Prayer Journal: July 7, 2026
02. Sep. 2025 237 New Believers
Lecture 2: 『 You Must Turn Away from Satan and Go towards GOD 』 『 You Must Come Out from Satan and Go to CHRIST 』 (Matthew 11:28, Acts 1:3)
Introduction
You must never miss lesson 1. There are two reasons why, if you cannot get out of the place called “self.” Even though you have been saved and have heard the pastor’s sermon in full, this is proof that you have not seen God’s answer and power. And if you cannot get out of the level called “self,” you cannot do anything beyond yourself. There is God’s infinite power, yet not knowing that, people keep trying to live out their faith in that way. It is not difficult.
There are times when, even though I have already fully received the answer, I still ask around. When I ask various people, many funny results come out. Most people say things that are completely off, irrelevant things. But among them there are also people who confirm the word I had already received. Sometimes someone comes for a meeting, and in the course of that meeting, that person says something to me — not something they intended to say — and I hear God’s voice very powerfully through it; there have been many such cases. The precondition for this is that I hold firmly to the fact that it must not be done according to my own thinking. If I were to preach at my own level, who would listen to my sermon and follow it? There are so many believers far more excellent than I am — I should be the one learning from them, so how could I tell them to follow me? It is not about preaching a “good” sermon. On Saturdays I hardly sleep at all. Why? Because even though the message is fully prepared, the real question is what God actually wants. That is what must be asked. Another important thing is that you must see where the flow has been up to now. Would it be right for me to preach however I please? There is a flow that God gives, and if the members do not understand it, that is not my concern. That is something the Holy Spirit does — not something I do, is it not? In some sense, my sermons can be somewhat difficult. Why? Because I have kept running forward, and I am now at a high stage. Even so, adjusting myself to fit people would be a bad thing to do. It is the same when, once a year, we write the lyrics of our representative hymn for the year. If you shape the words this way and that, there is plenty that feels graceful, plenty that is moving. But that is not who we are, is it? We follow the flow of God’s word — making it sound good through clever crafting is not, I believe, the right way. So in one sense writing lyrics is quite easy, but in that sense it is difficult. For example, when writing lyrics, if you say “for the one person waiting for me,” that feels very gracious. But as I see it, that is not right. “For the many people,” “the many who are waiting” — that does not carry grace as well. That is a poetic, literary sensibility, but I cannot do it that way. In the future, once you have raised up many of the next generation, our footsteps will remain as history — but I cannot do it that way.
And sometimes there are moments that feel truly unjust. At those times too, I think this: I cannot say that my thinking is entirely correct, can I? Thinking that way makes it easy to understand. And even if someone says something wrong, since it is that person’s own thought, I cannot say it is wrong. So what matters is what God’s plan is. And so all our session members know this well. I do not assert my own opinions to the session members. So when they report to the pastor, they know well that he says “okay” to anything, and they make use of that. It does not matter. Even that much, God governs — so, truly at ease, truly trusting God, from now on you must carry out the ministry that remains. So think of it as your last ministry, and do evangelism and missions — nothing else matters. When trying to do that, the being called “self,” which slips by without our even noticing, is truly important and truly difficult. Even the apostles, even Peter, kept saying other things, and so Paul said this, did he not — are we not dead in Christ? Does Christ not live in us? Do we not live by faith in Him whom we believe? However much he prayed, whenever Paul wrote a person’s name, he always attached something like “so-and-so, in Christ.” How much had he prayed twenty-four hours a day, that every time he attached that name, a kind of nickname would come out. That is the hidden covenant. He could simply have said “Phoebe,” but instead he said “Phoebe our helper.” He could simply have said “Priscilla,” but instead “Priscilla our fellow worker.” Because Gaius had helped the Lord’s servants so much, he could simply have said “Gaius,” but instead “Gaius my host.” To some he attached “kinsman,” and to others “beloved.” Seeing that a hidden covenant is attached to every single person, you realize — yes, that is what happens when you pray. No matter what others say, you must now, at ease before God, carry out the gospel movement — you must begin anew. A little more time will pass and it will become clear, but because of various disturbances, those who thought “the cell-group system alone would do” have all left. Those who remain to the end use different words. It is not something special — it is something natural, the gospel which we ought to naturally enjoy and proclaim — and it is those people who remain. That is why, if we have received God’s grace, we must proclaim this gospel as a matter of course, as a matter of necessity, as a matter of absolute obligation.
