On June 27, Pastor Bai Yu'e shared the route to church revival from the twenty-third psalm online.
Through the WeChat account "Morning Prayer", she quoted John 12:32: "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
An entertaining church attracts people through entertainment. In a life-changing church, Jesus attracts people who want to change to be like him and complete the Great Commission.
According to 1 Corinthians 2:2, 2:4-5, Paul was thoroughly trained under Rabbi Gamaliel, but he said that he preached with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power. "Because he knows all things, he makes the impossible possible, and the finite infinite. With man that is impossible, but with the man who believes all things are possible, so we must lead people to Jesus," Pastor Bai shared.
Entertainment-style churches attract believers with some activities, and that only has a temporary effect. But the most important thing in faith is that our lives can change, becoming more and more like Jesus.
The two routes for revival are through man's authority or God's authority. People can use the system to control people and increase the number of believers. The system can help us gain limited success and the effort does not last long. We must learn to rely on God today because he makes the church grow.
“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! Come and share your master’s happiness!’ (Matthew 25:23) The result of serving God is that he praises us for being good and faithful and share his happiness with us.
How can the sinner be set free? How do you look at your sins? Some negatively focus on the past sins while others focus on God’s grace and redemption and look at the future positively. If you condemn and judge the sinner, he becomes isolated and can’t move forward, and the relationship is destroyed. But God values people more than this matter. We should consider God’s grace which redeems the person, so he can change and won’t be judged anymore.
"The power of love is boundless. Your love and encouragement can help the person forsake sin. More blame and non-acceptance may cause him to distance himself farther from you and from God. So it cannot help him," Pastor Bai said.
Jesus is the master, helping everyone to repent, opening a way for the dead, and raising him from death. When the widow's child died, he said that he was asleep. And when he said to him to get up, he sat up. So Jesus has not come to condemn people, but to forgive their sins.
Finally, Pastor Bai concluded in prayer: "Our church should always be about the Lord's power. When the church exalts God as king, our ministry will seem light and bring joy, and our relationship will be established. If it is about peoples' power, relationships in the church will be about advantages gained by having the relationship, not about love. And the relationship will be destroyed. Let us live under the cover of God, value God and God’s grace on earth, and value his great love and great forgiveness. Don’t live in condemnation and judgment. Only acceptance and love can help the guilty person be free from sin."
-Translated by Abigail Wu
白玉娥谈教会复兴：复兴的路线——神掌权 向前看
6月27日，白玉娥牧师在微信平台“早祷记”当中分享了教会复兴的第二十三讲“复兴的路线”。
我若从地上被举起来，就要吸引万人来归我。（约12：32）
娱乐性的教会是以娱乐来吸引，以人吸引人。生命改变型教会是以耶稣来吸引，吸引一群想要改变像基督的人，完成主交付的大使命。
因为我曾定了主意，在你们中间不知道别的，只知道耶稣基督，并他钉十字架。（林前2：2）我说的话，讲的道，不是用智慧委婉的言语，乃是用圣灵和大能的明证。（林前2：4）叫你们的信不在乎人的智慧，只在乎神的大能。（林前2：5）
保罗在迦玛列门下受过高等教育，但是他说是用圣灵和大能的明证讲道。“因为他无所不知，他叫不可能变成可能，叫有限的变成无限的。在人不能，在信的人凡事都能，所以要把人引到耶稣面前。”白牧师分享说。
娱乐性的教会借着一些活动来活跃信徒，这只能起到一时的果效。但信仰最重要的是我们每个人的生命发生改变，越来越像耶稣。
复兴的两条路线是人掌权和神掌权。人也可以使教会人数增加，用体系控制人使教会增长，可以帮我们有限成功。但是用体系控制人时效并不长久。我们今天要学会依靠神，因为是神使教会增长。
“主人说，好，你这又良善又忠心的仆人。可以进来享受你主人的快乐。 ”(太25：23) 这是侍奉神的结果，神称赞我们是忠心、良善的，并可享受主人的快乐。
那人如何得到释放？对自己的罪，怎么来看呢？一种是消极地看，向后看，看重罪；一种是积极地看，向前看，看重恩典。看重罪无法前行，定罪、审判，被隔离、关系被破坏。但是神看重人比这个事更重要。得着这个人，让他改变，定罪的权势在他身上没有，看重神给我们的恩典，被主的恩典救赎。。
“爱的力量是无穷的，真实地爱，去鼓励的时候可以离弃罪。当你越去责备，多多责备，多多贬损，过多地不接纳，不但不能帮到人，还让他离你越来越远，离主越来越远。”白牧师说。
耶稣是高手，帮助所有人悔改，给死人开出路，让他死里复活。寡妇的孩子死了，说他是睡觉了，让他起来他就起来。耶稣不是要定人的罪，他要赦免人的罪。
最后白牧师在祷告中总结：“我们的教会永远是主掌权。当教会高举神做王，我们的侍奉就会轻松、享受，而且我们的关系也会被建立；如果人掌权，教会中的关系就会被破坏，这个关系是利益的关系，不是相爱的关系。让人活在神的遮盖之下，在地上看重神和神的恩典，看重伟大的爱和伟大的赦免。不要活在控告和定罪里面，而是接纳、相爱，帮助有罪的人从罪中走出来。”
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On June 27, Pastor Bai Yu'e shared the route to church revival from the twenty-third psalm online.
Through the WeChat account "Morning Prayer", she quoted John 12:32: "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
An entertaining church attracts people through entertainment. In a life-changing church, Jesus attracts people who want to change to be like him and complete the Great Commission.
According to 1 Corinthians 2:2, 2:4-5, Paul was thoroughly trained under Rabbi Gamaliel, but he said that he preached with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power. "Because he knows all things, he makes the impossible possible, and the finite infinite. With man that is impossible, but with the man who believes all things are possible, so we must lead people to Jesus," Pastor Bai shared.
Entertainment-style churches attract believers with some activities, and that only has a temporary effect. But the most important thing in faith is that our lives can change, becoming more and more like Jesus.
The two routes for revival are through man's authority or God's authority. People can use the system to control people and increase the number of believers. The system can help us gain limited success and the effort does not last long. We must learn to rely on God today because he makes the church grow.
“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! Come and share your master’s happiness!’ (Matthew 25:23) The result of serving God is that he praises us for being good and faithful and share his happiness with us.
How can the sinner be set free? How do you look at your sins? Some negatively focus on the past sins while others focus on God’s grace and redemption and look at the future positively. If you condemn and judge the sinner, he becomes isolated and can’t move forward, and the relationship is destroyed. But God values people more than this matter. We should consider God’s grace which redeems the person, so he can change and won’t be judged anymore.
"The power of love is boundless. Your love and encouragement can help the person forsake sin. More blame and non-acceptance may cause him to distance himself farther from you and from God. So it cannot help him," Pastor Bai said.
Jesus is the master, helping everyone to repent, opening a way for the dead, and raising him from death. When the widow's child died, he said that he was asleep. And when he said to him to get up, he sat up. So Jesus has not come to condemn people, but to forgive their sins.
Finally, Pastor Bai concluded in prayer: "Our church should always be about the Lord's power. When the church exalts God as king, our ministry will seem light and bring joy, and our relationship will be established. If it is about peoples' power, relationships in the church will be about advantages gained by having the relationship, not about love. And the relationship will be destroyed. Let us live under the cover of God, value God and God’s grace on earth, and value his great love and great forgiveness. Don’t live in condemnation and judgment. Only acceptance and love can help the guilty person be free from sin."
-Translated by Abigail Wu
Pastor: Route to Church Revival
