WHEN YOU ARE BORN AGAIN, YOU SHOLD LEARN HOW TO COME OUT OF THE FLESH AND COME INTO THE SPIRIT

We always look to the cross of Jesus Christ. God began to give us new York trough the cross of Jesus Christ. When Jesus Chirst came and was crucified on the cross, He not only crucified sin, He also crucified our flesh, too. So, when we have Jesus, He has redeemed us from sin, from worldliness, from disease, from the curse, and from death and hell.

Through the cross of Jesus Christ; Jesus recovered lost human rights in Eden. Adam and Eve had fallen from grace. God cursed the land, and their lives. They were not supposed to die, but god said, “You will die.” They were chased out of Eden. They  lost communication with God, but trough the cross of Jesus Christ, Jesus deliveredus from the curse, from sickness, disease, and from deth. So, we look always to the cross of Jesus Christ and charge our thinking from the 3^rd dimensional way to the 4^th dimensional belief. We should always teach people to look to the cross.

Everyday, all trough the 50 years of my ministry, my main message was alywas, “Look to the skies, the cross of Jesus Christ. Count the stars. Count the number of graces flowing down from the cross. Look to the sky. Count the stars.” As many stars as you count, that will be your thinking. Even today, I myself try to look to the sky, see the cross, then count the benefits from the cross. I try to live by faith. That is so important.

Many people are trying to live by their own struggle. You can’t become strong only by your own struggle. You can’t become a great man of faith by human struggles. You can’t become a better Christian by yourself. Only God’s grace can come and change you,and your dimension. You shall go into the 4^th dimensional thinking.

The 1^st dimension is the line.

The 2^nd dimensioni s the plane.

The 3^rd dimension is the cubic.

The 4^th dimension is no line, no plane, no cubic.

In the 3^rd dimension, the world was all in chaos, at the time of creation. The Holy spirit moved upon the world. A new world came intu existence. The 3^rd world was in a chaotic condition. It was in darkness and water was all over the earth. Then the spirit of God was moving, huggimg,hovering over the chaotic world. People could not see the holy Spirit. Then, God spoke saying, “Let there be light!” and light appeared.

Then heaven appered. Everythimg was made according to the will of God because the Holy Spirit hovered over the chaotic 3^rd dimension. We are in the 3^rd dimension. We are limited human beings. We have limited time, space, and lives. Only when the holy spirit comes and hovers over us can we live according to the promises of God. Things are happening in the world. Change is coming.

In the Buddhist thinking, everything is by meditation. They try to change themselves trough meditation, and by suffering. With Christians it is different. In Christianity you are coming out of the 3^rd dimension and going to live in the 4^th dimension way. You have visions in a 4^th dimensional way. To live in the flesh is the 3^rd dimensional way Christians who live in the 3^rd dimensional will always be baby Cristians. They all live by human sense, but those Christians who come into the 4^th dimension are spiritual Christians. They live by the power of the holy Spirit. They become creative, mighty Christians.

Of course, to have church growth, you need a lot of things. You should be a good preacher, know how to process the people,and  know how to organize the people so they won’t become lonely. Your attitude must be in the creative power of the 4^th dimension. If you are not living in the 4^th dimension; all of these human instituions will not help you at all.

I have been in the 4^th dimension in my dream. When I started my ministry, I began with 5 people. I was seeing 300 people in my dream . every moment in the early morning prayer meeting, during the daytime, in the night time, I was counting my stars . I saw 300. I was believing for 300 members. I said, “We have 300 members.” That was in my mind all the time. Of course, with 300 people, I should visit more. I should pray more. I should help people more.

I should prepare more sermons. Then, when I had 300, my dream was for 500. Soon, I had 500 members. Then, I had 1,000 when I had 1,000, I dreamed of 3,000,5,000 and 10,000. As I lifted up my head higher and higher, I began to look at the skies deeper and further. Then, I worked very hard. When you have more Christians, you should have more time to process them, pray for them and help them. Some Christians when they are lonely will depart from the church.

