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【Course】The First Global Online Seminar (4) - Church Pastoral Care Lecture 3 - Pastoral Care: Key to Growth

2019-07-27 9,168 First Workshop - Church Pastoral Care Church Pressure Striving Discouragement Pastoral Care Christ-likeness

Introduction

In my encounters with various churches, I have observed that being a church leader is exceptionally challenging. Why is this so? Because many leaders, after serving for just a few years, find themselves burnt out. Why the burnout? They feel overwhelmed by the workload. Many refer to this as carrying the cross of Jesus, but is it truly the cross of Jesus? I have a keen interest in studying these types of issues. After much research, I have come to realize that when a person is constantly working but not growing, they will burn out. Conversely, if a person is constantly growing, they will not burn out; therefore, growth is key.

The Goal of Shepherding is to Foster Growth

How does one grow? Church shepherding fosters growth. The church is a platform for growth, a platform for perfecting people. A lack of growth or concern for growth is a critical issue. If we are doing the same things day in and day out, year after year, even if you are not bothered, I would find it tedious. When do people feel joy? If you think about it carefully, isn't it when you are growing the fastest that you feel immense joy from the depths of your heart? In other words, our growth is not only a concern for God, but also a concern for ourselves!

If we ourselves do not care about this issue, and the church pastors do not care about it either, how can we avoid burnout day after day, year after year? If a person is constantly being renewed in the spirit, constantly growing in Jesus Christ, constantly being refreshed, constantly improving the efficiency of their service, and constantly finding satisfaction and enjoyment, they will not burn out.

The brothers and sisters around me have always been very diligent and dedicated in their service, but they have not burnt out because they are constantly growing. They enjoy their service. If you do not enjoy your service, it becomes toilsome, and that can be very exhausting. Looking back at the Bible, you will find that toiling is a curse. What is toiling? It is doing the same thing day after day, year after year. Coming among us, you will find that our church not only puts its heart into shepherding, but also that our shepherding fosters growth. Enabling growth is the most critical goal of all our shepherding efforts.

Growth is Key to Solving Problems

Brothers and sisters, you will find that the way to solve problems is not to reduce pressure. There was a school where all the teachers were complaining about high levels of stress. One of our sisters was also a teacher there, serving while teaching students. I almost never heard the word stress from her mouth. Why didn't she feel stressed? She should have been under a lot of pressure. What was the issue? The issue was that this sister was constantly growing. She was constantly growing through the church's shepherding, and she said that stress was not a problem at all. Her colleagues, facing immense pressure, chose to resign. Did the pressure decrease after they resigned? No, the pressure increased.

What surprised me was that as a Chinese person, a Hua Ren, they were teaching Mandarin as a second language. How could they be stressed? In fact, being a schoolteacher should not be a stressful job. The work I used to do involved managing the campus network, which was used by over ten thousand people. If the network went down for just five minutes, the phones would ring non-stop, which was incredibly frightening. A network outage is like a power outage; it is unbearable. In my eyes, the pressure of being a teacher is not as great as the pressure of a power or network outage. Additionally, there was also the need to manage network security to prevent hackers from attacking the network.

Pressure is not the problem; how can one grow without pressure? The key is to resolve the pressure. How do you resolve the pressure? By growing. How does one grow? Shepherding fosters growth. Therefore, the church must engage in shepherding. What I am reconsidering is that I am not fundamentally a religious person; I am an educator. Doing education means solving people's educational problems, and the result of education is to foster growth. Therefore, we are constantly encouraging our pastors to not only pray in tongues and with understanding, but also to possess true strength and ability.

Shepherding lawyers, shepherding businesspeople and small business owners, shepherding elite professionals in the workplace—how do you shepherd them? To shepherd them, you must possess the strength and ability. I dare say that our pastors are all talented individuals when they go out into the world. Of course, this is my personal belief. Shepherding is the most practical work. We resolve issues of intellectual disability, autism, and many cases of depression, and we also resolve many problems related to stress.

Moreover, we resolve many problems that people often cannot solve. In fact, people who can solve their own problems would not come to church, would they? They would solve it themselves. Isn't it true that people come to church only after they have exhausted all other options and are at their wit's end? The cases we receive are all very critical, but they are all being handled within our shepherding system.

Why do many churches not engage in shepherding? Because shepherding is hard work. It is so much better to be a freelance evangelist; it is so free, isn't it? He does not care about you; you can live or die as you please; you can do whatever you want. How great it is to conduct all-powerful revival meetings! Standing on the stage to pray, and then people fall down in large numbers, and then they stand up again. You can do whatever you want; does anyone care? No one cares.

Whether it is a revival meeting or a prayer meeting, we do not deny its value, but the shepherding component is very small. Our brothers and sisters must understand that the most basic work of the church is shepherding. What do people care about if they do not care about growth? They care about salvation. Sister, in what year were you saved? I was saved in 2014! I was saved in 2012.

What does it mean to be saved? No one can say for sure; he does not look like someone who is saved. Our Hua Ren Mingding Destiny is a theology of striving for growth. We do not say that we are already saved. Saved from what? You must grow! Why do we say that we must strive for growth? Because if you read the Bible carefully, you will find out what God's word says. In particular, the Book of Hebrews makes it very clear that we must strive for growth.

I myself wrote a commentary on the Book of Hebrews, which is the book I am most satisfied with. The book is called Striving for Growth. Striving for growth is God's command. If you examine the Bible, you will find that we must constantly grow and then grow into adulthood, full of the stature of Jesus Christ. Do you understand? Do you know what that means? It means that we must strive for growth, becoming more and more like Jesus.

Many churches these days do not care whether you are like Jesus or not. If you are not like Jesus, you can find a thousand and one reasons. Why was this person not healed when I prayed for them? You can also find a lot of reasons; you can rationalize all these things, but you cannot solve the problem of whether we are like Jesus.

Christians Must Mature and Grow

Brothers and sisters, what do you read when you read the Book of Numbers? If a person cannot grow and cannot fight, they do not count. So, when you read the Book of Numbers, you will find out how many people were able to fight who were over 20 years old. Only those who were able to fight counted. If a Christian cannot fight spiritual battles, then you do not count, do you? Not everyone is counted in the Book of Numbers. I often see Christians who have believed in the Lord for over 20 years suffer from dwarfism or Down syndrome. These are all Christians who have not grown. Suppose you raised a child to the age of 20, and you saw that 5 plus 4 equals 8. Would you be upset?

