2024.10.13 District Message
Scripture Reading: Acts 1:1, 3, 8
Most of our church members think, “I need to pray,” but in reality, they are not really enjoying prayer very well.
Bartizan, journey, guidepost
“Lifetime answers – eternal answers”
When you continue to pray holding onto the bartizan, journey, and guidepost that Jesus gave, lifetime answers begin to come. In one sense, they are lifetime answers, but Jesus did not speak this only to each of us individually. They become eternal answers. Jesus explained this for 40 days on Mt Olive. So of course, we must find this.
▣ Introduction – 300%
When you find this answer, the very first thing that comes is the preparation of “300%.” Your studies, job, and work must all be done this way. Evangelism must also be done this way.
1. 100% guidance of the Holy Spirit
For example, Paul almost completely had 100% professionalism, and at the same time he received complete guidance of the Holy Spirit everywhere he went.
1) Acts 13:1–4
In Acts chapter 13 verses 1 through 4, the place, the work, and the people are all completely revealed.
2) Acts 16:16–18
Even when the road was blocked, as he prayed receiving complete guidance of the Holy Spirit, God led him to Macedonia.
3) Acts 19:1–7
Before going to Rome, he first went to the school of Tyrannus. And before going to Tyrannus, this kind of event (Acts 19:1–7) took place. These are contents that show he received the complete guidance of the Holy Spirit. This is the 100%.
2. 100% field
Then he prepared the field 100%.
1) Acts 13:5–12
Look how deeply he penetrated the field. In Acts chapter 13 verses 5 through 12, in a town completely covered in the darkness of a sorcerer, the work of breaking that darkness arose.
2) Acts 16:16–18
He healed the fortune-teller possessed by an evil spirit, the one who had seized control of the entire town.
3) Acts 19:8–20
At Tyrannus, he healed many incurable and sick people. He came to truly see the field. Here it is being applied to evangelism, but your studies, job, and work must also be done like this. If you do things without this kind of preparation, it becomes very difficult.
3. 100% system
And Paul built a system that could continue 100%. If you look carefully through the Bible:
1) Synagogue and school
Why did Paul go into the synagogue? Because there were children there—he saw the future. He also went to the school. That was because he saw the future.
2) Church leaders
In Macedonia, starting from Lydia and then Priscilla and others, he raised many church leaders.
3) Rome
Then he saw Rome.
This is how 300% preparation was firmly in place. When this happens, invisible yet very important answers begin to come. It is not just “62 points”; the grace we have received is far more than ten thousand things.
▣ Main Message
1. Essence
However, when you naturally hold onto this covenant, the 21 “essences” of life come out.
1) Calvary, Mt Olive, Mark’s upper room
What are these 21? On Calvary, He finished every problem. On Mt Olive, He gave the message. In Mark’s upper room, they experienced it.
2) Heavenly mandate, calling, mission
This itself is the heavenly mandate. It is the calling, and it is the mission. It follows naturally.
3) Surely, inevitably, absolutely
This part is surely, inevitably, and absolutely bound to follow.
4) One heart, whole heart, continuation
And they held to the covenant of Christ with one heart, with their whole heart, and in continuation. That is how they became witnesses.
5) Only, uniqueness, re-creation
As they did so, only, uniqueness, and re-creation had no choice but to come.
6) 24, 25, eternity
They enjoyed this as 24, 25, and eternity. These parts are extremely important.
7) Imprint, root, nature
As these things became their imprint, root, and nature, healing began to take place.
2. Happiness [5]
From here, five aspects of true happiness come out (they are written in the study material). First of all, true thanksgiving in prayer begins to arise. Without genuine thanksgiving, your scars cannot be healed. As you follow the flow of the Word in this way, your spiritual state is restored. Then, as they concentrated for 40 days in Mark’s upper room, this system was formed. So healing began to arise, and the five important things that show the future of their lives came out.
