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【Sermon】Warfare Series 5: Matters Not Worth Bothering About

2021-02-28 17,270 Warfare Series Holy Spirit Spiritual Disciplines Glory Exorcism Deliverance Offense

Introduction

The topic I am sharing with you today gave me a little struggle. I was considering whether to use Care and Don't Care or Mind and Don't Mind as my title. Although I am talking about not caring, why didn't I choose Care and Don't Care? Because I couldn't find a suitable scripture in the 《Holy Bible》, so I finally settled on the title Things Not Worth Caring About. What a person minds or doesn't mind in this life; what they care about or don't care about, actually directs their entire life.

Different people care about different things. Recently, one of our pastors ministered to a sister. This sister used to suffer from depression, but was later delivered among us. After being delivered, her life's journey had just begun, but I heard she hasn't been doing so well recently.

When our pastor ministered to this sister, her language was very offensive. Our pastor said, According to my previous temper, I definitely wouldn't care about her; she could do whatever she wanted. But this time, when offended, this pastor chose not to care about being offended, and as a result, the spirit of the dragon began to manifest. After casting out the spirit of the dragon, this sister was delivered.

Actually, it wasn't this sister who gained the most, but our pastor. Because she found the secret, which is to mind and not mind, to care and not care. If I mind what people say, my emotions will be stimulated. If I choose not to care, I will only do one thing, which is to wipe out the evil spirit behind it, and as a result, the demon will be cast out.

So the offended reaction within you determines the effectiveness of your ministry. Your ability to cast out demons depends on your spiritual height. Whether you are offended or not is actually a concrete reaction of a person's height. So casting out demons, especially those like dragons and old horses, really requires spiritual height.

Many capable people are those who can be offended. But some people of very low level cannot be offended. Like me, a high-level intellectual, if you offend me, just offend me, I don't care. But my older and younger cousins, who grew up in the countryside, cannot be offended; once offended, they will fight.

After this incident, this pastor told me, Teacher, I finally understand why you can deliver all kinds of people; it turns out the things inside you are too powerful, you simply don't mind what people say! Of course, I can deliver all kinds of people oppressed by demons because I don't mind being offended.

There are several ways people react when offended: for example, when a gorilla is offended, it clenches its fists and pounds its chest. When a monkey is offended, its face turns red, its eyes bulge, and it scratches its ears and cheeks with both hands. When a chimpanzee is offended, it goes crazy, raises both hands above its head, and starts throwing things around. Some people, when offended, smash their heads with their fists; I call these people yellow chimpanzees. And some people, who are fair-skinned, express all kinds of emotions when offended; I call these people white chimpanzees. Although they are not chimpanzees, but humans, they behave like chimpanzees for that short period of time when offended. The reason is that they haven't evolved well, they lack knowledge.

So what people care about is where they can be offended. You will be offended by what you care about. For example, if a dog has a bone in its mouth, and you try to snatch it, it will bare its teeth at you. If many things for us are matters not worth caring about, you will not be offended, and your joy cannot be taken away. Today, let's all think about what exactly you care about.

If we regard the things of the world as matters not worth caring about, such as money being taken away, things being taken away, people taking advantage of us, people giving us a look, a bad attitude, etc., if we regard them all as matters not worth caring about, then wouldn't no one be able to take away your joy? What you mind, what you care about, determines your spiritual height. The reason I am not offended is that I don't care about many things; I only care about one thing, which is the crown of glory that God has prepared for me in eternity.

Some time ago, I ministered to a sister. When I communicated with her, I found that she could care about the things that those ignorant old women care about. For example, if her husband closed the door a bit louder, she would think he was slamming the door; if her husband taught her something a bit louder, she would think he was looking down on her. People were helping her solve problems, but she saw despair in their eyes. The key is that I didn't even see it, but she could see these strange things. This matter is very strange. Why can people see this, hear that? If a person's head is like a walnut kernel and their heart is like a peanut, what they see will all be particularly corrupt things.

Foolish people see different things from wise people. If all you see are particularly corrupt things, haven't you become a foolish person? No matter what, you must know that people must learn to be wise. How can you be a wise person? The first thing is to stop caring about face. Being offended, being deceived, being mistreated, being whipped, isn't that how our Lord Jesus came? You didn't see Jesus saying, Why are you treating me like this? If you want to cast out demons, if you don't have a little spiritual height, this matter really won't work. So wise people have high emotional intelligence.

A preacher’s emotional intelligence must be high! A preacher must be an elevated person, this takes practice! Thank God, after my ministry, this sister has been joyful these past few days, singing little songs and humming tunes, very happy, because she has become wise. But if all you do is hear people saying this, see people with that expression, like a loser, nothing yourself, and still demand that people have to look up to you, then that's trouble.

But if we are elevated people, people offend us, deceive us, mistreat us, give us this look, give us that tone, or even slam the door at us, we don't care. If you care like a loser, wouldn't you be in extreme pain?

Why don't these elevated people care? Because elevated people pursue eternal glory. Is this eternal glory real? It is real!

Scripture

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (《Romans》8:18)

Prayer

God, please illuminate us with your word, let us care less and less about the things inside us, and care more and more about the things we don't care about. Let us see through all the things of this world, let us pursue the crown of glory you have prepared for us in eternity in this world, let us become vessels that manifest your glory in this world. May we trample on the enemy, may we be a victorious people for you in this world, releasing the captives, releasing the oppressed, may we be able to manifest your power when we fight against evil spirits, become your victorious people, let the captives be released, and the oppressed be freed, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

Scripture Background

The background of this passage is actually linking the past and the future. Because before Romans 8:18, it talks about the battle between the flesh and the spirit within a person, that is to say, there are two people in a person, one is the carnal you, and the other is the spiritual you.

