Singaporean Charismatic Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong inspired more than 10,000 people in Indonesia to have the fire of the Holy Spirit reach everyone on earth.
In the second general session of the Everyone Asia 2024 conference conducted on July 4, Yang Tuck Yoong, founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Community Church (Cornerstone) in Singapore, delivered a sermon based on Luke 3:15-16 about fire.
Initiated by Empowered 21, the worldwide relational network to mobilize churches and the more than 650 million Spirit-empowered Christians to fulfill the Great Commission by Pentecost 2033, the Everyone Asia 2024 conference was held from July 3 to 5 in Sentul International Convention Center, Indonesia.
“We came here to be changed by your [the Holy Spirit’s] power,” said Pastor Yang of Cornerstone, which has planted more than 150 churches, schools, orphanages, and Bible colleges in 16 different countries.
According to Luke 3:15-16, the Jews came to expect a man who might be Christ. John the Baptist came with the power of Elijah, and his words were like fire in the hearts of the people, so they were burned with expectation.
“Men and women would walk many miles, by tens of thousands, under that hot sun. They would walk in a desert for many miles away for John was baptizing them,” the pastor said.
They came to see a man who burned for God, the one whose voice was crying in the wilderness and their hearts were melting. “They began to reason in their hearts: Is this the Christ? Is this the one Moses talked about?” Pastor Yang stated that John denied that and prophesized that the one was coming, pointing out that while he baptized them with water, the one they expected would baptize them with the Holy Spirit and the fire.
He continued to claim that there is no escaping fire in the Bible, such as our God, who is a consuming fire, Elijah, who wore a belt on fire, and the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of fire.
“Elijah called fire from heaven, John the Baptist was the burning lamb, Moses stood in the fire of a bush... They stood in the fire and they were not consumed.”
“Fire is the most self-advertising thing in the world. When I was a young boy, there was a house on fire. You didn’t have to advertise for it. In just a few minutes, many people would come.” Pastor Yang said, “If you are a pastor here, I’m telling you it’s not the fancy thing in the church. You just set yourself on fire. People will come and watch you burn for God.”
“If the pastor is on fire, the church is on fire. If the pastor is dead, the church is dead,” he further stated.
Recalling his 34 years in ministry, the 64-year-old pastor shared how his heart went on fire. After becoming a Christian in 1974, he remained a half-Christian for six years: one foot in the world and one foot in the kingdom. However, he was invited to hear a man preach during a movement in Singapore called the Charismatic Renewal. During the preaching, the preacher claimed, “The Holy Spirit is here.” Then people started to drop to their knees. He raised his hand and said, “God, I'm in a mess. Why don’t you touch my life? I will give it to you.” He felt fire coming into him, and suddenly, like a million volts of electricity, his legs went soft like jelly, and he was on fire, every cell inside him was going to explode.
“Jesus said that you shall receive the power when the Holy Ghost comes upon you. If we are going to win everyone for Jesus, we need the power and the fire of the Holy Ghost.”
In 1998, Pastor Yang met German Pentecostal evangelist Reinhard Bonnke for the first time. Half through the lunch with eight people, he asked a question about how the anointing worked, and then Bonnke started to preach at the table like he did to 80,000. He looked at him across the table and laid this hand on him, “Many are called, few are chosen, and the Lord says, ‘I choose you.’ ” Pastor Yang confessed that he didn’t feel anything like goosebumps or shakes at once, but when he opened his Bible and started to pray back home, his prayer life started firing up.
Illustrating this experience of “being on fire,” he spoke to the participants, “You are going to catch something from this conference. We may not feel it or see it, but we don’t live by what we see or feel, we live by what we believe. And then you are going to go back to your towns, cities, and homes, and when you go back home, you are going to realize something has changed on the inside of you. You are no longer the same again.”
He continued, “Every great revival has a battle cry. The Moravians say the lamb that was slain has received the reward for his suffering. John Knox of Scotland says, give me Scotland now, or let me die. In the great revival on the course of Scotland, they said, rend the heavens and thou come down. The Salvationists said, ‘Lord, send another Pentecost,’ but I love what the Welsh Revival, the battle cry of the Great Welsh Revival, ‘Send the Holy Spirit now, for Jesus’s sake!’”
