught her that the important issue is the glorious church. If it is not a glorious church, brothers and sisters will suffer losses in this church. God's plan is that through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the whole body will become a glorious body. When you suffer, it is as if Jesus Christ is nailed to the cross, but in reality, the resurrection of Jesus Christ is always manifested in people. If you truly know the plan of Jesus Christ, you will begin to enter into the plan of Jesus Christ. I often lead people in prayer this way. If you understand God's plan, you will understand the end of the world. If you become a prescient person, you will receive great benefits and you will plan your life according to God's plan.

5. Participate in God's Plan and Live a Glorious Life

There is news that stocks will rise, but if you do not buy, you will regret it when they rise. Some people were thrown into darkness, and there were ten virgins, five with oil and five without. When Jesus came, the virgins without oil were shut out. So I encourage everyone to learn to invest. Discerning good and evil is often doing things with negative returns. Looking at returns and looking at results is a smart move. Some people say that you should do this at a certain age. For example, some people feel that they should get married when they reach a certain age, but then they encounter many problems after marriage.

Today, many people are foolish enough to have no returns. Investment is very important. I encourage everyone to take a look at the return on capital. There are two kinds of people who understand capital.

The concept of investment is one of the most important concepts that the Lord Jesus spoke about. Learn to invest no matter what. Learn to look at returns. Everything must look at returns. Do not do things that have no returns. Discerning good and evil is doing things that have no returns or even negative returns. Many people follow the routine, but do not think about returns. Looking at returns and thinking about returns is a smart move. There are many people who do not know what to do at what age. A sister got married step by step, and then lived in domestic violence. Those who live in domestic violence are unwilling to come out. Later, she met me, and she came out of domestic violence. A person with domestic violence is a destroyer and a problem-maker in society. This is without thinking or considering the returns.

There is a book called The Game of Capital. I suggest everyone read it. Yang Bailao's and Huang Shiren's concepts of money—in fact, Huang Shiren's concept of money is correct. Our God's concept of money is also correct. Start learning to treat financial management correctly today. Participate in opportunities in God's kingdom, and be sure to learn to calculate returns.

These are all the words of God:

• The Matthew effect—“For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Believing in the Lord has generous returns.”
• “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “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.
• The Parable of the Sower—“Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
• The Parable of the Talents—“The man who had received five talents brought another five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents; see, I have gained five more.’”

Burying money in the land—Jesus did not talk about losing money. Why will you not lose money? Because God is in charge of the opportunity to get wealth. People who have a blessed concept in their hearts have no lack of wealth. As long as you are a Christian, as long as you dare to invest, you will have returns. It is God who gives you returns. You plant the seeds of blessing in the land, and you will definitely have generous returns.

Jacob longed to be a blessing to others. Although he was poor for fourteen years, he eventually began to be blessed. Our talents are given by God. Invest what God has given you in the kingdom of God. God can make you victorious and give you rewards. God will surely give you wisdom. All you need is courage. Those who do not serve are very sad, because you do not know that God will reward you.

I am truly blessed. Because my mother serves God with all her heart, mind, and strength, she is very healthy and strong even in her old age. Old people going in and out of hospitals is not a good return. Do you know how to be rich and live well? Start serving. Because when I serve, my God will not let me lack. I am drawing on God's promises.

We are in Jesus Christ, that is, in the church, and through the gospel, we are fellow heirs of the promise! No matter how many promises of God there are, they are all yes and amen in Jesus Christ! Healing of diseases and financial blessings are God's promises. We must begin to build God's glorious church and distribute blessings! Some people have not been blessed because they do not believe.

In Paul's time, the church in Jerusalem fell into poverty. Paul raised money in the Gentile churches for the church in Jerusalem, bringing wealth to bless the church in Jerusalem. In fact, Paul did the right thing—building God's glorious church. The book of Ephesians is about building God's glorious church. We must participate in building God's glorious church! God will make you a great nation! Make you the head and not the tail!

You should carefully read Deuteronomy 28:1-13. Investing in God's kingdom has generous returns in this life and in eternal life. But, be careful not to only see money and forget to serve! The road is in Jesus Christ, that is, in the church! Jesus Christ and the church are one. If you have thought about this, you will no longer care about the cost of serving. Start to become shrewd: know the return of serving! Our promises and returns are yes and amen in Jesus Christ.

6. How to Participate in Building a Glorious Church?

In the process of participation, we must build the church according to God's revelation. We are blessed among us. We read the Bible thoroughly. When we do not understand it, I often kneel down and pray to seek the Holy Spirit. The verses we talk about are indeed different from popular sayings, but what we talk about is correct. The gospel we preach is the Mingding Doctrine, and we must build God's glorious church according to the word of God!

We must not try to build the church ourselves. We must rely on God's word and God's hand to build God's temple. A church built according to God's will is full of God's glory. A church built according to one's own will has no glory of God. Do not be self-righteous. If there is no glory of God, you will fall into hell. We must build the church according to the revelation of the Bible. We must now read God's word carefully. We must also build completely according to God's word. Paul built the church full of God's glory. How to participate in building God's glorious church is to read God's word well.

People who are easily irritable have low emotional intelligence and zero IQ. Emotional intelligence is the ability to build interpersonal relationships; IQ is the ability to copy. People with poor emotional intelligence have difficulty being one. If you are not living well at the age of 50, then it is not a problem of emotional intelligence, but a problem of IQ. IQ is copying. We are copying Jesus and doing what Jesus did. Therefore, the root of many problems is not building the church according to the Word of God. You can build the church according to your own will, but God will not dwell there, and of course there will be problems. It is like a homeowner who hires a decorator. If the decorator does not build according to the homeowner's wishes, then the homeowner will certainly not buy it!

How to participate in God's plan? It's very simple! Copy Jesus! Be a smart person.

We understand God's plan, and know how to participate in God's plan. That will happen the most important thing in the book of Ephesians.

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great power. He exerted this power in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. (Ephesians 1:18-23)

The rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms are under the feet of the church, which is our feet. Our church is very famous in the spiritual realm, and the devil hates it with gnashing of teeth.

When Jesus Christ was resurrected, the devil was defeated. We must take back what we have lost. That's what God wants, and that's God's wisdom, too. The gospel we believe is definitely not the gospel of Santa Claus, but a powerful gospel. If the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms are under our feet, then aren't the powers of hell also under our feet? This is the key to healing and deliverance.

If everyone is willing to offer themselves and build the glorious church of God, manifesting God's glory, God will receive the glory.

7. Conclusion

Every time you heal and deliver, trample on the devil and the enemy, every victory, every unity, every exorcism, and every time you shepherd brothers and sisters to grow, it is a manifestation of God's glory. Receiving God's glory is definitely not empty, and that is our reward! Today's church is more glorious than it was a few years ago. Today we must push the church to a new stage.

Brothers and sisters, do not fall behind, but strive to pursue. Building the church can give you glory. Everything in this world will pass away. Do not work for this life, but work for eternal life. Arise and be a blessing to this generation. This gospel is the power of God to save everyone who believes. The things I say and the doctrines I teach are not with wise and persuasive words, but with the power of God. Your faith is built on the power of Jesus Christ. Let the glory of God continue to be manifested, and let our lives continue to live out glory, and continue to enter into eternity.