4.1.1 服侍需要先悔改
Speaker: Ming
Thank God, the topic I want to share today is about repentance and our generation. As I prayed and sought guidance for this topic, the Holy Spirit reminded me that the current environment we are facing is closely related to our repentance. Nowadays, with the rapid development of the internet and media, we are essentially all part of the same global village. The people of the global village mean that no matter which country we live in, we can easily communicate with one another and exchange information. We can quickly share the same goals, follow the same celebrities, even hold the same political views, and traverse various social media platforms to express the same opinions and perspectives worldwide. So, although our generation was once very distant from one another, we can now communicate quickly through the internet and exchange information.
Our generation is also unique in that we have witnessed many situations and environments, including many ungodly things, bad habits, moral decay, and broken relationships, which are impacting our generation and even the next generation. For those of us who believe in God, we long to possess authority that transcends the influence of the world, so that we may be freed from the corruption and bondage of this world and accomplish things beyond our imagination. In such an environment, how should we prepare ourselves? When God is at work in our generation, what should we do to see the Spirit of God powerfully at work in our cities and nations? We hope to see ourselves as light and salt, and we all desire this. Therefore, when we bring up the topic of repentance, many people find it heavy. I love this topic because every time I share about repentance, I realize that God is using this topic to cleanse the many issues in my own life.
When facing a chaotic world and standing before God, I share the same confusion as you sometimes do. We eagerly anticipate being empowered, and we long to obtain the authority and power that Christ speaks of in Revelation 12:10:
“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, ‘Now salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come. For the accuser of our brothers, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.’”
Therefore, we also look forward to obtaining all the authority and power that Christ speaks of in this passage, so that it may come to this age. However, we also know that if we are unwilling to enter into authority and power according to the method led by Christ, or if we merely rely on the wisdom and power of the world to deal with this world, we will ultimately fail and be in chaos.
So, whenever we talk about repentance, I believe many people discuss the topic of repentance, but in reality, the topic of repentance is something God uses to cleanse the issues in our own lives. This topic has led me into a new breakthrough. After returning from my ministry trip, I was eager to see God perform a marvelous work of elevation, because that is the word of the Holy Spirit. However, this also means that at the level of life, our group needs to be stripped, shaken, and renewed, which will come with much pain and separation. Sure enough, after I returned, we began to experience many things, including significant shakings within our group, similar to the events described in the Bible about the Korah rebellion. Much of this chaos stemmed from issues in our lives that we were previously unaware of or had overlooked.
