I. Introduction:

Good day to everyone! Today, I will address a topic that may seem a bit unusual. Previously, when we discussed The Temple Built with Jewels, many of you seemed to think: Ah, I am a jewel. Ah, I am a treasure in God's eyes. Not necessarily! Pastor, you say, you should build up my faith. Indeed, your faith should be built on the word of God. So today, I want to talk to you about: If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be accursed! Why? Because I want to draw a red line. Do not cross this line. If you cross it, you are definitely not a treasure! Definitely not a jewel!

I am struck by the fact that some people who do not love God are hanging around here, constantly asking me: Please don't kick me out. I wonder, what kind of people are these? Because within the church, if anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be accursed. Why insist on receiving a curse in this place? You must understand that this place is not only a place to impart blessings, but also a place to dispense some curses. You say: Teacher, isn't the church a place to impart blessings? Yes, it is, to those who love God. But it also dispenses curses, to those who do not love the Lord. Do you understand?

So some people come among us and find things are not good. Why? Their situation becomes worse. Why? The curse is deeper. When it comes to loving the Lord, there are not many stories. When it comes to not loving the Lord, there are many stories, and many stories about curses as well. You know, those who are blessed are few, and those who are cursed are many. Those who are treasures in God's eyes are few, and the rubbish in God's eyes are many. I ask you: Is there more rubbish or more treasures? Definitely more rubbish. You haul it away truckload after truckload. When do you ever see truckload after truckload of jewels being transported? Very rarely.

So many Christians live in a state of curse. If you observe carefully, you may no longer be confused starting today. Why aren't you confused? Because you know: If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be accursed! And it will come upon you soon. So the title of Christian is not far from a curse, as far as I am concerned. This is why I particularly dislike hiring Christians as employees. The matter of Christians as employees is a bit peculiar. So after becoming a pastor, I do not want the Christians among us to be like those Christians I have seen living under a curse.

Christians living under a curse are incompetent in everything. They are unable to do anything well. It would be better if these people were not Christians. If you are not a Christian, you do not need to love the Lord, because you are not a Christian. But if you are a Christian and do not love the Lord, what are you doing here? I'm here to get a bit of curse. What kind of thinking is that? If you listen to my sermon today and think, This place is not for me, then leave quickly. If you leave, you will be dumping me, which will give you face. Don't wait for me to dump you, or you will lose face.

So I want to emphasize, do not think that there are no curses in the New Testament. The entire New Testament and Old Testament are permeated with the matter of blessings and curses. Blessings and curses are closely related to loving God and not loving God. Okay? If you listen to my sharing today, you had better figure it out clearly. By no means come among us to pick up a curse. I will be embarrassed, and you will be embarrassed. So today, brothers and sisters, you must understand that if you live under a curse, you will not get better! If you don't believe me, we can take it slow and see what happens.

Think about it. People just don't know what it means to love God. They think they can just hang around among us. The account, I can leave it for you. You can log in from time to time to sponge off us, or you can not log in. You can come in or you can idle while doing whatever else you want to do. But I tell you, if anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be accursed! Do you think this is serious? Isn't it? It's very serious! We once had a sister whose mother suffered from severe depression. She came from afar to be among us, not by train, not by plane, but over the internet.

After she came, God began to show her grace. Actually, she didn't love God that much. But God loves her, why? Because God loved her first and watched her reaction. As a result, she was about to get a promotion at school. She was an unestablished staff member. Hey, she didn't do so well on the exam, but she passed. She took another exam and didn't do well either, but she passed. Isn't it good to pass? Then she started to get cocky. She thought God was gracious to her because she was doing well. No! God was gracious to her because God loved her and hoped she would turn around, so He showed her grace.

As a result, just as she was about to get the promotion, having passed the exams, what happened? Not long ago, didn't we have a building fund offering? Our building fund is no small matter. We are going to build a glorious church on the internet. As a result, she gave God a small tip, like giving money to a beggar. Here's ten dollars for you, take it! That was roughly her attitude. As a result, that was disastrous! How was it disastrous? Immediately, she began to have bad luck.