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. (《Romans》7:18-20)

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? (《Romans》7:24)

The battle within a person is really hard. Even if the spirit within a person is willing, the flesh has another choice. This is why the result of a person's life is not good.

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. (《Romans》8:6-7)

This passage is talking about spiritual warfare. Actually, casting out demons is not a very difficult thing, but putting the flesh to death is a more difficult thing, because people all walk according to their own flesh. Have you all seen 《Investiture of the Gods》? We all thought it was a war in the spiritual realm, because Shen Gongbao and Jiang Ziya were all playing spiritual magic. But in essence, it is not a battle in the heavens, but a battle in the heart of King Zhou of Shang.

The battle in people's hearts is in the heart of a foolish monarch. If he chooses to live according to the flesh, the nation's politics will be abandoned, which also determines the battle in the heavens. So it is also described in the 《Holy Bible》, what we experience in our lives is dealing with the body subject to death, which is a very difficult thing. Some people have to look for trouble when they are alive, and some people have to look for unhappiness and things that are not joyful. People have to care about those petty things, and as a result, they are disturbed badly.

In fact, a person's life depends on what you care about and what you don't care about. If a person cares about these things in the world, will they really get good results? By caring about these things in the world, all that is gained is corruption. In fact, when the flesh and the spirit are fighting within us, the examples of the flesh winning are everywhere. The way demons work is through the desires of our flesh, letting us do these things according to our likes.

Today, when you are listening to my sermon, you will find that the result of our lives depends entirely on our own choices. Some people think they can't see demons, so there are no demons in this world. Actually, no, demons work through our internal reactions. Demons live in people's bodies, just like sugar dissolving in water to become sugar water. You don't even know that there are demons living in you, but the choices you make are made by the demons and you together.

Many people only think about making money before making decisions, forgetting that there is also the possibility of losing money, and they get trapped all at once. Therefore, brothers and sisters, you must know that the way demons work is to make choices according to the desires of our flesh. So dealing with our internal likes and dislikes, dealing with the things we care about is the key.

Why do some people need to go back and forth for a long time to cast out a demon? Because of the feeling of obeying the flesh within a person. It is important to cast out demons in one’s life, but it is more important to put to death the passions and desires of the flesh. Why do I say this passage is very important? Because the situation described earlier is a portrayal of a person's life, what exactly is the answer? The answer is that our God has prepared salvation. The gospel of Jesus Christ is closely related to casting out demons, and the core work of Jesus Christ is to release people from the oppression of evil spirits.

When we minister, we often distinguish very clearly which sentence is spoken by the person and which sentence is spoken by the demon. If the demon says a few offensive words, we can cast out the demon as long as we don't care. It is essential to cast out demons in Jesus Christ, that is, in the church of Jesus Christ, because the church is the body of Jesus Christ. There is no condemnation in Jesus Christ, and the demon becomes an illegal resident in us. Why is it so important to build a glorious church? It is because casting out demons must be in Jesus Christ. The reason there is no condemnation is because Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins by dying on the cross for us. The passage that links the past and the future is in Romans 8:18:

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. (《Romans》8:18)

Don't think that suffering is the suffering of being tormented by demons; suffering is the suffering we endure in the process of putting the flesh to death. Putting the flesh to death is done step by step. If people are led by the things of the flesh, and live according to the flesh, it is a tragedy; living according to the Spirit is life and peace. All the tragedies in the world come from this. If people obey the flesh, they will definitely invite demons to do corrupting work on their bodies.

Many things in our world are not worth caring about, because many sufferings in the world are the result of obeying the flesh. From today on, we will no longer care about the things of the world. Because we have a glorious hope, and it is not worth comparing with the crown of glory we will receive in the future. Just like farmers planting seeds in the spring, it doesn't matter if they suffer a little, when they harvest in the autumn, they will get everything, which is mainly because we have received the title of sons of God.

We Chinese call the emperor the Son of Heaven. We are the sons of God, isn't this a very noble and glorious title? It’s alright for us to have some suffering in battles, we will eventually enjoy the noble glory of the children of God. Some time ago, I spoke about the redemption of the body, and this passage is also talking about the redemption of our bodies. Our mortal bodies live in the logical system of this world, it is because of the title of the son of Jesus Christ that our bodies can be redeemed.

Some time ago, I gave a sermon entitled I do not run like one running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. But I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave. Our lack of concern is actually for victory:

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (《Romans》8:31-35、37)

This is a declaration of victory. Brothers and sisters, in our spiritual warfare, victory is inevitable, as long as we choose to obey the Holy Spirit and constantly deal with the things we care about, victory is not difficult. If we care about many things in the world, we are asking for destruction. We must gain wisdom, become elevated people, and become people who have received the title of the Son of God, that is, the title of the Son of Heaven.

It's so good to have God! As we move forward step by step with victory, we will gradually understand what 《Romans》chapters 7 and 8 are talking about. After listening to this passage, do you still care about those things? If we don't care, victory is certain. So starting today, let's get rid of the things we care about. I know a person, whose head is like a walnut kernel, and his heart is as small as a peanut. This person lives in the United States. One day, the neighbor next door swept snow onto their property, and as a result, he picked up a gun and killed the neighbor next door, and then committed suicide himself.

