Luther's sermon cleared up a considerable part of the confusion in the mind that Christians were saved by their own good works. In their understanding, the saved person, even if he was not a good person before becoming a Christian, at least remained a good person after becoming a Christian to keep his salvation.

The central content of Luther's sermon is that good works are the result of salvation, and salvation is the work of God at all, not conditional on any process or time of human behavior.

After Luther's sermon ended, Liang Fa continued his sermon.

Christians are born of God and redeemed by self-sacrificing love from Jesus, so Christians must love one another in order to prove that they are Christians. Christian love is the love of God, the love of self-denial. Unrequited love is unconditional love, which means that Christians love their brothers and their neighbors, not because they are lovely.

On the contrary, it is because they are not lovable, because they lack love, or even because they are hateful. Christus loved us so much that he died on the Cross to atone for our sins while we were still sinners. As disciples of the Lord, we are to be willing to give ourselves for the salvation of those whose souls are lost, just as he did.

"The code of conduct of the world is that a man will be destroyed if he does not do it for himself, but the code of conduct of Christians is to lay down his life for his brother. Today, many people who are determined to believe in the Christian will go to the battlefield, and everyone's life will be constantly tested by life and death. When your brother needs your life to save him, can you do it to lay down your life for your brother?

"Even if you don't go to war, the same test is just as often. Maybe you will become a preacher and preach the truth to strangers, to strange places.

"Misunderstandings caused by cultural differences may lead the uncivilized so-called barbarians to kill you, you may send a pagan backlash to hatred of you and kill you, and the Manchu government may prohibit you from preaching and eliminate you as a nuisance because of your insistence on preaching the Bible mission.

All of this persecution, which was true long back in Paul's ministry, is unchanged today, as is my own experience. And why are we not preaching at the risk of dying because we love the souls of the world?

Thus, self-denial, which is considered unattainable in the eyes of the world, has become the minimum requirement for Christians. So if you really want to become a Christian, start with the lesson of self-denial now. ”

Pastor Liang's sermon, combined with his own self-sacrificing testimony, made everyone's hearts fluctuate. In particular, there are some people who have the purpose of benefiting from entering Christianity, and when they know this principle of self-sacrifice, they can't help but retreat. I secretly made up my mind that it was not appropriate for this Christian, who had no good, only harm.

Others are so caught up in prayer for their decision that they have changed their minds, but they do not have the courage to go back on their words. I plan to continue to stay in the name of Christians, and I will decide after watching a piece of the form.

Most of them are people who are steadfast in their faith. After listening to Pastor Liang's own experience, they couldn't help but have the desire to emulate. As a disciple of Jesus, you don't want to be like the Lord, do you deceive others or favor yourself? Don't care who you deceive, at least you can't deceive God!

The last speaker was Pastor Mike. He explained the status of Christians in terms of the concept of the kingdom.

"Christians are moved by God from the kingdom of darkness, the world ruled by Satan, to the kingdom of light, and become members of God's heavenly family. Only the children of God, the people of God's kingdom, can enter the kingdom of God.

"The kingdom of God is the place of God's presence with God, that is, without defilement, without unrighteousness, without sin. For God is holy, and whatever is not holy is cast out from His presence.

This was true in the Garden of Eden, it was true in Israel, and it was true in the church. In the church is in Jesus. Jesus had never sinned, could he tolerate a sinful man who was full of filth in him?

It is true that Jesus accepts sinners, but only on the premise of repentance. What does it mean to repent? To repent is to turn from evil to good, to be no longer a sinner, to be no longer full of filth.

"So, don't be under any illusions. On the one hand, he wants to bear a Christian name, and on the other hand, he keeps his sinful habits. You can't stand before God like this. We must make it clear that in Jesus, in the church, in the kingdom of God, in the house of God, there is absolutely no place for such people to exist!

Of course, because of God's great love and tolerance, God may have committed one sin or another, and God did not immediately punish you and drive you out of God's kingdom. But you must be clear that God is giving you a chance to repent, not lowering His standards. The person who can ultimately be with God must be someone who meets the standard of divine holiness.

The Bible warns us not to look backwards with the handle of the plow. Now that you have entered the kingdom of heaven, you should not leave one foot in the world, nor should you continue to set your eyes on the prosperity of the world! Loving the Lord with all your heart, soul, and soul and walking the way of heaven is the only choice for a true Christian. ”

Farewell, my thirty acres of land and a cow, farewell, my child's wife is hot on the kang, farewell, the ocean I deliberately hid. That's how many people responded to Mike's sermon.

Gavin then declared that this was the end of today's sermon and asked the pastors to return to their small groups and spend a quarter of an hour discussing and then centering the issues.

Twenty minutes later, everyone returned, and in addition to bringing back all kinds of problems, there was also a bad situation. More than 50 people regretted their original prayers and asked to withdraw them.

