The Power of Obedience and Faith

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Four thousand years ago, Jacob had a dream where he saw heaven opened. Later, in the time of Moses, when Moses built the Tabernacle of Jehovah, heaven truly opened. The glory of God descended. This was when God, through Moses, led the Israelites out of Egypt, the land of slavery. Arriving at Mount Sinai, God told Moses how to build a Tabernacle for Him. The entire Exodus, from chapters 25 to 40, details how to construct the Tabernacle. Moses dared not make any mistakes and built the Tabernacle exactly as God had revealed. This is what made Moses remarkable – his complete obedience to God's will. It wasn't Moses' understanding of mechanics or theological principles, but his obedience, his complete obedience. In Exodus chapter 40, verse 34, when the Tabernacle was completed, the glory of Jehovah God filled the Tabernacle! In that place, heaven opened! The glory of God descended. How does heaven open? By building the Tabernacle, building God's Temple, according to God's revelation, heaven will open. Isn't the Church the same? This happened 3,500 years ago!

Obedience and Revelation: Building a Church Filled with God's Glory

Another 500 years passed, reaching the time of David. God chose David, and David became a king after God's own heart. David yearned to build a Temple for God. As a result, God did something – He personally appeared to David, using His finger to draw out and make David understand how to build the Temple. Consequently, Solomon, according to what David had said, built the Temple entirely according to the blueprints God had revealed to David. After the construction was completed, the glory of God descended again and filled the Temple! 2nd Chronicles 7 says this: 2Ch 7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. 2Ch 7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house. 2Ch 7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

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1 Review of last Sunday's topic: Seeing Heaven Open!

Let's review last Sunday's topic: Seeing Heaven Open!

Four thousand years ago, Jacob had a dream, and that dream changed Jacob's life! He dreamt that heaven opened! In his dream, he saw angels ascending and descending on a ladder. Jehovah God stood at the top of the ladder. Jehovah God spoke to him from the top of the ladder. What did He say? He said, I am Jehovah, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, spreading out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you. If it were me at that time, I don't think I could have understood such words. Understand how? I, alone, fleeing to the wilderness to escape my brother's pursuit, penniless, how could I understand such words? It doesn't matter if you can't understand, what matters is knowing that these words are good! Jacob accepted such a promise by faith. As a result, he obtained this promise. This is precisely the key that the Bible wants you to know, which is faith! I greatly yearn for such words. These words are better than anything else! If one day, Jehovah God appeared to me in my dream and said such words to me, I would accept them with faith. What is impossible with man is possible with God! No need to understand, use faith.

The Church: The Gate of Heaven and the Source of Spiritual Authority

Today, four thousand years later, when we look at this passage again, it is of course clearer than what Jacob saw. Isn't that referring to Jesus Christ and His Church? That ladder is the body of Jesus Christ, and the body of Jesus Christ is the Church. God's messengers ascend and descend between heaven and earth through the Church. Thank the Lord, the Church is originally a divine organization that allows heaven to open. When Jacob woke up that time, he said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the gate of heaven, and this is the house of God! Jacob did not know that the Temple referred to the Church. But today we must know that it is the Church! In fact, God's true intention is the Church! The Church is the body of Jesus Christ, it is the Temple of God! It is where the Spirit of God dwells! Without our victorious Church today, there would be no miraculous testimonies among us. This is a mystery hidden from the ages, made manifest through Jesus Christ! This is far beyond what we can understand! The Church can allow heaven to open! Therefore, the Lord Jesus said that He would give the keys of the kingdom of heaven to the Church. This way, we can be victorious in the spiritual world. This can resist all attacks and corruption from the devil! Amen!

Why do people have so many problems? It is because the connection with heaven is broken, the connection with God is broken, and spiritual authority and power are lost! In fact, if we can open the gate of heaven today, all our problems will be readily solved! In our age, the devil's greatest deception is to make the Church lose its heavenly authority and power, making the Church a Church that cannot open the gates of heaven. Then, to attribute all the suffering from the devil in one's life as coming from God, describing our loving God as a cruel God. How much this generation needs a Church that opens heaven! How much we need a Church that takes up spiritual authority, removes the devil's lies, binds the devil's works, and releases the captive souls!

