Introduction

Today, I am sharing with you a topic: The Crucial Thing is to be a New Creation. Upon hearing this title, you should know that there are crucial matters, and consequently, many unimportant ones. My research focuses primarily on how people can live well. Although I have spoken extensively on this, some may say, Why are you still talking about this? Is this Prosperity Theology? Actually, it is not. The original intent of the Bible is precisely this. Today, we must ask ourselves, if we become a new creation, will we live well? I tell you, certainly, we will. What it means to live well is a matter of individual perspective. For oneself, being a new creation will undoubtedly result in living out the peace and joy brought by the Holy Spirit.

Today, many elderly individuals lack the insight that I possess. What does it mean to have insight? It is having a fundamental understanding of what it means to live. A person's understanding of things is called knowledge. If someone lacks understanding about renovation, they will mess things up and pay a heavy price. If you understand renovation, it is not a difficult task for you. If you understand programming, it is not a difficult task for you either. But ignorance is deadly. Therefore, God says in the Bible, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. If you are an ignorant person, it is impossible to live well. Ignorance is absolutely not an option. I am a very studious person. Over the years, I have constantly explored, constantly understood, and continuously learned, grown, and done new things. So, human growth is endless, and the knowledge of God is also endless.

That is to say, we need to constantly explore and understand until we can clearly articulate what it means to live and what we are doing. Articulating clearly is not easy because you need to grasp the essence of things. Today, I am speaking on the topic The Crucial Thing is to be a New Creation.

Today, a girl in Taiwan, her pastor sent her an article to read, and she forwarded it to me. As soon as I read it, I felt I did not understand it. I did not know what the author wanted to say. It described a Christian being killed by the Nazis, and the author's arguments and evidence seemed to be irrelevant. Perhaps I did not understand it, but later the girl told me her pastor's explanation, and I understood even less. He roughly meant, If people pursue living well in this world, that is probably Prosperity Theology. But I do not understand this. Is it not good for people to pursue living well in this world? Should people pursue living in suffering in this world? If suffering comes, we cannot stop it. We should think about how to still be joyful in suffering.

If you want to be a new creation, you need to understand clearly what it means to live. You will come to a conclusion that living is about inner feelings. If a person's inner feelings are all good, that is a life with good feelings. If a person's life feels bad, that is a life with bad feelings. I often see people worrying for no reason. How foolish is that? Worrying when idle means not understanding what it means to live. If we become a new creation, how could we not live well? I have never seen anyone say, I want suffering. But some pastors insist on moaning and groaning, insisting on living in suffering. In fact, curses also bring a lot of suffering. If you observe carefully, people who love money live very painfully. Their thought system is like this: What is yours is mine, and what is mine is also mine. If I cannot get yours, I am very painful. Is that not deserved?

This is the problem. We all read the same Bible. If you are Chinese, you may read the Chinese Union Version, but no matter what version you read, the translated meaning is generally the same. You can also read the English NIV, etc. But how do we read such big differences? It turns out that there are many straightforward words in the Bible that people insist on twisting. If you read carefully, is God not the God of the living? Does God not want us to receive blessings? Of course, the Bible speaks a lot about blessings and curses. Belief and unbelief bring a big difference.

If you read Deuteronomy chapter 28 carefully, what do you read? If you carefully obey God's words, you will definitely be a blessed person. Many people think that Joseph being sold to Egypt is not being blessed. Some people ask me, Was Joseph being sold to Egypt a curse? This was not Joseph's intention; it was within the uncontrollable range. But after he was sold to Egypt, God was with him, and he prospered in everything. He became the prime minister in Egypt. He definitely lived well. Everyone separates living well from Prosperity Theology. Everyone must not think that living well is having wealth and power. Do wealthy people live well? Not necessarily. You need to grasp the essence of living well. I have heard many articles about new creations, which bring a lot of confusion. Today, I will share my research results with you. We really need to carefully obey God's words. This is a very rigorous understanding. We must be filled with the knowledge of God in our understanding. Today, there are too many myths in the Christian circle.

Today, I saw a brother send me a photo. He said, The person standing next to me will have a 6-hour surgery next week. Look how calm he is now. What does he want to prove? To prove that he is a Christian, he will have surgery next week, and he is very calm now. What does that have to do with God's glory? I have never read such a description in the Bible. But if people say that, Guan Yu is more powerful than him. Guan Yu did not use painkillers or anesthesia, and then directly scraped the bone to remove the poison. But is that God's glory? Of course not. That is, there are many Christian myths, not knowing God's word, and talking nonsense based on their own ideas. But this is not God's word. Today, I will share with you in understanding how to be a new creation.

