2026.02.22 District Message Week 8
「The State of Those Who Have Left God」
(Ge 3:8-24)
God prepared Lydia in the place where Paul was going. That is evangelism. Also, it wasn’t planned, but when he went to Corinth, God attached a wealthy household to him. They helped Paul for his entire life. That is evangelism. What you must absolutely know today is: God attaches people, but to whom does He attach them? We do not know the path to the future, but if God does not allow the meeting, we cannot meet.
Then, when and through whom is darkness broken? The answer is simple. Joseph suffered that great difficulty, yet he confessed, “Jehovah was with me.” It is recorded that God blessed him in all his affairs. David said this: when he was a shepherd, “Jehovah is my shepherd.” When he became king, “Jehovah is my king.” Every time Paul used a term, he said, “In Christ.” What is this? You will know. To what extent are you happy with the Gospel? “I am so glad and happy that I have the Gospel. It is such a strength.” In my case, it’s not just that; I don’t need anything else. Other things are wrong. The Gospel is precious to this extent. Then it is over. Satan knows this well. Satan fears only one thing. He fears the word Christ. This darkness hates only one thing. It hates the Light. Because Jesus came as the Light, this darkness is terrified of the Light. It flees. If so, there is actually no need to worry about the future.
Why are we happy because of the Gospel?
「The Appearance of One Who Has Departed from God」
If you know this, you see it immediately. The appearance of one who has departed from God. If you see this, you can know easily.
▣ Introduction
If you read through the introduction, important words come out. Even for heroes, kings, and wise men, there is no example of success among those who have departed from God.
1. War
What did they do? They fought wars. Even if they are successful people, because they are not God’s people, they cannot go to God’s bosom.
2. Original Home
Their original home is different. Right? It has nothing to do with being distinguished. If I do not receive salvation, my original home is different. The place to go is hell. Therefore, whether they succeed or not, they live like hell before they go. Always fighting, always like this. I mean, no matter how distinguished—how distinguished are politicians? Yet they are always just fighting.
3. 16,000
Thus, in human history, wars have occurred about 16,000 times.
World Wars 1 & 2: There were times when they all rose up and fought at once. Twice. So we call them World War I and II. They rise up at once and just fight. It cannot be helped.
4. True Rest
And no matter how much they succeed, the more they do, the more anxious they become. There is no true rest. People who were presidents are anxious and sitting in prison; they don’t know what will happen next. We don’t know what will happen to the next president. There is no rest. That is why we preach the Gospel. Right? That is why the Gospel is important. The more I think about it, the Gospel is everything. Other things are the anti-Christ. I want to speak to that extent. You don’t know the Gospel that much.
5. Vain Effort
So, no matter how much they efforted to find happiness, it all became vain effort. They make something and serve it. That is all vain effort. They even do shamanistic rituals, but the more they do, the more problems come. Jesus explained in the Bible that if you do it once, seven demons enter after that.
▣ Main
Why are we happy through the Gospel? Why must we preach the Gospel? People who have departed from God have no choice but to be in this (Introduction) state. Therefore, the more we think, the more thankful we are. Thus, answers come when we recover gratitude. Right? Think about it. If you are raising a child and that child has zero gratitude toward the parents and is grinding their teeth toward the parents—will that child succeed? Parents made a slight mistake, and the child is grinding their teeth over the parents’ fault. How can that person become a human being? Even among children who study well, they are very thankful toward their school teachers. Some fellows even hit the teacher. Then the parents go and report the teacher; those parents are truly bizarre parents. What are they trying to make of their child? No matter the circumstances, is it okay for a student to hit a teacher? You shouldn’t say they are doing well when you see that. Therefore, if gratitude is gone, you miss everything. Even the blessings I have received—if I don’t know gratitude, I end up missing them. In fact, to say you don’t know gratitude means you are filled with other things. It is a common problem. We call that a Bartizan. If the bartizan is made of other things, how can you go on the journey? You can’t.
1. Guilt
Thus, they must always live within a sense of guilt. Genesis 3:8 says, “they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.” Can you hide from the face of Jehovah? Genesis 3:10 says, “I was afraid because I was naked.” Genesis 3:11 says they felt shame and embarrassment. Always guilt. Realizing what we did wrong and repenting is different from a sense of guilt. Right? They always fall into a sense of guilt. Looking at people who lived a religious life in the past, some grandmothers who don’t know the Gospel are always crying and wailing. When asked to sing a special song at a picnic, they sing, “Heavenly Father, I have no one to lean on…” Why would the Heavenly Father have no one to lean on? They live this way. Always scared and living within guilt—that is how they live. In fact, non-believers have no choice but to live this way (Introduction). Why? Because they have departed from God. My spirit is not at peace.
