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Will you please turn to Matthew Chapter 16.

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请翻开马太福音第十六章。

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We'll read from verse 13.

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我们由十三节开始读。

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To verse 18.

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到十八节。

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Matthew Chapter 16.

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马太福音第十六章。

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Verse 13.

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十三节。

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But when Jesus was come into the paths

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of Caesarea Philippi, He demanded of His disciples

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saying, Who do men say that I the

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Son of Man am?

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耶稣到了盖撒尼亚菲律宾的井内,就问门徒说, 人说我人子是谁?

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And they said some John the Baptist, and

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others Elias, and others, again Jeremiah, are one

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of the prophets.

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他们说有人说是施洗的约翰, 有人说是以利亚, 又有人说是耶律米, 或是先知米的一位。

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He says to them that ye, who do

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ye say that I am?

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耶稣说,你们说我是谁?

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And Simon Peter answering said, Thou art the

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Christ, the Son of the living God.

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西门彼得回答说, 你是基督是永生神的儿子。

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And Jesus answering and said to him, Blessed

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art thou Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood

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has not revealed it to thee, but my

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Father who is in the heavens.

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耶稣对他说,西门巴悦纳, 你是有福的, 因为这不是属血肉的指示你的, 乃是我在天上的父指示的。

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And I also I say unto thee, that

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thou art Peter, and on this rock I

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will build my church, and Hades gates shall

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not prevail against it.

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我还告诉你,你是彼得, 我要把我的教会建造在这盘石上

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,阴间的全病不能胜过它。

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The Letter to the Ephesians, 以佛所书, Chapter 2,

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以佛所书第二章, We begin with verse 19,

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从第十九节开始, through verse 22, 十九到二十二节。

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So then ye are no longer strangers and

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foreigners, but ye are fellow citizens of the

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saints, and of the household of God.

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这样你们不再做外人和客旅, 是与圣徒同国,是神家里的人了。

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Being built upon the foundation of the apostles

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and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the God

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-consortium, 并且被建造在使徒和先知的根基上, 有基督耶稣自己为防角石。

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In whom all the building fitted together increases

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to a holy temple in the Lord.

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各房靠他联络的和室, 渐渐成为主的圣殿。

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In whom ye also are built together for

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habitation of God in the Spirit.

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你们也靠他同辈建造, 成为神借着圣灵居住的所在。

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1 Peter, Chapter 2, 彼得前书第二章, Verses

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4 and 5.

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彼得前书第二章,第四第五两节 To homecoming a living stone cast

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away indeed as worthless by man, but with

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God chosen, precious.

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主乃是活实,固然是被人所弃的, 却是被神所拣选,所宝贵的。

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Yourselves also as living stones are being built

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up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to

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offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus

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Christ.

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你们来到主面前, 也就像活实被建造成为灵弓, 做圣洁的祭司, 借着耶稣基督奉献神所悦纳的灵迹。

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And finally, Hebrews, Chapter 3, 希伯来书第三章, Verse

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6, 第六节, But Christ has sun over His

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house, whose house are we?

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If indeed we hold fast the boldness and

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the boast of hope firm to the end.

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但基督为儿子至美神的家, 我们若将可夸的盼望和胆量坚持到底, 便是祂的家了。

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Let's have a word of prayer.

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我们再有一点的祷告。

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Dear Lord, our hearts are most grateful.

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亲爱的主,我们心里面满了感谢的心。

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That Thou should gather us together these days

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to Thyself.

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这几天里面,祢把我们聚在祢自己的面前。

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We thank Thee for crowning the days with

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the Lord's table.

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我们感谢祢早上, 祢用祢的桌子来成为今日的冠冕。

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Truly, Thou art the beginning and Thou art

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the end.

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祢实在是始,祢是终。

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Everything comes from Thee, through Thee, and unto

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Thee.

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一切都是本于祢,依靠祢,也归于祢。

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May glory be all unto Thee.

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愿一切的荣耀都归给祢。

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As we continue in Thy presence, 当我们继续活在祢的同在当中, Lord,

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we want to ask Thee if Thou has

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a last word for us.

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我们求祢向我们说这最后的话。

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We pray that our hearts are still open

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and softened, tender before Thee.

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我们求祢叫我们的心向祢仍然是打开,向祢的心仍然是柔软。

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We pray that Thy love continues to constrain

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我们求祢的爱继续地在激励我们。

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That we may give back to Thee all

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that Thou has given to us.

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我们把祢赏给我们的,我们献上给祢。

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Dear Lord, we want Thy heart to be

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satisfied.

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我们愿意祢的心得着满足。

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We want Thee to have what Thou does

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desire most to have.

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我们要祢得到祢心中最要的。

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Continue to work in us.

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继续在我们里面动工。

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Until Thy heart is fully satisfied.

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直到祢的心完全地满足。

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We commit this time into Thy hands.

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我们把这段时间交在祢的手中。

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And ask Thee to bless it.

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求祢赐福。

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In Thy precious name we pray.

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奉祢宝贝的名祷告。

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We do thank the Lord for bringing us

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to this last moment of this conference.

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我们感谢主把我们带到特会的最后一刻。

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Indeed, God has made the impossible possible.

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主实在叫这不可能的事情成为可能。

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We thank Him for gathering us together from

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all corners of the world.

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我们感谢祂从地的四面八方聚到这里。

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How He has joined us together into one

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spirit, one soul, one heart and one love.

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祂把我们带到同一个心,同一个名,同一个爱,同一个旨意的里面。

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We are here not only to consider together

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a theme.

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我们在这里不光光是来学习一个主题。

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We are here to demonstrate the reality of

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the Word of God.

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我们在这里要彰显出神话语的实际。

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Truly, as we come to the Lord, 当我们真正来到神的跟前,

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we are built up together into a spiritual

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house.

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我们是一同被造成为神的家。

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A house for Him and for us.

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一个家是为了主也为了我们。

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Truly, He has made us a holy priesthood.

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祂实在把我们成为圣洁的祭司。

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We are not only those for Him to

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dwell.

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我们不单止成为祂的居所。

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We are also those who will serve Him

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with our whole hearts.

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我们也是成为那些全心来侍奉祂的。

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We do thank Him for giving Himself to

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us in such a way 我们实在感谢祂, 祂是这样把祂自己给了我们, that

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we may be able to offer Him back

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to the Father.

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我们能够再把我们献给我们的父。

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And these will be our acceptable sacrifices.

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这就是成为那被悦纳的灵祭。

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Now, this morning, we will speak on the

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building of the house of God.

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今天早上我们要讲到神的家的建造。

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When God created the heavens and the earth,

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当神造天地的时候, He did it all by Himself.

