Introduction

The title of the third session is Take Up Authority in Jesus Christ. Taking up authority in Jesus Christ may sound unremarkable, but its meaning is profound. What does it mean to be in Jesus Christ? To be in Jesus Christ is to be in the Church of Jesus Christ, for the Church is the Body of Jesus Christ. What does it mean to take up authority? It means to take up the authority that Jesus Christ has given us, and then cast out demons and heal the sick.

The last time, we shared on the topic All Were Healed. This statement is quite absolute, and my arguments were quite thorough. However, an uninvited guest came into the group and shouted: Don't believe him. Some brothers and sisters were very sharp, saying, Then why should we believe you? This is true. When I share these words with you, I carefully examine the Bible. If I am wrong, you don't need to worry; God is still in control. I don't want to say that everything I say is correct, but you can examine the Bible to see if what I say is in it.

So, brothers and sisters, do you know? I often tell brothers and sisters online: You don't need to believe me. Why should you believe me? But you can believe the Bible, right? You have a Bible, and I have a Bible. Yours is the Chinese Union Version, and mine is also the Chinese Union Version. Although the versions are different, the themes and stories are similar. Don't quibble over the words; just grasp the themes and key points. If you grasp these, you really won't see too much difference.

Therefore, I encourage everyone. Our group must be people who read the Bible. Actually, I really dislike people treating me like a master. As soon as they treat me like a master, I feel very uncomfortable, thinking, How can this person be so foolish? I think we must return to the Bible. We say what the Bible says. If I say something wrong, you don't have to accept it, but you must accept the words of the Bible. Examine it carefully, then summarise, organise, and elevate it. See what you can conclude. If what you conclude is not too different from what I conclude, then I truly thank God. I am not necessarily saying that everything I say is correct.

Once, I was listening to a sermon in a local church. The pastor said, What is preached on this platform is all the Word of God. I was dubious at the time. I carefully examined the Bible. I didn't need to forcefully believe everything he preached. The Bible is very important, especially the four Gospels. Matthew followed Jesus, right? Luke followed Paul, Mark followed Peter, and John followed Jesus. Can someone from two thousand years later say it better than someone who followed Jesus? I don't think so. I'm still busy copying others. I shouldn't mess around on my own.

The Concept of Authority

Taking up authority in Jesus Christ is a concept given to us by the Bible. I think this concept of authority is very important. Early on, in my local church, I was a layperson. We had to listen carefully to what the pastor said. Listening carefully is good, but we also needed to check the Bible. I think it would be very difficult for these people to deceive me. Why? Because I examined the Bible.

For example, once the pastor said, Be careful not to lay hands on people to pray, otherwise demons will run into you. When I heard this, I thought, How come I can't find this in the Bible? How come I've never read this? Who said this? This was said by Ye Guangming, who wrote a book called Deliverance from Demons and Release. Because I read a lot of books, I read a lot of the Bible, and I also read a lot of these books.

Then, the brothers and sisters in our local church asked me what was going on. I said, Don't listen to him; the Bible doesn't write it like that. This one sentence solved many problems. If I were not a person who acted according to the Bible, you wouldn't need to believe me, because I act according to the Bible, implement it, think about it, study it, pray about it, seek it, practice it, and then I see that God's Word is truly good. This authority is used handily!

I think, when people squeeze onto a public bus, and there are many people on the bus, if they squeeze each other, your demon runs into me, my demon runs into you, and everyone shares a demon, how wonderful is that! Not sharing a loaf of bread, but sharing a demon. Can that work? What kind of reasoning is this?

I believe that in Jesus Christ, we are all people with authority, and then we can take up authority and cast out demons. Where does this come from? It comes from Jesus' calling of the twelve disciples. In Matthew 10:1, you will find that Jesus called the twelve disciples and gave them authority to cast out unclean spirits and to heal all kinds of diseases.

Why did he give them authority and not something else? Why not give them gifts, but authority? Because casting out demons and healing and deliverance depend on authority, because Jesus' authority is very powerful. Jesus brought the authority of heaven to earth and then gave it to us. Isn't that wonderful! Is this a gift? Some people say that casting out demons is a gift. Is casting out demons a gift? Casting out demons is authority!

