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Incomplete consecration brings difficulties in service

Narrow - No way to have both; must choose between the Lord or the world

Apostle Paul suffered for the gospel yet was willing and joyful

Those who serve must make a clear choice between the Lord and personal interests, without compromise

Luke 14:26 "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple"

Reduced consecration prevents building work

Absolute - No room for compromise, moderation, or accommodation in service

Early apostles preferred persecution over compromise

In church service, the Lord's work must be primary, everything else secondary

Col. 1:24 "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I fill up what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ for His Body, which is the church"

Cannot serve both God and mammon

Difficult - Consecration brings suffering; no consecration brings ease

Yu the Great passed his home three times without entering during flood control

Responsible brothers must sacrifice their own homes for God's house; cannot have both

Matt. 6:24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon"

Caring for one's own house prevents caring for God's house

Sacrificial - Must sacrifice personal reputation, family, and career

A responsible brother with five children serving over 100 saints cannot manage both

Western missionary-style comfortable service cannot produce genuine building

2 Tim. 2:4 "No soldier on active duty entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier"

Seeking human help is shame for servants

Poor and suffering - Walking a path of poverty and hardship without seeking human help

Early servants would rather go three days without food than let people know

Full-time servants should not receive directly from human hands but only from God's hand

2 Cor. 12:15 "I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent on behalf of your souls"

Truly following Jesus means being 'destroyed' by Him

Destructive - Destroying reputation, honor, family, strength, and natural man

Sister Yu Cidu decided to return home at Marseille port instead of studying medicine

Young people truly following Jesus cannot study smoothly or succeed in careers

Matt. 10:39 "He who finds his soul-life shall lose it, and he who loses his soul-life for My sake shall find it"

All paths of consecration defy normal reasoning

Abnormal - Everything cannot be measured by common sense; all beyond the so-called normal

Early apostles and Christians throughout history all had abnormal circumstances

Career, marriage, family, studies cannot be measured by common sense; once normal, it's not consecration

1 Cor. 1:27 "But God has chosen the foolish things of the world that He might put to shame those who are wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world that He might put to shame the things that are strong"