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完全是祂自己所做成的。

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None of us were there at that time.

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那个时候我们都不在。

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God, all alone, by His wisdom and power,

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created all things in heaven and on earth.

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神,他自己用着他的全能跟智慧创造了天地。

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He did not consult anybody.

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他没有去询问任何人。

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He did not ask the help of anyone.

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他没有向任何人要求帮助。

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He did it all by Himself.

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他完全是自己做成的。

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But, in the new creation, in the building

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of the house of God, 但是在新造的里面, 在神家的建造过程, He

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works with a different principle.

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他有一个不同的做工的原则。

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Instead of working all by Himself, 他不再是一个自己做。

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He calls us to work together with Him.

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他召我们与他一同同工。

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He wants to work in us and with

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他要在我们里面做工,也与我们同工。

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Actually, in working this way, 当他这样做工的时候, it gives

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him more problems than he should have.

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那这样就给他增加了许多的难处。

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But it pleases him to work in this

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way.

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但是他的心是在喜悦这样的做工。

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And he will refuse to build his house

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alone.

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他不愿意单独的来建造他的家。

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He wants to build it together with us.

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他要与我们一同在建造。

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But of course we understand.

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当然我们明白。

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Actually, the work is done by him alone.

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我们知道其实这个工是他自己做成的。

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And yet, he first does his work in

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us.

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他首先在我们里面做工。

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In order that we may be drawn to

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work together with him.

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然后吸引我们,叫我们能够与他一同的同工。

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This is the wonder of the building of

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the house of God.

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这是建造神家的奇妙的地方。

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And for this, we are most grateful.

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我们为了这一点,我们实在充满了感谢。

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Our Lord Jesus retreated to the border of

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Caesarea Philippi.

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我们的主他退到Caesarea Philippi的境内。

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We know that Caesarea Philippi is a Gentile

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city.

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我们知道Caesarea Philippi是一个外邦的城市。

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Now why is it that our Lord Jesus

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should withdraw himself to the border of the

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Gentile city?

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为什么我们的主退到外邦的境内?

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Because it is a time when he is

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rejected by his own people.

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因为当时属于他的人拒绝了他。

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But while he is in Caesarea Philippi, 当他在Caesarea

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Philippi的时候, 他问他门徒一个问题。

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Who do men say that I, the son

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of man, is?

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他说人说我人子是谁?

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And of course his disciples tried to give

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him all the best answers.

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门徒就希望找到最好的答案给主。

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Of course they have heard a lot.

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当然他们听了许多的讲法。

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But they do not report to the Lord

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all the bad reports.

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他们不敢告诉主那些坏的报告。

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They try to say everything that is good.

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他们告诉他都是好的。

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Oh, they told the Lord Jesus said, some

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say you are John the Baptist.

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他们对主说有人说你是施许约翰。

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John the Baptist coming to life again.

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哦,施许约翰复活了。

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Others said you are Elijah, that great prophet.

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And some say you are Jeremiah, because you

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are a man of sorrow and acquainted with

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grief.

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And others said, well, you are one of

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the prophets.

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Or you are the prophet, prophesied by Moses

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in the book of Deuteronomy.

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And one day God will raise up among

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the brethren a prophet.

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And whoever does not listen to him shall

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perish.

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All these good reports.

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哦,都是这些好的报告。

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Now these reports will more than satisfy anybody.

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哦,这些的报告对于别人来讲一定很满意了。

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But they do not satisfy our Lord.

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但主并不满意。

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Because the world does not know him.

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因为世界不认识他。

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All they can know him is outward.

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他们只能够从外面认识他。

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So our Lord turned to his own disciples

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that have been with him for more than

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three years.

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The Lord said, now who do you say

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that I am?

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And Simon Peter, as usual, the spokesman of

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the disciples, and he said, Thou art the

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Christ, the Son of the living God.

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Thou art the anointed of God.

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Thou art the Messiah.

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Thou art the one sent out by God

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to accomplish a mission.

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A mission that nobody else could accomplish.

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You are the Son of God.

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That is your person.

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So far as your person is concerned, you

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are the Son of God.

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The beloved, only begotten Son of God.

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So far as your work is concerned, your

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ministry is concerned, you are the Christ, the

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saint one of God.

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And when our Lord heard this, he says

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to Simon, he says, Simon, son of Jonah,

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you are blessed because this is not flesh

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and blood that is able to tell you.

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It is my Father who is in heaven

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reveals it to you.

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Dear brothers and sisters, our knowledge of the

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Lord Jesus has to come from the heavenly

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Father.

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Flesh and blood can only know Him as

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a great prophet.

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But the Father in heaven alone can reveal

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the Son in us.

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It is the Father in heaven who reveals

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His Son.

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We thank God that one day it pleased

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the Father to reveal His Son in us.

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Before we have that revelation, all we can

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know of the Lord Jesus is He is

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a good man.

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He is a great man.

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Probably He is the greatest of men.

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But brothers and sisters, we thank God that

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it pleased God to reveal His Son in

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us.

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We know that He is the Christ.

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We know that He is the Son of

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God.

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And because of this, we are saved, born

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again.

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On the basis of the revelation of the

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Father, our Lord Jesus began to reveal something

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more to us.

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Without the revelation of the Father concerning the

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Son, we would never be able to have

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the revelation that is coming through the Son

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to us.

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So our Lord Jesus began to reveal something

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more to us.

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And the Lord said, You are Peter.

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You are a stone.

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You remember, brothers and sisters, the first time

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when Simon came to the Lord Jesus, that

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is recorded in John chapter 1, his brother

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Andrew brought him to the Lord Jesus.

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And the Bible says the Lord looked at

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him.

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And the word look is a very strong

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word.

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It means that our Lord looked him through.

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The Lord looked into him and said, You

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are Simon.

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But you shall be called Cephas, Peter.

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And Peter means a stone.

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You know, originally we are all Simon.

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And we are all made of dust.

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We are all of earth.

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That is our nature.

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But when we come to the Lord Jesus,

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He will transform us from dust to stone.

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He will put a new life into us.

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A new nature into us.

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To develop a new character.

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Because our Lord Himself is a stone.

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You remember in 1 Peter chapter 2, our

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Lord Himself is a living stone.

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Rejected by man.

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But precious, chosen by God.

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Now as we confess Him as the Christ,

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the Son of the Living God, that faith,

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that confession, that revelation, transform

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us from dust into stone.

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We receive the same life from our Lord

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Himself.

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We begin to have His same nature so

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that we can be transformed and conformed to

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His own image.

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So brothers and sisters, we thank God that

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by the revelation of the Father and our

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confession of the Lord Jesus, we are all

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become stones, living stones.

