2024.10.06 District Message
Scripture Reading: 2 Timothy 3:14-15
We cannot pray doing nothing for twenty-four hours.
[ 3 concentrations ]
However, if prayer takes place for me when I wake up in the morning, I can recover almost everything. And if at night I can obtain answers through the Word, there is nothing more important than that—because there is day in between. We call this the three concentrations. You must surely do this.
[ 3 settings ]
If our Remnants simply pray a bit in the morning and a bit at night, something tremendous is formed. This (the three settings) is formed.
[ 3 answers ]
From then on, important things are seen in advance. That is the three answers.
[ 3 concentrations ][ 24 ]
This is what we call 24. How could we do just one thing the same way for twenty-four hours? We cannot. Even when you pray a little, it is so. Personally, to you and to our elders, I want to say this: in the morning, truly gain strength and recover all. And at night, obtain the answer of the Word and then sleep. Then the daytime comes alive. That is 24.
[ 3 settings ][ 25 ]
When this happens, something is built. Simply put, God’s bartizan, journey—these are formed. That is the three settings. We call this 25. With our own strength we cannot save people, so we need this strength.
[ 3 answers ][ eternity ]
More importantly, as you keep finding answers in problems, conflicts, and crises, you begin to see what is eternal. In the end, we are living inside this. Now, why do we do this?
[ accurate covenant ]
There are many reasons, but as we continue this, the accurate covenant becomes clear to us. This is important. No matter how excellent you are, if you hold a wrong covenant, it is useless. Hold the accurate covenant. (2 Timothy 3:14–15) Then, as Paul said to Timothy, assurance comes to us. With the accurate covenant and assurance, we can believe.
[ answers ]
When you do this, tremendous things happen. People do not really know what true answers are.
[ 7·7·7 ]
When you pray this way—when you worship today, and when you hold the military-missions assembly—this (7·7·7) is formed. It begins to be formed. This is the answer. What is produced outwardly is a result. This first comes upon me.
[ the throne – kingdom, work – darkness broken ]
Here, what Jesus emphasized most is the throne. When it comes, God’s kingdom. And the work of God’s kingdom. At such a time, because the kingdom has come, darkness is broken.
[ the army of heaven ]
At that time, something you never even thought of—people hardly think of it—appears very often in Scripture: the armies of God’s kingdom. Heavenly hosts and angels are mentioned often. Because we look only at what is visible to the eye, these look valueless. Even pastors do not believe this, so how can the congregation believe? But Jesus spoke of this and left—it is accurate to say He spoke of this from the beginning. “Why do you pray asking for such needless things?” Jesus said that, didn’t He? “Doesn’t God know what you need? Therefore pray for the kingdom of God.” This is it. Everything is contained here. Because this is invisible, no one can steal it. There are no competitors here—why? Because they do not come. There are scarcely any pastors praying over this. They just keep asking for things. What are you asking for? This (7·7·7; throne–kingdom, work–darkness broken; the army of heaven) must first be formed in me; then spiritual strength arises and many works begin to happen. When a person who has this answer continues this (three concentrations – 24, three settings – 25, three answers – eternity), the darkness within the military begins to collapse. And—though I began in a 12-pyeong room, and in Seoul we began in the Seocho preaching point, a basement—now the five thousand tribes have begun to gather. That is the result. This is what matters.
▣ Introduction
- Jews – three years
So there is something we should reference a little: the Jews continued to believe what was wrong. It is very lamentable. Therefore during three years Jesus spoke only what would overturn everything. Take this to heart. The Jews did not receive answers, disaster came, and they did not know why it came. They still do not know. As you know, in Washington there is a place where their sufferings are collected and displayed. Looking at that, Jews make resolutions. That’s fine as far as it goes, but they do not know the reason. Even now Jews do not know why. When we tried to give them the gospel, they said, “We are the chosen people; you are Gentiles.” Will there not be war? God promised to send the Christ, but they taught that the Messiah would save Israel and crush other nations. That is wrong. They taught, “You must keep all the Law to be saved.” So when the gospel was given to the Jews, they did something else—and disaster came. Never hold to what is wrong. - Mark’s upper room – limitation
The church that began in Mark’s upper room did not evangelize Rome. Right? One must go to Rome—this is the last message of our military-missions conference today—one must go to Rome, where the 237 nations and 5,000 tribes are. They did not go. They were not “wrong,” but they revealed a limitation. What limitation? They did not understand this (7·7·7; throne–kingdom, work–darkness broken; the army of heaven). - Rome – warfare
So the ones who appeared were Paul’s team. Paul’s team accomplished world evangelization. The disciples they taught arose and conquered Rome. Unbelievable, but true—they conquered Rome. Christianity changed rapidly. Why? Because the emperor—of every nation, the Roman emperor—had to go to worship on the Lord’s Day. Now this is no ordinary matter. Churches were established everywhere, and it became important which church the emperor would attend. Then the head of the whole church was the pope. Thus the king and the pope clashed. With power came such problems; many wars arose.
▣ Main – Acts 19:8
There was one who understood these words: Paul. “He explained the kingdom of God boldly.” When? After he had finished all his evangelism, at the time he had to enter Rome. Important, isn’t it? Then at Tyrannus he caused the work of God to arise. He showed it then—in Tyrannus. He explained about the kingdom of God—boldly, and for three months. He understood well. So you must understand the covenant accurately. Jesus said, “It is finished.” The world church still holds what He told us not to do and keeps doing it—so the church does not stand. Be diligent, yes—but do not be diligent about what Jesus told you not to do. When you grasp it this way, five assurances come.
