Evangelism

Introduction

You must teach from the very beginning what kind of evangelism is right for new family members. Jesus also spoke about this from the very beginning. So the first thing we must convey is what Jesus said (Acts 1:8). There are three things we must tell them first.

Power
Work (300%)
Evangelism, mission 300%
Spiritual summit
Function summit
Culture summit

①Power (spiritual summit) – You must gain the strength that God gives. He said, receive power, and so on. This becomes the spiritual summit. You must tell them this is absolutely essential. So even you yourselves – those who are truly doing world evangelization now do not do fixed-time prayer. Fixed-time prayer is what beginners do. So you must always be conscious of two things. You must be conscious of prayer in order to become a spiritual summit – to the point of becoming comfortable. Then, since you must keep your body and much else alive as time goes on, you must be conscious of your breathing. Because you are breathing without being conscious of it, it does not help your health. Because you are not conscious of prayer, you become caught up in idle fantasy, or your own thoughts, or delusions. Or you become caught up in worry. These two things can supply you with tremendous strength, so you must tell this to the new family members.

②Work at 300% (function summit) – Praying so that your work becomes 300% – this is called the function summit. You must teach this to new family members from the very start. Because God has prepared this blessing, this must be done. To put it a bit more strongly, without the function summit, without work at 300%, you can never accomplish world evangelization.

③Evangelism, mission at 300% (culture summit) – So you must prepare for evangelism and mission at 300%. This is called the culture summit.

Introduction – The start of evangelism
Having explained this, and continuing to pray while holding onto this from now on, what is the start of evangelism for a new family member?

1)Matthew 10:35-36
In Matthew 10:35-36, the family becomes the first problem. A husband and wife are living well together, going out and enjoying life, and then one day the wife believes in Jesus – now on Sunday she goes to church, and it doesn’t fit anymore. The husband curses the pastor – “that woman is crazy about the pastor now; before, if I said let’s go out somewhere, she’d come, but now she goes to church alone” – and even says, “I’ll go to church with you once, so you come out with me too” – it comes out like this. They were living perfectly normally, and then the daughter-in-law believes in Jesus, and from that point the mother-in-law begins to spiritually rage. Of course, there are also the opposite cases where the husband believes and the wife becomes the one who says crazy things.

2)The darkness of the family lineage
It doesn’t end there. The darkness of the family lineage also comes to attack. They were living perfectly fine and enjoying life together, and then this person believing in Jesus drives them crazy – that’s what happens when someone truly believes, right?

3)The darkness of the region
So then the darkness of the region also comes to attack.

4)The darkness of the workplace
And though you might hesitate to call it darkness, it too is darkness. The darkness of the workplace also attacks.

5)Work
Even within the church, as a person lives out their faith and becomes zealous, problems come to their work as well.

Evidence (witness) – These 5 things come upon new family members like this. You must be sure to teach this. The family says things, the family lineage says things, the region and neighborhood talk, the workplace too – and yet these people are watching while persecuting. The more severely they persecute, the more they are watching. If there’s no persecution at all, and the husband says “oh good, well done, go to church,” drives her there by car, and goes home himself – this actually takes longer. So people who persecute harshly are actually easier, you know? They keep watching while doing so. There was a couple who had been Jehovah’s Witnesses who registered when we started our work in Yeongdo, Busan. They came to believe well after that. I went to visit that home. The husband did bonsai and kept the house very well. This was his confession. The man’s confession was that he decided to believe in Jesus because of his wife. He said he never expected that such a fierce personality could change like that. Then his wife, who was listening, said, “who’s fierce?” – apparently she had completely changed. It must be the real Christ – everyone is watching. Right? They’re all watching you, you know? One day, when they see the evidence, those people all end up being evangelized. You must be sure to tell new family members this: don’t be deceived, the more this happens, the calmer and more composed you must remain.

Main – So then, how exactly should new family members begin evangelism? New family members can do special evangelism, or they can follow you and observe your evangelism, and there are many good options. But what you should give the new family members is: ①What did Jesus say? ②What secrets did Jesus speak of? And ③what has been the evidence of Christians up until now?