If it were a gift, then you have this gift, and I don't have this gift, and we wouldn't be able to say anything. You can do it, and I can't do it. People who say such things have basically not read the Bible well. Can we make up our minds and just read the Bible well, read the key to healing and casting out demons well? What good news the Lord Jesus has given us!

What could be better than this? A person saves a lifetime's worth of medical expenses; isn't that amazing! If someone has to nitpick at me, they can find fault. But even if not all medical expenses are saved, if 80% of medical expenses are saved, isn't that also pretty good? It's a wonderful thing! So what I'm sharing with you is the issue of authority. I was thinking that Jesus gave the twelve disciples authority. Did he give them life? It doesn't write that.

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well. (Mark 16:17-18)

Where does this passage mention life? In today's generation, especially what I heard in the local church, it is truly unbelievable. He said, You can't cast out demons blindly. Your life isn't good enough. After I read the Bible, I discovered that the lives of these twelve disciples were not that great. Jesus was about to be crucified, and they were still arguing about who was the greatest, who would sit on the right, and who would sit on the left. That's a very ridiculous thing. Peter also denied the Lord three times, but before that, he had also cast out many demons.

Therefore, we must learn one thing: to understand the Bible clearly. I once calculated that the Bible has about a thousand pages. Reading one page takes about two to three minutes. If it's two to three minutes per page, then one thousand pages is two to three thousand minutes. Two to three thousand minutes divided by sixty minutes is how many hours? Fifty hours! You calculate it. If you don't sleep, you can read it in two days, right?

If you sleep, read three hours a day. If we read diligently, take a vacation to read the Bible, read eight hours a day, then ten days is eighty hours, and it can be finished in a week. We must all read the Bible. This is the key to Chinese Mingding Destiny! We do not disregard the Bible. General evangelicals criticise charismatics, saying that they don't read the Bible, but we read the Bible. Not only do we read the Bible carefully, but we also want our brothers and sisters to carefully examine the Bible to see if what we are saying is true or not.

Jesus Christ gave the disciples authority. Their lives were not great, but they also had authority. Today, your life is also not that great, but I have good news for you: Jesus has also given you authority, so that you can subdue all kinds of demons and heal all kinds of diseases. Then you say, If my life is not good, what if a demon runs into me? You have authority. Are you still afraid of a demon running into you?

Don't say it, this actually happened. Once, I was praying for someone, and this person had back pain and couldn't raise their arm. After praying, they raised their arm, but I couldn't raise my arm. I said, This thing is quite powerful. But I had a faith inside me. I believed that God had already given me authority! I have authority. How dare you come looking for me? I was wanting to find you, and you delivered yourself to my door!

As a result, at that time, no one ministered to me. There were not many disciples around, not many members. Then I prayed desperately. At that time, I couldn't raise my hand, so I grabbed something and pulled myself up while praying, and I quickly got completely well.

So I tell you good news: the demon of shoulder pain trembles when it sees me. This guy is too powerful; he's an expert! Is that what the demon really said? So later, I really liked to pray for people with waist pain, stomach pain, and arm pain. They were healed very quickly. What is the reason for this? It's because this authority was used again and again. Relying on the authority that Jesus Christ has given us, we can trample on snakes and scorpions! Trample on the enemy of the devil! We can release the captive people! That's really fast!

So brothers and sisters, don't be afraid. What if a demon runs into us? Just kill the demon! What I'm saying sounds funny, but that's really what I say. I say, Devil, you little thing, you're still playing with me. Can you afford to play with me? You can't afford it!

Don't say it, after these previous two sessions, after I shared with you, many people went to practice it, and after they practiced it, it really worked! Some people said they prayed for eleven hours. Wow, that's really good! Eleven hours of prayer, that's praying in tongues and praying with understanding. Actually, don't think this is difficult. It's really not a difficult thing. Just say, In the name of Jesus Christ, I command the devil to go out! I declare in the name of Jesus Christ that we are forgiven by the blood of Jesus, we are healed by the stripes of Jesus; devil, get out of here! Back pain is the spirit of back pain, waist pain is the spirit of waist pain. This is very simple, isn't it?

