Introduction

Good day to all. Today, I will share on a very weighty topic: God Cannot Be Mocked. Although this topic is serious, it can truly resolve problems. Many people dislike discussing this because it offends many. I am not too concerned about that. I especially hope that such a serious topic can solve your problems. A characteristic of Chinese Mingding Destiny is its ability to solve problems. It may sound harsh, but it will solve problems.

I often see pastors in Christianity who dare not touch sensitive topics. The number of attendees decreases when they discuss sensitive issues. When I speak about sensitive topics, the number of people in the church actually increases. This is a very miraculous phenomenon. A characteristic of Chinese Mingding Destiny is that it addresses these sensitive topics. After we proclaim the word of God, it solves problems. Why does Chinese Mingding Destiny exist? It is because many phenomena are seen that simply do not align with what the Bible says.

What we hear seems like receiving the gospel, yet we encounter numerous curses. We might then say that this is just how the gospel is, but the gospel is not like that. The gospel is effective. Last Sunday, we spoke on Discerning What is the Good, Pleasing, and Perfect Will of God. The word of God can be discerned. After discerning, you will find it very effective. Why can it be discerned? Because we systematically explain the word of God. Many people cannot discern the fundamental reason because they mock God. God cannot be mocked.

We encounter many preachers who are full of sickness and a host of problems. Their explanation is that our God is just like that. Actually, no. Our God is a good God, a God who desires our prosperity. But people mock God. People reap what they sow. It's like someone planting bitter melon in the spring and harvesting bitter melon in the fall. They then wonder why they didn't harvest sweet melon. You plant bitter melon, you harvest bitter melon. You plant sweet melon, you harvest sweet melon. People cannot plant bitter melon and harvest sweet melon. You reap what you sow.

What kind of people can experience God’s good, pleasing, and perfect will? Those who love Him. What kind of people experience His wrath? Those who do not love Him. Mocking God is a common ailment among Christians in this generation. From pastors to believers, it is filled with all kinds of mocking! I dare not mock. I have mocked before, but thank God, He did not crush me. Later, I changed.

I implore those who have mocked God in the past to reflect on how they arrived at their current situation when facing difficulties, and what led to their current state. If you listen to my sharing and can turn back to God from such a situation and no longer mock God, that is a great blessing.

A sister's husband is a pastor, yet she suffered from severe depression. Her husband basically had no other way to solve her depression. She suffered a lot. By chance, she heard our preaching online and contacted us. Our preaching is sometimes piercing. Some people can withstand the pierce and get better. Some cannot withstand it and do not get better. My little assistant, after being slightly pierced, could not take it.

This sister said a lot. She said that our teachings are effective, but after discussing it with her daughter and husband, she still wanted to leave. She sent messages to many assistants, saying she was leaving. Actually, she was just a visitor among us. We are not like a physical church where you can just sit in the church and no one knows you.

In our midst, about 50 out of 1000 people stay. Actually, we serve many, so this is normal. The key problem is that people do not know that they are the problem themselves. I also talked to her about this. I told her that although her husband is a pastor, does he really understand the way of God and the word of God? If the result is ineffective, how can you say you understand? But she thinks she is orthodox.

Recently, during the pandemic, many churches have moved online. People mock God, yet they do not know it. People reap what they sow. People's sins are self-inflicted. If they haven't suffered enough, then they continue to suffer. Why doesn't the church solve problems today?

Several big-shot pastors were in a conversation. What they said made me feel that God would cry after hearing it on the throne! They said that in the past, Christian gatherings for an hour were considered long. Now that they gather online at home, how can people concentrate for an hour? So they shortened the worship to 15 minutes and the sermon to 15 minutes. If I had to preach for 15 minutes, I might only give an introduction. What do they mean by this conversation? They think that if they shorten it to 15 minutes, people can concentrate. I am very surprised that people would think this way, and that pastors would think this way. They think they are using a good method, but my understanding is that this is mocking God. If the Christians in our church can only concentrate on the sermon for 15 minutes, then you might as well not come!

