The Age of Eldership and Its Role

2026.10.04 Sunday 2nd Service
Eldership Committee Dedicational Service
The Age of Eldership and Its Role
(1 Samuel 16:1-13)

Summary

We must ask what is most important in this age. It is asking what the church leader’s role for the age is. When a new believer comes to church, what they must enjoy most is the blessing of being God’s child. Only then does prayer also work. Anointing: before asking what an elder should do, he is an anointed servant. The meaning of having been anointed, the meaning of the anointed one, is Christ.
He called you as ambassadors of Christ, called king, prophet, and priest (1 Peter 2:9). The way to enjoy this blessing is that Christ completely gave the bartizan, journey, and guidepost. Then answers begin to come out from here.
7 bartizans, 7 journeys, 7 guideposts were given by Christ. This blessing must always be enjoyed and become deeply moving. Enjoy this every day until the platform is made. Then it becomes the watchtower that can help other people. It is the antenna through which that person comes and realizes the same blessing.

▣ Introduction_ The mission of the age is seen mainly at important times.
1. At the time of the Exodus
2. In the Philistine age
3. In the Assyria, Aram age
4. At Babylon
5. Rome
Even though they returned, they continue to go into Satan, disaster, and curses. At this time God raised up church leaders. They are the people of Romans 16.

▣ Main_ Jesse, who raised David, the person of the age – You must know the 3 communications.
1. Psalms 78:70-72 Communication with the throne
When David was a shepherd, he communicated with the throne.
1) The skill of not losing even one sheep while tending the sheep
2) He recovered spiritual power through the power of the throne by praise and the Word.
3) It was predestined that he would become king. Jesse did this role.

2. 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Communication with the high priest
The high priest is the highest office in Israel. Elders must be able to see the flow of the Word and the flow of the age.
1) He anointed him.
2) He delivered the covenant to David (that he would become king, the ark of the covenant and the temple)
3) Power: From this day on, he was greatly moved by the Spirit of the Lord.

3. 1 Samuel 17:1-47 Communication of world evangelization
1) He sent him on an errand to the place where war broke out.
2) He told him to bring back a token.
3) Rumor: The fight with Goliath spread to the whole world.

▣ Conclusion
1. You must tell new family members the root problem of life and the answer.
1) Identity
2) Authority
2. You must tell Remnants what 300% is while enjoying the bartizan, journey, and guidepost.
3. You must have the bartizan that saves ministers.

Transcript

I give thanks because our elders of Busan are carrying out many important things. So we must ask what is most important in this age. Listen to today’s message well, and you must make good use of it for your whole life.

「The Church Leader’s Role for the Age」 – 3 communications
What is the church leader’s role for the age? Most people, when they become elders, come to ask the question, “What should I do?” It’s not a bad question. But when a new believer comes to church and says, “What should I do?” that is not a good question. When a new believer comes to church, what must they enjoy first? It’s the blessing of being God’s child. If that isn’t sorted out properly and they keep going here and there and so on, that person loses out. “Ah, this is the blessing of being God’s child.” Only when you know this does prayer also work.

「Anointing」 – King, prophet, priest
Now then, without needing to talk at length now, when you become an elder like this, what must you do? Before that, you are an anointed servant. These words are not just words. “He anointed,” these words mean that when you become an elder, there’s the elder ordination prayer and you are established as an elder. We can think of that as ordinary. There, the blessing must be found and come out perfectly.
So in the old days in the Bible, they anointed kings. Becoming king isn’t done by someone one day saying, “I’ll become king.” That’s when the important organization of the nation recognizes him as king and holds a coronation. Only then does that person become king. When establishing a prophet, it’s not done by saying, “I’ll be a prophet.” They anoint him as a prophet. And priests too, the tribe of Levi becomes priests, but when becoming a priest, they are anointed. So the meaning of having been anointed, the meaning of the anointed one, is Christ.

Christ – Ambassador (1 Peter 2:9)
Jesus Christ is the King who overcame Satan. He is the Prophet who completely broke the background of hell. We cannot block disasters. He is the Priest who blocked disasters. That’s how it is. Then He called you as ambassadors of Christ, called king, prophet, and priest. So 1 Peter 2:9 said a royal priesthood.

