Introduction

Good morning, everyone! I am very happy to meet you online again. In fact, every Sunday is a great challenge for me, because I always want to bring you some fresh spiritual food, just like a chef wants to present good food to everyone. Last Sunday, the topic I spoke on was Establishing One's Own Righteousness, and Not Submitting to God's Righteousness. I don't know if I made it clear, but I tried very hard to explain it.

In fact, this topic is a pitfall, and many people have fallen into it. In the Old Testament books of Moses, from Genesis to Deuteronomy, as well as 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, and Malachi, many Israelites stumbled on this rock and fell into this pit. There is nothing wrong with what the Holy Bible says, but why do people fall into this pit when they read the Holy Bible? Because people want to establish their own righteousness, and if they establish their own righteousness, they will not submit to God's righteousness. Here, Paul uses the word submit, which means not submitting to God.

For example, I spend twenty hours a week preparing for my Sunday sermons. As a result, some people think that I am establishing my own righteousness. Am I establishing my own righteousness? It's really not that clear. I said that I spent twenty hours preparing my sermon, but some people also spend twenty hours preparing their sermon, but find that it has no effect. Why does it work when I spend twenty hours, but it doesn't work when they spend twenty hours? They forget one thing: I am not establishing my own righteousness, but establishing God's righteousness. I do things by faith, relying on God, but this is especially difficult to explain clearly.

For example, I spent twenty hours preparing my sermon, but I didn't come up with anything for the first eighteen hours. So the fact that my work is effective really has nothing to do with the twenty hours I spent. I experience God again and again because I don't rely too much on my own ability. Often people think that my ability is very strong, but they forget that I don't rely too much on my own ability. A long time ago, I proved one thing: my ability is nothing more than a pile of dog poop. I can't decide when I will be born, nor can I decide when I will die. Similarly, I can't decide when I will encounter what, I can only choose to trust in my God. After making such a choice, sometimes I also experience hardship.

For example, every Friday we study Leviticus. From Monday to Thursday, I read it very entangled, and I really don't know how to explain it to everyone. It's not okay not to put in effort, but it doesn't seem to be very useful even if you put in effort. I am a person who likes to put in effort and ponder, but by five o'clock that afternoon, I still didn't know what to say. At six o'clock, I still didn't know what to say, and my heart was always hanging, but I had a heart of trusting God in my heart. As a result, drowsiness struck at six o'clock, and then I fell asleep.

At seven thirty, the phone rang. A sister called me and kept rambling on the other end of the phone. What I was thinking in my heart was, Don't keep rambling, because I'm going to talk about Leviticus Chapter 27 at eight o'clock, but she kept rambling. So what could I do? I thought, It's okay, keep talking. In fact, she couldn't hear my feelings inside. I said, God! This is my weakness! When I am weak, then I am strong. Thank God, this sister hung up the phone at seven fifty, and I only had ten minutes to prepare my sermon. As a result, a miraculous thing happened. In these ten minutes, the entire book of Leviticus gushed out in my mind like a fountain of living water. I was also very surprised, because that was definitely a revelation from God.

Later, I felt quite satisfied with what I had said, but what was there to be satisfied with? Being satisfied with oneself is establishing one's own righteousness. What I preach really has nothing to do with me. I am just a vessel. But in my heart there is trust in God, and those who trust in Him will not be put to shame. Whenever I am weak, whenever I do not rely on myself, whenever I rely on my God, God is faithful. So last Sunday I talked about Establishing One's Own Righteousness, and Not Submitting to God's Righteousness, and this week I will continue with When I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong. Weakness and strength have really troubled me. When I was preparing this sermon, I was often stumped when I asked myself.

The theme of weakness and strength can be found a lot on the Internet. For example, one pastor said that he is strong whenever he is weak. What he said sounded a bit strange. He said that he had a headache and was embarrassed to tell everyone, so he kept carrying the headache and felt that this was his weakness. In addition, not only could he not deal with his own headache, but he also couldn't handle the headaches of many brothers and sisters. But he thought that he could ignore the headache problem, and then he felt strong. Is this kind of explanation strong? I feel like this kind of strength sounds very hopeless.

