It Is Finished!

Sunday 1st Service
Title / Scripture: It Is Finished (John 19:17-30)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-su
Date / Place: December 4, 2022, Immanuel Church (Seoul)

Summary

▣ Introduction_ How should we resolve the suffering and pain that has come to me and to others?

1. We cannot resolve the pain and curses that come to us.

1) What I did wrong, I can realize and repent of, but original sin cannot be resolved.

2) John 8:44 He said to the unbelieving Jews, “your father the devil.” Because they are completely caught in Satan’s 12 curses, they cannot get out.

3) This pain, curse, and disaster come riding on the line called fate.

2. God promised in advance the way to resolve this – Christ

▷ Today’s text, where He is executed on the cross at Golgotha (Calvary), is the fulfillment of the promise to send Christ and remove all these disasters, curses, and sin.

3. The people beneath the scene where Jesus suffers on the cross

1) The Jews staked their lives on lying.

2) Pilate staked his life on public opinion.

3) The soldiers staked their lives on casting lots to take one garment.

4) Jesus staked His life on the cross to fulfill God’s perfect will.

4. Jesus who said “It is finished” – the declaration of complete victory that all the forces of darkness have come to an end

▷ What should we do with our suffering, our pain, the hardest part, the thing that is most problematic for me? If you know the gospel of Christ, hold onto this covenant, and come up with the answer, answers keep coming.

1) The three biggest problems

(1) Why are the elders and the church so poor that they cannot do anything?

(2) Why do they suffer from disease to the point that nothing works?

(3) Why are they incompetent, living as servants of unbelievers, and not even able to evangelize?

2) The covenant I held onto firmly – “Christ finished everything. I am a child of God. Why should I stay here?” After firmly holding onto this covenant, the evangelism movement arose, and I received the blessing of the economy and of saving all people.

▷ If you can hold onto this covenant and pray, it is fine wherever you are.

3) You must hold this covenant as first priority. Nothing other than this covenant can be first priority.

▷ Many people do not have it as first priority. That is why they become like the Jews, like Pilate and Rome. Those who hold this covenant as first priority are different. It is fine even if they die. The early church was like that.

▣ Main_ Because it is finished, we must hold onto three covenants

1. When problems come, do not be shaken; just hold the covenant correctly and wait.

1) Holding the covenant correctly means knowing the cause. – Darkness covers the whole world and tries to bring us down to the end.

2) The solution God gave (Christ) – The moment you hold this covenant, darkness collapses. The history of the early church began from this point.

3) People who knew this, enjoyed it, and waited – Joseph (17 years), Moses (40 years in Midian)

4) Jesus’ last words (Acts 1:3-8) – Wait while enjoying the kingdom of God. In not many days you will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

2. You must discover the “only” and believe.

1) The only one who can say “It is finished” is Jesus Christ alone.

2) He fulfilled all of God’s covenant words. – He fulfilled Genesis 3:15, Exodus 3:18, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 16:16. He completely ended the power of Satan, hell, and disaster.

3) Hebrews 9:26 He has appeared once at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. He removed personal sin, original sin, and the sin of idolatry.

3. You must discover the “absolute” and take on the challenge.

1) Acts 2:1-47 Those who took part in Mark’s upper room saw the resurrection of the Christ who suffered and began to pray, and they were completely changed, to the point that people thought they were drunk.

2) Acts 11:19 When tribulation came, they established the Antioch church and changed the world.

3) Acts 12:1-25 When Peter was arrested, the saints prayed all night and a miracle happened.

4) Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8 They went into the synagogues and conquered Rome in 250 years.

▣ Conclusion_ Do not be deceived; make a decision

1. Darkness collapses when you make the decision to enjoy – Daniel 3:18, Pastor Ju Gi-cheol, Pastor Son Yang-won

2. Today’s decision determines the future

3. Our prayer influences future generations

Transcript

▣ Introduction_ How should we resolve the suffering and pain that has come to me and to others?

How should we resolve suffering, and also pain? And what message should we give to those who are suffering, to people who have great pain?

