Perhaps this is part of what Jesus meant when he said, "But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. Out of all the huge groundswell of rumours, slander and controversy that has arisen around this simple-hearted man who loves God, one thing that most people agree on is that Brother Yun experienced a tremendous amount of persecution for his faith when he lived in China.

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He had a vision of thousands of young people serving Jesus all around the world on the mission field, and openly shared his vision in churches, even though the reality at the time did not match the vision at all.Similarly, our colleagues have tried to speak with the other two Beijing-based brothers, Moses Xie and Allen Yuan, about this but they also are very hesitant to explain why they have signed the statement. Just as he who was a being of dust, so also is that which is of the dust, and just as he who is The Being from Heaven, so also is the Heavenly. The heavenly man, as the perfect image of the Logos, is neither man nor woman, but an incorporeal intelligence purely an idea; while the earthly man, who was created by God later, is perceptible to the senses and partakes of earthly qualities. In doing so, however, it is very positive and encouraging, emphasising the beauty and character of Jesus, and the value of knowing and serving him.

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He described how he heard the voice of the Holy Spirit, telling him to simply walk out the heavily guarded prison gate.As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. Yun saw this second imprisonment as a punishment from God for making ministry his idol and for not listening to his wife and the Holy Spirit when they cautioned him about this. Wouldn't it be great if we chose to be as wise as Gamaliel the Pharisee, who didn't try to stop something he couldn't understand, but instead said, "Leave these men alone! We Christians are as prone to these carnal temptations as anyone else, so it's important to consider whether there's any of these going on between the accusers and the accused," he cautioned.