I. Introduction
Good day to everyone! Today, we are entering a new milestone in our deliverance ministry, a new phase. In the past, when we cast out demons, we often prayed to persevere one minute longer than the devil. Thank God, we did indeed persevere one minute longer. Was it effective? Yes, but it didn't feel quite right. I realised that Jesus didn't operate that way. Imagine if Jesus had prayed with such fervent repetition as we do; if five thousand people had sought healing, I doubt Jesus would have ever made it home. So today, I want to share that we have entered a new phase. Doing what? It's a more effective way to cast out demons. Therefore, today, I will speak on The Key to Casting Out Demons Lies in Understanding Spiritual Laws.
You must know, when I first believed in the Lord, I started reading the Gospel of Matthew and felt that Jesus was incredibly powerful. To what extent? Jesus would touch a sick person, and they would be healed; a sick person would touch Him, and they would be healed. I said, Lord, I want that too. I earnestly desired to obtain this. Did I obtain it? Actually, the level I attained was quite different. Where was the problem? When Jesus touched a sick person, they were healed. I would have to touch them tens of thousands of times, which was exhausting. It turned out to be due to insufficient understanding of spiritual laws. Who is Jesus? Jesus is mighty, and He understands the things in the spiritual realm clearly.
You must know what we talked about last time: Satan, get behind me! If I were on the scene and said, I must go to Jerusalem to suffer and be raised on the third day, and then Peter said, Lord, this must not happen to You, I might have said, Hey, young man, you are quite concerned about me; you are truly my disciple. Jesus' spiritual perception and understanding of the laws in the spiritual realm were not on the same level as mine. No wonder I could lay hands ten thousand times and it might not work. However, God still remembered my character of laying hands ten thousand times. God was gracious to me; it was all grace.
It was because of the difference in levels that I would say, Peter, this young man is pretty good; he is a good disciple; see how concerned he is about me. Peter might say, Lord Jesus, have a glass of water. Then Jesus would say, Whoever gives this young man a cup of water will surely be rewarded by God. Heavens, Jesus considered himself a young man too. This generation is quite interesting: Pastor, eat this, drink that. Everyone thinks it's good, but if Jesus saw it, it would be bad. If Jesus saw it, He would say, Satan, get behind me! Yet, we think it's good. This is the difference in levels.
Later, I felt that Peter was bewildered. He thought, I was just Peter, going to build the church on this rock. How did I become Satan? Oh dear, is there a problem with me caring for You? If it were you, you would definitely be bewildered, thinking, How did I become Satan? Bewildered, Jesus ignored him and left. What appears to people is completely different from what appears to God. So, I thought, Jesus understands spiritual laws, but I don't; I'm far behind! With that level and that height, I began to desire to be like Jesus. Many people poured cold water on me, saying, You want to be like Jesus? Take a look at yourself; look at your small size; forget it! Thankfully, I didn't give up, nor did I take a look at myself. It really wasn't alike.
However, I had this desire in my heart, a desire to be like Jesus. Sometimes, I would pretend: Ghost, what is your name? It said, My name is Legion. I said, Go! But it didn't go into the swine; it went into the people. That's how I did it back then. So, the painful experiences of those years of ministry, sometimes when I talk about them, it's with tears. Why? I desired to be like Jesus, not like today, not like tomorrow, always not quite like. However, there was one thing: I was often rubbed on the ground by demons, which was very painful. That pain was a strange thing.
For example, someone couldn't find a job. I revised their resume for them, taught them how to interview, and after they found a job, they became arrogant and deliberately opposed me. Do you think I felt bitter? I reasoned with them: Look how I ministered to you, yet you treat me this way. Can you not feel bitter when reasoning? I thought that after I reasoned with them, they would thank me and change, but they didn't. They said to me, What's wrong? Why do you always bring up the little that you did? Oh dear, being confronted by them was so difficult. For example, someone had morning sickness; I prayed for them, and they were really healed, but then they opposed me. Some of the people I ministered to had earth-shattering testimonies; many with cancer were healed. Yet, they opposed me. It was very strange!
