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Introduction

Good day to all! Today, I will share a rather negative topic: Esau shall live by the sword, a theme that will bring liberation to many. This is because many Christians today live within Esau's logical framework. Recently, a young man took his own life. The New Year had barely begun when this tragedy occurred. More such incidents will likely follow, unknown to us. Before his suicide, the young man posted on social media that he had attended the church of one of our brothers. This brother had even cautioned him against foolish actions, yet he still jumped.

Our brother called the young man’s father, who was shocked to hear that his son had jumped! Why do people take their own lives? I have come to realize that many feel inadequate and incompetent. If one does not live by ability, then a lack of ability is not a problem. However, the issue arises when one is incompetent yet relies on ability to live. Therefore, resolving the issue of incompetence is not the key; the real solution lies in addressing the idea that individuals live by their own capabilities. If people do not rely on their own abilities, why would they consider suicide due to a lack of ability? In fact, if one does not rely on ability, one's capabilities are usually not that deficient.

I once ministered to a Ph.D. student who would greet his roommate in the morning and head to the laboratory for experiments. Upon returning in the evening, he found a tent below their building; his roommate had committed suicide. It was terrifying! This incident left a lasting shadow on him. He could not believe that someone who was fine in the morning was dead by evening, and he could no longer live in their shared apartment. I also ministered to another Ph.D. student. You might wonder why I keep mentioning Ph.D.s, but today we are discussing ability. This Ph.D. student was not very capable in relationships; his girlfriend left him for someone else, and he contemplated jumping in front of a train. Aren't Ph.D.s supposed to be highly capable? The truth is, relying on ability can be deadly. This person, despite reaching the doctoral level, felt inadequate—it was merely a feeling.

Whether one is capable or not is not particularly important. Relying on one's own abilities is the root of many problems. Do any of you brothers and sisters still live by your own abilities? Living by your own abilities, yet lacking them, leads to self-loathing and a sense of worthlessness, making life difficult, undignified, and unhonoured. I believe that both ability and money can be perplexing. What makes them perplexing? It is not that people do not desire wealth; everyone wants it. However, wanting money does not guarantee wealth, and wanting ability does not guarantee competence, nor does wanting good grades guarantee success. You cannot simply have what you desire.

If you could gain wealth by relying on money or ability by relying on competence, things would be much simpler! We would just chant daily: More money, more money, more money... More ability, more ability, more ability... We could chant all day and still gain nothing, becoming foolish in the process. This is a myth! Everyone wants to build an Alibaba, an Amazon, or a Tesla. But can you? If you lack the ability, you simply cannot!

I know that many among us who rely on their abilities need liberation, which is why I am speaking on Esau shall live by the sword. Many believe that I and my team are very capable. Since you think so, I will go along with it, without being too humble! Indeed, we are quite capable! But this capability does not come from chanting, More ability, more ability... but from trusting in God, who adds these things to us. This is not just empty talk.

Looking at the topics I have recently preached on, you will see that it reflects an elevation in my understanding. Esau shall live by the sword is a new topic, not preached before. This is because I deeply desire to know and resolve the issues that bind some of our brothers and sisters. While not much breakthrough has occurred so far, there is a small breakthrough today. My topic, Esau shall live by the sword, is somewhat like a short essay. This new elevation in understanding will bring a new wave of liberation. I hope you brothers and sisters will clearly understand the dangers of living by the sword in your understanding. It truly is deadly!

I have come to understand why today's education system produces two extremes. On one hand, it creates an elite: highly capable individuals such as Ph.D.s, Masters, and university graduates. However, these successful people also struggle with many odd problems. On the other hand, it produces another extreme: a large group of unsuccessful individuals. But the fault does not lie with the education system; it lies with people relying on their own abilities to live. The reason I say this is that once people rely on their own abilities, success makes them self-confident, turning them into elites. Others become increasingly incapable and frustrated, leading to trouble. Upon closer observation, I have found that even the elite class walks a cursed path. Regardless of one's abilities, the capacity to solve problems in this world is limited.

It is difficult when you encounter problems you cannot solve. Can one rely on their own abilities, on the sword, to live? A little thought will provide the answer. People cannot control when they are born, when they die, or when they encounter disaster. Even if you have a Ph.D., a Master's degree, or are a professor at some university, it is useless, as even COVID-19 cannot be stopped. Even if you print your degrees on a mask, it will not help; when COVID-19 comes, nothing can stop it.

People shout loudly: Man will conquer nature. But how helpless and insignificant are people in the face of nature! I do not need to elaborate: a tsunami can turn even the sturdiest house into a matchbox. A virus, a plague—it is the same. So people develop vaccines but they are still no match for the variants. It is quite tragic! It is better for people to realize this and break free from such an ideological system early.

When I was young, I did not feel particularly elated when I got good grades, nor did I feel bad when I did poorly. I ate and drank just the same, feeling nothing. If you were to ask me why, I would not know, but from a young age, I felt that this was not that useful. Why is it useless to do well in school? Doing well is still just that; I simply did not take it to heart. You might say that I did not take it to heart as I did well, but you struggle as you do poorly. It is not like that; it is actually the opposite. It is because you take it too seriously that you struggle to learn. Because I took it lightly and studied diligently, I did well. That is where the problem lies!

Why do our sermons focus on Esau? Esau was born into the house of Abraham and Isaac—a Christian family. Why am I speaking on this topic? I am speaking to Christians who rely on their own abilities; such individuals end up like Esau. God clearly tells us that this is to live under a curse. It is also quite amazing that Esau and Jacob both lived in the house of Abraham. If they were on the streets, or in Egypt, without the title of Christian, God would not explicitly curse them. However, if you live in the house of Abraham and Isaac and develop the habit of relying on your own abilities to live, you will find that God curses you.