So sometimes I worry that people don't understand the meaning of giving offerings, and they mess things up. As a result, they receive a curse! How did they receive a curse? Soon, the leader called her in for a talk. What did the leader talk to her about? Her recent performance was not good. Not only was her performance not good, but later the leader called her in again and discovered what? That she was tutoring her own school's students outside and charging them money. Could she still get the promotion? No way. She deserved it. Actually, if her leader needed to talk to her, her pastor should also talk to her.

I tell you, such a person is bound to have bad luck! She came to us in the past with bad luck and received grace, and she thought she was doing well. No! It wasn't because you were doing well, but because God was good to you. But God is a God who curses people. If God has shown you grace, and you still don't learn how to love God, you deserve it! There are many days of bad luck ahead, so take it slow.

So today, brothers and sisters, can you please stop dawdling in the church? If you dawdle in the church and produce a curse, you will pay the consequences. You must know that I don't care about family ties. I only care about God. I am building God's glorious church. I only hope to bring those who love God to God, and leave the rubbish and the scum to Old Ma, Old Donkey, Little Crab, Ox-Head and Horse-Face. Whoever wants to take you, let them take you. Okay? Anyway, I won't take you! I have seen many people like this in the past few years.

There was another sister who came among us. Later, I discovered that she was an extremely selfish person at heart. She went to work for a company, and then that company went under. She found another job and went to work, and that company went under too. I said, How is it that every company you go to work for goes under? I said, You didn't even become the president, did you? Right? You haven't even become the president, and you make people go under. If you became the president, how many would you make go under? She's carrying a demon! Carrying a curse, so whatever she does fails. Those who touch her get a bit of a curse and are defiled. Do you think that is a matter of life and death?

Not only this sister, but another brother was also like this. You think it's just the sisters? I'm a brother, but the brothers are not immune. Whether you are male or female is not important. What is important is whether you love God or not. The difference between loving God and not loving God is too great! Later, another brother was the same. He worked for a company, and the company went under. He worked for another company, and that company went under too. He grew up in the church, and I hoped that he could grow, so I arranged for him to try doing pastoral work.

So I let him do pastoral work. First, you have to learn to make a few phone calls, right? Making a few phone calls is fine. Later, I found that he didn't make phone calls. He never contacted anyone. Later, I talked to him: Why don't you make phone calls? He gave me the line: Teacher, I can't remember. Hah? I said, What kind of answer is that? Okay, if I remind you later, can you remember? Later, I reminded him, and after I reminded him, he still couldn't remember. Oh, I felt very strange. I looked for him again. I said: I already reminded you, how could you still forget? He said: Oh, hum, ah, um, ah, here come the two hum-ha generals, he didn't take it seriously. Actually, it's nothing else, it's just that he didn't want to make the call. Forgetting became an excuse to get rid of me.

Now you can't get rid of me, because I'm reminding you. See what kind of person I am? Too insensitive. People try to get rid of you, and you still take it seriously. Well, I'm just that kind of serious person! His girlfriend is among us. Later, I asked him, Can you remember to call her? He said, No problem. I call her every day. Later, I concluded that he loves his girlfriend. He has time to call his girlfriend anytime.

The moment his girlfriend calls him and says, Wait for me downstairs tonight, of course he has time. He doesn't work overtime, he doesn't need anything else, he puts it down and leaves. Is that how it is? Oh no wonder that the first company failed, and the second company failed. Later, I tried very hard to put him on the path to blessing, but I couldn't make it happen! Okay, today I will say: God! May he be accursed. That matter is very interesting. Some people will say, Look at you, how can you curse people? I didn't say anything, I didn't curse him about anything. I just said: If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be accursed!

So don't believe that nonsense that says: Ah, from a person's mouth should come blessings and not curses, that is not right. What is not right? Our God is both a God of blessing and a God of curse. That's how our God speaks. Are you more powerful than God? This is God's word; can't we proclaim it? Yes! So today, brothers and sisters, never be a Christian living under a curse. What good is it to be a Christian living under a curse? Among us, although it is a victorious church, the curse is still so real, because it is God who curses people.

Stop living a life of bad luck. If you are not among us, for example, if you become a Buddhist or a Muslim, maybe you will be fine. Look at some people who leave the church, they are doing quite well after they leave. People are more blessed after they leave, because the curse is gone, not as much of a curse. Isn't that right? So never be a Christian living under a curse.