I felt pain in my heart, so I knelt down and prayed. The Spirit of God said, Go read Rick Joyner's 'The Final Quest.' I said, I don't know how many times I've read that book; it's all worn out; there's nothing to it. God said, Read it again. You might ask if I really heard it? I really heard it, no kidding, because my tears were flowing, and I felt terrible. I wiped away my tears and continued to read. That day, I printed out the electronic version of The Final Quest and gave a copy to each of the church leaders. Some time ago, when I was tidying up, I saw a section I had written before called The Path of Ascent. Ah, I understood; originally, I was fighting demons on the plains, no wonder I was being rubbed by them. The path of ascent is that in the last days, people will ascend the mountain of the Lord, enter the house of the God of Jacob, which is the path of knowing God.
Rick Joyner described the path of ascent very well, very clearly. When I saw it, it was exactly like my experience. Oh dear, it was so true! How come I didn't understand it after reading it so many times before? Because there is self-righteousness in people. Why are people deceived by demons? Because their height is not enough. So, some time ago, some people often asked me about those struggles in their experiences during question-and-answer sessions; it's because their height is not enough. When your height is enough, you will have a very deep understanding of spiritual truth. If you have a very deep understanding of spiritual laws and spiritual power, then the force of hitting the demonic enemy will be too strong.
Even today, some of our brothers and sisters are unwilling to increase their spiritual height, their minds full of starting businesses and going public. As a result, they didn't go public, but they ended up in the dung. Some people didn't get plated with gold; they got plated with a pile of dung, all yellow, annoying, not enough spiritual height! At that time, I knew that my problem was not enough spiritual height. I was arguing with people all day long, talking about this, talking about that, and I thought people would change. Change what? Reasoning with ghosts is like playing the lute to a cow, playing the lute to a wolf, forget it! After experiencing so many hardships, I looked again, and many churches were still being rubbed by demons on the plains, very miserable! However, when I tell people this logic, many can't listen. It's similar to how I was back then, very stubborn!
The matter of the path of ascent had a very profound influence on my thoughts and intentions. As a result, I began to read and read, and during that time, I also began to constantly guide everyone to recognize spiritual truth. One day, in a prayer meeting I was leading, someone suddenly jumped up and said, I am a dragon! At that time, I was quite excited to cast out the dragon. The whole room was very lively; I was able to cast out a dragon. I thought it was the ancient serpent, Satan, and I was quite excited. Where was it? It was actually just a very small ghost pretending.
Later, it was discovered that when we recognize the truth of God and constantly improve, we are not easily deceived by ghosts. Sometimes ghosts will speak, and what they say is very vivid and interesting. That was the height of the ascent at that time. Later, we cast out demons, and the prayers were very exciting. As a result, the ghosts didn't leave, but the property management came because it was too noisy. Later, it was discovered that this was not right, and the spiritual height was raised again, and there was a deeper understanding of things again. Some churches still remain in that stage of fervent prayer.
I concluded that Chinese Mingding Destiny has a characteristic: constantly climbing spiritual peaks, constantly recognizing spiritual laws. What am I doing when I talk about this this time? I have climbed up, and this time everyone will come up, and everyone will walk on this road. I tell you, it's too good! The key to casting out demons lies in recognizing spiritual laws, which is having a very clear understanding of ghosts and having a very clear understanding of God.
For a while, our church cast out many demons, and I discovered that ghosts come in all shapes and sizes, which is quite interesting. Suddenly, I remembered the Classic of Mountains and Seas that I read when I was young. I felt that what was written inside was similar to this, so I opened the Classic of Mountains and Seas to read. There really were nine-tailed foxes, nine-headed snakes, and other monsters, all kinds of strange-shaped things. It turned out that the Classic of Mountains and Seas talks about things in the spiritual world. Some time ago, I had a conversation with a brother and discovered a very interesting phenomenon. Have you noticed that in the same place, such as Guangdong Province, the economy in Dongguan is developing well, but the economy in Huizhou is not developing well? Do you think it's strange? It's strange!