Seeing that everyone was a little frustrated, and even dissatisfied with some of the content of the sermon just now, Mai Ke laughed, "It's only one-seventieth to change your mind, which is nothing at all." On the contrary, I would like to thank God for preaching the truth through guò and allowing them to manifest their true state of faith. This is far better than staying among Christians without real faith!

"As far as the sermon just now is concerned, although there is room for further improvement, in terms of basic beliefs, it is very pure, and I hope that we will continue to persevere, although we have differences in theological views, but those are differences in deeper concrete understandings, not differences in basic beliefs.

It is especially valuable that each of our speakers is preaching the truth, not worrying about whether they will accept it or not. This is a very important point. If we don't accept it, can we modify and conceal the truth? If someone disagrees, can we lower God's demands? If so, are we preaching God's Word or our own opinions?"

Mai Ke's words not only fully affirmed the preaching and the content of today's sermons, but also laid down a key principle for the future missionary work in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: preaching.

That is, no matter what difficulties there are, we must preach the truth of God, and no matter what the occasion, we must preach only the truth of God. Do exactly what the Bible calls for in 2 Timothy 4:2. The strict observance of this principle also ensures that the cause of heaven will continue to flourish in accordance with God's will.

Mai Ke asked Gavin to summarize today's problems and successful practices, and put forward basic requirements and guidance for similar training in the future as a reference. Then sort out the problems that everyone reflects, find out the common problems, and answer them in a targeted and systematic manner in the second lesson. For some more specific ones that do not need to be answered publicly, they should also be answered individually for the person who asked the question.

At the same time, Mai Ke asked everyone to teach these new disciples to think in the right way and ask questions in the right way. After all these things are determined, it is necessary to form a relatively standardized operating procedure in order to achieve the desired results more efficiently.

After all these things are done, tomorrow everyone will go back to their posts. Hu Youlu, Zhu Hongying, Hong Xiuquan, Zhang Yuan, Zeng Yuzhen, Peter, and two ladies, Fu Shanxiang and Meng Ruofei, all came around. Everyone shook hands one by one and said goodbye, cherished each other, and there will be a period later. Finally, everyone blessed each other and prayed for God's protection. Being a brother or sister in Christ is different.

Mai Ke set off early tomorrow morning to return to Bauhinia Mountain with the charcoal burners, and he asked Zeng Yuzhen to get ready. Fu Shanxiang still went to Meng Ruofei's house as a guest. In the end, Mai Ke said to Zhang Yuan: "How about our brothers have another all-night talk?"

Zhang Yuan's excited heart has not completely calmed down, and he is looking for someone to vomit quickly, this most suitable person is of course Mai Ke, hearing that he is in the middle of it, he said quietly: "Whatever you want, I will accompany you at any time." ”

Mai Ke laughed, patted Zhang Yuan's shoulder, and said, "Let's go, big brother!" With a whoosh, both of them disappeared.

What the hell the two men were muttering, no one knows. It is estimated that there will be a lot of things to say, even if it is from the time crossing, this is the first time that the two have seen each other again. The conspiracy of one eldest brother and one younger brother of the twelve brothers of the Brotherhood Alliance is at least partly related to the other ten buddies.

Sure enough, no matter which little brother Zhang Yuan sees in the future, not to mention anything else, the first thing is a complete set of gospels. This big brother of Mu Ne, when he preached the gospel, his mouth was like a river, his expression was vivid, and his language was funny. Thanks to this, these ten little brothers are not yet on pins and needles. Because when the eldest brother speaks, he also asks them to listen convincingly. Otherwise, the big brother's fist is directly proportional to his big brother's position.

As a result, within a year, these ten buddies all became Christians, and when Mai Ke met, he directly called them brothers in the Lord. As for whether they have pure beliefs, Zhang Yuan doesn't care. Mai Ke, who should have been worried, said that God had saved the people he planned to save at the right time and in the way he saw fit.

No matter what the two said, anyway, they said that they had talked all night and really had no rest all night, because the next morning when people were preparing to leave at the meeting place, they saw the two Shi Shiran coming from outside. Anyway, it's not uncommon for these two to go without sleep for a few days. These rare reunion opportunities should be fully utilized.

There are still 800 charcoal burners to go back, and these people are led by the veteran Zeng Tianyang. The remaining 1,200 people, plus 500 captives of the Qing army who surrendered, were handed over to the young general Zeng Yuzheng to lead. Knowing that he wanted to establish a permanent base in the depths of Bauhinia Mountain, Mai Ke decided to transport some of the relevant supplies back first. Therefore, these 800 charcoal burners all undertook the task of transportation. The mule, horse, cart and other means of transport that had been used were also used again.

As a result, the transport team moves slowly. Mai Ke couldn't wait, so he rode first with the people who planned to explore the deep mountains, and under the support of the thirty-six guards, they rushed straight to the depths of the Bauhinia Mountain.