You say, how can this person have such a bad temper? In fact, in this world, wherever you go, there are such narrow-minded people, with heads like walnut kernels and hearts like peanuts. I said peanuts, that's a compliment to him, it's more likely sesame seeds or mung beans. So everyone must know that the more you care about, the narrower your mind will be, the more you care about, the more you will be controlled, so do you still care about those things, do you still care about those things?

What You Care About Determines Whether Your Life is a Tragedy

I have two cousins, one older and one younger. One day, these two went to visit my uncle's grave. When they got there, the older cousin took out a pack of cigarettes and placed it on the grave, saying, Dad, I bought you a pack of cigarettes. This pack of cigarettes was not actually bought by him, he just brought it, but the younger cousin didn't like that, farmers care about these things, it's a peanut-sized heart. You say, Let him bring it, let him buy it, why do you care so much? So the two brothers started fighting at the grave.

The younger cousin said that the cigarettes were not bought by the older cousin, and the older cousin said that he did buy the cigarettes. Is this important? It is not important. After I heard about it, I thought, What is this person living for? Later, someone in the village got married, and these two brothers were invited to the wedding. When they were halfway through drinking, the younger cousin smashed the wine bottle and wanted to settle the score with the older cousin. As a result, these two brothers started fighting at the wedding again. Many people live in the tragedy directed by the devil. Why do you care about these things? Isn't it better to live happily? Why do you have to look for trouble!

Recently, I heard the story of a sister, and it was simply a tragedy. Her husband's family, one after another, got cancer, and her side was the same. Her mother also got cancer. Alas, there were so many things directed by evil spirits. People in the world are all like this, hoping that their children will complete the most important event in their lives, which is marriage. This sister was very filial. In order to fulfill her mother's wish and let the old woman see the third generation, she got married in a hurry.

Not long after, her mother died. Later, she had a child. This child started getting sick a few days after birth, with meningitis, pleurisy, and eventually, all the money was given to the hospital. When she was young, she went to a temple with her family for fortune-telling. The abbot in the temple said: Your opportunity has not yet arrived. In fact, she has been looking for an expert, and today I can say that she has found an enlightened expert. What Dao has she attained? It is the Dao of caring and not caring, of minding and not minding.

The consequences of indulging the flesh are far-reaching. People perish for lack of knowledge. When people care about one thing, it leads to ten things happening. She chose to get married and have children to comfort her mother, but does this really have an effect? It has no effect at all, and it leads to the occurrence of ten other things. Isn't this upsetting? The more you care about things in this world, the worse things get. The abbot in the temple told her that her opportunity had not yet arrived, and when the opportunity arrives, she will meet an expert. Today, she has met an expert who casts out demons. What does this expert look like? He has a look of not caring.

We are all people from heaven, and there are crowns of glory reserved for us in eternity. We exercise heavenly authority on earth. When we think of the glory that God has prepared for us, many things on this earth are not worth caring about. If we are offended, so be it; if we suffer losses, so be it, it doesn't matter! However, the result of living is the glorious freedom of the children of God. Do you want to live out the glorious freedom of the children of God? What is the glorious freedom like? It is like being a noble prince.

Brothers and sisters, know that these are days of release. We must put down the things we care about and the things we don't care about, and begin to recognize the essence of living. We must know that the more we care and mind, the worse things get, because the spiritual realm manipulates our lives in this way. If we no longer care about many things, the things of the spiritual realm can no longer control us. Our life is our God's, our God directs our life in us, and it is a life that manifests His glory, a life of being a noble prince.

Brothers and sisters, know that the tragedy of a person's life lies entirely in the things they care about and do not care about. What exactly do we care about today? Ask yourself carefully, are we also living in tragedy? Maybe I don't describe these tragedies as so tragic, but those who live in them are truly tragic. I saw some people writing about the problems in our 101 course, and the stories they wrote could be made into movies.

Since the way people live their lives is like this, what should we do? We should recognize that it is the result of minding and not minding. Then how should we live? I tell you, obey God's word. God is the God who dwells in the highest heaven. He knows best how people can live out the glorious image of God, and live out glory, honor, and power.

Just like when we meet an expert, we may not understand what the expert is pointing out to us, but after listening to it, do you believe it or not? Because we are in a lower position, sometimes we really don't understand. But if you believe in the guidance that God has given you and you are willing to obey, you will definitely live well, because I am a concrete example of someone who has obeyed God's word to this day. It is really good to live this way. If you live according to God's word, you will definitely be able to live out God's glory, live out God's honor, and live out God's power. So today, casting out demons is not靠着anything else, but靠着the power of God.

The Holy Spirit Helps Our Weaknesses

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. (Romans 8:26)

The Holy Spirit helps our weaknesses. Although we have a body of death, today we have met Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ has already justified us, because we are no longer condemned in Jesus Christ. Then God will send His Holy Spirit to help us, so that we can gradually overcome those things that we care about.

Until one day, we no longer care about many things. Those things that we cared about before are not important compared to the glory that will be revealed to us in the future. This is not revealed after we die, but it is revealed when we are alive, which is so wonderful! Suddenly, we seem to see hope in this darkness, and we see solutions to those major problems in our lives and those previously unsolvable problems. Today, they are all solved!

Thank God, the sister I mentioned earlier, in just a day or two, after our pastors ministered to her, she began to receive hope. She left me a message online, saying that she was very excited to see the scriptures of the Church of Victory on the website. After receiving my voice message, she said, yes, choice is the most important. She suddenly understood.