In our church, if all the Christians were like this, I would quit. I would do something else. I would be a carpenter, a software engineer, develop programs. I can do anything. I don’t care about people coming and going. I only care about what God's word says. I only care about whether your problem can be solved when you come among us. 15 minutes of worship, 15 minutes of preaching, 15 minutes of small group meetings, I really don’t know what you can do in 15 minutes! Coming to church is just to talk about buying groceries and masks. 15 minutes pass. Today, this era is an era of mocking God. People reap what they sow, but if people don’t think they are mocking God, they will know when they reap what they have sown.

While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. (1 Thessalonians 5:3)

When disaster comes, what can stop it? You need to know that everything takes time to harvest. You don't plant a seed and harvest it tomorrow. If you want to plant today and harvest tomorrow, even bean sprouts won't grow. It takes time. So what does the Bible say? If you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind (see Hosea 8:7). If you sow mockery, you will reap great disasters. You need to know that ghosts won’t find the wrong person, viruses won’t find the wrong person, and God won’t find the wrong person.

Chinese Mingding Destiny is a theology that firmly believes in God's word. Chinese Mingding Destiny does not believe in comfort, does not believe in excuses, does not believe in tears, does not believe in empty talk, but only believes in God’s word. God cannot be mocked. Do not deceive yourselves! The fruit that is produced will confirm what you have sown. Do not fail to recognize what you have sown one day. You reap what you sow.

If you reap curses, comforting you is useless! When you come among us, it's good enough if you don't get scolded. If you come among us with a body full of diseases and want the pastor to comfort you, what should I comfort you with? If I comfort you again, I will comfort you to death. I don’t want to comfort you to death. I want to scold you alive, because when a person gets sick, the sickness is that they have mocked the word of God. If you want to hear comforting words, there are many false prophets who will speak them. Listen to them slowly. But when you come here, if you haven’t suffered enough, then continue to suffer. Once you have suffered enough, then listen to a few piercing words. Chinese Mingding Destiny speaks piercing words. Today, these piercing words come from Galatians 6:7-8:

Scripture

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)

How well this is spoken! Fortunately, Paul wrote these words here, otherwise, we would not be able to preach this message, and people would think I made it up myself. Don’t say that I don’t comfort you. If I comfort you again, I will comfort you into even more mockery.

Prayer

Oh God, give us a heart of reverence today. Let all our brothers and sisters deeply examine themselves before You today. Let us know what we have sown, and what we will reap. If our brothers and sisters are reaping diseases, today we confess and repent before You. May Your precious blood cover us, may we come out of mockery, and may the diseases on our bodies be healed because of Your word, because of our repentance before You, because we believe that You are a good God, and because we have a serious and reverent attitude before You. Lord, we repent before You, repenting of our past attitude of mocking You. May You heal our disease of mockery today. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen!

Scripture Background

It is a very serious matter if a person has not suffered enough. Before I talk about this passage, I want to give you some background about the book of Galatians. This passage comes from the 6th chapter of Galatians, which is the last chapter. What was the background in which this book was written? In Paul's time, what Paul preached was originally a very pure gospel. So Paul led the Galatians to believe in the Lord, and then Paul went everywhere else. Another group of people came to the churches in Galatia to preach another gospel to them. They are both gospels, but which one is true and which one is false? originally what the Galatians believed was the effective, powerful gospel preached by Paul, but they were misled and believed another gospel.

If you read Paul's epistles carefully, Paul often uses the words power. This gospel is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes. But today there are many people who preach a powerless gospel and still think they are very orthodox. A powerless gospel has become orthodox, which is the problem I want to talk about today.

When we look at the book of Galatians today, why did they not only make the gospel powerless, but also were misled and believed in another gospel, thinking it was orthodox, but it was ineffective and powerless? Because they departed from the gospel of faith, and followed many worldly principles. The church brought in psychology, ethics, Lao Tzu, Confucius, and also believed in the lunar calendar, festivals, and the law.

