Source: https://youtu.be/SsMeRCNp8iM
为什么我是一个狂热激进的基督徒？
2022-10-22 YouTube Channel: WarningThePeople
我知道你们中一些人已经听过我的见证，因为多年来我一直在YouTube和Facebook上做见证。但我也知道有一些新的听众和感兴趣的人，我希望你们不用去搜索我所有的视频，但我确实想为耶稣做一个好的见证，告诉你们我为什么信耶稣。 但我首先要告诉你，为什么我不。我不是因为圣经而相信耶稣。很多基督徒相信上帝，只是因为他们在圣经中读到过他。这并不是我相信上帝的原因，也不是我相信他真实存在的原因。我也不是因为自己的成长背景而信了上帝。我们很多人都是在基督教家庭中长大的，我也是在基督教家庭中长大的，福音派的，你可以认为我们属于不分教派的浸信会，但我并不是因为我的成长经历而成了基督徒。我们很多人是天主教徒，只是因为我们从小是天主教徒，或着是基督教徒，只是因为我们从小是基督徒，或着是穆斯林，因为我们的家人是穆斯林。我也不是因为受到同龄人或周围的人的信仰影响而成为基督徒的。 但我之所以是一个狂热的基督徒，人们认为狂热就是失去了理智，如果你在某件事上是个狂热分子，你就是超过了限度的。而显然，任何真正爱耶稣的人都是超过限度的，因为他们不是不冷不热的温水。标准的基督徒们就是这样不冷不热的，这已经成为常态。因此，为了让你有个概念，我相信你们已经知道了我过去与耶稣的关系，那时我像其他人一样去教会，像其他人一样读圣经，我也热爱各种运动和拥有自己的爱好，同时我接受着高等教育，对我来说，一切都很顺利。我赚到了自己想赚的钱，拥有了我想要的房子。那时候，我绝不是一个真正的狂热分子，尽管我在某种程度上确实爱着上帝。
但是当我开始要更认真地对待上帝时，那时我约会的对象对我说："你有点极端了。我认为你应该冷静下来，放松，享受你的生活。平时去去教会，做个正常人，不要太狂热，不要太投入。 如果你想在社会上混得风生水起，任何事都不要做得太极端。做任何事情都要适度。适度地信上帝。适度地参与教会。对钱要适度。吃饭要适度。做任何事都要平衡。“而这正是世界所宣扬的。 但是，朋友，如果你真的遇到了上帝，他会撼动你的生命，会除去你的旧生命，给你新的生命，你会成为一个狂热分子，你会变得与以往不同。你会开始被你自己的家人憎恨。当然，这看起来很极端，因为耶稣真正教导的和传扬的道理都很极端。他说过这样的话：要跟从我，你必须吃我的肉。这相当偏激，听起来好像某些疯狂的邪教。耶稣还说，你必须恨你的母亲，你的父亲，甚至恨你自己的生命直到死亡的程度。这近乎疯狂。 我是在做牧师时遇到了耶稣的，但并不是因为我受过教育——虽然我受过大学教育，也不是因为读圣经、去教会或我的成长背景而遇到耶稣的。
当我还是一个牧师时，我有即将结婚的女友，但我的生命正走向地狱，我只是做了一个简单的祷告，说："上帝，帮助我。我的生命即将崩溃。我知道我正走向地狱，但我是个牧师，我是个假冒伪善的人。"那么，一个教会的牧师怎么能在人们面前站起来说这些话呢？我不得不在私下里做这件事。所以在私下里，我去祷告。在私下里，我寻求上帝的帮助。私下里我祷告说："主啊，我是个假冒为善的人，主啊，我是个撒谎的人。我是个骗子。我并不知道什么是真正的爱。我也不认识你到底是谁。" 尽管我一直都是基督徒，我一生都在读圣经，我在一个基督教家庭中长大，我毕业于一所基督教大学。我只是说："主啊，实际上我并不认识你，但我想让你做我的父亲，我想做你的儿子。" 当我那样祷告时，我是十分真诚的，因为我正处于人生的低谷，从此我开始有来自耶稣的启示。