There was an elderly sister, she was the mother of a pastor, and this pastor is also a good friend of mine. She had insomnia for twenty years, so she came to me for prayer. Since the mother of a good friend came to me, then I had to take her seriously in prayer. When I took it seriously, it was troublesome. People still have a lot of pressure. Last night, I was thinking that if you don't look for me, I'll look for you, so I looked for her, and after leading her in prayer, I asked, Is it any better? She said it was much better, and after it got better, she began to listen to my sermons and Bible studies. She slept very well that night.

In the morning, this sister sent me a message, saying that listening to my sermons is like a sleeping pill at night and a stimulant in the morning. This old lady is quite interesting. Because her son often prayed for her too; he has prayed for seven years, and now every night, her son also learns from me to lead her in prayer in the group, but it doesn't work. So I gave her a little question. Actually, this little question is about the issue of authority. This little question is, Why does it not work when your son leads you in prayer?

Many Christians think they don't have authority, but in fact, we do have authority. The issue of authority solves the issue of legalisation. If you have authority in your hands, then what you do is legal. If you don't have authority in your hands, then what you do is illegal. Today, Christians casting out demons, healing, and deliverance is legal, right? Some people consider it illegal, thinking that healing and casting out demons was done in Jesus' time. In Jesus' time it was legal, but it's not legal for us to do it now. That's a myth!

Brothers and sisters, we must know that building a glorious church for God is closely related to healing and casting out demons! Therefore, brothers and sisters, go back and carefully examine the Bible. Where I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, there the kingdom of God has come. See how well this is said! If I ask the average Christian, How does the kingdom of God come? It comes when Jesus comes again! That's very strange!

Today, Christians have many problems that need to be solved. What they most want to solve is the issue of healing and deliverance. Then start changing from the place of authority. What if my life is not very good? Actually, it doesn't matter if your life is not very good, because you are in the name of Jesus Christ, not in your own name. Actually, my life is also not very good. You can tell from my way of speaking. I often say things that don't sound very good, but when I minister, it is effective.

Do you know why I say this? Because it is in accordance with the Bible. I speak like someone with authority. If I say I can't do it, only Jesus can do it, then what are you doing? Wherever I go, I say I can do it. Why do I say this? Because I believe that God has given all authority in heaven and on earth to us.

Why do we take up authority in Jesus Christ? If you don't take up authority in Jesus Christ, then where do you take it up? Can there be authority outside of Jesus Christ? Right? Some people say interesting things. Look, he's started bragging again. He's starting to steal God's glory. Regarding this matter of stealing God's glory, I have flipped through many Bibles and I haven't found it. I couldn't understand it. Later, I finally found it. It turns out that Jesus' glory is mine, and my glory is Jesus'. I am one with Jesus.

Jesus said, He is in me, and I am in him. His authority is mine, and my authority is his. Some couples say, Your money is mine, and my money is mine. That's really interesting! We can't be like that with Jesus. What is Jesus' is ours, and what is ours is also Jesus'.

What I mean is: authority is in Jesus Christ. Do you want to separate from Jesus? If you want to separate from Jesus, you cannot have authority. I sigh! Some people criticise me for stealing God's glory and bragging, but how come you don't say that what I'm doing is very good? Letting people be healed and letting God's name be glorified, isn't that a good thing? I think everyone likes this good news! Do you want me to tell you that your illness will not be healed, or do you want me to tell you that your illness will definitely be healed? Getting healed is definitely good news. Who wants to suffer this sin? We have the money, but we can't afford to suffer that sin!

Believe That We Have Received This Authority

Therefore, brothers and sisters, we must all begin to reorganise the faith within ourselves, and believe firmly that Jesus Christ has given his authority to us. I tell you, without authority, what can you do? Without authority, you can't do anything. Without authority, it's illegal. With authority, it's legal. With authority, we are reasonable, right, and legal, right?

