2026.04.05 Sunday 1st Service
Easter Sunday
「The One Who Possesses the Completeness of Christ Does World Evangelization」
(Ac 17:1-9)
▣ Introduction
Thank you. These days, you have to be a bit careful even when walking on the street. Especially, it is even more so when you go to developed nations. Even while driving, situations arise where people pick fights, right? It is better not to get involved. Especially in places like America, you must be even more careful. There are too many murderers. But those murderers mostly do drugs. Also, why do they do drugs? Mostly, people with mental illnesses do drugs a lot. On top of their mind not being in a good state, they do drugs, so accidents are bound to happen. Just because someone looked at them, they just kill them. So, for example, a certain person from Korea—their whole family suffered such a mishap. The world is increasingly becoming such a terrifying place.
1. The Cause and Answer Revealed Only in the Bible – You are the greatest sinner if you do not preach the Gospel.
However, that cause is revealed only in the Bible. Therefore, if you do not preach the Gospel, you become the greatest sinner. It is not in other books now. As for why such problems have come, I am sorry, but other religions have not revealed it. It is revealed only in the Bible. If we do not help those people, the responsibility lies with the church. I don’t want to mention other places, but it’s not in other places.
1) The Cause
(1) Genesis 3, 6, 11 – The incident of leaving God after being tempted by Satan, being seized by Satan, the Tower of Babel: In the very beginning, in the Garden of Eden where they lived happily, they received this temptation from Satan. And they left God. That is the Garden of Eden incident. Then, they thought they would live well, but spiritual problems begin to come. Other people cannot understand this. They have been seized by this Satan. For unbelievers, when big problems come, they have no choice. They go to perform shamanic rituals (gut). Why? Because they are seized. That is what happened in the time of Noah. Because humans, again, do not know the cause, they tried to do something by joining forces. That became the Tower of Babel.
(2) Acts 13, 16, 19 – Shamanism, Fortune-telling, Idol Worship: Because things don’t work out, they seek out shamans. They didn’t know that either, but someone tells them. “Hey, if you seek out such-and-such shaman, they will tell you about yourself.” Because it’s like this, they go. Right when they are doing that, if something very difficult arises, someone comes and keeps telling them to perform a shamanic ritual (gut). So, they go to do a gut. Because they are frustrated, they seek out fortune-tellers without knowing if they are complete fakes. Even so, since it doesn’t work out, they make a big idol and bow there.
(3) The 6 States of the Unbeliever – Changed owner, spiritual problem, mental problem, physical problem, problem of the posterity: So, without even realizing it, my owner has changed. Even when only a meeting was wrong, curses enter. My owner has changed. We can do whatever we want [as believers], but [for them] if they don’t even keep the [lucky] dates, problems come. It’s not just “nothing.” So, they thought it would be fine if they just did religious life well, but when they tried, more problems come. It was fine up until spiritual problems came, but later, mental problems come, and problems come to the body as well. They suffered to death, but that problem goes to the children again.
2) God’s Promise – Christ
So, God made a promise. Because you won’t work out no matter what. It cannot be done by your strength. Therefore, I will send Christ. That is the promise of God. The Old Testament.
(1) The True King who destroys the work of the devil: Why? I will send Him to destroy the work of the devil. as the True King.
(2) The True Priest who blocks disasters: They cannot block disasters. I will send Him as the one who blocks those disasters.
(3) The True Prophet who opened the way to meet God: We cannot meet God. Therefore, God opened the way for you all to meet Him. That is Christ.
2. The Name – He fulfilled everything; pray in My name.
Along with that, He said something important. What did Jesus say at the end? While promising to send the Counselor Holy Spirit to you, there is a last promise. What did He say? It’s the story He told for the last time after resurrecting. It’s the last story told right before resurrecting. Until now, you offered sacrifices with cows and sheep, but from now on, pray in My name. It is simple. Having fulfilled everything, pray in My name. Therefore, today, believing in the resurrected Christ is also important, but you must know [Him]. Knowing and saving other people, and preaching—that is what you must do. You only need to remember one thing today. The Name. What did He say?