A young brother among us recently had a financial turnaround. He used to have bad luck in everything he did. Why? He loved money and didn't love God. With great difficulty, he has been straightened out a little. I don't know if he will bounce back like a spring. You know, I tried so hard to straighten him out, I was exhausted. He was blessed, but the moment I let go, he went back to loving the world, back to his money-loving ways. So although he came out of poverty and bankruptcy, he still needs to change.

So today, brothers and sisters, never think that I am releasing fear. I am just telling you the truth of God. You say, Teacher, you are releasing fear. You should build up my faith. As I thought about building up your faith, I said to myself, You should be afraid. To what extent have you been unafraid, to the point that you dare to not love God? You actually want to live under a curse. Remember that loving the Lord is the greatest commandment! Do you know what a commandment is? A commandment is the bottom line. Don't think that a commandment is something lofty. What is a commandment? You shall not steal, you shall not rob, you shall not murder. The bottom line.

Even though you have not murdered, you are definitely not a great person. Do you understand? So what is this bottom line? It is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. This is the greatest commandment! Go beyond this and you will be cursed. So some people suffer for the sake of loving God, for the sake of paying a price for God. But more people suffer because they do not love God and are cursed, a pain with no glory. Do you understand? So I have a great confusion. In the past few years, when I was a Christian in the local church, I had a great confusion, because after I saw it, I found that many Christians were living under a curse. Then they still insisted on being such Christians. I was really confused, insisting on being a cursed Christian.

You must know who the curses in the Bible are for. I ask you, who is Deuteronomy for? For those who believe in the Lord. Deuteronomy says this: If you carefully observe and follow the statutes, ordinances, and commandments of the Lord your God, you will surely be blessed. If you do not carefully observe and follow them, you will surely be cursed. Is that right? Is Deuteronomy for Buddhists? No, Deuteronomy is for Christians. You say, No, that's the Old Testament. The Old Testament? The New Testament is the same. In these past years, my greatest confusion has been this.

I once encountered a very interesting Christian. It was five or six years ago when I received him. He had cancer and began to eat liquid food. His mouth could not swallow food; it had to go through a tube. To know that in the midst of a curse, one of the curses is that people cannot taste food when they eat, and eating food is not fragrant. The liquid food is injected into him through a tube in his abdomen. Do you think he was cursed? Ten years later, his wife also contracted cancer. As a result, what happened? I said, You are living under a curse. He said, No, I am Job. Oh, Job, cursed Job. I said, To what extent must you insist!

I tell you, this kind of teaching in the church is a very absurd teaching. Let him go and see Job and be with Job. So insisting is my greatest confusion, thinking that they are suffering for God. Someone said: Pastor, I love the Lord so much! I said: You love the Lord? How do you love the Lord? How do you love the Lord? After thinking for a long time, they couldn't figure it out and couldn't answer. Because they are just two-cent teapots, just good at talking. It is easy to say the words love the Lord, but it is not easy to do it! Come, let's talk about it. I said: How do you love God? How do you love the Lord? He said, I attend meetings, I give offerings. Is that called loving the Lord? My goodness, you think God really needs you to attend meetings.

How do you explain love the Lord? The concepts of if anyone does not love the Lord and loving the Lord must be made clear. Loving the Lord, I tell you, the Bible speaks very clearly: For a mature Christian, it is to shepherd God's sheep; if you love the Lord, you must pay the price for shepherding; if you love the Lord, you carefully observe and follow God's word, willingly and gladly carefully observing and following God's word. I said, Then what do you follow? He stared straight at me with both eyes, what do you follow? He said, Why is your question so difficult? I am the kind of person who likes to bring up whatever shouldn't be brought up. Is it difficult to answer my questions? My questions are hard to answer. If you want to argue with me, you certainly can't win against me.

I said, What do you follow? His big eyes stared at my small eyes. I said, That's easy. What God's words do you not follow? I can list a whole bunch for you. You haven't followed many of them. It's not just about talking. There are many people who love the Lord, saying they love the Lord, but they have ruined the Lord's church with their love. Do you understand? The year I got COVID, a pastor also got COVID. The pastor got COVID, I got better, and he died. Before he died, he left a message. He said that he wanted to build a church full of God's love. I said to myself: You better stop it. He died, and I didn't say that to him. I said: You should build a church that loves God!