I once studied a very interesting topic: Why do Christians become foolish? Of course, this is my personal view, drawn from my ministry experiences. They used to be quite smart, so why have they become foolish? They used to have some common sense, but now they seem to lack even that. It's very strange! This is because they are Christians, like Esau. These Esau-like Christians bring a worldly logical framework, wanting to rely on both God and the world, which becomes a hybrid. I would say, a mongrel type. Relying on your own sword, your own abilities to live, makes you foolish. A person who wants God's blessing yet also wants to rely on their own abilities becomes a chaotic mixture inside.

I need to remind everyone to be careful!

Scripture

Isaac said, Your brother came deceitfully and took away your blessing. Esau said, Isn't he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He took my birthright, and now he's taken my blessing! Then he asked, Haven't you reserved any blessing for me? Isaac answered Esau, I have made him lord over you, and all his relatives I have made his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?

Esau said to his father, Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father! Then Esau wept aloud. His father Isaac answered him, Your dwelling will be away from the earth's richness, away from the dew of heaven above. You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother; but when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck. (Genesis 27:35-40)

Prayer

God! Give us a reminder, let us awaken through your words, let us clearly know that we cannot be Christians like Esau. God! Starting today, help us to clearly understand the blessings and curses, to clearly know that without Mingding Destiny, we cannot receive blessings. Being a Christian without Mingding Destiny is living under a curse. God! Open our minds today, so that we can know you. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

Scripture Background

The background of this passage is very interesting! This story starts with Isaac and Rebekah. After Isaac’s mother died, he was distraught. His father, Abraham, sent his servant to his hometown to find a wife for him because Abraham listened to God and did not want Isaac to marry a Canaanite woman. Abraham's servant did not know where his hometown was, so God guided him step by step to Rebekah's house.

Rebekah was a relative of Abraham and followed the servant. Rebekah was an extraordinary woman, who left her parents and brothers and traveled far to Abraham's house. Why did Rebekah come here? She had long heard that God had made a covenant with her relatives Abraham and Isaac, and there was a blessing from God in Abraham and Isaac's house, so she happily married into the family.

Rebekah had never met Isaac or been in a relationship, so how could she marry him from so far away? Most women would not do this. This shows that she had a unique vision regarding blessing. You must know that people's exploration and study of blessing will bring profound impact. Rebekah came, and the couple worked hard and finally conceived. She found that the fetus in her womb was constantly kicking. She prayed to God, and God said something interesting to her:

The Lord said to her, 'Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.' (Genesis 25:23)

When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins. The first one born was Esau, and the second one was Jacob. This is an amazing thing. This means that not all descendants of Abraham and Isaac are descendants of Abraham and Isaac. After these two children were born, they often heard Abraham and Isaac telling the stories in Genesis 27: how he made a covenant with God and how he came from Haran.

Esau had no intention of listening to that: he was hungry, so he went to the refrigerator to get something to eat. But Jacob listened carefully! Esau was the eldest son, so these blessings were originally his, but he did not value them or pay attention to them. Isn't that strange? This blessing was not originally Jacob's, but he cared about it and thought about it every day.

These brothers often heard their mother say that when she was pregnant with them, God told her that the older would serve the younger, that there were two nations in her womb, and that two peoples would come out of her. Think about it, Esau should have been alert when he heard this! But he was not alert: what does it mean that the older will serve the younger? Does this mean that you, the younger one, will take my blessing? If he had been alert, it would have been fine, but he was not. He played when he wanted to play, hunted when he wanted to hunt, dated when he wanted to date, and just lived his life!

In fact, there is nothing wrong with Esau. We must know that Esau neither stole nor robbed, and did nothing too outrageous. Why did God curse such a person? It was because Esau did not take God's blessing seriously, which was very serious! Christians do not take God's blessing seriously - as soon as you hear me talk about Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Esau, you say you know; you have heard it so many times that your ears have grown calluses; Jacob has been talked about the most, it's annoying. Is this the attitude that you have?

But Jacob was not like this: he thought about it every day, every month, and every year. When he was 75 years old, he finally received the blessing of his father. Jacob used this trick and that trick to successfully obtain the birthright and blessing. How do I know that God likes Jacob? Because in the next chapter, when Jacob left home, God appeared to Jacob and blessed Jacob.

Do you understand? We like people whom God blesses. Don't be like some pastors who criticize Jacob at every turn, as if we should all emulate Esau, which is not the path to blessing. Jacob's path is the path to blessing. Jacob valued this very much; he did not date or marry; he had enough scheming! He only thought about one thing in his heart: I want to obtain the blessing of the firstborn; I want to obtain the birthright; I want to obtain the covenant that Abraham and Isaac made with God.

Do you know the extent to which this went? To help Jacob obtain the birthright and blessing, God blinded Isaac, which was also very hard... A person with Jacob's character can make God bless one at all costs. Therefore, you and I must have this kind of ambition in our hearts; we must learn this.

As a result, Jacob pretended to be Esau and obtained the blessing from Isaac when his father Isaac's eyesight was bad. Later, when Esau returned, there was trouble. Isaac said to Esau, Oops! The one who came just now was not Esau but Jacob; that guy has cheated you of your blessing. This is very interesting! What did Esau usually do? Now he cried and said, Haven't you left anything for me to bless? Esau cried loudly, and Isaac began to release the curse on him:

Your dwelling will be away from the earth’s richness, away from the dew of heaven above. You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother; but when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck. (Genesis 27:39-40)

This is the origin of the curse of living by the sword.

Living by the Sword Must Be a Curse

Everyone must be clear that living by the sword must be a curse. The word must is very important. When you hear the word must in the Bible, for example, Those who believe will have signs and wonders following, it is a certainty. Must means it must be like this. Everything Esau had done before led to a consequence: he despised his birthright, which led to him not even having a choice; he must live by his own sword. When he has the ability and his sword is useful, he can win battles, but what happens when he cannot beat others? If he cannot beat others, he will be killed.