There is a sister among us who came to us from a traditional church, and she had severe depression in 2012. Their church especially liked to talk about when they were weak, then they were strong. So which is more like the weakness and strength that Paul talked about, the weakness and strength they talked about, or the weakness and strength I talked about? What they say that weakness is: Look, you are sick, this is your weakness, you can rely on God to be strong. Although relying on God, depression still harassed this sister and tormented her very hard. Only after I cast out the demon after she came to us, this sister got well.

So which one is weak and which one is strong? I will definitely remove these myths for everyone. If you want to figure this out, you still have to go back to the Scripture. There are many people who talk about the way of weakness and strength. If you turn on a few at random and listen, you will find that they talk about everything. There is also one person talking about Trump's weaknesses and strengths in the election. We will not participate in or comment on this matter. Today we want to comment on what Paul is saying.

Scripture

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10)

Prayer

Lord Jesus, please grant the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that our brothers and sisters can be strengthened by relying on you through your words. Today, there are still many brothers and sisters among us who often fall into establishing their own righteousness. Lord, may you help us to begin to reject establishing our own righteousness, learn to trust in you alone, remove the myths of weakness and strength in us, and let us truly know what kind of strength Paul is talking about. Lord, we brothers and sisters come before you, may you let us who listen be edified, and those who speak also be edified together. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

Background of the Scripture

The background of this scripture is quite interesting. I hope that after you have listened to what I have said, you will go back and read 2 Corinthians chapter 11 to 12 carefully, and you will grasp a little bit of what I am saying. After carefully reading 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians, I found that what Paul said, When I am weak, then I am strong, is actually saying that when he finds that he is not good, then he relies on God. When he relies on God, then he becomes strong; when he relies on God, then he sees miracles, signs and wonders, and the marks of an apostle appear.

What is the background of Paul writing 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians? When Paul went out to minister, a group of people came to the church in Corinth. After they came, they preached another Jesus, another Holy Spirit, and then another gospel. We have no way of knowing what they preached, but it was probably different from what Paul preached, because after that Paul wrote 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians. The people of the church in Corinth were deceived by these people and received another gospel. They felt that Paul was treating them with cunning, and that Paul wanted to get some money and benefits from the Corinthians.

These people were stupid here. In fact, Paul did not take advantage of them for a penny during the years he established the church in Corinth. Not only that, he continued to help them. If we look carefully in the Bible, why does Paul mention weakness and strength? Because the gospel that Paul preached was not based on his own behavior and knowledge, but the gospel that Paul preached was a gospel of complete trust in Jesus Christ. Later, some people added a little behavior, circumcision, observance of festivals, observance of dates, and observance of the Mosaic law to this gospel. After adding it, the Corinthians were dizzy.

When Paul wrote 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians, he also sent Timothy to the church in Corinth to communicate with the people there, but the communication was not smooth. Later, after many twists and turns, when he wrote 2 Corinthians, the people of the church in Corinth had already reacted and knew that the gospel that Paul preached was the true gospel. So who were these people who influenced the church in Corinth?

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. (2 Corinthians 11:5)

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. (2 Corinthians 12:11)

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? (1 Corinthians 9:5)

Paul said twice that he was not behind the greatest apostles, that is to say, the church in Corinth believed in another gospel, who was this done by? It cannot be separated from the greatest apostles. So who are the greatest apostles? This is a very interesting thing. There were not many apostles in that era. Except for Peter and James, and those twelve apostles who had followed Jesus, it was almost these people. At this time, the names of James, Peter, and other apostles were all brought up. It seems that this matter cannot be separated from the church in Jerusalem. In Paul's eyes, these people in the church in Jerusalem were like this:

Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. (2 Corinthians 11:1-5)

The weakness and strength that Paul wrote about is closely related to the purity of the gospel. That is to say, the gospel we believe in today is not based on behavior but on faith. We can't rely on ourselves for anything, and we can't establish our own righteousness at all. Some of our brothers and sisters, including some of our pastors, still want to establish their own righteousness, and the result is very obvious, because you will be uncomfortable if you can't establish it. For example, I'm not good, I'm not worthy, I'm rotten.