We Chinese do things according to the Dao. We are not afraid to fight. If we want to fight, we will fight. If we want to talk, we will talk. Of course, that's politics. Politics is an issue of authority. Anything can be talked about, but authority cannot be negotiated, right? Sovereignty cannot be negotiated. We Chinese see this very clearly. Brothers and sisters must begin to know what question the chief priests and elders asked Jesus. They asked a very important question: By what authority are you doing these things? (See Matthew 21:23)

If the authority that Jesus relied on was legal authority, then Jesus was legal. If not, then he was illegal. Later, what did Jesus say before he ascended to heaven? All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me! If this authority has been given to Jesus, and we are in Jesus Christ, then we directly inherit the authority, don't we? If we inherit the authority, then we do what Jesus did.

Therefore, I give everyone a concept: faith is very important. The first point I talked about was authority, and the second point I'm talking about is faith. What exactly do you believe in? I often ask: What exactly do you believe in? I believe in Jesus. Then what do you believe in regarding Jesus? They can't answer.

I believe that all authority in heaven and on earth belongs to my Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that I am in Jesus Christ. What does it mean to be in Jesus Christ? What is the body of Jesus Christ? The body of Jesus Christ is the Church. Therefore, in the concept that I am conveying, building a glorious church for God is the most important Mingding Destiny of my life. How do you build a glorious church for God? This is the main concept of Chinese Mingding Destiny Theology. To build a glorious church for God, you must build according to God's Word, and then the Church will directly receive authority.

I ministered to an elderly woman. She asked me, Why is it that many times when she prays, it doesn't work, but when you lead her in prayer, it works? She treats me like a master. Actually, this is a wrong concept. I am not a master, but I often do things that masters do, because when the sickness comes to me, it will be healed, so wouldn't I become a master?

So the key lies in authority. Where does authority come from? Authority comes from the victorious church. Where does the victorious church come from? It is that Jesus Christ wants to build his Church on the rock, and the gates of hell cannot overcome it. After the Church is built on truth, the Church of Jesus Christ has authority!

How do you see if a place is really a church? Look at the authority. A church with authority certainly is, and a church without authority is often beaten by the devil. Why are some churches trampled by the devil? And why do churches with authority trample on the devil? Brothers and sisters, we must all rethink, think about what exactly we are doing.

I encourage everyone, especially the pastors among us, to build a victorious church even unto death. Why? Because that is what Jesus Christ wants! The victorious church is built on the rock of Jesus Christ. In June, I will share with you The Revelation of the Victorious Church. Do I have the qualifications to speak on this? I think I should have it. First, I wrote a book called Revelation Bible Study, and Revelation Bible Study is also called The Revelation of Building a Victorious Church. Second, I have a kind of determination inside me, a determination like Paul, even if it means shedding blood, I don't care! I have a determination to pay the price, to use a determination to pay the price to build a victorious church. Healing and deliverance are absolutely effective.

I think we have the priorities right. What does that mean? The most important theme of the New Testament Bible is to build a victorious church. If you grasp this, then the rest will be easily solved. We believe that there is authority in Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ, faith is very interesting. Many people examine the Bible, and I don't think they examine it well, but I can really understand this passage of the Bible. What does it mean to pick up snakes with their hands? Can you really explain it fully? I will give everyone a correct explanation, and I think my explanation is pretty good:

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well. (Mark 16:17-18)

There is a sentence here called pick up snakes with their hands. Later, I saw Christians in some countries who practiced picking up snakes with their hands, and in the end, they were really bitten by poisonous snakes. What exactly does pick up snakes with their hands mean? You must first return to the beginning, who picked up snakes? The first person to pick up snakes was Moses. God said, Throw this staff on the ground. As a result, the staff turned into a snake. Pick the snake up again, and it turned back into a staff.

I think Moses was amazing. If it were me, wouldn't this be troublesome? What if this staff can't turn into a snake? As a result, this staff, like the staffs in the hands of Pharaoh's magicians, could turn into snakes. As a result, Moses' staff, which turned into a snake, ate the snakes that Pharaoh's staffs turned into. So that's how it is to pick up snakes. What can you do by picking up snakes? Moses led the congregation of Israel to the edge of the Red Sea. God said:

Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. (Exodus 14:16)

As a result, the sea was divided. It turns out that the staff is authority! Later, I knew that picking up snakes with your hands represents authority, which is the authority that God gave to Moses. Believers have signs and wonders following them, one of which is to take up authority. Do you believe that you have authority in your hands? If you believe, then you can do what Jesus did. How wonderful is that!