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On this rock, our Lord said, I will

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build my church.

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And Hades' gates shall not prevail against it.

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Here you'll find our Lord Jesus.

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He said, I will build my church.

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But He will build it upon a rock.

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We know a rock means a massive stone.

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On this massive rock, the Lord will build

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His church with many living stones.

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The rock is the foundation of the house

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of God.

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And all these little stones are the materials

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for the building of the house of God.

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Now of course, the rock refers to our

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Lord Himself.

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The rock refers to the confession of our

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Lord Jesus.

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That He is the Christ, the Son of

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the Living God.

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The rock refers to His person and to

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His work.

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He is the foundation of the house of

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God.

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You remember the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians

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chapter 3.

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He said, He is like a master builder.

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Actually, the Chinese people in Chinese is better.

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He is a foreman.

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He is not a master builder.

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He is a foreman.

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And He laid the foundation of the house

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of God.

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And He said, there is no other foundation

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that anyone can lay but the Lord Jesus

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Himself.

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So our Lord is the foundation of the

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church.

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He is the rock.

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And on this rock, our Lord will build

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His church.

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Thank God, Peter understood it very well.

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Even though we find in this world many

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who had misunderstood.

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Some say that the church is built upon

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Peter.

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He is the rock.

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Now if that's the case, you'll find before

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the building begins, the foundation has already shaken.

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Because you remember when our Lord began to

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reveal to His disciples that He will go

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to Jerusalem.

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He will suffer.

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He will die.

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But on the third day, He will be

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raised from the dead.

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And you know what Peter did?

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Out of his good heart, he laid hold

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of the Lord.

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He shook the Lord a little bit and

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said, Lord, forbid it.

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You should never go to the cross.

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And our Lord turned around and Satan, get

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behind you.

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Because you're mindful of man and not mindful

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of God.

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Peter could not be the foundation.

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Our Lord Himself is the foundation.

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And thank God, Peter understood it well.

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Because in 1 Peter 2, he said, as

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we come to the Lord, as we come

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to the living stone, we all become living

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stone.

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And then we are being built up together

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into a spiritual house.

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Peter himself will be built into the house.

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And all of us who are living stones

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will be built into that house.

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And our Lord Jesus said, I will build

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my church.

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Our Lord Jesus said, I will build my

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church.

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Who is the builder?

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Who is the master builder?

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None other but the Lord Himself.

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You know, the house of God is so

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heavenly, spiritual and glorious.

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It is to be the habitation of God

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in the Spirit.

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It is to be the resting place of

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God.

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And it is also to be our eternal

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home.

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If you realize what a house this will

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be.

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Now, who will be the builder?

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Truly, there is only one who is able

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to build such a spiritual house.

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And the Lord said, I will build the

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church.

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He is the architect.

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He is the engineer.

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He is the builder.

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Brothers and sisters, today we hear people say,

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we are church planters.

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And we are going to the world to

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plant the churches.

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But dear brothers and sisters, remember, unless the

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Lord build the house, the builders labor in

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vain.

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That is Psalm 127, verse 1.

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We may be able to build many, many

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other houses.

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We may be able to build even palaces.

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We may be able to build great empire.

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But the Lord alone can build that spiritual

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house.

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Unless He builds the house, the builders labor

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in vain.

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So this should be a warning to us.

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And the Lord said, I will build my

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church.

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This house is the church.

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Because it is the call of ones gathered

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together.

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Where two or three are gathered together unto

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my name.

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The Lord said, there am I in the

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midst of them.

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With the presence of the Lord, among His

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own people.

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With the people gathered together unto His name.

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That is, put ourselves under His authority.

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You have His church.

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The church belongs to Him.

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It comes out of Him.

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And it goes back to Him.

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So, brothers and sisters, sometimes we hear to

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say, this is my church.

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This is my church that I am responsible

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for.

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But let us be warned.

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The church belongs to the Lord alone.

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And if it is His own work, then

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the gates of Hades shall not prevail against

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it.

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As we look into Christianity today, it seems

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as if Hades' gates have prevailed against it.

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Why?

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Because this is man's work.

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It is not the work of our Lord

515
00:38:14,140 --> 00:38:14,660
Himself.

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00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,280
We thank God in one sense.

517
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:26,640
That we find the so-called churches today

518
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,380
are being shaken.

519
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:36,100
That the unshakable may remain.

520
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,460
So here you find our Lord Jesus for

521
00:38:42,460 --> 00:38:46,580
the first time mentioned the word church.

522
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,940
Our Lord came into this world for this

523
00:38:53,940 --> 00:38:54,960
very purpose.

524
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:02,560
When we read the gospel according to Luke,

525
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we may get the impression that the reason

526
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why our Lord came into this earth is

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00:39:16,660 --> 00:39:20,020
to seek to save the lost.

528
00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:24,560
Truly, that's what He did.

529
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,340
We are the lost.

530
00:39:29,980 --> 00:39:32,380
And our Lord came to this earth.

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00:39:34,340 --> 00:39:35,960
He came to seek us.

532
00:39:36,900 --> 00:39:38,620
And He came to save us.

533
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:44,600
So the gospel according to Luke is the

534
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:48,320
gospel of the forgiveness of our sins.

535
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,140
The remission of our sins.

536
00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:00,500
The dear brothers and sisters, of the four

537
00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:08,800
gospels, only the gospel according to John give

538
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:13,120
us the deep meaning of the coming of

539
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:13,540
the Lord.

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00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:22,520
Because John always goes back to the beginning.

541
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He always goes to the depths.

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00:40:31,540 --> 00:40:36,340
Our Lord does come to save the lost.

543
00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:42,140
That is very true.

544
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:44,940
But that is the beginning.

545
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,060
That is not the end.

546
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,300
Our Lord comes into the world.

547
00:40:56,300 --> 00:41:01,280
According to the gospel, according to John, He

548
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:04,060
came as a bridegroom.

549
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:11,240
He came to seek for His bride.

550
00:41:11,620 --> 00:41:15,640
But when He came to this earth, He

551
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:19,520
could not find His bride.

552
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,800
So He had to make His bride.

553
00:41:24,300 --> 00:41:27,440
He has to call people out of the

554
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:27,820
world.

555
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:33,440
And gather them unto Himself.

556
00:41:35,860 --> 00:41:38,360
In other words, He has to build His

557
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:38,720
wife.

558
00:41:43,980 --> 00:41:47,740
That is the reason of His coming.

559
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:52,140
Because the house, the church, is His wife.

560
00:41:56,660 --> 00:41:58,740
Today it is the body, His body.

561
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:02,900
One day it will be His bride.

562
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:08,040
When this body is fully grown.