In fact, you were not good in the first place, you are like this in the first place. Once these people establish their own righteousness, they will not submit to God's righteousness. What they mean is: I am not good, and God is not good either. But what Paul said is: I am not good, but God is definitely good! This is the gospel that Paul preached. But here comes the problem, the greatest apostles preached another gospel to the church in Corinth, that is, the gospel of keeping the Mosaic law.

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:13)

Is this the case, everyone ponder slowly, some people disagree, it doesn't matter, you can explain it as you are willing to. But I encourage our brothers and sisters to read it carefully. Combining what I said today and the establishment of one's own righteousness that I talked about one Sunday, it will be obvious that another gospel is to establish one's own righteousness, to keep circumcision, and to have good deeds. This is the gospel they preach. Fortunately, there are clues in the Holy Bible. Paul said: I am weak, I am not good, I only hold on to pure faith in Jesus Christ. What people say is: I will show you my faith with my behavior! But if you show me your faith, what can you see?

Today, brothers and sisters must know for sure that once a person establishes his own righteousness and does not submit to God's righteousness, God cannot work with him, because he does not submit to God's righteousness. Compared to what Paul said: I do not boast except in my weaknesses, I only boast in Jesus Christ. I don't boast about anything except my weaknesses, because in my weaknesses the strength of Jesus Christ can be revealed. In fact, if you think about it carefully, our gospel is really strengthened by the heart of trusting in Jesus Christ. I want to tell everyone that when we trust in Jesus Christ, there is treasure in our earthen vessels to show the surpassing power.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. (2 Corinthians 4:7-11)

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. (2 Corinthians 1:20)

Though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. (2 Corinthians 12:11-12)

In other words, the gospel that Paul preached is the gospel of drawing on God's promises, which is the background of this passage. With the background of this passage, what is Paul emphasizing to these greatest apostles? Paul did not say directly: Those people are false apostles. But he made it clear what a true apostle is, so what does a true apostle rely on? Rely on the marks of an apostle. What are the marks of an apostle? That is, miracles, signs and wonders. This is what Paul said, you don't need to argue with me. After talking about the background of this passage, I don't want everyone to become more confused because of what I said.

The Strength and Weakness That Paul Talked About

The weakness that Paul talked about is actually the weakness of us people, and the strength that Paul talked about is the strength brought by relying on God. We really can't do anything by ourselves, but we can be strong by relying on God. Our brothers and sisters must know for sure that whenever we rely on our own strength to be strong, we will be weak. Because the strength of relying on oneself will become rigid, and then it will become weak. Whenever we no longer rely on our own strength, whenever we admit our weakness, whenever we rely on God's strength, it becomes true strength. We must know for sure that we rely on God's strength, we rely on God's promises, and we rely on the power of Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead.

There was an experience that is still deeply imprinted in my mind to this day. There are several sisters around who can testify to me. I went to a place, and they brought a sister to me. The legs of the sister who was brought were swollen like wooden sticks, and they felt like wood, so hard that it was completely unimaginable. At that time, my head buzzed. Don't think that I am a person with great faith. At that time, I thought: What kind of damage must the kidneys have to cause the legs to become like this? Can such legs be healed by prayer? I said in my heart: Why didn't you get me a better job? My God, I was really weak in my heart! I looked at this sister and then at the colleagues I brought with me, who were even weaker than me. I began to clean up the faith in my heart. I can't rely on myself. I know I can't, but my God will definitely do it.