In the end, this is what we have been caught in. We must come out from Satan. We must go to God. More precisely, we must come out from Satan and go to Christ. There is a slight difference in the words. The word “Christ” is an important word.
1) Without Christ it is religion — Acts 13/16/19
Now, every kind of worship, without Christ, becomes mere religion. Religion cannot bring salvation. And so people inevitably turn to shamans. Because it is religion, they inevitably go around seeking fortune-tellers. Because they do not know Christ, they inevitably fall into idol worship. This has now become the second great problem. If Genesis 3/6/11 was the cause, then this, in a sense, becomes a tremendous process.
2) Three resolutions (the threefold office)
If you know Christ, three things are resolved, are they not? The problem of sin, the problem of disaster — resolved. Thus, a true priest. Also, the background of hell disappears. Thus, a true prophet, able to overcome Satan’s authority. Thus, a true king. These threefold offices are the three resolutions.
3) The way to the Holy Trinity
Now, this must be made well known to the new believers, must it not? In particular, the word “Christ” already includes all of this, but it is the way that leads to the Holy Trinity God. Thus, “I am the way” — what way? The way to go to Him (the Holy Trinity). “That truth, and that life” — because there is none but Christ, “no one comes to the Father except through Me.” We are not cursing other religions — we must tell the truth as it is. We must tell the monk the truth as it is. Buddhism is not evil. As I see it, it is the finest among religions. There is much about it that is appealing. Go and see a monk’s room sometime. There is only a single towel. How simple, how clean a life it is — it really is like that, isn’t it? We have all sorts of things, don’t we, piles of things? It is the finest religion. In the old days, when I would go visit a temple, I would avoid looking at the idols, but looking around, there was much worth seeing. But the three problems are not resolved. That is why God promised Christ. People take this lightly, but how then can world evangelization happen? If you do not know this as important, you cannot get out of the level called “self” that I mentioned earlier. If that were all, it would be fine, but frighteningly, you cannot get out of this. Even after getting out from Satan, you cannot get out of this culture.
Main — 40-day concentration (the standard)
Now then, together with our new believers, what word should we grasp? Given this, what word should we hold onto? Here now comes something important. The 40-day concentration comes up. Earlier, lesson 1 was about the public ministry, the “WITH” of Christ. Is that not so? The fact that Christ concentrated for 40 days — here lies the standard. What standard is there? There is a standard for the 40-day concentration, you see. There are three.
Imprint
Root
Constitution
Wound
The unknown
Destiny
Beginning
Process
End
① Imprint, root, constitution — if you say “change what has been imprinted,” that is the whole matter settled. He concentrated for 40 days. Then what should we do? Do not try again merely to preach one more sermon; you must earnestly search the word together with the new believer. There is nothing but the power of the word. Earnestly search the word together, confirm it together, read it together, truly discuss it…
② Wound, the unknown, destiny — if what has been imprinted is not changed, the wound does not go away. Almost everyone has a wound, don’t they? And while changing what has been imprinted is important, the root itself must be changed. This is what was given at Mt Olive. After 40 days of concentration, the constitution itself was completely changed. So even the person themselves does not know it. A wound, one knows for oneself. But there is much that even one does not know. Why? Because the root is not visible to the eye. This is what people do not know. This must be changed. The constitution itself must be changed. To say the constitution must be changed means that destiny itself must be changed. This is what is called re-creation. So the second thing that was missed is this — while this has not yet happened, something else is attempted instead. Today I intend to give lecture 1, lecture 2, and lecture 3, and I believe there is nothing more important than this. And that is precisely why people keep on suffering needlessly.
③ Beginning, process, end — this part is our beginning. We must begin after the imprint has been changed. So this part is our process. And this part now is our final part. If you truly understand even this much of the word seriously, just once, that is enough. This is not something you obtain by acquiring a certificate and bringing it in — rather, it begins when, sharing the word together with you, one truly comes to believe that it is so.
