We thank our Lord Jesus Christ, and we
thank you for the co-workers of this
mission, and we thank you for your participation.
God loves the world, and God loves especially
China, whose population is about 25% of
the entire world, and since the foundation of
the world, God has given to us a
heart for China, so that we churches in
China may have hope at the end days.
If we study the Bible, and we study
the history of God's church, if we study
the church in China, and we saw for
five times Christianity has entered into China in
the past, but every time it stopped.
Is this just a coincidence?
No, because it has God's clear purpose.
Jesus told His disciples, Holy Spirit shall come
upon you, and you shall receive power.
And you shall be my witnesses from Jerusalem,
the entire Judea, Samaria, till the end of
the earth.
And when Paul and his co-workers were
preaching to little Asia, the Holy Spirit prohibited
them from going there.
And when they tried to preach gospel there,
God's Spirit stopped them from going there.
When they hesitated, and Paul saw the vision
at night, therefore the gospel turned from the
direction toward Asia into Europe, and from that
time on from Europe to Africa, to America,
and to Australia, and then back to Asia.
Finally, China.
From 1807 to 1949, Christianity
has been preached about in China for 142
years.
In 1949, the number of Christian baptized in
China is about 800,000 to 900,000.
And then there was a political change overturned
in 1949, and the theory of Marx has
controlled the thinking in China.
They regarded Christianity as something that's anti-government,
and they thought that's like drug to their
people.
They thought it's nothing but a conceptual trial.
With its purpose and plan, government tried to
do away with Christianity.
From 1952 to 1954, the Three-Self Church
was formed.
In 1958, in the name of agricultural promotion,
they stopped all the churches in the rural
area.
In 1964, with another political movement, they stopped
all the meetings of church in cities.
In 1967, the Cultural Revolution, the beginning time.
At that time, you could only find churches
for international non-Chinese people in Shanghai and
Peking.
And even those churches ended up closing.
Therefore, this woman, Ms. Zhang, she made an
announcement that let their God go to hell.
And let the Chinese Christianity enter into the
museum.
In 1949, the first thing they did was
to strike Christianity in China.
All the Western missionaries were cast out of
China.
And how about domestic servants of God?
Some were martyred for the sake of the
Lord.
Some were put in prison.
Some were cast out of the country.
Some were afraid, so they denied the name
of the Lord.
Some betrayed the Lord.
No one dared to publicly omit the name
of the Lord.
At that time, the spiritual condition of China
was just like the time in the first
chapter of Genesis.
It was void and dark.
People thought there was no hope for China.
In 1965, there were two Christian groups from
the United States.
After they visited China, they came back and
wrote a paper that you cannot find Christians
anymore in China.
However, our God's love lasts forever.
And our Jesus is the risen Lord from
the dead.
And we have the way of life.
Even in the extreme poverty and despair, Chinese
started to cry out to heaven.
And they fixed their eyes upon Jesus.
They prayed in secret.
And two or three formed a group and
seeked the face of God.
And they would pray that people's sickness would
be healed.
They prayed and the demon would be cast
out.
And they prayed their people are healed.
Therefore, they sensed the presence of God who
is invisible.
Therefore, the way of God was revived.
From relative to relative, from neighbor to neighbor,
gospel was able to spread out.
Even the enemy tried to use the political
force to put out the fire of love
of God.
To arrest all those who want to preach
gospel.
However, even though we are in prison, they
continue to preach the gospel.
Once they are relieved from the prison, they
usually would not even bother to go home.
They would continue to preach on.
And Satan tried to pour water to quench
the fire.
But the Holy Spirit poured down oil to
let the fire keep going.
Therefore, the fire of revival just continued to
burn increasingly.
I have co-worked with my dear brother
Yun for about three decades now.
And our brother is a servant of God,
used by God in times like this in
China.
He is the representative of millions of messengers
of gospel in China.
Through his testimony, we can see the revival
of church in China.
The servants greatly used by God have not
been born out of flesh.
And they are not born out of desire.
And neither from our blood and flesh.
But they are born through the Holy Spirit.
From 1982, we were like pretty much taking
turns going to prison.
I was captured in 1982.
And right after I was released, he was
taken into prison in 1984.
And then he was released in 1988.
He came to look for me.
We only had the chance to meet once.
April 1988.
Because Billy Graham came to China, he wanted
to see me.
On my way to take him to meet
with him, I was captured.
Again, I was taken into prison for three
years.
And I was again released in 1991.
Before we even had a chance to meet
with each other.
He was taken into prison in 1991.
He then was released in 1993.
In one accord, we preached gospel together.
And then, March 16, 1997, the
many responsible brothers of Underground Home Church we
were having a gathering in a city called
Zhengzhou.
We were all arrested.
And then their condemnation is that we are
anti-revolution.
Therefore, we received heavy sentences.