563
00:42:10,860 --> 00:42:19,100
So the real reason for His coming is

564
00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:22,560
to build the church.

565
00:42:22,780 --> 00:42:27,400
That is His motive.

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00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:32,040
So we can see how important this is

567
00:42:35,420 --> 00:42:39,240
concerning the building of the house of God.

568
00:42:44,660 --> 00:42:47,380
We would like to go back to the

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Old Testament.

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00:42:50,180 --> 00:42:56,480
As our brother mentioned last night, the Old

571
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:58,880
Testament gave us pictures.

572
00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:03,000
The New Testament gave us the Word.

573
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:06,980
We have the Word.

574
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:11,100
But we need to go back to the

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00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:11,480
picture.

576
00:43:14,340 --> 00:43:17,180
Because the picture will give us more details.

577
00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:24,360
And with visual aid, it will help us

578
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,020
to understand deeper.

579
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:32,500
It is true, the Old Testament is shadow.

580
00:43:34,300 --> 00:43:38,620
But on the other hand, it is picture.

581
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:40,560
It is easier for us to understand.

582
00:43:43,580 --> 00:43:46,960
So how does the Lord build His church?

583
00:43:50,580 --> 00:43:53,000
We go back to the Old Testament pictures

584
00:43:54,900 --> 00:43:58,670
and learn some principles about it.

585
00:44:00,910 --> 00:44:06,590
You know when God called the children of

586
00:44:06,590 --> 00:44:16,290
Israel out of Egypt, He brought them to

587
00:44:16,290 --> 00:44:18,670
Himself, to Mount Sinai.

588
00:44:22,070 --> 00:44:24,330
We already mentioned that He gave them the

589
00:44:24,330 --> 00:44:30,130
Law so that they may be sanctified.

590
00:44:32,830 --> 00:44:37,150
And then God began to reveal His mind

591
00:44:37,150 --> 00:44:38,070
to the people.

592
00:44:42,990 --> 00:44:45,750
He said, Make Me a sanctuary that I

593
00:44:45,750 --> 00:44:53,590
may dwell among you.

594
00:44:53,590 --> 00:44:57,310
Here you find God does not give them

595
00:44:57,310 --> 00:44:58,590
a sanctuary.

596
00:45:02,510 --> 00:45:08,390
God said, Build Me a sanctuary.

597
00:45:08,570 --> 00:45:10,450
But how are they going to build it?

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00:45:12,330 --> 00:45:19,010
First of all, in Exodus chapter 25, God

599
00:45:19,010 --> 00:45:24,350
said, Let the people bring heave offering unto

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00:45:24,350 --> 00:45:24,730
Me.

601
00:45:30,970 --> 00:45:37,630
All whose hearts have prompted Him, let them

602
00:45:37,630 --> 00:45:39,130
bring Me a love offering.

603
00:45:43,570 --> 00:45:47,130
Gold, silver, brass, and wood, and all these

604
00:45:47,130 --> 00:45:47,710
materials.

605
00:45:52,730 --> 00:45:57,570
Brothers and sisters, you remember the children of

606
00:45:57,570 --> 00:46:00,890
Israel were slaves in Egypt.

607
00:46:03,590 --> 00:46:06,170
They were slaves for hundreds of years.

608
00:46:08,810 --> 00:46:12,390
Now, a slave owns nothing.

609
00:46:16,030 --> 00:46:17,890
A slave does not even own his own

610
00:46:17,890 --> 00:46:18,270
life.

611
00:46:21,230 --> 00:46:27,430
So, as slaves in Egypt, they were destitute.

612
00:46:28,170 --> 00:46:31,210
They have nothing that they can claim as

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00:46:31,210 --> 00:46:31,770
their own.

614
00:46:35,910 --> 00:46:39,070
So, where came all these gold and silver

615
00:46:39,070 --> 00:46:40,950
and precious stones?

616
00:46:44,990 --> 00:46:50,430
Now, you remember, when God sent Moses to

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00:46:50,430 --> 00:46:58,810
Egypt, He told Moses, I will deliver My

618
00:46:58,810 --> 00:47:00,610
people out of Egypt.

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00:47:05,190 --> 00:47:11,190
And, when I'm doing that, all the children

620
00:47:11,190 --> 00:47:14,210
of Israel will ask of their neighbors.

621
00:47:18,910 --> 00:47:19,570
Egyptians.

622
00:47:21,230 --> 00:47:24,410
For gold, silver, and all these things.

623
00:47:26,030 --> 00:47:28,330
So, when the children of Israel came out

624
00:47:28,330 --> 00:47:35,370
of Egypt, they asked their neighbors for all

625
00:47:35,370 --> 00:47:36,490
these precious things.

626
00:47:39,390 --> 00:47:44,210
And the Bible said, they're actually deprived of

627
00:47:44,210 --> 00:47:45,830
Egypt, of all Israel.

628
00:47:52,570 --> 00:47:56,070
Now, in a sense, God is righteous.

629
00:47:58,770 --> 00:48:01,270
Because they have been slave laborers for hundreds

630
00:48:01,270 --> 00:48:01,910
of years.

631
00:48:04,530 --> 00:48:05,730
Without any wages.

632
00:48:08,490 --> 00:48:11,190
So, God not only delivered them, but gave

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00:48:11,190 --> 00:48:13,550
them all the wages of the past.

634
00:48:18,910 --> 00:48:26,110
When God delivers a people, His deliverance is

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00:48:26,110 --> 00:48:27,270
so complete.

636
00:48:29,750 --> 00:48:34,230
Not only men, but also women and children.

637
00:48:38,130 --> 00:48:40,290
You remember Pharaoh said, let the men go,

638
00:48:40,670 --> 00:48:42,650
but let the children stay behind.

639
00:48:42,650 --> 00:48:45,330
Pharaoh said, let the men go, but let

640
00:48:45,330 --> 00:48:46,450
the children stay behind.

641
00:48:46,670 --> 00:48:47,050
But no.

642
00:48:48,250 --> 00:48:49,130
All will go.

643
00:48:50,870 --> 00:48:56,090
Not only men and women and children, whole

644
00:48:56,090 --> 00:49:00,250
families, even all the cattle and the sheep.

645
00:49:03,330 --> 00:49:06,010
Not only all the cattle and the sheep,

646
00:49:06,230 --> 00:49:08,210
but all the wealth of Egypt.

647
00:49:12,650 --> 00:49:14,150
When the children of Israel came out of

648
00:49:14,150 --> 00:49:16,650
Egypt, they were a wealthy people.

649
00:49:21,390 --> 00:49:23,810
All given to them by God.

