2024.05.28 – 237 Tuesday Disciple Training Lecture 3 – Field Gospel Message Lessons 74
Scripture Reading: Matthew 10:40-42
♠Introduction
Before our next meeting, I’ll probably introduce the textbook to you through a broadcast. There was a lecture series we once started at Sooyoungro Church, bringing pastors together — I plan to use that as a reference for some parts.
Today, we complete this entire volume of the Field Gospel Message. Therefore, there are three things you must always remember:
① Start (Bartizan)
Whenever you start anything, you must accurately understand God’s Word and His plan — this becomes your bartizan. But there’s a critical question here: whose bartizan are you standing under? Is it Satan’s, or is it God’s?
Right now, nearly the entire global church is trapped in spiritual idol worship. That’s why the first lesson today is this: if you understand this core point, you’ll begin receiving countless answers automatically.
I’m almost embarrassed to share testimonies because they’re so abundant. If someone asks me to share, I hesitate — it’s not because I did anything, but because I can’t handle the magnitude of what God has given me. This isn’t my doing; it’s God’s work.
And you, pastors and elders, are the main agents meant to enjoy and testify to this blessing.
② Plan (Challenge)
Today’s second point: God’s plan is absolute. Because His plan is certain, we must challenge based on it. Don’t miss this.
Moses didn’t stubbornly drag the Israelites out of Egypt on his own initiative — he moved according to God’s absolute plan. Paul didn’t go to Rome because of personal courage or ambition; he went because God’s eternal plan demanded it.
This plan must be discovered in every setting — whether in small matters, big matters, your pulpit, or your daily work.
③ Finish (Resolution)
The third point: how do you finish? With resolution.
Your life must be built this way:
- Establish your bartizan correctly from the start
- Challenge toward God’s absolute plan
- Make a firm resolution to conclude your life in God’s will
In a sense, this is the same principle in life, sermons, and evangelism:
- Introduction → Main Point → Conclusion
- Start → Process → Finish
The same applies to evangelism. When you enter a field, you first tear down the wrong bartizans and establish God’s. The same principle applies to your work and every area of life: build the foundation correctly, challenge God’s plan, and finish entirely in Him.
Introduction — Resolving to Finish in God’s Way
So what does it mean to finish in God’s way?
1) Resolve for Yourself and Your Work
You must decide concerning yourself and your work — the calling God has entrusted to you. Though each person’s situation differs, there is one common key:
(1) “Natural,” (2) “Inevitable,” (3) “Absolute.”
This is the essential answer you must find.
If you’re thinking, “Why is my business struggling? What do I do?” — you’ll never find the answer that way. You must instead discover the “natural” reasons: “Why am I here? Why this situation?” That’s inevitability.
Then comes absoluteness: What absolute blessing is hidden here?
The 7 remnants discovered these truths:
- “Why did Israel become slaves in Egypt?” Naturally, they lacked power and the gospel.
- “Why was it me, in this time, in this place?” Inevitably, God chose you.
- “What is left for me?” The absolute covenant.
Those who fail to see this complain and blame others — that’s foolishness. Problems arise because they were bound to come. Ask instead:
- “Why now?” — That’s inevitable.
- “Where is God leading me from here?” — That’s absolute.
2) Resolve for God’s Plan
From this point on, decide to live according to what God has prepared. When you do, His provisions become visible.
(1) Slavery / Captivity / Colonization / Scattering
Why did God allow slavery, captivity, and exile? To restore the gospel they had lost.
(2) Culture / Level / Capability
Why did God send His people into strong nations? To see and surpass their advanced cultures and standards.
(3) 237 Nations & 5,000 Tribes (0.1%)
Even now, God sends you to strategic fields because of the 237 nations and 5,000 tribes. That’s why He raises the 0.1% to influence the world.
(4) 7/7/7 → 24 / 25 / Eternity
This leads us to the essential key: the 7 bartizans, 7 journeys, and 7 guideposts — but to truly enjoy them, you must enter 24 / 25 / eternity. This isn’t burdensome — it’s the joy of enjoying what God has already given.
(5) Calling (Mission)
Finally, God has given you a specific mission:
- ① Your work
- ② Your church
- ③ World missions
This blessing is natural, inevitable, and absolute. You must discover it.