In the end, Pastor Yang encouraged young people to preach with their tongue of flesh, which is connected to the tongue of fire. “How many of you want the fire? If you keep the fire burning, the fire will keep you burning. We need the fire, for every soul on the planet is going to hear the gospel.”
人人亚洲2024（EveryOne Asia 2024）大会的第二天举行了全体会议，新加坡房角石教会杨德云牧师（Tuck Yoon Yang）、国际代祷将领事工创办人翟辛蒂博士（Dr. Cindy Jacobs）、国际布道家让·吕克·特拉克塞尔（Jean Luc Trachsel）、英国布道家内森·莫里斯（Nathan Morris）在其中进行分享，他们分别从圣灵的火焰、恩膏、能力等角度来分享了自己对圣灵的认识。
人人亚洲2024（EveryOne Asia 2024）大会于7月3-5日在印度尼西亚冼都国际会议举行。大会人人亚洲2024大会是由“灵力21”举办，致力于让每个人在2033年为完成耶稣的使命做好准备，特别是亚洲的教会。大会主办方希望在2033年的五旬节，地上的每一个人都能通过圣灵的力量和同在与耶稣真实的相遇，共有来自全球46个国家的11000人参加。
圣灵的火焰让我们完成大使命
新加坡房角石杨德云牧师在上午的全体大会上分享了自己对圣灵火焰的认识，他引用路加福音3：15-16的经文，以施洗约翰的洗礼与耶稣的圣灵洗礼作对比，来讲述圣灵的火焰。
施洗约翰到来的时候，他的话语像火焰一样点燃了大家的心，让他们满怀期待。可他不是基督，他自己说他来是用水施洗，而耶稣基督来是用圣灵为我们施洗。很多人以为基督信仰是宗教信仰，但是基督信仰是有圣灵的浇灌。在我们的聚会中，每个人都会经历圣灵的浇灌，而上帝的火也会临到。
“我们没有任何一个人可以逃离圣灵的火，我们的神是烈火。”杨德云牧师说。以西结看到了像火一样的上帝，摩西也看到了荆棘中的火，但以理的三个朋友也是在火中经历了上帝。火不需要为自己做宣传，如果有火燃烧房子，过几分钟大家就都会知道。当复兴的火临到你的时候，人们会看见你的火。耶稣是用圣灵为我们施洗，而圣灵就是燃烧我们的火。因此，我们不要浇灭圣灵的感动。
“我没有看过任何一个被火焚烧的牧者的教会是死的。”他分享了是如何燃起圣灵之火的。1974年他成为了一个基督徒，不过在随后的6年半的时间中，他只是一个普通的基督徒。在一次新加坡的灵恩特会中，他听到一个讲员说：“圣灵就在我们当中。”他就举手祷告说：“上帝啊，我的生命烂七八糟。我希望被你充满，如何你充满我，我会把自己献上给你。”随后，他感受到自己被圣灵充满，他感觉像有火焰一般进入他的身体，“火一直在我的里面”，他感觉自己手脚无力，像被火焚烧，身体里每一个细胞都像要爆炸一样。
“我们需要圣灵的能力，圣灵的火。这样我们才能完成大使命。”1998年他见布永康牧师的时候，再一次经历了圣灵的火焰。当时，他只是问了布永康关于膏油如何起作用的问题。而布永康却看着他认真地说：“被召的人很多，被选上的人很少，主说，‘我选择你。’”虽然当时他并没有任何感受。然而当他回到家，打开圣经祷告时，心里却非常火热。
“后来我明白，我从这个人身上有所得着，是我们在聚会会发生的。”杨德云牧师说：“你会在这次大会中有所得着。我们可能没有感受到，也没有看见，但我们不是靠这些感觉和看见而活着，我们凭信心而活。你会回到自己的国家、地区、教会，你会发现，自己里面已经开始改变了，你将不再一样。”
最后，杨牧师鼓励年轻人让自己的舌头和圣灵的火舌相连。“你需要圣灵的火。如果你继续让火焚烧，你会继续被焚烧。我们需要或，让全世界的每一个人听到福音。”
圣灵必让我们得着能力完成大使命
国际代祷将领事工创办人翟辛蒂博士引用使徒行传1:8向大家分享了自己对圣灵的能力的认识。她认为每一天上帝使用我们，我们就会领受圣灵的能力，无论去哪里都是这样。我们透过圣灵的能力彰显上帝的大能，让上帝的名被人看见。而我们是否相信这样的事实呢？
