2023.08.13 District Message
Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 6:8-23
A student who is soon going to the United States to study abroad just came to say hello.
You must go, having already taken hold of the covenant that can conquer the United States.
For the adults, that part hasn’t gone very well.
Our remnants must certainly discover that part.
At the Remnant Conference this time, which we held with the president of Vanuatu, the prayer topic I held onto was, “Ah, next year we must invite remnants from 14 nations.” That’s the prayer topic I took.
So the content you must always pray for is this: we must first hold onto the covenant.
Only then, just working hard unconditionally? That’s not it.
You were probably taught like this: you must work hard no matter what.
But the Bible does not say it like that.
From the time of Abraham, the Bible says something very important: “Go to the land I will show you.”
No competition and the Answer of 25
My greatest hidden concern is this.
When I look at many people, they try to work in the same style as unbelievers.
Ah… if you do that, you will lose.
True remnants—true people of faith—were in a state of no competition. Right?
That means they received the 25 answer.
24 is our time, but 25 is not our time.
In other words, this (25) is God’s time.
They secured that in advance.
▣ Introduction
So you must definitely remember this.
Covenant (C)
You must first hold onto the covenant—the accurate covenant. Right?
When you first hold onto the accurate covenant, it becomes the Covenant.
Disaster (V)
Then you must definitely see what the disaster actually is.
“I’m going to the United States.”? Do you know what the current disaster of America is?
A massive culture that completely makes people ignorant of Christ has taken hold of America.
People easily fall into strange cultures.
You must see this first in order to see what Vision is.
24·25·Eternity (D)
Then, what covenant should you have? From this point, you begin to see 24·25·Eternity.
When you can see this, that is what we call the Dream.
It’s not merely seeing the future—you have seen what is eternal, right?
If so, this is the true Dream.
Ruler of the Kingdom of the Air (I)
Now, there is a remaining battle, right? It is with the ruler of the kingdom of the air.
Your real battle is this (the ruler of the air).
It is not (about) this (Covenant (C), Disaster (V), 24·25·Eternity (D)).
So it’s not on the level of “How should I study when I go? How should I get a job? How should I do business?”
Because you can overcome by the Creator Spirit of God, this is called the Image.
Throne (P)
Now, as we already know, we enjoy the power of the throne.
A life that turns this into a masterpiece must come forth. Practice.
This is CVDIP. Adults must definitely remember this.
If you cannot remember this, the rest of your life will continually be difficult.
From what I see—though I am not a businessman—when I look at people doing business, they are holding onto many things that are very risky and won’t work.
One day, it will collapse.
Then they say, “Ah, is it because I didn’t pray?” That’s not it.
It is because they were holding conditions that could not help but collapse.
Remnants must remember this, and adults must remember it as well.
[Survival Competition]
So now, without even realizing it, we have learned what the world teaches—things like survival competition.
Even when you study history, it continually teaches such things.
The book The Art of War is a book about how to defeat others, right?
So you must kill and win. Because it’s taught like that all over the world, people do that.
But that is not for us believers.
We are not about this (survival competition). We have no competition.
And people also teach others like that—teaching them to keep fighting.
And when you go to the field, it’s the same; in reality, that’s how it is.
You must definitely remember this and teach it to the remnants.
▣ Main Message
1. Victory without fighting (Status)
God’s children have the blessing of winning without fighting.
This is truly the status of those who have received answers.
How can we say this?
1) The Triune God
Though unseen, the work of the Triune God is with us. Without a doubt.
2) The Throne (Status)
Therefore, according to our status, many blessings of the throne begin to arise.
This is status.
3) Authority
And when you have this status, there is no need to fight; authority follows.
According to your status, authority follows.
This part does not exist in the world and is not taught at school at all, so people, believers, don’t think it is important.
If you don’t consider this most important, you who are listening now will end up following unbelievers.
Then, inevitably, you have to do this (survival competition).
In the end, this (survival competition) seems to become the correct saying.
It’s wrong, yet this (survival competition) becomes accepted as right.
“Ah, so that’s it. I must survive within this survival competition.”
It sounds right. It has become like a truth. Absolutely not.
2. RT 7 (Loneliness)
Second: What kind of position were the seven remnants who received the answer of no competition in?
We can refer to this a bit.
In a way, the characteristic—the seven remnants had this characteristic of (loneliness) to a great extent.
Their characteristic was that they were in loneliness, with no one to help them, like that.