People don’t want to live a lonely life. When your church grows, many people come, but they don.t fellowship with each other. They have no fellowship, so they come once ot twice. They are lonely, they have no fellowship so they leave the church. So as your church grows, you should know how to organize the cell system so they can work togheter very closely.If they have a problem, they have place to go to talk. So organize the cell system. Hoever, maintaining the cell system is a great job. Training the cell leaders is very important. You must train many cell leaders so they can take acre of themselves and their members.

As your church grows, your cell leaders will grow and your cells will grow. To take care of these is a great job. When you are young, you are full of vision. With the 4^th dimensional idea in your heart, the continual need of the people, getting them organized, helping them, then your cruch can grow anyplace. Very speedily you can have a great church.

However , the pastor must not be lazy. For 50 years I have had no vacation. My friend had a small church and spent a whole year on a vacation. This was after he had ministered for only 10 years. Pastors may go on a vacation to Amerika or Europe, takinga year’s vacation. I feel like dying when I see that kind of action. Because when you try to maintain your people , you have to work every minute of the day. Sometimes I would not leave my church, but would sleep there all night.

I would have no time to return home, then come back to the cruch. If you don’t have an understanding wife you would never be able to do that. Your wife should really understand you. Your children should understand you, too. So, having a good church, a great church is sacrificing your wife and children, but my wife understood me. She helped me.

For 50 years I spent this kind of life. Now, the doctor said, “You should have a vacation.” I began to have a terminal sickness called Parkinson’s desease. I began to tremble and could hardly stand or walk. When I went to the hospital, the Doctor said, “Usually, secular people would not have this kind of sickness. We call this disease, They holy sickness, because ministers, professors and these kind of people get this sickness. You have been using your mind to much. This sickness can never be cured by human means. You can just maintain it by taking medicine.”

Still, every moment, I began using the 4^th dimension. Began to see Jesus crucified. I saw myself healed. I have hope. I have dreams of being a healthy person, and I For a little while I was trembling. When I would preach, was standing int the 4^th dimension. I was not surrendering to the 3^rd dimension. The power of God came and overcame this parkinson’s disease. It is still in me, but I have overcome it.

You many live two kinds of life. One kind is the human life, living under the flesh tent, thinking like a human However, you can live a super life, a dth dimensional life sky. You should concentrate on the sky; count the stars. My heaven is always this Bible. I always count the number of stars. Those stars can change your life. You can live a different life, a great life, a successful life, and a wonderful life.

I really hope that you all have a great church. You can have great church. You are supposed to have a great church. So, never think in human terms like, “I am not a good preacher; I can’t preach well the church is very small, ot our people are very hard”. No, that is not the way. You can have church growth by the power of the Holy Spirit. We are not doing anything by human knowledge or power. We are doing it by God. You believe like God. The Holy Spirit, who is a spiritual power.

You can do this in your personal life, your ministry, your business, in everything. God is life. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He wants His will to be done on earth, as it is in heaven. However , to do His will on earth, you are the vessel so that God’s will can be accomplished om earth. You think like God. You see like God. You believe like God. You talk like God. That is so easy.

Abram did it. Abram talked like God talked. Abram believed as God believed. Abram spoke like God spoke. It was not easy because he was 85 years old, but God said, “You are going to have a son.” Under the tent, Abram complained, “My servent will be my inheritor.” However, God said, “No, your son will become the inheritor.” So it was a struggle between his flesh and his spirit.

That is the reason that Abram looked to the sky every night and counted the stars. It was a struggle. His wife was a great hindrance. She said, “Even if God said that, you can’t believe Him. So, take my servent and have a child.” Abram was persuaded by his wife and made a big mistake by having a son by hagar, but God never recognized this son.