Bringing together a group of people who made the church smoky and filled with infighting all day long. Ah, tragedy. In the end, they fought their pastor to his death from COVID. They ruined the church with their love. Fortunately, I found that color is an interesting thing. They did not green the church.

Do you know what it means to green the church? If you green God and the church, how deep will the curse be! You put a green hat on God, try it. It is fatal! The curse is so deep.

Therefore, Chinese Mingding Destiny theology hopes to explain these things clearly. So, I tell you, Chinese Mingding Destiny theology is actually the theology of the Apostle Paul. As a result, old John grew old and was in his nineties. When he was in his nineties, he was actually a little over twenty years old when the Lord Jesus was crucified. Now that he is in his nineties, it has actually been seventy years since the Lord Jesus was crucified. Most people can't outlive him. James, Peter, and Paul died, leaving only old John. Old John probably lived long enough to outlive everyone.

After everyone had died, he began to ponder. How did they ruin the church in those days? How did they green the church? Later, he summarized something called loving the Lord. So in the Gospel of John and the First Epistle of John, there is a lot of talk about loving the Lord. Do you understand? That is to say, later people will find that the Gospel of John, written by old John, was written many years later. It tells an unknown and interesting story that no one else recorded. Why didn't anyone else write it? Because Peter was still alive at that time, to save him some face. Now that he is dead, there is no need to save Peter's face, and old John wrote down the story.

When Jesus saw Peter, He told him to catch people like fish. After he saw Jesus Christ rise from the dead, he went fishing again. He fished all night, but he didn't catch any fish. The fishing expert didn't catch any fish. Later, Jesus was on the shore and told him to cast the net on the other side. He cast the net and caught 153 fish. As a result, Jesus was on the shore making grilled fish for him, adding some sauce, spreading it around, and sprinkling some cumin and chili powder, grilling it until it smelled fragrant. Peter was there eating fish and chatting with Jesus. People in Northeast China call chatting lao ke.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” (John 21:15)

As a result, Jesus asked, “Do you love me?” “I love you.” Jesus said, “Shepherd my sheep.” Later, he asked three times in a row, which confused Peter. As a result, this conversation was written down. I tell you, it actually highlights how much you love God. How did Peter actually do later? He didn't do so well and ruined the church. So John was with Peter and the others at that time. They were colleagues, working together. Thinking back on this matter, ah, they didn't do it right. Actually, it wasn't that old John didn't understand this until those years. The Apostle Paul wrote it clearly in 1 Corinthians.

If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come! (1 Corinthians 16:22)

If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be accursed. The phrase if anyone is interesting. Who is it? Today we are human flesh searching this term. If anyone, who is that? So by saying these things, I want everyone to enter into blessing and no longer live under a curse. I hope that if anyone is not you or me, but if someone, some people. Ah, I was just saying, it's very emotional!

So I am saying so much to let everyone know that loving God is very, very important. If people do not love God, I don't know if their brains are messed up. Right? How dumb are they? Right? I don't know why? Why is their head not working well? Are there certain people among us today? Are there if anyone among us? Do we have a netizen named If Anyone? If you are named If Anyone, then you are doomed. Okay, today we will open this scripture, 1 Corinthians 16:22.

II. Scripture

If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be accursed. Our Lord, come! (1 Corinthians 16:22)

III. Prayer

God! Today, let us have a heart that loves You; God! We ought to love You, we ought to love You with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, with all our mind. You are our God, You are our everything; God! Let us have this determination to put You first in our lives; God! Today we will write it down on the calendar, we are going to be people who love You, this is the commandment You have given us; God! Today we know that if we do not love You, we will live under a curse. Today help us, give us strength, let us take off the sin that entangles us, break the curse on us. Let us be a people who love You, who walk according to Your words, to build Your glorious church, in this generation, let Your glory fill the whole earth. God! Have mercy on us, remember us, give us strength! In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

IV. Scripture Background

A sentence was added after this scripture: “Our Lord, come!” What will the Lord do when He comes? To curse him. The Lord will come to curse him; it's quite interesting! These words are powerful! The background of this scripture is very interesting. If I have the chance, I will share 1 Corinthians with everyone again. I found that my human flesh searching skills are very powerful. I am very good at reading these things and then thinking: Oh, this guy is this kind of person. I understand it quite well. Why? Because I am Chinese, and Chinese people have a deep understanding of human nature. The background of 1 Corinthians is very interesting. What is the background of 1 Corinthians? The Corinthian church went through a period of great chaos. How did it come about? Its logic is like this. I will tell you a story.