Maybe after we understand today, we will still go back and forth on those issues, which is normal. It doesn't matter, the Holy Spirit helps our weaknesses. In fact, we often suddenly care about those unimportant things again, and suddenly we can't control ourselves, and our temper flares up again. It doesn't matter, our God is still the God who gives us victory and justifies us, and the devil is still illegal in us!

Today, we rely on Jesus Christ to begin to overcome step by step. In this process, we grow like an infant. We grow from an infant to a child, from a child to a teenager, from a teenager to an adult, and eventually become like the Son of God. When we are still infants, if we do not rely on God's Spirit to help us, who do we rely on? We are extremely weak, sometimes even so weak that we are like infants who cannot take care of themselves. But isn't this how infants grow up, with their parents taking care of their bowel movements? That's okay because he's an infant.

After growing up to be a child, is it no longer necessary for parents to protect them? It is necessary. Our God sends the Holy Spirit to look after us, just like parents look after us, so that we grow from infants to children, children to teenagers, and teenagers to adults, until we receive the title of son. Why is a child not a son? A child must grow up to become a son before he can inherit the inheritance!

Then, in this process of growing up, the things we care about are constantly changing. The things we used to care about, we don't care about so much now; we care more and more about God, and less and less about people, and we imitate Jesus Christ. So we are overcoming靠着the Holy Spirit every day, and we must practice overcoming every day, and we must practice putting to death the deeds of the body.

I think we should never have a zero-sum concept today. People grow up step by step from infancy. Anything related to life does not grow in leaps and bounds, but grows step by step. Although we are still very weak people, it doesn't matter, the Holy Spirit will help us to grow, to put to death the deeds of the body step by step, to cast out demons step by step, so that we can constantly recover lost ground and constantly receive God's promises.

We must know that connection in the church is essential, because the Bible describes it as being in Jesus Christ. Being in Jesus Christ is being in the church of Jesus Christ. So many times we must be careful not to believe lies. For example, you have to resist with faith! Then you slowly resist at home. Gradually you will know that kind of resistance is ineffective.

The devil will not run away just because you resist with faith. On the contrary, because you are in the church, and the brothers and sisters are closely connected with your pastor, the devil will be resisted, and the devil will be cast out. The devil does not run away automatically, it must be cast out. Who drove it out? Driven out by your pastors, even your pastor's pastors. Our connection in the church is in a relationship of loving one another, and it is in this process of casting out demons that we embody our relationship of loving one another, which is the church of God!

Are you still afraid today? Are you still weak? Don't be afraid anymore, because the Holy Spirit helps our weaknesses. Our weaknesses are not a problem in the first place. Our God has long prepared to help us in our weaknesses. When we are weak, we will make it through靠着God's Spirit until we grow into adulthood and are full of the stature of Jesus Christ.

All Things Work Together for Good to Those Who Love God

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)

Sometimes when we overcome, we benefit; sometimes when we fail, we also benefit, because we choose to love God in our hearts, and we choose to obey the Holy Spirit in our hearts. Then some people say: Alas, I can't choose! Whether you can choose or not, that is your zao hua or destiny. No one can take away your choice. People either choose to love the world and the things in the world, or they choose to love God.

If a person makes a smart choice, you will find that if you love the world, the world will pierce you with sorrow, and then you will continue to love the world, and the world will continue to pierce you with sorrow. What's the point? It doesn't make sense. Then how stupid do you have to be! As stupid as two worms? The word 蠢 - chun (stupid) has two worms underneath. Humanity invented this word very well.

If we love God, we will be very happy inside, because these things in the world can no longer hurt us, and we don't care anymore. For the sake of this crown of glory, for the glory that God will show us, when we become the children of God, grow to the full stature of Jesus Christ, and show the glory of God, we can see God's beautiful will in us, is that not the smartest choice?

Therefore, you better let God direct your life, and all things will become our lessons. Victory is our lesson, and failure is also our lesson. Although we learn more lessons in times of failure, it doesn't matter, the Holy Spirit will definitely help us choose to love God. Choosing to love God is not for any other reason, it is just a choice.

Sometimes we find that the devil is in us, and it is difficult for us to choose to love God. Actually, it's not that, it's that the devil is in us, causing us to obey the devil's thoughts and the thoughts of the flesh. But in the depths of our spirits, we know that the choice we make is enough. It doesn't necessarily have to be done, just the choice in our hearts is enough. In fact, no one can take away your choice. What is the result? It is to cause those who love God to benefit.

You will find that with the help of the Holy Spirit, you will grow step by step, you can attack the devil and the enemy, and you will become a person who casts out demons. When you rely on the power of God, wherever you cast out demons, you can see the kingdom of God come, and you will see God's good will accomplished in you; you will find that God's good will in you is prosperity.

Originally, we wanted to live a better life, but because we cared too much, we were controlled instead. From today onwards, let us no longer care about these things. After we no longer care, we will instead live out the glory of God.

Imitate Jesus' Appearance and Obtain the Glorious Freedom of God's Children

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Romans 8:29-30)

What does this sentence mean? When we imitate the appearance of Jesus Christ, we will obtain the glorious freedom of God's children, and we will grow to the full stature of Jesus Christ. When we begin to imitate His appearance, we will no longer care about many things. Jesus Christ did not care about enduring humiliation, did not care about being scourged, did not care about being mistreated, and did not care about being crucified on the cross. Because Jesus didn't care, He accomplished today's wonderful salvation for us. It is not that God wants to nail you to the cross, God's intention is not to let you carry a heavy cross, God is letting you deal with the lusts of the flesh. When you begin to deal with the lusts of the flesh, the most obvious manifestation is that you have begun to not care about many things.

