The Path of Faith: From Chaos to Order

January 12, 2014.

Abstract: Genesis 1:1-5 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning, the first day. What does the Lord Jesus mean by hears my words? It refers to the Bible. Not just the words that the Lord Jesus spoke on earth. The Lord Jesus is God! The words that God revealed to Moses, the words revealed to the prophets, are all the words of the Lord Jesus, all the words of God. So when we hear the words of God, read the words of God, the first important thing is to do them! Only by doing can we understand. If we don't do it, we can't understand. If we don't do the words of God, even if we understand, it's useless! So, the first thing we should know when we read the Bible is that God is not telling us something, but wants us to do what is said in this passage. If it cannot be done, God would not have revealed it to us. So how do we do this passage? Today we will see how, when facing a state of emptiness and chaos, we can turn emptiness and chaos into a well-ordered state!

1 Review of last Sunday's topic: The Lord Jesus can draw all people to Himself!

Last Sunday, we shared a topic: When the Lord Jesus is crucified and lifted up, He will draw all people to Himself! Because that is what we need most in this life! Why is life full of suffering? Why is life full of helplessness? You need to know the root of suffering, you need to know the structure of this world, to solve the problem! The root cause is that we are all sinners. As long as there is sin, the devil in this world has the authority to do corrupting work in people. I often hear people say, since God is omnipotent, why does He allow the world to be full of suffering? As a result, the problem is pushed onto God. And ask why He doesn't solve these problems? Why does He allow these tragedies to happen! In fact, God wants to solve these problems. Because people are sinners, the devil has the legal authority to create problems and sufferings in people's lives. To solve the problem, it must be solved from the root. How does God solve it? It is to let His own Son Jesus Christ be crucified, lifted up, and all who look to Him will be saved. All who look to Him, their sins will be attributed to Jesus Christ. This lifted-up Jesus paid the price for your sins. The devil no longer has a handle to create suffering in your life.

You say that the Lord Jesus, who can solve all our problems, is attractive enough? Actually, that's how I was attracted. Some Chinese people, when they see me, say, you have joined the church? I feel very uncomfortable when I hear that. It's like becoming a monk. In fact, becoming a Christian is still being a person with flesh and blood! Later, another Chinese person asked me, you have become a pastor? I said yes, I am even a formally ordained pastor! His face twisted a little, can your pastors get married? Alas, how chaotic, I said you can get married, but you can't have a mistress. Pastors, Christians, are all people with flesh and blood! But one thing is different, is that my problems are solved with the help of the Lord Jesus. They solve their own problems. My sins are borne by the Lord Jesus, their sins they bear themselves. When the devil comes to attack me, to create trouble for me, the Lord Jesus bears it for me! They face the corruption and suffering created by the devil, they bear it themselves. Every time I get through safely, I thank my Lord there. They can get through, they get through, they can't get through, they don't get through. And then complain there.

The Attraction of the Lord Jesus and the Transformation of Life

The Lord Jesus said that when He is lifted up, it will be like Moses lifting up the serpent in the wilderness, and all who look to Him will be saved! You say, I have obtained this treasure of the Lord Jesus, I hold on tightly, and constantly experience the benefits He has given in the Lord Jesus, you say, can I not be attracted to Him? Not only myself, the brothers and sisters in our church, including the brothers and sisters who just shared their testimonies, are they not all attracted by the Lord Jesus?

The sister who just gave her testimony, her whole family has lumbar and cervical spine problems. No doctor can completely cure their problems. When she herself began to look to this lifted-up Lord Jesus, these problems that her doctors could not cure disappeared one by one! You say, can she not be attracted to the Lord Jesus? Anyone who has experienced lumbar and cervical spine problems, if they encounter such a Lord Jesus, you say can she let go? She will definitely start seeking more. I dare to boldly prophesy that the sisters who just gave their testimonies, including those brothers and sisters who are attracted by the Lord Jesus, will greatly receive more grace!

If you come among us, not for the sake of being attracted by the Lord Jesus, just to see beautiful women, or perhaps have some romance, just to seek interpersonal relationships, hoping to get help from people, then you are too stupid! Because everyone here who does not come to seek the Lord Jesus is the stupidest of the stupid. Two weeks ago, a very confused young man came among us, and when he returned home, he found himself full of joy. The next day at work, he found that his boss, who used to scold him often, suddenly became nice to him, and everything turned around! When he returned home, he kept muttering, the church is so good, the church is so good! Of course it is good, because the Lord Jesus is here, and all who look to Him will see the problem solved! I encourage those who do not yet know that there is such a good thing in the world, to come quickly, come quickly! Really suffer less sin! Don't continue to suffer foreign sins there.