Paul established a church in Corinth called the Corinthian church. Paul stayed in the Corinthian church for a year and a half. How did he do it? He pitched tents in Corinth, earning money and supporting himself while building the church. He built the church without taking a penny from the Corinthian church, and then the Corinthians

Why do I know this? Because in 1 Corinthians, he wrote about this in an interesting and skillful way. There were three groups of people. Why? Because the Corinthian church had already split into three factions. Some said, I follow Paul; others, I follow Apollos; and still others, I follow Cephas, that is, Peter. They divided into three groups and started infighting. This infighting was quite intense, and the church became chaotic. You must understand, this church was quite something.

In the early days of building our church, we dealt with this spirit of disunity. One day, while I was praying at home, a vision appeared before me. What kind of vision was it? It was a snake with three bodies all intertwined, each of the three heads facing a different direction, very formidable. When I saw this vision, I said, God, what is this? And God said to me, This is a spirit of disunity. Oh, so that's what a spirit of disunity looks like! Back then, the church was dealing with this very thing. And I tell you, congratulations! Today, our church has defeated this spirit of disunity.

There was also a church with three pastors, and they were staging a Romance of the Three Kingdoms scenario. It's not strange at all to act out Romance of the Three Kingdoms in a church. The church's version is much better than that kid who plays Cao Cao. So, the church at that time dealt with the spirit of disunity, the spirit of gossip, and many other spirits. The Corinthian church was infiltrated by such spirits, and the evil spirits behind them were very powerful. Some people in the church claimed, I don't follow Paul, nor Apollos, nor Cephas Peter, I follow Jesus Christ. What nonsense! They just don't love God and engage in empty talk.

As a result, these three factions came to the church, and the church became chaotic. When Paul found out about this, he wrote 1 Corinthians. From the lines of the letter, you can also infer that Apollos had come to Paul. He was doing well in Corinth, so why did he come to Paul? What was Apollos good at? Apollos was very familiar with the Bible and powerfully proved that Jesus Christ is Lord. In the Book of Acts, it is said that Apollos preached the baptism of John. What is the baptism of John? It is that people must repent.

So, even today, Apollos' teachings are still very rampant in the church. In fact, 1 Corinthians was not only written to the Corinthian church but also to the Christians in Corinth who followed Apollos. Because Apollos' logical system is to powerfully prove that Jesus Christ is Lord, but without power, focusing only on repentance, that's roughly it. The problem is the lack of power. Therefore, Paul said, My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words. He was referring to Apollos.

My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.（1 Corinthians 2:4-5）

Apollos is a model of a church without power, very good at studying the Bible, proving this and that, but in the end, proving that he himself is not very capable. How did he end up coming to Paul? I have a very interesting guess for you. Later, Peter and the others also came. Although Peter's speaking skills were not as good as Apollos', Peter was a great disciple of Jesus Christ. Because of this, he immediately overwhelmed many people. Think about it, Apollos was in the Corinthian church, and then Peter also came. What do you think would happen to the Corinthian church? Peter clearly couldn't out-argue Apollos, that's for sure.

According to our Chinese logical system, from the Zhou Dynasty to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, over two thousand eight hundred years of history, the Chinese have a deep understanding of human nature and have studied the tactics of power very deeply. After Apollos was defeated by Peter, he was very hurt and left the Corinthian church. Apollos was not a builder of the church; he was only good at talking. He came to the apostle Paul, and later Apollos inherited Paul's theological system. He was hurt, is that called building the church? That's not called building the church, that's called a dragon-tiger fight.

Therefore, 1 Corinthians mentions several times If anyone... This cannot be named; you can't say I'm talking about you. I'm saying, If anyone... Is it someone? Not you, I didn't say you. This is a very clever political language, referring to some unnamed people. Who are they referring to? Those who ruined the church and caused trouble everywhere. Do you understand? Although the church may not be completely ruined, it was thrown into chaos, impoverished, and filled with a bunch of Pharisees. That's what it was like. So, you can't say I'm targeting anyone; I'm not targeting anyone. But those who read 1 Corinthians know who is being targeted. As a result, Paul urged Apollos to return to the Corinthian church, but Apollos was unwilling to go.