1) Isaiah 7:14 – His name is Immanuel: In Isaiah 7:14, it doesn’t say “A virgin will conceive and bear a son, Immanuel,” but “call his name Immanuel.” Why is that? Not cows or sheep, but now, that name.
2) John 17:11-12 – You gave me the Father’s name: In John 17:11-12, all of God’s things are mine, and all mine are God’s. You gave me the Father’s name. Pray in my name. This is an immense story.
3) Matthew 1:19-23 – That name Immanuel, which was fulfilled: It was fulfilled in 700 or 1,000 years. In Matthew 1:19-23, what does it say? It doesn’t say “A virgin will conceive and bear a son, Immanuel,” but “call his name Immanuel.”
4) Acts 3:6 – That name proclaimed for the first time: Peter proclaimed it for the first time. “What I have I give you: in the name of Nazareth Jesus Christ, rise and walk.” This is something great.
5) Acts 16:18 – In the name of Jesus Christ, the demon was driven out: He sought out the one possessed by a demon and [said], “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you, demon, come out.” It was driven out.
6) Philippians 3:21 – The name that brings all things under submission: In Philippians 3:21, Paul [says] it is the name that brings all things under submission. Pray in that name.
3. Three Types of Prayer – Experience
There are three types of prayer.
1) Prayer of status, prayer of authority, and intercessory prayer: There is the prayer you do having your status. Right? Because you are a child of God. Naturally, you pray to God. However, there is prayer you do having authority. “I command in the name of Jesus Christ.” There is also another one. Even though you haven’t gone at all, or haven’t come, there is intercessory prayer that works even if you just pray from behind.
2) Daily Easter – The blessed time schedule of meeting the resurrected Christ every day: Today, for you all, it must be the blessed time schedule of meeting the resurrected Christ. To say it again, for us, every day is Christmas. For us, every day is Easter. Like the Early Church, every day is the Three Feasts.
3) You must experience the name of the resurrected Christ: Among those, you must experience it once. We have new family members who have come. New family members truly believed in Jesus and became children of God. Try praying. Along with the prayer of status, the prayer of authority as well. “Let the forces of darkness that have tormented our family until now be bound in the name of Jesus Christ.” It is the prayer of authority. Jesus said, “Drive out demons in my name. You will place your hands on the sick and they will recover.” People do not believe this. Because they haven’t experienced it. Also, if they try it and they get better right away, they would say, “Ah, I believe,” but it’s not like that either. It is absolutely not so.
Therefore, today, for you all, this is the name of Christ, the resurrected Christ—you must take that experience and power with you.
(1) Christ from long ages past – Solving problems from long ages past: It has nothing to do with the problems of our family. That is words spoken in ignorance. Eternity, problems from long ages past approach you. That is why it is the Christ from long ages past. Right?
(2) The incarnate Christ – He came to save us: Right now as we are living, we can pray in the name of Christ. Because He came to save us, the incarnate Christ.
(3) The resurrected Christ – We can pray in that name: To say we pray in that name means the resurrected Christ.
(4) Christ the Second Coming Lord – No need to worry about future problems: No need to worry about future problems. Christ who will come as the Second Coming Lord.
(5) Christ the Lord of Judgment – We are eternal beings, no need to worry: We are eternal beings. No need to worry. Christ who will come as the Lord of Judgment. You must experience such evidence.
4) You must experience status prayer, authority prayer, and intercessory prayer: Therefore, in prayer, there is prayer offered before God having your status, but there is also authority prayer and intercessory prayer. You must experience this part.
In the past, next to my house was a shaman’s house. They set up a [shamanic] pole, but unfortunately, it wasn’t the top but the bottom one [nearby]. While coming back from morning prayer, I placed my hand on it and prayed. Do you know what kind of thing happened? When you all pray, those who see these evidences can accomplish many works.