Many brothers and sisters thought we are going
to be gone forever.
Many churches prayed for us.
Even overseas churches prayed for us.
And we also prayed in prison.
One day, I was in my little cell.
I paced back and forth and prayed.
The Holy Spirit moved me.
He said, I'm going to release Brother Yun.
I said, Lord, this is iron gates and
iron windows.
How can you set him free?
I paced back and forth and prayed at
the same time.
I could not help but come to my
own door.
And I put my hand on the doorknob.
And when I tried to turn the knob,
the doorjar opened.
I was so afraid.
So I immediately shut the door.
I was really wondering how come the door
could open just like that.
And I continued to pace back and forth
and prayed for about two minutes.
The Lord reminded me, don't you think this
is a miracle?
How come you obey so slowly?
Therefore, I went to my door and touched
the knob again.
Again, I opened the door.
And I looked left and right.
I see nobody.
So I went to the men's room.
It's not that I need to go to
the men's room.
I am trying to find out how the
Holy Spirit is going to take me to
set me free.
So I went to the men's room.
And I looked around again.
And I looked at the cell that's across
the hall from me, which is where my
brother kept.
So I went outside of his cell.
Again, I touched his doorknob.
And I was able to open it.
Because all the doors of the cells in
the jail are openable from outside by jail
guards.
However, if you are inside the cell, you
can't open it.
So when I opened his door, my brother
was right leaning against the door.
So my eyes stared right into his eyes.
I said, God wants you to go.
I gave him the command from God.
And I could tell he had received it.
So immediately I shut the door.
And went back to my own room.
And shut my door tight.
I continued to pray and pace back and
forth.
And then two minutes later, my heart urged
me.
Because I wasn't sure if my brother had
obeyed me.
Because every second counts.
And the Holy Spirit urged me again.
Therefore, I forget about my life.
And so I opened again my door.
And I went to the men's room again.
And I come back to his door again.
And I see a crack at his door.
Therefore, I pushed the door.
And I saw no one was in his
cell anymore.
And my heart was beating real fast.
Because I knew God has done something great.
So I closed his door.
And went back to my cell.
And shut tight again.
And I lied down on my little bed.
And covered my head with a lot of
blood stains.
I covered my head with a blanket full
of blood.
And I prayed earnestly.
As the Lord, please be with your servant.
You have taken good care of my brother.
Every second here counts.
So I prayed earnestly for him.
And then three minutes later, somebody came to
open my door.
I know they are here to check each
room.
They want to see if I am in
my room.
They do that room by room.
They did not discover his disappearance.
And then another three minutes passed by.
And I noticed how his footstep was appearing
upstairs.
He was checking again.
And then another three minutes passed by.
And then he finally found out that this
brother is gone.
Someone who is heavily sentenced.
And then he would be in great trouble
if his boss found out.
Therefore, he had to report it immediately.
And this guard, the higher ranking guard, was
living next door of my cell.
And because we are seriously committed, because we
are heavily sentenced criminals, therefore the one higher
ranking officer has to live next door to
us.
So I heard this jail guard knock on
his door.
And this officer opened his door.
And the guard says he indeed has escaped.
Therefore, I listened carefully to what they are
saying.
And yet my heart stayed before the Lord.
And I heard, how can the lamb run
away?
That is like a proclamation.
God has performed a great miracle.
For someone whose leg has been broken, he
could actually run away.
And then I thought this officer is going
to throw a fit.
To my surprise, he was quite calm.
He didn't say a word.
And no, they are going to immediately send
out people to find him.
Therefore, I prayed again earnestly.
And I earnestly see God asking for help.
While I was praying, I heard the sound
of heavy rain.
And I was immediately comforted.
And the word of God came upon me
like this, that I will use the rain
as your cover.
Therefore, I had peace from God.
Those guards went out in a hurry to
try to chase after him.
Yet even if they have the dogs with
them, they won't be able to smell him.
Just like that, my brother-in-law was
brought out by God from prison.
And I ended up with staying there for
another three years.
Until year 2000, May 13.
God set me free from the prison.
For three years long in the prison, and
they would not allow my family members to
visit me.
I have no idea what happened outside the
jail.
Even though occasionally I may have one or
two visitors, yet we did not dare to
discuss anything.
Therefore, when I was released, my brothers and
sisters from church came to receive me.
And they could not help but keep on
telling me what happened in church these days.
First they told me, Brother Yun is now
in Germany.
He kept on calling and asked about your
situation.
And we actually just talked to him on
the phone.
And I did not ask them.
I just listened to their words.
I was trying to think and figure out
which coworker of mine actually is qualified to
go overseas to Europe, like Germany.
Is that a teacher, Mr. Liu, who was
teaching English?
And after a while, I understood.
I realized the Brother Yun they have been
talking about is my Brother Liu.
So I rejoiced before the Lord.