We concluded that this is a problem of feng shui. Some people will ask: Teacher, why are you still talking about feng shui? I'm not talking about feng shui; I'm just using the term feng shui. This is what the Classic of Mountains and Seas talks about, what spirits are in what places. Different places are controlled by different spirits, so you will find that the economy in this place rises, and the economy in that place does not rise. They are not too far apart, which is very strange. This is the law of the spiritual world. Those who look at feng shui and fortune tellers actually know a little about the laws of the spiritual world. It's just that it's not the same as God's laws.
I was reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas. One day, when I was praying, God spoke to me again, telling me: Don't read that anymore. I said: Can't I read it? The Spirit of God said: The 'Classic of Mountains and Seas' is the demonic spiritual realm. You must recognize God's spiritual realm. That is, the laws of God's spiritual realm and the laws of the demonic spiritual realm are not on the same level. Later, I put the matter of the Classic of Mountains and Seas aside. In this matter, I discovered that recognizing spiritual laws is the key to casting out demons. For example, there are many things that we cannot cast out when we are casting out.
Recently, many people have been released from the bondage of reasoning. Why weren't they released before? Because recently, we have gained a very deep understanding of the matter of reasoning. Reasoning is a spiritual law. When we recognize the problem of reasoning, we know the ghost behind it, how this spiritual law operates. Oh, many people who love to reason begin to be released. The muscles in the back of people who love to reason may be pulled, their fingers may hurt, and many problems such as neck and shoulder pain are related to loving to reason. It is very hard to love to reason because they think they are right. The root of their pain is that they feel they are right.
You see, we recognize it more and more clearly. Later, I discovered that whenever I can clearly describe these things in words, I have recognized this spiritual law. Sometimes, I think that Paul didn't describe this matter clearly either. I wrongly blamed him. Paul said: This job is left for you to do. Did you think that I finished the job for you? Then let's do it well! Actually, every specific problem has underlying spiritual principles and spiritual laws. But every time we make a breakthrough in these spiritual laws, you will find that once you break through and have recognition, the ghosts in this area will be defeated by us. Oh, so that's how it is! You really can't fail to explore the things that are in the Bible.
Jesus said, I will give you the keys to the kingdom of Heaven. There are many keys to the kingdom of Heaven. Once you open the door to reasoning, there will be magical weapons related to reasoning inside. Later, I thought, why is it that Jesus touches this person and they are healed, touches that person and they are healed? It turns out that Jesus has figured out all these things thoroughly. We are far behind! Do you think that reading the Gospel of Matthew makes you great? Far from it! Do you think that reading the Gospel of Luke makes you great? Far from it! Why is there a difference between us and Jesus in casting out demons? Because we haven't opened these keys yet. How do we open them? Climb the spiritual peaks, see a door, and then try a bunch of keys there. Try them, and eventually you will open it, and the problem will be solved.
So that's how it is! Great! Why is it great? Because we have found the excitement. If Jesus gave us everything all at once, what would you do? It would be meaningless and not fun. Now, we are searching for spiritual treasures all over the mountains and plains, where there are all kinds of keys. Like Alibaba, the key is Open Sesame. So what is this big bunch of keys that Jesus gave us? Open them slowly. It may be an adzuki bean opening the door, or it may be a red bean opening the door, depending on what you can get. Later, I discovered that recognizing God is endless!
Recently, I think we are going to open doors again, one after another. Every time we open a door, the feeling of excitement is like discovering scientific laws. So today, I am saying that the key to casting out demons lies in recognizing spiritual laws. Regarding science and technology, Newton was very excited after he recognized Newton's three laws. How far has it developed since then? It has reached quantum mechanics, atomic bombs, and hydrogen bombs. As you recognize things, everything is constantly moving forward. For example, with battery technology, BYD has researched battery technology well, which is amazing! I thought, I seem to be able to do it too. We will constantly improve spiritually.
Later, I had a little guess that I will share with you. For example, if a child is not doing well in school, this is a spiritual matter. Today, we haven't found the key yet, we haven't touched the door yet. How do we make this child smarter? This thing is too deep. In the future, maybe we will find a spiritual door, find a spiritual key, open this door, and then, ah, people become smart in this way. If we find it, that would be great. Someone said, Teacher, then you will make a fortune. I don't want to make a fortune; I just want to win people like catching fish, which is developing people. It's great to say Congratulations on developing people during the New Year!
