Approximately 30 people,
including a few gospel friends who desire to search and enter into the truth,
joined the 14th term of the Truth Perfecting training for
Chinese-speaking believers. This training has led many new believers to love
and serve the Lord and has been under the Lord’s blessing for more than 7
years.
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[Week 1]
Question: “It’s okay just to believe in the
Lord; you do not necessarily have to be baptized.” Is this kind of speaking
correct?
Answer: Not correct. Mark 16:16 says, “He
who believes and is baptized shall be saved.” This shows us that to be saved,
we not only have to believe, but also be baptized. After baptism, our salvation
is complete. Believing takes half a step; baptism makes one complete step. –Sister Zhang
Question: Based on the Bible, our salvation
should be followed by dealing with the past. What items should be dealt with?
Do you have such testimonies?
Answer: Unrighteous matters, wrongful
matters, evil and unclean matters, and old manner of life. For example, after
being baptized, my husband has changed his tone of speaking to our children
from rough and loud to gentle and fine. I have gained more growth in life and
recently, I desire to contact the Lord more and get rid of my bad habits. – Sister Liu
[Week
2]
Question: What do you gain from living by
calling on the Lord’s name?
(1)
Calling on the Lord’s name is
the way to enjoy the Lord. It is to pray with the spirit, our spiritual
breathing. Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. He is rich to
all who call upon Him. He saves us. No matter how far we are from Him, by
calling He is near. Whenever I call upon His name, my heavy load becomes
lighter. We are filled with joy, rest, and strength. – Sister Zhou
(2)
Calling on the Lord’s name is
not just for our salvation, but also for enjoying the Lord and all His riches.
In resurrection, He became the life-giving Spirit, the living water for us to
drink. The way to eat and drink of the Lord is to call on His name. When we
call Lord Jesus, we are in the spirit. (1 Cor. 12:3) By calling on Him, he
becomes our peace, rest, comfort, and solution in any kind of situation. – Sister Li
(3)
The living of calling on the
Lord’s name gives us life and peace. In resurrection, the Lord became the
life-giving Spirit. When we call on His name, He comes into our spirit to give
us life, to be the fountain and spring to supply us, and gives us the peace
that surpasses all human understanding. So when we call on the Lord’s name, we
find peace in our heart, and we do not feel anxious anymore. If we commit
ourselves to the Lord, He will take us where we need to go. A living of calling
on the Lord’s name is a living full of life and peace. – Brother Deng
(4)
Each time we call on the Lord’s
name, we feel He is right before our very eyes. We feel sweet, joyful,
satisfied, and comfortable. By calling on the Lord’s name, we are drawing water
out of the wells of salvation, enjoying the riches of the Lord, and being
filled by the Lord. This is our spiritual breathing, so we must do it every
day, every moment. – Sister Wang
(5)
We can enjoy the Lord in our
spirit by calling on the Lord’s name. Whenever we call on the Lord’s name from
the depths of our being, we spontaneously cause our spirit to function, and
then we enjoy the riches of Christ. By calling on the Lord, we defeat all the
negative things in us. The best way to enjoy the Lord is to call on Him, and by
this we touch Him. By calling on Him, under whatever circumstances, He becomes
our peace, rest, comfort, and solution. –
Sister Chen