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The way to enjoy this blessing is that Christ completely gave the bartizan, journey, and guidepost. Then answers begin to come out from here. Now, this bartizan, journey, and guidepost were only completed by Christ; they originally existed. Now, this blessing must always be enjoyed and become deeply moving. Why? Because there’s nothing better than this. It’s not just a bartizan, I’m telling you. The bartizan of the throne. The bartizan of the Lord. The guidepost of the kingdom of the Lord. The journey and guidepost of the throne. This is tremendous.
Honestly, after I discovered this, there’s no need to pray for anything other than this. What’s needed? Nothing. Jesus spoke directly. “Do not ask for this and that. That is what the unsaved Gentiles, the religious people, do. You, seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.” And in the last message, He explained about the kingdom of God for 40 days. For example, think about enjoying this every day. This is important. Conversely, think about worrying every day. Think about getting angry every day. It’s obvious, that. But think about enjoying this every day.

Platform, Watchtower, Antenna
Until when? Until the platform is made. Now, I’m telling you this gets made. When the platform is made, people come.
Over there they call Busan Station a platform. If it’s not a station, why would they go there to ride trains? Because Busan Station is a platform, people come. Also, they go to Gimhae Airport over there. That is a platform. Because planes take off from there, they go there, that’s it.
If there’s a well in a village, people come to draw water. Even if you tell them not to come, they come. You have to cross this river and sea, but if there’s no boat you can’t cross, right? Someone built a bridge. That’s called a platform. People come even if you tell them not to come.
If you don’t know this word, you suffer to death. Before this is made, you do something else. Do something else again. If you only do other things, that’s still okay. Then do wrong things. If you only do wrong things, that’s still cute. Do things that will ruin you. This line is everything.
Elders throughout the country and the world must know. You are anointed servants. Please don’t marry twice, but even if you marry twice, you don’t have the elder ordination ceremony twice. It’s over with once. With once, it’s for eternity.
Then you become able to help other people. Why? Because you have power. This is called a watchtower. Why is this there? It’s to see so as to save other people. Watchtower, like this.
Then those people come and realize the same blessing. That’s called an antenna. Actually, in the old days that bartizan communicated with everything even in far places, like this. Now they do things like phones, but back then, something did it all, I’m telling you. This is everything. Actually, all saints must enjoy this blessing.
You must tell this to new family members first of all. New family members aren’t church leaders, right? You must tell them the identity and authority of being God’s children.
You must tell the Remnants. “You are the remnant. What you study is to become one who remains. Building your strength is to become one who will remain. The reason you conquer the future is to become one who will leave behind. That word is Remnant.” So you must tell them precisely, like this.

▣ Introduction_ Mission of the age
When it becomes like this, the mission of the age is seen. Mainly when?

1. Exodus
At important times. Israel coming out of Egypt is important, right? At this time God spoke to Moses. He said, “Go to Pharaoh and ask him to let My people go.” And tell the people. Tell them they will leave Egypt. “If I go and speak, will Pharaoh listen? If the people ask who sent me, what should I answer?” He said, “I am the Lord.” The Lord, this word means I am who I am. It means not a creature. Say that I sent you. When they did that, He said something important. “Tell this fact first of all to the elders.” That is Exodus 3:16. “Pharaoh will not let you go. Then I will raise My mighty hand and strike him,” He said. “That is the sign.” That’s that. If He strikes, you can just leave again. That kind of thing really happens.

2. Philistine age
Look at each age. The Philistine age. They were always attacked by the Philistines and the nation was now in a situation where it couldn’t possibly survive. At this time, two church leaders came out. One is a woman and one is a man. The woman is, as you know, Samuel’s mother, Hannah. That is the blessing our female elders and kwonsas must have. One is Jesse. So they produced a person of the age. So you must know what the blessing of an elder is.

3. Assyria, Aram age
Finally the age of the nations of Assyria and Aram came. Like this, powerful nations are bound to keep invading. But if you have no power, you suffer it. At this time, one church leader came out. Who is it? It’s Obadiah. When this one person came out, even the Dothan movement arose, I’m telling you. They defeated the nation of Aram without fighting.
Humans miss the gospel again. We have the instinct to miss the gospel. Why? Because other things seem to have a lot that’s good. Because rather than doing only Jesus Christ, getting money is much more convenient, like this. So we forget, like this. When doing only Christ, “What does that mean? I don’t really know that.” Getting promoted is good, right?
Now, “We defeated Assyria.” “We defeated the nation of Aram.” It’s so exciting. Then they forget again. What? They forget this again. This is the gospel. Because they forget this again, they became captives again, I’m telling you. Why? Because they had to go to a big nation and do missions. They say they became captives, but God sent them. From there came people who realized.