Today, sister YY also gave us a wonderful testimony! She is also recounting how the Lord Jesus attracted her! In fact, her testimony is very related to the message I want to share today. That is, she went from a life of emptiness and chaos to a life of order. Today, we who believe in the Lord and have personally tasted the grace of the Lord Jesus, who would want to go back to such painful days? Until today, every time I think of my own days of emptiness and chaos before I believed in the Lord, I never want to go back! It is so good to have the Lord in my life!

Among many benefits, the Lord Jesus attracts me most is that He enables me to begin to move from a chaotic life to an orderly life.

Today, I want to share with you: From Emptiness and Chaos to Order!

2 Today's topic: From Emptiness and Chaos to Order!

Today's topic is:

3 Today's scripture: Genesis 1:1-5

Gen 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Gen 1:2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Gen 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Gen 1:4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. Gen 1:5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning, the first day.

4 Prayer – !

Pray in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen!

5 What does this passage reveal to us?

The Importance of Doing God's Word and the Way of Wisdom

The Lord Jesus tells us: Mat 7:24 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. Mat 7:25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was laid on the rock. Mat 7:26 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. Mat 7:27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.

What does the Lord Jesus mean by hears my words? It refers to the Bible. Not just the words that the Lord Jesus spoke on earth. The Lord Jesus is God! The words that God revealed to Moses, the words revealed to the prophets, are all the words of the Lord Jesus, all the words of God. So when we hear the words of God, read the words of God, the first important thing is to do them! Only by doing can we understand. If we don't do it, we can't understand. If we don't do the words of God, even if we understand, it's useless! So, the first thing we should know when we read the Bible is that God is not telling us something, but wants us to do what is said in this passage. If it cannot be done, God would not have revealed it to us. So how do we do this passage? Today we will see how, when facing a state of emptiness and chaos, we can turn emptiness and chaos into a well-ordered state!

I have been talking for so long, to read out how to do the words of God, but still many brothers and sisters lack this awareness. We study the Bible on Fridays, and I see two phenomena. First, everyone still likes to read the Bible with the gossip method. What does gossip mean? It is to satisfy our desire for knowledge. It is to want to know. Not to ask yourself how to do it. Everyone needs to repent. The second phenomenon is not seeing. The pastor's wife asked everyone what else they saw, and everyone passed the microphone over and said they didn't see anything! How is it possible that you didn't see anything? You have to be careful.

By reading the Bible, I can see who has good habits. Good study habits, good reading habits, good habits of analyzing problems can benefit you for life. In fact, habits determine your destiny. Your destiny is in your habits. I'll give you an example. Hai Dong came to Singapore to study, and in a blink of an eye four or five months have passed. Several teachers say he is not stupid. Then why is his study so poor? It's the habit. He has the habit of being lazy. He has the habit of coping. He has many bad habits. In fact, I find that many children have about the same intelligence. The key lies in developing what habits. You will raise children in the future, no matter what, develop good habits. With good habits, the child will benefit for a lifetime. Okay, encourage everyone to develop good habits of doing God's word. If you don't know what habits are good and what are bad, then read the Bible!

Some people say, pastor, this passage of God's word cannot be done! I asked him, how can it not be done? He said, look, in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. How can we go back to the beginning? You see, many people like to take things out of context. It is this passage that you cannot do, but you continue to read down, read to God's will! God's will is not to let you go back to the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth. God's will is to let you know how to come out of emptiness and chaos! How to turn emptiness and chaos into order! When you read the whole passage. You will know. If the whole passage does not work, read the whole chapter. If the whole chapter does not work, read several chapters! You can always find God's will! You can always find how we can do God's word! Ah, so that's how you read the Bible! Got it? From now on, every time we study the Bible in small groups, everyone should use your brains and look carefully. Don't get caught up in some unnecessary details.

Taking things out of context is very dangerous. Reading that Judas committed suicide, God's will is not to let you commit suicide. It is to let you not go to the point where Judas committed suicide. Reading that Judas prostituted himself, don't discuss why Judas prostituted himself there. God's will is not to let you prostitute yourself.