In fact, many people are ignorant in their understanding, do not know God's word, and suffer a lot. But this kind of suffering is called the suffering of ignorance, with no glory to speak of! People are destroyed for lack of knowledge. That is not God's responsibility, but our responsibility. We must be knowledgeable people. Suffering from ignorance is not a glorious thing at all.

I do not want to be cursed by ignorance. I want to dedicate myself completely to the Lord and strive to know God in my understanding. Even if I suffer for God, I do not care, but I want to know that when I come to God in the future, I will surely receive God's glorious crown! Do not be cursed by ignorance. According to my observation, there are too many people who are cursed by ignorance today. But many people suffer because they love the world!

But many people have not done the truth of the new creation because of ignorance, and they are still very puzzled. I also believe in the Lord and go to church every week. Why did I become like this? Who are you asking! Have you really understood the Bible clearly? If you do not know God, can you seek Him! If you do not know the words, it does not matter! If you seek God, can you not know? Today, I read the Bible with my mother. She knows everything [written in it]. My mother has never attended school. But she knows everything when she reads the Bible. I am very strange. How does she know everything? Later, she said, Child, do you know mother? I do not know the words. It is very hard. I knelt down and prayed for three days. As for whether she actually did this, I did not see it! But she knows everything now, and there are no unfamiliar words. It is truly God's great grace that a person who does not know the words can later know them, and basically knows all the words in the entire Bible. This is truly God's wonderful grace!

If you do not seek, you will become an ignorant person. Therefore, in my training, being filled with the Holy Spirit is not everything [that there is]. Being filled with the Holy Spirit is simply being filled with the Holy Spirit. We still have to read the Bible well and know God's word. We must know that the state of ignorance today is simply too much.

One Christian said to me, I want to be the thief who was crucified with Jesus! Look how good he is! He enjoyed a life of sin and pleasure. At the last moment, he actually entered paradise with Jesus. What did he say? Sinning and enjoying, and then entering paradise. I am puzzled. How can one say that? Is that really good? This thief lived in sin, was arrested, cursed, sentenced, and crucified with Jesus! If you think this is very good, and you like to sin like this all your life, and then believe in Jesus in the last minute of your life and enter God's paradise, then I congratulate you! If you do not have this opportunity, what will you do?

Start to be a new creation, constantly knowing God, paying a great price, becoming a blessing to others, and living like the Apostle Paul every day. Living in joy every day, even if you are later crucified like Jesus, it is worth it! At least I lived out God's glory in the days I lived in this world!

Today, I want to tell everyone that these ignorant arguments, to be a new creation, require constant striving and constant effort to grow. Only by constantly pursuing and constantly striving to grow can we grow into the fullness of the stature of Jesus Christ.

Today, the core value of Chinese Mingding Destiny is to become a new creation while alive, to become a blessing to many people! To live out God's glorious appearance, the image of Jesus Christ, while alive! We are not talking about going to heaven after death. That is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to be a new creation while alive.

Today, my sermon will solve several problems: First, what is a new creation? Second, how can one be a new creation? I want to interject a little bit with you. If God makes you a new creation, will you later become an old person? Yes, you will.

I want to solve these confusions. Let us read the Bible together (Galatians 6:14-17). This is the end of Galatians. If you have a Bible, open it and read with me:

Scripture

But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. From now on let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. (Galatians 6:14-17)

Prayer

Lord! Today, let our hearts begin to long to be a new creation. Today, may the wind of your Holy Spirit blow upon us, let our minds and thoughts turn to God, and let us clearly know. Today, you have regenerated us in the Holy Spirit and made us a new creation. Also, let us rely on the Holy Spirit to put to death the evil habits of the flesh, let us follow closely throughout this life, grow gradually, constantly know Jesus Christ, and constantly know God! Today, let us begin to have such a desire in Jesus Christ, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

Why Paul Wrote Galatians

I have studied the Book of Galatians with everyone more than once. Why do I like the Book of Galatians so much? Fortunately, there is the Book of Galatians to have the pure gospel today! Otherwise, today we would all have to be circumcised. If according to James, who wrote the Book of James, according to his logical system, then today we might all have to be circumcised. In fact, this issue of the purity of the gospel, from the time of Paul, when Paul wrote the Book of Galatians, even when Paul went to Jerusalem to hold the first religious conference, the Christian conference, this matter was already very obvious.