Looking at [The Water Margin], the programme often shows people fighting on the stage, which is very powerful. If someone comes up and kicks someone down, that person wins. But the problem is that there is always some one better. [The Legend of Yue Fei] is also written like this: Xiao Liangwang fought on the stage to the death, but when Yue Fei came, he knocked Xiao Liangwang down. This is a common story.

You rely on the sword, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't; sometimes you kill others, sometimes they kill you. Anyway, that's how life goes, can it not be a curse? Everyone must understand that living by the sword is a curse. If you have the ability, you become arrogant and self-important; if you don't, you become dejected and listless. Isn't this how losers are made? If grabbing one sword doesn't work, and grabbing another doesn't work, you develop a loser's mindset, because you rely on the sword, on your ability!

If a person has to live by the sword, then you bear it yourself! If you have to protect yourself, it's too difficult. How do you protect yourself? One is the word must, and the other is the word rely. These two words are very profound. Some say this is being a gang leader, you control your own life. Can you control it? Can you rely on your sword? Is your martial arts really the best in the world? Today you are the best, but tomorrow you are not.

On the African savanna, a young lion comes up and defeats the old lion. When you get old, it doesn't work anymore. This sword is also unreliable. In God's eyes, a man's sword is like an ant's antenna. What can you fight for? Holding a sword, you want to fight against heaven and earth, what do you fight with? Without God's protection, without God's care, that is a curse. Brothers and sisters must have a very deep understanding of this. Because living by the sword has permeated the entire history of China.

How did Guan Yu die? No matter how powerful his broadsword was, he eventually died by the sword. How did Zhang Fei die? With a spear of ten thousand enemies, one roar at Changban Bridge deterred Cao's army. These were all very powerful figures, but they all died by the sword. The problem is that Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were not born in the house of Abraham, so the Bible has no time to record these people. Because Esau was Jacob's twin brother, he was born in Isaac's house, so it is fatal for Christians to become like Esau! God did not curse the people on the street. Everyone must know that the Bible is for those who believe in the Lord, and the curses in Deuteronomy are written for those who believe in the Lord.

In other words, Esau was born into the home of believers, the home of Abraham and Isaac, which is quite unlucky! If he was born in someone else's house and relied on the sword, no one would care, but he was born in Abraham's house. Do you think he knew God's blessing? If he didn't know, he wouldn't have cried and made a fuss with his father. He only remembered after being cheated. Do you think he knew the blessing? He didn't value it very much. Isn't this the situation many Christians are in? Believing in the blessing but not valuing it. This is a portrayal of many Christians.

An Esau-like Christian is a Curse

An Esau-like Christian is a curse, and living by the sword is a curse. I extend this to today: Esau's way of thinking was formed under the direct influence of Abraham and Isaac, and yet he still became Esau. Isn't this strange? The Christians in the church read the Bible every day, learn the word of God every day, and when they talk about blessings—I want them! When they talk about destiny—what is that? Can it be eaten? An Esau-like Christian is a curse. If you become a Christian and are like Esau, it's a big trouble.

God doesn't care much about the people on the street. If your own ability is not good, and you value it, it's even worse. Once you succeed a little, you start relying on your own ability. We have trained many people, and their abilities have grown as they have been led. At first, when they had no ability, trusting God was helpless. Now that they have ability, they start trusting their ability. They couldn't trust it before when they had no ability. What can be done with a Christian like this?

If you are asked to pray properly, you are sleepy; if you read the Bible, you are also sleepy, so just go to sleep slowly! When the curse comes, you don't need to be sleepy. Then you say: I can't control it, I have no direction, I have no strength, I just want to be a Christian like Esau. Then you can slowly do it!

But when it comes to blessings, you say—I want them! When there are no blessings, you cry. What do you get in the end? That is, you must live by the sword and serve your brother. Your value is to set off those who love God. If you can't be a flower, be a green leaf. Brothers and sisters must know: There are too many Esau-like Christians. The most serious problem with this kind of Christian is that they despise the status of a child of God.

Do Not Despise the Status of a Child of God

The status of a child of God is so precious. It's just that many people don't know that the status of a child of God is very precious and worth a fortune. But people don't value this, they value their ability. If the ability is very strong, we also admire it. But as soon as you come out of the state of being a loser, you don't know the immensity of heaven and earth.

Later, I found that many people have this problem. They are not good themselves, but once they succeed, they become arrogant. Once they encounter difficulties, they are not good, and they become dejected. They toss back and forth like this. Some people toss from the age of twenty to thirty, from thirty to forty, and from forty to fifty or sixty, and that's it in the end. Therefore, people who despise the status of a child of God have no understanding and do not know how powerful blessings and curses are!

I often say it myself I don't want to hear it anymore, the two most important things in life are blessings and curses. Some people are not capable of grabbing blessings, but they are very capable of grabbing curses. What do you value? What do people live by? This thing divides people at once. If you live by the sword, and work is what you rely on to live, I have never seen anyone who has no strength to work, or who falls asleep halfway through work, or who cannot control themselves. I rarely see this.

Why is it that the whole thing is over when you serve God? This series of reactions is to despise the status of a child of God. Don't look at how loud a person's slogans are. Basically, there are two kingdoms, two pursuits, and two things that are valued. The blessing is God, and God is closely related to the blessing. If you value the status of a child of God, it is difficult for you not to receive blessings! In fact, the choices that people make when they live in a curse will make them feel how good the choices they have made are. But when people live in a curse, their choices are in a very strange state.