Brothers and sisters must know that we who are Christians must never stop growing. For the knowledge of God will fill the earth as the waters cover the sea. In other words, our knowledge of God is inexhaustible; we cannot remain at the elementary teachings about Christ. To the brothers and sisters who remain at the elementary teachings about Christ, I want to stimulate you a bit. You may not like what you hear, and you may say, Does that mean that we are not saved? I am not going to discuss with you whether you are saved or not. Who knows whether you are saved or not? Perhaps once saved, always saved is what your pastor taught you, but that statement cannot be found in the Bible.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, we must all come out of our own delusions. Hua Ren Mingding is a theology of growth, and it is a theology of striving for growth. We love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our strength. As a Christian, if you focus only on your own spiritual well-being, then you cannot be said to love the Lord. If you love the Lord, you will not focus only on your own spiritual well-being.

What is God's command? If you love Jesus Christ, you must shepherd God's sheep. In other words, service is not an optional choice, but a sign of maturity. If a Christian cannot mature, then their spirit is sick. Brothers and sisters, do not be surprised why so many people still have so many problems as Christians. Being a Christian is just like being a human. If you do not grow, you will get sick. If a person is sick in the spirit, they will later develop a physical illness.

Therefore, we must not only be physically healthy, but also spiritually healthy in all things. But why have we not achieved this? Why are we not like Jesus? Why are we not like the Apostle Paul? Some people leave messages for me online saying, We are really not like Jesus. I said, Why is that? They said, Because we were not born of the virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit. If you read the Bible carefully, does the Bible say that Christians are born of the Holy Spirit? Only those who are born of the Holy Spirit belong to God. Do you understand?

Striving Will Bring God's Promises to Life

We do not live by the flesh, but by the Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. If you are not born of the Spirit, you cannot see the kingdom of God. You cannot even see it, much less enter it. If you want to see the kingdom of God, you must be born of the Holy Spirit. If you are born of the Holy Spirit, how can you not be like Jesus? Are we not becoming more and more like Jesus on this path of striving? Why are so many people healed among us? Because it is God's will for people to be healed, and we want to become vessels of God's blessing.

Some people are healed when they touch Jesus. Why are you not healed when you touch me? Because you are not like Jesus. In fact, I have a very unique characteristic, which I only discovered later in my ministry. We have two sisters among us who have severe car sickness, but they do not get car sick when they ride in the car with me. What happened? I am like God! Because I have the Spirit of God in me.

The Spirit of God is moving among us, and the problem of car sickness is no longer a problem. It is very wonderful! Once I rented a minibus and took more than 20 brothers and sisters out for a boat ride. Many people said that they usually get seasick or car sick, but after a day, no one got car sick and no one got seasick. Why was that? Because I strive to be like Jesus. I constantly do things according to God's will in my shepherding and service, and God has given me such grace and gifts, allowing my service to see God's glory!

I encourage my brothers and sisters to know that the path we are pursuing is a path of becoming like Jesus. Therefore, I wrote a book called Heal and Deliver Like Jesus. My service is like the service of Jesus. What we do is to do what is in God's heart. Brothers and sisters, begin to re-examine your theological concepts. The Book of Ephesians says: grow to become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. The Book of Numbers says: only those over 20 years old who can fight count.

The Book of Hebrews says: You must strive to grow and strive to pursue. Therefore, we must re-know and understand the word of God. We must re-understand the entire system of Chinese Mingding Destiny. Do not think of Chinese Mingding Destiny as something very profound. It is very practical. If people want to live well, they must grow.

Brothers and sisters must know that Christians who strive will live out God's promises. We have received many promises from God, but there are still many promises of God that have not been fulfilled in our lives. We must still strive. It is really a magical thing! Some people think that I am pursuing miracles. I said, You silly boy, try pursuing them! Isn't that right? I am pursuing being like Jesus.

It is precisely because I strive to know God and strive to know God's spiritual knowledge, and then constantly grow in spiritual knowledge, that miracles and wonders follow! How can there be miracles if you pursue them? Some people pursue a girl for a long time and she does not become his wife! Isn't that right? You like others, but others do not like you! Some people say that I have a lot of faith. If you really have faith, then use your faith to strive to grow. Recently, an evil movement of dark forces has been stirred up among us. This evil dark power has released a lot of depression in people's growth process. The information released by the devil is very strange. It is to make everyone think that they are not good enough.

Last night, I was ministering to a sister. I asked her, Did you sleep on the streets? She said no. I said, Do you owe money? She said no. You were not depressed when you owed money two years ago, but now you are not in debt, but you are depressed. The situation two years ago was really terrible, but there were no problems at that time. Now you should be growing. She said, I can't do it. I said, If you can't do it, then you should have been unable to do it two years ago! You were able to go from two years ago to now, so can't you go from now to next year? Can't you go from next year to the year after? This is the devil releasing a lot of lies, making her think that she is not good enough.

Competing, comparing, and always thinking that you are not good enough is very bad! These are all lies. We do not care what position we are in today. We only care about whether we can grow one step further from where we are now. So, are you still depressed after listening to this topic I am talking about? We do not care where we are now. We cannot change the past, but we can draw on God's grace by faith from where we are now and then begin to strive and strive for growth.

Next, we will study a topic called fear of difficulty. As I was talking, I almost forgot this word. Fear of difficulty is very hateful. Some people's homes are in a mess, but wouldn't it be better if you cleaned them up? But he doesn't clean it up and just worries about it, wondering when it will be done. Some people take out a book and see that it has 200 pages, and they think, It's so thick, when will I be able to finish reading it? So, they drag it out day after day and don't want to do it. It takes effort to solve the problem.

Therefore, we are still constantly pursuing growth to this day. My colleagues and my brothers and sisters are still constantly growing. It turns out that people's growth is endless. As long as our feet have not stepped into the coffin, we are still in the process of growing. Growth brings great joy, or else you can try it?

Growth is Also a Spiritual Matter

One of our young brothers started working as a food delivery driver and is now able to do more than ten orders a day. Before, his state was that 5 plus 4 equals 8. Now he is working as a food delivery driver and has already earned a lot of money. So, how did he get here? He got here by growing all the way. We do not care what position we are in now, where we are. If you compare yourself to others, you will be upset. There is no harm without comparison, right? A comparison will be very harmful.

Look, someone has 10 million, and I only have 1 million. Then the person with 100,000 says, Someone has 1 million, and I only have 100,000. How can I live? There are also people who say, Look, someone has 100,000, and I don't even have 10,000. The person who owes money says, Look, someone doesn't owe money, and I still owe money. If you keep doing this, who can survive? Isn't that right?