If someone spits on the street, you won't think they are spitting on you; if someone slams the door loudly, you won't think they are slamming you; and if someone gives you a look with a bitter face, you won't think they are giving you a hard time, and then you won’t find trouble for no reason. After this, the devil will have no way to direct your life again. Our hearts begin to constantly imitate Jesus Christ. Even if we have not been scourged, humiliated, or mistreated, our hearts have already become the heart of Jesus Christ. Even if there are these things, we no longer care.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18)

This glory is the state of victory that is released when casting out demons. When we begin to cast out demons and begin to deal with the devil and the enemy, you will find that brothers and sisters are being released from the hands of the devil one by one. What we see is that all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ has also given this authority to us, so that we can live out glory with power on this earth.

This gospel is not only in words, but in power, even in the power of the Holy Spirit. It is not a powerless gospel, but a powerful gospel. So when we live in this situation, we will know how real the spiritual realm is, and we will live in eternal hope.

What we used to think was beneficial, we now consider harmful; what we used to think was precious, we now consider dung. No one can make us angry, and no one can make us lose control of our emotions. Inside us there is only the meekness and humility of Jesus Christ. Inside us there is only the glorious hope that comes from God. Our pursuits are changing, our thinking is changing, and we will become more and more like Jesus Christ, more and more like Jesus Christ, more and more like Jesus Christ, and we will have more and more of the freedom and glory of the children of God. We can trample on the devil and the enemy on this earth and become vessels that manifest the glory of God in this world.

Summary

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. (Romans 8:37)

In the world, no one and nothing can take away the joy inside us, because we no longer care about many things. In this way, we have become an expert who has attained the Dao. We have already seen the crown of glory that God has prepared for us in eternity, so what does it matter if we suffer a little hardship in this world? May God bless everyone to become a victorious people!


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今天跟大家分享的这个题目,其实有点小挣扎。因为我一直在考虑该用《在乎和不在乎》,还是用《介意和不介意》做我的题目。虽然我讲的内容是不在乎,但我为啥没选《在乎和不在乎》呢?因为我在《圣经》里找不到妥帖的经文,所以最后我就把这题目定为《不足介意的事》。人这一辈子介意什么,不介意什么;在乎什么,不在乎什么,其实就导演了你的一生。 不同的人,在乎的东西是不一样的。最近我们当中的一个牧者服侍了一个姐妹。这个姐妹以前得忧郁症,后来在我们当中得释放。被释放以后,人一生的路才刚刚开始,不过听说最近她又不怎样了。 我们的牧者在服侍这个姐妹的时候,她的语言很冒犯人。我们这个牧者说:要按照我以前的脾气,我肯定不管她了,她爱怎么样就怎么样。但是这一次,这个牧者在被冒犯的时候,选择不在乎被冒犯,结果龙的灵就开始彰显。赶完了龙的灵以后,这个姐妹就得着了释放。 其实不是这个姐妹得着的最多,而是我们这个牧者得着的最多。因为她找到了秘诀,这个秘诀就是介意和不介意,在乎和不在乎。如果我介意人家所说的话,我的情绪就会被刺激起来。如果我选择不在乎,我只干一件事,就是我要把背后的邪灵干掉,结果鬼就会被赶出去了。

**所以你里面被冒犯的反应,决定了你服侍的果效。你赶鬼的能力,取决于你属灵的高度,被冒犯与否实际上是人高度的具体反应**。所以说赶鬼这事,尤其是赶龙和老马这类的邪灵,真的要有属灵的高度才行。 很多高人,都是能够被冒犯的人。一些层次很低的人,却不能被冒犯。像我这样的高级知识分子,你冒犯我一下就冒犯吧,我不在乎。但是我在农村长大的表哥和表弟,就不能被冒犯,一被冒犯就要干仗。 这事过了以后,这个牧者就跟我说:老师,我终于明白为什么你能释放形形色色的人了,原来是你里面的东西太厉害了,你根本不介意人家怎么说啊!那当然了,我能释放形形色色被鬼压制的人,就是因为我里面不介意被冒犯。

人被冒犯的样子有几种:比如大猩猩被冒犯的时候,两个手攥起来捶胸口。猴子被冒犯的时候,脸通红,眼睛瞪得溜圆,两个手还抓耳挠腮的。黑猩猩被冒犯的时候,就抓狂,两只手举过头顶,开始摔打东西。还有一些人被冒犯的时候,就拿拳头砸脑袋,我管这种人叫做黄猩猩。还有一种人,皮肤比较白,一被冒犯就表现出各种情绪,我管这种人叫白猩猩。虽然他不是猩猩,是人,但是被冒犯的那一小段时间里,表现得就像个猩猩一样。原因就是没有进化好,没有知识。 所以人在乎的东西,就是被冒犯的地方。你在乎什么,就会被冒犯什么。比如狗嘴里叼了一块骨头,如果你去抢它嘴里的骨头,它就会跟你亮牙齿。如果我们很多东西都是不足介意的事,你就不会被冒犯了,你里面的喜乐也不可能被拿走。今天我们都琢磨一下,你在乎的到底是什么。 如果我们把世上的事都当成不足介意的,比如钱被人拿走了、东西被人拿走了、人家占了我们的便宜、人家给了我们一个眼神、脸色等,都当成是不足介意的事,不就没有人剥夺你的喜乐了吗?**你介意的东西,你在乎的东西,决定了你的属灵高度**。我不被冒犯,是因为我介意的东西不多,我只在乎一件事,就是神在永恒里为我预备的荣耀的冠冕。