This is the revelation we have received from God! According to God's revelation in the Bible, not picking and choosing, but completely accepting the revelation of Church construction as stated in the Bible, as a result, God's power is greatly manifested among us. Those who come among us simply seeking God all see a miraculous transformation of life. Those who come among us seeking God's healing are all healed. Heaven has opened in this place for us! God's messengers ascend and descend among us. It used to happen only here. Later, even remotely! Truly God! When heaven opens, one sees miraculous transformations.

You may say, is it really true? I tell you, it is true. Come and see among us and you will know! All who come among us seeking God see miraculous transformations! These days, I have received several testimonies. I have published these testimonies in today's weekly. All of them are miraculous life transformations! Today I will not talk about these testimonies. Read the weekly yourself. If you are listening to the recording on the website, look at the written appendix below, where these testimonies are written.

If you want to experience these miraculous transformations, the Church is the way. The Church is the gate of heaven.

A pastor told me this, God's greatest desire is the Church! Do you know how much this sentence has influenced me? Since God's desire is the Church, then my desire must be the same as God's desire! From that day on, I told myself that my desire is to build a Church full of God's glory, a Church that can open the gates of heaven, a Church that can transform people's lives like the Lord Jesus! Thank the Lord, today, we see that heaven has opened in this place for us! God has given us the keys to the kingdom of heaven! Here, we bring down God's power, we bring people's problems to God, and we see the problems being solved!

Secrets to Building a Church That Opens the Gates of Heaven

Many people say, can believing in the Lord be eaten as rice? Can believing in the Lord be spent as money? If you have doubts in this regard, I want to tell you that if the Church opens the gates of heaven, then not only can it be eaten as rice, but it can be eaten very well! The key is to open the gates of heaven. The resources of heaven become our resources. Think about it, that angels can be dispatched by you, what power that is! Some Christians ask me, are the people in your Church so free? Can they take out so much time for Bible study, prayer, and attending meetings? Do they not have to work, study, do housework? I think to myself, why ask such a foolish question. I tell them that the brothers and sisters in our Church all came to the Church seeking the Lord on the verge of collapse, experiencing God's power, and transforming their lives! In the past, we were busy doing things, but we could never finish them in our lives, and we even busied ourselves with many problems that led to collapse. But because we have such a Church, they are all transformed and can live normal, dignified lives! Because there is God, because God is real, because God's power far exceeds the whole world, our problems disappear one by one, how can we not have time? Worshipping God is our life! We no longer live for housework, we no longer live for life, we all live for God! The key is that this way of living is much better than before! Therefore, the brothers and sisters in our Church all know that we cannot live without God, we cannot live without the Church, and then God makes us all have time!

If the gates of heaven were not opened for us, every time I see people on the verge of collapse coming to the Church, or see the brothers and sisters in our Church encountering great challenges, my heart would truly be broken! Because we can't do anything on our own. How much we need to see heaven open! Thank the Lord, we have seen the promise that the Lord Jesus told Nathanael is being fulfilled among us! If we had not experienced it ourselves, we would not dare to believe it! What we see is that one is transformed for everyone who comes! How much we desire that those who live under curses all come among us to seek God! A child was cheated by an intermediary, and the money was gone, and he returned to his country empty-handed. The pastor of his church in his country asked me to help him recover justice from the intermediary. I sighed – how sad it is that people do not know God. Is it not even more sad to know God and continue to live as if there were no God? Indeed, he takes time to work, saving all the time for meetings and prayer, but what is the result? Ecclesiastes 7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. Not only that, the end is also better than the process of the thing.

So how does the Church open the gates of heaven? How do we see God's angels ascending and descending? This is the key to building the Church. The key lies in: we must all build the Church according to God's revelation, completely according to God's revelation, in order to see heaven open!

Today, I want to share a topic with you: All these works were made clear to me in writing by the hand of the LORD.

This topic comes from a most classic sentence from King David's mouth three thousand years ago. This was revealed to me by God when I was praying some time ago. I have believed in the Lord for so many years, but I didn't even know there was such a sentence in the Bible!

2 Today's topic: All these works were made clear to me in writing by the hand of the LORD.

Why talk about this topic? Because all matters concerning Church building must be built according to what God has revealed. This is the key to opening the gates of heaven, experiencing heavenly spiritual blessings, and living out abundance and honor! We build the Church, which is building the Temple of God. Building the Temple of God means that the Spirit of God comes to dwell among us. If we want the Spirit of God to dwell among us, we must obtain God's revelation. Not only obtain revelation, but also build the Church according to all the revelations. In this way, we will see the glory of God!