I went to a shaman village to evangelize. This, again, is the work God did. It’s not that I went, but the church told me to specifically evangelize the shaman village. I truly didn’t know what to do. In that village, almost everyone is a shaman. And around there, people without houses come and live. You can understand the situation a bit, right? It has changed a lot now. If you go in from here to the inside, inside Beomcheon-dong, that is Anchang Village. Now buses even run there. At that time, it was completely unauthorized. Truly, I sat in front of some tiny shop and offered this prayer. “The forces of darkness that completely seize this region can only be resolved by the name of Jesus Christ. In that name, be bound.” Other people won’t know. Because they don’t believe. I believed that and truly prayed. Didn’t I tell you before? I met exactly one person whom God had completely prepared. That person saved every single part of that region. Because of that person, I [realized], “Ah, these people live like this.” I confirmed it. For me, that was a big experience. Even if you don’t like hearing it, those who have come after being shamans—do not be ashamed and no need to mind it. You all must become confident mission workers (samyeongja). The church must know and make it so those people can perform ministry. I hope the time schedule for enjoying the blessing of meeting the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ begins today.
(1) Church Officers (Acts 8:1-8) – Evidencing the name of Jesus Christ in Samaria: Many of our church officers are here as well. They went to Samaria and evidenced the name of Jesus Christ, and evidences came out that demons were driven out and many sick people arose.
(2) Ministers (Acts 3:6, 16:18) – I command in the name of Jesus Christ: Our ministers also must be bold. The very first thing Apostle Peter said was, “In the name of Nazareth Jesus Christ, I command you, rise and walk.” To the woman possessed by a demon, “I command in the name of Jesus Christ.” It looks like nothing, but works surely occur.
(3) Remnant – Hold onto the prayer and covenant capable of saving the 237 nations and 5,000 tribes: Especially, our Remnants must hold onto the kind of prayer and covenant capable of saving those 237 nations and 5,000 tribes.
▣ Main Body_ How?
Now then, looking at the answer in today’s text, how should we do it?
1. Form a prayer team to deliver the name of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ.
1) They (Verse 1) – when a prayer team is made, a great work is accomplished. They sought the synagogue in Thessalonica: Today in 17:1, it says “They.” Something very important comes out. It doesn’t matter if you are a couple or friends. Once a prayer team is made for you, works begin. You must pray alone as well, but when a prayer team is made, it surely accomplishes a great work. If it is a prayer team where a couple communicates, they have never been ruined. That is the covenant the Bible teaches first. it comes out often. In chapter 16, it said “We.” Paul didn’t say “I,” but “We.” It comes out in many places. Today in 17:1, it said “They.” Where are they? They reached Thessalonica. So they sought the synagogue.
2) Three Sabbaths (Verse 2) – they matched the time they could stay in that region, and Greeks and prominent women returned: People who communicate in this prayer appeared, and they sought the synagogue and entered for three Sabbaths. What does “three Sabbaths” mean? Isn’t it 3 weeks? They could only stay for 3 weeks. They matched the time exactly there. A Remnant going to the military will have a time of about 2 years. You must match the time there. You will establish one disciple and come out. People going to university have a time of 4 years. Time is important. Consequently, Greeks, prominent women—such people began to return.