「 Five assurances 」
- Assurance of salvation – [ Christ ]
First, assurance of salvation. I am a child of God who has been saved. This is not accounting; it is relationship. What we do to receive answers matters, but it is about relationship with God. We are spiritual beings—children of God. What is the evidence? Simply this: through anything else you cannot become a child of God. If this (Christ) is understood, you become a child of God. Nothing else suffices. I have even said it to Buddhist monks: the best “religion,” in human estimation, is Buddhism. But if you do not know this (Christ), you cannot be saved. If so, then the worst religion is Buddhism—because it says, “No need for anything else; I myself become Buddha.” That is a fearful statement: “I become Nephilim.” It is the same content as the first words of the devil: “You will be like God.” Magnificent words, humanly speaking.
If you remember nothing else, passages like 1 John 5:11–13 give the most answers. See the small-group guide. The basis of the assurance of salvation is Christ. - Assurance of guidance – [ the Triune God ]
Next is this: Christ leads us perfectly in a way unseen to the eye. You must believe this—entirely unseen—by the Spirit of the Triune God. Therefore you may have assurance. When I went out to evangelize, by temperament I was not good at going around looking for people, so I went out with sure answers. Paul did that. To the point that he even fasted in order to receive perfect leading by the Holy Spirit. So must we. - Assurance of answered prayer – [ the Name ]
More than that: assurance of answered prayer. Most people miss this and therefore have many anxieties. What is most important here? “Pray in My name.” In other words, you no longer need to slaughter calves. You no longer need to offer lambs. Those were prophetic pointers; you need not do that now. Do not catch a calf and so on—pray directly in My name. In John 17:11–12, the name of Jesus Christ is called God’s name. See it carefully. “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call His name Immanuel.” The name the forces of darkness fear most is the name of Jesus Christ.
Some even get irritated when the name is used—those not saved. Some who come to church do not like it when we keep speaking the gospel—those not saved. When you have a stomach disease or cancer, you dislike eating—eating is hard. Right? But a healthy person ate so much yesterday and is hungry again today—that is a living person. If you water a dead tree, it rots; if you water a living tree, it thrives. It is the same.
You must have assurance—whatever the case, when you pray, answers must come. Therefore I say, form this (7·7·7; throne–kingdom, work–darkness broken; the army of heaven). It has not been formed. We keep doing only what is visible. What is visible is the result. If you have been shocked and agonized for three months and fell ill—this is a result. I told you before: a friend returned from the Vietnam War and, because of what he experienced, he suffered epilepsy—that is a result; the shock had already entered his inner person. This (7·7·7; throne–kingdom, work–darkness broken; the army of heaven) must first come; this is the answer to prayer. Jesus spoke of this: “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” I pondered this long and found this prayer (7·7·7; throne–kingdom, work–darkness broken; the army of heaven). It is exactly what Jesus explained so simply in Scripture. We keep ignoring that and praying other prayers. Even in the car coming here I kept praying this. It is so good. - Assurance of forgiveness – [ disaster ]
Fourth, the assurance of forgiveness. No one can overcome disaster. Therefore Christ resolved on the cross all the disasters you should have borne. - Assurance of victory – [ reason ]
Assurance of victory—1 Corinthians 10:13. God gives us trials we can bear and makes us overcome them. “Gives trials we can bear” means this: every trial that happens to you has a reason. God has a reason to give you answers and victory. So what do these words mean? If a rather big trial is coming this time, it means you are a rather big vessel. Be prepared. “A great difficulty has come to me”—then see it as “I will receive a great answer.” That is accurate. Of course, having no trial at all is nice, but it is not necessarily the best. Why? On the day we leave this earth, there are no more trials—that’s the end. While we live, there are trials. God will surely give you victory—for a reason: because we must do world evangelization.
▣ Conclusion
- God’s standard
Most important, we each have our own thoughts. That seems normal, but we are easily struck down by them. If it is certain that God is with you like this, then we must change our standard. Right? When you do so, answers keep coming. If it is certain that—unseen to the eye—by the Spirit of the Triune God, with the power of the throne, God is with me, then this (God’s standard) is how it becomes. - God’s plan
Therefore, we go seeing this—God’s plan. We must discover God’s plan for our church in order to be a proper church. Look at our church: why is the closing of this important military-missions conference being held at our church? This is a tremendous blessing for our church. Soldiers all over the world are hearing the message now—then we must quickly discover, “What is God’s plan for our church?” In the early days, half of the associate pastors were paid by the church but worked outside as well. Why? Because we had to do world evangelization—discover it quickly. Discover God’s plan. - Flow (prayer, Word, testimony)
Finally, confirm this today: there are surely three flows—of answered prayer, of the Word, and of the testimony (rather than “evangelism,” the testimony you receive). See it this way.
Then the day of worship today is the time of Mount Calvary, the time of Mt Olive, the time of Mark’s upper room, the time of Antioch. Right? The time of worship today is the time of Asian missions in which Paul received perfect leading by the Holy Spirit. The time of worship today is the time when the difficult parts in my life become turning points—“Come over to Macedonia.” The time of worship and prayer today is “You must also see Rome.” I have just spoken of the important seven guideposts. That is the aim.
May the blessing of restoring the five powers overflow for you as you pray all day today, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let us pray.
Prayer. God, we thank You. We thank You that today we offer the Lord’s Day worship to God as a military-missions service. Let the most important disciple ministry for military missions arise. Let one person who receives answers become the beginning of saving one region. Let one person who has the covenant become the one through whom a nation is saved. We pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.