In our country, before people like Lee Byung-chul, there was one chaebol. At first he just worked at a company that sold ginseng to China. Since our country’s ginseng is good, it seems a lot of it sold in China. Now, to come back to Korea, he sold a lot of ginseng, collected the money, and it was, “I’ll sleep and go tomorrow.” But there are strange parents too, right? In China, they sold their daughter for about several tens of millions of won in our money. That young daughter was so scared, it was the very day she had been sold, and she met this man and told him her story. Hearing that story, this man felt so sorry for her and was moved. He gave the money from selling ginseng to that owner and saved this daughter. He came to Korea and said to the boss, “This happened, so I spent all the money.” Does that make sense? Naturally he got fired. And then problems came. A lot of time passed, and since this girl would have problems again if she went home, she went into a very wealthy household in China as a housemaid. As it turned out, this person was the top chaebol in China. In that house, for a long time, she worked as a maid, like a daughter. But this girl was a really good person. And then the wife of the house became ill. One day she called this maid girl and made a request, it is said. “You are such a good person, can you grant my request? I think I am going to die anyway. So, although you are young, would you marry my husband?” So she married him. So one day she suddenly became the wife of the richest man in China. She told about how she had been saved. She talked about how she came to this house. So this top chaebol of China found this man. So they did business together, you see. And so this man became the first chaebol in Korea. As you all know well, it is a man named Im Sang-ok.

The reason I’m telling this story is that this girl could not possibly resolve it by her own strength. Someone had to save her. Otherwise, I’m saying, she would have had to live her whole life like a prostitute and then die. She couldn’t do anything with hope. She couldn’t pay back that large amount of money herself. This man, who had come to do business, without any reason, just paid it off at once. How could she forget that? Such things happened.

1. We cannot resolve the pain and curses that come to us.

The suffering, the curse, this pain that come to us cannot be resolved.

1) What I did wrong, I can realize and repent of, but original sin cannot be resolved.

What I did wrong, I just need to realize, and the personal sins I committed I can repent of, but this original sin cannot even be resolved.

2) John 8:44 He said to the unbelieving Jews, “your father the devil.” Because they are completely caught in Satan’s 12 curses, they cannot get out.

Jesus looked at the unbelieving Jews and said, “your father the devil,” didn’t He? Because they are completely caught in Satan’s 12 curses, they cannot get out. This is the answer the Bible gives. Everything else is a lie. No matter how powerful the nation, they kill many people and fall; there is no nation that has done well. Even in our country and all over the world, politicians all fight over their own claims, don’t they? There’s no hope in that. There never was. They cannot get out of original sin. This thing called pain is not an object. If it were an object, you could just clear it away like this.

3) This pain, curse, and disaster come riding on the line called fate.

This pain, curse, and disaster, we don’t even know when it will come, but it comes riding on the line called fate. It is frightening. Because it comes riding on this line called fate. If it were an object, I could just get rid of it, right? Sometimes, when I hear things like a plane crashed and people died, I really didn’t know what to answer. I mean, look, the Sampoong Department Store collapsed and many people died there, didn’t they? How in the world does a bridge fall? And people die like this. This thing called the line of fate is frightening.

2. God promised in advance the way to resolve this – Christ

God told in advance the way to resolve this. “I will send Christ and remove all these disasters and curses, sin.” This promise was fulfilled.