The Power of Prayer and Declaration: From Chaos to Order

So what does this scripture tell us? This scripture tells us three things: first, when we are in emptiness and chaos, confusion and no hope, second, what we need most is the Spirit of God moving, and third, our mouths must learn to open and declare! Then the light will come. Everything will become good! When I know God's will, we will do it! This one thing is not important to do, one thing after another turns around. Later, I often use this principle. Every time I see emptiness and chaos, darkness over the face of the deep, no hope, no hope, the best thing to do is to pray there! The best prayer is to be filled with the Holy Spirit, Hallelujah, filled with the Holy Spirit, Hallelujah! Because that is the prayer of the Spirit of God moving! Pray and pray, suddenly, an idea rises in my heart, and I begin to declare it, and as a result, things are accomplished.

Last Friday, my mother caught a cold because she had to attend a meeting and waited at the bus stop for half an hour in minus thirty degree weather. When I knew, I started to pray for her. Five minutes of praying in tongues in the spirit, two minutes of praying with understanding, rebuking the spirit of death, the spirit of the cold to recede, and sure enough, she was healed fifteen minutes later. This is a typical example of emptiness and chaos to order. Some people say, how is this emptiness and chaos? In fact, when a person is sick, the normal order is lost in the person's body, it cannot function normally, and the system begins to be chaotic. When you are in the Spirit of God moving, issue a command, and the system returns to normal. This is a very wonderful thing. My responsibility is not to analyze how this is the case, my responsibility is to do according to God's word, issue a command, and the things created will be accomplished!

Brothers and sisters, do you know? This scripture is the most creative scripture in the Bible! You must often use the authority God has given you in this way, and you will often see creative things happen. Amen!

I thirst for our brothers and sisters to receive the gifts of performing miracles and performing wonders. It's so awesome to use those gifts! Our God will be glorified because of us! How good it is, everyone who goes out is a person who turns impossible things into possible things. Everyone who goes out is a person who brings hope, brings faith, brings solutions to problems, and the Father is glorified through the name of the Lord Jesus!

Tell the person next to you: You are going to receive the gift and power to perform miracles! Say again: The Father will be glorified because of you!

6 Emptiness and Chaos

Let's look at the term emptiness and chaos.

In the early days of China's reform and opening up, a research institute in Beijing developed a kind of glass. The characteristic of that glass is that it is colorful. Completely disordered. Very bright. As a result, a factory owner saw it was pretty good and bought his patent. Produced a large batch. Then the salesmen went out to sell this glass. After a while, none of it was sold. Later, when I asked, I found out. Some kind customers told the boss, if this glass is all one color, if you want yellow, it is yellow, if you want blue, it is blue, then it will be easy to sell. This kind of thing is colorful and useless. Who installs this kind of glass in their home? No one wants it.

Recently, the chief designer of Muji was interviewed by a reporter from Taiwan. The program was called The Unsung Heroes of Design. He said that everything in the world is designed. What is design? It is order. Not chaos. Chaotic things are not the result of design. Disordered things are unusable. Uncontrollable random events are not liked by anyone.

## The Spirit of God Moving and the Restoration of Order

What does management do? It uses the power of management to make a company operate in an orderly manner. A chaotic company must have management problems. A chaotic classroom must have management problems. Managers must turn complex, ambiguous, and uncertain things into simple, clear, and certain things. If you are a talent, your key measure is whether you can solve complex, ambiguous, and uncertain problems. For example, what do those of us who are engaged in scientific research do? It is to clarify the unknown and turn it into something that can be controlled. That is talent. Creation is a characteristic of God. Turning emptiness, chaos, and confusion into order is God's creative power. If man has the image of God, he will surely be above, not below! He will surely be above all nations.

If a person is empty and chaotic, you can imagine that this person will be very tired. In dealing with spiritual things, I have discovered a spiritual law. That is, people who are controlled by demons are chaotic. He thinks he is clear, but those around him can see how chaotic he is. Emptiness and chaos mean extreme disorder and extreme confusion. In fact, disordered and chaotic things are useless. Orderly, clear, and clean things are useful. Where there are demons, there is chaos. Where there is God, there is order.

In ministry, I have found many chaotic people. Every time I see chaotic people, I know that there is a work of the devil in their lives. Although this passage does not mention the work of the devil, in the following chapters of Genesis, we see that the devil began to tempt mankind to sin. As a result, mankind sinned, and the world began to be cursed. From that time on, the earth grew economic weeds, and mankind began to enter a chaotic environment from an orderly environment. Not only did the environment become chaotic, but people's hearts also became chaotic, families began to be chaotic, work became chaotic, and life became chaotic! From this, it can be seen that the work of the devil is to bring chaos.