最开始发生的事就是我有了来自耶稣的异象和梦，我开始看到属灵的事物。我不仅看到耶稣，还看到了魔鬼。当我奉耶稣的名祷告时，耶稣拯救了我。举个多年前的例子说，我当时有睡眠瘫痪的问题，大概是十一、二年前。我记得有一次我在电视前睡着了，应该是一个星期天，我记得自己醒了，但身体仍然在睡眠状态，我的身体不能动，我感到害怕。再到后来我睡着了又醒来，但我的身体还是不能动。但在那个维度里，就像属灵世界与现实的重叠，因为我的肉体的眼睛能睁开，我的身体无法移动，我可以看到魔鬼。有一次，当这种情况发生时，我在床上仰面躺着，我醒了，但仍然不能动。 我看到了一个魔鬼，但我无法看清他到底长什么样子。他是全黑的，有角，像一个黑影躲在我床下，这个有角的黑色魔鬼开始拉扯我的脚。当这个魔鬼拉扯我的脚时，我能感觉到我的灵，或者说我的魂，就像我们的里面的人，我感觉到灵魂开始在我的肉体中下坠，被拉出了我的身体，我很害怕，所以我抓住自己的手臂和身体，我努力拉住我的灵魂想把他留在身体里。但这个魔鬼只是在吸食我身体里的生命。他就像要把我的灵魂从我的肉体中吸走。在那一刻，我所能做的就是说出一个词，那就是“耶稣”，但我几乎连祷告都不能，因为有些魔鬼的灵力是如此强大，它们甚至可以除掉你思考的能力，甚至是祷告的能力，而你需要竭尽全力，才能鼓起一点信心，说出一个词和祷告。所以我能说出的是耶稣的名字。当我说出耶稣的名字时，我立刻就被吸回了身体。我才真正缓过来醒了，并且我知道耶稣与我同在。我知道他是真实的。
在那一刻，呼求耶稣是如此自然。我知道我不会向安拉呼求。我知道我也不会向佛祖呼求。我知道我不会呼求教会牧师的名。我知道靠耶稣的名我的灵和魂得着了能力。他救我脱离那些魔鬼们。当我祈求他给我能力，让我克服睡眠中的这个问题，不再面对这些，耶稣给了我这个能力。他给了我战胜那些魔鬼的能力。 上帝在我的睡梦中赐给我一把类似属灵的剑，我可以杀死这些魔鬼。只要我提耶稣的名字，就是在发出力量击打魔鬼的头。我可以奉耶稣的名义屠戮他们，杀死他们。主给了我能力胜过魔鬼。我知道这是靠着上帝的能力胜过我所处的属灵的黑暗。在我祷告时，耶稣会在梦和异象中来到我身边，我祷告说"主啊，请你向我显现。向我显明你自己。"藉着许多的梦和异象，耶稣开始对我说话。他告诉我离开教会，为我在教会中所做的事情悔改，为假冒为善的生活悔改。不过那时，我对主说的这些感到相当陌生，因为我向自己、家人和教会成员保证过，只要是在上帝的旨意中，无论我在哪里，绝不离开教会。不管我住在南加州还是北加州，还是搬到外州，我会一直参加教会，一直参与事工，因为我很忠诚，我想忠于上帝。因此，在我担任牧师期间，我告诉教会的人，我会通过服侍教会永远忠于上帝，这就是我当时的思维定势，我所行的要完全符合圣经，我向弟兄姐妹承诺我的信仰。
但是，当我恳求耶稣做我的父亲来引导我时，耶稣在给我的第一个梦中让我看到，教会就像妓院。在我做的第一个梦中，我看到一个巨大的仓库，就像开市客Costco一样大。我走了进去，看到了撒旦。撒旦看起来像个男人，他没有头发，撒旦坐在一把椅子上，好像一个宝座。他正坐在一个巨大的显示屏前，他正在监视在这个巨大仓库里的各种各样的妓女。撒旦可以在屏幕上看到所有的妓女，所有这些裸体的女人。撒旦转过身来对我说：“你在我仓库里选择任何一个女人，但你必须选择一个。” 在这同一个梦中，圣灵也对我说话了，他说：“这些是撒旦的教会。不管你加入的是福音派教会、路德宗教会、新教教会、还是天主教教会，不管这些属于501c 3的教会的名字叫什么，只要你属于这个宗教，只要你认为这是你属灵的中心，那你就有问题了，因为所有这些教会为撒旦拥有。他在经营这些教会。他就像所有这些妓女的主人。他为那些寻找虚假的爱的人提供这些妓女。人们为了虚假的爱而去找妓女，他们也为此付钱。这些假教会的会众，其中有一些人在寻找真正的爱，但他们到错误的地方寻找爱，他们缴纳十一奉献作为会员费。而这对上帝来说，就像卖淫活动。”于是我有了这个异象，或者说上帝给我的这个梦，我看到了撒旦，我听到了圣灵的声音，这是他给我的一个启示。于是我到教会里把这个梦告诉了他们。 在我的想法中，十一二年前当这一切发生时，我真的认为这就是世界末日了，我以为全部的教会或者至少一半的教会会分裂，而且，可能有50%或80%的人会悔改，他们都会出来，离开恶魔化的组织，他们会变得狂热，他们会变得不同，他们会接受圣灵的超自然力量。他们会在街上行神迹。他们会让死人复活。这就是当时我的想法。 但事实是，我去了教会，告诉他们我的这个异象，这个关于妓院的梦。我因此受到了猛烈抨击。牧师非常生气。教会成员非常生气。他们多多少少的都在告诉我，“不要再来我们的教会了，我们会付钱让你不要再来。不要待在我们的孩子身边。不要去找我们教会的成员。”还有一个人，在教会里的另一个牧师，甚至质问我，"你要去找我们每一个成员，告诉他们这些吗？"换句话说，"你能不能不要管我们的事？就这样离开？你是个牧师。你是一个妨害。"