As for our brother Apollos, I urged him strongly to visit you with the other brothers. Even now he is quite unwilling to go, but he will come when he has the opportunity.（1 Corinthians 16:12）

Do you all understand? He didn't want to go because he was hurt there. The following sentence is very interesting.

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.（1 Corinthians 16:13）

Oh, what it really means is: You and Apollos are all petty and caught up in trivial matters. In the end, did the Corinthian church get better? The spirit of disunity was defeated by Paul. In 1 Corinthians, it mentioned three groups of people: Paul, Apollos, and Cephas. What did these three groups do? A Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Who defeated them? Paul, who had a fatherly and motherly heart, that was love. Paul's message was full of love. Do you all understand now? The If anyone mentioned among these three groups definitely refers to Peter. Today, they are all dead anyway, so I don't need to worry about offending anyone. They won't come back to me anyway. Even if someone comes to me in my sleep and says, I am Peter, do you think I would be afraid of you? You little punk! You couldn't beat me when you were alive, how could you beat me when you're dead?

If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord!（1 Corinthians 16:22）

Today, brothers and sisters, be vigilant! Be courageous, be strong, and love God. If you don't love God, you are cursed, because you are pursuing empty and shallow things, all for the sake of fame. What did Peter come to the Corinthian church to do? I really don't know, except to cause trouble. Isn't that right? Do we understand today? That's called running gigs. Do you know what running gigs means? That's called money-grabbing. Think about it slowly, these are life-threatening matters.

So, those three types of people are very interesting, proposing three types of people who build the church: The first type loves the Lord and builds the church, using precious stones to build the church; the second type also has a heart that loves the Lord, but builds the church with wood, hay, and straw; the third type does not love the Lord and builds the church, only to make money and cause trouble in the church. Now, looking at what Paul said, If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Now we roughly know Apollos, right? We know Peter even more. The problem lies in the fact that you can't say they don't believe in the Lord, but believing in the Lord without loving the Lord is useless.

V. Not Loving the Lord Despite Believing is Accursed

Today, many churches often stop at the road of believing in the Lord. Actually, Chinese Mingding Destiny theology speaks of the theological system of the Apostle Paul, in which loving the Lord is the most important. So, if anyone believes in the Lord but loves the world and not God, the result will be living under a curse. Everyone must remember that curses are very powerful. If a person believes in the Lord but does not love the Lord and also builds a church, the church will be filled with all kinds of strange phenomena. If anyone who believes in the Lord does not love the Lord is accursed, then what will happen if someone who believes in the Lord but does not love the Lord builds a church?

For example, a sister brought her mother to me. Why? Because in the church her mother attended, one check-up would reveal one cancer, and another check-up would reveal another cancer. This sister said that the next check-up would be her mother's turn. I said, then bring your mother over, hoping that her mother could receive a correct theological system. But the result was very poignant: it wasn't her who corrected her mother, but her mother who corrected her. In other words, how could believing in the Lord lead to one cancer after another in the church? Why? That's the curse!

So, curses are not non-existent; they are very rampant in the church. I can give many examples. Cancer is definitely a curse, no doubt about it. To this day, the proportion of pastors getting cancer is twice as high as that of ordinary people. Why? Because they don't love the Lord. So, everyone must understand that those who believe in the Lord but do not love the Lord are accursed. Therefore, there will be disputes and power struggles in the church. Therefore, there will be many narrow-minded, petty, and easily hurt people in the church. Isn't that right?

Then why don't we have such things among us? Because among us, it's not just about believing in the Lord; it's about loving the Lord. If you don't love the Lord, what are you doing here? You won't gain anything here, at most you'll get a bit of a curse. Believing in the Lord but not loving the Lord is accursed. Do you understand? In other words, if you're in this place, you won't get any blessings, and you'll even get a bit of a curse. What are you doing here? Just don't mess around here.