I think we don't need to do these things. We need to do something meaningful, which is growth. You might say, Is this a spiritual matter? There are a lot of delusions in the Christian faith. First, we need to solve a confusion. Many people think that going to work is a worldly matter and that attending meetings is a spiritual matter. I think there may still be many people among us who have this kind of delusion.

But today I want to share something with you. Everything that has to do with living is a spiritual matter. What do you think? Isn't there no more confusion? Everything that has to do with living, such as going to work is a spiritual matter, believing in the Lord is a spiritual matter, health is also a spiritual matter, finances are also a spiritual matter, and interpersonal relationships are also a spiritual matter. If you have problems in your interpersonal relationships, then it is a matter of evil spirits. If you have health problems, you have evil spirits in you. If you can't do anything well, there must be an evil spirit. If you are entangled and frustrated in the process of growing and think that you are not good enough, then it must be an evil spirit. So, everything that has to do with living is a spiritual matter.

Some people say that this is not in line with the Bible! In fact, I have read the Bible many times and very carefully, and what I am talking about is in line with the Bible. You open the Bible and turn to Deuteronomy 28:1-14, which are all about living things: If you are blessed, you will be blessed in the field. The fruit of your womb, the produce of your ground, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks will all be blessed. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. These are all things related to living.

If you think that going to heaven is a blessing today, then you will not have the things mentioned in the scriptures when you are alive. But being blessed when you are alive is what God said. God had this intent in the Old Testament. Doesn't God have this even more in the New Testament? We are healed by the wounds of Jesus. I tell you, health is definitely a spiritual matter! We must get rid of many of the delusions in our minds. Going to work is a worldly thing. I am not going to work anymore. I cannot love the world! Then if you do not go to work, is it spiritual to rest in the temple? If you rest in the temple, then you might as well not believe in the Lord.

Therefore, we who believe in the Lord must understand God's word so that we can carefully observe and obey it.

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## God is the God Who Makes People Grow

We have written several hymns, Strive to Pursue, Work Hard to Grow, and Keep and Obey. Brothers and sisters must know that Chinese Mingding Destiny is not a wacky theology; it is a very grounded theology. Chinese Mingding Destiny is neither in heaven nor in mid-air; Chinese Mingding Destiny is on earth because we are all on earth. Some people like to explore what people do when they go to heaven; we do not explore this.

We are exploring how people on earth can live out the glorious image of God, how they can fulfill God's beautiful will in us, and then govern this land on earth. Isn't it? This is God's beautiful will for Adam and Eve in Genesis. Some people say: I just want to go to heaven. Heaven is full of people who strive to grow and strive to pursue. If you don't believe it, read the Bible. The kingdom of heaven is for those who work hard to enter. The lazy and timid cannot enter.

Everything related to living is a spiritual matter. If a person only cares about his own house and works desperately, work will become your curse. We are the people who put God first in our lives, and then other things. We care about God, and God cares about our affairs. In the Bible, God has explained these things clearly, so from now on, stop saying that this is worldly and that is spiritual.

We must strive to pursue, constantly grow in the knowledge of God, and then grow into adulthood, so that we can practice spiritual knowledge very skillfully, so as not to fall into the tricks of the devil. Do you understand? Many people are too lazy to do anything, so how can they be blessed? It is根本不可能蒙福impossible to be blessed at all.

I really think our brothers and sisters should change. What I am most afraid of is those who shout Hallelujah very loudly but cannot do anything. That thing is a very powerful spirit called the spirit of religion. So our brothers and sisters must understand these things and know that only those who can grow up can eat solid food, and only those who have their senses trained can distinguish between good and evil.

Ephesians says, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Do you understand? These are very clear words. The things we live are spiritual things, but not all of them are equally important.

That is to say, we must prioritize the first important, the second important, and the third important one by one. When there is a conflict between big things and small things, important things and unimportant things, we must first choose important things. In fact, God has arranged it this way. God is the God who makes people grow. There is no doubt about this.

In Paul's theological framework, it is made very clear. 1 Corinthians 3:6-9 says:

**I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.**

Do you understand? That is to say, our ministry is to make people grow. This is our goal. But it is God who really makes him grow! Are we working with God in the process of ministry? We carefully consider the meaning of this sentence. It is God who makes us grow. You are under the cover of people, and you also have people to minister to. God's will is to make everyone's life grow. It is God who makes us grow. Why does God want us to work with Him, planting and watering? Because it is good for us to grow in service and grow to the full measure of Jesus Christ.

Some Christians stop growing when they reach a certain level. These Christians are stuck there. If something grows to a certain level and does not grow, it will rot. If you don't want to rot, you have to keep growing. Those who do not grow will wither. It is talking about those burnt-out, worn-out Christians. Not because of anything else, but because something is wrong in the spirit, and there is a problem with the knowledge of God. We are co-workers with God. Whether we are good or you are good, we are God's field and God's building, and then we grow and build God's temple together in the process of working with God.

This temple makes us love each other because of God's love, and makes each other grow. Don't play fake. Playing fake has become a trend in the church. They don't care whether you grow or not, and greet you out of courtesy. God's people are destroyed because of ignorance. We must come out of ignorance. Going from ignorance to knowledge is learning, which is growth. If you didn't know this yesterday, and you know it today, it is growth. If you couldn't do this yesterday, and you can do it today, you have grown.

We are thankful that our God is really wonderful. Our Jesus Christ started out as a carpenter. A carpenter builds houses, and the houses in that era were all made of wood. We didn't see Jesus serving halfway through, and someone ran over and said: Jesus Christ, the house you built for me has collapsed. Our Jesus Christ still has some hard skills, so our brothers and sisters must know that ignorance is not an option.

If you are a lawyer, be a good lawyer; if you are a doctor, be a good doctor; if you are a teacher, be a good teacher; if you are a Christian, be a resounding Christian. A resounding Christian prospers in everything he does. You ask how can I do it? That is from ignorance to knowledge. This process is called learning and growth.

Among us, I constantly promote learning and growth. I care about learning and growth. You think of a child who says five plus four equals eight. I teach him, and he learns it. After he learns it, he grows. Of course, when people learn, they easily become arrogant. When he becomes arrogant, you have to fix him. Arrogance is not a way to solve the problem. Arrogance does not know who you are. If you know that five plus four equals nine, and you think you are great, that is not okay.

But there are many people like this, so in the process of ministry, it is really not easy. On the one hand, we have to deal with his bad habits, and on the other hand, we have to shape his basic abilities. When we can't do it, we have to build confidence. That is to say, this is a whole set of things.

