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【Bible Study】Hebrews 11 Part 2 – The Assurance of Faith and Hope with Certainty

2018-11-08 20,761 Hebrews The Kingdom of God Seeing Through Life and Death Obedience to God's Word Assurance of Faith Faith as the Key Complete Consecration

This World is Profoundly Spiritual

In the previous episode, I primarily argued that faith is substantiated. If you are a person of faith, you will find that miracles and wonders will follow you. This confirms one thing: the world we live in today is profoundly spiritual. No one has seen God, but whether you have seen God's existence or not, as long as you have faith, you can see miracles and wonders following us. Although our physical eyes cannot see God, we can clearly see God's presence with us.

A person who has God's presence in this world is one whom this world is unworthy of. Then, what kind of person is this world worthy of? They are all people who follow the logic of this world. After death, all is extinguished. Occasionally, they may even consult a fortune teller. When you talk to them about the Lord Jesus, they claim to be atheists. Many customs in this world are very strange.

However, if we believe in God and, by faith, witness the miracles and wonders that God performs, we come to a conclusion: you will find that this world is profoundly spiritual. Yet, many Christians are not very interested in the spiritual world. Instead, they are more interested in elections and praying for the general election. What I want to argue is, what do Christians actually believe in?

Someone once told me not to touch politics. I am very clear about not touching it, because the Kingdom of God is not of this world. Everyone must know one thing: I have not read in the Bible that God wants to transform this world. If you have, I will not argue with you. What I have read is that God will destroy this world, not transform it.

The Kingdom of God is Not on This Earth

Today, we must ask a very core question: what exactly does the Jesus Christ we believe in want to do? The Lord Jesus set an example for us. Our Lord Jesus did not participate in politics. When people arrested him, he said one sentence: If my kingdom were of this world, do you think that I cannot ask my Father fetch twelve legions of angels? If angels were to destroy this world, wouldn't it be a very simple thing? So the Lord Jesus said: My kingdom is not of this world.

Many people want to promote the Lord Jesus to form a political party, but our Lord Jesus does not accept this. According to human logic, it would be good if Jesus were to accept this, leading Israel to establish a vast empire and defeat the Roman Empire, which would be more in line with human reasoning.

Today, we must carefully read the Bible, especially Hebrews chapter 11. We have not seen anyone involved in politics. Although Joseph became a prime minister, his hope was not in this world. Today, we must understand one thing: what is the foundation of the faith of Jesus Christ? What do we believe in?

We must know for certain that we believe in a better homeland, and we acknowledge that we are sojourners and pilgrims in this world. We do not care so much about what this world is like! Brothers and sisters, begin to understand that it is meaningless for Christians to participate in some politics. Begin to practice our faith, which is how to be with God and be a person whom the world is not worthy of.

Your Faith is the Key

Continuing from the last chapter, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, and others were all chosen by God. These people all died with these hopes. Their hopes were not in this world because their core interests were not in this world. You may argue, they were chosen by God, but what about me? Can I enter the Kingdom of God? Can I be chosen by God?

The Bible gives an example: Rahab, the prostitute in Jericho. Rahab was originally destined to be destroyed, but she was very clear about what God was all about. She knew how God led Moses to bring Israel out of Egypt and how God called Abraham. She paid close attention to God's affairs. She believed that God would save her and would not destroy the righteous.

When she chose to be a person of faith, like many of us, she did not care whether God would choose her. I must obtain salvation. As a result, Joshua had a prompting and sent two spies.

The two spies sent by Joshua were hidden by Rahab. Rahab lied and evaded the search by the King of Jericho. Therefore, Rahab's whole family was saved because Rahab believed. Rahab paid attention to God's affairs, and her faith played a key role. God would save her.

So today, we should no longer ask, can I be chosen, but believe that I can be chosen! I just want to seek the more beautiful homeland that God has given me, and wait for and hope for the good things that God has prepared for me. I know that I cannot obtain the promise while alive, but I can obtain the evidence of good things through faith, and you will surely be saved like Rahab.

God does not want us to be destroyed. God does not want us to be disobedient. If the entire city of Jericho sought God, God would save them all. Like the Book of Jonah in the Bible, Jonah declared an evil thing in the city of Nineveh, that this city would be destroyed. As a result, the whole city repented, even the king, and God forgave the sins of the entire city of Nineveh.