Let us all imitate Jesus. We can all do this thing. I have received it freely, and I will give it freely. If in this generation, we raise up millions of little Jesuses, it still won't be enough to minister to the needs of this generation, because there are too many people in this generation who need ministering to. I am worried to death. I can't finish ministering. Even in the years of Jesus, he was also working very hard.

Let each of our brothers and sisters begin to rekindle the faith within themselves. What are we rekindling it for? So that we can pick up snakes with our hands, pick up the staff that turns into a snake. Don't be afraid. That's how we believe. We believe that the keys to the kingdom of heaven are all in our hands. We can freely draw on the resources that God has given us. Servants cannot draw on them; only God's children can draw on them.

God's children have the authority of God's children. We have the authority to be God's children. Are you a child of God? If you are a maidservant in God's house, you live in the maidservant's room. If you are a child, you live in the child's room, especially since our Heavenly Father has given us his authority, so that we can go into all the world and preach the gospel and make disciples of all nations. This is said very interestingly. What are the keys of the kingdom of heaven? The keys of the kingdom of heaven are authority!

In the past, stewards carried a large bunch of keys, which could open the doors of every room. If you arrive at a place today and you have the key to your room, then that is the place where you have authority, that is your territory, and you have the say. So keys are also authority. Today, when we examine the Bible, we need to list the things that are related to authority. There are really too many of them. So how do we use authority?

How to Exercise Authority

I hope everyone will continue to follow me and continue to contemplate the concept of the victorious church as mentioned in the Bible. We are now talking about exercising authority. Using authority is very important. What if you don't use the authority given to you? I have really done a lot of research in this area. Intellectuals who believe in the Lord have the flavor of intellectuals. The uneducated who believe in the Lord have the flavor of the uneducated. Peter was a rough man, a fisherman, while Paul was an intellectual, rigorously trained. The flavor is quite different. When intellectuals get serious, it's something else!

I researched how to pray. The first time I tried, I knelt down and prayed: Lord! Please heal him! Looking so worried and distressed was really hard to bear. What was that? Later, I figured it out. What did I figure out? It doesn't work. Kneeling there, head to the ground, buttocks up high, hands clasped in prayer, looking very devout, but it didn't do much good. That's what I tried. If it works for you, I'll learn from you. You can let me know how you try it.

Later, I also saw many people doing it this way. Intellectuals know this is not effective. If it's not effective, shouldn't it be changed? So, I kept changing until it became effective. Many Christians don't care! They keep praying like that until they die, living a hard life, never knowing how to use authority.

Now, let me ask you, let's think about this from the perspective of the Lord Jesus. Lord! Please heal so-and-so. What does this mean? Was it that the person was not healed because the Lord Jesus was unwilling to heal? This is absolutely a disgrace to God. That's why I preach All Were Healed, because it is the will of the Lord Jesus to heal. What are you asking for? It's as if the Lord Jesus is unwilling to heal you. Understand? God's authority is in your hands, and if you don't use it, who are you going to look for?

One day in the future, when we all come before the Lord Jesus, let's ask together, who respected God's authority more, you or me? I'm telling you, it's me who respected God's authority. Because what God wants are people who have faith to use the authority He has given.

Later, I did another experiment. What experiment did I do? This experiment was good. In the name of Jesus Christ, I commanded the devil to retreat! Retreat! If it didn't work, I would keep going until it did. Once I got into it, I would go all the way. So, in the spiritual realm, it seems I have a name: The Devil's Foe. This is great, because I am a person with authority in my hands, and you are also people with authority in your hands. If you don't use it, how will you know?

From now on, we must thoroughly change and no longer use the kind of prayer that suggests the Lord is unwilling to heal us. The Lord Jesus' prayers were basically commands for demons to leave, and they left immediately. Why? Because He had authority! Also, it's about changing people's minds and thoughts. It's easy to command demons to leave, but I can't command you! I can use authority to cast out demons, but I can't use authority to bind you. If I could bind you and make you keep and follow God's word, I would try, but that's not in accordance with the Bible. You must choose to keep and follow God's word yourself.