Today I give everyone a suggestion: don't think, oh, this is a victorious church. It's so good to be in this victorious church; I'll get some benefits somehow. This kind of thinking is very dangerous. The safest thing for you to do is to love God well. How do you love Him? By willingly and gladly doing according to God's word! If you willingly and gladly do according to God's word, not only is money not a problem, many things are not problems. There's only one problem: Do you love God well? Why are some brothers and sisters so narrow-minded among us? Why do they have to fight at home, fight at work, and fight everywhere over trivial matters? Because people don't love God, their hearts can't be big. Because those trivial matters are big things in your heart, you don't have any Mingding Destiny, so these are all big things. Is that a life-threatening matter?

So, on the surface, I'm saying that if anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed, but actually, I'm encouraging everyone to learn to love God well. Don't believe to the point of being cursed. Everyone should think carefully about it. Apollos' teachings preached the baptism of John the Baptist. Although he powerfully proved that Jesus Christ is Lord, it was only theoretical belief. Apollos' teachings seem right, but they are useless. The reason is simple, those who love the Lord will build the body of Jesus Christ, carrying out things according to God's word, not just talking about it. So Apollos' gospel powerfully proves that Jesus Christ is Lord and then stops there, without power.

VI. Verbal Expressions of Love for the Lord Are Useless

Verbal expressions of love for the Lord will ultimately lead to being under a curse, it won't do, it is necessary to have a church perspective. The church is the body of Jesus Christ. Everyone says after hearing it a lot, oh, preacher you talking about this again. I can't not mention it! Because me just talking, you just listening is useless, ultimately just talking, just listening is close to naked, then it will all be over, that will be a problem. Cannot only talk and cannot only listen, cannot simply talk or simply listen, must do! Because you have heard seems to have heard many times, because you did not do. As soon as you start doing it, you'll discover you knew very little, and you know is far from sufficient!

So when you do, do what? Have to do the nurturing, you have to pay the price right? So when feeding a childe it costs a lot of effort right? Isn't it? I ask you, if you have to domestic rabbit, and your on day trip, you will worry about the rabbit right? Because the rabbit wont stop crying for foods isn't it? People are also like that. Some mothers will say, cry what cry? hungry what hungry? Some person pets dogs someone pets cats. Once You walk out you'll be in deep trouble..

There was a sister who came and told me, pastor, I must be home later. Oh, I know, it because there's Cat havent got fed in the house! You pet a cat this way, what about raising a child? When feeding say, what were you even thining? It is possible to forget? I tell you indeed, teachers are in the tens of thousands, but fathers are not many! I am talking about who? It is about that Apollos, and Cephas the Peter. All these people talked with great mouths, talk is good, then dismissals the business, off they walk leaving nothing. Isn't it?

I will all keep it in mind! We are well aware. I once decreed in our church, make a vow to properly nurture the members of god. Because in year before the condition of members and visitors are free range state, got to eat then eats well, non got eat is okay. No one cares for themselves. Praise is to god, god keeps my heart, never forsake me. Still will rely on him, prepare enough delicious morsel for myself and the peoples, until this day still raise me up! Thank the lord Because ate a lot bitternesses, Decide to be a pastor like the Apostle Paul, to have a father and mother mind to nurture. Not possible without love. Teachers are a dime a dozen, but there father of the flock is few.

The people around churches watch their pastor and think, these are show their talk, our Apostle paul will take our case! So, someone are talkers likely are schemers. I am referring to Corinthians Chapter * give a theoretical on love. The whole Corinthians had many chapters well written, it full fills with love of God. I thank God that a sermon Corinthians is what to follow the apostle heart back in the days

VII. Religious behavior is also useless

Love the Lord, then build the body of Jesus Christ, nurture God's flock. Nurturing is very draining and exhausting. What's the use of kneeling in the temple for ten hours a day, kneeling until your knees are calloused? No use! Praying every day, praying for the whole world, do you think praying so much every day is loving God very much? Is it? That thing is called religious behavior! Religious behavior is useless. True nurturing really takes effort. Therefore, our church's nurturing has taken a big step forward.

In the past, we could cast out the demons in your body, we could put God's word in you, but today, not only that, but also build up your ability to make a living, and also change the bad habits in you. Those who can't learn must be made to learn, those who can't work must be made to work, those who can't earn money must be made to earn money, but the love of God is the foundation! I won't turn you into a religious cripple, unable to do anything, only able to say Hallelujah, isn't that a religious cripple? You don't have to say that the government hates this kind of person, I also hate it! What's the use of this kind of person? No use at all, and they even like to cause trouble!