Build the Church According to God's Revelation

Let's read today's scripture:

3 Today's scripture: 1 Chronicles 28:19

1Ch 28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.

4 Prayer – God-revealed prayer!

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Pray in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen!

5 The revelation of this scripture

The context of this scripture is this: 1 Chronicles 28:9-19. 1Ch 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 1Ch 28:10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. 1Ch 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, 1Ch 28:12 And the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: 1Ch 28:13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD. 1Ch 28:14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: 1Ch 28:15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for the lamps thereof, and the weight of gold for every candlestick; and for the candlesticks of silver weight, both for the candlesticks, and for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. 1Ch 28:16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 1Ch 28:17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver: 1Ch 28:18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 1Ch 28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.

Four thousand years ago, Jacob had a dream where he saw heaven opened. Later, in the time of Moses, when Moses built the Tabernacle of Jehovah, heaven truly opened. The glory of God descended. This was when God, through Moses, led the Israelites out of Egypt, the land of slavery. Arriving at Mount Sinai, God told Moses how to build a Tabernacle for Him. The entire Exodus, from chapters 25 to 40, details how to construct the Tabernacle. Moses dared not make any mistakes and built the Tabernacle exactly as God had directed. That was Moses' strength. Complete obedience to God's will. Not that Moses understood mechanical or theological principles. But that Moses obeyed, completely obeyed. In Exodus 40:34, when the Tabernacle was completed, the glory of Jehovah God filled the Tabernacle! In that place, heaven opened! God's glory descended. How does heaven open? By building the Tabernacle, building God's temple, according to God's revelation, heaven will open. Is that not the same with the church! This happened 3500 years ago!

Another 500 years passed. Reaching the time of David. God chose David, and David became a king after God's own heart. David yearned to build a Temple for God. As a result, God personally appeared to David, using His finger to draw out and make David understand how to build the Temple. Consequently, Solomon, according to what David had said, built the Temple entirely according to the blueprints God had revealed to David. After the construction was completed, the glory of God descended again and filled the Temple! 2nd Chronicles 7 says this: 2Ch 7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. 2Ch 7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house. 2Ch 7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

Four thousand years ago, Jacob had a glorious dream from God. Three thousand five hundred years ago, Moses built God's Tabernacle according to God's revelation to him on the mountain. Three thousand years ago, King Solomon built the Temple according to God's revelation to David. Each time, heaven opened! This was not because Moses and David understood mechanics, architecture, or any theology, but because of their complete obedience! With a heart of obedience, with a heart that loves God, these words are not difficult to fulfill!

This passage is a record of David building the Temple for Jehovah God. We build a house, and we don't ask the person who will live in it. We build it according to our own ideas. After the construction is completed, we say, come and live in it. Would that person live there? If it is to take in a homeless person, I think he would probably come to live there. If it is for the President of Singapore, I think he probably would not come to live there. If it were me, I would not go to live there either. It is not built according to my ideas at all; it is not what I like. How would I live there? We build God's Temple, and we must build it according to God's will.

Our God is the greatest designer. He is the greatest engineer. He is the greatest scientist and mathematician. Our God is a living God! Not only does He design Himself, but He also provides all the resources that are needed. Why do we need to build it? Because God wants us to share His glory. God wants to manifest His glory among us. Without us, God can still build anything Himself. He does not need people to do anything. He Himself instead gives breath and life to people. Brothers and sisters, I hope that everyone has this vision. We build the Temple, and God will personally reveal, personally lead, and personally provide all the resources that are needed! When we work with God, building according to God's revelation, what we see is a Church full of God's glory! Anyone with problems, possessed by demons, or with illnesses will be solved and healed! Because this Temple is the Temple where God's Holy Spirit dwells.

In the Bible, the figures after God’s heart, whether it's Moses, David, Elijah, or the Lord Jesus in the New Testament, or the Apostle Paul, what I see is not their learning, but their obedience! Complete obedience to God's revelation! As a result, they all became people who opened the gates of heaven! They are all people who saw heaven open!

Today, the generation we live in is a generation that most needs a Church that opens the gates of heaven. There are too many unsolvable problems that need God! A believer in the Lord contacted me online. She added me as her friend. She told me, Pastor, go see that group. Why are those who believe in the Lord so full of suffering? I am actually in such a group myself. There are nearly 1000 people in the group. I think the group leader is also very impressive. He was able to put together such a large QQ group. What is shared inside are all Christians with many problems. I feel very sad. How much this generation needs a Church that opens the gates of heaven! How much we need a Church full of God's glory! How much I yearn for these people's problems to know the secrets revealed in the Bible!