辛蒂博士讲述了她如何经历圣灵的能力。她少女时期在读使徒行转的过程中曾写下自己的名字，并祷告提醒上帝说：你的话语讲说圣灵临到，就必得着能力，我愿意相信这一点，也渴慕一点。后来有时她会想，自己一个人能做什么。但是上帝是伟大的神，祂给我们的伟大应许不会落空。就像她少女时期的祷告，她如此渴慕圣灵，而圣灵的火就燃烧在她身上。
几年前，有人邀请辛蒂博士去阿根廷。她祷告的时候，上帝说，祂会很大地使用她。到了阿根廷北边一个很贫困的城市，有很多代祷者在一起祷告，现场就有圣灵的火爆发。那个城市有很多行巫术的，而且有上千巫师咒诅他们。她就对巫师说：“你的咒诅不会成就。”虽然他们用偶像、蜡烛做法，但是他们的巫术没有成功，因为上帝的大能比巫术的能力更大。
为什么讲这个神迹呢？辛蒂博士表示，她希望大家都渴慕上帝，上帝就在膏抹大家。我们可能会觉得好像上帝不会很大地使用你一样，但是她相信上帝会恩膏大家，上帝的能力和荣耀会临到大家，上帝会让你得到上百万灵魂。
圣灵对于完成使命的重要性
国际布道家让·吕克·特拉克塞尔牧师和英国布道家内森·莫里斯牧师在晚上的全体会议的时间别人分享了圣灵对于完成使命的重要性。
让·吕克牧师引用经文使徒行传 2:1-6和以赛亚书 60:2，并以自己的经历讲述了圣灵的重要性。他是6代基督徒，爷爷和父亲都是牧师，他自己也从小成长在教会，也学习上帝的话语、爱话语，可是忽略了圣灵。有一次圣灵的临到了他，虽然当时没有敬拜赞美，他依然感受到了上帝的火焰，并呼召他传讲神的话语，并说欧洲会得救（让·吕克牧师来自瑞士）。每一个参会者也和他一样会听到天国的声音，并为此而奔跑。如果你还没听到，就奉耶稣的名，命令耳聋的灵离开让你听见。而当你听到这个声音，你不会像以前一样。因为声音带着圣灵的火，洁净、炼尽的火。
英国布道家内森·莫里斯牧师引用了希伯来书 12:1-2和哈巴谷书 2:14指出我们要传扬福音到全世界，而这世界却会越来越冷漠和黑暗，这是一场属灵的征战。而地球上最大的能力就是从上帝而来的圣灵的能力，真理的能力。我们必须要有圣灵的能力。上帝以前兴起了大卫、以利亚和摩西，如今上帝也会兴起我们，我们必须迎接呼召。比起其他的讲员，他是一个年轻的牧者，但上帝不看年龄而是内心，每一个人都会有圣灵的恩膏。随后，他开始为现场的参会的基督徒代祷，祈求圣灵的恩膏临到大家，让大家得着能力，完成耶稣基督所给我们的大使命。
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人人亚洲2024第二天全体会议： 圣灵的火焰、能力、恩膏帮助我们完成大使命
Singaporean Charismatic Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong inspired more than 10,000 people in Indonesia to have the fire of the Holy Spirit reach everyone on earth.
In the second general session of the Everyone Asia 2024 conference conducted on July 4, Yang Tuck Yoong, founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Community Church (Cornerstone) in Singapore, delivered a sermon based on Luke 3:15-16 about fire.
Initiated by Empowered 21, the worldwide relational network to mobilize churches and the more than 650 million Spirit-empowered Christians to fulfill the Great Commission by Pentecost 2033, the Everyone Asia 2024 conference was held from July 3 to 5 in Sentul International Convention Center, Indonesia.