We must know that the Christian faith is not based on works, but on a heart that loves God, based on faith. To what extent is faith? Putting all our emotions on God. Our God is the God of the living, our God is the living and true God. Our Lord Jesus Christ also often shed tears for us! Brothers and sisters, having a God who loves us so much, are we willing to go crazy for the God who loves us, to completely give ourselves, to put God in the first place in our lives? To say to God: God, I am willing to give myself to you. You love me so much, what can I give back to you? I will give you my life. What a wonderful choice this is! Everyone must know how good that feeling is. Because of the love of God, paying the price for God, knowing that God remembers me in eternity, preparing a crown of glory for me, with such hope, how wonderful that is!

VIII. Removing the Myths of Love

Does everyone know that the word love is an extremely confused concept. I see many young men and women, you love me, I love you, and then what? You see how much I love you, will you give me something? Understand? This is a very strange thing. I love you, so you have to give me. If you don't give me, I will be very hurt. Actually, it's not. Loving God is giving ourselves to God, living for the Lord! Come, next I will read 1 Corinthians Chapter 13 to you:

If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.（1 Corinthians 13:1-8）

I hope that brothers and sisters can truly know what love is all about. What is love? If you are nurturing, what you are concerned about in your heart all day long, that is called love! If you are nurturing in order to make a show, even if you have prophetic powers, what's the use? I tell everyone that what I am inheriting is the Apostle Paul's nurturing. Therefore, don't think that I preach very well, it's useless, it's nothing. I preach very well, but what I do is even more impressive than what I preach.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.（1 Corinthians 13:2）

Do we care about what God cares about? Do we put effort into nurturing God's flock? Do we really put the love of God in the first place? Therefore, when Paul was writing 1 Corinthians and was about to end the last chapter, he had a passage that was very confusing. He started by saying:

All God’s people here send their greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand.（1 Corinthians 16：20-21）

Then he inserted a sentence:

If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.（1 Corinthians 16：22-24）

Suddenly adding such a sentence, what does it mean? Actually, Paul felt that he hadn't made it clear enough, so he repeated the most important point. He drew a red line for our Christian life, telling us not to cross this red line, crossing it will be cursed. Therefore, brothers and sisters began to know one thing. When we have that love from God inside, nurturing is definitely not a problem. Nurturing is not to prove anything, you are not nurturing to show me, nurturing is you bringing a fatherly and motherly heart to nurture, you cannot not grow. You must know that many mothers have their first child, and after giving birth, they know how to be a mother. I'm right, right? They didn't have a child after knowing how to be a mother. They haven't given birth to a child, haven't raised a child, and don't know how to be a mother.

Someone once told me that he said: How heavy the child is, how much strength the mother has, the fact is really like this. I know a sister who is thin, small, and has no strength, but she can pick up her own child and walk, she is so strong, that's God! If you ask her to carry a bag of flour, she can't carry it. If you ask her to carry her own child, she can carry it no matter how heavy it is. I tell you, love is a kind of power. If the love of God is in us, we will gain infinite power to run forward, to build God's glorious church, to let God's glory fill the whole earth. If you ask me where the power comes from, it comes from loving God; if you ask me where the wisdom comes from, it comes from loving God; if you ask me, why can you do so many things? Because there is a heart that loves God, so every day is so fulfilling. Thank God! How about it, today let us tell God: I love you deeply!

We will sing this song and offer our gifts. Recently, many brothers and sisters have participated in the building dedication, thank God! Such a blessed thing, we can't leave everyone out, everyone must get a share of such a blessed thing. One dollar is not too little, ten thousand is not too much, but you must understand that you must not use offerings to show off, because your offering is a matter of course. Tell the God, I love you, sincerely love you Jesus! Every time I reflect on the suffering when Lord Jesus crucified and whip scars beared for sin! Praise be the members got miracle healed. Lord told me your endless love great and mighty! God, I love thee! May thy glory spread throughout the earth! God, I am so grateful God love superceed all that is and will be.

At this time, raise your hands and pray with me: God, I want to offer myself, I want to love you, I want to love you with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength! May you give me strength, I want to run forward on this road, I want to love you every day, I want to know you more. I want to break off all the curses on me, remove all the obstacles.