我意识到，圣灵对他们来说只是一个妨害。我已经成为那个改变的人，我已经成为了一个失去了理智的激进的基督徒，应该被判处死刑。我毫不怀疑，如果对属于那个教会、属于撒旦组织的他们来说，杀掉我是合法的话，像我这样的人早就被扔进监狱，被砍头被杀死了。但是因为现在这个时代，没有这样的法律规定，我们仍然是安全的。 但是会有一个时间，撒旦会得逞，逼迫会出现，所有服侍上帝的儿女都会被杀死，或者遭受严厉的惩罚。我们从经文中知道会有这样的时间。但是时间还没有到。我们仍然有时间宣扬福音，让人们能够在为时太晚之前悔改和离开教会。但无论如何，如果你真的像我一样听到耶稣的声音，你会被认为是激进分子。你会被认为是失去理智的疯子。因为有来自耶稣的异象和梦是不正常的。当你开始听到他的声音时，开始禁食并走出世界开始新的生活，这是不正常的。 这就像你在重生，每个人都知道生孩子非常难。首先，你要经历九个月的妊娠期，在最初的几周内，你会感到恶心、呕吐。你的妊娠反应很严重，几乎要死。然后，有一段时间，你会有一点舒畅的感觉。然后到了八周，九周，肚子会渐渐大起来，然后婴儿长成，你会经历生命中的痛苦才会生出孩子。我有四个孩子，我已经经历了四次，我可以告诉你，分娩接近死亡。这就是上帝的设计，当一个孩子来到世界上，要克服重重障碍才能降生。但是，人们忘记了无法描述的生产之痛。所以他们认为，或者也许他们以前根本没有想过这个问题，重生是多么困难。重生比普通的分娩要困难得多。重生可能需要比九个月更长的时间，要到你完全悔改，到你听到耶稣的声音并与他同行，学习认识他的声音，但随后要完全走出来，分别出来，正如世人所说的，成为激进的人。
大多数基督徒并不激进。他们还没有重生。他们完全是不冷不热的温水，灵性上是死的。但世界喜欢他们，撒旦也喜欢他们，因为撒旦知道他们是他的孩子。这类人很擅长做政治家。他们很擅长赚钱。他们非常善于说谎话。他们非常善于做一个变色龙。而且他们接纳世界上各种各样的东西。但如果我们真的与耶稣相遇，他改变了我们，然后他改变了我们的心，我们就会重生。对于世人来说，我们失去了理智。我们会变得完全不同。这就是发生在我身上的事情，各位，我已经不是以前的我了。当我发现耶稣是真实的，天堂是真实的，天使是真实的，魔鬼是真实的时，我们必须胜过罪。
显然，我们所有人都会死，但我认为人们回避了这件事，以至于他们认为自己永存不灭。 这就好像你的自言自语，有一天我会死，我知道我的姑姥姥Bertha或我的太奶奶很快会去世了，但这不太会发生在我身上的，或者至少不会那么快。所以你可以让自己相信，你会永存不朽的，不像世间凡人一样必须面对死亡。你也可以让自己相信，你是与众不同的，你不需要面对死亡，科学会让你活着，医学和所有的现代技术会让你永远活着。但这是一个谎言。当亚当和夏娃吃了善恶树上的果子的那一天，他们在属灵上已经死了，后来作为犯罪的后果，他们的肉体也死了。我们每个人都只有一次生命，之后我们会死，死后我们会面对审判。我们的肉体都会死亡，然后上帝决定我们是上天堂还是下地狱。他会根据你的言语和行为审判你，就是依据耶稣讲过的道，按照你所说的所行的进行审判。
你承认他了吗？如果你承认他，他就会承认你。你否认了耶稣吗？或你是一个不冷不热的基督徒吗？如果你否认了他，他也会在他的父和圣天使面前否认你。我是一个基督徒，是耶稣的门徒，因为我已经亲自见过耶稣。我知道他是我的主和我个人的救主。我看到了他在我生命中的工作。我认识他的模样。我认识他的声音是什么样的。我之所以相信他，并不是因为我了解圣经，或去了教会，或从小就是基督徒，而是因为我个人已经被他改变，我知道他是活着的上帝。我愿意为他而活，为他而死。在这一生中，没有什么可以动摇我，我会一直承认他，为他而活，与他休戚与共。 彼得在领受圣灵之前曾被动摇过。他三次否认了耶稣，当面对耶稣被捕的场景，他面对自己的死亡非常恐惧。我们所有人在某种程度上都对死亡感到恐惧。要知道司提反，当圣灵降在他身上的时候，他甚至说，“主啊，原谅他们。他们不知道自己在做什么。” 他可以看到天门打开了，他可以看到人子站在父的右边。天堂大门向他敞开。司提反说出在地上能看到的最奇妙的事情：他看见了上帝，他认识上帝。他说的不是出于他的知识，也不是出于肉体的舌头或他自己的想象力。他说的是他所知道的，因为他认识唯一的真正活着的上帝，他被接进了天堂。 你会死去。但你会不会像不冷不热的基督徒一样死去？他们被上帝从口中吐出来，被上帝拒绝。