Today, those of us who believe in God must believe that there is a God. If you believe that you are chosen, you will be chosen. If you do not believe that you will be chosen, you will not be chosen. The key is not whether you are elected. The key lies in whether you believe it or not. Faith plays a key role.

On my path of service, there have been tears all the way. When I lead everyone in prayer, let thank my God. You know, it is impossible to walk such a difficult road without faith. Someone always uses the matter of being chosen to attack my faith, asking me, did God really choose you to do this? I also don't know, but I believe that I am chosen. We began to walk a path of faith, and we can truly see God's strong presence.

Precisely because it is this path of faith that allows us to see the path of the world clearly, Rahab, who was originally going to be destroyed, was chosen by God, which is a very good thing. Among us, are many obeying God or obeying the logic of the world? If you obey God, you do not obey the logic of the world and you can only choose one.

If you live in this world and are afraid of death, you will be afraid of many things. If you are not even afraid of death, what are you afraid of? I advise everyone to see through life and death, because in our faith, we know that God has prepared beautiful things for us— eternal life. We will not die. If we die and all is extinguished, then living is meaningless. People do not want to die, but they have to die, which is the most tragic thing in the world.

See Through Life and Death, Have Hope of Eternal Life

If there is a God who can save us forever, what are we afraid of? Without eternal life, there is no meaning. So I have eternal hope, and I see through life and death. If you are still afraid of this today, afraid of that, afraid of the boss... why is that? Because you have not seen through it inside!

There is no eternal hope inside you! You have developed a strong interest in the things of this world! The affairs of this world are all your core interests! You are the person whom this world is worthy of! But those of us who have seen through are the people whom the world is not worthy of!

Are there still people among us who have not seen through? I advise you to see through it sooner. It is painful not to see through it. If you can see through it, you will not be afraid of death. If you are not even afraid of death, you are not afraid of your wife, you are not afraid of your husband... you are not afraid of anything, then this person is very powerful in the spiritual realm. How free that would be!

If you say there is no eternal life, you have to put all your hope in this world? Your hope is what to eat and what to drink. After death, there is nothing good to eat or drink. But today, what we are imitating is Abraham! Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, these people are amazing!

God told Abraham that your descendants would go to Egypt as slaves for four hundred years. After Abraham heard this, why didn't he argue with God? Abraham offered Isaac on the altar. Isaac said: It's great, I can offer myself to God, the sooner the better! Because I have a more beautiful homeland inside, I have a Mingding Destiny inside!

If you still put your hope in this world, I tell you, you will suffer a lot, and God will not help you! We have the hope of eternal life, see through life and death, and no longer live under the dominion of death! Such faith will allow God to save us in anything that is to be destroyed! That's great! We don't care at all about suffering a little in the world! We don't care at all about how we live in the world! When we don't care, we live very well! Because God is with us!

One day, Daniel was thrown into the lion's den because he was framed in a political struggle. But he loved God very much. People did not allow him to pray, but he opened the window and prayed loudly there! After being thrown into the lion's den, the next day, the king went to the edge of the lion's den to see if Daniel had any bones left. As a result, Daniel was still alive! Why? God sealed the mouths of the lions! That's so divine!

I've had similar things happen! A Taekwondo black belt master came to me for deliverance and started punching people in my office. The speed was very fast, as if he was going to knock me down with one punch. As a result, he fell to the ground before he even got close to me. To be honest, I was afraid of being punched by a guy who was 100 kilograms and 1.9 meters tall. Later he told me that the demon on his fist wanted to hit me, but every time he got close to me, he fell to the ground and could not stand. True God! I tell you, no one can touch a person who has God with them!

Another time, a provincial sumo wrestler was studying at my school. His hand was swollen as thick as a carrot. He shouted that he wanted me to help him. So I took him into my conference room. As a result, he was shaking violently, his two big hands were twenty centimetres in front of me, trying to choke me. Scary! But he just couldn't choke me! As a result, one person fell to the ground! After a few minutes, he woke up!

I asked him, what happened just now? He said, the devil inside me wanted to kill you! I said, why didn't you kill me? He said, I can't choke you! There is a strong force stopping me! Wow! It turns out that having God is so good! When I fight with demons, many demons see me and run away in fear! This is the beautiful evidence that comes from faith!

You ask me, do you really believe in God? I really believe it, I can't lie to you! Have you really seen through life and death? I really see through it! One day God asked me, do you want to die for me? I said I would, and I cried with joy! I was so touched! Why? Because we have a more beautiful homeland, a more beautiful promise! It's just that we haven't received it in this world yet, but we will definitely receive it in the future! If we don't get it, it won't be complete! Even if anything is healed, or business is overturned, it doesn't count!