This must be understood simply and easily. This part before (the Introduction) must be told to them without fail. Also, it’s not that you did something wrong and got cursed at because of your own bad behavior, right? You’re being persecuted, but they’re all watching, you know? Within your workplace, if you firmly hold onto the covenant, it may look like people dislike you, but that’s not so. People come looking for you when they have a spiritual problem. They’re all watching, you know? So don’t be discouraged at all – just think that someday you will grasp the evidence and become a witness. In order to do that, you must let them know what Jesus said.

It’s necessary to look up the Bible and read it quietly. If possible, when you go to disciple new family members, you know the large-print Bibles? Bring one of those. Why? So you can open it together and read together – it’s awkward to look at a small one – so open a large one and read together, and since there may be elderly people, reading and feeling it together is extremely important. In some cases, work happens just from the reading alone. Suddenly, back when we first started in Yeongdo, Russian people began flocking in. Could I just sit still? Russian people kept coming in droves. I don’t know Russian. How was I supposed to share the gospel? First, I bought a Russian Bible. I have the verses I use for evangelism, right? I just showed those and had them read. The work happened exactly as it was. Then one day I met a person who could speak Russian at a park on the street. I called him over and asked him to interpret for me, and he agreed. Three months passed, and the person who had been interpreting came to see me. He said he had a request. I wondered what kind of request this could be, and asked, what is it? He quietly said to me, would it be alright if I received Jesus? Of course! And he kept interpreting his own salvation prayer. This is how the work happens. Then eventually a Russian-speaking professor came to our church. So the Russian mission society – he was some kind of branch director – came and began working in earnest.

1.The words of Jesus

1)Matthew 4:19
“Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” – it’s necessary to read what Jesus said.

2)Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened” – he said come. It’s not “fix yourselves and then come” – it’s “come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, just as you are, and I will give you rest” – this is what Jesus said. New family members must clearly hold this in their hearts.

3)Mark 3:13-15
The Lord called those he wanted. It may look like you came looking for the church, but God called you. It may look like you came to church because of an illness, but God called you to heal and save the sick – you must give them the accurate word about this. And he called them in order to be with them – he is with you invisibly, and making that known is evangelism. And he also gave them authority to cast out demons, right? You must tell this to new family members. Why did he give authority to cast out demons? They had been living deep within a culture of spirits. If they didn’t perform ancestral rites, they would grow anxious – they lived within that kind of culture, you know? Is this resolved by doing a shamanic ritual? If we don’t hold a groundbreaking ceremony, might the company fail? Anxious, they’d go to a fortune-teller for divination, and the family had to perform ancestral rites, and if they didn’t, they thought disaster would come – that’s what they believed, you know? This must be completely changed. “The spirit of a dead parent comes” – that’s a lie. In 1 Corinthians 10:20, sacrifices are made to demons – it is not the parent who comes. A demon is deceiving them. You must be sure to tell new family members this. That’s how they’ve been living, you know – anxious, unable to break free quickly, wandering around like that.

4)Matthew 28:16-20
It’s not just this much. You may find it hard to understand, but he called you in order to accomplish world evangelization, right? Abraham suffered because he didn’t understand, but you don’t need to suffer – just believe. As you save many people through evangelism, the work of healing happens.

5)Mark 16:15-20
“In my name they will drive out demons… they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

6)Acts 1:8
And Jesus said something else. Receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the 300% blessing, and you will be witnesses to the ends of the earth.

7)Authority
The man named Paul did not merely evangelize – he used authority. You must be sure to tell them this. He was given authority to drive out all darkness. He was given authority to bind and cast out every curse, disaster, and unbelief in the name of Jesus Christ.

Position/authority – So you must tell them this: there is prayer offered based on one’s position, and there is prayer offered with authority. “God, please heal this crippled man, I pray in Jesus’s name” – this is prayer offered based on position. “What I have I give you – in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, rise up and walk” – this is prayer with authority. You must enable new family members to do this.

2.The secrets of Jesus

From this point, amazing secrets are accomplished. Now the secrets come out one after another.