Ghosts can make people stupid. If you cast out this ghost, the person will become smart, and then you teach them spiritual truth, and they will become smart. Slowly ponder it over. Later, I also thought about those cancer patients. Maybe we will also find this key, but we basically know these problems. For example, cancer patients love to reason, feel uncomfortable, and get angry, and eventually they get cancer. Every one of these cancer patients we have ministered to loves to reason. Reasoning should be one of the root causes.
What are we dealing with now? For example, cancer patients are actually casting out themselves. They cast themselves away, and the cancer goes away. Why? Because that self is too strong, easy to be deceived by ghosts, and is entirely carnal. If they are a carnal person, they will attract many such things. That's the problem. It's similar to the beam in the eye, not being able to see the beam in their own eye, but being able to see the splinter in someone else's eye. Do you notice these kinds of people? They are often like this. My preceding remarks are to give everyone hope. There is beauty like jade and houses of gold in spiritual truth. A sister said, Then the sisters are annoyed when they encounter beauty like jade. It doesn't matter; there is beauty like gemstones.
II. Scripture
And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. (1 Corinthians 2:13-15)
I have known this sentence for many years. If you study our spiritual courses, you will definitely learn this sentence. For example, the 101 course will definitely have this sentence. This sentence has had a profound impact on me! If you want to become smart, you must remember this sentence well. This sentence is powerful; the spiritual person sees through all things!
III. Prayer
God, give us a spiritual eye today; God, save us from the bondage of this carnal nature, lead us to run this heavenly path, let us constantly recognize spiritual laws, let us know You more; God, today let Your power open our eyes, let us be able to see through all things, and be a spiritual person. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!
IV. Scripture Background
What actually happened in the background of this passage in 1 Corinthians? Paul taught them for a year and a half. Although these people in the Corinthian church were slightly better than the people in the Jerusalem church, the people in the Jerusalem church were all Pharisees, but the demons did not spare the Corinthian church. Why? Because the Corinthian church was always at a very low level spiritually. So Paul wrote a letter saying that they were still carnal.
But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready. (1 Corinthians 3:1-2)
They had been raised for a long time, and they still looked like three-month-old babies. After raising them for many years, they were still three-month-old babies. Parents would be annoyed to see such children! Why? Because there was something very strange in them. They felt that they were very smart. Then they divided into factions: I belong to Paul; I belong to Apollos; I belong to Cephas. I was thinking, are there any who belong to Satan? Maybe they haven't reached Satan's level, but they are definitely fools.
Then these people pursued wisdom, and eventually what they pursued was human wisdom. This was a problem all of a sudden! These people had many troubles. Think about it, if a person's brain is all about living, how can they not be troubled? They must be very troubled. The things they cared about were all carnal and fleshly, and the questions they raised were all like that. So when we read 1 Corinthians, you will find how many questions the Apostle Paul discussed with them? About whether they could eat things sacrificed to idols. Actually, Jesus had already said:
It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person. (Matthew 15:11)
Of course, don't deliberately go to eat it. What are you doing eating that thing? Do you not have anything to eat? If you have something to eat, don't mess with that matter. The Corinthians were being disturbed by these carnal things. What to eat? What to drink? They even made the Lord's Supper a mess because they were all carnal. The brothers and sisters in the church complained that the communion bread could not be reduced in size, and the weight could not be reduced. Why? Because they didn't have dinner at home yesterday, and they came to eat the Lord's Supper today, so they have to eat their fill. The bread was made very, very big, as thick as a pot lid.
If you make it into that Indian roti, the brothers and sisters in the church will complain: Why did you make it so thin and so small? Don't you know I didn't eat dinner last night? I came to eat bread. It's so small that I can't eat my fill. The communion bread was almost like a rou jia mo (meat sandwich), and then there were complaints. What kind of bad habit is this? Then they complained that the wine cup was too small. Could they drink from it? The wine had to be bought wholesale. We don't know if anyone got drunk after drinking it. These people were talking about these things, and then Paul had to teach them how to celebrate the Lord's Supper.