A fat man suddenly came to me, Pastor, I am confused inside, quickly, quickly, pray for me. I prayed for him and cast out many demons, and he was no longer confused. For a while, many brothers and sisters in a group had the problem of confusion. Later, everyone prayed often and were released. In one's life, there are countless things that are done in confusion. After doing them, one regrets them, and after regretting them, one continues to make chaotic decisions. No matter how hard he tries, if he makes a few important decisions wrong, all his efforts will be in vain.

The most common problem we have today is the problem of stress. The problem of stress is not the large workload, but the many chaotic situations that arise in the work. There are many complex, ambiguous, and uncertain problems. If people know how to deal with them, there will be no stress. It is because of the chaotic state that a lot of stress is created.

Therefore, people really need God! With God's presence, these chaotic situations are removed! Not only can they make the right decisions, but they can also live a normal and orderly life. Our efforts are not in vain. How important it is to draw near to God. God's attribute is always to turn chaos into order.

Now let's look at the Spirit of God moving.

7 The Spirit of God Moving

## The Spirit of God Moving and the Miracle of Life

When the Spirit of God moves, wonderful things happen. A new friend came two weeks ago. Later, I learned that his mother-in-law often worshiped idols. She also went to his house and did those superstitious things. She wrapped all the mirrors, and there were no mirrors and no light in the house, it was dark. The result was the power of darkness. Without the Spirit of God, only the spirit of the devil would operate. As a result, this young man suffered a lot. He lived in chaos every day. He was often scolded by his boss. When he came to the church, I prayed with him. I didn't care whether he understood or not, I simply taught him that it is a great grace to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and we prayed with him. The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, was moving on him. He began to vomit and react. As a result, the devil was cast out. That day, he felt freedom in his heart. The next day, Monday, a miracle happened! The boss actually started to treat him better. Colleagues were also willing to help him. He didn't do anything, it was just the Spirit of God moving! What great news this is!

There was also a young man whose work was not going well. There were many problems. When he came among us and was filled with the Holy Spirit, the environment changed in a few days. Thank the Lord, his mind is very clear, and he often continues to come to church to pray after work. Things are developing in a good direction. Recently, he encountered good things again. He was promoted from apprentice to master.

Where the Spirit of God is, there is freedom! Because of the cross of Jesus Christ, because of Jesus' resurrection and victory, God has given the best grace, which is being filled with the Holy Spirit. As a result, many churches have missed this grace. They have become churches without the Spirit of God moving. They teach everything, but they don't teach being filled with the Holy Spirit! What a pity!

Do you know how wonderful the Spirit of God Moving is? When the Spirit of God moves in our lives, many things become orderly. That is a very comfortable feeling. The Bible mentions the phrase each according to its kind twice. Once when God created the world. The second time was when Noah brought animals into the ark. The Spirit of God is the power of God, and it can do things that people cannot do. Can you imagine the scene of Noah driving all kinds of animals, some in pairs, some in sevens, into the ark? If the Spirit of God were not moving, wouldn't it be a mess? One moment the wolf would eat the horse, and the next moment the tiger would eat the wolf. As a result, Noah would play hide-and-seek with the tiger, and he wouldn't enter the ark. He might as well make Life of Pi!

Without the Spirit of God moving, it is really hard! It is a scene of chaos. But fortunately, the Spirit of God was moving there, and Noah saw the animals lining up in pairs to enter the ark. Very orderly! Wonderful.

Many parents do not know that an orderly heart is the foundation of good learning for children. As a result, they often give their children bad ideas. Child, don't waste your time in church. Child, don't always go to church. Child, study hard. In fact, coming to church to pray and spending time drawing near to God allows the Spirit of God to move in the child's heart, and the child's heart is orderly and clear. How can learning not be good? If spending time drawing near to God makes people clear inside, it is very wonderful! Even those who do not study well will often do so, and their studies will improve. What a great grace it will be for those who study well!

Everyone remember, where there are demons, there is chaos. Where the Spirit of God moves, there is order.

In our lives, we make decisions. Making wrong decisions in confusion brings chaos to life and regret in our hearts. If you often regret, what you need most is for the Spirit of God to move in your life. Don't always be confused, regret, then confused again, then regret again.

## Prayer and Proclamation: The Power from Chaos to Order

In business, there is an important concept called do it right the first time. Not wrong again and again. If everything is done right the first time, that is a very experienced person! The same is true in life. Always making smart and correct decisions will make this life a life of being above all nations!