上帝已经改变了我，我已经变得完全不同，因为我遇到了永生的上帝，我选择跪在他面前，在他脚前学习。而且没有什么能阻止我继续宣扬他，为他而活，向肉体而死。向肉体死意味着丢弃旧的生活方式：你的旧思维，你的坏习惯，你罪恶的本性，说人坏话，通奸，看色情作品，等一切不圣洁的东西。如果你不愿意计算代价，那你就不配跟随耶稣。耶稣的门徒会重生。他们会接受洗礼。他们将穿上圣洁和公义的白袍，他们会承认耶稣基督，他们会为他而活。他们会做他的工作。 耶稣说，要先求神的国。“先求我的国和我的义，其它的都会加给你们”。所以这就是我的见证，朋友们。我曾经是一个牧师，几乎是不冷不热，活的没有盼望，在罪中堕落。当我呼求耶稣的名时，他扶起了我。他给了我生命。他拯救了我，他改变了我。他给了我一个新的生命，我所拥有的一切都属于他，都是为了他的荣耀。如果你也想被改变，如果你想有一颗新的心，如果你想真正知道什么是爱，不是世界的肉体之爱，而是他真正的爱。那么你需要认识唯一的真神的形象——耶稣基督。认识他并顺从他。耶稣是活着的。你会全心全意地寻求他吗？还是寻求自己的享乐？愿耶稣的恩典与你同在。
I know that some of you already know my testimony, because for years I've had my testimony on YouTube and on Facebook. But I know there's also some new listeners and some people who are interested, I don't expect people to just go and research all of my videos, but I do want to be a good testimony of Jesus to you and tell you why I believe in Jesus.
But I first want to tell you why I do not believe in Jesus because of the Bible. A lot of Christians believe in God just because they've read about Him in the Bible. That is not why I believe in God. That's not why I believe He exists. I also don't believe in God because of my upbringing. A lot of us are brought up in Christian families, and I also was brought up in a Christian family, very evangelical. You could have considered us non denominational Baptist, but I am not a Christian just because of my upbringing. A lot of us are Catholic, just because we are raised Catholic or Christian, just because we are raised Christian or Muslim, because our family members were Muslim. I am also not a Christian because of my peers or what those directly around me believe in.