前段时间我服侍了一个姐妹,我在跟她沟通的时候发现,那种没有知识的老娘们所在乎的东西,她都能在乎。比如她老公关门的声音稍微大了点,她就觉得是在摔门;她老公教她东西的时候声音稍微大点,她就觉得人家瞧不起她。人家在帮她解决问题,但是她却看到人家眼里流露出来的是绝望。关键是我都没看出来,她却能看到这些奇怪的东西,这事很奇怪啊。为什么人能看见这个,听见那个呢?人的脑袋如果是个核桃仁,心胸是个花生米,看到的东西都是特别败坏的东西。 愚蠢人看到的东西和聪明人看到的东西不一样。如果看见的都是特别败坏的东西,这不是成了愚蠢人了吗?不管怎么样,你都要知道,人要学习做个聪明人。要怎么才能做个聪明人呢?第一件事就是不要再爱面子。被冒犯、被欺骗、被苦待、被鞭打,我们的主耶稣不就是这样过来的吗?你也没看到耶稣说:你们凭什么这样待我?你要想赶鬼,你若还没有一点属灵高度的话,这事还真的不行。所以说聪明人的情商都高。 传道人的情商不高不行呀!传道人那必须得是一个得道的高人,这得练习啊!感谢神,经过我的服侍,这几天这个姐妹喜乐了,每天唱着小曲、哼着小调,可开心了,因为她变聪明了。那你如果一整就听见人家这样,看见人家眼神那样,像个屌丝一样,自己啥也不是,还得要求人家非得看得起你,那就麻烦了。 但如果我们是一个高人,人家冒犯我们,欺骗我们,苦待我们,给我们这个眼神,给我们那个声音,甚至给我们摔摔门,我们都不介意。你要是像一个屌丝那样介意的话,你不得痛苦的要死吗? 为什么这些高人不介意呢?因为高人追求的是永恒里的荣耀。这永恒里的荣耀是真的吗?是真的!

神哪,求你用你的话语光照我们,让我们里面在意的东西越来越少,不在意的东西越来越多。让我们能够看透这世上所有的东西,让我们在世上可以追求你在永恒里为我们预备的荣耀冠冕,让我们在这世上成为彰显你荣耀的器皿。可以践踏仇敌,可以在这世上为你做一个得胜的百姓,释放被掳的,释放被压制的,让我们跟邪灵争战的时候,可以成为能够彰显你权能的器皿,成为你得胜的百姓,让被掳的得释放,被压制的得自由,奉耶稣基督的名,阿们!

我有个表哥和表弟,有一天这哥俩去给我舅舅上坟。到那的时候,哥哥拿了一盒烟放在坟头上,说:爸,我买了一盒烟给你。这盒烟其实不是他买的,只是他拿来的,但这弟弟就不干了,农民就很介意这些事,就是花生米的心胸。你说人家拿来就拿来呗,买了就买了呗,你在乎个什么劲啊?哥俩就在坟头上撕吧开了。 弟弟说这烟不是你买的,哥哥说烟就是他买的。这重要吗?不重要。我听说了之后,我就想这人活着是为了啥啊?后来,村子里有人结婚,这哥俩被请去参加婚礼,喝酒喝到一半的时候,弟弟把酒瓶子一摔,要找哥哥算账,结果这哥俩又在婚礼上撕吧开了。很多人就活在魔鬼导演的悲剧当中,你在乎这些干啥呢?活的开开心心的不好吗?非得没事找事! 最近有个姐妹,我听了她的故事,简直是场悲剧。她老公的家人,这个得癌症,那个得癌症,她家这边也是一样,她妈妈也得了癌症,哎呦,那被邪灵导演的事儿可多了。世上的人都这样,希望儿女完成终身大事,就是结婚,那这个姐妹很孝顺,为了满足妈妈的心愿,让老人家看见第三代,就匆匆忙忙的结婚了。 没多久,她妈妈就死了,后来有了孩子,这孩子生下来几天就开始生病,什么脑膜炎、胸腔炎,最后钱都送给医院了。她年轻的时候和家里人去庙里算命,庙里的住持说:你的机缘还没到。其实她一直都在寻找一个高人,直到今天我可以说她找到了得道的高人。得什么道呢?就是在乎和不在乎的道,介意与不介意的道。

体贴肉体的结果影响是很深远的。人无知就会灭亡,人在乎一件事就会导致十件事的发生,她为了安慰她妈妈,选择了结婚,生孩子,但这事真的有果效吗?什么果效也没有,还导致了其他的十件事的发生,这不闹心吗?这世上的事越是在乎,事情就越糟糕。庙里的住持告诉她机缘还没到,机缘到了就会遇见一个高人,今天她就遇见了一个赶鬼的高人,这高人长什么样?就是长着一副不介意的样子。 我们都是天上的人,在永恒的里面有荣耀的冠冕为我们存留,我们在地上行使天上的权柄,想起神为我们预备的荣耀,这地上很多事就不足介意了。冒犯就冒犯了,吃亏就吃亏了,没关系!但是,活出来的结果就是神儿子自由的荣耀。你想不想活出神儿子自由的荣耀呢?自由的荣耀是个什么样子?是贵为天子的样子。 弟兄姐妹要知道,这是释放的日子,我们要把我们那些介意的和不介意的都放下,开始认清活着的本质。我们要知道越是在意、介意,就越是搞不好,因为灵界就是这么操控着我们的人生。如果我们很多事情都不再介意,灵界的东西就不能再操控我们,我们的人生就是我们的上帝,我们的神在我们身上导演的一生,就是彰显祂荣耀的一生,是贵为天子的生命。