Prayer = spiritual science (threefold concentration, threefold setting, threefold answer)
That too is very simple — prayer. There is much misunderstanding about prayer as well. Activists say things like “if we just pray, that’s enough,” but that is a statement made in ignorance of prayer. And some people say “let’s just pray a little,” but it should not be “a little prayer.” It should be “let us pray only” — that is how it must be. If you know prayer, prayer is entirely a spiritual science. And so this prayer is threefold concentration. Then threefold setting naturally follows, does it not? You take hold of the threefold answer in advance.
Only
→ Assurance
Limited concentration, chosen concentration, oneness
Concentration
Only (limited concentration, chosen concentration, oneness concentration) — assurance
So, at least once, “only” must be given. Did Jesus not say exactly that? So it must be given at least once together with the new believer. What must be given? Limited concentration — do only this one thing. Only this; and the chosen concentration, whether the answer has already come or is on its way — with this one thing, everything is brought to life. Oneness concentration — teach this to the Remnant. Do not worry about the future; make it 300%. What must be made 300%? Whatever it is, make it 300%. At 300%, the time required is far shorter, and it becomes far easier. Why? Because it works this way — and so no one knows how far the message of even one of you will reach. Because it is the word of God, therefore three things must be taught. During the 40 days, He did not go anywhere else — He was at Mt Olive.
1. The Bartizan of the Throne
Build the bartizan of the throne through prayer.
1) Imprint
This part must be imprinted. Not the old thing — this bartizan of the throne must be imprinted exactly. Through prayer, an important result comes out.
2) Brain, soul, throne
This is imprinted on the brain. If you know this, it becomes a truly important matter. If you know this, praying aloud becomes truly important, does it not? If you know this, praising becomes truly important. So then, when some pastor says after worship, “let us pray aloud together,” that is truly important. Scientists have proven this. If you say, “ah, I cannot go on,” the brain understands it exactly that way. From that point the brain begins to give its instructions. If instead you say, “no, even though circumstances are very difficult, God is able, I believe God’s promise,” then the brain knows it and remembers it that way. This is a fearsome principle. And so, according to that word, “according to your faith be it done unto you” — this is what gets imprinted within the soul. Once this happens, it absolutely does not change. So these matters must be made simply and easily understood. This is necessarily connected. Connected to what? It is connected to eternity. It is connected to eternity, but the question is whether it is hell or the throne.
3) Platform, watchtower, antenna
From this point, what is the standard? A platform is formed. Then the door of evangelism opens wide. Because it is a platform, every believer must become this. The door of evangelism keeps opening, God’s amazing works keep happening one after another — there is not even time to worry. My own thinking becomes unnecessary. Because this is not achieved, people keep trying to do something else. Does it end here? No — it shines so that even more people may come. A watchtower — then people come and receive the same grace I received. An antenna — this must be imprinted on the new believer. No one but you can do this. More importantly, it was said to proclaim to the watchman — because it is not mine.
2. The Journey of the Throne
With this prayer, now you go on the journey of the throne, do you not? Go. Once you obtain this answer, you come out from Satan, and truly go to Christ — is that not how it becomes?
1) Root
What matters is that, with what has been imprinted, rooting begins. Go to the field, and upon going to the field, rather than becoming discouraged, take root.
2) Acceptance, transcendence, the answer
At this point the second thing becomes possible. You must keep this firmly in mind. You must have assurance. Whatever happens to you, it is fine. Acceptance. Whatever happens, it is fine. Transcendence — all of it becomes a blessing. The answer — this is what you carry with you as you go. And must the 40-day concentration necessarily be exactly 40 days? When doing the limited, chosen concentration, you must have assurance. Assurance means properly believing what is certain.
3) Every answer
From this point, all of your past, everything that has happened to you, is turned into every answer. Joseph being sold as a slave was a great blessing. Being falsely accused was an even greater blessing. It goes on exactly like this.
3. The Guidepost of the Throne
At last, now, through this prayer, you set up a guidepost.