Spending time drawing near to God and letting the Spirit of God move is the foundation! With the Spirit of God moving, it is much easier to manage children. Children will develop good habits. With good habits, they will have a good destiny. People will have the image of God and become humble, obedient, and gentle people. Such people are not easily confused.

Brothers and sisters, I hope you will all pray a lot and pray in the Spirit a lot. Let the Spirit of God move greatly in your lives, and the days of comfort will surely come! Do not save time on praying in the Spirit.

Tell the person next to you: You must often pray in the Spirit!

8 Declare by Faith

We Chinese have received many wrong teachings. For example, many people say, Let it be! Even today, after so much teaching, some people still have a let it be mentality. In fact, I tell you, let it be leads to chaos! The last century was the century of the fastest scientific development. People discovered the second law of thermodynamics: that is, the natural development of everything is from order to disorder. Everything is moving towards chaos. To maintain an orderly state, energy needs to be injected! Without energy, it will slide down! If you don't take care of your children, they will naturally be corrupted. If you don't manage your business, it will naturally be chaotic. All orderly operations are the result of management and the injection of energy.

God teaches us that when we see chaotic situations, emptiness and chaos, darkness on the face of the deep, when we see the Spirit of God moving, we must also declare it by faith!

Sometimes, I see brothers and sisters praying for the sick, and they keep praying in tongues for hours, but the prayer doesn't heal the sick. In fact, what you need is a proclamation of understanding! So you see me leading the sick to pray, I pray in the spirit for a few minutes, and then I lead the sick to declare healing in our words! As a result, they are healed quickly! This is what the Apostle Paul said, You must pray in tongues in the spirit, and you must also pray with understanding, that is, pray with our words.

Our mouth is a spiritual organ. The words spoken from the mouth will release power!

It says here that the Spirit of God was moving, and God said, Let there be light, and there was light. Let's not analyze anything, let's just do it!

You start to declare, keep declaring, and things will be done.

9 Wait in Faith

Brothers and sisters, the Bible says, God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. But later it says, There was evening, and there was morning—the first day. In fact, even though there was light, there was still night. There was light, but it had not yet shone on the earth. It had to wait until morning for the light to begin to shine on the earth.

When we declare, we often don't see anything! We don't see anything. But you must learn to wait for God in faith!

You must know one thing, that deep night represents the coming of dawn!

Continue to pray, continue to declare, and you will see the accomplishment of things.

God has given me a wonderful grace, which is waiting. Waiting is faith. When you can't wait, pray.

10 Conclusion: Exercise Your Creativity and Turn Bad Things into Good Things

Through this passage of the Bible, God tells us that after God created light, God saw that the light was good! Creation is beautiful! With creativity, bad things will turn into good things. With creativity, the state of emptiness, chaos, and darkness on the face of the deep will turn into an orderly state! With creativity, people will be above, not below.

## Church Education and Life Transformation

Brothers and sisters, when you share the gospel with your family, tell them that the work of the church is education. It not only teaches everyone to learn things that are not learned in schools, such as dating, such as learning methods, and work methods. The most important thing is to develop people's inner potential. To unearth the creativity within people. Those who have received church education have received great grace.

Someone has done statistics that in the past, 92% of the founders of various disciplines and famous scientists were Christians and Jews! It is not that they became Christians after they became famous, but that they became Christians, received church education, and understood how to bring the power of God into their lives before they became great scientists!

A person who has the creative power of God: The state of the heart: emptiness and chaos -> orderly. The state of life: emptiness and chaos -> orderly. The state of the body: emptiness and chaos -> orderly (sickly. The chaotic state of cancer cells). The state of work: emptiness and chaos -> orderly. The state of learning: emptiness and chaos -> orderly.

Let me share with you the experience of a PhD. Last week, I talked to this sister about her experience of believing in the Lord. She told me that since she believed in the Lord, her mind has become much clearer. She is a very smart person. In fact, we are all very smart people. Mentioning the days of believing in the Lord, I can deeply feel that kind of regret. Because I myself feel the same way. I regret that I didn't believe in the Lord earlier. I spent many chaotic days. If she had come to Singapore to study at university and started believing in the Lord, what a great achievement she would have today! She would have had fewer chaotic days. In any case, thank the Lord, it is a great grace to know the Lord at this age. From now on, we are determined to follow our Lord, not only to make our own lives move from emptiness and chaos to an orderly and beautiful state, but also to thirst to receive more gifts of evangelism, to pass on this grace, and to lead those who are in emptiness and chaos to the Lord's presence to enjoy this wonderful grace!

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