2. Unknown Cause (X)
What else? They don’t know the cause. Why these problems come, why I am anxious—they don’t know the cause. “Adam,” God asked where he was. Does God ask because He doesn’t know where Adam is? He is asking where you are right now, but does He ask because He doesn’t know? He [Adam] is being tempted by Satan and doesn’t know how terrifying it is to completely [break] God’s covenant. For people not to believe God’s Word and instead listen to those possessed by demons or Satan and do fortune-telling—this is extremely terrifying. They don’t know that it is terrifying. Then they make excuses. “Because of Eve.” And Eve says, “Because of the snake, I did that.” They make excuses. God told them not to eat. It was the covenant. He told them not to eat as the covenant of God being with them, but they listened to Satan and ate.
3. Curse
So, curses continue to arrive. God cursed the snake, He said there would be pain for Eve, and He cursed the ground. From this time, this (Curse) continued to seek them out.
Resolution
There is no method by which man can resolve this. If it were something that worked by taking an exam, you could just study, but it isn’t that. If it worked by becoming an athlete and winning a gold medal, you could just do that, but it doesn’t work. It cannot work. Why? Because they have departed from God.
「Genesis 3:15」
So God immediately gave the solution. “The offspring of the woman will crush the snake’s head.” That is the answer. Christ will break the authority of Satan. Thus, God opened the way to live. However, the people who cannot understand this are the Jews. “Why? You have to act correctly; is it enough just to believe?” This isn’t about action; you must believe. Because there is no solution, if there were a solution, He would say “effort,” but this isn’t something that can be done through effort. If the Gospel we preach could be done through effort, we wouldn’t specifically need to go. Right? It is such a terrifying word. “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” There are many people possessed by Satan. A certain theologian changed the words “The virgin will conceive” to “A woman will conceive and give birth to a son.” There are many. The true heresies are elsewhere. They take out the blood sacrifice, they take out the blood. They took it out. It’s in the original text. They took it out. They must be scared. When the word Christ comes out, the Jews tremble. People possessed by Satan tremble. When you go into those with mental illnesses or patients and evangelize, they listen to everything, but they cannot follow when it comes to the prayer of acceptance and the name of Jesus Christ. They can’t follow. People whose spiritual problems have come to the point where they cannot be healed cannot follow.
Grace – 24, 25, 00
Therefore, God gave our salvation as grace. What is grace? It doesn’t mean “free.” Grace means we received what we could not receive. What you could receive, you can receive. That is “free.” I could have bought it with money, but I got it without giving money. That is free. Right? But this can neither be obtained nor bought. Therefore, Ephesians 2:8 says, “by grace.” It isn’t faith. “By grace.” The means is “through faith” you have been saved. It is a story like a miracle. Therefore, when it comes to this grace, even right now, God is doing this (24, 25, 00). Are those with the Gospel in the midst of suffering? That will become a time of blessing. Are those with the Gospel in the midst of illness? That will become the time of the greatest grace. Right? It is certain. He gives the answer called 24, 25, and Eternity. It isn’t only that.
Fullness of the Holy Spirit – 300%
He promised the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Giving only grace is enough, but even the fullness of the Holy Spirit. I call this 300%. The past, today, the future, my specialization, field-actuality, the system—God gives all of it. This is the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
3 Concentrations
Now, this is also so easy—isn’t it just opening your eyes and sleeping? Just that. The power of 3 concentrations, the happiness of 3 concentrations—this is very good.
3 Settings
Then, even if you just stay still, a Platform is created. There are many young people here; if you truly want to believe in God, do this (Scripture) instead of worrying about the future. It emerges. That is the real thing. You keep thinking only about what you must do, like non-believers, people who haven’t received salvation. It is a different story. I’m not saying don’t do things. I’m saying do it with what God has given. Right? You must do what God tells you to do.
3 Answers
Because God gives the blessing to save the world, you must do it that way to receive the blessing to save the world. You must do it this way (3 Answers). Then, before you go, the answer arrives first. Joseph went after receiving the answer. Right? When David was being chased, he was chased after receiving the answer. The blessing called World Evangelization has already come to you. There is no reason.
Therefore, how great is this blessing of the Gospel being evidenced? You did one thing, but it doesn’t just end there. The first missionary who came to preach the Gospel to our country was Missionary Thomas. He was a British missionary. Because it was a dark time for us then, they saw him as a strange spy, arrested him, and killed him. He was executed. Thus, the Bible he brought in his hand was taken, but it was delivered. However, God changed our Republic of Korea into the nation that does missions the best in the world. The evangelism of one person—you—is not just evangelism. It is saving that lineage and nation. You must know this to be happy with the Gospel. The more I think about it, I need nothing more.
▣ Main Body_ 7·7·7
I received the Gospel, and He gave this (7·7·7) blessing. Christ, who completed the Gospel, explained the Bartizan, Journey, and Guidepost before He left. As I continued that prayer, it came out this way (7·7·7). It can come out differently for each of you. Because the answer is different for each person. For me, it came out this way. You just need to continue this prayer.
Do not worry about anything today, and receive God’s great grace so that the Word is imprinted. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that today becomes a day when an Absolute Bartizan is created. I will pray.
Prayer. We thank God. Let today be a day of receiving grace. Let it be a day of gaining the strength that God gives. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.