Because this prayer is quite good, after completing the experiment, I often use it. But there is one thing I must tell everyone, this thing does not have the concept of uprooting. What does uprooting mean? Until one day, the Holy Spirit completely deals with the bad habits in you. Understand? I wrote a book called Healing and Deliverance Like Jesus Did. This book sells very well. If you are willing, you can buy a copy. It will be very helpful to you, because I can't finish teaching everything in these four lectures. It's okay, we'll teach as much as we can, but I have lectured on this book for almost ten hours.

How to exercise authority? Hearing this saying, you know it's about lifting your staff. The Lord said to Moses:

“Why are you crying out to me?” the Lord said. “Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. (Exodus 14:15-16)

This saying is good. You don't need to cry out. The authority is in your hands. You lift your staff to the sea, and the sea will be divided. As a result, the great sea was divided before Moses because of this staff, and the Israelites crossed the Red Sea as if walking on dry ground. Why? Because our God is in control of the universe. What is a small Earth? What is the Red Sea on a small Earth? What are the three million Israelites crossing the Red Sea? The Egyptian army is not even worth mentioning. Compared with the authority God has given us, what else can compare?

So, you must lift up the authority in your hand and declare: In the name of Jesus Christ, I command the devil to retreat! Shoulder pain, command the spirit of shoulder pain to retreat; stomach pain, command the spirit of stomach pain to retreat; headache, command the spirit of headache to retreat. Try it, and I guarantee it will work! Once, it was very interesting. In an emergency situation, someone had a special need, and I couldn't minister to them at the time. I had a sudden inspiration and sent a recording over the internet. Did it work? It worked.

Authority transcends time and space, so use it well. I recorded a recording and sent it over. Later, I often did this. We Chinese are very clear about it. Don't we often go through the back door? To go through the back door, we find someone to write a note. In our era, it was very difficult to take the train. If we had a relative who worked as a train conductor, we would write a note and hand it to the conductor on the train. Even though it was just a blank note, it worked! Is that era comparable to the era of Jesus? Therefore, ministering to brothers and sisters on the internet definitely works!

I am developing a prayer robot. It should be successfully developed soon. Later, I thought about it, can the devil compete with a robot? It shouldn't be able to. Why? I send a prayer audio clip, and it gets better quickly because it can be replayed. What I instructed people to do was: I send a fifteen-second recording and let it play continuously, praying along with it, and it will be fine in less than five minutes. If I were leading it myself, the devil would consume my strength. So, I was thinking, if authority can be used in this way, it actually works!

This is using authority. When using authority, never ask Jesus to heal. Can you ask? I have researched this matter. What does the Bible say to ask for? It says to ask for the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is a very honorable spirit. Read Luke 11:5-13 carefully. We must ask with persistence. Some people don't understand and keep asking the Lord to heal them. That's fine, but some people ask the Lord to heal them while saying that if the Lord doesn't heal them, then so be it.

I once heard a Chinese preacher tell a joke about a member's pig getting sick. He asked the pastor to pray for it. The pastor said: Lord, if you are willing to heal it, then heal it; if you are not willing, then so be it. Later, the member's pig got better, and the member was very grateful to the pastor. One day, the pastor got sick, and the member went to see him and prayed: Lord, if you are willing to heal him, then heal him; if you are not willing, then let him die. The pastor was very unhappy when he heard this. This is not the way to solve the problem. This is not called using authority.

Authority can be used not only at close range but also at long range, but it must be in a way that exercises authority! The way of exercising authority is very important. Why are all healed? Because it is a matter of authority.

Authority is All in Jesus Christ

There are a few words in the Bible that everyone should read carefully: the Kingdom of God, the Body of Jesus Christ, and the Church. These words all speak of the Church. God's Church is the Body of Jesus Christ. Authority and the Church are closely related. Matthew 16:18 speaks very clearly that authority is closely related to the victorious church. So, brothers and sisters, do not exercise authority outside of Jesus Christ.