When evil spirits come, we have to kill them, so the whole thing of making people grow is really not an easy thing. Some people say: Didn't you say earlier that it is God who makes people grow? It is God who makes people grow, but we are co-workers with God. Don't pass the buck to God, and don't pass the buck to the devil. Don't be a buck-passer, and don't let God or the devil be a scapegoat.

## Working with God to Restore God's Image in People

We must take our responsibility, but not put pressure on ourselves. We rely on faith in God, because it is God who makes him grow. When we work with God, we will not have an invisible pressure, and we will not have the idea that we cannot do anything well and that we are very useless. Why do we do this? Because we believe that all brothers and sisters have God's glorious image, although we know that we all have God's glorious image, the devil and our carnal bad habits have submerged the divine glory image.

So the one thing we do is the philosopher's stone. Because we know that everyone is a treasure, everyone can rise up and can be shaped into having the image of God. This is our faith, and this is what the Bible teaches. Who does not have God's glory image? Everyone has it. It's just that some people obey the desires of their flesh, and some people are willing to follow God. Those who are willing to follow God will surely live out God's glorious image.

As an educator, we must believe that people can be educated. We must believe that our belief is not because of anything else. Because we believe that everyone who comes among us has God's glory image hidden in him, and we must release his glory image. This is our job. Our ministry is not doing anything else. Our ministry is to let what was originally a treasure shine again.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, if you do this today, you will constantly pursue and grow in ministry, and serve our God with all your heart and soul. I tell you, you cannot be burnt out, because you are constantly growing and constantly pushing forward. This is an extremely beautiful thing. I encourage everyone not to be afraid. Serving God is a very enjoyable thing. Shepherding God's flock is a very enjoyable thing. If I am not allowed to shepherd God's flock, I don't know what I am living for.

I think ministry is so good. After ministry, the whole person is very satisfied. When we see a person's transformation and growth, we give glory to God. When you see a person change, when you see a person's divine glory image being manifested and released, you will say: God! We thank you! Doing ministry is really the most enjoyable work.

Some people say that there are four challenging jobs in the world. The first is the President of the United States, who has to face the Senate and the House of Representatives. The job of the President of the United States is not easy. The second most difficult job is pastor. But after I did it, I realized that this is not the case. In fact, the easiest job to do is to work with God. How good is it to work with God! What could be more enriching than working with God? We release God's power from heaven, and then serve this generation, serve God's flock, and then see people grow. There is nothing more enjoyable than this.

Once I was on a plane and happened to see a pastor I used to know. He was sitting next to me, and we started chatting. I asked him: What have you been doing lately? He said: I have finally unloaded the hard work. It means that he has unloaded the ministry of the church. I felt strange when I heard this. How could this be hard work? If God in heaven hears someone treating serving Him as hard work, He will say, You brat! Why do you treat serving me as hard work? Some people really treat serving as hard work. Why is this so? Isn't it hard work if you can't work with God?

Do you know why our brothers and sisters need to write notes among us? Why do we have to do homework? Why do we have to take courses? Why do we have to attend so many meetings? Why do we have to receive so much teaching? Because we want to make people grow, and we cannot be ignorant Christians. Ignorant Christians are very dangerous, but if a person can constantly grow on the road of knowing Jesus Christ, the rewards are extremely rich.

I know a Christian who is our neighbor. I asked her: How many years have you believed in the Lord? She said: Six years. I asked again: What are you doing now? She said: I am serving in the church. I said: What kind of service? She said: Cooking in the church. I said: How well do you read the Bible? She said: I haven't read it much. What kind of service is cooking?

The Lord Jesus never had such a conversation with Peter. The Lord Jesus said: Peter, do you love me? Peter said: Lord Jesus, I love you! Then the Lord Jesus said: If you love me, then cook well, stir-fry well, and fish well. Where did this happen? The Lord Jesus told Peter to shepherd God's flock well.

If you don't read the Bible and don't understand the word of God, being an ignorant cooking Christian and then feeding a bunch of rice buckets, is that called serving? In fact, there is not much teaching about cooking in the Bible, really not much. Occasionally, the mention of cooking is still negative. Because the church in Jerusalem cooked all day long and also ordained seven deacons to manage meals, what happened? As a result, the church in Jerusalem was so poor that it was响叮当烂响poverty-stricken.

## Strive to pursue in the way of knowing God

We must carefully examine the Bible and then form a complete system of faith. Strive to pursue in the way of knowing God and keep growing, you will keep knowing Jesus Christ, and you will keep growing up. Not only will you become a warrior, but you will also become a leader of ten, a leader of a hundred, a leader of a thousand, or become the leader of your tribe, who can lead brothers and sisters to fight well in the spiritual world, and then I will tell you, your names will be very响亮resounding in the spiritual world!

You will pass five levels and kill six generals, constantly attacking the devil and the enemy, constantly attacking the forces of darkness. When you cast out demons, the demons will tell you one sentence: You are too powerful, really too powerful! You are very famous in our place. Why is this so? Because you are constantly growing in Jesus Christ, you will become a mighty warrior in God's kingdom.

When you become a mighty warrior in God's kingdom, to a certain extent, if your handkerchief falls on someone, that person will surely be healed, and the demons will retreat. If you walk over and your shadow shines on someone else, that person will be released. This is what the Bible says. Peter and Paul were like this. Therefore, they are mighty warriors of God in the spiritual world. God is with them, and the anointing of the Holy Spirit is unlimited on them. Therefore, we must strive to pursue and begin to desire to do greater things than Jesus Christ.

Start asking yourself, how many years have I believed in the Lord? Have I grown? Where have I spent my time? Do I really know God? Do I really know the truth? If not, then start striving to pursue. This is a prosperous road, this is a glorious road, this is a victorious road! Therefore, brothers and sisters must understand this matter. The ministry of the church is to make people grow. This is our ministry system.