3. The people beneath the scene where Jesus suffers on the cross

So today, as for Jesus, how much did He suffer when He suffered? A person named Cicero said this. He said the most cruel and most horrifying execution is crucifixion. Originally this was an execution system that began in Persia, and it passed to Carthage and went to Rome. So why did they come to Pilate? The Jews could go as far as stoning someone to death, but crucifixion had to be done by Rome. Simply put, it’s done according to Roman law. So they accused Him to Pilate. To kill Him. So when they hung someone on the cross, in places like Rome, originally, they say they just left them there to dry up and die. How gruesome! So beasts and birds would come and tear and eat everything. They made them die this way. But applying it only to the nation of Judea, they would allow the body to go into a tomb, that’s how it was. The place of execution is Golgotha. A terrifying scene unfolded. They execute Jesus, who had no fault at all, on the cross, and doesn’t this word Golgotha mean skull? It’s the same word. Golgotha is Hebrew, and if you say Calvary, that’s Latin. It’s the same word. They go there and carry out the crucifixion. When going, four soldiers escort Him, whipping Him, and take Him. Like this. One in front carries the charge, carries it to attach to the cross later, and Jesus follows bearing the cross. They go up like this, beating wildly with a whip that has blades like glass attached. That pain cannot be described in words. What was written on the plaque of the charge was, “He is the King of the Jews.” That was the charge. It says they wrote it in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin. That means what was written in Hebrew was for the Jews to know. What was written in Greek means that, since Greece dominated much of the world at that time, Greek people should know. What was written in Latin means Roman people should know. They carry a plaque of the charge with that meaning, you see. So the Jews saw it and protested strongly. “He is not the King of the Jews. Write the charge as ‘self-proclaimed King of the Jews.'” So Pilate the judge answered in a way like, “That, I will think about and decide myself.”

So then, going up the mountain, at the valley of the skull, they carry out the crucifixion. It’s horrible. Everyone, even just stabbing a person is hard, but they kill Him so gruesomely like that, for many people to see. And how miserable was it? Well, it was a poor era, so maybe that’s why. They strip His clothes and divide them. Four soldiers take one garment each. Now it’s their income. But when they strip the clothes, one is left over, you see. If there were four, they could each take one, but there were five. What do you think, everyone? If the four of them tore that one piece, it would be useless, so they said someone should take it, and there they cast lots, throwing something like dice. While Jesus is suffering gruesomely on the cross right now, at that scene, there beneath, they are doing that.

1) The Jews staked their lives on lying.

When you see that, what do you feel? The Jews staked their lives on lying.

2) Pilate staked his life on public opinion.

Pilate staked his life on public opinion.

3) The soldiers staked their lives on casting lots to take one garment.

Those soldiers staked their lives on casting lots to take one garment.

4) Jesus staked His life on the cross to fulfill God’s perfect will.

Jesus staked His life on the cross to fulfill God’s great, perfect will.

4. Jesus who said “It is finished” – the declaration of complete victory that all the forces of darkness have come to an end

But, in that hardship, He would be thirsty, wouldn’t He? When He says, “I am thirsty,” there’s the scene where they give Him sour wine. After drinking it, the words Jesus spoke appear. It says He spoke with a loud voice, doesn’t it? What did He say with a loud voice? “It is finished.” He said. This was not something said in great despair. Right? It is the declaration of complete victory. “It is finished.” He said. It’s a tremendous message. He said that and died. This word “It is finished” is not an ordinary word. All struggles are completely over. All the forces of darkness have come to an end. It’s a tremendous message. It could include many things, but I’m saying it was not something Jesus said after losing all His strength and giving up. Today we must firmly hold this covenant.

What will you do with your suffering? What will we do with our pain? And what will you do with your hardest part? You must come up with the answer. Knowing the gospel of Christ, I came up with the answer for what was most problematic for me. Those answers keep coming.

1) The three biggest problems

I’ve told you before, but for me that was a tremendous, for me that was the problem.

(1) Why are the elders and the church so poor that they cannot do anything?

What is the first? Why are our elders, why must the church be so poor like this? Poverty is not wrong, but if you can’t do anything, that becomes a problem.

(2) Why do they suffer from disease to the point that nothing works?

Why do our parents and many people suffer so from disease like this? Disease is not sin. But if it gives so much pain and you are always sick to the point that nothing works, that is something to think about. I saw that.

(3) Why are they incompetent, living as servants of unbelievers, and not even able to evangelize?

Why are the saints so lacking in ability that they cannot evangelize and can’t do anything? Does that make sense? This is a curse.