The issue of the purity of the gospel is the purpose of Paul writing the Book of Galatians. At that time, people were arguing about circumcision or not circumcision, observing days or not observing days. If you read carefully Galatians chapter 4, or other chapters, it is all talking about keeping the law or not keeping the law, relying on the law or relying on the promise. That is the Apostle Paul's very simple logical system.

Relying on God's promise to be God's children, but the people in James's place went everywhere to preach the gospel of circumcision. When they saw the Apostle Peter (at that time, Peter was no longer the leader in the Jerusalem church), Peter began to pretend. If the gospel continues like this, it will be troublesome. Fortunately, we have an Apostle Paul. The Apostle Paul has a very good personality. I like the Apostle Paul very much, and I also like to be a person like the Apostle Paul. In fact, in some places, I find that there is still a bit of the Apostle Paul's personality in my bones. I am not afraid of anything, I am only afraid of preaching an impure gospel. Therefore, today we still need to promote the gospel preached by Paul. Everyone should carefully read the Book of Galatians. This book is very important!

In fact, whether you go to heaven or not is not important, whether you are saved or not is not very important. In fact, such things cannot be argued clearly. Some people are more concerned about whether people go to heaven after death. In order to comfort the living, I will say that he has already gone because our God has abundant grace and mercy. But I can only tell you these things. I cannot guarantee you. Only God and he himself know where he went because he himself knows whether he is a new creation, and God also knows. Therefore, today we must get out of the myths of going to heaven or not going to heaven, being saved or not being saved. The thing we should be concerned about is to be a new creation! That is, whether we have the appearance of Jesus on our body. What is the use of discussing all day long about whether we go to heaven if we do not have the appearance of Jesus?

Many churches are very interesting. A few years ago, a brother looked for me online to pray because he had a very serious cancer. In the process of praying with him, I constantly corrected him and changed many wrong ideas in him. There were many strange things in this brother's personality. His sister loved him very much. His sister's salary was not high, but she took out a lot to give to her brother. But this brother often said some very muddled words to hurt his sister. We prayed with him, and as a result, this brother died in front of the camera. I watched him die with my own eyes.

After he died, they asked me what to do. I said that after he died, burn him, and after burning him, throw him away. In fact, I am not very interested in that piece of meat after death. As a result, their local church was very loving and held a funeral for him. I think the funeral is for the living. How the funeral is held is not important to the dead, but today's church attaches great importance to the funeral. Many pastors also teach this way.

I have a Singaporean friend who had a falling out with his family because when his mother died, his elder brother had to insist on holding a Buddhist funeral. He himself was a Christian, so he wanted to hold a Christian funeral. As a result, the two brothers quarreled endlessly. In fact, how the funeral is done is really not important. The important thing is to be a new creation while alive! This is really a myth! When this brother was alive, no one in the church paid attention. We prayed with him every day so that he could suffer less sins while he was alive.

One sister was very deadly. You could not but pray those days. She also died in front of my camera. After she died, I did not care much. I only care about her when she is alive. If you do not agree with what I said, it does not matter. In fact, I only care about living out God's glorious image while alive!

As for how the funeral should be held after death is not what I care about because the important thing is to be a new creation while alive. In the days before this sister died, we ministered to her so that she suffered a lot less sins. She also had cancer, and cancer is very hard! In the beginning, one of our brothers prayed with her, and all the symptoms completely disappeared. As a result, she went to work. When she came back to us a month later, the condition was even more serious. I am really feeling sorry. I really want to transform everyone. Even if I offend some people, I still want to transform her. I wish people could live out God's glorious image while alive!

Getting cancer is really not a good thing, but I thank God that through this incident we also saw God's great grace and mercy. Therefore, today we must know again that the Apostle Paul wrote the Book of Galatians to the last part. He said that it does not matter whether you are circumcised or not. It does not matter very much whether you observe the Lord's Day or not. It does not matter whether you eat bloody food or not. It does not matter whether you eat strangled animals or not because Jesus also said that it is eaten into the stomach and finally discharged into the toilet. The important thing is to be a new creation!

Today, our brothers and sisters must pat our chests and ask ourselves whether we are a new creation. If we are a new creation, we must have the image of God on our body. What does it mean to be a new creation? Those born of the Holy Spirit are new creations!