3) According to his custom (Verse 2) – wherever I go, according to that custom, I will be a witness of Christ: It said Paul, “according to his custom.” Today, you should easily hold this as a covenant. “Wherever I go, according to that custom, I will be a witness of Christ.” This one thing becomes immense. How long did it take me to realize? While receiving training in the military: “God, this is not the problem right now; within here, there will certainly be a disciple I must meet.” Right? There will certainly be one, but I am unable to find them. I offered that prayer and an uproar happened. Truly, an experience I can never forget in my life. The word “They.” It is an important word. Wherever you go, it is fine even if you have many friends. However, those people who met a friend to evangelize with are truly people who received historical blessings. I attended church for a lifetime, but when you go to church, they always say nonsensical things. They only say things that will absolutely prevent receiving answers. It’s regrettable. So what did I do? I formed an evangelism team. This became such a blessing. It is not difficult. From today, form a prayer team to deliver the name of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ. If prayer communicates between parent and child, it becomes like Joseph and Jacob. If there is a person with spiritual problems among our family, you must hold an even greater covenant.
2. Explain the completeness of Christ.
Second. Explain the completeness of Christ. Something very important came out here today. Christ—what does this word mean? It refers to the Threefold Office. Right? In the past, kings, prophets, and priests were anointed. That is what it means.
1) The True King who crumbles the authority of Satan: The reason Christ came to this earth is that He was anointed as the True King who crumbles the authority of Satan—that is what it means.
2) The True Priest who blocked all disasters: No need to fear the future. The True Priest who blocked all disasters.
3) The True Prophet who came to meet us: It’s not that we went to meet Him. Jesus Christ, who becomes the True Prophet who came to meet us. At this time, Satan trembles.
3. Explain the reason why Jesus had to die and the reason He had to live again.
Along with that, what did he say today? He didn’t say, “He resurrected from the cross.” If you look closely, what did he say? He didn’t say, “Jesus resurrected from death.” Simply put, he pierced the core. As expected of Paul, he pierced the core. He explained the reason He had to die and the reason He had to live. It’s amazing.
1) The reason Jesus had to die – because humans can absolutely never be saved, He promised to save us by Christ dying on the cross: Why must He die on the cross? You must not lie. We humans can absolutely never be saved. He promised that by Christ dying on the cross, He would save us.
2) The reason Jesus had to live again (1 Cor 15:3-5) – solving the fundamental problem of humanity: In 1 Cor 15:3-5, “He died according to the Scriptures, and He was raised according to the Scriptures.” The reason He had to live again—he explained that. Without these two, it won’t work. The reason He had to die, the reason He had to live. The incident that solves the fundamental problem of humanity has taken place.
3) The lies told by the Jews who do not know this – Three theories regarding the resurrection (which actually evidence the resurrection): The Jews who don’t even know this—the Jews don’t know the Bible. Because they don’t know, they tell lies. They were guarding [the tomb] and He truly came alive. So they came and reported. Truly, with light shining inside, He came out alive. So the Jews got scared now. People who do politics are like that originally. They got scared [thinking], “Ah, public opinion, we must be careful.” To the guarding soldiers, they gave money according to the number. To shut their mouths. Even that was rumored. So they are just telling lies.
1) Theft Theory – The theory that Jesus’ body was stolen (The empty tomb is evidence of the resurrection): “Ah, while we were dozing off, the disciples stole the body.” But when they looked inside, how was it in the record? The linen cloth that wrapped Jesus’ body, the cloth that wrapped the corpse, was still there and only the body was gone. What kind of thief scrapes out a corpse [leaving the linens]? “They stole the body.”
2) Hallucination Theory – Because Jesus appeared in many places (Evidence that there were people who saw Him): Also, it’s not [true]. He appears in many places. “Ah, they must have seen a hallucination.” In this way, they spread these theories like the theft theory and hallucination theory a lot.
3) Swoon Theory – The theory that they didn’t quite kill Him so He fainted and then woke up (Evidence that He lived): Later, when it wouldn’t work: “So, what lie did they make up?” “Ah, we didn’t quite kill Him. We should have killed Him for sure, but He fainted and then woke up.” That is the swoon theory. These three theories evidenced the resurrection. Right? The empty tomb evidences the resurrection. Speaking of the hallucination theory is evidence that there were people who saw Him. Speaking of the swoon theory means He didn’t die. This rumor spread like wildfire.