650
00:49:25,890 --> 00:49:30,590
And now God said, give me a love

651
00:49:30,590 --> 00:49:30,920
offering.

652
00:49:34,590 --> 00:49:38,650
Whoever's heart have prompted Him.

653
00:49:40,110 --> 00:49:42,930
Brothers and sisters, this is the way of

654
00:49:42,930 --> 00:49:43,230
God.

655
00:49:45,390 --> 00:49:46,990
He gave us everything.

656
00:49:50,570 --> 00:49:54,070
And when He asked for a love offering,

657
00:49:58,150 --> 00:50:03,790
He said, if your heart prompts you.

658
00:50:04,870 --> 00:50:07,730
If you want to hold back as your

659
00:50:07,730 --> 00:50:08,130
own.

660
00:50:12,330 --> 00:50:16,270
Thinking that you are the owner, the possessors

661
00:50:16,270 --> 00:50:16,990
of it.

662
00:50:21,030 --> 00:50:23,370
Even though they do not belong to you.

663
00:50:26,090 --> 00:50:28,250
They are given to you by God.

664
00:50:31,490 --> 00:50:33,290
But if you want to hold it back

665
00:50:33,290 --> 00:50:33,930
for your own.

666
00:50:37,130 --> 00:50:39,130
God said, you can do it.

667
00:50:39,770 --> 00:50:41,490
But it's to your own heart.

668
00:50:45,670 --> 00:50:49,130
God wants a willing sacrifice.

669
00:50:53,870 --> 00:50:57,550
Out of the abundance of His grace.

670
00:51:00,950 --> 00:51:04,770
He asks us to give Him back something.

671
00:51:08,870 --> 00:51:13,010
Brothers and sisters, this is the way of

672
00:51:13,010 --> 00:51:13,330
God.

673
00:51:15,650 --> 00:51:17,930
And then when you come to the building

674
00:51:17,930 --> 00:51:18,870
of the temple.

675
00:51:22,290 --> 00:51:24,790
You remember David wanted to build God a

676
00:51:24,790 --> 00:51:25,310
temple.

677
00:51:29,490 --> 00:51:30,910
He was not allowed to do it.

678
00:51:33,790 --> 00:51:38,370
And yet David prepared all the materials for

679
00:51:38,370 --> 00:51:39,250
the house of God.

680
00:51:44,050 --> 00:51:47,290
In 1 Chronicles chapter 22, verse 14.

681
00:51:51,590 --> 00:51:56,390
He said, David said, in all my affliction,

682
00:51:57,110 --> 00:52:01,010
I have prepared abundance of material for the

683
00:52:01,010 --> 00:52:02,930
building of the house of God.

684
00:52:09,410 --> 00:52:14,870
In other words, in all the wars that

685
00:52:14,870 --> 00:52:17,810
David engaged in.

686
00:52:21,450 --> 00:52:25,470
He separated the spoils for God.

687
00:52:29,350 --> 00:52:34,590
And also in 1 Chronicles chapter 29.

688
00:52:36,730 --> 00:52:40,750
And here you'll find in verses 2 and

689
00:52:40,750 --> 00:52:41,130
3.

690
00:52:45,650 --> 00:53:00,730
1 Chronicles chapter

691
00:53:00,730 --> 00:53:05,030
29 verses 2 and 3.

692
00:53:06,910 --> 00:53:09,650
He said, and I have prepared according to

693
00:53:09,650 --> 00:53:12,730
all my power for the house of my

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00:53:12,730 --> 00:53:13,090
God.

695
00:53:19,390 --> 00:53:21,830
According to all my power.

696
00:53:24,430 --> 00:53:26,230
And verse 3.

697
00:53:26,450 --> 00:53:30,150
And moreover in my affections for the house

698
00:53:30,150 --> 00:53:32,510
of my God, I have given of my

699
00:53:32,510 --> 00:53:35,810
own property of gold and silver for the

700
00:53:35,810 --> 00:53:39,730
house of my God over and above all

701
00:53:39,730 --> 00:53:42,410
that I have prepared for the house of

702
00:53:42,410 --> 00:53:43,130
the sanctuary.

703
00:53:56,630 --> 00:53:58,770
Out of his affliction.

704
00:54:01,550 --> 00:54:03,310
Out of his affliction.

705
00:54:07,050 --> 00:54:09,010
According to all my power.

706
00:54:11,930 --> 00:54:14,950
Out of my affections for the house of

707
00:54:14,950 --> 00:54:15,170
God.

708
00:54:19,430 --> 00:54:21,510
He gave the best to God.

709
00:54:24,130 --> 00:54:28,190
Brothers and sisters, this is how the house

710
00:54:28,190 --> 00:54:29,070
of God is built.

711
00:54:33,330 --> 00:54:36,810
Now, if this is true in the Old

712
00:54:36,810 --> 00:54:42,750
Testament time, now, how much more true it

713
00:54:42,750 --> 00:54:45,010
should be with the reality.

714
00:54:50,730 --> 00:54:54,270
Brothers and sisters, that's the reason why you'll

715
00:54:54,270 --> 00:54:56,030
find in Romans chapter 12.

716
00:54:58,750 --> 00:55:06,170
Therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, I

717
00:55:06,170 --> 00:55:10,030
beseech you to present your bodies a living

718
00:55:10,030 --> 00:55:10,750
sacrifice.

719
00:55:13,830 --> 00:55:17,430
Totally acceptable to God, it is your reasonable

720
00:55:17,430 --> 00:55:18,130
service.

721
00:55:24,250 --> 00:55:27,370
In Romans, you'll find from chapter 1 to

722
00:55:27,370 --> 00:55:34,910
chapter 11, tells us of the manifold mercies

723
00:55:34,910 --> 00:55:35,430
of God.

724
00:55:38,010 --> 00:55:43,550
How He saves us from death.

725
00:55:47,670 --> 00:55:51,290
How He delivers us from our sins.

726
00:55:54,130 --> 00:55:55,850
Forgives our sins.

727
00:55:57,110 --> 00:55:59,030
Delivers from the power of sin.

728
00:56:01,210 --> 00:56:02,630
Gives us His Holy Spirit.

729
00:56:04,230 --> 00:56:09,740
Not only justifies us, but sanctifies us.

730
00:56:10,750 --> 00:56:12,290
And glorifies us.

731
00:56:13,570 --> 00:56:16,630
You know, brothers and sisters, when you read

732
00:56:16,630 --> 00:56:21,330
Romans 1 to 11, you'll see all the

733
00:56:21,330 --> 00:56:23,110
compassions of God.

734
00:56:26,310 --> 00:56:29,490
How He graces us with many graces.

735
00:56:31,930 --> 00:56:35,730
Now, what should be our response?