Those Born of the Holy Spirit are New Creations

The previous point talked about why the Apostle Paul wrote the Book of Galatians, which is to guide me to live out God's glorious image while alive, that being a new creation is important! Next is about how those born of the Holy Spirit are new creations. Why do I say this? The Bible says:

There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:1-8)

What exactly is anointing? We must find the answer in the Bible. Anointing is called Mingding Destiny. For example, Samuel anointed Saul, Saul became the king governing Israel. This is an appointment. Later David was also anointed, and the priests were also anointed. This is an appointment from God.

If you hunger for the loaf, you shall have it; if you hunger for Mingding Destiny, you shall receive the anointing. God desires us to become new creations. One was a person of the flesh, but now a person of the spirit; previously selfish, now willing to be a person with Mingding Destiny. In the New Testament era, the Lord Jesus gave us the Great Commission: God intends to send us out, the Holy Spirit to anoint us, so that from Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth, we may proclaim the good news and Gospel of Jesus Christ, making disciples of all nations.

The Bible does not say that after being anointed, you will become a millionaire, a great businessman, free to indulge in eating, drinking, and merrymaking. There is no such thing. Why do we call it Mingding Destiny theology? Because we carry the mission given to us by Jesus Christ, which is Mingding Destiny. Mingding Destiny is our core concept. Our choices are of utmost importance. You can allow Jesus Christ to heal you, but after healing, will you recognize Jesus Christ as the ultimate treasure? That depends on your perspective. If your vision is flawed and you still love money, God will heal you, but money will still ensnare you, becoming your curse because of lacking Mingding Destiny. The absence of Mingding Destiny is a critical matter. People do not understand the essence of living.

That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. That which is born of the Spirit is a new creation. It begins with the longing within us. At the Pentecost, the 120 disciples were praying for nearly 10 days, fervently longing for the descent of the Holy Spirit. Luke in the Book of Acts, the same Luke as in the Gospel of Luke, has a consistent train of thought: longing to receive Mingding Destiny, longing to be a witness for God, which inherently carries the flavor of the Great Commission.

Observing many Christians today, their faces lack longing, lack a fiery passion, their expressions are numb. How can they live well? In our time, Qiong Yao novels captivated a large number of people. The novels depicted love stories, and once the fire of love ignites in a person's heart, they are transformed. Couples in love are very joyful because there is a fire within. When the feeling is gone after marriage, it becomes very painful because that fire is extinguished.

Today, if we are people who love God, with that fire constantly burning within, the feeling of being alive will be wonderful. If we love the Lord to the point of madness, that feeling is exhilarating. The descent of the Holy Spirit upon us is related to that fire. When we have a longing within, the Holy Spirit will regenerate us. That is the anointing, Mingding Destiny.

After Being Born of the Spirit, Continuous Growth is Necessary

Let us consider that when a child is born, it undergoes a very long process from birth to adulthood. This long process is called growth. For all living things, the growth cycle is like this, not in leaps and bounds. When doctors administer hormones, the dosage is increased little by little, and when reducing, it is also done gradually. The body cannot withstand such sudden changes. Being born again means having a spiritual self within us, while the physical self is still there. The physical self is not changed all at once; it requires the power of the Holy Spirit to continuously put to death the deeds of the body.

Many Christians today have incorrect understandings. They believe that being born again is the end of the matter, but it is not. It requires continuous pursuit, continuous growth, until we attain the full measure of Christ. Lack of growth is a sign of ignorance. I often hear some Christians say that they were born again on such and such day. How were they born again? They describe how one day they suddenly felt a hot current on their body, and they began to tremble. They do not know what these things are. Some say that the Holy Spirit filled them, and they were paralyzed in bed for two months, emerging as a different person.

There is no such record in the Bible, nor have I found it. Being born again is just the beginning; growth is key, until we attain the full measure of Christ. The Holy Spirit also descended upon Saul, but he did not grow. Growth is the process of the flesh and the spirit contending with each other. This is explained very clearly in Romans 8:1-9.

Saul also had the Holy Spirit descend upon him, but he did not grow later. The process of growth is the process of the flesh and the spirit contending with each other. Being born again is spoken of very clearly in Romans 8:9. If after being born again, that is the end, then it is just a baby. Therefore, in 1 Corinthians, Paul says that the Corinthian Christians, from a spiritual perspective, are merely spiritual infants, still with a large physical self, so they are filled with all kinds of corruption. They were born again, but they are still people of the flesh.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live according to the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. (Romans 8:1-5)

You may be born again, but you may still follow the flesh. You must have a firm foundation in the Word of God. People should not live in delusions and ignorance.