And I gave Him praises.
He is the Eternal God.
All things are possible with our God.
Through that little move within a minute, and
through that little obedience in that one minute,
Brother Yun, like the shining cross on the
Great Wall of China, escaped from the prison
and went overseas.
And then He took him out of the
jail and just threw him into another continent
in Europe.
In 2001, the Lord brought me to the
States.
When I first came to Los Angeles, Brother
Yun also came to LA the night before.
After I got off the plane, he picked
me up at the airport.
And I was on the escalator.
I was at the top of the escalator
and he was at the foot of the
escalator.
So when I saw him, I felt I
was a man in a dream.
Because five years ago, we were both in
prison.
And then we were taken away.
Now, we meet again like this.
Who has done this wonderful thing?
God has done it.
God has brought my dear brother overseas.
Brought to Europe.
So that among the Christian brothers in Europe,
he was able to share the burden that
God has for China and the vision about
back to Jerusalem.
And for last year and this year, we
had about two months' time serving together.
And I saw how God used this worker
to wake up the church in Europe.
And before I thought the church in Europe
was dying.
Yet in the two months I was in
Europe, I saw a totally different picture.
And through this sharing of the burden of
going back to Jerusalem, it's like rekindling the
fire they have for missionary work in China.
Every country in Europe will start forming an
organization so that they will participate in this
work back to Jerusalem.
It's like the vision has brought forth the
formation of organization and this newly formed organization
could promote further the vision from God.
It's like the wind of the Holy Spirit
was blowing.
There was one meeting.
We were in this big tent.
We had over 3,000 people fill the
entire tent.
And there were cars parking along the roadside
for five miles long.
And after the meeting, there are Chinese overseas
students came to us.
They said, the Lord has sent you to
us this time.
He has blown this great storm of a
tornado of China as a wasp tornado of
China.
It's nothing but the sharing of the burden
and the vision of back to Jerusalem.
This is the heart of God.
And this is something God has done Himself.
Ladies, when I visited England, I was thinking
my heart this great movement that moves mountains
and rivers and hills has started.
But how can we have the wisdom to
hear the whisper of God to do something
that's real and practical?
I really worry so much about it.
And the last two nights when I was
there, we had fellowship together.
And right before the fellowship ended, the pastor
made a calling.
He called that whoever from England want to
offer themselves so they can preach gospel in
Muslim country or Buddhist country.
And there were so many people came forward
up to the upstage and we lay hand
on them one by one.
At least 250 people came forward.
And the very last night there, we were
in this little church by the seaside in
Whistler.
That church can only accommodate maybe a thousand
people.
And the whole church was packed with people
both down and upstairs.
And even the translator brother said, he said,
maybe we should not pray and serve tonight.
Maybe we shouldn't perform the prayer service tonight
because this place is so small and so
crowded.
So we were surprised the pastor at the
end of the meeting made another prayer and
calling.
He said, if you are moved, come forward
and then 500 people lined up and come
up and to let us pray for them
one by one.
When I saw that situation, I saw how
God has put this movement back to Jerusalem
and He has brought us back forth.
I was rejoicing greatly seeing what happened.
I said, if we were in China I
would know what to do.
Then what I would do is for these
people who had come forward and I will
share with them one by one to make
sure and I will organize them and give
them proper provision and help them to understand
the importance of cross-cultural and send them
to Muslim countries they may work maybe four
to six months and then maybe they have
problems or fruit of their work then I
will call them back and then train them
even furthermore then I will send them out
again maybe for another four to six months
and bring their fruit of work or problem
I will call them back and then I
will further heighten my training then again I
will send them out and send them out
again call them back for further training and
I bring them back and I will send
them out again That's how I can see
the work of God can expand it and
the gospel can be preached far and wide
Therefore the number of the saved ones will
increase and so still that number of God
Last night we were at San Diego and
we were in an American church I made
a calling to the congregation and ask those
who want to commit themselves to preach gospel
to Muslim countries and about close to 200
people came forward and the Lord has shaken
greatly all nations and even in the countries
in Eastern Europe and the collapse of Eastern
Europe and the collapse of Russia and the
revolution and the restructuring of China Iraq Middle
East Central Asia and all these political warfares
in the Middle East area countries and help
us to be able to preach gospel to
those places and all these places have great
possibilities for us now and Muslim countries have
been in place for over 1300 years by
now Now this is the chance that God
has given to us and we pray our
Lord will come and call the true soldiers
to fight for this war and together we
can have a true military school for the
heavenly kingdom and we can train and edify
well the great warriors for God and with
the love of Jesus Christ we can tear
down the strongholds and so we can take
down all the schemes all the prides we
can take them down completely and also bring
back the hearts of men so they all
submit themselves to Christ May the spirit of
the Lord do the meeting tonight and through
the testimony of our brothers can be a
calling again in our hearts Thank you