736
00:56:37,470 --> 00:56:45,730
Therefore, brethren, present your bodies a living sacrifice.

737
00:56:48,890 --> 00:56:53,670
Our love offering is not gold and silver.

738
00:56:59,630 --> 00:57:02,710
Because we are not building a physical building.

739
00:57:07,170 --> 00:57:10,150
Our love offering is ourselves.

740
00:57:13,530 --> 00:57:19,050
This body that has been redeemed by a

741
00:57:19,050 --> 00:57:20,030
great price.

742
00:57:24,870 --> 00:57:26,650
We do not belong to ourselves.

743
00:57:28,470 --> 00:57:30,450
We are bought with a price.

744
00:57:33,290 --> 00:57:34,450
We are not our own.

745
00:57:36,650 --> 00:57:38,950
We have no right to live for ourselves.

746
00:57:42,630 --> 00:57:45,150
We belong to Him.

747
00:57:45,470 --> 00:57:48,650
And yet, God will force us.

748
00:57:49,690 --> 00:57:52,470
If we want to live our own lives

749
00:57:52,470 --> 00:57:59,690
with all that He has given us, like

750
00:57:59,690 --> 00:58:04,310
the prodigal son, we could do that.

751
00:58:04,410 --> 00:58:06,910
He will not force us.

752
00:58:07,050 --> 00:58:08,650
But what a loss!

753
00:58:10,670 --> 00:58:12,950
Loss to the father and loss to the

754
00:58:12,950 --> 00:58:13,230
son.

755
00:58:16,390 --> 00:58:21,330
By His love, He beseeches us.

756
00:58:21,490 --> 00:58:24,350
By His Spirit, He prompts us.

757
00:58:26,650 --> 00:58:30,090
He wants us to present our bodies as

758
00:58:30,090 --> 00:58:30,930
a living sacrifice.

759
00:58:35,310 --> 00:58:41,050
And this living sacrifice is the material for

760
00:58:41,050 --> 00:58:42,990
the building of the house of God.

761
00:58:46,450 --> 00:58:49,850
How can our Lord Jesus build us into

762
00:58:49,850 --> 00:58:51,130
a spiritual house?

763
00:58:54,490 --> 00:58:58,390
To be saved alone is not enough.

764
00:59:02,450 --> 00:59:07,590
We have to consecrate our lives to Him.

765
00:59:11,370 --> 00:59:13,870
We have to give our right, as it

766
00:59:13,870 --> 00:59:15,110
were, to Him.

767
00:59:19,510 --> 00:59:25,670
Actually, we have no right to Him.

768
00:59:25,730 --> 00:59:26,830
Our right belongs to Him.

769
00:59:30,270 --> 00:59:34,630
And yet, in another sense, He wants to

770
00:59:34,630 --> 00:59:39,330
give up what we consider as our right

771
00:59:39,330 --> 00:59:40,570
back to Him.

772
00:59:46,330 --> 00:59:50,150
So that He can work in us and

773
00:59:50,150 --> 00:59:51,790
with us.

774
00:59:55,670 --> 00:59:58,330
The reason why the house of God is

775
00:59:58,330 --> 00:59:59,230
not built.

776
01:00:03,230 --> 01:00:04,830
Why is it so delayed?

777
01:00:06,930 --> 01:00:13,590
It is because those who are redeemed hold

778
01:00:13,590 --> 01:00:14,750
themselves back.

779
01:00:14,750 --> 01:00:19,510
They hold themselves back.

780
01:00:21,350 --> 01:00:25,830
They do not give themselves completely as burnt

781
01:00:25,830 --> 01:00:26,710
offering to God.

782
01:00:26,810 --> 01:00:30,670
So we say consecration is the beginning of

783
01:00:30,670 --> 01:00:32,750
our Christian experience.

784
01:00:37,210 --> 01:00:42,810
The Lord cannot do anything with you until

785
01:00:42,810 --> 01:00:50,350
you present your body as a living sacrifice.

786
01:00:50,570 --> 01:00:53,530
Then you'll find the Lord will begin to

787
01:00:53,530 --> 01:00:56,410
work to build His house.

788
01:01:01,530 --> 01:01:03,790
And then, of course, you'll find in the

789
01:01:03,790 --> 01:01:06,330
Old Testament you'll find in the Old Testament

790
01:01:06,330 --> 01:01:13,370
after the Lord called them to bring in

791
01:01:13,370 --> 01:01:15,210
the love offering.

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01:01:21,990 --> 01:01:25,570
Then He called certain people to come and

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01:01:25,570 --> 01:01:27,270
work with this material.

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01:01:33,690 --> 01:01:36,330
In the case of the building of the

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01:01:36,330 --> 01:01:42,710
tabernacle, you'll find in chapter thirty-five of

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01:01:42,710 --> 01:01:52,910
Exodus and the beginning of thirty-six, God

797
01:01:52,910 --> 01:01:57,710
called Basilio and Aholiot these two men.

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01:01:57,710 --> 01:02:04,310
God called Basilio and Aholiot these two men.

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01:02:04,510 --> 01:02:06,070
These two men are filled with the Spirit.

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01:02:08,630 --> 01:02:11,810
God gave them wisdom and understanding.

801
01:02:12,030 --> 01:02:19,930
God gave them skill to work with all

802
01:02:19,930 --> 01:02:21,430
these various materials.

803
01:02:24,030 --> 01:02:29,570
And together with them all those people who

804
01:02:29,570 --> 01:02:37,590
have wise and understanding heart and all those

805
01:02:37,590 --> 01:02:40,270
who are moved to come and work.

806
01:02:44,110 --> 01:02:47,350
So you'll find these people they come together

807
01:02:47,350 --> 01:02:49,390
to work with the material.

808
01:02:53,430 --> 01:02:54,790
Of course.

809
01:02:56,330 --> 01:02:58,970
All under the direction of Moses.

810
01:03:02,810 --> 01:03:05,270
And then again you'll find when you go

811
01:03:05,270 --> 01:03:07,250
to the building of the temple, the same

812
01:03:07,250 --> 01:03:07,590
thing.

813
01:03:10,590 --> 01:03:13,390
Solomon is the man of wisdom.

814
01:03:15,970 --> 01:03:19,610
And you'll find that he gathered tens of

815
01:03:19,610 --> 01:03:25,890
thousands of people to come and build the

816
01:03:25,890 --> 01:03:26,250
temple.

817
01:03:28,090 --> 01:03:31,050
Brothers and sisters, when you come to the

818
01:03:31,050 --> 01:03:37,610
reality, the building of the church, of the

819
01:03:37,610 --> 01:03:41,910
house of God, you'll find that the master

820
01:03:41,910 --> 01:03:43,770
builder is our Lord Himself.