But the reason why I am a fanatic Christian and fanatic is understood as out of your mind. If you are a fanatic at something, you're excessive. And apparently anyone who really has love for Jesus is excessive because they are not lukewarm. Standard Christians are very lukewarm. That has become the norm. So to kind of, give you an idea of that, and I'm sure you already know, but in one of my past relationships, I was just attending church like anyone else, reading my Bible like anyone else, but I had all my sports and hobbies and my education going on, and everything was fine for me. I made the amount of money I wanted to make, how the house I wanted to have. And during that time, I was not, by any means really a fanatic, although I did love God to an extent. But when I started getting more serious with God, this person that I was dating said to me, “you're starting to kind of get extreme. I think you should just calm down, relax, enjoy your life. Just go to church, be normal, you know. Don't be fanatic. Don't get too into it.” And if you want to do really well in society you don't do anything to the extreme. Do everything in moderation. Do God in moderation. Do church in moderation. Do money in moderation. Eat in moderation. Do everything with balance. And that is what the world preaches.
But man, if you really have an encounter with God, and He shakes up your life and takes away your life and gives you a New life, you will become a fanatic, you'll become different. You'll start to be hated by your own family. And that, of course, looks excessive, because the things Jesus actually taught and the things Jesus preached were excessive. He said things like, to follow me you must eat my flesh. That's pretty extreme. That sounds like some crazy cult or Jesus said, you have to hate your mother, your father, even your own life, to the death. That's pretty fanatic.