Take Esau as an example. Esau moved around. It would be good if he moved better and better, but he moved to the land of Seir. You must know that the land of Seir is full of cliffs. Why did he move to cliffs? Because he relied on his own sword, he did not rely on God's protection and God's blessing. He thought it was justified to rely on these things. He himself didn't know why it was like this? That's how he was. Cliffs are a place where birds don't shit. Who would come here to grab land? People are looking for very fertile land to grab. As a result, Esau moved to live in this place. Why would he think like this? He naturally thought that he would find a cliff, and he didn't have much ambition. The later Amalekites were descendants of Esau. He was very capable of opposing God, but he had no ability to get blessings. That's the kind of person.

Don't despise the status of a child of God. This has been said many times. But, when people get to the critical moment, they immediately go back to relying on their own swords to live, relying on their own abilities and money. It's all like this. Why am I preaching this sermon today? Because I hope to be able to release you from this. You don't need to be arrogant when you do well, and you don't need to be dejected when you don't do well. Because we don't rely on this thing to live.

What we rely on is the status of children of God, and what we rely on is God's protection. We must hold on to destiny, like Jacob. This is a clear contrast. There are two kingdoms in your womb. That is what God said when Esau's mother was pregnant. In other words, there are two kinds of kingdoms in her: one is the kingdom of the world and the pursuit of the kingdom of the world, and the other is the kingdom of God and the pursuit of the kingdom of God. Knowing and pursuing are completely different things. Which one do you value? Which one do you rely on? It is completely a fatal choice.

Hold on to Destiny and Don't Be Cheated Away

Hold on to destiny. There is no blessing outside of destiny. If you value blessings, you value the status of children of God and value God's destiny for you. If a person has the attitude of holding on to destiny, even if God does not intend to give it to you, you will eventually get it, because what God is looking for is a person with this attitude. When people hold on to destiny, their vision will change.

Why did the person mentioned earlier jump off the building? No destiny. Living is just living, no ability to resist stress. A little setback will make him jump off the building. Every setback can trigger the idea of jumping off the building in his heart, not resistant to creation. Why are people not resistant to creation? People rely on that thing to live without destiny. If people live not by relying on that thing, but by relying on God's destiny for us, people will have super resistance to creation.

When people encounter setbacks, if you hold on to destiny, you will find that relying on myself is not good, but relying on God is absolutely good. Relying on myself is not good, and relying on God is not good is one kind of logic; another logic is that relying on myself is not good, but relying on my God is possible. These are two completely different kinds of logic. One is that when relying on oneself, there is no hope at all, and the only hope is to jump down.

When we were young, there was a play with a handsome guy named Du Qiu. The name of that play was Manhunt. Japanese plays are popular with many young girls, but they actually watch it for Du Qiu. There is a very famous passage in it: Open the window upstairs, you have to walk forward boldly, don't look to both sides, keep walking forward, you will be digested in the blue sky. If a person has no destiny, he will really be digested in the blue sky!

Why? No hope. Where is the hope from? It's just living for the sake of living. If a person has a destiny and lives in eternity, he lives in eternity today. So I tell you, a person will be super capable. Because ability comes from God, and God will add ability to us. I will read to you the blessings God gave to Jacob:

Ah, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed: Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: (Genesis 27:27-28)

Can this be eaten? Yes, it can be eaten. When a person is pursuing eternal blessings, he will be like Jacob: the dew of heaven, the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine, all will be obtained.

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.(Genesis 27:29)

People like Jacob cannot be cursed. If you curse him, God will curse you; if you bless him, God will bless you; this is incredible, the same as God's blessing to Abram and Isaac. There are blessings in destiny! Where are the blessings in the sword? Therefore, relying on your own ability is a curse.

A few days ago, someone sent a message to me, he said: Teacher, I am the kind of person who lives by relying on ability. Don't hurry up and change! You must understand in your heart and don't be confused. We have already grasped this destiny. Don't be fooled and cheated away, like Esau. Destiny is clearly his, but he can't get it. This is us having destiny and being cheated away. What if we don't have it?

Be shrewd as snakes and innocent as doves

Why is it not good to compare being shrewd to a snake? Jacob has wisdom and intelligence. No matter whether he cheated or how he did it, I later carefully studied Jacob and found that he has this cleverness. He ponders all day long. A bowl of red bean soup was agreed upon by the brothers. Is there any cheating? He didn't cheat at all. You give me this, I give you that, we exchange. Did he cheat? He didn't cheat. If the exchange is over, and I have already obtained the birthright, isn't it natural for my father to give me blessings? How is it cheating?

If a pastor says that Jacob cheated people and was cheated by others, you have to think carefully. It doesn't seem like what the Bible wants to tell us. If a Christian happens to be born into the house of Isaac, what would you do if you were Jacob? I tell you, you have to learn to be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. There is only one blessing that can be blessed. Being a Christian is like Jacob, a blessed Christian. Being shrewd as a snake is that I pretend to be Esau, and I must hold on to this opportunity. Who made my father blind?

Isn't that an opportunity God created for us? Remove the shackles of that moral concept in us. If we wholeheartedly want to obtain destiny and obtain blessings, be a Christian like Jacob, don't be stupid. People like Jacob, people with Jacob's personality, will exude a fragrance, this fragrance is like the fragrance of a field blessed by the Lord. It's this kind of person: the dew of heaven, the fatness of the earth, the grain and wine, many people serve you, and many countries bow down to you. You will live above all the people in the world.

If you think about it carefully, you will find that there seems to be a person like Jacob among us, that is me. I am Versailles. I really have this personality. Have you all often heard me say:Be a Christian and be a top-notch Christian; be an accountant and be a top-notch accountant; be an engineer and be a top-notch engineer. I believe everyone has heard it. Be a Christian and be a top-notch Christian, sitting at the top. This many countries bow down to you, and many people serve you. In any case, if you sit at the top, you really have to have these two tricks of Jacob. Value this destiny and never give up if you don't get it. Never despise the birthright. If you despise it, it will be troublesome. You can't do this or that, but you can do anything when you go to work, but you can't do many things when you serve.