4. Babylon
In Babylon. People who realized there, the three young adults, Daniel, Esther, such people came out. So they come to return. They returned, but they go back to the old ways again. We just need to not go back to the old ways. They keep going into this background of Satan, disaster, and darkness.

5. Rome
So finally they became a vassal state of Rome, right? At this time God poured out church leaders, people in large numbers. Their names are recorded in Romans 16. That’s it.

▣ Main_ Jesse
But today, first, I selected one representative person. Because the elders must keep seeing. I selected one representative person, and it’s Jesse, who raised the person of the age, who raised David. There’s a reason to look at this person briefly. If you want to look at this person, you must look at about three places in the Bible.
It’s Psalms 78:70 to 72. You know where it is, right? The main occupation of the people of Israel is tending sheep. To whom did this Jesse entrust all his property of tending sheep? He entrusted it to David. It’s about what David did here. He didn’t only tend sheep. David wrote a tremendous one-third of the Psalms.

The church leader’s role for the age – 3 communications
Simply put, elders must know three communications within this blessing.

1. Psalms 78:70-72 [ Communication with the throne ]
First, what is it? It’s communication with the throne. David went and did this. While doing what? While he was a shepherd.
1) Skill
First, there’s no need to talk about skill. Tending sheep, he didn’t lose even one sheep.
2) Spiritual recovery
What’s more important? He completely recovered the power of the throne through praise and the Word. Spiritual power.
3) King
At that time already, if you look at Psalms 78, it was predestined that he would become king. When? When he was young.
Jesse did this role.

2. 1 Samuel 16:1-13 [ Communication with the high priest ]
It’s the second one, the text you read today. It’s 1 Samuel 16:1 to 13. Now Samuel has grown up and is old. He’s the high priest. The word high priest is the highest office in Israel. When the high priest appears, that nation is stirred up. This person came to find Jesse.
It’s communication with the high priest. You must communicate with the throne, but this means you must be able to see the flow of the Word. At least elders must be able to see the flow of the Word and the flow of the age. It’s not difficult. He gave that blessing, I’m telling you. So today’s scene is the high priest coming to find him.
1) Anointing
He came there and poured on David the oil that was poured on you. And he delivered an important covenant to David. When anointing, “You will become king in the future.” That’s it.
2) Covenant
And then he gave an important covenant. What did he give? The ark of the covenant and the temple. So David regarded the ark of the covenant as so precious.
3) Power
At this time, “From this day on, he was greatly moved by the Spirit of the Lord.” It became like this.
The person who enjoys and communicates this blessing is Jesse. It didn’t end with that.