2) The covenant I held onto firmly

He said Christ would finish everything. I firmly held the covenant. “Christ finished everything on the cross. I am a child of God. Why should I stay here any longer?” It’s real. I held that covenant. And from then, the evangelism movement began to arise for me. Why? Because I believed this fact. And in fact, while doing the evangelism movement, wherever I went, God gave the blessing of the economy and of saving all people. From then, I studied healing for 40 years. Because my father was a diligent and remarkable man, but he couldn’t do anything and always sat leaning against the wall, and then passed away. Well, that didn’t become a wound for me. But why should one live like that? Why must one be so poor? Why must one, without any ability, run errands for unbelievers, lose, and live as a servant? This is not right. It’s no one’s fault, but this is not right. From then, amazingly, these three answers kept coming to me and became a covenant. So now, I too think I can do the evangelism movement like this, do a definite healing ministry, and really move the manpower and economy that save many people. As long as there are you who know the gospel and pray, we can do world evangelization here without any problem, right? If you can hold onto this covenant and pray, it is fine wherever you are. It’s finished.

3) You must hold this covenant as first priority. Nothing other than this covenant can be first priority.

Jesus, with a loud voice, gave the shout of victory, that it is over. “It is finished.” He said. This is a word that makes the forces of darkness tremble. We must not be deceived. I was not deceived and won. You must not be deceived. I was always deceived. Well, I didn’t say it, but I was always steeped in poverty and couldn’t do anything; always, though I didn’t say it, I thought that way. One day I came to my senses with a jolt. “Wait, am I not a child of God? Lack has nothing to do with me. I must save through the covenant. My parents being poor is not my fault.” Isn’t that so? “The church has no power, doesn’t do the gospel movement, and only fights, but that’s not my fault; I will hold the covenant and pray.” It’s certain, everyone. You must go with that covenant. “Nothing can be first priority for me.” I realized. Everyone, don’t hold onto the world and worry halfway like this. Nothing other than this covenant can be first priority. From then, darkness is broken. Many people don’t have it as first priority, right? That’s why they become like the Jews. That’s why they become like Pilate and Rome. It’s not first priority. You must firmly hold this covenant as first priority. Those who hold this covenant as first priority are different. How were they different? “It is fine even if I die.” This can’t be stopped. In this early church, “It’s fine even if we die.”

▣ Main_ Because it is finished, we must hold onto three covenants

Today, what covenant should we hold? Simply, you must hold three things.

1. When problems come, do not be shaken; just hold the covenant correctly and wait.

What is the first? It is holding the covenant correctly and waiting. You must not just wait. It is holding the covenant correctly and waiting. Why? Because it is finished.

1) Holding the covenant correctly means knowing the cause. – Darkness covers the whole world and tries to bring us down to the end.

What does it mean to hold the covenant correctly? It is knowing the cause. This darkness invisibly covers the whole world and tries to bring you down to the end. Right?

2) The solution God gave (Christ) – The moment you hold this covenant, darkness collapses. The history of the early church began from this point.

God gave the solution. He knew that humans can’t do it. That solution is the tremendous word Christ. Satan trembles here. Evil spirits know, as only spirits can, whether you have conviction or not. Satan knows exactly. He knows whether that person has the power of Christ as first priority or not. Then he is bound to touch them. Why? Because he knows it’s not. No matter how incompetent, no matter how much you’ve failed, no matter how much of a person who has made mistakes, the moment you hold this covenant, darkness collapses. In fact, the history of the early church began from this point. I mean, if Christ was executed on the cross, isn’t that the end? No. I’m saying that wasn’t the end.

3) People who knew this, enjoyed it, and waited – Joseph (17 years), Moses (40 years in Midian)

Joseph, who knew this, waited 17 years while enjoying. Right? He didn’t just wait, but while enjoying. Look at the Bible in detail. Moses went to Midian and for 40 years waited while enjoying the covenant.

