Now we’ve done the WRC — what do we need to do after this? There are many things, but there are three things you must do. You must fully do this. And then, you need to communicate the Word with the people you’ve met. Then the next important thing is, you need to communicate this. If you do this, it’s enough.
In Philippians 1:3-4, Paul confessed this. I always pray for you, and I always give thanks — he said. In 2 Corinthians 1:11, it says, help our evangelism through prayer. This is how communication must happen. This must be communicated.
Now, the mystery that was given by God before eternity and remains forever — that’s what it’s about. This must be communicated. Many of our elders are here — the elders have, without even realizing it, a secret of blessing in the life they’ve lived until now. They’re missing that, so what the educators give in their messages is to make them aware of that. This kind of communication happens. When you go to the field, there’s a secret in the field too. You have to be able to see that in order to properly do evangelism and missions. For example, even among those who run businesses, the ones who do well have a reason — a secret. It’s the same meaning, spiritually.
How did they communicate the Word? Look at Romans 16. Romans is a letter sent to these people, to the other side. It’s a letter, but they communicated the Word through it. In 1 Corinthians 16:14-24, here too a list of everyone’s names appears. There’s nothing more important than this — communicating the Word. Nothing is more important than this.
In Colossians 4:1-18, unlike other Scriptures in these three books, a list of the disciples appears. Paul wrote 14 epistles, and in all 14, near the beginning, this appears — that he is praying for you; it appears here. And then at the end, only in these three books does a list of those people’s names appear. That you are in the list of names that the Lord’s servants pray for — that person has certainly been blessed and will be blessed. If you’re not in that list, that’s not the pastor’s fault — it’s your fault. It’s not a matter of what you should do — that’s obvious, but actually, you need to make your work 300%.
I saw that today’s chueotang (loach soup) was made unusually delicious. And I asked, and it turned out — some kind of challenge, some place challenge; they had done well. You have to do this. If the 100% is done and you deliver that much, how delicious would it be? That’s the 100%. But more important than that is the field. There’s a way of seeing the field there. That is absolutely so — that’s also 100%. Then the remaining 100% is about the future and the system — it’s something that can’t help but happen, not something forced. You have to make it so that it can’t help but happen.
The reason the three-day weekend age and the holy meditation age were repeatedly mentioned in the messages up to now is that they can’t help but come in the future. Because the Word must be fulfilled, it can’t help but come. Yes. Those who don’t know this are the ones who get hurt.
Your evangelism — this is 300%. The Bible is also a bit different. In this way, 300% — it’s all simple, but people all miss it. But now, it’s the same field, right — within this prayer, those who are engaged in this see many things. But it’s not visible — if it’s not visible, you can’t do it. This is very important.
That’s why the seven Remnant went and did this. This 300% means one thing — it’s 300% concerning this age. It means 100%. There is definitely a place in the field. And there is definitely a system that can’t help but come to be. Making these three things is 300%. Not doing this is the hard part. Many people think 300% is hard, but not doing it is what’s hard.
Doing business without knowing the field at all — how hard would that be? Looking at the field, how do the Jewish people do it? They only do business where many people gather. Or, they do business in a place where people can’t help but come. On the other hand, they also do business where there are absolutely no people. Where there are no people at all, what do they do? They mainly build study rooms (goshiwon). They build houses for meditation. They did well — that’s really seeing the field well. And there are a few things Jewish people do in business — a few things about the eye for seeing the field. So now, for you, this 300% is actually much easier.
When I was in school, in graduate school, wasn’t I young? I thought I really had to do evangelism. Now that I know that church members can’t do evangelism, I had already seen the field beforehand. So everything I studied ends up helping me. In the same way, this is much easier for you. Helping someone overseas to be able to do this — that’s showing that person the important path. Our church leaders need to gain strength from this first.
Let us pray. We thank God. We thank you for the grace You have given to the church leaders and the missionaries overseas. May this grace turn into a calling. We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.