Then I held one of her legs with both hands, and another sister held her other leg. The two of us began to pray desperately. After an hour, the flesh on the legs returned to normal and became elastic. You say this is too miraculous. I was shocked at the time and began to experience the weakness and strength that Paul talked about for the first time. Although we are weak, we do not rely on our weakness. Even if we think we are very powerful, we do not rely on our own strength. We learn to rely on God so that the power of Christ can overshadow us.

He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)

The most important thing in our lives is the power of Jesus Christ, which is the mystery of the Gospel. Therefore, the weakness and strength that Paul speaks of are not the same as the weakness and strength that some of us speak of. We must know that the weakness Paul speaks of can release the power of Jesus Christ from the dead. Because he has faith, his inward faith allows him to trust in God, allowing God's power to be revealed and to overshadow us. We fail whenever we rely on ourselves; we become strong whenever we rely on God. In fact, the strength and courage spoken of throughout the Bible are all strength that relies on God.

In my service to some of my colleagues, I have also found a very remarkable thing: whenever these colleagues rely on themselves and want to establish their own righteousness, they become weak and powerless. What is this state of weakness and powerlessness? It is that man cannot rely on himself. When can man rely on himself? There is a sister among us who likes to rely on herself, and she still feels quite aggrieved. Because she feels that she is hardworking, diligent and reliant on herself, and we cannot say anything to her, but in fact she is inherently incapable. What we are comparing today is not whether you are doing well or not, but whether you are relying on God. I dare not rely on myself; what can I achieve by relying on myself?

Previously this sister suffered from depression, but why is she still relying on herself today, and she is particularly concerned about saving face. So whenever they are strong, they are weak. This strength is the strength of relying on oneself, whenever one relies on one's own strength, it is inner pride. People cannot say anything; the moment they do, they become entangled and uncomfortable, and then they develop lung disease again. So today, brothers and sisters, we must no longer rely on our own strength, nor rely on our own pride; pride is not a virtue, but a corruption. It corrupts not only others, but also oneself.

The strength that Paul speaks of is not your pride, but reliance on Jesus Christ, because the power of Jesus Christ can overshadow us. Because Paul was a very capable man, he proved that he boasted of nothing except his weaknesses, unlike those greatest apostles who often boasted and used their own deeds to show you their faith. How can deeds prove faith to others? Even if your knees develop calluses from kneeling, it is still just a deed.

I used to be puzzled, but later I understood, because these people want to establish their own righteousness. One person fasted and prayed for forty-three days, and then died. I said, God, how could he die after fasting and praying for forty-three days? Because he was a full-time worker in the church, and his family came to the church after he died. So why did he die? Because he wanted to establish his own righteousness and be justified before God by his own deeds, so he was seized by demons. So besides boasting of our weaknesses, the only thing we can boast of is a heart that trusts in God, so that our weakness can reveal God's strength. Brothers and sisters, we must know that the Gospel Paul speaks of is a Gospel of trusting in God.

Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 1:26-31)

Practicing Faith, Experiencing God's Strength

When mentioning trusting in God, many people ask me how to trust in God? If you and I are people who practice faith, after practicing faith, you will definitely experience strength from God and see God's work in you. If we practice faith, but the result of the practice is wrong, it means that our faith is a wrong faith. If our faith is a wrong faith, we will not see God's strength, nor will we experience God's strength. So when we are practicing faith, we must know what real faith is. But in the process of practicing faith, many people's faith is that they themselves are incapable, and their God is also incapable.

For example, if a person suffers from depression, the pastor of the church explains it this way: This is your weakness! We thank God that God has given you such weakness! This is a disguised blessing from God! But the discomfort is real, so what should we do? They believe that this is from God, and that things should be this way, but they have no way to experience God's power.