I met Jesus while I was a pastor, but it wasn't because of my education. Although I am college educated, I didn't meet Jesus just by reading my Bible, by going to church or by my upbringing. But while I was a pastor and in this relationship with this woman I was going to be married to, and my life was going to hell, I just prayed a simple prayer and said, “God, help me. My life is falling apart. I know I'm headed to hell, but I'm a pastor. I'm a hypocrite.” So how can a pastor of the church stand up in front of the people and say that? I had to do it in private. So in private, I went and prayed. In private, I sought out God. In private, I said, “Lord, I'm a hypocrite ,Lord, I'm a liar. I'm a cheater. I don't really know what true love is. I don't really know who you really are.” And even though all my life, I've been a Christian all my life, I've read the Bible all my life, I've been raised in a Christian home, and I graduated from a Christian college. I just said, “Lord, I don't really know you, but I want you to be my father, and I want to be your son.”
And when I prayed that prayer, and was sincere, because I was at a low part in my life, I started having revelations from Jesus. The first things that started happening was I had visions and dreams from Jesus, and I started to see spiritual things. I started to see not only Jesus, but also demons. And when I would pray in Jesus' name, Jesus is the one who saved me. I gave one example of this years ago, but I was having problems with sleep paralysis, probably eleven, twelve years ago. I remember one time I fell asleep in front of the TV, and it was, I believe on a Sunday, and I remember waking up, but still being asleep and just being terrified for the fact I couldn't move my body. Well, that progressed to where I would fall asleep and then wake up, but I still couldn't move my body. But in that dimension, it's like the spiritual world overlapped reality, because my physical eyes would open, I couldn't move my body, and I could see demons. And one time, when this happened, I was in my bed, lying on my back, and I woke up, but I still couldn't move.
And I saw a demon, but I couldn't make out what he really looked like. He was just all black and had horns, but just a black figure at the base of my bed, and this black demon with these horns started pulling on my feet. And as this demon was pulling on my feet, I could feel my spirit, or my soul, which is like our inner man, I felt that starting to sink through my flesh being pulled out of my body, and I became fearful, so I just took my arms and I grabbed my body, and I tried to hold my soul spiritually into my flesh. But this demon was just sucking the life out of my body. He was like sucking my soul out of my flesh. In that moment, all I could do was muster up one word, which was Jesus, but I could hardly even pray that, because some demonic spirits are so powerful, they can even pull away your ability to think or even to pray, and it takes all of your ability just to be able to muster up a little bit of faith, to just say one word and prayer. So all I can muster up is the name of Jesus. And when I said that, immediately, I sucked back into my body. I came back to and I woke up and I knew that Jesus was with me. I knew that He was real. In that moment, it was so natural to call on Jesus. I knew that I wasn't going to call on Allah. I knew that I wasn't going to call on Buddha. I knew I wasn't going to call on the pastor of the church. I knew there was power in my spirit and in my soul in the name of Jesus. And He rescued me from those demons. And when I prayed for Him to give me the ability to overcome this in my sleep and not have this problem, Jesus gave me that ability. He gave me the power over those demonic spirits.
I started in my sleep, being given like a spiritual sword, and I could kill these demons. I would speak the name of Jesus, and I could ram things through these demons heads. I could slaughter them. I could kill them in the name of Jesus. And it gave me power over that. And I knew it was by the power of God, over this spiritual darkness that I was in, Jesus ended up coming to me in dreams and visions, as I prayed, I prayed, ‘Lord, please show yourself to me. Reveal yourself to me.” And through a series of of visions and dreams, Jesus started speaking to me. He told me to come out of my church to repent of the things that I was doing in church, living as a hypocrite. Now, this was a pretty foreign to me, because I promised myself and my family and my church members that as long as it was God's will, I would never, stop doing membership out of church, no matter where I was. If I lived in Southern California or if I moved out of state or Northern California, I would always join a church and always be part of ministry, because I'm loyal and I want to be loyal to God. So during the time I was a pastor, I told the people there, I will always be loyal to God through my service to the church. And that was my mindset. I will always be biblical. I will always confess my faith to my brothers and my sisters.