May God bless everyone!
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在我所遇见的教会当中,我发现要做一个教会的领袖是非常的不容易。为什么呢?因为做领袖做不了几年,就要被烧焦了。为什么会被烧焦呢?因为感觉很辛苦,很多人把这个叫做背耶稣的十字架,那是背耶稣的十字架吗?我很喜欢研究这一类的问题,研究后我逐渐地发现,如果人一直不断地做,但是不成长,他就会被烧焦。相反人如果不断的成长,就不会被烧焦,所以成长就是关键。

怎么成长呢?教会的牧养就会使人成长。教会是使人成长的平台,是成全人的平台。不成长,也不关心成长,这就是一个非常要命的事。如果我们日复一日,年复一年都在做同样的事,就算你不烦,我都会觉得烦。那大家什么时候会感到喜悦呢?你仔细琢磨一下,是不是在成长最快的时候,内心深处会感觉到极大的喜悦呢?也就是说我们的成长,不但是神所关心的问题,也是我们自己应该关心的问题! 如果我们自己不关心这个问题,教会的牧者也不关心这个问题,日复一日、年复一年,怎么可能不烧焦呢?如果一个人在灵里面一直不断的更新,在耶稣基督里一直不断的成长,不断的更新,服侍的效率也在不断的提升,然后就不断的得着满足,得着享受,那就不会被烧焦了。 跟在我身边的弟兄姐妹一直都非常用心,非常卖力的服侍,但是他们并没有被烧焦,因为他们一直都在成长,他们在服侍中享受。在服侍当中如果不享受,那就是一个劳苦,那会很辛苦的。回到《圣经》里看,你会发现操作的劳苦是咒诅。什么是操作的劳苦呢?就是日复一日,年复一年的在做同一件事情。来到我们中间你会发现,我们教会不但用心在做牧养,而且我们的牧养会使人成长,使人成长是我们所有的牧养最要命的一个目标。

弟兄姐妹你会发现,解决问题的方法不是减掉压力。有一所学校,所有的老师都在抱怨压力很大,我们当中的一个姐妹也在那里做老师,她一边服侍一边教学生,我几乎在她嘴里听不到压力二字。她为什么没有压力呢?她应该压力很大呀,问题出在哪里呢?问题就在于我们这个姐妹在不断地成长。她在教会的牧养当中不断的成长,说压力根本就不是问题。她的同事们面对极大的压力选择了辞职,辞职以后压力小了吗?没有,压力更大了。 我诧异的是什么呢?作为一个中国人,一个华人,他们把华语当作第二语言来教,怎么会有压力呢?其实学校老师这个行当,压力不应该大。我以前做的工作是负责校园网络,一万多人全部都用我这个网络。网络只要断五分钟,电话就会响个不停,那吓死个人。停网就跟停电一样,你受不了的。在我的眼里,做老师的压力哪有停电停网压力大啊?另外还要搞网络安全,预防人把你的网络给黑了。 压力不是问题,人没有压力怎么成长?解决压力才是关键,那怎么解决压力呢?就是人要成长。人怎么成长呢?牧养使人成长。所以教会一定要走到牧养的里面,其实我在重新思考的是,我根本不是一个宗教人士,我是一个教育学家。那做教育,就是要解决人的教育问题,教育的结果就是使人成长。所以,我们在不断的推动我们当中的牧者,不但会方言祷告、悟性祷告,还要拥有真正的实力。

牧养做律师的,牧养做商人做小老板的,牧养职场精英的,你怎么去牧养?要牧养就必须拥有实力。我敢说我们当中做牧者的,他们走出去都是一个人才。当然,这是我个人的相信。 牧养是最实在的工作,我们解决智力发育障碍的问题,我们解决自闭症的问题,我们解决很多忧郁症的问题,还解决很多压力的问题。 而且我们解决的很多问题,是人们往往不能解决的问题。其实人能解决的问题就不会来到教会了,对不对?他就自己解决了。都是因为人自己解决不了,碰得头破血流才来教会的不是吗?我们接到的案例都是非常要命的案例,但是在我们的牧养体系里都做了。 很多教会为什么不做牧养?因为牧养很辛苦。做自由传道人多好,多自由,对不对?他也不管你,爱死死,爱活活,你爱怎么样就怎么样。做全能布道会多好啊,站在台上祷告,就开始一大片一大片地倒下去,倒下去再站起来,你愿意啥样就啥样,有人管吗?没有人管。 布道会也好,祷告会也好,我们不否认它的价值,但是他们牧养的成分是非常少的。咱们弟兄姐妹一定要知道,教会最基本的工作就是牧养。人们不关心成长,他们关心的是啥呢?他们关心得救,姐妹你哪年得救的?我是2014年得救的!我是2012年得救的。

什么叫得救了?谁也说不清楚,看他也不像个得救的样子。我们华人命定神学,叫竭力成长的神学体系。我们不会说我们已经得救了,得什么救?你要成长!为什么说我们要竭力成长?因为你要仔细读《圣经》的话,你会发现神的话是怎么说的呢?尤其是《希伯来书》中写得很清楚,要竭力成长。 我自己写了一本《希伯来书》的查经书,这是我自己写得最满意的一本,书名叫《竭力成长》,竭力成长是神的命令。你查考《圣经》就会发现,我们要不断地成长,然后长大成人,满有耶稣基督的身量,听明白了吗?知道什么意思吗?就是要竭力成长,越来越像耶稣。 现在的很多教会哪管你像不像耶稣呀?如果你不像耶稣,你可以找一千一万个理由,为什么这个人在我的手中祷告没得医治?你也可以找一大堆的理由,你可以把这些东西全部合理化,但是却不能解决一个问题,就是是否我们像耶稣的问题。

弟兄姐妹,你读《民数记》会读到什么呢?如果一个人不能长大,不能打仗,就不算数。所以你读《民数记》你会发现,20岁以外,能打仗的有多少人,凡是能打仗的才算数。基督徒如果不能够打属灵的仗,那你不算数啊,对不对?《民数记》里不是什么人都数算的。我常常看见信主20多年的基督徒得了侏儒症,或者是唐氏症,这都是一些不成长的基督徒。你说你养了一个孩子长到20岁,你看到他5加4等于8,你闹不闹心啊。 弟兄姐妹一定要知道,我们做基督徒的,千万不能停止成长。因为认识神的知识,要如同海水填满海洋一般,也就是说,我们认识神是无穷尽的,我们不能停留在耶稣基督道理的开端。那么停留在耶稣基督道理开端的弟兄姐妹,我要刺激你一下,你听了以后可能不顺耳,可能你会说,那你的意思是我们都没得救呗?我不跟你讨论得救不得救,谁知道你得不得救呢?可能一次得救永远得救是你的牧师教的,但《圣经》里是找不到这句话的。 所以弟兄姐妹,我们都要从迷思中走出来。华人命定是一个成长的神学,而且是一个竭力成长的神学。我们尽心尽性尽力爱主我们的神,作为一个基督徒,你要是独善其身,那你就谈不上爱主。 如果你爱主的话,你就不会独善其身。

神的命令是什么,如果你爱耶稣基督的话,你就要牧养神的羊。也就是说服侍不是一个可选的选项,而是一个长大成熟的标志,如果一个基督徒不能够长大成熟,那就是他的灵里得了病。 弟兄姐妹千万不要惊讶,为什么很多人做基督徒还有这么多的问题?做基督徒就跟做人一样,不成长就会生病。一个人灵里得了病,后来就会变成身体上的病。 所以我们不但要身体健壮,灵里还要健壮,凡事都要兴盛。但是为什么我们没有做到这样呢?为什么没有像耶稣呢?为什么没有像使徒保罗呢?有的人在网上给我留言说:我们真的不像耶稣。我说:为什么呢?他就说:因为我们不是童贞女马利亚从圣灵所生的。你仔细读《圣经》,《圣经》上是不是说基督徒是从圣灵生的?从圣灵生的才是属于神的,听明白了吗?