I tell you, you can stay among us for a while. But, if you are an Esau, even if I keep you, I can't keep you. In the end, God will kick you out. Think about it, there are many such people among us who value work more than anything else. Then live by your work. I hope everyone wakes up, turns from Esau's path back to God, and starts walking Jacob's path.

Summary

Should our ideas be challenged? Should the things we value be reflected on? What do you value? Are you Jacob or Esau today? Are you from the kingdom of God or the kingdom of the devil? Ask yourself. Are you not doing well in the devil's kingdom? Being controlled by the devil is terrible. He often tortures you, so you come among us. How can you continue to walk Esau's path when you come among us? Saying this is to stimulate everyone.

There are a lot of reasons to walk on the basis of ability. But I tell you, even if there are a thousand or ten thousand reasons, it is still Esau. Esau's logical system belongs to the world and the kingdom of the devil. Today, brothers and sisters must be released from the control of the devil. This is the only way. Don't be stupid anymore. Carefully examine what we value.

Although Jacob valued God's destiny and blessings, he also did his work and did it well. He didn't put his work aside and say that I want to have destiny. It's not just empty shouting, and he didn't do his work badly. What do we value? Because there are God's blessings on Jacob, may God give you wisdom and give you the wisdom to make a choice between curses and blessings, and to make a choice between life and death, blessings and misfortunes.

May God bless everyone!

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录音文字版 大家好!又跟大家分享一个比较负面的题目:以扫必靠刀剑度日,这样的题目将会给很多人带来释放。因为今天很多基督徒活在以扫的逻辑体系里。最近有一个小伙子跳楼了,其实新年才没过多久,马上就有人跳楼。接下来还会发生很多跳楼的事情,只是我们不知道而已。小伙子在跳楼之前,还发过朋友圈说,他曾经去过咱们当中一个弟兄原来所在的教会。咱们当中的这个弟兄还嘱咐过他不要做傻事,结果他还是跳下去了。 我们这个弟兄打电话给小伙子的爸爸,他爸爸还很震惊,孩子跳楼啦!人为什么会跳楼呢?后来我发现很多人都觉得自己很烂,自己能力很差。如果人不是靠着能力活着,能力差就差吧!也没什么。可是问题就是:**人如果能力差,又靠能力活着,就麻烦了。**所以解决人能力差的问题不是问题的关键,真正的问题是解决人依靠能力活着的想法。如果人不依靠能力活着,又怎么会因能力太差去跳楼呢?如果人不依靠能力活着,其实能力也不会太差。

我曾经服侍一个博士,他早上跟室友打个招呼,就去实验室做实验。到晚上回来的时候,看见楼下有一个帐篷,原来他的室友跳楼了。挺吓人!直到现在他心里面还有个阴影,早晨出去还好好的,回来人死了,他们合租的房子也不敢住了。我还服侍过另外一个博士。也许你很困惑,为什么我老讲博士?咱们今天不是说能力嘛!这个博士谈了一个女朋友,但是他谈恋爱的能力比较低下,女朋友就和别人好上了,结果他就想跳列车轨道。博士不是很有能力吗?其实靠能力活着还真是很要命的事。这个人读到博士,觉得自己不行,只是一个感觉。 其实行还是不行,这事也不太重要。**人靠着能力活着,还真是很多问题的根本。** 今天弟兄姐妹们还有靠自己的能力活着吗?靠自己能力活着,自己又没有能力,自己看自己像狗屎,自己看自己也不怎么样,然后活着就难受,也不尊贵,也不尊荣。我想人的能力和钱都是令人困惑的东西。令人困惑的是什么呢?不是人不想有钱,人人都想有钱,但是人想有钱,不一定有钱;想有能力,也不一定有能力;想考个好成绩,也不一定有好成绩。**不是你想有就有的。** 如果你想依靠钱就有钱,想依靠能力就有能力,那就好了!咱们就天天念一个经:要有钱、有钱、有钱、有钱;要有能力、有能力、有能力......天天念都没有,还傻掉了。这是迷思呀!谁都想建阿里巴巴、谁都想做亚马逊、谁都想做特斯拉。但是你能做吗?你没有能力呀!

我知道我们当中还有很多依靠能力活着的人需要得释放,所以我要讲这个题目——《以扫必靠刀剑度日》。很多人都认为我和我的团队很厉害。既然你这样认为,我就顺水推舟,不客气了!其实也真的挺厉害!这厉害不是因为我们念:要有能力,要有能力......就有能力的。其实是**我们信靠神,神把这些加给我们**。这绝对不是光说而已。 看看最近我讲道的题目,实际上是我在认识上的一个提升。《以扫必靠刀剑度日》这是一个新题目,以前没有讲过。这是因为我很想知道,很想解决一些弟兄姐妹们被辖制的问题。直到现在还没有太多的突破,但今天有一个小小的突破。我讲的《以扫必靠刀剑度日》这个题目,有点像小论文。这次在认识上的提升,会带来新一轮的释放。我希望弟兄姐妹在悟性上要清楚认识到靠刀剑度日所带来的危害。那真的非常要命! 我逐渐明白一个道理:为什么今天的教育产生两极化的状态?其中产生的一批是精英:像博士、硕士、大学生之类很优秀的人,但这些优秀的人也有很多奇奇怪怪的问题。另外还产生一个极端化:一大批屌丝。其实不是教育体系的错,是人依靠自己能力度日的错。为什么这么说呢?因为人一旦靠自己的能力,做好了就信心满满,变成精英。另外一批人就是越弄越不行,越弄越沮丧,结果就麻烦了。后来我观察在精英的阶层里面,也是一条咒诅的路。**因为不管人的能力有多少,人在世上解决问题的能力是有限的。**