The book of Galatians records that James, who wrote the book of James, went everywhere with his men to proclaim circumcision. Is circumcision important? Is there anything special about having a small surgery on the genitals? Thinking this was important, they immediately led the brothers and sisters in Galatia into works, thinking that circumcision was good. Why was it good? Because it's more hygienic, right? What is this? It was not originally the gospel of Jesus Christ. After they replaced the gospel of Jesus Christ, James led these people to keep the circumcision and wrote a dignified book called James, which was also included in the Bible. Everyone will slowly understand what is written in it later.

So after reading the book of Galatians, you will find that James also read it. This epistle was written to James. After James read it, it was like eating a fly. It's still nice to say that. James wrote a large book of James.

Later, the church in Jerusalem was under the leadership of James. Originally, Peter, the leader of the church in Jerusalem, pretended when he saw James's people coming. You need to know that the problem of Christians faking is quite common. As a result, the place of Galatia was cursed because they believed in a wrong gospel. Brothers and sisters can forgive me. If you go back and read the book of Galatians, this curse is not what I said, it's written in the book of Galatians.

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! (Galatians 1:8-9)

If the wrong gospel is preached, or if the gospel that Paul originally preached is departed from and the gospel is changed, that person should be cursed. This is a very serious word! Those who preach wrong and believe wrong are cursed. As a result, the Galatians suffered a lot and endured a lot of suffering, which is in Galatians 3:1-7. You can go and read it. Later, Paul wrote the book of Galatians and gave the Galatians a long scolding: You foolish Galatians! Ignorant Galatians! If you want to be circumcised, cut off the entire genitals.” Although Paul's words were very heavy and harsh, it is good to put them in the Bible. It is full of Paul's anger at preaching false gospels because people suffer without any effect. Today, when we examine the Christian environment, there are many similarities.

A few days ago, a sister contacted us. She was full of diseases, so we told her how Christians would be cursed and how they would be controlled by these ghosts. She said, I don't have this problem. Then why did she come? She could not accept our teachings. The Bible says very clearly, what better proof is there of the diseases on a person's body? After she came, she claimed that she was a Christian and did not have any ghosts on her body, thinking that diseases were diseases and ghosts were ghosts. The Bible does not say that if you become a Christian, you will not have anything happen to you.

Why is a carnal Christian controlled? Because he is carnal; if a person is carnal, it is useless even if he has the name of a Christian. If you are a Christian and cannot put to death the deeds of the body by the Spirit, there will be even more problems. The people in Galatia suffered a lot of pain. Why? Because they abandoned the original effective gospel. This kind of suffering was sown by themselves, so there is no glory at all. It is clearly stated in the book of Galatians:

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh? Have you experienced so much in vain—if it really was in vain? So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” (Galatians 3:2-6)

According to the standards of the book of Galatians, has our faith today returned to the situation in which Paul wrote the book of Galatians? We dare not make a conclusion on this. Today, there are many absurd things in the Christian faith, which will bring many curses and the effects produced by the curses.

Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.” So then those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.” (Galatians 3:7-11)

What we have to do today is to restore the purity of the gospel. Whether the terms charismatic and evangelical are commendatory or derogatory is not important. What is important is whether the gospel still has the effect of the gospel that Paul preached? Does it carry the power of the Holy Spirit? Is it still based on faith? If the gospel is based on faith, we are sons who inherit the inheritance and promise; if it is based on law and morality, we become slaves who cannot inherit the inheritance and promise.

In the church, if something based on law and works is brought in, these things will be like a little leaven, and the whole batch will be contaminated. Relying on the law and works is not part of the gospel itself and can only make this gospel powerless.