They made a mess of everything. Why? Their minds were full of wanting to take advantage. Later, there were also mentions of marriage, family, and immorality, who brought whose stepmother home. Oh dear, sharing one person with their father was a mess! Then, the brothers and sisters in the church who were doing business and signed a contract but breached it would sue the other party in court. Isn't it like the church today? I tell you, the church today is really the Corinthian church in every size. Praise God, we have already come out of that stage of the Corinthian church!
So, what's being discussed here leans more towards spiritual gifts, whether they are abundant or scarce. The aim to mould you into a globally renowned pastor—it's all these things, exhausting! Can the Spirit of God truly move here, you ask? It's a challenge for the Spirit to operate in such an environment. Have there been instances of casting out demons? Yes. Dealing with headaches, fever, lower back pain, leg pain—these are manageable. But deeper, more entrenched demonic influences are difficult to expel. Why? Because there's a unity of fleshly nature. The focus shifts to spiritual gifts. Some, having become believers while enslaved, lacking status, return home to proclaim their newfound freedom to their masters! It's all about earthly existence.
Therefore, Paul implores them. The entire book of 1 Corinthians addresses this chaotic mess. In the midst of it all, they even find fault with Paul, alleging that his motives are impure, driven by financial gain. Even speaking in tongues requires re-teaching. And the result? Some are seized by the old master, falling ill, even dying. Why? If you run the church like this, wouldn't you be worn down? Spiritually, the level is utterly low indeed! So, today, seeing Corinthian churches, whether big or small, is no surprise.
Some time ago, a celebrity founded a church. During a meal together, I remarked: Look at this church I've established. I hired three preachers, and these three are constantly at each other’s throats. Is it any wonder? The pastor stands on the pulpit, with an aisle down the middle. On the left, two hundred chairs are occupied by those who support speaking in tongues, and on the right, two hundred chairs are occupied by those who oppose it. How can one preach in such an environment? It is disheartening.
Can there be God's presence in this? Can there be God's glory? Nothing! So, church problems abound—a case of the blind leading the blind. Paul, despite establishing the Corinthian church over a year and a half, found the people to be carnal. What is to be done? It must be addressed! This is the context of this passage. Once people are carnal, they are ruined. Hence, Paul makes a crucial point:
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)
The Corinthians were caught up in what? Human wisdom, leading to utter ruin. So, brothers and sisters, let us turn back from this today. I also thank God that we have the opportunity to come among us, to revisit God's Word in the Bible, to continually climb in spiritual knowledge, to grow in understanding spiritual laws, until we ascend to this spiritual summit, to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. If you truly reach that level, you will witness God's power manifested through you! In fact, I've noticed that the messages our church conveys are influencing this generation. How do I know? Because I've seen many other pastors beginning to use the terms I use and starting to change.
I believe that in this generation, people do not want to be worn down, nor do they want to serve God with as much pain as I once did. Today, we have emerged from that, but to those who have not yet emerged but desire to, I tell you, the power of God can still perform this miraculous work. Just as God led us out, God can lead them out too. Just as God led me to climb this spiritual summit, God can lead you to climb this spiritual summit in the same way. If you are willing to climb, you will certainly experience a conflict within you—a conflict between the wisdom of the flesh and the wisdom of God.
V. The Wisdom of the Flesh and the Wisdom of God
In Corinth, they also spoke of wisdom—wisdom concerning politics, economics, and stock market trends. Heavens, it's all this fleshly wisdom! What use are these things? No use at all! I tell you, this is the work of the devil! Can a carnal person avoid attracting demons? So, the wisdom of God and the wisdom of the flesh are entirely different. What does this have to do with exorcism? In fact, those headaches and fevers in the Corinthian church were easy to deal with, but the current chaotic state of the Corinthian church is hard to deal with – the ghosts are difficult to deal with, and the church is messed up.
Later you will find that Jesus did not do this back then, you find that Jesus established the church back then? No. He handed the work over to Peter, who didn't do a good job, so he handed it over to Paul, who pushed Jesus Christ's theory of exorcism to a deeper level again. Later I thought, Jesus drove out demons while teaching, and Jesus did the work of driving out those who could not straighten their waists, blind eyes, and lame legs. But later, the things Jesus taught his disciples were the key. Those are the wisdom of God.