1) Constitution (rhythm)
This means that God’s covenant — the bartizan, the journey, the guidepost — has completely become one’s constitution. So what you must enjoy, and what the new believer must share, is this: this act of praying must become the very rhythm of your life. Prayer must move your life. Is that not so? This prayer must move the field. Whatever happens, it is fine. And so your confession is truly important. Hearing the pastor’s sermon and saying “amen” is truly important. Is that not so? If you truly know this, if you truly understand the structure of human beings, then the word “amen” becomes something tremendous. Then, at last, it becomes one’s constitution, and a rhythm forms. When finally this act of praying becomes the most comfortable, the most joyful thing, that person has come to have rhythm. At that point you no longer need to go looking for it. Why? Because there are so many places to go, you simply must go. Do not calculate — do not think, “if I nurture this well, it will benefit me in the future” — do not do such a thing; that is entirely what unbelievers do. Have unbelievers ever succeeded in worldly terms? If there were such a case, we would follow it — but there is none. As I see it, there is not a single one. Was Napoleon a success? He was a thug, not a hero. Was Stalin a hero? A sheer murderer.
2) Transcendence of time and space, 237 — 5,000 tribes, unprecedented and unrepeatable
When this constitution is fully formed, from this point something amazing emerges. This much must be taught. This prayer is a transcendence of time and space. And so 237 and the 5,000 are connected. At this point, an unprecedented and unrepeatable promise, given only to those who have not yet found it, emerges. It still remains. This must be found. Why? Because it certainly exists — whether found a little sooner or a little later does not matter.
3) The absolute guidepost
From this point revival begins to happen. This is no longer merely called a guidepost, but an absolute guidepost. It comes one by one, one by one, like this. God is now setting up absolute guideposts throughout the nation, throughout the world. Whether pastors have truly achieved revival or not depends on how many absolute guideposts they have set up in the field.
Conclusion
Now then, a simple conclusion must be given.
1) Morning — 777 prayer
In the morning, do 777 prayer.
2) Daytime — 777 confirmation
What kind of prayer should be done during the day? Confirm the 777 answer. We only pray, but we do not confirm, do we? Confirm it.
3) Night — 777 work
At night, it is fine even if it is something small. It is fine to write something. Leave behind a 777 work.
So, when I went to the United States, no one asked me that particular question. Instead, this was the question asked: “I am too busy, I have no time even to meet my family, I have a good house but I cannot go to it.” Because there was no time, he had rented a room nearby and was staying there, saying he was too busy. It was not only him — everyone was busy, and so he wanted to do evangelism but did not know how, and because the other person was so busy, he felt sorry even to speak to them. And it truly was so — those people cannot even eat lunch in peace; they grab something like bread and run. I once went to the place where such people work. They had several computers set up, not just one but several, and were watching the whole world moving in real time — watching the global economic indices, the stock market indices, all of it. It seemed to be no ordinary kind of hard work. So I told him, write a small testimony of faith — that becomes a work. Print it out and place it in the restroom of that busy company building for others to see. He actually did it. He did not think much of it himself, but it turned out to be a tremendous thing. Now this person’s business has become well known enough to appear in the news in Korea and America. It turned out that way. I told him — once you make money, do not go do something else with it; do the three courtyards, you need nothing else. And so, one makes a work.
This must be told again to the new believer. If you do not know prayer, you fall into delusions. If you do not pray, you get caught up in your own thoughts. If you know prayer, it moves the throne. You come to see the future. And so, from this dimension, look at the whole Bible once more. Look at the whole Bible, I tell you. In the midst of great difficulty, without becoming discouraged, simply by praying, God made known the world to Joseph. This is prayer. He fled after the incident in the palace, and went to Midian, where he stayed alone in loneliness for forty years. That is when he cultivated spiritual strength. That too is prayer. You must know what prayer is. It did not simply say, “call upon Me.” When Jeremiah was confined in the court of the guard, at that time this came: “I am now unjustly confined.” “The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, saying” — thus the word comes alive and works. This is what was said: “the Lord who does it” — why did this happen? God did it. God placed Jeremiah there. And what else was said? “The Lord who forms it to establish it” — meaning God is going to do something. When difficulty comes to you, it means God is going to do something. How certain is it? “The Lord is His name who says this” — this is what was said. It said to pray, did it not? “Call to Me” — do this. “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and I will show you great and hidden things which you do not know” — and then it spoke of five restorations. This is the work you produce. So do not think of anything else at all — there is no need to think even of the past. There is no need to think of the future either. Now — the past has already passed, the future has not yet come. The future is in God’s hands. That is why grace is received today. Power is received today. That is what is called worship. That is what is called prayer. This must be made absolutely clear to the new believer.