They call this kind of faith a helpless, reality-accepting faith. Is this the faith that Jesus Christ speaks of? No, absolutely not! What is our real faith? Real faith is believing that our God is a God who heals. If you do not know that our God is a God who heals, you cannot experience God's healing. How did Paul experience God's strength? Here I want to explain a very important point to everyone. Paul said:

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us. (2 Corinthians 1:20-21)

This mentions a very important concept, called the view of the Church. If a person does not have a view of the Church, but wants to practice faith, he is engaging in personal cultivation. If we compare Paul's letters and what is written in the Book of James, you will find that the Book of James often carries a strong concept of personal cultivation. However, the concepts spoken of in the Apostle Paul's letters are all in Jesus Christ. What does it mean to be in Jesus Christ? It means to be in the body of Jesus Christ, and the body of Jesus Christ is the Church. Therefore, in the process of practicing faith, Paul established the foundation for practicing faith, and this foundation is building the body of Jesus Christ. Building the body of Jesus Christ is building God's temple, and God's temple is God's church, the place where God dwells.

Why do many people come among us today and get healed? Because what we believe is the Gospel of the Apostle Paul, a Gospel with a view of the Church, and absolutely not a Gospel of personal cultivation. Even if a person develops calluses on his knees from kneeling, he is only practicing personal cultivation. Because no matter how many promises God has made, they are all Yes in Jesus Christ. So if you want to realize God's strength and promises, it must be built on the foundation of the Church. In personal cultivation, you will not be able to understand Paul's letters.

Brothers and sisters, today you and I are walking on a road of building God's glorious Church. Precisely because of this, we see God constantly manifesting His wonderful works among us. Even today, there are still some brothers and sisters among us whose vision is not one of trusting in God. Perhaps a business you invested in is experiencing the impact of the epidemic; perhaps even if you sell the property, you cannot even recover half of the investment; your investments have burned millions of dollars. We are very entangled and uncomfortable, and it is difficult for us to believe in God. We do not know that God can solve our problems, because we feel that it is too difficult.

Once a brother came among us. This brother was actually a friend of another brother of ours. This brother and his wife were in business. Because the business was not good, the wife was paralyzed in bed for nine months. Later, this couple came to me, and I served them personally with other brothers and sisters. Because of our service, the sister who was paralyzed in bed could stand up and walk, and could even climb mountains the next day. What is the reason for this? Because there is a victorious Church here. So we particularly emphasize the view of the Church. If we do not emphasize the view of the Church, there is no way to manifest God's power, because God's intention is in His Church.

Later, this brother's business was about to go bankrupt, and he had to sell the entire factory, which was very difficult. I asked him, If you don't sell the factory, how long can you last? He said he could last for a month, so I told him to persevere for another month. In the process of persisting for a month, the business improved. After a month, I asked him if he still needed to sell the factory. He said that selling half of the factory would be enough. So I asked him again, If you don't sell half of the factory, how long can you last? He said he could last for a month. Then, after persisting for another month, he told me that he did not need to sell that half of the factory either.

This couple cannot be said to be people who build the Church. Those of us who build the Church are actually these people. He experienced these wonderful works among us, not because he did something before God, but because we hold on to this faith before God, we can realize God's promises and strength. There are still brothers and sisters among us who are struggling in the workplace and in business. But what absolutely needs to be adjusted here is our inner faith. We must ask ourselves what kind of faith is inside us? Is it seeing that we cannot do it, that we are very weak, and that we really do not know what else to do, so we feel that God cannot do it either? Or do we feel that God can do it, but it seems like He cannot?

We are filled with a lot of confusion, and what is even more deadly is, do we really trust in God, or do we trust in money? If we continue to practice real faith today, with a Mingding Destiny, figuring out what we are living for in this world, then living is a very simple thing, and we will no longer be entangled in many things. Then can God do miraculous things? God can definitely do miraculous things.

Because of building God's glorious Church, I often experience God's strength and God's promises. So today, brothers and sisters, you must know for sure that no matter what situation you face, you may be facing great challenges in business, or you may be facing great challenges in your health, but in God’s victorious church, begin to rise up and fight, trample on the devil, and living will become a very simple thing. Whether in finances or in health, you will definitely experience God's wonderful works.