如果你遇到自己不能解决的问题,是很辛苦的。人真的可以靠着自己能力,靠着刀剑度日吗?稍微思考一下就能得出答案。人几时生几时死几时遇灾祸都管不了。就算你有博士文凭、硕士文凭,还是某某大学的教授,都没有用,因为连新冠都挡不住。就算口罩印上你的文凭,也没有用,新冠来了,啥也拦不住。 人的口号喊得很响:人定胜天。其实人在大自然面前何等无奈,何等渺小。这东西就不用我说了:一个海啸来了,多坚固的房子在海啸面前简直像火柴盒。一个病毒,一场瘟疫来了都这样。于是人就开发疫苗,可是疫苗也赶不上变种。真是挺悲剧的!其实人在年纪越小的时候,早点知道从这种想法当中走出来就越好。 就像我小的时候,考个好成绩,也没觉得怎么样;考不好,也照吃照喝,一点感觉都没有。你要是问我为什么会这样?其实我也不知道,但是我从小就觉得这东西有什么用呢?学习好怎么就没用呢?学习好也就这样,我根本没当一回事。可能你会说,你学习好肯定不当一回事,但是我们学习不好。不是这样的,刚好搞反了。是因为你们把这事看得很重,所以就学得不好。因为我看得很轻,又脚踏实地地学习就学好了。这就是问题所在!

咱们的讲道,为什么讲这个以扫呢?以扫生在亚伯拉罕、以撒的家里,那就是基督徒的家庭。我为什么讲这个题目?就是讲给信主的,却依靠自己能力的基督徒听的,这样的人结果就做了以扫。神明明告诉我们,这是活在咒诅当中。这事也很神奇,以扫和雅各都在亚伯拉罕的家里。如果在大街上,在埃及也好,没有基督徒的名分,神没有明明咒诅他们。但是你活在亚伯拉罕、以撒的家里,然后你养成了依靠自己能力度日的习惯,你就会发现神咒诅你。 我曾经研究过一个很有趣的题目:基督徒为什么会变傻呢?当然这是我个人的看法,这是我服侍当中的一个体会:以前都挺聪明的,现在怎么就变笨了呢?以前还有点常识,现在怎么连常识都没有了?真的非常奇怪!就是因为这是以扫之类的基督徒。**这类以扫的基督徒带着属世界的逻辑体系,又要依靠神又要依靠世界,这世界就成了杂牌。**换句话说就是杂种。靠自己的刀剑度日、靠自己的能力度日,就傻掉了。**一个人又想要神的祝福,又想依靠自己,里面成了混乱的混合体。** 我可得提醒大家,要小心呀!

神啊!给我们提个醒,透过你的话语让我们都醒悟过来,让我们能够清清楚楚地知道,我们不能做以扫这样的基督徒。神啊!今天就开始帮助我们,在悟性上清清楚楚认识祝福和咒诅,清清楚楚地知道没有命定就得不着祝福。做一个没有命定的基督徒就是活在咒诅当中。神啊!今天就开启我们的心窍,让我们能够认识你。奉耶稣基督的名,阿们!

大家可要清楚,必靠刀剑度日是个咒诅。必,这个字很重要。当你听到《圣经》里讲``必"字,比如说:信的人必有神迹奇事随着,它是一种逻辑。``必"就是一定是这样。以扫之前所做的一切导致了一个后果:**他轻看了长子的名分就导致了他连选择的机会都没有,他必须靠自己的刀剑度日**。有能力、刀剑好使的时候能打胜仗,打不过人家的时候怎么办呢?打不过就被人家杀了。 看《水浒传》经常有打擂台的,在台上是挺厉害,一上来个人,把人踢下去一个就得胜了。可问题是人外有人,天外有天,来了一个更厉害的,就把你干趴下了。《岳飞传》也是这么写的:小梁王打擂台是往死里打,结果岳飞来了,把小梁王给干趴下了。 你靠刀剑有时候好使;有时候不好使;有时候你把人家杀了;有时候人家就把你杀了。反正就是那么过日子,能不是咒诅吗?**大家要知道,必靠刀剑度日是个咒诅。有能力做就狂妄自大,没能力做就垂头丧气,屌丝不都是这么产生的吗**?弄一把不行,再弄一把不行,就养成了屌丝的逻辑体系,因为他靠的就是刀剑,是能力啊! 一个人要靠刀剑度日,那你就自己扛呗!你要靠自己保护自己,这事儿太难了。怎么保护啊?一个是``必”字,一个是``靠”字,这俩字很有学问。有人说这是个``扛把子”,你自己掌管自己的生命,你能掌管得了吗?你那刀剑能靠得住吗?你的武功真的天下第一吗?今天是天下第一,明天又不是了。

非洲草原一个年轻的狮子上来就把老狮子给打败了,等你老了就不好使了。这刀剑也靠不住。在神的眼里,人的刀剑就像个蚂蚁的须子。能争出什么呀?拿着刀剑就要与天斗与地斗,拿什么斗啊?**没有神的保守,没有神的看顾,那就是咒诅**。弟兄姐妹对这件事要有很深刻地认识。因为靠刀剑度日充斥了整个中国的历史。 关羽怎么死的?大刀再厉害最后也死在刀剑之下。张飞怎么死的?一把丈八蛇矛,长坂坡一声喝退曹军。那都是很厉害的人物,最后都死在刀剑之下。问题是人家张飞、关羽不是生在亚伯拉罕的家里,所以《圣经》也没时间记载这些人。因为以扫就是雅各的孪生兄弟,他就生在以撒的家里,所以做基督徒做成像以扫这样的人可要命啊!神没有咒诅大街上的人。大家一定要知道,《圣经》是给信主的人,《申命记》里的咒诅都是给信主的人写的。 也就是说,这以扫生在信主的人家里,亚伯拉罕、以撒的家里,挺倒霉啊!如果他生在别人家倚靠刀剑没人管,可是他生在亚伯拉罕的家里。你说他知不知道神的祝福?如果不知道就用不着哭哭啼啼地跟他爸闹,被骗走了才想起来,你说他知道祝福吧,又不太看重,很多基督徒不就是这种状况吗?信祝福又不看重祝福,这是很多基督徒的写照。