Trusting in All the Words from God's Mouth: Establishing a Complete Foundation of Faith

These people's problems and suffering remind me that between 2008 and 2010, I also built a church, but there was no glory of God. Not only was there no glory of God, but I also paid a heavy price for it. But today I want to tell everyone that at that time I was a good person. I built a church, I spent money, I put in effort, I served, and I spared no effort. But the suffering I endured had no glory of God. I was very surprised. Why is the church I built so different from the church in the Bible! At that time, I did not know that the problem was with me. I even thought I was the Job of our time. In fact, it was not. I did not build God's Church according to God's revelation, just like David and Moses, completely according to God's revelation! Think about it, the owner is God. If I don't build God's Temple according to God's will, how will God come to dwell in it? Originally, building a Church, which is the Temple of God, requires building according to God's revelation. Every aspect of the work must be built according to what God has revealed. If we build in this way, God is faithful, God's promises are faithful, and God's glory will fill us, and those who come among us with problems and call upon God will see their prayers answered, and they will see their problems readily solved! Even for a Christian with cancer, or a Christian with late-stage liver disease, God's mighty arm has never been shortened so that He cannot heal!

6 Obey “All the Words” that God Commands - Establish a Concept of Complete Gospel

From the creation of the world, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, David, and even Paul later, are all models of obedience to God. It is not just that some people listen to God's words and some people don't. What is recorded in the Bible, or what God personally reveals, some are wanted and some are not. The God they believe in is a complete God. He is not only a God who tests us and tries us, but also a God who heals us, blesses us, and bears our sorrows. Today, I want to give everyone a concept, which is that if you believe in the Lord, believe in all the words from God's mouth! Never believe some and not believe others. Believe what you can believe and not believe what you cannot believe. It is not like that. It is to believe in all the words from God's mouth! The Lord Jesus said this in the Gospel of Luke: Luk 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Open your Bible, and underline the word every! That is everything. Not half. If you are experiencing unbearable suffering, perhaps you are the Job of our time. But there is more evidence to prove that you are not Job. What you are suffering is not because God wants you to suffer, but because what you believe in is not the complete gospel. The word of God that you believe in is only half of God's word. It is not that there is a problem with God's faithfulness, it is that there is a problem with the foundation of your faith.

Let me give you an analogy. Someone wants to buy a plane, and they want to buy a complete plane. If you tell the seller, I only want this, not the engine, then what you are buying is just a powerless model. If you don't want wings, how can it fly? Even if it can fly into the sky, what you are buying is a cannonball, and when it falls, it is a big bomb. It is the same with buying a plane, a car, or a house. What you need is a complete one. Believing in the Lord Jesus and only selectively believing in God's word is a disastrous faith! You must believe in all the words from God's mouth! Not picking and choosing to believe! If you specifically choose to believe in those things God does not heal, how can your illness be healed? If you specifically choose to believe in the experience of the righteous Job suffering, completely disbelieving that God also transformed Job's life and blessed Job, then how can you not suffer these sufferings! Building the Temple for God, today we are building the Church, all relying on every word from God's mouth!

Tell the person next to you: You must believe in every word from God's mouth! There are so many examples of this in the Bible.

Abiding by All the Words of God: Establishing a Complete Faith and Church

Take Joshua as an example, Jos 1:7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

One of the most frequently used phrases by Moses in Deuteronomy is all. What a crucial revelation it is! Deu 28:58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name—the Lord your God— (If someone often experiences great and prolonged disasters, and severe and lasting illnesses, shouldn't they reflect on the word all?) Deu 28:15 However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you: Deu 28:16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. Deu 28:1 If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. Deu 26:18-19 The Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. Deu 26:19 And he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised. Deu 27:1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: Keep all these commands that I give you today. Deu 15:4 However, there should be no poor among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. - Have you seen the word of God? There should be no poor among us! What a wonderful word! Deu 12:28 Be careful to obey all these regulations I am giving you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God. Deu 29:29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

The New Testament echoes this sentiment. Jhn 14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Jhn 5:19-20 Jesus gave them this answer: Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. Jhn 5:20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.

Brothers and sisters, we are merely stewards; God is the master. We are just CEOs, but God is the Chairman of the Board. We are sons, but God is the Father! We must act according to God's revelation!