1)Matthew 13:1-58, Matthew 16:13-20, Matthew 17:1-9
“Your faith is like a small mustard seed, but because it has life, it becomes a forest” – you must be sure to teach this to new family members. “Your faith is invisible, but it spreads like yeast.” “As you live out your faith now, there is this difficulty and that difficulty, but in that field there is treasure laid out that you can eat from for eternity” – you must tell them this. That is Matthew 13. And you must tell them this too – this is a very important part. Matthew 16, the confession received at Caesarea Philippi. You must correctly know who Christ is. He is not like Elijah. He is not like Jeremiah. You must teach this from the very start. He is not like John the Baptist. “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” – “you are Peter, and on this rock” – this is the blessing and secret you will receive. “The gates of Hades will not overcome you,” “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven” – you must let them know this with certainty. The very first message I gave when I began the evangelism movement was: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!” And he took them up the mountain of transfiguration and transformed. Elijah disappeared, Moses disappeared, and only Christ remained – grasp this covenant.

2)The 12 apostles
In the Bible, he established 12 apostles and created 12 world parishes, and one of those is your blessing – this is what Jesus left behind. It is a secret. Jesus spoke of a tremendous secret, and left behind 12 apostles and 70 disciples.

3)The 70 disciples
Your blessing is to receive the blessing of the 70 disciples – you must make sure to paint this picture for them from the very start. This is evangelism.

3.The evidence of Christ

Then three pieces of evidence come. We taught prayer in lesson 1, right?

1)WIOS
If you properly enjoy this prayer, in any circumstance God is with you – as Immanuel, he saves everything. As oneness, this system is created. This is the true evidence.

2)OURS
You come to see “only.” Then you go forward with uniqueness. You go forward to re-creation. That system is created. This, now, is the true evidence, right?

3)Always with
He will always be with you – Always with. Our PKs and MKs asked me to name it, and I gave it this name. Always with. This is the evangelism that new family members must find and enjoy.

♠Conclusion: Future generations

Lastly, what must absolutely be done is – what is the evangelism of evangelisms? It’s not necessarily your own children. It is future generations – this message must be conveyed to future generations.

You must absolutely not fail to do this.

1)Satan – the imprint
Right now, for future generations, all authority has been broken, all of this has been set up by Satan. You must imprint the power that can overcome this. This has been imprinted, and that must be changed.

2)Nephilim – the root
Satan is not just doing something ordinary – he is using the Nephilim strategy. This root must be pulled out. You must be sure to remember this.

3)The ruler – the constitution
So this Satan acts as the ruler of this world. Because of this, the people of the world are led along and follow after it. That’s why disasters come. The foundation must be completely changed.

For future generations, your children must be alright wherever they go. They must be alright wherever they are. They must be alright at any time. They must be raised as central figures in accomplishing world evangelization. You must imprint this from the very start. Your prayers are needed. So teach this specifically. If possible, on Sundays, or better yet, every day, pray a blessing over your children. Teach them from the very start. If needed, gather the children at home and hold Home Church. Call their friends and hold Home Church. Then that becomes RUTC. You must teach new family members what they can do. Now, pray a blessing over your children. My mother, after returning from dawn prayer, would pray a blessing over me. How did she do it? She held my feet, held my feet. Sometimes I would hear her – even though I wasn’t going to church, having fallen into corruption, how much must it have taken for her to lay hands in prayer? Afraid that touching my head would wake me, she held my feet instead – the prayer was the same. She prayed that I would become a servant of the Lord who accomplishes world evangelization. At first I thought, “I’m not even going to church, how could I possibly…?” Every single day, though becoming a servant of the Lord – becoming a pastor was the last thing I wanted – none of it fit me at all. But God kept blocking paths and opening others. The answer came exactly as she had blessed. Teach this to the parents of new family members: having been saved, you have recovered the position and authority to pray in the name of Christ – truly. You have the authority to pray a blessing over your children, you have the authority to pray a blessing over others – you must firmly plant this in them. He gave you the authority to break Satan and evil spirits. And what is the ultimate end of this? He gave you the name that makes all things subject – it is certain. Let’s pray.

Prayer
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, King of kings, and the eternal love of God, and the work of the Holy Spirit, be always with the evangelistic disciples who will save the world, from now until eternity. Amen.