**以扫式的基督徒是个咒诅,必靠刀剑度日是个咒诅**。我把这事延伸到今天:以扫这种思维体系,是在亚伯拉罕和以撒的直接影响下形成的,尚且还成了以扫。这不是奇怪吗?在教会里面的基督徒天天读《圣经》,天天学神的话,一说祝福——我要,一说要有命定——那是啥玩意儿?能当饭吃吗?以扫式的基督徒是个咒诅,如果你做了基督徒又像以扫,麻烦大了。 大街上的人,神也不大在乎。你自己能力不行,你又看重,就更不行。一旦行一点,又开始倚靠自己那点能力了。咱们训练了很多人,带着带着开始能力成长起来了。一开始没有能力的时候,信靠神是很无奈的。现在有能力了开始信靠能力了,以前没能力信靠不了。你说做成这样的基督徒可怎么办? 如果让你好好地祷告,你就困;一读《圣经》,你也困,那就慢慢困吧!等到咒诅临到的时候就不用困了。然后你又说:我控制不住、没有方向、没有力气,我就想做以扫这样的基督徒。那你就慢慢做吧! 可是一讲到祝福,你就说——我要!没有祝福的时候就哭哭啼啼。最后得到什么呢?就是你必倚靠刀剑度日,又必侍奉你的兄弟。你存在的价值就是衬托那些爱神的人,做不了鲜花就做一片绿叶。弟兄姐妹一定要知道:**以扫式的基督徒太多了。这种基督徒最严重的问题是轻看神儿女的名分**。

神儿女的名分是何等的尊贵。只是很多人不知道神儿女的名分很尊贵,并且价值连城。但是人不看重这个,看重他的能力。如果能力很强,我们也服气。可是刚从屌丝的状况里走出来就不知道天高地厚了。 后来发现,很多人有这毛病。自己不太行,一旦行了,就趾高气昂。一遇到困难,不行了,又垂头丧气。就这么来回折腾。有的人从二十岁折腾到三十岁,三十岁折腾到四十岁,四十岁又折腾到五、六十岁,最后就那样。**所以人轻看神儿女的名分就是悟性不通,不知道祝福和咒诅多么厉害!** 我常常说得自己都不想再听了,**人活着最关键的两件事就是祝福和咒诅**。有的人抢祝福没本事,抢咒诅本事可大了。你到底看重什么?人靠什么活着,这事一下子就把人分出来了。你靠刀剑度日,靠工作就是你活着的倚靠,我就从来没有看见过做工没有力气,也没有看见过做工做一半睡着了或是控制不住,很少看见这样。 怎么一服侍神就完了?这一系列地反应就是轻看神儿女的名分。别去看一个人的口号喊得响。基本上就是两种国度、两种追求、两种看重的东西。福气就是神,神和福气紧密相关。如果你看重神儿女的名分,你不得着祝福都难啊!其实人活在咒诅当中做出来的那些选择,会觉得自己做出的选择多么好。但是人活在咒诅当中,他的选择都是一个非常奇怪的状态。

就拿以扫来说,以扫搬家,搬来搬去。越搬越好也行,可是却搬到西珥地,要知道西珥地都是悬崖峭壁,为什么他搬到悬崖峭壁呢?因为他依靠自己的刀剑,他不是依靠神的保守,依靠神的祝福,他认为依靠这些东西天经地义。他自己都不知道为什么会这样?他就是这样。悬崖峭壁,那是个鸟不拉屎的地方,谁会到这里抢土地呢?人都是找很肥沃的土地去抢。结果以扫搬到这个地方住。为什么他会这么想呢?他自然而然就想我要找个悬崖峭壁,也没有什么太大的志向,后来的亚玛力人就是以扫的后代。他跟神作对本事大了,要得着祝福什么本事也没有,就是这么一种人。 不要轻看神儿女的名分,这话已经讲了N多遍了。但是,人一到了关键时刻马上就回到依靠自己刀剑度日,依靠自己的能力、钱,全是这样。为什么我今天要讲这篇道呢?因为我希望能够把你从这里面释放出来。你做得好也用不着趾高气昂,你做得不好也用不着垂头丧气。因为不是依靠这东西活着。 我们依靠的是神儿女的名分,依靠的是神的保守。我们是要紧紧抓住命定,像雅各这样,这就成了一个鲜明的对比,两个国在你的腹中,就是以扫的妈妈在怀孕的时候神所说的。也就是说在她的里面有两种国度,一个是属世界的国度和属世界国度的追求,另外一个是属神的国度和对神国度的追求,你知道和你追求完全是两回事,看重哪一个?依靠哪一个?完全是一个致命的选择。