7 The key is to act according to all the words that God has revealed, without subtracting or adding anything.

A gospel that has been subtracted from is not the gospel. A church that preaches a subtracted gospel is not a church.

The Essence of the Church: The Dwelling Place of God's Spirit

What is a church? On the Sunday, a Christian came to us who was oppressed by a spirit of death. She had a severe stomach ailment and suffered greatly from stomach pain every night. She worked full-time in the administration of one church and attended services at another. Yet, she did not seek prayer from her own pastor but insisted on staying for us to pray for her because her church did not cast out demons. This made me wonder, what kind of church is that? As we prayed, the demon within her began to cry out. I realized she had received many incorrect teachings, completely out of line with Scripture. I asked her, What is a church? She replied, A group of people gathered in the name of the Lord Jesus is a church. Is that really a church? No! So, what is a church? A church is a group of people building according to God's revealed pattern, to become a dwelling place for the Spirit of God. Only when the Spirit of God dwells within it, is it truly a church. A group of people gathered in the name of the Lord Jesus, but without the Spirit of God dwelling within, is not a church. The church is the temple of God, the body of Jesus Christ, and the Spirit of God must dwell within. When the Spirit of God dwells, He manifests His power! So, why would the Spirit of God not be present when a group gathers in the name of Jesus? It turns out that, although they gather in the name of Jesus, it is only nominally so. In reality, they are not building the church according to God's revelation! The problem is serious indeed! Only by building the church according to God's revelation will the Spirit of God come to dwell! Do not argue with me; this is the most crucial lesson I have learned.

Deu 12:32 See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

Rev 22:18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book. Rev 22:19 And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this book.

Deu 13:1 If a prophet, or one who claims to divine dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder, Deu 13:2 and if the sign or wonder spoken of takes place, and the prophet says, Let us follow other gods (gods you have not known) and let us worship them, Deu 13:3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. Deu 13:4 It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.

Everything recorded in the Bible, we must adhere to – maintain the integrity of the Gospel.

Why does God perform such wonders among us?

This word is not too difficult for you; it is in your heart and in your mouth.

Deu 30:11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. Deu 30:12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?' Deu 30:13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?' Deu 30:14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

Building According to God's Revelation: The Promise of Victory

Recently, a phrase has been constantly on my lips. Deuteronomy 6:7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deu 6:8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Deu 6:9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. - Some who lack faith will say, If we do this, will we still work? But if you are truly committed, you will. Deu 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Deu 6:5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deu 6:6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

God is an unchanging God. Recently, a preacher shared with me online that our gospel must keep up with the times! The times have changed, so our gospel must also change! I thought, isn't God an unchanging God? Heaven and earth will pass away, but God's word will endure forever, didn't the Lord Jesus say this? It is not God who changes, but we who must change! No matter how the times change, we must hold fast to the unchanging God! A 500,000-ton or 1,000,000-ton aircraft carrier, sailing at full speed. Night, no moon, no stars, pitch black ahead. Signal, you change course. The response, you change course. The aircraft carrier signals again, you must change course, I am the United States Navy Fleet! The reply, you must change course, I am a reef! Even if you are the navy from heaven, if you do not change course and crash into the reef, who is to blame? Is it not for one's own failure to change, insisting on believing in the Lord according to one's own will, and going one's own way? God Himself has never changed; we must obey God's word! How can those who preach a changed gospel escape being cursed! Having been cursed, contracted cancer, and experienced those sufferings, instead of reflecting and repenting for the changed gospel they believe in, using God's word to illuminate themselves, they still defend themselves. What is the point?

8 Conclusion: Building according to God's revelation, completely according to God's word, we will surely receive the promise of victory!

God’s Promises and the Blessings of Obedience

1Ch 17:3 That night the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 1Ch 17:4 Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in. 1Ch 17:5 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved from one tent site to another, from one dwelling to another. 1Ch 17:6 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders whom I commanded to shepherd my people, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?' 1Ch 17:7 Now then, tell my servant David, 'This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. 1Ch 17:8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men on earth. 1Ch 17:9 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning 1Ch 17:10 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. 'I declare to you that the Lord will build a house for you: 1Ch 17:11 When your days are over and you go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 1Ch 17:12 He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. 1Ch 17:13 I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor. 1Ch 17:14 I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever.' 1Ch 17:15 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.

May the promises God gave to David, through our complete adherence to God's revelation, obedience to God's word, and building of a holy and unified elite church, be fulfilled in us as well!