821
01:03:47,250 --> 01:03:50,890
But He does not build all by Himself.

822
01:03:53,050 --> 01:03:56,430
He called us to come and work under

823
01:03:56,430 --> 01:03:57,850
Him and with Him.

824
01:04:03,010 --> 01:04:08,910
He gave us wisdom and understanding not according

825
01:04:08,910 --> 01:04:12,130
to our human wisdom and human knowledge.

826
01:04:17,110 --> 01:04:19,310
On our natural ability.

827
01:04:21,930 --> 01:04:24,030
But He gave us spiritual gifts.

828
01:04:26,210 --> 01:04:27,910
He gave us spiritual grace.

829
01:04:30,150 --> 01:04:33,670
And with all these we are able to

830
01:04:33,670 --> 01:04:35,390
work under Him.

831
01:04:41,210 --> 01:04:43,430
And that is the reason why you'll find

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01:04:43,430 --> 01:04:49,670
in Ephesians chapter four that after our Lord

833
01:04:49,670 --> 01:04:54,690
ascended up on high, He gave gifts to

834
01:04:54,690 --> 01:04:55,070
man.

835
01:04:57,730 --> 01:05:05,110
He called some apostles, some prophets, some shepherds

836
01:05:05,110 --> 01:05:12,050
and teachers, and some evangelists for the perfecting

837
01:05:12,050 --> 01:05:13,010
of the saints.

838
01:05:15,770 --> 01:05:21,010
These ministers of the Word of God, they

839
01:05:21,010 --> 01:05:23,030
are the gifts of God to His church

840
01:05:25,490 --> 01:05:28,310
because the church is built with the Word

841
01:05:28,310 --> 01:05:28,830
of God.

842
01:05:32,770 --> 01:05:36,310
But their work is to perfect the saints.

843
01:05:39,310 --> 01:05:41,610
They are not the ones who build the

844
01:05:41,610 --> 01:05:41,890
church.

845
01:05:44,750 --> 01:05:45,690
They are building directly.

846
01:05:48,250 --> 01:05:50,450
They are building indirectly.

847
01:05:52,310 --> 01:05:57,970
Their work is to perfect the saints in

848
01:05:57,970 --> 01:05:58,750
two ways.

849
01:06:00,150 --> 01:06:04,050
One is to mature the spiritual life of

850
01:06:04,050 --> 01:06:11,230
the saints because the Word of God will

851
01:06:11,230 --> 01:06:12,750
nurture us.

852
01:06:14,750 --> 01:06:18,910
On the other hand, to equip the saints

853
01:06:18,910 --> 01:06:21,710
to help the saints to develop their gifts.

854
01:06:25,710 --> 01:06:32,570
And then the whole body will minister one

855
01:06:32,570 --> 01:06:33,350
to another.

856
01:06:38,650 --> 01:06:40,750
It is the body ministry.

857
01:06:42,370 --> 01:06:48,970
All the members of the body, all are

858
01:06:48,970 --> 01:06:52,090
gifted in one or other way by the

859
01:06:52,090 --> 01:06:52,730
Holy Spirit.

860
01:06:56,390 --> 01:07:02,450
All who have received grace from God, we

861
01:07:02,450 --> 01:07:04,430
function together.

862
01:07:04,450 --> 01:07:08,030
We work together.

863
01:07:11,290 --> 01:07:16,990
And as we work together, in the Bible

864
01:07:16,990 --> 01:07:23,550
it says, Ephesians 4, 16, it shows the

865
01:07:23,550 --> 01:07:26,190
self-building up in love.

866
01:07:29,510 --> 01:07:30,870
We love one another.

867
01:07:32,410 --> 01:07:33,770
We encourage one another.

868
01:07:35,690 --> 01:07:37,330
We supply one another.

869
01:07:37,330 --> 01:07:45,270
Brothers and sisters, through such fellowshipping, the church

870
01:07:45,270 --> 01:07:48,290
is built.

871
01:07:48,610 --> 01:07:57,390
Then thirdly, you find also all these materials

872
01:07:57,390 --> 01:08:00,730
that are to be built into the house.

873
01:08:05,410 --> 01:08:08,430
Lots of work has to be done to

874
01:08:08,430 --> 01:08:09,290
these materials.

875
01:08:13,350 --> 01:08:15,970
You do not just take the raw materials

876
01:08:20,229 --> 01:08:23,010
and then just display them.

877
01:08:25,210 --> 01:08:26,670
You have to make them furniture.

878
01:08:29,390 --> 01:08:32,410
So you find there is lots of beating

879
01:08:32,410 --> 01:08:37,450
in the Old Testament tabernacle.

880
01:08:40,910 --> 01:08:43,510
The gold has to beat and beat and

881
01:08:43,510 --> 01:08:50,990
beat into form, beautiful form of the golden

882
01:08:50,990 --> 01:08:51,470
tabernacle.

883
01:08:54,950 --> 01:08:58,050
So lots of work has to be done

884
01:08:58,050 --> 01:08:59,210
upon the material.

885
01:09:01,029 --> 01:09:03,790
The same thing is true with the temple.

886
01:09:05,910 --> 01:09:12,390
These massive stones, they have to cut from

887
01:09:12,390 --> 01:09:13,029
the quarry.

888
01:09:16,250 --> 01:09:19,569
And in the quarry they are to be

889
01:09:19,569 --> 01:09:27,910
chiseled according to measure and to be smooth.

890
01:09:30,250 --> 01:09:36,450
And every stone is given a number so

891
01:09:36,450 --> 01:09:40,550
that these stones when they are transported to

892
01:09:40,550 --> 01:09:47,090
Mount Moriah, they can just fit one to

893
01:09:47,090 --> 01:09:47,550
another.

894
01:09:50,710 --> 01:09:53,490
The Bible said during the building of the

895
01:09:53,490 --> 01:09:58,870
temple there is no sound of iron.

896
01:10:01,410 --> 01:10:02,570
No sound of hammer.

897
01:10:04,730 --> 01:10:08,790
Because everything was done in the quarry.

898
01:10:13,070 --> 01:10:14,770
Done in darkness.

899
01:10:17,010 --> 01:10:18,510
Lots of work has to be done.

900
01:10:21,710 --> 01:10:23,730
When you come to the building of the

901
01:10:23,730 --> 01:10:31,010
house of God today, are you surprised that

902
01:10:31,010 --> 01:10:33,830
the Holy Spirit has to do lots of

903
01:10:33,830 --> 01:10:36,630
work to your life?

904
01:10:40,490 --> 01:10:42,630
There's lots of cutting to be done.