But what Jesus showed me through these first dreams I had when I was asking Him to become my father and to guide me, what He showed me as churches like a whorehouse. And one of the first dreams I had, I saw this huge warehouse. It was like as big as a Costco. And I walked in and I saw Satan. I saw Satan, and he looks like a man, he's bald. And Satan had this chair, like this throne. He was sitting out in front of a huge monitor, and it was monitoring all these different women, these prostitutes that were in this huge warehouse. And Satan could see all of the prostitutes, all these naked women, on a screen. And Satan turned around to me and he said to me, you can choose any single one of these women in my warehouse, but you have to choose one.
And in the same dream, then the Holy Spirit spoke to me, and He said, these are Satan's churches. It doesn't matter if you're part of an Evangelical church, a Lutheran church, protestant church, like the Catholic Church, no matter what the title of that 501c 3 churches, if that is your religion, if that is the core of your spirituality, then you have a problem because Satan owns all those churches. He operates them. And he is like the owner of all those prostitutes. And he gives them out to men that are looking for this false love. Men go to a prostitute for false love, they pay for it. And the members that are the laity of these false churches, there are some of them, they are looking for love, but they're looking for it in all the wrong places, and they're paying for membership with their tithes. And that is to God, like prostitution. And so I had this vision, or this dream that God gave me, that I saw Satan, I heard from the Holy Spirit, it was a revelation to me. And so I started telling people in my church about this.
And in my mind, eleven, twelve years ago, when this was happening, I literally thought that like, this was the end of the world. I thought that the entire church, or at least half of the church, was going to have a split, and, like maybe 50% or 80% of people would repent, and they would all come out, and they would leave the demonized organization, and that they would become radicalized, and they would be different, and they would receive the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. They'd be working miracles on the street. They'd be raising the dead. That's what I thought.
But as it happened, I went in there to the church, and I told them this vision that I had, this dream, about the prostitute house. And boy, did I get flak for that. The pastor was very upset. The church members were very mad. In more or less words, they told me, don't come back to our church, and we will pay you to not come back. Don't be around our children. Don't go to our members of our church. And one guy, in the church, another pastor, he even asked me, “are you going to go around to every single one of our members and tell them this?” In other words, “can you just get out of our hair? Just leave? You're a pastor. You're a nuisance.” And I realized that the Holy Spirit was just a nuisance to them. I had become the one that changed. I had become the radicalized Christian who was out of his mind that should just be put to death. I have no doubt in my mind that if it were legal for you to to kill me, and you are part of that church, and you are part of Satan's organization, people like me would have already been thrown into prison and beheaded and killed. But because at this time, that's not the law, we're still safe.
But there will be a time where where Satan gets his way, and persecution will come up, and all of God's children who do serve Him will be killed, or there will be a very, harshly punished. We know about these times from the scripture. But the time is not yet. The time is still for us to proclaim the Gospel, that people can repent and come out before it's too late. But anyways, if you do hear from Jesus as I did, you will be deemed radicalized. You will be deemed just out of your mind crazy. Because it's not normal to have visions and dreams from Jesus. It's not normal to, when you're starting to hear him, to start fasting and be coming out of the world to start a new life.
It's like you're being born again. Everyone knows that's had a child, The difficulty in the labor of having a child. first of all, you go through nine months of carrying this child, and within the first few weeks, you're sick. You're puking. You get so sick you almost die. And then, there comes a time that you have a little bit of a smooth sailing. And then you get to eight weeks, nine weeks, and then your you're bulging, and then the babies do, and you go through the pain of your life to have the baby. I have four children, and I've been through this four times, and let me tell you that childbirth is close to death. And that is how God designed it, that when a child comes into the world, it is overcoming that it's that barrier of bringing a life into the world. But people forget that a birth, is incredibly difficult. And so they think, or maybe they haven't even thought of this before, how difficult it is to be born again. Being born again is much more difficult than just normal childbirth. Being born again may take longer than nine months for you to completely repent, for you to hear Jesus and walk with him, to learn his voice, but then to completely come out and be separated and as the world would say, to be radicalized.