我们活着不是靠肉身,靠的是灵。从肉身生的是肉身,从灵生的才是灵,如果你不从灵生,就不能看见神的国,看都看不见,更别说进去了。如果你要想看见神的国,你必须是从圣灵生的。你要是从圣灵生的,怎么可能不像耶稣呢?我们在这条竭力追求的路上,不就越来越像耶稣了吗?为什么这么多人在我们当中得医治?因为得医治是神的心意,而我们要成为神祝福的器皿。 有些人一摸耶稣就得了医治,那摸你怎么不会得医治呢?因为你不像耶稣。其实在我身上有一个很奇特的特点,这是我后来服侍的时侯才发现的,我们当中有两个姐妹,她们有严重的晕车问题,但是和我在一起坐车就不晕车了。发生了什么事?我像神呀!因为我身上有神的灵。 神的灵运行在我们当中,晕车的问题就不是个问题,这很奇妙!有一次我租了一个小巴,带着20多个弟兄姐妹出去坐船,很多人说自己平时晕船、晕车,但是一天下来,没有一个人晕车,也没有一个人晕船,为什么会是这样呢?因为我竭力追求像耶稣,我在牧养上、服侍上不断的照着神的心意去做,神就把这样的恩典和恩赐赐下来,让我的服侍得以看见神的荣耀! 我鼓励弟兄姐妹知道一件事,我们所追求的路是一条像耶稣的路。所以,我写了一本书是《像耶稣一样做医治释放》。我的服侍是像耶稣一样的服侍,我们所做的就是做到神的心意里去。弟兄姐妹开始重新审视自己里面的神学观念,《以弗所书》说:要长大成人,满有耶稣的身量。《民数记》说:要20岁以外能打仗的才算数。

《希伯来书》说:你们要竭力成长,竭力追求。所以我们要去重新认识、了解神的话,我们要重新了解华人神学命定神学的整个体系。千万别把华人命定神学当做一个很深奥的东西,这是很实在的。人想活得好,就得成长。 弟兄姐妹一定要知道,竭力追求的基督徒会活出神的应许。我们得到了神的很多应许,但还有很多神的应许没有在我们的身上成就,我们还是要竭力追求,那真的是一件很神奇的事儿!有一些人就以为我在追求神迹,我说:傻小子,你追求个试试!是不是?我是追求像耶稣。 正是因为我竭力认识神,竭力认识神属灵的知识,然后在属灵的知识上不断成长,才有神迹奇事随着啊!哪是追求神迹就能有神迹? 有的人追求一个女孩子,追求了很长时间也没成为他的老婆呀!是不是?你喜欢别人,别人不喜欢你呀!有些人就说我很有信心,如果你真的有信心,就把信心用在竭力成长上。最近在我们当中,刮起了一股邪恶的黑暗权势的运动,这邪恶的黑暗权势在人的成长过程当中,释放了一大把的沮丧,魔鬼释放的信息很诡异,就是让大家认为自己不行。 昨天夜里我就在服侍一个姐妹,我问她:你睡大街了吗?她说没有。我说:你欠钱了吗?她说没有。两年前你欠钱的时候不沮丧,现在不欠钱了倒是沮丧了。两年前的状况真的很要命,但是当时都没问题,现在你应该成长呀。她说:我不行。我说:要不行的话,那你两年前就应该不行呀!你能从两年前走到现在,就不能从现在走到明年吗?明年就不能走到后年吗?这就是魔鬼释放了很多的谎言,让她认为自己不行。

争竞、攀比,总是以为自己不行,这很烂啊!这些都是谎言。我们根本就不在乎自己今天站在一个什么样的位分上,我们只在乎能否在现在的基础上再往前成长一步。所以你听我讲的这个主题,你还沮丧吗?我们根本不在乎我们目前在哪里,过去的我们改变不了,但是我们可以从现在站的这个位置上,凭着信心支取神的恩典,然后开始竭力追求,竭力成长。 接下来我们研究一个课题叫做畏难情绪,说着说着,我差点把这个词给忘了。畏难情绪是很可恶的。有的人家里乌烟瘴气的,那你收拾完了不就好了吗?但他不收拾,就在旁边苦恼,啥时候能做完啊?有人拿出一本书,一看有200页,心里就想,这么厚,这什么时候能看完?就一天天的拖着不想干,要想解决问题那可费劲了。 所以,直到今天我们还在不断地追求成长。我的同工,我的弟兄姐妹们还在不断地成长。原来人的成长是无止境的,只要我们的脚还没有迈进棺材里,我们就还在成长的过程当中。成长会带来极大的喜悦,要不然你试试?

我们的一个小弟兄开始做外卖,已经能每天做个十多单了。以前的状态是5加4等于8,现在做外卖,已经赚了不少钱了。那他是怎么走过来的呢?就是一路成长走过来的。我们根本就不在乎我们目前在什么样的位分上,在哪里,如果人比人,那会气死人,没有比较就没有伤害,对吧,一比较那伤害就很深了。 你看人家有1000万,我才有100万。那10万的就说:人家有100万我才有10万。这怎么活呀?还有的人说:你看人家有10万,我1万都没有。欠债的人说:你看人家都不欠债,我还欠债。要是这么整下去,谁还能活呀,是不是? 我想,我们不需要做这些事,我们需要做点有意义的事儿,就是成长。可能你会说,这是属灵的事儿吗?基督教的信仰,迷思非常的多,那我们首先要解决一个困惑,很多人把上班做工当作属世界的事,把参加聚会当作属灵的事,我想我们当中可能还有很多人存在这样的迷思。 但是今天我跟你分享一件事,凡是跟活着有关的事,都是属灵的事。你觉得怎么样?是不是就没有困惑了?凡是活着的事,比如上班是属灵的事,信主是属灵的事,健康也是属灵的事,财务也是属灵的事,人际关系也是属灵的事。如果你人际关系出了问题,那就是邪灵的事。如果你健康出了问题,你身上就有邪灵。如果你做啥啥不行,肯定有邪灵。你在成长的过程中,纠结沮丧, 认为自己不行,那肯定是一个邪灵。所以和活着有关的事儿,都是属灵的事。

