Sunday 2nd Service, Ordained Deacons’ Association Dedication Service
Title / Scripture: Leading Figures of the Early Church (Acts 6:1-7)
Speaker: Pastor Kwang-Soo Ryu
Date / Location: September 20, 2026, Immanuel Church (Seoul)
Summary
Jesus’ final promise was “only.” Because nothing else can save. The ordained deacons were the leading figures of the early church.
▣ Introduction_ 24 – Anointing – Ambassador (Triple Office)
You must know what to do 24. Church leaders have been anointed with Christ’s blessing. Wherever you go, disaster falls, Satan is bound, and the door of salvation opens. You have been called here as an ambassador, the ambassador of Christ’s triple office. You must not forget this. 7·7·7 You go carrying the bartizan, journey, and guidepost that Christ has given. This is how the bartizan, journey, and guidepost came out for me. Those who were in the field of this blessing were chosen as ordained deacons. If you pray 24, three answers come.
1. Filled with the Holy Spirit – [3 Camps] arise on every road you walk. The Holy Spirit guides you. The Holy Spirit works in your field and darkness is broken. The 300% system comes out.
2. Filled with wisdom – [300%] comes.
3. Filled with faith – The [3 Ages] is the leading figure that opens. Even the multitude of priests repented.
▷ This is how the work of reviving the church takes place.
▣ Main_ Seeing Three Values (25)
1. Value worth staking one’s life – [Stephen] – Discover a value worth staking your life on. The representative figure is Stephen, the ordained deacon.
1) It was an eternal message that influenced all the Jews.
2) It influenced Paul.
3) The Antioch church was established and saved the world.
▷ Stephen’s death was the beginning. A value that makes it all right even to die must come out.
2. Historical value – [Samaria] – Through this ordained deacon a historical value came out. He went to Samaria.
1) Background – Israel was divided because of Solomon’s idolatry. Assyria took North Israel captive. Because they did not do world missions, God scattered North Israel throughout the whole world. Other tribes came in and they intermarried with Gentiles.
2) Eyes – Philip’s eyes for seeing the field were different.
3) One heart – He was of one heart toward Christ and focused. Works occurred.
3. Value of the origin of missions – [Eunuch] – The value of the origin of missions came out through the ordained deacon.
1) Eunuch – God joined a powerful Ethiopian eunuch to Philip, an ordained deacon.
2) Worship – The eunuch who had come to worship bought the Scriptures and was reading the content about the prophecy of Jesus Christ.
3) Eternity – An eternal message was delivered. “The Spirit of the Lord to Philip, the Holy Spirit of the Lord to Philip”
▣ Conclusion_ Find what is called [Eternity]. It is not something that can be done on earth.
1. Morning – Bartizan, Day – Journey, Night – Guidepost
In the morning set up the bartizan of the throne. In the daytime go the journey of the throne. At night make the guidepost of the throne.
2. Make it so that the servants of the Lord devote themselves solely (only) to the Word and prayer.
3. Evangelism Team, Healing Team, Multi-ethnic Mission Team
Make an evangelism team through you. Go find the sick. Make a multi-ethnic mission team.
▷ Those who are older, make a 3 Ages testimony team. Go find the sick and comfort them. If the ordained deacons receive the answer, everyone lives. Do the urgent and the important first (Matthew 6:33). Grasp what to focus on within the 7·7·7 prayer.
Transcript
Thank you. This is what Jesus said at the end. He said, “only.” That does not mean to be stubborn; it is because nothing else can save. Because I cannot even save myself. The apostles quoted that and said it like this. “Appoint important ordained deacons. We will devote ourselves solely to the Word and prayer.” It becomes the same word, doesn’t it? Today I will confirm the blessing that the ordained deacons must find. And all church leaders must receive it.
「Leading Figures of the Early Church」
In particular, the ordained deacons took charge of the role of leading figures of the early church. We need to confirm today what they took charge of. But first you need to know what blessing all of you church leaders have received.
▣ Introduction_ 24 – Anointing – Ambassador
So first, you need to know what to do 24.