If you see a pastor or a pastor's wife with a body full of diseases and suffering a lot, you will know what I am talking about. These people are very difficult to serve and self-righteous. They believe in this ineffective gospel, but they think they are pure. In fact, whether it is effective is what matters:

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. (Galatians 5:6)

Whether it is effective is what matters. This solves the problem of our lives because our God is a God who solves problems.
Today, traditional church beliefs are full of confusion. A few days ago, someone left a message on the website: Can a person who has a husband who is a feng shui master spend her husband's money? I said, Yes, she can. Why can't she spend it? The money is not fake money, and it is not illegal to spend real money. When the assistant sent this information to the website, one sister was confused: How can you spend this money? She wrote a lot of words and sent them over. How important is this matter? Many people think that a hero does not drink water from the Robber's Spring, but that is not a word in the Bible. If you don't want to spend it, don't spend it. The person who left the message actually wanted to spend the money. She just wanted to get back-covering from me: The pastor told me to spend it, so I spent it. But I don't want to be a back-covering person because this matter is not important.

The tragedy of this generation is that we treat unimportant things as important things. Have we Christians today fallen into this pit with the things that the Book of Galatians talks about? Circumcision is not important, if you want to be circumcised, be circumcised; if you don't want to be circumcised, don't be circumcised. If you want to eat vegetables, eat vegetables; if you want to eat meat, eat meat. These things are not that useful. It doesn't matter if I see a shrine in the store, order a bowl of noodles, a bowl of rice, or spicy hot pot and eat it. After I finish eating, I will drop it in the latrine or throw it in the toilet the next day. It's not a big deal. Christians today take these things too seriously.

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. (Galatians 5:25)

When we were in a bad state, we got life by the Holy Spirit, we got healing and grace from the Holy Spirit, and many things could be turned around. We act by the Spirit, and this is a theme of Galatians.

Do Not Deceive Yourselves

In Chapter 6 of Galatians, Paul wrote not to deceive yourselves. This sentence is very heavy:

If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. (Galatians 6:3)

If a person thinks he is something when he is not, he is deceiving himself. In today's generation, if I say this, people will fix me. I can only say this online. I will say what I should say. If a person thinks he is something when he is not, is this common? I have been saved, really? One day, the ox-headed and horse-faced guys appear and take you away. When you open your eyes, why is there a big pot of oil here? Like frying dough twists, frying fried dough sticks. Why did I come here? Yama is still sitting there. I’m just describing it. Did I come to the wrong place? God! Is this where I should be? If you don’t go here, where should you go! If people think they are something good when they are not it, today there are many such Christians.

After reading the Bible, many people say, If you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth, you will be saved. But he didn't finish reading it. After reading it, what kind of belief is that! If a person does not love God, that person is cursed, has he been saved or not? You say you love God. Do you keep and obey God's words? So we must finish reading the Bible. If you read the book of Galatians, what do you feel? If you read the book of Hebrews later, what do you feel? Everyone, think carefully.

If people think they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves, so do not deceive yourselves. Our church does healing and deliverance more thoroughly and better than other churches. I often encounter some Christians, and many are leaders. They said to me: We have had healing and deliverance here for a long time! It's not working at all. Then show me your healing and deliverance! What are you doing? Some Christian leaders also say that they are talking about John Maxwell about his leadership skill. The leadership skill is elementary school education, comparing to heal the sick and exorcise demons. And they say that we are fed up of healing the sick and casting out demons. After casting them out, they will come again. It is useless to cast out demons. Jesus exorcised demons, and it had no effect. What is this talk? Mocking God exists everywhere in the Christian circle. People's attitudes are very strange. The person who said this had his disciple sitting next to him, leaning on crutches, wincing in pain. I said you can come to me for pain at night. He came to me at night, and I prayed with him for more than 2 hours. The pain disappeared, and he could sleep well. This is a self-deceiving generation.

From Paul to today, there are also many such conditions of people deceiving the Galatians, so today many Christians suffer. We read Have you suffered so many things in vain - if indeed it was in vain? (Galatians 3:4), why did Paul say this sentence? Because they sowed themselves and then harvested themselves. They sowed the curse and harvested the pain. People also think that they are saved, but it is useless when they are alive. Can it be useful after they die? So Paul said not to deceive yourselves. If people think they are good when they are not, what they have are the pain of diseases. Many people in the church in Corinth also offended God and were cursed. As a result, they became seriously ill, and some even died. This kind of death is that they were caught by ghosts.