有人说,你这个东西不太合乎《圣经》啊!其实我读《圣经》很多遍,也很仔细,我讲的这些都是合乎《圣经》的。你打开《圣经》,翻到《申命记》28章1到14节,写的都是活着的事:你若蒙福,在田间也必蒙福。你身所生的,地所产的,牲畜所下的,以及牛犊,羊羔,都必蒙福。你的筐子和你的抟面盆都必蒙福。你出也蒙福,入也蒙福。这些都是关乎活着的事。 如果今天你认为上天堂就是蒙祝福,那你活着的时候,就没有经文里讲的这些事了。但活着的时候蒙福,这是神说的,神在旧约就有这样的心意,神在新约岂不是更有这样的心意?因耶稣的鞭伤我们得医治,我告诉你,健康肯定是属灵的事!我们千万要除去我们里面很多的迷思。就是上班儿是属世界的事,我不去上班儿啦,我不能爱世界!那你不上班儿,在圣殿休息就属灵了?你在圣殿里休息,那你干脆就别信主了。 所以我们信主的人必须把神的话整明白,然后好谨守遵行。

我们写了几首诗歌,《竭力追求》,《努力成长》,《谨守遵行》。弟兄姐妹要知道,华人命定神学不是一个神经兮兮的神学,它是一个非常落地的神学。华人命定神学既不在天上,也不在半空中,华人命定神学是在地上,因为我们人都在地上。有的人很喜欢探讨人到天上去干啥,我们不探讨这个。 我们探讨的是人在地上如何活出神荣耀的形象,如何能完成神在我们身上的美好旨意,然后可以在地上治理这地。是不是?这就是在《创世记》里神在亚当和夏娃身上的美好旨意。有的人就说:我就想上天堂。那天堂里都是竭力成长,竭力追求的人。你不信你就读《圣经》,天国是努力的人才能进去的,懒惰、胆怯的进不去。 凡是跟活着有关的事,都是属灵的事,如果个人只顾自己的房屋,玩命地工作,工作就会成为你的咒诅。我们这些人是把神放在生命首位的,然后再是其他的东西。我们关心神,神也关心我们的事。在《圣经》里,神把这些事都讲得清清楚楚,所以从现在开始,不要再讲这个是属世的那个是属灵的。 我们必须竭力追求,在认识神的事情上不断的成长,然后长大成人,可以把属灵的知识操练的非常娴熟,不至于中魔鬼的诡计。听明白了吗?很多人做什么都懒的要死,那怎么能够蒙福呢?根本就不可能蒙福。 我真的觉得我们的弟兄姐妹要去改变,我最害怕的是什么人呢?喊哈利路亚很大声,但做啥啥不行的人,那个东西是个很厉害的灵,叫做宗教的灵。所以咱们这些弟兄姐妹,可得了解这些事,知道能够长大成人的才能吃干粮,心窍习练的通达,才能分辨好歹。

《以弗所书》说,直等到我们众人在真道上同归于一,认识神的儿子,得以长大成人,满有基督长成的身量。听明白了吗?这些都是很清晰的话语,我们活着的事都是属灵的事,但不都是同样重要的事。 也就是说,我们要把第一重要的,第二重要的,第三重要的,按优先顺序一个一个排出来。当我们在大事和小事,重要的事和不重要的事之间产生矛盾的时候,我们要先选择重要的事。其实神也是这么安排的,神是使人成长的神,这是毋庸置疑的。 在保罗的神学体系里讲的很清楚,《哥林多前书》第3章第6-9节说: **我栽种了,亚波罗浇灌了,惟有神叫他生长。可见栽种的,算不得什么,浇灌的,也算不得什么;只在那叫他生长的神。栽种的和浇灌的,都是一样,但将来各人要照自己的工夫得自己的赏赐。因为我们是与神同工的;你们是神所耕种的田地,所建造的房屋。** 听明白了吗? 也就是说我们做牧养是使人成长,这是我们的目标。但是真正使他成长的是神啊!我们在牧养的过程中是不是与神同工呢?我们仔细思考这句话的意思,使我们成长的是神,你在人的遮盖下,你下面还有牧养的人,神的心意就是使每一个人的生命都成长。那使我们成长的是神,为什么神还要我们与祂同工,做栽种和浇灌的工呢?因为好让我们在服侍当中成长,长成满有耶稣基督的身量。

有一些基督徒,长到了一定的程度就不再长了,这些基督徒就卡在那里了。一样东西长到一定的程度不长了,就会烂了。要想不烂的话,就得不断地生长。不长的就枯干了,说的就是那些烧焦的、服侍累坏的基督徒。不是因为别的,是因为灵里出了问题,对神的认识出了问题。我们是与神同工的,我们也好,你们也好,都是神所耕种的田地,所建造的房屋,然后我们在与神同工的过程当中,一起成长建造神的圣殿。 这圣殿就使我们因着神的爱彼此相爱,使彼此之间成长,千万不要玩假的。现在玩假的已经在教会里面成了一种风气。他们也不关心你成长不成长,大概是出于礼貌的原因问候一下。神的民因为无知而灭亡,我们要从无知里走出来,从无知到有知就是学习,就是成长。你昨天不知道这个,今天知道了,就是成长了。昨天不会干这个,今天会干这个了,你就成长了。 我们庆幸我们的神真的很奇妙,我们的耶稣基督一开始做的是木匠,木匠是建造房子的,那个时代的房子都是木头的。我们没有看到耶稣服侍到一半,有人跑过来说:耶稣基督,你给我造的房子倒塌了。我们的耶稣基督还是有点硬功夫的,所以我们弟兄姐妹要知道,无知不是一个选项。 如果你做一个律师,就做一个好律师;做医生,就做一个好医生;做老师,就做一个好老师;做一个基督徒,就做一个响当当的基督徒。一个响当当的基督徒,做什么都兴盛。你问怎么才能做到呢?那就是从无知到有知,这个过程就叫做学习和成长。