3. 1 Samuel 17:1-47 [ Communication of world evangelization ]
It’s 1 Samuel 17. As you know, Goliath, the giant whom the whole world knows, came attacking. He came attacking, but he didn’t just come attacking. He said, let’s not waste manpower and property, let’s do it 1:1. So, “If you defeat me, I, completely, the Philistines will surrender. If you can’t defeat me, surrender. There’s no need to fight. Hand over all of Israel.” It became like this. He warned for 40 days. So now it became the last.
At this time Jesse sends David. What did he send? He sends him on an errand. “Take this to your brothers, this to the commander of a thousand, this to the king. Deliver it and bring back a token.” But this is something we just don’t know, but originally in the Bible, the custom of that nation is to educate children through errands.
What is this already? How did he see that place? If Goliath is brought down, world evangelization happens. Not just knowing the word world evangelization, but a person who communicates with this. Isn’t it content you know well?
1) War
No, war broke out, and he should have said be careful and not sent him, but he sent him there.
2) Token
Token. Go and deliver the items and bring back the token, the evidence. It’s remarkable, Jesse. He knows he will become king. He knows, right? Then he should make him be careful, but he says definitely deliver this and bring back the token.
So David now goes, and Goliath keeps hurling curses, and no one can go out because they’re scared, that’s it. First, he told his brothers. “Wouldn’t it be okay if I fight Goliath?” he asked like this. The brothers’ answer. “You were always a crazy kid. An arrogant kid.” Then David answered like this. “Why would I not have a reason?” he said.
Remnants must not do rebellion without a cause, but must do rebellion with a cause. When puberty comes, they do rebellion without a cause. So then he gave bread and food to the commander of a thousand? He told the commander of a thousand. “Let me fight Goliath.” David was certain. So the commander of a thousand said, “Ah, that’s not right. Ah, that’s not right, still.” The commander of a thousand is a captain who commands 1000 people. This person introduced him to the king. Here’s what the king said then. “You can’t because you’re a boy. He’s a general. And he’s a giant. Do you think you can fight?” That’s right. As an adult, wouldn’t you say that? Then David answered. “The Lord delivered me from the lion and the bear. I believe He will deliver me from the one who insults the Lord.” So he was more mature than the king, completely.
So he goes before Goliath, right? He didn’t go, he ran. When Goliath looked, a little kid was running toward him, so he was just staring. So he came and stood squarely in a fighting stance. Goliath was so dumbfounded. There was a stick on that stone-throwing sling. He uses that stick to throw. Goliath was dumbfounded, “Hey, do you think I’m a dog right now? Why did you bring a stick?” That’s it. That was the last word of Goliath, the general of the age.
David broke him down at once. “You came with spear, sword, and javelin, but I came in the name of the Lord whom you insult. Life is in heaven, not in the sword. I will prove that the Lord is the true God.” These are the things David said. “Today the Lord has delivered you into my hand.” That little teenager David spoke boldly. Why? Because he already had this kind of power, I’m telling you. The covenant already works, right? There’s power, right? He already enjoys the things of the throne, right? He did it confidently.
But actually, even humanly, Goliath is no match for David. Everyone, a bear or a lion would carry off a sheep in its mouth, I’m telling you. Then it dies being bitten bit by bit, like this. Then how well does David throw? Even throwing this stone, you can’t just throw it. He hit the vital point of the lion’s head. So the lion faints. Since it fainted, then he tore its mouth and took out the sheep. Hitting Goliath’s head is a simple story. No matter how much armor Goliath wore, he held the spear himself, so he has to see with his eyes, right? He held a spear and held a shield, I’m telling you. So he can’t come doing this (covering his eyes) with the shield. He came doing this (not covering his eyes). He hit that gap. At once, just like that. No, he took care of a lion too. He took care of it at once. Shouting and saying it hurts means it doesn’t hurt enough. If you’re really hit hard, you don’t even make a sound. A friend of mine was hit by a bus and flew about 20m but lived. That’s my friend’s expression. He said it didn’t hurt at all. That’s right. If you collide that hard, it doesn’t hurt at all. It was finished.
3) Rumor
This is exactly when it began to spread as a rumor to the whole region. This is exactly the role church leaders do. It’s the role elders do.

▣ Conclusion
So, if there’s a greatest blessing in the lives of elders now, what should they do?

1. New family members
To new family members, you must truly give them what the problem of life is and what the answer is. Other things are of no use, I’m telling you. They’ll figure other things out themselves later. You must tell them what the true root problem and answer of life is.
1) Identity
2) Authority
Other places don’t use this. You tell them identity and authority.

2. RT (300%)
What must you tell Remnants? You must tell them what 300% is while enjoying this bartizan, journey, and guidepost. That’s how world evangelization happens.