Recently, our leader received some families of preachers who have been preachers for many years. I dislike these people the most because they read the same Bible as me. After reading it, they mocked God's words, and they suffered a lot of suffering and curses. Their explanation to me is that this is how it is. The explanation is a lot of excuses. How do you live to believe in the Lord? The ideas are very strange. After these people encounter problems, they do not solve the problems, and they do not come out of the state of mocking God and self-deception. They think that God is useless, and they think that believing in the Lord is like this. These things are not important when you are alive, and it will be okay to go to heaven after you die. This is very terrible. When you encounter a problem, you can only explain it and cannot solve it. What we need is not an explanation, but a solution.

Unbelievers know that a black cat or a white cat is a good cat as long as it catches mice, but many Christians don't even know this. We have to understand the difficulties of these people. They struggle between believing and disbelieving God's words all their lives. After reading God's words and seeing the reality, they still have to eat, and work is important. Can God be used as food? If you continue to read, he will say that you are right. I have believed for a lifetime. Can I be wrong? There is no way to talk to him. It is very hard to be concerned about face and mock God. Dealing with self-deceit leads to...

Sow a Seed, Reap a Harvest

Some say, isn't the concept of sowing and reaping a Buddhist idea? It's about cause and effect. But is it really just a Buddhist idea? It's a universal law! After serving for so many years, I've concluded that you reap what you sow! Many people come to me with problems about their children, and I tell them it's the mother's issue. And I'm usually right. Once the mother is straightened out, the child gets better. Do you know why? If a mother only caters to the child's physical needs, can the child truly thrive? Brothers and sisters, if you are a mother, and you want to transform your child, you must start by transforming yourself. So, we must understand that many things are interconnected; you reap what you sow.

There was a sister whose eyes were failing. She came to us for prayer, and her eyes recovered significantly. After she had recovered, we agreed that she was free to do whatever she wanted. We don't need people who come to believe just to get through a problem. Dealing with such people is painful for them and difficult for us pastors. So, she happily left. Then she went back to sowing her curses! Her eyes went completely blind, before eventually recovering. Then she proceeded to sow curses again, and developed severe hemorrhoids. She came back asking for our help, and we agreed, but with the same understanding: once her hemorrhoids were healed, she was free to go wherever she wanted. We didn't want to keep her, because her mind was full of rubbish. She just used us as a backup, and went back to her old ways once she was well.

I wonder, how can people be so foolish? We preach so clearly, and she heard plenty, but after her eyes were healed, the hemorrhoids came. After the hemorrhoids were healed, none of her bad habits were changed. Then one day, she told someone, What's the point of your offering? Your husband is just like mine! She was never a giver. Why would we keep her? We are not a garbage disposal site. Today, understand that diseases of the eyes and ears are blatant signs of discerning good and evil! It means judging things and issues according to one's own standards.

There was a sister who spoiled her son terribly. She would cook him breakfast, and he would say, This food is awful! Her son was also in our church, but later, both he and his wife left. She would always tell me, Actually, my son is quite good. But what does that have to do with me? You spoiled him by catering to his physical desires. Now she wears hearing aids in both ears. I thought, fixing her ears would be too easy. I prayed for her, and she was healed, but the problem returned after only fifteen to thirty minutes. It's a serious case of discerning good and evil! She received so much grace in our church, yet she still judged me. Isn't it strange? She felt I always talked about her family. And I do talk about her a lot. Some people tell me, Pastor, please don't mention what I tell you in your sermons. Then don't tell me, because I might not be able to control myself!

Today, I've concluded that problems with the eyes and ears are clear signs of discerning good and evil. You can tell a tree by its fruit. Problems in the mind are related to thoughts; skin problems are related to loving worldly things and being stressed. Cancer is caused by taking the discernment of good and evil to the extreme. Joint and bone pain are related to holding grudges and refusing to forgive. You reap what you sow – no doubt about it. I dislike serving Christians who have been Christians for years but are full of illnesses, and then they start by saying Thank the Lord! Because these Christians are used to playing to the gallery.