The word 24 means that you simply always enjoy it within that. The greatest thing for the ordained deacons and the servants of the Lord is that they have been anointed. An elder was anointed as an elder. An ordained deacon was anointed. The senior deaconesses were also anointed as senior deaconesses. If you miss this, you miss everything. Right? To be anointed means to be anointed with the office of Christ. To be anointed means Christ, and you were anointed with that blessing. Then wherever you go, disaster collapses. Right? Satan is bound. Right? And the door of salvation opens. This is the word Christ, and you have been called here as ambassador. This ambassador goes carrying the bartizan, journey, and guidepost given by Christ. If you truly keep going, there is one thing that comes out. What is it? If you truly keep going, a station comes up. When you go along the road. If you don’t go, it doesn’t come up, and even if it is there, you don’t know.
[ 7·7·7 ]
Enjoying this blessing 24, the bartizan, journey, and guidepost came out for me like this. You do not need to follow me. It came out this way for me. I only said it so that you would definitely refer to it; more blessings may come to you individually. I only confirmed biblically that this blessing must be there; it comes like this. Those who were in the field of this blessing are the ones who have now been chosen as ordained deacons.
Ambassador (Triple Office)
Simply put, it is the ambassador of Christ’s triple office. This. You must not forget it. You must not forget it even when you are sad, and you must not forget it even when there is no answer. When you pray 24 at this time, three answers came first. What came?
1. Filled with the Holy Spirit
“They chose people filled with the Holy Spirit.” So it said.
2. Filled with wisdom
And “they chose people filled with wisdom.”
3. Filled with faith
And it said “filled with faith.”
That is how it was said. This blessing will come, right?
1. Filled with the Holy Spirit – [ 3 Camps ]
Being filled with the Holy Spirit, put most simply, is 300%, but what does it mean? It means that 3 Camps must arise on every road you walk. This is being filled with the Holy Spirit. Of course. In other words, the Holy Spirit is guiding the ordained deacons, our church leaders. Then the Holy Spirit works in your field and darkness is destined to be broken. There the 300% system that can never fail is destined to come out. Seeing that, it is called 3 Camps. Now, you must do business this way too. You must do evangelism this way too. This is the first blessing that our ordained deacons and church leaders enjoy.
2. Filled with wisdom – [ 300% ]
Then what is being filled with wisdom? Finally, in evangelism and all work and such places, this (300%) comes out. It is not merely the words “filled with wisdom,” but the answer that God gives comes now. Because of being filled with faith, the work of even making the multitude of priests repent occurred.
3. Filled with faith – [ 3 Ages ]
What is it? It is the leading figure through whom the 3 Ages open.
These are the blessings that all the anointed servants in the introduction receive 24. You must not miss it. To say you missed it means you did something else. It is all contained here, so why do something else? Many people do something else. Perhaps they have nothing to do after eating; they keep doing other people’s things, something else. It’s just this that they don’t do. Strange, isn’t it? They do all sorts of things, but only this they don’t. Do it. What Jesus gave. “But you will receive power only when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. Do not leave Jerusalem.” It means do not do anything else. “Wait for what the Father promised.” Right? Here the important ordained deacons came out. Because of this they became the leading figures who revive the church. Our ordained deacons must now receive this answer. Originally the meaning of elder is “old person,” originally. So in the Bible when it says “Go and tell the elders,” in English it is Elder, Elder. The older people. Then what is an ordained deacon? They were a somewhat younger group and took charge of the church’s leading role.
▣ Main_ Three Values
You saw three values. Actually this is my first ordained deacons’ dedication service. Why? No one ever asked me to do one. So when I saw this come up, I said, “Wow, amazing!” I thought, these people have been completely led by the Holy Spirit. Because there is a message that must be given to ordained deacons, I tell you. But since you did not request it, I couldn’t do it. It’s like going to a restaurant every day and ordering only jajangmyeon; there is no way for them to make anything else. This is very important. After you receive this, as you grow older you can become an elder, or a missionary, whatever. First you must receive this blessing.
1. Value worth staking your life on
This is the first. Discover a value worth staking your life on. Why do you do something that you may or may not do? Right? “It’s okay to go to church and okay not to go.” A person like this is useless even if he is in that church. That is Satan’s plaything, isn’t it? Going to church or not going is all the same. Spiritually that is a truly ridiculous being. “Going to church is not allowed” is a completely different story. “Ah, it is okay to stake my life!” They discovered this. The representative figure here is the ordained deacon named Stephen.