▣ Conclusion_ From that time, the immense authority of the name of Jesus Christ appears. Try it.
1. You can perform status prayer, authority prayer, and intercessory prayer. Believe.
From then on, it is simple. In the name of Nazareth Jesus Christ. The immense authority began to appear from that time. Try it. Don’t worry. There is prayer we offer earnestly before God in our status as children. However, when we are in a hurry, we can command in the name of Jesus Christ having authority. Even though they are not visible to the eye, we can pray from behind. You must believe.
※ Long-standing believers – Heal the root.
However, there are long-standing people. Do not be discouraged, and heal the root. You must believe. What is the first thing I did after coming here? Gathering on Friday, I said, “Try writing down your prayer topics.” The prayer topics have no specific mission. And what did I do? “Sick people, gather. Place your hand on where you hurt and pray in the name of Nazareth Jesus Christ. Pray to see if it recovers.”
And now, it hasn’t been long since we started the pioneering [church]. In ’88 or so, it was around this time. Ah, a deacon who is an early member and does religious life well called our house. They said their daughter was suddenly possessed by a demon. She is a person who is usually fine, so “Huh?” Therefore, I went. First of all, communication is impossible. Because communication is impossible and she keeps making strange sounds, first of all, there is no self-control. So, we offered worship. Ah, even worship doesn’t work well. Because she talks and mumbles so much. By force, we accepted Jesus and prayed. Regarding this problem, demons know very well, don’t they? A suspicion began to come to me. What? “Ah, this one won’t work out”—this kind of thought occurred to me. There is no way it would work. Communication has to work. So, having barely offered worship. I couldn’t just keep staying there now, so I came home. When coming home, the prayer changed exactly. “Hey, I don’t have faith right now. I clearly prayed in the name of Nazareth Jesus Christ. Right?” It is certain that it is a demon seizing that young lady. She’s making all kinds of sounds. Then the work of the name of Christ is not something made by humans, nor something blocked. Returning, I [thought], “Right. I prayed in the name of Jesus having authority, so for what reason am I doubting and thinking like this?” Still, it is doubtful. Now I got a call. Even if I didn’t [call], a call came. “An uproar has happened. She’s trying to set a fire and an uproar has happened.” It’s a sound that came out from me without even realizing. “Deacon, wait more. Wait more. I will also pray, so wait more.” Truly it’s a work—a call came late at night. They told me the words she spoke. “Ha… I absolutely cannot live in this house. Why are you tormenting me?” While saying this, the demon departed and from that time, she came back completely. “Wow…” So she came back to normal completely. So I kept doing Darakbang going to that house and so on.
2. Types of Answers – Immediate answer, non-answer for unnecessary things, answer that comes perfectly after a long time.
We do not believe. There are answers that come immediately. There are also answers that do not come. Why? Because it is unnecessary. In God’s view, it is unnecessary. However, there are more answers that come after a long time. Perfectly.
3. Use the authority of the name of the resurrected Jesus Christ regarding the thing that is the biggest problem. Check to see when the answer comes.
If you pray in the name of Jesus Christ, Jesus said:
1) John 16:24: “Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask in my name.” Jesus [said].
2) Matthew 28:18-20: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. You go and make disciples of all nations. I will be with you always, to the very end of the age.”
3) Mark 16:15-20: “Go to all people. Drive out demons in my name. You will place your hands on the sick, and they will recover.” It is clearly recorded like that.
Everyone, pray regarding your biggest problem, let today be the day you use the authority of the name of the resurrected Jesus Christ, and check to see when the answer comes. You will be surprised. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that today becomes the start of saving the whole world with the resurrected Christ. Especially, today Ulsan and Changwon have built newly and are worshipping together now. I will pray.
Prayer. We give thanks to God. We praise the Lord who appeared to us as the Resurrected Lord. We praise You for giving the authority of that name. Let us be those who enjoy without being deceived. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.