The wisdom of the flesh and the wisdom of God are too far apart, so Paul described the wisdom of the flesh and the wisdom of God more clearly than Jesus Christ did. Later I understood that the ghosts that Jesus drove out during the time of Jesus Christ were not difficult to drive out. Why did Paul no longer talk about this matter in the letters he wrote? It turned out that Paul was also driving out demons, but he was driving out more powerful demons, those things that corrupted the church. Finally, you have to understand these spiritual laws, so Paul said: Let our faith not be in human wisdom, but only in the power of God. Why? Because only trusting in the power of God can solve the chaos in the church.
I thank God that I am a very distinctive person. I have studied these epistles of the Apostle Paul. Many years ago, we studied 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians, and we still have a deep understanding of the problems in the church. Later, when I started walking this path, I began to realize that the most important thing was to solve this kind of ghost. Have you ever found that Jesus drove out Satan? There is speaking in tongues, Hallelujah, Satan, go away, go away? There is no such thing, Satan doesn’t play like that. Jesus was fasting and praying, and Satan came forward. Jesus very gentlemanly said a few words and Satan retreated.
In fact, it’s not that Jesus didn’t talk about it, Jesus talked about it. Jesus profoundly gave us a teaching, but later the Apostle Paul made these spiritual laws more straightforward and clear. You must know that the wisdom of the flesh is all about people. Today, the church talks about family, opposes homosexuality, and opposes government policies. It’s all about this all day long. In fact, they have all gone astray. What are you doing that for? Jesus didn’t do these things. If you want to do something greater than Jesus, then go do it! Jesus never tried to overthrow the Roman Empire or the Roman government, so people who believe in Jesus should not participate in politics and should just be good citizens.
VI. The Logic of the Flesh and the Logic of God
Know that once the logic of the flesh is established, he will think that the logic of God is foolish, which is what Paul discusses in 1 Corinthians. Two sets of logic: a carnal person sees a spiritual person as foolish; a spiritual person looks at a carnal person who is foolish with spiritual logic. Who is more stupid? Very interesting. Two sets of logical systems: using God's logic, serving is grace; using the logic of the flesh, after serving, he will say: Then you can't let me down. What is it like, you want to kidnap people morally? This kind of thing thinks each other is foolish, but this carnal person cannot receive God's logic.
Today, let me tell you a little bit, we have dug very deeply into our understanding of these things. Matthew tells about a person who enters the garden to work at eight o'clock in the morning and gets off work at six o'clock in the evening and gets a silver coin; there are also people who enter the garden at five o'clock in the evening and get off work at six o'clock in the evening and also get a silver coin. People with a world-oriented logic system feel that it is unfair. To this day, one Christian takes the exam and one is skilled at it, and all of them are thoroughly grilled, because they cannot accept such logic at all. Later, as I was leading the Bible study, you can go back and listen to the twentieth chapter of Matthew if you have the opportunity.
There is also David leading troops to fight, and those who did not go to fight also have a share. What kind of logic is this? Only spiritual people can see through it. Later we figured it out. Working itself is grace. Working is not for the silver, working is for the work, how good it is, the more you do, the more alive you become! So serving is grace, that is God's logic, but if you are a carnal person, you feel that it will not work, you cannot understand it, you are confused. Some people feel: You are so stupid, it is better to come at five o'clock in the evening than to come at eight o'clock in the morning. I feel that I have suffered a loss.
Don't say that, there are many such people, are there anyone among us today who want to learn from the robber who was crucified with Jesus? A Christian actually said to me: Teacher, I just want to be the robber next to Jesus on the cross. I said: Why do you want to be that robber? He replied: Look, he enjoyed himself all his life, and finally went to heaven after being crucified. I said: You silly child, how stupid do you have to be? Is it good to be a robber all your life? It is just that you receive grace for a short period of time when you are nailed to the cross. If you receive God's grace from birth, you don't have to be a robber, and then you can be resurrected from the dead with Jesus Christ, how wonderful!