弟兄姐妹要知道,人一生的悲剧全在于在意和不在意的事。今天我们在意的到底是什么?好好问问自己,是不是我们也活在悲剧当中,可能这些悲剧我描述的不那么悲,但是活在当中的人那是真的悲剧。我看见有的人在写我们101课程里面的问题,写的那故事简直可以拍成电影了。 人一生活出来的样子既然如此,我们应该怎么办呢?应该认清楚就是介意和不介意导致的结果。那应该怎么活呢?我告诉你,顺从神的话。神是住在高天至高处的神,他对人怎么能够活出神荣耀的形象,活出荣耀、尊贵、权能这件事,祂最清楚。 就像我们遇到一个高人,高人指点我们的时候,我们不一定听的明白,但是听完了之后你信还是不信呢?因为我们处的位份比较低,有时候真的听不明白。但是如果你相信神所给你的指引,你愿意顺从的话,你一定会活得很好,因为我就是一个顺从神的话语走到今天的一个具体案例。这样活真的很好,照着神的话去活,一定能够活出神的荣耀,活出神的尊贵,活出神的权能。所以今天赶鬼不是靠着别的,乃是靠着神的能力。

**况且,我们的软弱有圣灵帮助,我们本不晓得当怎样祷告,只是圣灵亲自用说不出来的叹息替我们祷告。(《罗马书》8:26)** 我们的软弱有圣灵帮助。我们虽然有一个取死的身体,但是今天遇到了耶稣基督,耶稣基督已经称我们为义,因为我们在耶稣基督里就不再定罪了。然后神就会差派他的圣灵帮助我们,使我们一步一步胜过我们所在意的那些东西。 直到有一天,我们很多东西都不再介意了,之前我们所介意的那些东西,比起将来要显于我们的荣耀就都不重要了。这不是在我们死了以后才显现的,而是在我们活着的时候就显于我们的,那是何等的美好!突然间,我们好像是在这黑暗当中看到了盼望,看到了解决我们人生中那些重大的问题和那些以前无解的问题,今天都得到了解决! 感谢神,我前面讲的这个姐妹,就在这一两天的时间,我们当中的牧者在服侍她以后,她开始得到了盼望。她在网上给我留言,说她很兴奋,在网站上看到得胜教会的经文,收到了我的语音条后,她说,是的,选择最重要。她一下子就想通了。

可能今天想通以后,我们还会在那些问题上反反复复,这个很正常。没关系,我们的软弱有圣灵帮助。其实我们常常会突然间又在乎那些不重要的事了,突然间又控制不住了,我们的脾气又爆发了。这也没关系,我们的神仍然是使我们得胜称义的神,魔鬼在我们身上仍然是非法的! 今天我们就靠着耶稣基督开始一步一步得胜,我们在这过程当中就像一个婴孩儿一样成长,我们从婴孩儿长大到儿童,儿童长大到少年,少年长大到成年,一直成为神儿子的样子。当我们还是婴孩的时候,我们不靠神的灵帮助我们,那我们靠谁啊?我们极其软弱,有的时候甚至软弱到了像婴孩儿一样,大小便不能自理的样子。但是婴孩长大的过程可不就是这样嘛,大小便都得靠着父母来管啊。那没有关系,因为他是个婴孩儿。 长大到儿童后就不需要父母来保守了吗?需要。我们的神就差派圣灵来看顾我们,就像父母看顾我们一样,使我们从婴儿长到儿童,儿童长到少年,少年长到成年,直到得着儿子的名分。为什么儿童不是儿子?儿童是要长大了才成为儿子,才能够继承产业啊! 那我们在这长大的过程当中,我们在乎的东西就在不断的改变。以前我们在乎的那些事,现在不太在乎了;我们在乎神的越来越多,在乎人的越来越少,我们效法的就是耶稣基督。所以我们每天都在靠着圣灵得胜,每天都要操练得胜,每天都要操练治死肉体的恶行。 我想,今天我们千万不要有零和一的这种概念。人都是从婴儿一步一步长大,凡是跟生命有关的,没有跳跃性成长的,都是一步一步成长的。虽然我们还是一个很软弱的人,但这没有关系,圣灵会帮助我们,使我们成长,一步一步治死肉体的恶行,一步一步赶鬼,使我们不断的收复失地,不断的得着神的应许。

我们一定要知道,在教会里的联结至关重要,因为《圣经》里描述的就是在耶稣基督里。在耶稣基督里,就是在耶稣基督的教会的里头。所以很多时候我们都要小心啊,不要相信谎言。比如说:你要用信心抵挡啊!然后你就自己在家里慢慢抵挡。逐渐你就知道那种抵挡是无效的。 魔鬼不会就因为你用信心抵挡,它就逃跑了。反倒是因为你在教会里,弟兄姐妹与你的牧者紧密的联结,魔鬼就必被抵挡,魔鬼就会被赶出去。魔鬼没有自动逃跑这回事,一定是被赶出去的。被谁赶出去?被你的牧者,甚至是你牧者的牧者。我们在教会里这样的联结是在彼此相爱的关系里头,就是在这赶鬼的过程当中,体现了我们彼此相爱的关系,这就是神的教会! 今天你还害怕吗?还软弱吗?不用再害怕,因为我们的软弱有圣灵帮助。我们的软弱本来就不是问题,我们的神早就预备了帮助我们软弱的地方。我们软弱的时候就靠着神的灵撑过去,直到长大成人,满有耶稣基督的身量。