“We came here to be changed by your [the Holy Spirit’s] power,” said Pastor Yang of Cornerstone, which has planted more than 150 churches, schools, orphanages, and Bible colleges in 16 different countries.
According to Luke 3:15-16, the Jews came to expect a man who might be Christ. John the Baptist came with the power of Elijah, and his words were like fire in the hearts of the people, so they were burned with expectation.
“Men and women would walk many miles, by tens of thousands, under that hot sun. They would walk in a desert for many miles away for John was baptizing them,” the pastor said.
They came to see a man who burned for God, the one whose voice was crying in the wilderness and their hearts were melting. “They began to reason in their hearts: Is this the Christ? Is this the one Moses talked about?” Pastor Yang stated that John denied that and prophesized that the one was coming, pointing out that while he baptized them with water, the one they expected would baptize them with the Holy Spirit and the fire.
He continued to claim that there is no escaping fire in the Bible, such as our God, who is a consuming fire, Elijah, who wore a belt on fire, and the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of fire.
“Elijah called fire from heaven, John the Baptist was the burning lamb, Moses stood in the fire of a bush... They stood in the fire and they were not consumed.”
“Fire is the most self-advertising thing in the world. When I was a young boy, there was a house on fire. You didn’t have to advertise for it. In just a few minutes, many people would come.” Pastor Yang said, “If you are a pastor here, I’m telling you it’s not the fancy thing in the church. You just set yourself on fire. People will come and watch you burn for God.”
“If the pastor is on fire, the church is on fire. If the pastor is dead, the church is dead,” he further stated.
Recalling his 34 years in ministry, the 64-year-old pastor shared how his heart went on fire. After becoming a Christian in 1974, he remained a half-Christian for six years: one foot in the world and one foot in the kingdom. However, he was invited to hear a man preach during a movement in Singapore called the Charismatic Renewal. During the preaching, the preacher claimed, “The Holy Spirit is here.” Then people started to drop to their knees. He raised his hand and said, “God, I'm in a mess. Why don’t you touch my life? I will give it to you.” He felt fire coming into him, and suddenly, like a million volts of electricity, his legs went soft like jelly, and he was on fire, every cell inside him was going to explode.
“Jesus said that you shall receive the power when the Holy Ghost comes upon you. If we are going to win everyone for Jesus, we need the power and the fire of the Holy Ghost.”
In 1998, Pastor Yang met German Pentecostal evangelist Reinhard Bonnke for the first time. Half through the lunch with eight people, he asked a question about how the anointing worked, and then Bonnke started to preach at the table like he did to 80,000. He looked at him across the table and laid this hand on him, “Many are called, few are chosen, and the Lord says, ‘I choose you.’ ” Pastor Yang confessed that he didn’t feel anything like goosebumps or shakes at once, but when he opened his Bible and started to pray back home, his prayer life started firing up.
Illustrating this experience of “being on fire,” he spoke to the participants, “You are going to catch something from this conference. We may not feel it or see it, but we don’t live by what we see or feel, we live by what we believe. And then you are going to go back to your towns, cities, and homes, and when you go back home, you are going to realize something has changed on the inside of you. You are no longer the same again.”
He continued, “Every great revival has a battle cry. The Moravians say the lamb that was slain has received the reward for his suffering. John Knox of Scotland says, give me Scotland now, or let me die. In the great revival on the course of Scotland, they said, rend the heavens and thou come down. The Salvationists said, ‘Lord, send another Pentecost,’ but I love what the Welsh Revival, the battle cry of the Great Welsh Revival, ‘Send the Holy Spirit now, for Jesus’s sake!’”
In the end, Pastor Yang encouraged young people to preach with their tongue of flesh, which is connected to the tongue of fire. “How many of you want the fire? If you keep the fire burning, the fire will keep you burning. We need the fire, for every soul on the planet is going to hear the gospel.”
Everyone Asia 2024 Conference: Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong Calls for the Holy Spirit's Fire to Win Souls for Jesus