This is important.
Are you in a situation where there is no one to help you, and you have no strength?
Then the true answers came at such times.
1) Crisis – Independence
So it seems as if they encountered a crisis.
But these parts were the secret of being revived completely with God.
This became the way to discover spiritual reality.
Upon realizing it, God’s true answer was on the other side.
Then such blessings came forth, becoming opportunities to save everyone.
Look—Joseph seemed to be going to prison, but later he saved Egypt, saved the king, saved them all.
Therefore, remnants must pay the closest attention to this.
2) God’s Method
To make you know God’s method.
Driving you into crisis or making it look lonely is so that God may give you the answer to survive even when alone.
3) 24·25·Eternity
From this point, this begins to come out. Many think, “Ah, I’m ruined now,” right?
It won’t be so.
At this time, the answer of 24·25·eternity comes out.
I’m trying to preach briefly in the first service, and you probably learned in the world: “Do not be discouraged, do not give up.”
But the Bible does not say it like that.
There is nothing to be discouraged about and nothing to give up; what is unnecessary should be given up. Right?
Joseph went to prison—there was no need to cry out, “Please save me!”
There was no one to save him.
There was an enormous plan in it.
Many times you think, “Ah, why does failure come to me like this? I need to get out of failure.”
How difficult that is.
So people dislike it because it’s hard.
But if you truly know this and begin to enjoy this secret of prayer—if you possess this—you can win.
Not only to win, but there is something truly separate.
Always remember: it’s not that you are suffering; the real thing is separate.
Remnants in America and abroad, and those going abroad, must remember this.
It may look like you are facing difficulties, but the true answer is inside them.
That’s why a crisis is important.
3. The Power of the Throne
From this time on, you truly enjoy the power of the throne, with the Triune God being with you.
Let me give a few examples.
1) 2 Kings 6:16
This is 2 Kings 6:16. It is a power that ordinary people do not know.
Around Elisha, God had deployed the army of heaven.
2) 2 Kings 19:35
In 2 Kings 19:35, on the very night King Hezekiah was praying, God sent an angel from heaven and did something tremendous.
One hundred eighty-five thousand Assyrian soldiers died.
In their records, Assyria expressed it as, “They died because a plague spread.”
In any case, they all died.
That night, Hezekiah was praying.
Completely toward God—Scripture says he even turned his face to the wall.
But the Bible records it: “That night.”
“God sent the angel of the LORD and struck down all 185,000 of the Assyrian soldiers.”
The invading commander didn’t die; the rest all died.
Why didn’t the commander die? When he returned and reported to his country, he was stabbed to death.
The reason is simple: so that this (2 Kings 19:35) would be seen. He wasn’t killed, so he could go and report it.
Now, even those who believe in Jesus don’t believe in this kind of power.
So your prayers end up being pointless—since you don’t believe.
Then you spend your whole life doing errands for unbelievers and die—what an unjust thing.
If you just hold onto this covenant, it doesn’t matter if you’re attacked from all sides.
Even if 7 billion people in the world attack a remnant, it doesn’t matter.
3) Daniel 6:22
It’s the same story—Daniel 6:22.
Daniel said, “Last night, the angel of the LORD shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me.”
The lions could not bite Daniel. He was saved like that.
▣ Conclusion: Spiritual Strength
You must first have spiritual strength.
No matter what anyone says, go forward now with faith and prayer.
If you are under shock for 24 hours over three days—you’ll die. Right?
So if the spiritual aspect dies, the body also dies.
If you are extremely joyful for 24 hours over three days, your body’s sickness will also be healed.
Therefore, gain spiritual strength first. It will surely come.
I am most thankful for our elders, our elders of the church, and deaconesses; I respect you greatly.
Why? In Busan, the city was revived because those elders prayed.
Once, I was passing by the church and saw the lights on, so I went down.
These elderly people had gathered and were praying.
At that time, I thought a lot: who would come and pray like this at church, when we were starting so small?
But God raised it up as a church that does world evangelization.
So our elders and deaconesses, especially, must gain great spiritual strength on Sundays.
I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that today would be the day the greatest grace and strength overflow to you.
Prayer. We thank You, God. Let today be a spiritual day when the gates of heaven are opened. Today, send the heavenly army of God so that all unbelief and everything that blocks the Gospel may collapse. Let this be the day we gain new strength. As we pray together with today’s Word, let this be a time of power in which even unknown illnesses are healed. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.