905
01:10:45,550 --> 01:10:48,090
Lots of chiseling, lots of smoothing.

906
01:10:52,050 --> 01:10:53,990
Lots of reducing.

907
01:10:54,390 --> 01:10:57,050
Lots of the work of the Holy Spirit

908
01:10:57,400 --> 01:11:01,070
by using the cross upon our life.

909
01:11:06,850 --> 01:11:11,030
Without the cross there can be no church.

910
01:11:15,430 --> 01:11:20,970
Not only individually we have to bear the

911
01:11:20,970 --> 01:11:21,350
cross.

912
01:11:25,650 --> 01:11:29,950
Because to fit us with our brothers and

913
01:11:29,950 --> 01:11:33,550
sisters there is much cross to be borne.

914
01:11:39,510 --> 01:11:42,690
The Lord is not building a monument.

915
01:11:46,150 --> 01:11:48,730
The Lord is building a house.

916
01:11:51,130 --> 01:11:53,790
So you'll find that's the reason why there's

917
01:11:53,790 --> 01:11:55,310
lots of work to be done.

918
01:11:58,410 --> 01:12:01,830
But thank God if everything is done according

919
01:12:01,830 --> 01:12:09,830
to pattern, when it is finished, the glory

920
01:12:09,830 --> 01:12:11,950
of the Lord will fill the house.

921
01:12:14,910 --> 01:12:22,240
Brothers and sisters, it takes less than a

922
01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:25,400
year to build a tabernacle.

923
01:12:29,580 --> 01:12:32,220
It takes seven years to build a temple.

924
01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:39,100
It takes probably around four years to build

925
01:12:39,100 --> 01:12:39,980
a second temple.

926
01:12:43,340 --> 01:12:47,440
And of course, King Herod enlarged it for

927
01:12:47,440 --> 01:12:48,540
forty-six years.

928
01:12:52,120 --> 01:12:55,440
But how many years is the house of

929
01:12:55,440 --> 01:12:56,180
God built?

930
01:13:00,340 --> 01:13:07,100
For two thousand years already our Lord is

931
01:13:07,100 --> 01:13:09,280
still building His house.

932
01:13:13,260 --> 01:13:16,280
Can you find any house on the earth

933
01:13:16,280 --> 01:13:18,080
that takes so long?

934
01:13:23,160 --> 01:13:25,260
What does it tell you?

935
01:13:25,560 --> 01:13:28,860
It tells you on the one hand it

936
01:13:28,860 --> 01:13:30,900
is a house that God built.

937
01:13:31,320 --> 01:13:34,200
It is no man's work.

938
01:13:36,160 --> 01:13:39,260
It will be a glorious church.

939
01:13:39,260 --> 01:13:43,260
It will be an eternal home.

940
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:47,520
That's why it takes so long.

941
01:13:51,300 --> 01:13:55,360
But on the other hand, does it say

942
01:13:55,360 --> 01:13:56,400
anything to us?

943
01:13:59,980 --> 01:14:06,940
We have delayed and delayed the finishing of

944
01:14:06,940 --> 01:14:07,680
that house.

945
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:21,300
How anxious our Lord must be to enter

946
01:14:21,300 --> 01:14:23,580
into His rest.

947
01:14:25,600 --> 01:14:28,680
How anxious He wants us to enter into

948
01:14:28,680 --> 01:14:29,580
rest.

949
01:14:32,300 --> 01:14:33,600
But we do not understand.

950
01:14:36,100 --> 01:14:39,320
Our heart is not one with Him.

951
01:14:43,020 --> 01:14:44,260
We do not cooperate.

952
01:14:45,780 --> 01:14:48,520
We do not yield to Him.

953
01:14:51,120 --> 01:14:53,500
He is the master builder.

954
01:14:56,360 --> 01:14:59,580
How skillful is His hand.

955
01:15:00,980 --> 01:15:07,880
He can turn these base materials into noble

956
01:15:08,560 --> 01:15:10,280
vessels.

957
01:15:16,420 --> 01:15:21,140
If only we will put ourselves completely in

958
01:15:21,140 --> 01:15:22,560
His hands.

959
01:15:24,840 --> 01:15:32,260
So our prayer is, Lord, hasten this work.

960
01:15:35,800 --> 01:15:38,780
Begin it with me.

961
01:15:39,920 --> 01:15:46,240
That our Lord may enter into His rest.

962
01:15:46,340 --> 01:15:50,020
We will not give ourselves to rest.

963
01:15:55,120 --> 01:16:00,440
Until the Lord can rest among His people.

964
01:16:04,620 --> 01:16:05,200
Let us pray.

965
01:16:09,920 --> 01:16:11,980
Dear Lord, we want to thank Thee for

966
01:16:11,980 --> 01:16:13,740
these days.

967
01:16:16,300 --> 01:16:18,980
We thank Thee for the fellowship of the

968
01:16:18,980 --> 01:16:19,340
saints.

969
01:16:23,000 --> 01:16:27,040
We thank Thee for giving us Thy Word.

970
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:32,660
And we thank Thee for all that Thou

971
01:16:32,660 --> 01:16:35,120
has bestowed upon us.

972
01:16:38,200 --> 01:16:40,320
Dear Lord, we pray that all these will

973
01:16:40,320 --> 01:16:41,460
not be in vain.

974
01:16:45,220 --> 01:16:49,900
By the working of Thy Holy Spirit, pray

975
01:16:49,900 --> 01:16:52,700
that Thou will turn it into value.

976
01:16:55,100 --> 01:16:58,720
Eternal value to Thyself.

977
01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:02,160
Bless all Thy people.

978
01:17:04,280 --> 01:17:11,180
Wherever we go, may Thy work continue until

979
01:17:11,180 --> 01:17:18,260
that glorious church without spot or wrinkle may

980
01:17:18,260 --> 01:17:20,660
be ready for Thy Beloved Son.

981
01:17:22,940 --> 01:17:26,700
We ask in Thy precious name.

982
01:17:29,960 --> 01:17:41,630
Before we depart, I

983
01:17:41,630 --> 01:17:45,530
believe I can represent all the brothers and

984
01:17:45,530 --> 01:17:46,730
sisters from abroad.

985
01:17:53,610 --> 01:17:57,370
We are very thankful for the brethren in

986
01:17:57,370 --> 01:17:57,990
Singapore.

987
01:18:01,150 --> 01:18:03,570
We thank You for Your love.

988
01:18:05,650 --> 01:18:08,010
We thank You for the labor of Your

989
01:18:08,010 --> 01:18:08,170
love.

990
01:18:10,890 --> 01:18:13,950
May the Lord bless you.