Oh, listening to this logic makes people feel that this person is a bit stupid, which is worrying! Someone typed: I used to think like this. Then there must be something wrong with their brain, and there are still many people who have this kind of thinking today. Why? The logic of the flesh is deeply rooted in us; the logic of God is just sketched out in us. I ask you, is it good to take money? Some people say: It's good to take money, real money. I don't think it's good, why? Because that is not my goal. Look at the church today. Several churches are holding an activity together. The first thing they talk about is how to distribute the offerings they receive. You will know if you have participated in this.
So, no one with power and status can know God's logic. Why? He can climb up, have power and status. If he uses Jesus' logic, can he still do the work? I can't do it. So what level did Paul push exorcism to? It’s not just about treating people’s back pain, blindness, and leg lameness. He is dealing with rulers, authorities, and those who govern this dark world. We must fight against these evil spirits in the air. If you fight against these evil spirits, can you do it if you don't know the spiritual laws? Can't do it.
So understanding the spiritual laws is to follow God's logic. Don't say that I almost fell into a trap in the past few years, but I am not in a hurry. Why should I rush to jump into the trap? I was racking my brains in my mind, and later I sorted out many problems. It turns out that collecting money is not the work of the church, but distributing blessings is the work of the church. Why do many churches value money so much? Because they are controlled by the rulers and authorities in the air, being worn down. So brothers and sisters must know the devil's tricks. The devil only needs to put this carnal logic in your mind.
How did the Corinthian church become corrupt? It was that the rulers and authorities in the air, the demons who govern this dark world, put the logic of the flesh in people's hearts and it was over. The battle was over and they began to corrupt themselves. How important are these things? Can you handle it if you don't have some spiritual vision? So now everyone knows how much we have grown, right? Then looking ahead, we will continue to grow. For example, we later realized that working is God’s creation. Like many people who retire and stay at home doing nothing, they feel so uncomfortable that they do their best to work with me, and their whole body becomes prosperous, their eyes become brighter, their skin becomes cooler, they become younger, and they feel super good overall.
People really need to work. If you don’t think you need to work, then follow your own logic. It’s not that I need you to work, it’s that you really need to work. All these things are key. Why do those with power and status do less work and earn more money? These world-oriented logic systems have deceived all these people with power and status. Recently, those real estate companies had their assets seized. They were deceived by ghosts. They were so glorious before, but are they still glorious now? They have become crazy, glory and crazy are very different, and they are almost going crazy.
VII. The Ability to See Through Everything
If you want to cast out demons, you don’t understand these spiritual laws and don’t improve your level, you won’t be able to see through many things. Why can’t you see through it? Because you simply don’t understand these laws. If you master these rules, you will understand when others tell you, and this will be solved! Some people get angry immediately after saying a few words, and then their language is not right. It's just that the level is too low. Why is the level too low? Because they don’t understand spiritual laws. So the seventh point I’m talking about today is the ability to see through everything. To see through everything, you must know the spiritual laws. If you know the spiritual laws, you will understand it when you see it.
I solve problems very quickly. A few days ago, a ninety-year-old woman was picking on her daughter. Her daughter is a sister in our church, and this old woman had a look of disdain on her face. Why? Secretly identifying good and evil. Then what will happen? Things will get worse, because there are emotions in them. Then I could see clearly at a glance how to deal with this matter. I solved it as soon as I took action. The ninety-year-old woman was happy, and her daughter was also happy. , everyone was happy. Why? I have a thorough understanding of the underlying patterns behind these things. I understand this kind of thing very well. This is why I solve problems quickly.
Some people say: Teacher, you are too efficient, where do you get so much time, how can you do so much work? You can do it quickly if you understand it, and it will be accurate as soon as you look at it. After a while, the person found an excuse for me, and I understood, but I couldn't expose it. Don’t expose some things, why? Although we have seen through them and understood them, we still want people to receive the benefits of the gospel, not to prove that people are wrong. What are we doing to prove that thing? If we expose it, the level will be too low.