[ Stephen ]
Very important, isn’t it? So I am not saying that you should stake your life as you live your life of faith. You must discover a value worth staking your life on. With this he gave the message, and it was a message given completely prepared to die. What kind of place was that? It was not an evangelism field. You know what kind of place this is. Stephen was caught while evangelizing. So a trial took place. In the trial they judged whether to kill this man or not. The judges who judge listen to the man’s last words, you know. When he spoke his last words, Stephen did not say “I was wrong, please spare me.” No. “Aren’t you the ones who were wrong?” Stephen, without distinction of Jews or judges, said, “Aren’t you the ones who are wrong? Haven’t you always killed the prophets whenever they appeared?” He laid out the historical proof all at once. “Haven’t you blocked the gospel whenever it appeared? Such people as you nailed Christ to the cross. Christ rose from the dead.” He gave that message. “The Jews gnashed their teeth.” That is what it said. They should have listened and realized, but they gnashed their teeth. As you know, at that time “Stephen’s face was full of the Holy Spirit.” That is what it said. “At the moment Stephen died, the door of heaven opened.” That is what it said. “Christ was standing at the right hand.” A tremendous message came out. What is it?
1) Jews
This message, although he was sentenced to death and died there, was an eternal message that influenced all of the Jews. That is what he told. It was more than that.
2) Paul
It was an execution site, I tell you. So this man had to be stoned to death. Then one witness came forward. A witness came forward who said it was fine to stone him to death. That witness was Paul. He stoned him to death, I tell you. Later the one who influenced Paul the most was Stephen.
3) Antioch
Completely, because of this the Antioch church that saves the world was born. Because of one ordained deacon. All the Jews had an uproar, it influenced the man named Paul, and because of this the Antioch church came to be. It is amazing. This was an ordained deacon of the early church. They saw a value worth staking one’s life on. More important, the ignorant Jews thought, “If we kill Stephen, it will be done.” The spiritually ignorant Jews thought so, but that is the beginning. Antioch. They thought it would end when Stephen died, but it is the beginning. It is a very important story. This is what happened through the ordained deacon Stephen, I tell you.
What are our ordained deacons praying for now? I am not saying that you should die. But a value that makes it all right even to die should come out, shouldn’t it?
2. Historical value
This is the second. Through these ordained deacons, what came out was a very historical value.
[ Samaria ]
Where did he go? He went to Samaria. This going to Samaria is a tremendous historical story.
1) Background
There is a historical background. Now, you also need to think about this. In 722 BC, God caused Assyria to come and take North Israel captive. Before that, because of Solomon’s idolatry, the nation was divided north and south like our country. The north was called Israel and the south Judah. The capital of Judah is Jerusalem. The capital of North Israel is Samaria. Why do you think that happened? Because they did not know world missions, God took the north of Israel and scattered them throughout the whole world. And then other tribes came in. So they came to intermarry with Gentiles. They had international marriages. How did Israel realize this? They said those are scoundrels. They realized it all backwards like this. Because they did not do world missions, He scattered them. He brought people in order to globalize. He caused international marriages. This is globalization. Those Jews, how spiritually blind they are. Because of that they did not treat Samaria as a nation. To put it simply, they should have said “That Samaria is an international city,” but “that Samaria is a place where mixed-blood people live.” It doesn’t make sense, does it? There the ordained deacon Philip went and preached the gospel.
2) Eyes
This Philip’s eyes for seeing were different. You must have eyes for seeing the field like this. In the place where God says one must go, they say Jews must not go. If you are in this (introduction) prayer, you don’t need to worry. The field is seen.
3) One heart
There was something he did with one heart when he went there. He preached Christ with one heart. He focused on Christ. Works occurred. During this week, pray so that answers come to your major problems. You must enjoy such blessing. Historical value comes out. It is more than that.
3. Value of the origin of missions
The value of the origin of missions, the complete beginning, came out through the ordained deacon.
[ Eunuch ]
Before Paul went, he had already joined the Ethiopian eunuch to the ordained deacon Philip, I tell you. It was the first mission field.
1) Eunuch
It said he was a powerful eunuch of Ethiopia. This man did not come to play and buy the Scriptures.
2) Worship
He came to worship but could not worship properly and bought the Scriptures. Since he was a man with money and authority, the Scriptures, that scroll, are expensive. He bought it and read it as he went on his way. Now, isn’t this a miraculous story? God sent Philip to that place. The part that the eunuch was reading at that time was the prophecy about Jesus Christ. So he asked. Then Philip explained Christ. If you do something else, you are in big trouble. Everyone is doing something else now. If you go to world mission fields, they do something else. An even more surprising thing, they said they heard about Christ for the first time. Does that make sense? I couldn’t believe it. With so many churches around, hearing about Christ for the first time? They really heard it for the first time. It’s astounding. Christ was testified there.