4) Jesus’ last words (Acts 1:3-8) – Wait while enjoying the kingdom of God. In not many days you will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Jesus also said at the end, didn’t He? “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for what the Father promised.” While doing what? Wait while enjoying the kingdom of God. Wait. Everyone, when great pain comes, don’t be afraid and wait. Problems come because you hold onto something else. Don’t hold onto it. Hold the covenant firmly and wait. Hold the exact covenant. Then that’s it. So, I wanted to study, and when I was young I wanted to go abroad. I had no power, right? One day I realized. If God doesn’t send me, I don’t go. Right? If God sends me, I go. It doesn’t matter. Because of that, I entered the path of evangelism. Otherwise, I would have gone to study abroad and become a professor or something. I’m not saying professors are bad. So I studied English hard to go abroad and study, and I memorized almost the entire dictionary. There is nothing to be afraid of. Jesus said, “In not many days you will be filled with the Holy Spirit. You will be witnesses to the ends of the earth.” When great pain has come, when problems have come, don’t be shaken, but hold the covenant exactly and wait.

2. You must discover the “only” and believe.

This is the second. You must discover the “only” and believe. Right?

1) The only one who can say “It is finished” is Jesus Christ alone.

The only one who could say on the cross “It is finished” is Jesus Christ alone. Any great person, a person like Buddha, told people to find the way. He didn’t give the answer. Socrates said, “Know yourself.” What’s the use of knowing yourself? It’s miserable. If you know yourself, you’d have to commit suicide. It’s not the answer. “It is finished,” He said.

2) He fulfilled all of God’s covenant words. – He fulfilled Genesis 3:15, Exodus 3:18, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 16:16. He completely ended the power of Satan, hell, and disaster.

What? He has now fulfilled all of God’s covenant words. Didn’t He say the offspring of the woman will crush the head of the serpent? He fulfilled that. Don’t you know you were liberated on the day the lamb’s blood was applied? I’m saying He fulfilled that. When you were miserably dead, didn’t God promise the blessing of Immanuel? He fulfilled that. Didn’t Peter confess not long before? When he said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” “You are Peter; on this rock I will build My church. The power of Hades will not overcome you. I give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.” That’s what was fulfilled. Right?

Those of you facing hardship, do not be discouraged at all. I’m not saying to be arrogant. I’m not saying to brag. It doesn’t matter. Hold the covenant and wait. What if you starve to death doing so? Then you die. What if you go bankrupt doing so? Then you go bankrupt. You can’t go bankrupt. That’s the promise. I’m speaking of what I experienced. Something tremendous: He ended the power of Satan, the power of hell, and the power of disaster, which no one can resolve. I hope you believe.

3) Hebrews 9:26 He has appeared once at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. He removed personal sin, original sin, and the sin of idolatry.

Hebrews 9:21 says this. “Suffering has existed since the creation of the world, but He was born at the end of the ages to remove sin by offering Himself once as a sacrifice.” If you don’t understand these words, you’re lying. Haven’t you committed sin? All of that must be paid for. Christ says He will remove it. It’s not just that. What will you do about original sin that you didn’t even commit, the sin of idolatry that existed from your ancestors? He says He will remove it. On the cross, Christ finished it all. You must firmly hold this covenant.

3. You must discover the “absolute” and take on the challenge.

This is the third. After discovering the “only” and praying, what are you now?

The disciples of the early church began to change. They discovered the absolute and now took on the challenge. From this time, they gathered in Mark’s upper room. Now an uproar broke out. How convinced were they? Other people saw them and said, “Are those people drunk?” didn’t they? Simply put, the people were transformed. Everyone, I’m saying such a blessing is prepared for you. If you do not take strength, you cannot save those around you. You must remember.

A certain wife wrote, “My husband is having such a very, very hard time like this; what should I do?” I didn’t even see her face. A letter came. How hard must it have been for her to send it like that? I answered simply. “The only person who can pray for that husband is you.” I said. “Either give up or take on the challenge.” This person caught on. She really took on the challenge. So, I heard she’s receiving many answers.

