2023.10.22 District Message
Scripture Reading: Philippians 4:6-7
If we mention one strength of the Jewish people, it is that they strictly keep the Sabbath starting from Friday night. They do not allow anything else at all. That means, of course, that they concentrate. And because of that, the Jews in fact have taken over the world. Putting aside the bad things and speaking only of the good, that is what it means.
The Three-Day Weekend Age
So you must open the three-day weekend age. On Friday, you need to have a schedule for prayer and for taking care of your health. As you grow older, you must hold onto proper prayer and take care of your health. And on Saturday, things need to proceed centered on our remnants. The remnants should give presentations, see things, hear things; you must help them do this. Today’s lecture is for doing this (the three-day weekend age). On Sunday, you must go completely centered on worship. If you begin spending your weekends like this, tremendous works will arise. And on Saturdays like this, we sometimes go out to have fun. You can come have fun at church. And your family gatherings—those can also be held at church on Saturday. In that way, I am saying that you should equip the church with a system. “Let’s have our family gathering at church.” You must reach that level. So Saturday must become a day for such gatherings and conversations.
The reason for doing this is that we must have true ability. We must equip true ability, and that is why this must be done. Especially when speaking of remnants, it is the seven talents. This must communicate with the throne. That is the twenty-five answers. By just looking at the words, you can understand.
▣ Introduction – [Genius]
So the Jews succeeded in seven particularly important things.
- RT – [Talent] + [Expertise] + [Field-ness]
So now, what you must understand a little is that for the remnants, the most important thing is discovering their talent. When they fail to discover this properly, they grow older and suffer. Some even graduate from university but do not know what they should do; if it becomes like this, it becomes difficult. As you know, what is called genius is something that comes down from heaven. Isn’t that so? But because they do not know prayer, they cannot properly discover this (talent). As you know, it is difficult to reach a certain level, so they say Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and Korea University are SKY. Last year, at those three universities, 2,000 students dropped out. It is hard to get in, and people think just getting in is a blessing, but they dropped out—that is not just a few hundred, but 2,000. That means, “There is no meaning in studying here.” They failed to see this (talent) properly. So you must absolutely open the three-day weekend age, teach remnants prayer, and help them find their talent. When you teach this talent, what follows from it is expertise. And then you help them understand the field properly. That is why Jews have synagogues. So it is a situation in which the Jews cannot help but conquer the world. Even among the three organizations, the core members who move things are Jews. - Church Leaders (Work) – Only, Uniqueness, Re-Creation
Now, the church leaders in the three-day weekend age—what is most in front of you is your work. Or your workplace, the place close to you. You must pray and make it into this (only, uniqueness, re-creation). This is possible only through prayer. Doing something others cannot do does not happen by itself. You must absolutely do this. - New Family – Past (Platform), Today (Camp), Future (New Masterpiece)
At this time, it becomes a chance. This is when you bring new family. New family members must be given three things. You cannot leave their past alone. You must make their past become a platform inside the gospel. This is what new family members need most. You have lived the life of faith for a long time, but new family members have just come for the first time, so they have many things with them. They have many scars, too. So their “today” is the camp of enjoying the blessing of the throne. Because without this light, it cannot work. And you must allow these new family members to make a completely new masterpiece of their life. That is the future. You must do this during the three-day weekend age.
▣ Main Message
- Talent
Now, let us take a look at the parts where talents were discovered.
1)Reading – The Word
The Jews take responsibility to read three books: the Shema, the Torah, and the Talmud. Every Jew must read these books. They may not read the Bible, but they must read those. Many things come from there. For us, even if we do not go that far, there are books that are necessary for remnants to read. But realistically, there is no time. So if three people gather and divide up one book each and do a forum, they will have gone through three books. That develops the remnants’ presentation skills and helps in various ways. And from here, the Word must be found. That is when it becomes imprinted. “Ah, the world is like this, but the Word says this.” The answer must come.
2)Figures – Christ (RT)
The Jews speak about at least one great person every day. They must study figures. But as we do this, we must find the words “Christ” and “remnant.” Strictly speaking, you are the remnants. The remaining ones. So remnants are not only children. The remaining ones who have the gospel—remnants.
3)The Three Feasts – 1·3·8
And the Jews kept the three feasts very well. They kept them so well that during the feasts, the family always did them together. For example, when making the Feast of Booths, the family builds the booth together. But in doing this, their weakness was that they lost the meaning. We also lose important things when we work a lot. So we must help them find the meaning. That is 1·3·8—Christ, God’s kingdom, only the Holy Spirit. These are the three feasts. Because Christ completed them, you must give this answer clearly. Remnants only need to understand once for it to last a lifetime.
4)Worship – Prayer
Why did the Jews stake their lives on keeping the Sabbath like that? Worship and prayer. Our remnants, and also you yourselves, must know what worship is and what prayer is.
5) Only – Talent
From this point, three things come out. From here, the “only” that you possess appears. You must have this (only) to help others. The outward form may differ, but the content is the same. This is discovering your talent. You must discover “only” to have a talent; just having what everyone else has is not a talent.
6) Uniqueness – Expertise
From here, uniqueness comes. This is expertise.
7) Re-Creation – Field-ness
Then you survive anywhere you go. Re-creation. This is called field-ness.
In one sense, this (only – talent) is called the coming-of-age ceremony. This (uniqueness – commissioning) is called the mission ceremony. And because they have seen the field, this (re-creation – field-ness) is called the sending-out ceremony. You must do these three things. You yourselves must do this. It is not that you do not need it but remnants do. Because remnants absolutely need it, you also must receive this blessing. Even if you sell bean sprouts in the market, you must have this answer. Isn’t that so? But most people do not do this. Even if you sell bean sprouts, you must do it with “only.” Then customers know. “Ah, that place is different.” They know. Even if you run a restaurant, customers know. The one who eats the food says, “Ah, this place is different.” If that becomes established, it works.