The Book of Acts records several sons of a high priest. The sons of the high priest saw that Paul was good at casting out demons, so they also cast out demons in the name of Jesus Christ. As a result, the demon started talking and messed them up badly. This is very interesting. It doesn't work outside the victorious church. It must be within the victorious church. So, I encourage everyone to build a victorious church with a victorious mindset, overcoming all obstacles. You will become very famous in the spiritual world, and demons will tremble at the sight of you.

Why do some prayers work and some don't? In Jesus Christ, that is, within the victorious church, prayer is absolutely effective. The Book of Ephesians speaks very clearly. The Book of Ephesians speaks entirely about the Church being the Body of Jesus Christ. God wants to put all things under the Church's feet, which requires a discussion of what is called the Church. The definition of the Church must return to what is said in Matthew 16:18:

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:18-19)

This is called ecclesiology. Some of our brothers and sisters have a very weak ecclesiology, but the people I train have a very clear ecclesiology. We must clarify the most important things. Although I emphasize this so much, there are still many people with a very weak ecclesiology. Some people say that all churches are the same. Can they be the same? There is the Laodicean church and the Philadelphia church. Can these be the same? The victorious are like this, the defeated are like that. Some churches trample on the devil and the enemy, and the gates of Hades cannot overcome them. Some churches are churches controlled by the devil. But if the church is built on the rock, it must be a victorious church.

Therefore, the church must be built according to the word of God. Brothers and sisters, we must carefully consider this matter. Why so many tears along the way I have come? Because the road to victory is very difficult. The devil's arrows have shot me into a hedgehog. It is really hard. Today the church is victorious, and it will continue to be victorious in the future. Therefore, the basic concept of Chinese Mingding Destiny is to constantly be victorious! Only the victorious count. Only the victorious can claim God's promises. Only the victorious can receive the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven! The church must be built according to the word of God!

In the early days, the church I built was very interesting. I thought, can Jesus attract people? Will they come if I talk about Jesus? So I prepared ham and roast chicken. Later, I received a very deep curse. The clever thing about me is that I knew I had received a very deep curse. I didn't think of myself as a modern-day Job. I was very clear in my heart that I thought they came because of the roast chicken, and I could slowly preach the gospel of Jesus to them, but in fact, this was cursed.

The Bible says that Jesus, when lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to himself. Isn't this relying on the power of Jesus Christ? How many people's needs have been met in Jesus Christ? So the Bible says:

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. (2 Corinthians 1:20)

In any case, we must build a holy, unified, victorious, and glorious church! This is the key. Why is it that when the other pastor prayed for his mother, she still suffered from insomnia, but when I prayed, she got better? Why? Because I built the church according to the word of God! The church I built is a victorious church! We must know that ecclesiology is of utmost importance, so we emphasize the unity and victory of the church.

Many churches are not unified. A friend I know has received thousands of different interpretations in reading the word of God. I don't know how he reads it. As a result, he has three preachers under him, and the three preachers fight all day long. It's very interesting in the church. On both sides of the corridor are people who agree with speaking in tongues and those who disagree with speaking in tongues. If I stand on the stage to preach, I will either offend one side or offend the other. So what should I do?

Therefore, in our Chinese Mingding Destiny, a holy, unified, victorious, and glorious church is key! Why are so many miracles and wonders happening among us? Many sisters, no matter how they try, cannot have children, but they become pregnant when they come among us. Recently, the baby was also born. A few days ago, a sister who had just given birth came to see me and casually picked up a book called Healing and Deliverance Like Jesus Did. This book mentions building a victorious and glorious church. Authority and the Church are linked together. If you want to claim the authority of the Kingdom of Heaven and pick up the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, it must be in the victorious church.

But I want to give you a grace. If you have pain in your body, put your hand on the painful spot now and say with me: In the name of Jesus Christ, I want to take up the authority of the Kingdom of Heaven. In the name of Jesus Christ, I command the spirit of pain to retreat and leave me! In the name of Jesus Christ, I command the spirit of pain to retreat and leave me! In the name of Jesus Christ, I command the pain to completely disappear! By Jesus' stripes, I am healed! In the name of Jesus Christ, the pain must completely disappear! Pray in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

That's all for this lecture. I think you can try it, and I guarantee it will work, because these words carry authority and power. May God bless everyone!