3) Resolve for the Future
Your last resolution concerns the future: this is about the next generation.
(1) Three Courtyards (Work)
The three courtyards must never be lost:
- Courtyard of the gospel
- Courtyard of healing
- Courtyard of the next generation
Especially you elders, deacons, and church leaders — build your life’s direction on this foundation. Don’t realize too late. Begin now and prepare the future.
(2) The Three-Day Weekend Age
Even your work and ministry must adapt to the coming three-day weekend age (Friday, Saturday, Sunday).
(3) 237 Nations / 5,000 Tribes
God is preparing the evangelization of all peoples through:
- Remnants
- TCKs (Third Culture Kids)
- NCKs / CCKs — globally scattered covenant people
When you align your prayer with these resolutions, answers come naturally. Keep these in your prayer consistently, and not only will your health recover, but God will give you the five powers — spiritual, intellectual, physical, financial, and manpower strength — and authority over the forces of darkness. Through this, unprecedented works will arise in your church and field.
♠Main Point
Now we come to the main point: if I cannot do this by myself, yet God has already prepared everything, what is the conclusion?
The answer is found in Matthew 10:40-42: the blessing of the gospel-bearer.
“Even a cup of cold water given in the name of a disciple will not lose its reward.”
If you receive a disciple in the name of a disciple, you receive a disciple’s reward. If you assist a prophet, you share in the prophet’s reward. When you receive those sent by Christ, it is as if you receive Christ Himself.
1. Privileges Given to the Evangelist (Matthew 10:1)
Among many privileges, focus on these from Matthew 10:
- Authority to drive out impure spirits
- Authority to heal every disease
- Authority to restore what is weak
(Reference: Mark 16:15-20)
Whenever you encounter those who are sick or oppressed, proclaim the gospel clearly, and help them pray with this authority.
2. Qualifications of the Evangelist (Matthew 10:3-4)
Verses 3-4 list the qualifications of God’s chosen evangelists:
- Chosen ones
- Weak ones
- Poor in spirit
- Faithful ones
(Reference: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31)
God deliberately chooses the weak so that His power alone is revealed. Our qualification isn’t based on human strength — we are qualified because God has already given us His gospel and entrusted us to proclaim it.
3. Method of Proclaiming the Gospel (Matthew 10:5-15)
- Seek the lost (vv. 5-6)
- Proclaim the kingdom of heaven (v.7)
- Set the oppressed free (v.8)
- Do not worry about daily provision (v.9)
- Bless the households you enter (vv. 12-15)
The core method: declare the kingdom of God wherever you go.
4. Warnings About Persecution (Matthew 10:16-33)
Jesus prepared His disciples in advance:
(1) Conduct wisely (v.16) — Be gentle as doves, yet wise as serpents.
(2) Expect persecution (vv. 17-23) — Even families, workplaces, and friends will misunderstand and oppose you at first. But your testimony will eventually lead many to faith.
(3) Do not worry about what to say (vv. 19-29) — God will give you the words.
(4) Do not fear — Not death, not hardship, not rejection. God even numbers the hairs on your head and values you far more than sparrows.
5. The Blessings of the Gospel-Bearer (Matthew 10:34-42)
- New things after proclaiming the gospel (vv. 34-36)
- Whoever loses their life for the gospel will find it (vv. 37-39)
- Oneness with Christ (v.40) — To receive the gospel-bearer is to receive Christ Himself.
- Unfailing reward (vv. 41-42) — Even a cup of cold water given in His name will not go unrewarded.
♠Conclusion
Therefore, understand this clearly: you are an evangelist. You are not just “someone.” Especially you church leaders — you are God’s chosen instruments.
- Your Work — Save people through your work and industry.
- Your Church — Save those who have failed within the church. Those you help in their darkest hour will never forget you.
- Your Field — Raise key disciples and leaders in your workplace and mission field.
These three together — saving people, failures, and leaders — lead directly to world evangelization. This is exactly what Paul and his team did.
Prayer. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the power of the Holy Spirit rest upon every evangelist called to save the future generations — from now until eternity.
Amen.