Managing things little by little, including living, people's emotions, all these things are related to climbing the spiritual peak. Why are you pastoring to the point of identifying good and evil and feeling uncomfortable? The level is not high enough. How can you live well if your level is too low? While you are working, you will be worn down by ghosts at that level. So today we must stand on a spiritual height. When we see that we have not done this well or cannot do it, what should we do? It doesn’t mean that if you can’t do it, just forget about it, but you must improve your spiritual level. Facts have also proved that you are not good at managing these things. So what should you do? Learn, and continue to improve. Later, Paul summed up these spiritual laws well. He said:
And now I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. (1 Corinthians 13:1)
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)
So what exactly do we have inside? If what we have inside is all worldly, you cannot but pay a heavy price for it. You paid a heavy price in the past, and if you continue to follow this path, you will also pay a heavy price. Why do I serve like this, sometimes seeing through things but not exposing them? Because there is a most wonderful way in it, which is the love that comes from God. Gifts, love, these are all spiritual truths.
A sermon cannot be fully explained clearly. We can only draw a framework. We have made the spiritual gifts clear and understood, and we have made God's love clear and understood. So where is the problem in the end? The problem lies in the fact that we understand the spiritual truths of people's lives clearly. It's one thing that I understand it today, but it's crucial that everyone understands it. There will be a great breakthrough in our church in the days to come. This breakthrough is that we will run this spiritual path together, climb the mountain of the Lord together, and enter the house of the God of Jacob, and then that ghost will be completely worn down by us!
VIII. Letting Our Faith Not Depend on Human Wisdom, But Only on the Power of God
Although I tell you some little tricks and little tricks, these are not good. The most important thing is the power of God. Think about it, is there a problem with relying on God's power for retirement? No problem. People put some retirement money into nursing homes to arrange for retirement, which is all human wisdom. Wouldn’t it be a tragedy if our faith still remains on the wise and tactful words of human wisdom? If we trust in the power of God today, what problems will people have in life? You can try it, try it and you will know. Until today, what have you lacked by relying on the power of God? I didn’t lack anything.
Among us is a recipient of social assistance, sitting in a wheelchair, which is very difficult. But recently God blessed him, but I didn’t ask how God blessed him. Someone said: Then how do you know? I look at his offerings. Where does a recipient of social assistance get money to offer? God must have blessed him somewhere, allowing him to receive benefits. So if you trust in the power of God, sickness is not a problem, education is not a problem, no problem is a problem, because there is no problem that God cannot solve. If your faith still depends on human wisdom, then it will be troublesome!
IX. Conclusion
These are all related to exorcism. Now our exorcism is no longer related to those foul ghosts with headaches and fevers. What are we driving out? We are fighting against the rulers, authorities, and those who govern this dark world in the air! How to fight? They must corrupt us through these carnal things. Today, let’s cheer up and start climbing this spiritual peak. How God made Jesus Christ victorious, how God made me victorious, and how God made everyone victorious. Amen!
Let’s sing a hymn to prepare for today’s offering. If you don’t understand the meaning of offering, please don’t offer, because the church is not a place to collect money. The church wants to do one thing, which is to make brothers and sisters smarter, able to understand the spiritual laws, and able to trample the devil and enemy in this spiritual battle. At this time, everyone started to make a decision. You tell God: God, I just want to climb this spiritual peak; God, I don't want to be trampled by the devil at such a low level. Today I want to rise up, climb the spiritual peak, understand the spiritual laws, and trample the devil and enemy. This is the key, not fighting the devil on the plains, nor arguing with the devil, but starting to recognize God.
Raise your hands: God, lead me today, quickly break through all these obstacles, let me constantly climb the spiritual peak by the Spirit of God, let me know the spiritual truth, let me be completely free, and come to You with boldness. Come to declare: Now it is no longer I who live, but Jesus Christ who lives in me; God, I am willing to follow Your example; God, give me this spiritual power so that I can trample the devil and enemy and let Your presence and Your glory fill us Completely. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!
Our Father in heaven, may your name be reverenced. May your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread, forgive ourselves of debt, as we forgive those who owe us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for the kingdom, the power, and the glory are all yours, forever. Amen!
May God bless you all!
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