Most Christians are not radical. They haven't been born again. They are completely lukewarm and spiritually dead. But the world loves them, and Satan loves them, because Satan knows that they are his children. These sorts of people are very good at being politicians. they're very good at making money. They're very good at telling lies. They're very good at being a chameleon. And they accept all kinds of things in the world. But if we really have an encounter with Jesus, and He changes us, and then He changes our heart, and we become born again. To the world we are out of our mind. We're different. And that is what happened to me, guys. I am not the same as I used to be. And as soon as I found out that Jesus is real, heaven is real, angels are real, demons are real, we have to overcome sin. Obviously all of us die, but I think that people push out that thought for so long that they think they're immortal. It's kind of something you say to yourself, that one day I will die. I know that my great aunt Bertha or my great grandma's going to die, but it's not going to happen to me, or least in time soon. So you can kind of convince yourself that you're immortal, and not everyone else in the world's mortal. You can kind of make yourself believe that you're different. You're not going to have to face death. Science will keep you alive. Your medicine and all the the modern technology will keep me alive forever. But that is a lie. When Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. In that day, they died spiritually, and also they physically died. In turn, after that, all of us are given one life, and then after that comes the judgment. We die physically, and then God decides if we go to heaven or hell. And you will be judged according to your words and your actions, the things that you said and did with the words of Jesus.
Did you confess him? If you did, He will confess you. Did you deny Jesus or you lukewarm? If you denied Him, He will also deny you before his father and the Holy angels. I am a Christian and a disciple of Jesus, because I have met Jesus personally. I know Him as my Lord and my personal savior. I have seen his work in my life. I know what he looks like. I know what He sounds like. I don't believe in Him just because I know the Bible or went to church or was raised Christian, but because I have personally been changed by him, and I know that He is the living God. I'm willing to live for Him and die for Him. And there's nothing in this life that can shake me from from confessing Him and living for Him with every breath.
Peter was shaken before he received the Holy Spirit. He denied Jesus three times. When it came down to it, he was very fearful of his own death. Then all of us are fearful of death to an extent. But remember Stephen, when the Holy Spirit was on him? He could even say,Lord, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. He could see heaven opened up, and he could see the son standing on the right side of the father. Heaven was open to Him. And Stephen uh said some of the most amazing things ever uttered on Earth. He saw God, he knew God. He was not speaking out of his knowledge or just off of the carnal tongue or his own imagination. He was speaking about what he knew, because he knew the one true living God, and he was received into heaven.
You're going to die. But are you going to die as lukewarm Christians spewed out of God's mouth and rejected by Him. I am changed, and I am different because I have met the living God. I have chose to kneel before Him and to learn at his feet. And nothing's going to stop me from continuing to proclaim him, to live for Him and to die to my flesh. Dying to your flesh means the old way of life, your old thinking, your bad habits, your sinful nature, gossip, adultery, looking at pornography, everything that is unholy. If you're not willing to count the cost, then you're unworthy to follow Jesus. Jesus' disciples will be born again. They will be baptized. They will put on their white robes of holiness and righteousness, and they will confess Jesus Christ, and they will live for Him. They will do His work.
Jesus says, seek first the Kingdom of God. Seek first my kingdom and my righteousness, and everything else will be added unto you. So that is my testimony, guys. I used to be a pastor, more or less, lukewarm, broken, fallen in sin. And when I called on the name of Jesus, He lifted me up. He gave me life. He saved me, and I have been changed by Him. He gave me a new life, and everything I have is His, and it's for His glory. And if you also want to be changed, if you want a new heart, if you want to really know what it means to love, not with the carnal love of the world, but with His true love. Then you need to get to know the image of the one true God, Jesus Christ. Know Him and obey Him. Jesus is alive. Will you seek Him with all your heart, soul, mind and strength? Or will you seek out your own pleasures? May the grace of Jesus be with you.
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