紧紧抓住命定,在命定之外没有祝福,如果看重祝福,你就看重神儿女的名分,看重神在你身上的命定。**如果一个人有紧紧抓住命定的态度,就算是神没有打算给你,最后你都会得着,因为神要寻找的就是有这种态度的人**。人要紧紧抓住命定,人的眼光就会改变。 前面讲的人为什么会跳楼?没有命定。活着就是那么活着,没有抗压的能力,受点挫败就要跳楼,每一次挫败都能启动他里面跳楼的意念,不抗造。人为什么不抗造呢?人依靠那东西活着没有命定,人活着如果不是依靠那东西,而是依靠神在我们身上的命定活着,人就有超级抗造能力。 当人遇到挫败的时候,你抓住命定,就会发现依靠我自己不行,但是依靠神绝对可以。依靠自己不行,依靠神也不行这是一种逻辑;另外一个逻辑就是依靠自己不行,但是依靠我的神可以。这是完全不同的两种逻辑,一个是依靠自己的时候完全没有盼望,唯一的盼望就是跳下去。 我们小时候有一部戏,里面有个帅哥叫杜丘,那个戏的名字叫《追捕》。日本戏很多年青女孩子喜欢看,其实就为看杜丘。里面有一段话非常有名:打开窗口在楼上,你要大胆地往前走,不要往两边看,一直往前走,你会消化在那蓝天里。如果一个人没有命定,还真会消化在那蓝天里! 为什么呢?没有盼望。哪来的盼望?就是为活着而活着。如果一个人有命定,在永恒里活着,今天就活在永恒当中。所以我告诉你,一个人就会超级有能力。因为能力是从神来的,神会把能力加添在我们身上。我念给你听,神给雅各的祝福:

**我儿的香气如同耶和华赐福之田地的香气一样。愿 神赐你天上的甘露,地上的肥土,并许多五谷新酒。(《创世记》 27:27-28)** 这能不能当饭吃啊?能当饭吃。一个人在追求永恒的祝福的时候,就会像雅各这样:天上的甘露,地上的肥土,许多五谷新酒,都得着了。 **愿多民侍奉你,多国跪拜你。愿你作你弟兄的主;你母亲的儿子向你跪拜。凡咒诅你的,愿他受咒诅;为你祝福的,愿他蒙福。(《创世记》 27:29)** 像雅各这种人咒诅不了。咒诅他,神就咒诅你;如果你祝福他,神就祝福你;这还得了,跟神祝福亚伯兰罕、以撒的一样。**在命定当中才有祝福**!在刀剑当中哪有祝福?**所以依靠自己的能力那就是个咒诅。** 前几天还有人发信息给我,他说:“老师,我就是那种依靠能力度日的人。”还不赶紧改啊!心里头要明白不要糊涂,我们已经抓到了这个命定,千万不要被人忽悠就给骗去,像以扫,命定明明是他的,就是得不着。这是我们有命定被人骗去,如果没有怎么办呢?

比喻什么不好比喻灵巧像蛇?在雅各身上有智慧、有聪明,不管他是骗也好怎么弄也好,后来我仔细研究雅各身上有这股巧劲儿。他整天琢磨,一碗红豆汤是哥俩说好的,有骗吗?啥也没骗。你给我这个,我给你那个,咱俩交换啊。骗了吗?没骗。如果已经交换完了,我已经得了长子名分,老爸给我祝福不是天经地义吗?怎么是骗呢? 如果有牧师讲雅各骗人又被人骗,你得好好琢磨,不太像《圣经》要告诉我们的话。基督徒如果刚好生在以撒的家里,如果你是雅各你怎么办?我告诉你,要学习灵巧像蛇,驯良像鸽子。**只有一样可祝的福,做基督徒就像雅各这样蒙福的基督徒**。灵巧像蛇就是我装作以扫,我也要紧紧抓住这个机会,谁让我爸眼睛瞎了呢? 那不是神给我们创造的机会吗?除去我们里面那种道德观的辖制。如果我们一心就想得着命定得着祝福,做雅各这样的基督徒,不要傻掉了。像雅各这样的人,有雅各这种性格的人,他们身上会流露着一种香气,这种香气如同耶和华赐福田地的香气一样。就这种人:天上的甘露,地上的肥土,五谷新酒,多民侍奉你,多国跪拜你。你就会身居天下万民之上。

如果你仔细琢磨就会发现,在我们当中好像有雅各这种性格的人,那就是我,凡尔赛一把,我真的有这种性格。大家有没有常常听我说:**做基督徒就做一个响当当的基督徒;做会计做一个响当当的会计;做工程师做一个响当当的工程师**。相信大家都听过。做基督徒做一个响当当的基督徒坐在最上面。这多国跪拜你,多民侍奉你,无论如何坐在最上面,还真得有雅各这两下子,看重这命定,不得着决不罢休。千万不要轻看长子的名分。如果轻看就麻烦了,一整这不行那不行,一上班什么都行了,一服侍很多东西都不行了。 我告诉你,你可以在我们当中混一段时间。但是,如果你是个以扫的话,就算是我留你也留不住,最后神会把你给踢掉。想想看,我们当中有很多这样的,把工作看得比什么都重,那就靠你的工作活着吧。我希望大家醒过来,从以扫的路上回转向神,开始走雅各的路。

我们的想法是不是要挑战一下,我们看重的东西是不是要反思一下,你到底看重的是什么呢?今天你到底是个雅各还是以扫呢?你是神国的还是魔鬼的国呢?要问问自己。你在魔鬼那一国混得不怎么样?被鬼辖制的挺惨,经常在你身上折腾你,所以才来到我们当中。来到我们当中怎么继续走以扫的路呢?这么说要刺激大家一下。 要想走以能力为本有一大堆的理由。但是我告诉你,就是有一千一万个理由那也不过是以扫,以扫的逻辑体系是属世界、属魔鬼的国度。今天弟兄姐妹要从魔鬼的辖制里得释放,这是唯一的路,不能再傻了。仔细审查一下我们所看重的东西到底是什么? 雅各虽看重神的命定和祝福,但是他也把工作做了,并且也做得不错。不是把工作抛在一边,我要有命定,不是空喊,也不是把工作做得不好。我们到底看重的是什么?因为有神的祝福在雅各的身上,愿神给你聪明给你智慧,知道在咒诅和祝福之间做一个选择,在生与死、福与祸之间做一个选择。 愿神祝福大家!
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