No longer relying on our own deeds does not mean that we should not have good deeds, but rather that we no longer rely on what we have done, and then feel that we are worthy. We do not build our faith on something we have done, but on the promises of Jesus Christ. By claiming God's promises through faith, you will definitely experience miracles, wonders, and signs, and many things will be miraculously turned around.

Once a president of a chamber of commerce came to me because he owed a lot of money in his business, was cheated by others, and had no way to turn around his funds. He came to me after listening to what I said online; he was going to jump off a building that day and came to me before jumping. Why did he come to me? His child was studying abroad and spending a lot of money every month, but he had no money in his account. In addition, he had to pay huge interest every month, which was very difficult. That day was Friday, and when he came to me, I led him in prayer and told him: No problem, absolutely no problem, God will definitely do wonderful works in you. As a result, the next day, someone actually bought a piece of real estate from him at a high price, which was higher than the price he wanted, which was amazing. In this way, his immediate needs were solved, and later he experienced many graces.

But I tell you, these businessmen are no longer among us. Why? Because even after experiencing God, they still trust in money in their bones. Can everyone have the concept of building God's glorious Church? God can solve our problems like this. We have such a treasure, what else do we care about? What else does a person need if he has God? Do we rely on wealth, relationships, abilities, knowledge, connections, or do we rely on doctors? This is all a test of our faith.

Besides relying on God, what better choice does a person have? Brothers and sisters, let's start building a Gospel concept with a view of the Church. The Gospel we believe in is not a Gospel of personal cultivation, but a Gospel of building the body of Jesus Christ. When we practice faith in God, we will definitely see the wonderful works of God among us. If you don't see it, then examine yourself well.

Removing the Myths of Weakness and Strength

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Corinthians 1:18)

Many people use their weakness as a fig leaf for not having faith. Oh, I am weak! We are all human, how can we not be weak? Paul is also weak! God's grace is sufficient for me! Paul was indeed weak, and the grace Paul received was indeed sufficient for Paul, but don't forget that Paul was on a path of practicing faith, able to clearly see miracles, wonders, and signs, showing the evidence of an apostle.

The key issue is whether people trust in God. If people do not trust in God and are still weak, how can they obtain what Paul obtained? So don't use your weakness as a fig leaf for unbelief, this is unwise. The Gospel that Paul preached is a powerful Gospel, which can experience God's wonderful works. So Paul constantly emphasized in 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians: “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Today, no matter what kind of problem you are facing, God is able to solve it. Whether it is financial, business, or your health, or the troubles and confusions you face in your life, what is there that God cannot solve? Today, let us remove this myth of weakness and strength from among us. Do not use a loser’s mentality to cope with our inner situation that has been defeated by real life, and still call this strength. That thing is not called strength. Do not rely on ourselves anymore, because only our God is reliable!

Why can't we see God's help and power? The reason lies in what kind of faith we have inside. Our faith should be built on God's word, rather than seeing that we cannot do it, and then feeling that God cannot do it either. Know that in Jesus Christ, God's promises, no matter how many, are all yes. So brothers and sisters, you must begin to understand that God wants our faith to not depend on human wisdom, but only on the power of God. When people deviate from the Gospel of Jesus Christ and cultivate themselves through their own deeds, they receive a powerless Gospel, relying on their own deeds to establish their own righteousness, and still think that it is real faith. In fact, that is a powerless Gospel, a false faith, a faith that wants to establish its own righteousness and does not submit to God's righteousness, that is not God's strength. We must restore our inner faith in God.

Summary

Living as a person is a very simple thing. Whenever we rely on ourselves, we are weak; whenever we rely on God, we are strong. We no longer boast in our own flesh. If we want to boast, we boast in our weaknesses. Because God's strength is made perfect in our weakness. Paul said that hardship, insults, weakness, extreme difficulty, and persecution are joyful. This is not for any other reason, but because these can allow us to be completely broken and to trust in God alone. We must begin to know that we can do nothing by ourselves in this life except trust in God. Personally experience God's power, let God's power be manifested in our lives, so that our weakness can manifest God's glory.

May God bless everyone!