3. 7 talents
At the same time, the seven important talents within your occupation emerge. In one sense, these follow naturally. You must surely teach this to the Remnants.
With the Remnants, during the three-day weekend age, you must do reading forum and then give them the answer with the Word. Many people say reading is important—there is no need to argue about that. Reading is meeting . You can meet many worlds without actually going there. But there is something important. For me, reading has been one of my big concerns. The question is: What book did that person read to become like that? That is very important. I once read a book about the Japanese hero Tokugawa Ieyasu. I did not even finish half of it. By the time I was halfway through, I felt myself changing. How did I change? Conspiracies, secret meetings, and scheming started to look impressive to me. I thought, “Wow, books are this important.” That is why, after they read, you must do forum with the Word. Because these things remain with children for their whole life.
They must also know about great figures. As they study those people, they must find the answer in Christ. Every nation has its own culture. We must answer that with the three feasts. Then what comes next? Worship and prayer. From there, “only” comes out. That is like their “coming-of-age worship.” Then “uniqueness” comes—this is like their “commissioning” of mission. Then “re-creation” comes—this is like their “sending service.”
Those are the seven talents. These are the kinds of things we must help our Remnants to know during the three-day weekend age.
4. 9 flows
And there are surely nine flows. For us, there is past, present, and future. We also have left and right—those beside us. And we have height, depth, and width. So we must see these flows.
5. 20 points
Then the twenty evangelism strategies in the Bible come out.
When you put all these together, it adds up to 62 points. But in reality, the grace we have received from God is far more than ten thousand things. Today’s message (the main points) is a summary of the 62 points by which you can receive lifetime answers. These aspects are almost all invisible parts. Real answers always come first in the invisible realm.
When you are deeply impacted, that cannot be seen with the eyes. But when you become ill, that becomes visible. When we say we have faith, that is invisible. But that faith will surely show results—that becomes visible.
▣ Conclusion – Fulfillment
So the conclusion is that the visible answer is the fulfillment of God’s Word.
This is the content of the lesson you must hold onto this week. So when you counsel most young adults, there is one common thread in the conversation. What is that? They say that prayer does not really work for them. It is probably like that. In one sense, you can say it is characteristic of that age. But if they cannot hold onto this at that age, they will suffer quite a lot later.
Even adults say, “I need to have a definite answer of God’s covenant in prayer, but because I don’t have that, it is difficult.” Then, when you grow older or become weaker, things become hard. You must absolutely restore this.
So today’s first service is extremely important. We are confirming the things that we must absolutely build, and that we cannot leave unbuilt. When these answers in prayer are present in me, Sunday worship becomes extremely important. You cannot memorize or organize everything you hear into your head. Right? Of course you may have a notebook with memos, but in reality we cannot remember everything in our daily life.
So the message you hear today must be imprinted into your spiritual state throughout this entire Sunday as you pray. This is extremely important. Rockefeller, who achieved enormous success in business, is said to have held onto Sunday’s message and prayed over it all day long. Before worship, he would already be at church praying and confirming the Word, then he would listen to the sermon and hold onto it all day. That is someone who received tremendous spiritual wisdom and blessing. The work and influence he had were no small thing.
Once, I read a book that listed all the Rockefeller companies. It was as thick as the old telephone books we used to have, with very thin pages, and it was that thick just from company names. I realized, “Ah, this person truly was a person of prayer.” He founded more than twenty universities in America alone. He built about two thousand church buildings, even though now, because there is no gospel, many of those places have closed.
We need people of the gospel and prayer like that to arise. You must recover this. Inside that, you must gain strength, study, and do your business. Today’s Sunday must be an important day and a day of healing. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ.
Prayer. God, we thank You. May today, as we pray throughout this day, become a day of healing. Let it be a day when the sick parts of our lives are healed, and even unknown diseases are healed. Let it be a day of answers when the kingdom of God comes upon every place connected to us. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.