3) Eternity
So an eternal message was delivered. The Bible says this. “The Spirit of the Lord to Philip.” This is important. We do not know, do we? “The Spirit of the Lord to them.” It is like a dream story. To people who have not been saved, it is an abstract story. “What is that? Is it fantasy or abstraction?” Many people ask like that. “It’s abstract.” They say. Even theologians who are not saved look at that and say, “It’s an abstract story.” Inwardly, “You are the abstract human being.” This is a fact. Our soul is a fact. The Holy Spirit who guides us is a fact. If you still don’t believe, you get caught by Satan. That is a fact.
▣ Conclusion_ [ Eternity ]
The blessing that you and our ordained deacons will receive during this week, with this in hand, you find what is called eternity. Now, look carefully at the introduction. 24. This (Main) answer is not something we can do. 25. This (Main) all of it. It is not something that can be done on earth. Eternity. The conclusion comes out exactly like this.
1. Morning – Bartizan
So all ordained deacons and church leaders, in the morning set up my bartizan. In the morning set up the bartizan of the throne.
Day – Journey
In the day, go the journey of the throne.
Night – Guidepost
At night make the guidepost of the throne.
Just keep doing that. Then what is important for you, your duties, will come out.
2. Solely (Only)
It is to make the servants of the Lord devote themselves solely to the Word and prayer. This is the only that Jesus spoke. It must be that. And then what comes out?
3. Evangelism Team
Through you, you can make it even within the ordained deacons themselves. Make an evangelism team. As for the evangelism team’s evangelizing, it is not a matter of getting permission or not.
Healing Team
Go find the sick. A healing team. You must do it.
Multi-ethnic Mission Team
And the ordained deacons should do what they did, I tell you. A multi-ethnic mission team. There is one at headquarters and at the church itself. You should make your own, in your own way, that can help them and connect with them.
Today we gathered with our senior elders. We confirmed what kind of works the older people in the Bible caused, in the message. Because the current age is lagging behind, they are failing to see something. They keep doing what is not in the Bible. In the Bible there are so many cases where older people turned the world upside down. Because they do not do it according to the Bible, what problem comes? It has become strange within the church now. Older people just retire and stay quiet, just like that. It would be fine if they died quickly, but they don’t die. What kind of situation is this? Even in the nation. They retire perfectly healthy people and leave them with nothing to do. It’s laughable. It’s the senior age.
So now specialists predict that when the AI age comes only eight things will survive, and the most important one among them is to utilize the senior age. That’s right. So I said, when the 3 Ages open, tell what you have experienced. That 3 Ages testimony team. Go find sick people, call them and comfort them, make a healing team. Also when people get a bit older, a change comes faster than for other people, so make a comfort team and do it. That doesn’t need instructions from anyone. You just go and pray.
In this way, you are missing all the precious blessings. What blessing ordained deacons will receive has come out clearly in the Bible today. You receive this. “I want to become a leading figure of the church.” You don’t need to say such a thing. If you receive the answer, you become the leading figure. Joseph did not say wherever he went, “I want to become your leading figure.” Because the answer came, they had to follow. If the ordained deacons receive the answer, the field lives, the church lives, the home lives, seniors and juniors all live. You must resolve this firmly. If you simply resolve and stay, the answer comes. I don’t know much. Maybe because I’m ignorant, if you wait without doing anything else, it comes. When I look at some people, they have too many talents. I have seen people who did all sorts of things and received not a single answer. You must not miss what is important.
Time management does not mean working hard. Right? It means doing what is important and doing what is not important loosely. Saving time does not mean working unconditionally like an ant. It means doing the urgent quickly and doing the important first. That’s it. “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” What to focus on within the 7·7·7 prayer this week. It is certain. Many answers are prepared. In the name of Jesus Christ I bless that this be a time of recovery so that they become yours. Let us pray.
Prayer
Thank You, God. Let us receive new grace this week too, let darkness be bound where the people of the Lord are, let everything that blocks the gospel be bound, let the Kingdom of God be established, and let the work of the Kingdom of God be accomplished. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.