I wondered, what's the point of being a Christian and playing games with God in the end? They end up with illnesses. The fruit has already appeared. Don't we know we've gone down the wrong path? Today, understand that Christians showing a false front started back in the days of Peter, and not from today. It started with Peter. Who was Peter? He was one of Jesus Christ's leading disciples! But God found Peter wasn't so useful and he raised another person, Paul. If you were to ask me who I would imitate, I would imitate the apostle Paul.

Viruses don't target the wrong people, demons don't target the wrong people, and God doesn't make mistakes. The only one who makes mistakes is you. To put it bluntly, it's your own fault. Someone said, Why doesn't my prayer for my family work? The more I pray, the worse their illness gets. I said, I don't know! Actually, I do know. How can people not know? Don't people know how to treat those who despise God? They do know! So, be certain that despising God is terrible. You reap what you sow.

Brothers and sisters, if you are on the path of a Christian, or a preacher, know that you are being trained in our midst. Whether you are a preacher or not, you are being trained as a preacher. All our brothers and sisters are trained like this. Know that being a Christian or a preacher is a high-risk, high-reward venture. The rewards are extremely high. If you diligently keep God's word, God will make you the head and not the tail, above and not beneath. If you do not diligently keep God's word, God will set you beneath all the nations of the earth. If you diligently keep God's word, God will set you above all the nations of the earth. So you know, I study the Bible in detail! After reading it, I thought, God, you are powerful! I won't compete with you. Obeying the Holy Spirit is a smart choice!

Of course, sometimes God's discipline is severe, and thorough! Some people say, Why are you like this? You pray for the sick and they get well, but why are you sick? I said, Doesn't God discipline me thoroughly? So, I made a smart choice, and trembled at God's word. In our church, I never try to please the members. Come if you want to come, leave if you want to leave. God's standards have never been lowered.

I won't shorten my sermons from one hour to fifteen minutes just because you can't focus. I tell you, I won't do that, and I can't do that. Listen if you enjoy it, and if you don't enjoy it, then get out. So, the standards can't be lowered; they can only get higher. Never pretend. But my service doesn't seek my own benefit, and I never hesitate to say what will benefit you. You'll know when you work with me. My temperament isn't very good.

The other day, I was training some people to write programs. I scolded them, and several of them cried. The more they cried, the stronger they became. I don't believe in tears, and I don't believe in hard work. I only believe in results. I don't believe in comfort either. I only have one thing: you must grow!

A child came here to study and was yelled at by me. Her mother was on the phone listening. Her mother was shocked, thinking, Why is this guy so angry and so blunt? That's right! I have a reason for yelling at people. If you yell without a reason, it's useless. I know what I'm doing. After being yelled at, the child went to work at her mother's shop. Before, she would put a bottle of mineral water in the freezer as if she were an aristocrat, moving in slow motion. Since being yelled at, the whole person has changed, her attitude towards learning has changed, her learning ability has improved, her demeanor while working has changed, and everything has started to change.

Once, her grandfather scolded her and she sat on the ground and cried. Now, her grandfather came to the shop and was surprised, How has this child changed so much? It was closely related to my scolding her. This is called dealing with the flesh! If you sow to the flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh! So, our church insists on God's word. Do you want comfort or correction? If you are smart, you will ask for correction. We have no comfort here! Some people pretend to be reluctant to leave the church, but we don't have the habit of keeping people. You don't need to pretend. We don't need to keep people. If you are willing to run this heavenly road, come and run with us. This is a road with extremely high rewards, and this is an extremely high rewarding choice!

There is nothing in this world with higher rewards! We never compromise, and we never try to please people. We don't pretend either! Should we try to please people today, or should we try to please God? Paul said:

Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. (Galatians 1:10)

So, brothers and sisters, we should imitate Paul. We only care about God, only care about God's word, only care about God's sayings. Christians, preachers, don't be those very wretched preachers, those comforting pastors, or those Christians who need comfort, who corrupt the word of God! Know that if we bear the cursed fruit, what you need isn't comfort, you need God's word! Listen if you enjoy it, and if you don't enjoy it, then suffer more. Those who falsely comfort you will say that illness is a disguised blessing. If you were offered that, would you want it? Can a pastor do that? So I don't do such things!