God punished him. He was 85 years old and still he did not have a son. For 9 years he had no son. The time came for him to give up, but he kept on thinking as God, seeing as God, beiliving as God, and talking as God. At 100 years, he was very old. His hair was white. He was very weak, but still he believed. Then god said, “O.K. it it is time for you to have a son”, and Isaac was born.

As Abram struggled in his life, you will have struggles in your life. After 50years og ministry, still I have struggles. My flesh will always rise up, scare me and tempt me, but every time, I would shake my head and carwl out of my tent. My physical body want to crawl back into the tent because it is a cozy, small place. I want to think under the tent, but always shake my head, “NO, no, I am coming out of this tent. I should look to the sky; I should count my stars.”

Lead with your star. Then, you will become a star in the world. Everybody can look to the sky. Everybody can find his own star. I have a star, and you should find your won star. You should find a star for your Christians. Christians need their own star. What they need you should find. You should point the stars out the them. Then, you will have success. Your people will have success. You will have a wonderful church.

Chruch growth is not an easy thing when you try to do it by myself, but if you unite together with God, then the impossibility becomes a possibility. To build a church cost more than one million dollars, two million dollars or even 3 million dollars, I had no money under the tent, but when I came out and looked at the stars, there is so much money in the stars.

God always met my needs. Very secretly, I tell you. For more than years I have given $170 million to the church. I am not a rich person. I am a poor man. I don’t get a big salary from the church, but I was amazed myself about how I could give so much money for tithes and gifth to the Lord. Suchmiracles can happen to you.

            Miracles are there. Claim the miracle through the stars. Something good is going to happen to you. Great things are going to happen to you in your church. Early one morning when my wife and I arose, she looked at me and said, “From today I am  different person.” I laughed at her and said, “You are a housewife. How are you different?”

            She replied, “Up until now I obeyed you. I was a humble housewife. From today, I am going to think in a different way. God has given me a new thought . I am going to be a professor. I am going to be an evangelist. I am going to be a new person.”

            I laughed again saying, “You don’t speak English at all. You are an Aian of 50 years of age. How can you learn English and become a professor?”

            She said, “Look at me. God is with me.” So, she began her education again. She went to a school in Korea. Then she went to a school in America. She was studying very hard. She earned several degrees and becamea professor and the president of a university.

            One day, she said, “I am going to preach.” I laughed, “You preach! No one will listen to you.” Strangely, when she did preach, people were attending the service, were enjoying it and were happy. One day I secretly slipped into a seat where my wife was preaching to listen to her. I was amazed.

            It did not seem like my wife. She had a different demeanor about her. She had come out of her tent and was looking to the stars. She was very bold, and though she spoke poorly, still it was with authority. The power was flowing out of her.

            When I next met her, I said, “dear wife, don’t worry. Your speech will not change people. Your heart and attitude which is moved by the Holy Spirit will move people. Keep being very bold. Even though you do not speak proper Korean-English to the American people, they will change. Because of your voice the presence of the Holy Spirit will bring a change in their lives. You are living in the stars, not in the flesh. So that is it. The stars changed you.”

            Even now at 74 years old, I have requests for meetings. In fact, I have more requests than when I was in the ministry because I still look at the stars. Still, when I speak, people are changed.

            People are healed. Devils are cast out. Miracles happen. People still call me. That is why I do not let my attention down. I still look at the stars anf go on, but the doctor wants me to take a vacation. He said, “If you continue to live like this, you will not live too long.” So, I have struggle between the doctor and God’s work.

           

Your life, too, will be full of struggles, but my advice to you is that when you have great difficulty, and have a hard time deciding on something, look to the sky and count the stars. Count them until God tells you to stop. Then that star is yours. You will then make the right decision and something good is going to happen to you.

Catatan :

Judul aslinya” Church Growth & Home Cell “  tulisan  DR.David Yonggi Cho, Presiden  Church Growth International, saya comot pada bagian akhir saja.

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