living sacrifice

An epidemic disrupted everyone's plans.

I think Wang Xuanhuan is engaged in tourism. Before we broke up, he just registered a small study tour company, and now his business is all gone.Not only that, but his job is also tourism, and it is well known that tourism has been sluggish during the epidemic.As for his overseas surrogacy, hehe, I don't know, but it probably won't go well.

Sister Zhao originally wanted me to preach, but because of the epidemic, the matter was completely obscene, and then I read this sentence in the "Bible": Newbies should not be supervisors, lest they fall into the devil's network.And I also heard many teachings about "you must be called to preach", and then I was slowly enlightened by the Lord, and I realized that serving is not something that can be accepted by the Lord just because you want to do it.Thank the Lord, He used the epidemic to block my plan to go to the podium, lest I offend God.

More importantly, because of the epidemic, I stayed at home for a long time, and even listened to the first ten chapters of Tang Chongrong's "Gospel of John" sermon (one chapter was an hour and a half).Just because I listened to his sermon, I connected all the weird things that happened in the church before, and realized that there was a big problem in our church.

His name was Tang Chongrong, and he was very famous in Christianity. Some people hated him very much, while others loved him very much.

I belong to the kind that recognizes him but doesn't fully approve of him, because I know that he is not the body of truth, and he is only a human being, and everyone has mistakes.He himself said long ago: "If what I say is not in line with the Bible, please follow the Bible instead of me."

I stayed at home for a seven-day Spring Festival holiday because of the epidemic, and then I didn't return to the unit until the first batch of work started.This is not a very long period of time. I listened to the first ten episodes of "The Gospel of John", and each episode is about one and a half hours. Looking back, the amount of listening is really amazing.

It was such a large number of sermons that allowed me to have a concentrated thinking about the many confusions I encountered in the church.

I really want to write here what I understand, but I really don't know what happened to me, this is the truth.I can't speak, I'm so sorry.

Before listening to Tang Chongrong’s sermon, I was very ignorant. I also knew that many words in the Bible seemed to be contradictory, but I didn’t know how to understand these contradictions.Later, I heard Pastor Tang Chongrong say that these places are called "contradictory scriptures", which means that they appear to be opposite on the surface, but they are actually unified.

Let me give you an example. For example, the Lord Jesus said, "Anyone who is not with me is against me." He also said, "Anyone who is not against us is a helper." How do you understand these two places?In addition, the Lord Jesus said that He came to make children enmity against their parents, but He also said that children should be filial to their parents. How do you understand these two places?

There are many people on the Internet who mock Christians with such scriptures, but I want to say that it is the existence of these "contradictory scriptures" that is the key to understanding God's words.In fact, God did not play charades. God has already explained to us what He wants to say in the most concise words, but we simply do not have the ability to understand it.

When listening to Tang Chongrong's sermon, I suddenly felt that I was enlightened. He didn't talk about many things, but I already understood. When he spoke, he explained what I knew in my heart more clearly, which made me Experienced great joy.

I later learned that Pastor Tang was hated by many charismatics, especially extreme charismatics, and loved by many people because he opposed the charismatics.One of his greatest features is preaching to intellectuals, and the other is opposing charismatics.

What sect is our church?It's what he called the Charismatics.However, none of the people here would proudly say that they are charismatics, including Sister Zhao. When I asked her if she was a charismatic, she found a way for herself and said that she was just leaning towards spirituality. Gift, the orthodox church is just biased towards theological theory, which sounds reasonable.

From the very beginning when I joined the church, even Mu Yun, who has only been here a few times, knows very well that people in our church do not understand the truth.

The composition of our church is basically women, ex-Buddhists, and businessmen.It can be said that [-]% to [-]% of the people in the church are composed in this way. This matter has attracted my attention a long time ago.

Why is a woman in charge in a church?Why do we have no brothers here?

Why do most of the believers here have been Buddhists?Why do I always feel dazed when I go to a party, as if I heard something, but I don't remember anything when I come back?

Why are there so many people doing business here?

How am I saved?What is the gospel?What should we do after we are saved?What is service that pleases God?Is it really God’s will for our church to focus on expanding the number of people?Are they uncharacteristically enthusiastic, or am I too cold?Why are they able to cry for the end of the epidemic, why am I not so moved at all?

I have too many questions.

They keep talking about miracles and the Holy Spirit, so I want to ask a question: If people really have such an intimate relationship with God as they say, how can people not understand the Bible?People who stay with God every day should understand the truth of the Bible better than anyone else in this world, because the Bible was written by God Himself!Also, their lives should be better than anyone else in the world, if they are as close to God as they say they are.

It's a pity that all I see in this church is chaos, competition, contradictions, you can't blame others, no one is willing to listen to others to correct their mistakes, but they all say that they are willing to accept criticism on the surface, and life has not grown... Chaos, chaos , but cover all darkness with love for each other.

Among them, I have never found a single person who understands the true way.Brother Liu likes to compare the "Bible" with Buddhism and Confucianism; You Yan can throw away the "Bible" and say what God said to me; Sister Zhao has many great principles, but her principles come from other places It was plagiarized, and she couldn't see any contradictions in it...