I've seen many very wretched preachers. Recently, a sister came. Her husband is a preacher. This sister told us that her husband would play video games and watch TV when he got home. You reap what you sow which is why his son was shot and killed overseas. During this pandemic, they can't even go there, so his son's body is stored in a freezer, waiting slowly. How heartbroken must he be! I also saw a pastor who had severe depression and was in extreme pain, and was fired by the church. How wretched and poor with depression. It is not bad for him not to have gotten cancer!

If you sow to the flesh, you will reap corruption; if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life! This is true for preachers, and it's true for Christians! God's standards have never been lowered. So how do we reach them? By faith and by the Holy Spirit! Today, I tell you, brothers and sisters, you reap what you sow. Maybe I will offend some people, but may God remember me and show me grace! I don't want to offend you. I really want you to get out of your problems!

Sow Seeds According to the Spirit, and You Will Reap Eternal Life from the Spirit!

The flesh and the Spirit are in conflict. Man is a fleshly being. The Spirit isn't fighting against evil spirits; the Spirit is fighting against the flesh. The Spirit vies with the flesh, and it's you and me in the middle. The fleshly nature within us is self-destructive, and it makes us choose to obey the flesh. The moment that we obey the flesh, we reap corruption, begetting sickness, poverty, troubles and all manner of other problems. If you make the wrong choice, choose to obey the flesh, you are sowing seeds according to the flesh. Today, I have an advice for you, which is to sow seeds according to the Spirit, and you will certainly reap eternal life from the Spirit, because the Spirit wants us to be able to obey him!

Just how difficult is it to obey the Spirit? In fact, obeying the Spirit is not difficult at all; it simply needs the will to do so! A fleshly man is the root of all problems. The logic of the fleshly man is so very reasonable and logical. The only thing which can allow us to be victorious over the flesh is the Spirit! No other method will bear any fruit. Whether you are circumcised, whether you abide by the rules and regulations, whether you eat or drink, whether you observe religious festivals or not are all useless! You must only rely on obeying the Spirit in faith, allowing the Spirit to operate within our lives. If you can be people rooted in the Spirit, you will certainly be able to overcome your flesh. This is good news!

So, the Holy Spirit will help us. The Book of Romans describes the flesh and the Spirit with perfect clarity. So, I am also giving you a complimentary advert for my book, an account of the scriptures in Romans, called “The Gospel is the Power of God”. You can go buy it; I think it’s particularly good. Today, the reason why Christianity has become so impotent is because of the characteristics of obeying the flesh. Why is it that the church will say that its members can only concentrate for fifteen minutes when listening to sermons? So they must change the sermon to only take fifteen minutes? That is to obey the flesh!

Today's churches obeying the flesh and pandering to it are a dime a dozen. The flesh will have some key traits such as either people think they are no good, and then when they encounter things they simply want to give up, they worry, are sad and discouraged, and think that whatever they do is completely fruitless; or they think they are very good, they do something and succeed, and begin to become very arrogant, and even walk differently. I have discovered that many people are like that; to put it unpleasantly, they are like hicks when they are no good, and like bosses when they do well. Either they are combative, or they are jealous and envious. A fleshly man has these types of features. Consequently, dealing with the flesh, sowing seeds according to the flesh and overcoming the evil deeds of the flesh is a very important spiritual dimension to our church’s work of pastoring!

Obey the Holy Spirit, and the great and mighty power of God will definitely help us! Pray in tongues in a large quantity, and you are certain to receive deliverance and release! Amongst us, there was a child who felt very uncomfortable all over, and simply succumbed to his flesh. If he sows according to the flesh, of course he will be uncomfortable! Once he starts reading or doing anything he feels uncomfortable, and he only likes to do what he finds pleasurable and enjoyable. But is he truly happy? No, he’s not! Later, I had his mother take out the cane of discipline and beat him. That cane of discipline is only a first step; the second step still needs to involve her bringing the child to pray in tongues. If we place such great importance on work, we will have no way to find deliverance, but if we take work as an excuse to test the state of that child, it is permissible and acceptable.