- Spiritual Summit
Now, when this happens, the Jews became summits without the gospel, and they suffered like that. You must make this (spiritual summit) first. Before succeeding as a summit, you must first succeed spiritually. So what is in the front part of the curriculum is an edited form of my messages. The characteristic of my messages is that the answers continue to develop. For example, before entering Yeongdo, when I was doing evangelism, I found the five states of the unbeliever. So the books left it exactly as recorded. But after entering Yeongdo and doing evangelism in earnest, I discovered the six states.
1)The Seven Bartizans
So now we can teach it like this: the bartizan Jesus gave—the seven bartizans.
2)The Seven Journeys
With this, you go on the journey.
3)The Three Guideposts
And the guideposts in Acts chapter 13, chapter 16, and chapter 19 are always there. They are exactly God’s Word. You must know this to become a summit.
So what is written on the board today is what you must absolutely teach your children. Schools cannot teach this, so the church must. It is not that schools lack ability or are bad; they simply cannot teach this. If the church does not teach this, our remnants can never learn it. That is how important this is.
- Discovery
And now, you begin discovering what is important.
1)Me
You discover something completely different from before. What is it? You discover the “me” that God created. Before, you simply tried to find yourself. That is the same as unbelievers. When you simply try to find yourself, nothing is more wrong. Why do people commit suicide? Because they have found themselves. They found themselves and realized there is no hope. So they commit suicide. But when you find the “me” God created, the opposite happens. That is why the word “remnant” is an interesting word. In English, it has two meanings: the remaining one, and the discarded one. It is used both ways. Isn’t that interesting? You may look like someone who is thrown away, but you are the remaining one. So the discovery becomes completely different.
2)My Things
3)My Field
And before, you said, “This is mine,” but now you see “my things” that God has given and “my field” that God has given.
This (entire message) is the curriculum you must do this week, but you must hold it for your entire life. If you pray even a little and use your head even a little, you can apply this endlessly. And because remnants receive answers, they carry evidence and can do things even more greatly.
▣ Conclusion
So what conclusion comes out?
- Multiethnic (Room)
What you must especially not lose hold of is multiethnic ministry. Doing multiethnic ministry in a vague way, no matter how much you do, is useless. When you build the sanctuary later, there must be a place where a multiethnic person can leave their bag, and leave their shoes. That must be “their house.” It is completely different from carrying your luggage around and sleeping in a hotel versus sleeping at home. And right now, this (multiethnic) part is not happening. For example, if you go to the United States, churches say they are doing world evangelization, but when you look at Korean churches in America, there are no Americans. No multiethnic people at all. If they were doing things normally, then 90 percent of the elders would be multiethnic. Isn’t that correct? Numerically it is so. If it were not America but Korea, that would be fine—but it is America. Why is that? Multiethnic people have no place where they can come and enjoy. In English, that is “room.” Room means a room, but it also means “space” or “margin.” It means the space where I stay. And that (room) does not exist. You must remember this. This is not simply about having a building. When foreigners go to a gathering, there are American husbands married to Korean women. They follow their wives to church. But the way they sit and act looks so awkward. Because they are just following their wives. How long will they endure that? But if among the elders or session members, there is an American, then they join quickly. And among the pastors as well, there must be such people.
Open your eyes a little in Ulsan, and if you build a system to save Ulsan, it will come alive.
TCK
Among the multiethnic, especially TCK. You must pay attention here. This is also the answer. As you know, TCK means a child in a third-culture environment. For example, what does that mean? Joseph and all seven remnants were like that. They were Hebrews, but where were they living? In Egypt. That is what it means. So in some ways, it does not match Egypt and is difficult. That is the key. You must remember this.
- Healing (Enjoyment)
Next, people must come comfortably and receive healing. You must be able to receive this strength. Open the three-day weekend age, and the healing part is something anyone can really do. If healing were one word, then for multiethnic ministry, the word “room” is very important. For healing, you must allow the person to come and enjoy on their own. Does someone get healed instantly because someone comes to them? Of course not. When someone with cancer comes, I give them an answer. Someone had cancer and did certain things, but then treatment must follow. It was too difficult, so they did not want to do it. But the family wanted them to do it because they were worried. So the family came to me and asked. “Let’s do as the pastor says,” they said. So I gave them one month. “Pray like this, breathe like this. Then go to the hospital and get checked. If it has improved, then maybe you don’t need to do the treatment. But if it has not improved, then you must accept what the doctors say.” And that person understood. So they began praying. They began healing themselves. Tremendous effects followed. That is what it means. When the sick come, they must gain strength, receive the Word, and gain the strength of prayer. That is the key. - RT (Summit)
And now, as I said before—it is repetitive but true—the remnants must be able to find themselves, but the most important thing is that remnants must be made into summits. People all over the nation and world are listening to this message. This (entire message) part is extremely important. Prepare in Ulsan. Then, when God sees it, it will become the greatest church. Isn’t that so? It must be the greatest in God’s sight. If it is great in human sight, it can collapse at any time. Isn’t that true? The invisible Creator God, the God who rules all things and life—when He sees Immanuel Ulsan Church as the greatest church, that is what matters.
Today was important, so the time went a bit long. Hold onto this covenant and continue deep prayer. I will pray.
Prayer. We thank You, God. We thank You for establishing this church to save the region. Now, may we save this region with God’s method that surpasses human methods and human abilities. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.