I can't tell, everyone has something weird, of course I know everyone has their own weaknesses and weaknesses, but their problems don't just come from their weaknesses, when this group of people get together, the problem It was born.

The path taken by the Charismatics can easily open a path for the devil.

Pastor Tang Chongrong said: "Charismatics are Satan's investment."

Brothers Wang Mingdao and Song Shangjie both opposed the charismatic line, especially brother Song Shangjie, who wrote very clearly in his diary that he himself had the power of God, but regarding the charismatic line, he believed that some people said that both cats and dogs Can be "filled with the Holy Spirit" and "extremely blasphemous".

Brother Jiang Shoudao recalled the experience of pursuing spiritual grace with Brother Nee. He said that they walked that way for a year, and then found out that a brother in the church was possessed by a demon, so he didn’t dare to go that way again. .

Mrs. Penn-Lewis, who has the gift of discerning spirits, also reminded the Charismatics of the line, including Brother Huang Jialei and others.

People of so many different denominations think that the Charismatics are indeed problematic. Don’t the pastors and I have the witness of the Holy Spirit?Aren’t they all watchmen of God’s house?We all come from different backgrounds, different sects, but we have such a high level of vision. Doesn't this alarm me?

Pastor Tang said that in modern times, many people who like to talk about the Holy Spirit the most are the ones who least understand the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit does not come to glorify himself. The Lord Jesus said in the Bible, "The Holy Spirit came to testify for me."The Holy Spirit does not like to show himself. He comes to testify for Jesus Christ.

The Charismatics like to spread miracles, as if someone who was healed of a disease and a demon was cast out is a proof of the existence of God, and some of them even testify falsely, as if this can spread the way of God.

But the "Bible" said: Jesus Christ and his crucifixion are the core of faith, because true Christians are those who confess their sins and repent, they are disciples. people.

This is why Paul said: "I am determined to preach nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified." I just figured this out after listening to Pastor Tang Chongrong's sermon.

When I heard this kind of sermon for the first time, I was very shocked, and at the same time very angry: Why have I never heard such a sermon since I was a child?If I had heard it when I was a child, maybe I would have repented a long time ago, and I wouldn’t have to suffer such a big crime!

I was very angry why You Yan didn't tell me that "marriage is sacred" when I got married. She saw me face to face, but she didn't give me any advice on my marriage.

Of course, I know that the Lord's arrangement is the best, because the Lord knows everything.I was hurt by his whipping, but after that, I repented.Not only the matter of marriage, but I discovered little by little that my sins came from the innermost part of me, and there was no goodness in my nature.

A passage mentioned by Pastor Tang caught my attention. He said: Many churches now ask people to serve or even go to the podium to preach immediately after they are saved. Churches, increasing the number of churches.Such an approach is extremely irresponsible.If young people have heard this sermon, I hope that you will learn the lesson of waiting for God. You should not rush to serve, but must wait for God’s creation in your life.I think that if I had not waited on God at the beginning, I would not be able to do such a work in the future.The growth of life is gradual.

He also said: If you are not called by God, you should not go to the podium casually. Many charismatic people easily get people to the podium to preach. and destroy the foundation of those who hear it.The Lord Jesus said, "The blind lead the blind, and both fall into the ditch together." The Bible is integrated, and the Bible is an organism. The Bible inspired by God has the totality hidden in it. In principle, you should not just read from the letter, it is easy to read wrongly, you have to look at the spirit of the whole "Bible" to understand the original purpose of God's revelation of the "Bible".Some people read the Bible not to read God’s meaning, but to read their own meaning, and take their own meaning as God’s meaning, which is very dangerous.

What he said was almost in line with what I had experienced before, especially when he pointed out why the Lord prevented me from going to the podium, because that was not what the Lord wanted at all.

Sister Zhao encouraged me to go to the podium, but she was actually killing me. This is extremely irresponsible and ignorant.

These sermons, it can be said, gave me a dramatic change in my life, and made me understand why I had accumulated so many doubts in the church before, because this church is not without problems, but has serious problems , but everyone is hiding the problem and helping to hide the problem. On the surface, it seems to be harmonious, but underneath it is a dark tide.

I felt a sense of crisis like never before.

why?Let me show that they all love the Lord and serve God with zeal, but I don’t know people’s hearts.why?This is a question I can't figure out.I was terrified that I would be like them because I didn't know what I was doing.

If I have been in the church all my life, and at the end the Lord said to me, "Get away from me, you evil worker, I never knew you." Sad?

After I was saved, I always had a vague reminder in my heart: Brother Sun and Sister Zhao are heretics.I couldn't believe this because I suspected that brothers and sisters could be easily used by the devil for no reason, but now, this thing came to my mind again.

From the very beginning, I had a question in my mind, "What is heresy?" I even asked Sister Zhao this question.I have also seen the testimonies of many who came out of heresy, and although they were drawn out of the fire by the Lord, they were greatly wounded.

I still can’t believe that these brothers and sisters whom I have been with for a long time and are so familiar with, don’t they preach the true way?

What should I do?