I think, what we most need today is to use the cane of discipline to subdue the flesh. After the flesh has been subdued, and we start praying in the spirit and receive deliverance and release, that person is certain to transform. Once a person is judged wholly on their actions, their faith will disappear. If faith disappears, what can a man do? They can do nothing at all. Man cannot do it, and they do not rely on God, and so it is to treat God with contempt. God is a good God; He is someone we can rely on. Today, we must know that we are no longer relying on man, but are relying on the Holy Spirit. If we are born through the power of the Holy Spirit, we must continue to conduct ourselves through the Holy Spirit.

Whatever we do, we must rely on the Holy Spirit from this day forward. No longer believing in the capabilities of our flesh, for the moment that man goes wholly to relying his power and capabilities as the foundation, they will enter the elementary learnings of the world, and it will be wholly fruitless. So, today, we are no longer following the tradition and theory of men, but are following the great power of the Holy Spirit. Only if we have faith, only if we are willing to follow, and no longer boast in our conduct, all things will become simple and easy.

Summary

If you discover today that the fruit you bear is not good, and you know that you have treated God with contempt, know that this is the case. If a person does not believe in the words of God, that is the greatest contempt. If a person uses any method apart from the Holy Spirit, it is to show disdain and contempt for God. What is it that people value in this day and age? If God tells us that a certain road will lead to a dead end, do you still want to walk down it? If God tells us that a certain road will lead to life, do you want to walk down it? If God tells us today that you are to live for God, and be someone with Mingding Destiny, will you still take a road that is wholly based on your own logic? Today, if we are unwilling to even dedicate time to God, will we be willing to commit our lives to Him? Do we truly think that working ourselves to the bone will solve our problems? It will not! Only one thing can solve our problems; and that is God. Today, do we value God above all else?

If a man thinks that he has given God enough reverence, and that he loves God, you would today look at the fruit that you have borne. Have the suffering that you have endured today been wholly futile? Galatians is written in that way. If the suffering you have endured stems from what you have sown, and you have sown it yourself, you must eat it yourself. You would today begin by making amends, putting God first and demonstrating Him reverence, and knowing that you have treated God with contempt, and that you do not have adequate reverence for Him. If you do not yourself possess these things, and yet you think that you do, and you in fact do not revere God but you think you do, and in fact do not love God, yet you claim to love Him, you must certainly undertake a lesson: God cannot be treated with contempt and irreverence. Today, if we do not treat God with contempt, we know that God is everything to us, should we be willing to live for God, should we be willing to give to God our whole lives wholly and completely? If you do not know that this is the most wise choice, I think you should be someone who shows to God nothing but utter contempt.

Today, if we combine this with last week’s teaching, we know that your will and your mind is continuously being renewed and transformed, and you would today experience this renewal in God, and tomorrow continue to experience this renewal in God, and continuously run directly along this road, you will certainly reach a wholly and completely victorious state: and it would be no longer I who lives, but Jesus Christ who lives within me. If you are today in Jesus Christ, you would tell yourself that you simply must be a new creation. Today, in Jesus Christ, we would only boast about the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, because by it, the world has been crucified to me, and I have been crucified to the world.

Whether we are circumcised or uncircumcised, whether we drink something or whether we take something into our mouths are all of no importance any more; what is important is to be a new creation constantly being renewed in Jesus Christ, and to not go and stop, go and stop. If you do not know that God is the one whom we must revere, this is a serious problem. Today, we should carry with us the marks of Jesus Christ, and we should be those who revere God, for our God is a good God, our God is our helper and our comforter. We are beginning to enter deeply into this road which has faith as its beginning: the great and mighty power of the Holy Spirit who is to reveal Himself and become that beautiful and special plan which is fulfilled by you; may God bless everyone.