Even if Lazarus is resurrected after death, and he comes out of the tomb to testify, it doesn't count! Because Lazarus died again! There is no way to live forever! But in the spiritual world, Lazarus lives forever! If our hope is still in this world, you really have no way to be victorious! Why is it that many cancer patients can't get better no matter what they do? Because what is in them is the logic of this life! Today, brothers and sisters, we must be people whom the world is unworthy of on earth!

In fact, it is very simple to heal cancer. It is to completely destroy the logic of this life inside you, and no longer fear anything! Listen, you will live very well! Why suffer these sins! I used to have all the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, but I am still alive today! You ask me how I got better, I got better through prayer!

Let me popularize a scientific fact. If a person has a lump on their body that is uneven on the surface and has alternating soft and hard spots inside, there is no need to think about it. It is cancer. If the surface is smooth, like a pebble, it's okay. The lump on my mother's leg was purely killed by prayer! If I did not have the victorious faith inside, and did not have the ability to see through life and death, I would not be able to help my mother.

Brothers and sisters, we must know that there is a most beautiful promise, which is what will happen after we leave this world. Let us rely on God in this world by faith! Even if you become a prince in the world, you do not care about the position of prince! I am also unwilling to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a while! Suffering the humiliation for Jesus Christ is more precious than the wealth of Egypt! Because the reward you want to get is the reward of heaven! I tell you, these are all people whom the world is unworthy of!

Our core interests are not in the world, so we will not participate in those messy things! We live in this world according to God's logic in heaven! Brothers and sisters, let us re-examine ourselves and examine whether we obey God's words! If we do not obey God's words, it is a curse! We obey God's words, which means we believe God's words!

Some people cannot even pass the level of tithing. You cannot even be considered a Christian! You will suffer a lot more sins! We also suffer sins, but the sins we suffer are glorious! The sins you suffer are in the middle of a curse! In the world, you will see demons with you, and after death, you will return to the demons!

There is a primary faith that escapes the mouths of lions, escapes the edge of swords, turns weakness into strength, and shows courage in battle! There is also a high-level faith that endures ridicule, whipping, chains, imprisonment, being stoned to death, sawn in two, tempted, killed by swords, wearing sheepskins, goatskins, running around, suffering poverty, persecution, and wandering in the wilderness. These are people whom the world is unworthy of!

Ordinary people cannot endure these things if they experience them. I tell you, if we brothers and sisters have the opportunity to endure these things, what a great promise you will receive! If there is no eternity in us, how can we run this road? In such a situation, we will fall down all at once! If you can't see through this world, how can you experience these things? The faith of a person who experiences these things and does not fall is so wonderful and so great!

Brothers and sisters, do not think that you have received a great blessing from healing. That is indeed a blessing, but suffering for Jesus Christ is a very great blessing! Because people's faith is precisely confirmed in such things! It is revealed in such things! That is what God has prepared for the specially chosen! In order to bestow upon him the crown of glory!

Let us see what Paul says: We are hard-pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in

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## Conclusion

Some may say, after hearing you scrutinize the Bible in this manner, the voice of accusation within me is overwhelming! To that, I say: Serves you right! Who told you to be accusatory? For you ought to have been pierced by the word of God; I hope you can awaken! That is not accusation, but God rebuking you! Do not regard earthly hopes as true hope, for if you place your hope in the world, you will have no way to possess eternal hope!

Whether you are new, have been here for a while, or have been here for a long time, I present a challenge to you: Are you willing to offer yourself completely? To utterly destroy the worldly value system, so that you may fully live out the glory of God on earth! Because the path that Jesus Christ has paved for us is one of total devotion. I have seen many Christians today who are exceedingly selfish. Do you think they love God? They love themselves!

Brothers and sisters, examine your hearts carefully to see if we love God within. See if we have insight into all things of this world. In the face of finances, work, children, family, will you choose to live for God and die for God? If you cannot, then go and speak to God. If you believe your good life is due to your job, if you think your children's schools and education are very important, then go ahead and pursue them, may God have mercy on you!

I long for everyone to awaken. If what I say is a bit strong, can you begin to tell yourselves: Behold! These all obtained a good testimony through faith, but did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. May God bless everyone!
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