Finally, even if it is not achieved right away, do not be discouraged. Is that not so? Because it must certainly be achieved, do not be discouraged. Right now, both in America and in Korea, many excellent disciples are rising up among those whom you, the first generation, have taught. Let those people produce works. And do not try to make the church one type in only one field — make it a model church instead. As for me, I must also do the 237 — and I said to a certain child who asked me about evangelism and who had received economic blessing, “do the three courtyards, and it will surely be accomplished.” As for me, if the answer comes, I am praying that in the capital region there would be comfortable lodging where the Remnant could live, simply gather and pray, and be at ease — regardless of which church they belong to, available to any Remnant whatsoever — that is the prayer I am praying. Last week, I spoke to our healing ministry people about this. In Yangpyeong there are many empty houses — built up nicely, but people keep leaving them, that is how it has become. At first, when they move in, they say it is wonderful — but living there, it becomes hard. Is that not so? You should go there only occasionally — seeing the sea occasionally is nice, isn’t it? But seeing it all the time makes you feel lonely. Go into the mountains — “ah, this is wonderful” — but if you are there all the time, it becomes stifling. Half of the houses there are up for sale. Because so few people are moving in now, the prices keep falling. Those could be rented immediately. Do healing ministry there — remarkable, isn’t it? After hearing my message, go and take a look sometime. When you go, you must be careful of one thing — since there are so many houses listed, you might possibly be cheated. Just keep that in mind. Produce a work.
This must be told to the new believer specifically, again and again. Some new believers do it this way and that way, and so it is those who have succeeded who tend to produce it even better. There is a person in Taiwan who owns a large hospital — this person is wealthy. Whenever I come, he personally drives his own car to guide me — this person was deeply struck by the message. Though he runs a large hospital, he came to receive a retreat. While receiving the retreat continuously, he would of course come to greet me. He came together with his wife. Our missionary Ha Seo-young interpreted, and this wife kept asking questions. Since the chairman was quite old in age, what did she say? “Shh, don’t talk too much” — she asked missionary Ha Seo-young, “what did he say?” “Since the pastor is tired, don’t talk too much, let’s go quickly” — simply put, this meant that even though he had grown that old in age, he had not aged in spirit. After that, when I arrived in Taiwan, he gave me a book. What kind of book was it? A book of two thousand copies he had made, recounting how he had met Christ up to now and received grace, and how the word had been fulfilled. He apparently has many friends, and he wanted to give one copy to each friend — that is a work. So, according to each person’s own situation, everyone, whether in a small way or a great way, produces a work — and only when you reach this point is it truly complete.
I know of a person who, right after hearing the message, was diagnosed with cancer. The doctor said there was nothing to be done — it had spread too far, and had metastasized elsewhere as well. This person made a decision. Remarkable, is it not? He called all his relatives, friends, and acquaintances. “I am now about to go to heaven, but there is one thing I feel sorry about — there is something I never told you” — in short, it was like a final testament. What was it? To share the gospel. Without missing a single person, he told them he was dying, and shared the gospel with each — and remarkably, he still has not died. “Go to the hospital,” people told him — he said it was not necessary. Because for him it was already finished — whenever he is called, he will go immediately. But God has not called him yet, so he keeps on talking, they say. He does not seem like a patient at all — even he thinks so himself. That too is a work. Is that not so? It is not “I must live” — rather, “if God calls me, then I must go” — but in the meantime, having used busyness as an excuse, never once having shared the gospel — how natural, and yet how admirable a thought is that? He shared it with everyone he knew.
I bless you and your new believers, in the name of Jesus Christ, that such works of God may come forth from you as well. We will take a ten-minute break and then begin the final lecture.