The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not obey God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. (Romans 8:6-13)

I wrote a Bible study on Romans called This Gospel Is the Power of God because the Spirit of God wants to help us put to death the misdeeds of the body, but we need to obey the Spirit of God. Obeying the Spirit of God means obeying the Word of God. Therefore, Jesus said: My words are spirit and life. These words cannot be interpreted as being born again is the end of the matter. Why do many Christians have this misconception—that once they are born again, they do not need to do anything else? There is no such thing. We must continuously obey the Holy Spirit. If you choose to obey the flesh, it will be troublesome. Therefore, the process of putting to death the misdeeds of the body by the Spirit is quite difficult. If you are motivated to pursue it, I encourage you to buy a copy of This Gospel Is the Power of God.

There are many other chapters to corroborate this, such as Colossians and Ephesians, which both discuss this matter.

and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. (Colossians 3:10)

Today, we Chinese Mingding Destiny theology say that God wants to restore the original image of God in people through salvation, which is called salvation. This is not a word without biblical basis; it is the essence of the Bible. The process of growth is the process of the flesh and the Holy Spirit contending with each other. This new self is being renewed in knowledge, and we must become people with spiritual knowledge, continuously striving to grow in the knowledge of God, attaining the full measure of Christ.

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. (Galatians 6:7-8)

Sowing to please what is your own choice. Whether the Holy Spirit allows you to be born again, whether the wind of the Holy Spirit blows on you, whether it descends upon you, whether you receive the anointing, are all your own choices. Your choices are of utmost importance. If you choose to be a person with a Mingding Destiny rather than a walking corpse, the Holy Spirit will choose you. If we have a longing within and also long to grow continuously, personal growth is key, and growth is the source of joy.

I often encounter some sisters who feel bored and lack meaning after serving for a period of time, feeling bitter and exhausted inside. I say: You have not grown in the knowledge of God for a long time. You are still in first grade. How can you not feel uncomfortable? Today, we must know why people have joy. It is because growth brings joy, and our growth is key. If you do not want to grow, you will slowly live according to the flesh. Therefore, the flesh and the Spirit contend with each other. The Spirit does not contend with evil spirits; the Spirit contends with our inner flesh. After being born again of the Spirit, we must still continuously grow to the full measure of Christ.

Not Following the Spirit, Being Born Again is Useless

Galatians and Romans are both written to Christians who have been born again, but why is it still written: Whoever sows to please their flesh will reap destruction? Because the choices in a person's life are of utmost importance. Today, do not think that once you have believed in the Lord and been saved, you can indulge in the flesh. This is why many Christians have many problems and often experience God's anger. Because they do not follow the Spirit, sowing to please the flesh will reap destruction; it will certainly reap destruction. Take Saul as an example. The Holy Spirit descended upon Saul, and God prepared many things for Saul.

God prepared the best prophet, the best priest Samuel, for Saul. Samuel is one of the two greatest prophets in history, alongside Moses, extremely powerful. But after Saul was anointed as king, he had very favorable conditions. These conditions included the greatest prophet Samuel, and he also prepared a group of prophets for him. The Spirit of God greatly moved him, and he prophesied among the prophets, as recorded in 1 Samuel 10:10-11:

When he arrived at Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him; God’s Spirit came powerfully upon him, and he joined in their prophesying. When all those who had formerly known him saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?” (1 Samuel 10:10-11)

Since God anointed Saul, God also poured out his Spirit on Saul. Saul prophesied and became a prophet, but becoming a prophet did not replace the choices within him. Later, Saul valued the throne more than God, valued cattle and sheep more than God, valued people more than God, and became a stubborn and rebellious fellow. Saul had the best prophet, the best priest (the Holy Spirit personally descended upon him and greatly moved him), the best son, the best son-in-law; all the conditions were fulfilled for him, but his inner choice was not to obey the Holy Spirit.

Today, those who build churches should learn a lesson from Saul. Never think that I have been born again and that is the end of the matter; that is the end. Brothers and sisters, you have a Mingding Destiny, God has chosen you, anointed you, but today do you choose to follow God forever and ever? To see through everything in this world for life? To consider everything as rubbish in order to gain Jesus Christ as the supreme treasure? Many Christians like Saul think they have carefully kept and followed the word of God, but they have very strange problems, just like Saul, an evil spirit from the Lord came upon him. Everyone should know, what happens when a person with a Mingding Destiny loses their Mingding Destiny? An evil spirit will descend upon them, and they will be very troubled.