Tell the person next to you: Wherever you go, God is always with you, cutting off all your enemies!

The following testimonies were mentioned during the sermon. Please refer to them.

Testimony sent from a distance – Sister WH

Finding a job: - After attending the church's Sunday worship for the first time six weeks ago, my thoughts and concepts were changed. I transitioned from the confused idea of preparing for postgraduate studies to the idea of finding a job. Thanks to the Lord, I have received many interview opportunities in these six weeks, and the interviews have been very smooth. In this process, I have gained more and more understanding of the industry I am about to enter – my major is almost completely unrelated to the direction of my job search, and yet I have received three offers, two of which are very good, and the offer I received actually in both the job content and salary better than I could have imagined.. Thank the Lord!

Menstrual pain healed: - After praying and the symptoms of stomach illness and fear of cold gradually disappearing, the menstrual pain that had lasted for 10 years quietly disappeared. After praying and rebuking the spirit of Satan to leave in the name of the Lord Jesus, the pain in my back and shoulders was also relieved.

Discomfort caused by humidity healed: - Symptoms of headache, head distension, fatigue, and tiredness caused by the humid weather in Guangxi which resembled a cold were overcome through prayer and winning the battle under the leadership of the pastor, and my health and mental state were restored. At the same time, negative emotions were also eliminated.

Witnessing God’s grace and the power of healing

Insomnia and nightmares: - I have had trouble sleeping since I was very young. Insomnia became very serious in middle school. I almost dropped out of graduate school due to insomnia. Not only do I have trouble falling asleep, the quality of sleep is also poor, and I often have nightmares. When I first joined the church, my sleep improved a lot. However, I still occasionally wake up in the middle of the night with nightmares. After waking up and praying to rebuke the spirit of death to leave, I fell asleep peacefully, and my mental state has improved a lot.

(Note: Sister WH is still undergoing healing and deliverance. We believe that no matter how many times any disease in her body recurs, the healing of the Lord Jesus will surely be fulfilled in her. Please remember her in your prayers.)

Testimony sent from a distance – Sister YL

Thank the Lord, everyone. My name is YL, a student studying in France. The following is a testimony of my experience of God's grace. Thank the Lord's grace. I contacted Sister YX online, and under the leadership of Sister YX, I started a life of experiencing the grace of the Lord Jesus. I know this is the Lord Jesus leading me to encounter a church with the Lord Jesus present. Although I have only been participating in this church online for a short two or three weeks, I have begun to see how real the blessings of a church with God are. Thank the Lord. Although there is a seven-hour time difference, this cannot prevent me from experiencing the grace of God in the church.

I was fired in early March. In mid-March, I started calling my boss to urge him to pay my salary. The boss kept dragging his feet and didn't want to pay. Finally, on March 23, I worshiped with the pastor and prayed in the spirit for three hours continuously and was filled with power. I also talked to the pastor on the way to collect my salary, and I also prayed along the way, but my heart was still pounding.

When I arrived, I greeted the boss, but he didn't say a word and walked straight to the end of the corridor to get a file bag, gave me a few pieces of paper, and then asked me to sign a receipt. When I saw that he didn't want to give me the money for the short-term contract subsidy, I said that I couldn't sign because this was a receipt for receiving the short-term contract subsidy, and I could only sign if I received this money.

Moreover, I now need to provide monthly bank statements and monthly salary details to apply for housing subsidies and medical subsidies. The application materials for housing subsidies must include details of the salary received. He repeatedly went back and forth over this issue, saying that the law teacher also taught us about contract law during this time. Later, he couldn't understand, and then thank God he confusedly filled out the check for the subsidy.

In previous years, student workers would never receive the short-term contract subsidies; employers would always pocket it. After filling out the check, I said to him, What about my salary for this month?” He got angry and said, Didn't I just fill out a check for you? I even gave you an extra hundred euros! I said that was a subsidy for a short-term contract, and then went through the matter of applying for housing subsidies and medical subsidies again. Then he said, Okay, okay, I'll give it to you. Then give me back the signed paper. In the end, I received 135 euros in salary and 258.20 euros in contract subsidies. Thank the Lord! Thank the Lord! Hallelujah! I took out 50 euros to dedicate to the Lord! It may not be much, but once I receive the housing subsidy, I will take out 10% of the subsidy to offer to the Lord. Thank the Lord for giving me wonderful grace! Hallelujah