3. Ministers (seminary)
More important. You must have the bartizan that saves ministers. You must have the bartizan that saves not only all prophets and priests but also these many students.
Our church is a somewhat special church. It’s a place that does world evangelization and where many world figures come. Then the elders must quickly renew now. Toward globalization, like this. What that means is, originally the person who established Sarang Church in Seoul is Pastor Ok Han-heum. He was from Geoje Island, and this person was a very outstanding person. So when he looked at Seoul, Seoul has a characteristic, right? He raised many servants, associate ministers. And at the same time he also raised special ministers. What a special minister is, is that Sarang Church is in Seocho-dong. Right next to it there’s one big building. There’s the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, like this. It faces that. It was there before too, but now too they built it there and it faces the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office like this. So there are plenty of prosecutors’ wives and judges’ wives. So this Pastor Ok Han-heum is smart, right? He established judges’ wives, prosecutors’ wives, or professors’ wives as evangelists. He established them as special-region evangelists. Still, they’re judges’ and prosecutors’ wives, so these people don’t ask for honorariums like this. They don’t receive even that and do it spending their own money. That kind of thing is also necessary. Now, these many students who come for training like this, that is fundamentally important. But you must see the age and prepare.
Why am I saying this? A shaman returned? This is Acts 13, 16, 19 bursting open. Those people don’t have to do a lot of work. That person’s very existence is important. If you don’t know this, those people hide and suffer to death. They just live by that grace of being saved, and their circumstances are much worse than before. Last time too, and this time too, a head Buddhist monk came, I’m telling you. You must help those people completely shine light at the level of ministers. They don’t have to do a lot of work. That very existence is light. You must know that. Seoul, Busan too, somewhat large churches must open such eyes wide.
Also, elders must definitely know. The associate ministers we are raising here are the future. When these futures study, how it works is, which school they graduated from? Not important. Which university they graduated from? Not important. That’s basic. But even pastors don’t know it well, I’m telling you. There is a course you study to become a pastor. That is called the seminary course. So RTS is Remnant Theological Seminary. So these elders must definitely know. It’s a seminary course, I’m telling you. Then who enters to get into this seminary course? They must be appointed as a minister of our church. And they must be serving as a minister. Then our church reports to the presbytery. “Ah, there’s an evangelist like this.” Then sometimes the presbytery takes that evangelist and gives an exam. Then they request, since this person is someone who will become a pastor of our church in the future, please educate them. If there are those three things, the seminary must accept them. So the seminary only makes them study and graduates them. Then where is that ordination given? It’s not given by the church. It’s given by the presbytery. Now, then to enter the seminary course, there must be an affiliation, there must be an affiliated church, and there must be an affiliated presbytery, right? That’s how Shincheonji or cults can’t get in.
Now, then why am I saying this? Currently, people like Professor Peter Yoon and Professor Park Eun-ju have studied theology. Those people are not people who say, “I need to do this to make a living.” Then those people are people who are so necessary for university ministry. Then quickly catch on, they themselves don’t know. Quickly catch on, and our church, the session, must recognize the three things. Actually, that Professor Yoon, in his ministry in America, he was called an elder but did more of a minister’s role. Currently, people like Professor Park Eun-ju also are active beyond a minister. So, they are ministers affiliated with our church. And report to the presbytery too. Then those people become squarely legitimate in receiving ordination. There are standards like having done it for several years, but in special cases it’s not necessary. Because if the session recognizes it, it’s fine. All legal decisions of the church are made by the session. If the session says of a perfectly fine person, “Ah, if we use this person as a minister, it will benefit the church. Right?” then they can appoint them as a minister. Catch these kinds of things quickly, is what I’m saying.
Many people, for example, talented people from other countries over there, when they say, “Ah, if I study theology and go there and get ordained, I’ll do it,” that’s a chance. So the basis of all seminarians and all pastors is where? It’s the seminary course. It doesn’t matter where the university is. Academic background doesn’t matter.
For example, if Elder Kim Kyung-su became my senior in the seminary course and I became his junior? Then I’m the junior. The standard is the seminary course. Then where this (seminary) comes from is what’s important.
Then in the Presbyterian church, what is taught in the seminary course? Presbyterian doctrine is taught. In the Methodist church, Methodist doctrine is taught in the seminary course. You understand what I mean, right? So when a Presbyterian pastor tells a Holiness pastor to come to the Presbyterian church, there’s one condition for accepting them. Go study here, that’s it. Instead, since you’ve already received pastoral ordination, we’ll let you do it for just 1 year, that’s the rule. That’s called a transferred pastor. For pastors, the presbytery gives ordination, and the moment they’re ordained they become a member of the presbytery. Elders must decide and promote everything in the church. But they are not members of the presbytery. Elders are members of the session. I’m talking about legal things now. Because people don’t know so much, I’m talking about legal things. A church without session members is called an unestablished church. If there are no session members, you can’t become moderator of the session. It’s the law. There are no session members, so. So you can’t become an installed pastor either. So the word that came about is senior pastor. There are these kinds of important things. In some ways these contents all look strange and stiff, but it’s greatly respecting the church. The reason I’m doing it intentionally during the message is that in America too and so on, they don’t know the proper way at all. They just do it any old way. Then it’s not right. Ordination must definitely be received from the presbytery of the affiliated church. So what elders must now think about is, since elders are all in charge of administration, when they think, “Ah, there are people in this kind of situation,” they just need to quickly permit the seminary condition. There’s nothing to create. “Ah, the session appointed them as our minister.” So today they appointed Professor Yoon as an evangelist of that church. It’s nothing much of a story, but since it’s the Elders’ Association dedication service, elders must know these things.
I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that this week will be the beginning of perfectly restoring the blessing of the anointed servant.

Prayer

We give thanks to God. We give glory to God who prepares us to do world evangelization. Brighten our spiritual eyes and let us see the things of God. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.