在我们当中,我不断的推动学习和成长,我很在乎学习和成长。你想那个五加四等于八的孩子,我教他,他就学会了,他学会了以后就成长了,当然人一学会了就容易翘尾巴,他一翘尾巴你就得去修理。翘尾巴这不是解决问题的办法,翘尾巴就不知道自己是谁了。如果知道了五加四等于九,就觉得自己多了不起了,那是不行的。 但是有很多人就是这样的,所以我们在牧养的过程当中真的很不容易,一方面要对付他的恶习,另一方面要塑造他的基本能力,做不了的时候就要建立信心,也就是说这是一整套的东西。 邪灵来的时候,要把邪灵干掉,所以整个使人成长的事情还真不是一件容易的事情。有的人就说:你前面不是说使人成长的是神吗?是神使人成长的,但是我们是与神同工的,千万别把锅甩给神,也别把锅甩给魔鬼。别成为甩锅侠,也不要让神或者魔鬼成为背锅侠。

我们要担起我们的责任,但不是把压力加在身上。我们是靠着对神的信靠,因为使他成长的是神,我们与神同工,就不会有一种无形的压力, 就不会有自己什么都做不好,自己很烂的想法。为什么我们这样做呢?因为我们相信所有的弟兄姐妹身上都有神荣耀的形象,虽然我们知道我们身上都有神荣耀的形象,但是魔鬼和自己属肉体的恶习把属神的荣耀形象都淹没了。 所以我们干的一件事,就是点石成金。因为我们知道每一个人都是宝贝,每一个人都可以兴起来,都可以被塑造成拥有神一样的形象,这是我们的信心,这也是《圣经》里所教的。哪一个人没有神荣耀的形象呢?每一个人都有。只是有的人顺从自己肉体的喜好,有的人愿意跟随神,愿意跟随神的一定可以活出神荣耀的形象。 做为一个教育工作者,我们必须相信人是可以教育的。我们必须相信,我们的相信不是因为别的。因为我们相信每一个人来到我们当中,他身上都隐藏着神荣耀的形象,我们都要把他荣耀的形象给释放出来,这就是我们的工作。我们的牧养不是干别的,我们的牧养就是让本来是宝贝的重新发出光来。

所以弟兄姐妹,如果你今天干了这件事,你在牧养上不断的追求,不断的成长,尽心竭力侍奉我们的神。我告诉你,你不可能被烧焦,因为你在不断的成长,不断的推进,这是一个极其美好的事情。我鼓励大家不要害怕,服侍神是非常享受的事情。牧养神的群羊是一件非常享受的事情,如果不让我牧养神的群羊,我不知道我活着干啥。 我就觉得牧养多好啊,牧养后整个人就非常满足。看见一个人的转变和成长,我们就归荣耀给神。看到一个人有了改变,看见一个人身上神荣耀的形象被彰显,释放出来,你就会说:神啊!我们感谢你!做牧养的工作,真的是一个最享受的工作。 有的人说世上有四大挑战的工作,第一个是美国总统,要面对参众两院,美国总统的活不好干。第二难干的活,就是牧师。但我做了之后就发现不是这样一回事,其实与神同工的活最容易干的,与神同工的活多好啊!还有什么可以比与神同工更使人富足的?我们把神的能力从天上释放出来,然后服侍这个世代,服侍神的群羊,然后看见人的成长,没有比这个更加令人享受的。

有一次我坐飞机,刚好看到以前认识的一个牧师,他坐在我旁边,后来就聊了起来。我问他:你最近在干啥呢?他说:我最近终于卸下了苦差。意思就是就是卸下了教会的牧养工作,我听了这话就觉得奇怪,这怎么是苦差呢?如果神在天上听到有人把服侍祂当做苦差,祂得说,臭小子!你为什么把服侍我当做苦差呢?有的人真的把服侍当做了苦差,为什么会是这样呢?不能与神同工,岂不是苦差吗? 你知道为什么在我们当中的弟兄姐妹需要写笔记吗?为什么要写作业?为什么要上课程?为什么要参加这么多聚会?为什么要受这么多的教导?因为我们要使人成长,不能做一个无知的基督徒。无知的基督徒很要命的,但是一个人如果能够在认识耶稣基督的路上不断的成长,那回报是极其丰厚的。 我认识一个基督徒,是我们家的邻居,我问她:你信主多少年了?她说:六年了。 我又问:现在在做什么呢?她说:我在教会服侍。我说:哪方面的服侍呢?她说:在教会煮饭。我说:《圣经》你读得怎么样了?她说:没怎么读。煮饭是个啥服侍呀? 主耶稣从来没有跟彼得有过这样的对话,主耶稣说:彼得,你爱我吗?彼得说:主耶稣我爱你!然后主耶稣说:你爱我,那你好好煮饭,好好炒菜,好好钓鱼。哪里有这事呢?主耶稣叫彼得好好牧养神的群羊。 如果你又不读《圣经》,又不了解神的话,做一个无知的煮饭基督徒,然后喂养一群饭桶,那叫服侍吗?其实《圣经》 里对煮饭的教导不多,真的不多,偶尔提到点煮饭的事还是负面的事。因为耶路撒冷教会整天煮饭,还按立了七个执事管理饭食,结果怎么样呢?结果耶路撒冷教会穷的叮当烂响。

我们要仔细查考《圣经》,然后形成一个完整的信仰体系,在认识神的路上竭力追求,不断地成长,你就会不断地认识耶稣基督,就不断地长大成人。你不但要成为一个战士,还会成为十夫长,百夫长,千夫长,或者成为你那个支派的领袖,可以带领弟兄姐妹在属灵的世界里头能征善战,然后我告诉你,你们的名字在属灵的世界里会非常的响亮! 你过五关斩六将,不断地打击魔鬼仇敌,不断的打击黑暗权势,在你赶鬼的时候,鬼会告诉你一句话:你太厉害了,真的太厉害了!你在我们那里可有名了。为什么会是这样呢?因为你在耶稣基督里不断的成长,就会成为神国度里大能的勇士。 在神的国度里成为大能的勇士,到了一个程度后,你的手绢儿掉到什么人身上,那个人就必得医治,鬼就会退下去。如果你走过去,你的影子照在别人的身上,那个人就会得释放,这是《圣经》里说的,彼得和保罗都是这样。所以他们在属灵的世界里是神大能的勇士,神与他们同在,圣灵的恩膏在他们身上没有限量。所以我们要竭力追求,开始渴望做比耶稣基督更大的事。 开始问问自己,我信主几年了?我成长了吗?我到底把时间花在了什么地方?我真的认识神吗?我真的认识真理吗?如果还没有的话,就开始竭力追求。这是一条兴盛的路,这是一条荣耀的路,这是一条得胜的路!所以,弟兄姐妹要了解这件事情,教会的牧养就是使人成长,这就是我们的牧养体系。 愿神祝福大家!
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