**我们晓得万事都互相效力,叫爱神的人得益处,就是按他旨意被召的人。(《罗马书》8:28)** 有时候我们得胜了,我们得益处;有的时候我们失败了,我们也得益处,因为我们心里选择爱神,我们心里选择顺从圣灵。那有的人就说:哎呀,我选择不了啊!选择得了还是选择不了,那就是你的造化。没有人能剥夺你的选择,人要么选择爱世界和世界上的事,要么选择爱神。 如果一个人做一个聪明的选择,你就会发现,如果你爱世界,这世界会用愁苦刺透你,然后你就继续爱世界,世界就继续用愁苦刺透你,那何必呢?没有意义。那你得愚蠢到什么程度啊!愚蠢到像两只虫子吗?“蠢”字就是下面有两只虫子,人类发明这个字发明得很好。 如果我们爱神,我们里面就会非常喜乐,因为这世上的这些事都不能够再刺痛我们,我们就不介意了。为了这荣耀的冠冕,为了神要显于我们的荣耀,当我们成为神儿子的时候,长成满有耶稣基督的身量,要显出神的荣耀来,就可以看见神在我们身上的美好旨意,那不是最聪明的选择吗?

所以,你最好让神导演你的人生,所有的事都成为我们的功课,得胜是我们的功课,失败了也是我们的功课。虽然失败的时候学的功课更多,但是没关系,圣灵一定帮助我们选择爱神。选择爱神,不是因为别的,那就是一个选择。 有的时候我们发现,鬼在我们身上,我们很难选择爱神。其实不是,那是鬼在我们身上,让我们顺从鬼的意念,顺从肉体的意念。但是我们在灵里的深处,我们知道我们自己所做的选择就够了,不一定是要做出来,就是心里头选择就好。其实没有人能够剥夺你的选择,结果怎么样呢?就是要叫爱神的人得益处。 你就会发现在圣灵的帮助下,你会一步一步的成长,可以打击魔鬼仇敌,就会成为一个赶鬼的人。当你靠着神的能力,无论你在哪里赶鬼,就能在哪里看见神的国降临,你就会看见神的美好旨意成就在你的身上;你就会发现,原来神在你身上的美好旨意是兴盛。 我们本来是想活得好一点,结果因为太介意了,反而被辖制。从今天开始,我们不要再介意这些东西,不再介意以后,反倒会活出神的荣耀。

**因为他预先所知道的人,就预先定下效法他儿子的模样,使他儿子在许多弟兄中作长子。预先所定下的人又召他们来;所召来的人又称他们为义;所称为义的人又叫他们得荣耀。(《罗马书》8:29-30)** 这句话的意思到底是什么呢?当我们效法耶稣基督的样子,就会得神儿女自由的荣耀,我们就会长成满有耶稣基督的样子。当我们开始效法祂的模样,很多东西就不去介意了。耶稣基督不介意承受羞辱、不介意被鞭打、不介意被苦待、不介意被钉在十字架上。因为耶稣不介意,就为我们成就了今天奇妙的救恩。不是神要将你钉在十字架上,神的心意不是让你背起沉重的十字架,神是让你对付肉体的邪情私欲。当你开始对付肉体的邪情私欲时,最明显的表现是很多东西你已经开始不在意了。 人家在大街上吐一口痰,你不会觉得人家在吐你;人家把门摔的很响,你不会觉得在摔你;人家给你一个眼神,表现出苦瓜脸,你不会觉得是在给你脸色看;人就不会在没事找事当中过日子。这样之后,魔鬼就没有办法再导演你的人生。我们的心开始不断的效法耶稣基督,就算是还没有被鞭打、没有被羞辱、没有被苦待,我们的心已经成为耶稣基督的心。就算是有这些,我们也已经不再介意了。

**我想,现在的苦楚若比起将来要显于我们的荣耀就不足介意了。(《罗马书》8:18)** 这荣耀是赶鬼时候所释放的得胜的状态,当我们开始赶鬼,开始对付魔鬼仇敌,你会发现弟兄姐妹一个一个的从魔鬼的手里被释放出来。我们看到的就是天上、地下所有的权柄都归了耶稣基督,耶稣基督也把这些权柄赐给我们,让我们在世上就可以活出带着权能的荣耀。 这福音不单单在乎言语,乃在乎权能,乃在乎圣灵的权能。不是没有能力的福音,乃是大能的福音。所以我们活在这样的状况当中,我们就会知道灵界是何等的真实,我们就会活在永生的盼望当中。 以前认为有益的,今天都当做有损的;以前认为是宝贵的,今天都看做是粪土。没有人可以使我们发怒,也没有人可以使我们情绪失控,我里面只有耶稣基督的柔和谦卑。我们里面只有从神来的荣耀盼望,我们的追求在改变,我们的想法在改变,我们就会一步一步越来越像耶稣基督,越来越有耶稣基督的能力,越来越有耶稣基督的尊贵,也会越来越有神儿女自由的荣耀。我们就可以在这地上践踏魔鬼仇敌,可以在这世上成为彰显神荣耀的器皿。

**然而,靠着爱我们的主,在这一切的事上已经得胜有余了。(《罗马书》8:37)** 在世上没有任何人和事可以剥夺我们里面的喜乐,因为很多事情我们已经不再介意了,这样我们就成了一个得道的高人。我们已经看见,神已经为我们在永恒里预备的荣耀冠冕,就算在这世上遭受了一点苦楚,又算得了什么呢。愿神祝福大家,成为一个得胜的百姓!

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