Quote from Forum Archives on December 1, 2005, 3:56 pm

Posted by: prophetic <prophetic@...>

NOTE: As with the the previous two extracts, the following is from
a wonderful book, 'The Heavenly Man' by Brother Yun - one of the
House-church leaders from China who has been imprisoned and
tortured for his faith. Again, he is speaking here of what he believes
is holding the Western church back from Revival:

CHINESE LEADER SPEAKS OUT - Part 3
-Brother Yun.

The Great Commission has not changed. There are many
churches trying to create a heaven here on earth, but until the
Western Church obeys the Great Commission and takes the
gospel to the ends of the earth, people are just playing with God
and are not really serious about the truth. Many churches look
beautiful on the outside, but are dead where it counts, on the
inside. If you truly want to see God move, the two main things
you must do is learn the Word of God and have the obedience to
do what God tells you to do.

In Finland in 1999 I was asked to be one of the main speakers at
a conference attended by about one thousand church leaders. The
main speaker was a well-known American preacher. Every time he
spoke it was about the love and goodness of God. During the
prayer time everyone fell down on the floor and laughed.

After I spoke I commanded people to kneel down at the foot of
the cross of Jesus, and they wept! Tears always come first before
the Lord truly moves. He will never pour his blessing out on
unsanctified and selfish flesh. The cross of Jesus must be at the
centre of everything we do.

If you do these things you will see revival. Are you willing to give
your all to God and to his service? "Those who are wise will shine
like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to
righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever." -Daniel 12:3.

Many Christians have also asked me why miracles and signs and
wonders are so prevalent in China, but not so evident in the West.

In the West you have so much. You have insurance for everything.
In a way, you don't need God. When my father was dying of
stomach cancer, we sold everything we had to try to cure him.
When we everything was gone we had no hope but God. We
turned to him in desperation and saw him mercifully answer our
prayers and heal my father. We reasoned that if God could do
that then He could do anything, so our faith grew and we've seen
many miracles.

In China, the greatest miracles we see are not the healings or
other things, but lives transformed by the gospel. We believe we're
not called to follow signs and wonders but instead the signs and
wonders follow us when the gospel is preached. We don't keep
our eyes on the signs and wonders; we keep our eyes on Jesus.

Every house church pastor in China is ready to lay down his life
for the gospel. When we live this way, we'll see God do great
things by his grace.

~From the book 'The Heavenly Man', pg 298-300.
(-Highly recommended!)