I am very emotional, and my words may offend some people. If it stings you, are you willing to say that the Bible says so? Then go and examine it carefully.

Paul's Example

Paul's example is very important. If you believe in Paul's gospel, you will surely prosper. If you believe in another gospel, such as the gospel of the circumcision party or the gospel from James, it will be fatal.

Let's see what Paul 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. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. (Ephesians 4:13-14)

If you are afraid of heresy, strive to grow, strive to pursue, and grow to the full measure of Christ. No longer be children, and heresy cannot harm you. Where is the problem? The problem is that people do not strive to pursue or strive to grow.

What we Chinese Mingding Destiny theology speak of is striving to pursue, which is very important. If you don't know, you must know. The title of my Bible study on Hebrews is Strive to Enter into Rest.

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience. (Hebrews 4:11)

Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, (Hebrews 6:1)

Strive to pursue, strive to enter into rest. When you were born again is not important; what is important is that we strive to pursue throughout our lives, take on the Mingding Destiny that God has given us in this generation, and become the Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob of this generation, becoming a blessing to this generation. Imagine, how can you and I not become the happiest people in this generation? We will become the happiest people in this generation. If you lack joy, you must receive Mingding Destiny, begin to give out, do not be a selfish Christian, and begin to be a Christian with a Mingding Destiny.

Today, leave the elementary teachings about Christ and strive to enter into perfection, which is the word of God. I earnestly urge you, until when? Until one day we are called to Jesus Christ.

For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. (2 Timothy 4:6-7)

Only then can you boast and say: God! I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. God! I have experienced many temptations, and to this day I still follow you. I have experienced many hardships and difficulties, but I have not given up and still cling to you tightly. I have put to death the evil deeds of my flesh.

Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. (2 Timothy 4:8)

Brothers and sisters, do you know? Such a person is a happy person; this is a person who has obtained the secret.

Having the Secret to Everything

Having the secret to everything is the secret to living well. If you say that what I preach is a prosperity gospel, then succeed in Jesus Christ by keeping the word of Jesus Christ well, succeed in Jesus Christ by fighting all the good fights, and let us succeed in Jesus Christ by finishing the race we must run because we have seen through everything and rejoice greatly in the Lord. Can you say we cannot live well?

Today, who are the people I see who do not live well? Those who do not strive to grow. They are just coping; their work is their Mingding Destiny, and God is just a small interlude in their lives. But today, if you and I imitate Paul and completely come out of the world, if you and I say like the Apostle Paul: As for me, the world has been crucified to me. As for the world, I have been crucified to it. The world and I are completely two different worlds. The world has no attraction to me. I have only one hobby, which is to become a new creation, full of the stature of Jesus Christ. You will surely become the happiest person in this world.

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (Philippians 4:11-13)

How can we not rejoice? We rejoice greatly in the Lord. How can we not live well? Today, we have already looked down on the things of this world. We have seen through everything, seen through life and death. What is so great about work, what is so great about projects, what is so great about taking university entrance exams, what is so great about going to school, and what is so great about business? Nothing can control me anymore. This is the new creation.

When we strive to climb and grow to the full stature of Jesus Christ, what will people's hearts ponder? When we have seen people die and be born, and that life in this world is nothing but toil and trouble, we should guard our hearts and let us have the mind of Jesus Christ.

Conclusion

The year 2019 is coming to an end, and 2020 is coming soon. Time flies like an arrow, and time is like a shuttle. Time waits for no one. Our time is limited. Will we cherish our time to be spiritual people? Have we really grown? Whom have we blessed? In what ways are we more like Jesus Christ? In what ways do we know God more? Today, brothers and sisters, when we think about such words, will we feel ashamed?

Today, let the Holy Spirit rebuke us within us, and also add strength so that we can continue to run forward by the Holy Spirit, become a new creation, become full of the stature of Jesus Christ, no longer be children, and can resist all kinds of heresies and resist all kinds of delusions. You will see the glory of God descend upon you from heaven! Even kings, when they see it, will come to your light. Arise and shine.

Money is not the problem at all, and business is not the problem at all. The problem is whether we are the true children of the living God. We want to gain the whole earth for God, and the whole earth will see the glory of God because of us. The whole earth will taste the grace of the Holy Spirit because of our service! This is our Mingding Destiny, and this is what we long for.

May God bless everyone!