These people who took part in Mark’s upper room, in that suffering, saw that the Christ who finished it all had resurrected and began to pray, and they were completely changed, weren’t they?

2) Acts 11:19 When tribulation came, they established the Antioch church and changed the world.

When tribulation came to them, an even greater work happened. That’s the Antioch church. I mean, if you have conviction, the apostles were all arrested and taken away, and now the church leaders remained, you see. These people should have run away, right? No. They established the Antioch church. This changed the world. I’m saying the same answer is there.

3) Acts 12:1-25 When Peter was arrested, the saints prayed all night and a miracle happened.

Later they even arrested Peter. So these church leaders and saints gathered and prayed all night. God had Peter released, and that very night a great event broke out. He took King Herod away, didn’t He? You must take on the challenge.

4) Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8 They went into the synagogues and conquered Rome in 250 years.

This Paul went looking for the synagogues and went in. Why must we open the three-day weekend age here? We must raise future generations. This, in 250 years, overturned Rome. People don’t really know the power of the gospel. I talked about it in the district lesson, but Paul said, “The height, depth, and breadth of this gospel cannot be measured.” This changed the world. Saints today are not at all like that, are they? This is second priority, third priority. When you look at those who say they’re bringing a little revival, it’s making a worldly church, and Satan totally dances. You must pray. If you make a mistake, while we should be saving saints, Satan’s biggest playground can become the church. You must pray. Do not be afraid. I’m saying just firmly hold the covenant. The early church held the covenant. If you keep looking at this Paul in Acts chapters 17, 18, and 19, he dug into the synagogues. Simply put, he made the future generations properly realize the gospel and made them pray properly. He did three things, right? In chapter 17 he went to the synagogue and explained the necessity of Christ, and in chapter 18 he went to the synagogue and explained worship and prayer. And in chapter 19, if you look, he explained the work of the kingdom of God. How great is this? It’s a long time, isn’t it? As 250 years passed, these people grew up and became adults, the church and Rome changed, and the world changed.

▣ Conclusion_ Do not be deceived; make a decision

Today, everyone, truly make a decision. Then that’s it. You don’t need a lot. It’s truly right, so don’t be deceived and firmly decide. I’ve told this before, but I went to a certain conference in Busan, and someone came and greeted me. Busan has the sea stretched out like this, right? There’s a place called Gwangalli. There’s a beach, and I held a conference at a certain church there. A person who looked about 50 came to greet me. I told you before, right? “Pastor, thank you. I was a ship captain. I worked so, so hard, but one day my body hurt so much that I came home. I went to the hospital and had a full diagnosis, and they said it was terminal liver cancer. So the doctor said there was no hope. So, since the doctor said there was no hope, there was nothing else I needed to hear, right?” Truly, this remarkable person, look what he did. For us, it would be, “Save me, what do I do?” Isn’t that so? This wasn’t that. Some people go to the mountains to live, right, to live. This person wasn’t like that. From then he went to find everyone he knew.

“I am now going to heaven. There is something I couldn’t tell you.” Going to find high-ranking people, “There is something I couldn’t tell you.” He shared the gospel with all of them. Repenting, before God. The doctor said at most he wouldn’t make it past 6 months. “Pastor, I am now alive for the third year.” He said. “Have you gone to the hospital?” “I didn’t go. They said there’s no hope for me; why would I go there?” He said.

“Since you’ve been this healthy since then, shouldn’t you check whether you’re healed or not?” I said. His face was the face of a healthy person. I’m not trying to say that this person is healthy, that he’s not dying of cancer. This person’s decision is so moving. This is what’s important. How moving this person’s decision is: he could go, but he says, “Until now I never shared the gospel with so many people.” He’s sharing the gospel with all his relatives, friends, and acquaintances.

Everyone, don’t just live a religious life; you are not people without worth. You must make a decision. Christ did not bear the cross so that we could eat well. Right? He didn’t bear the cross to cure our colds. There’s a tremendous, true story in it. A story that Pilate couldn’t even understand is in it. Those Roman soldiers who were guarding were at the level of casting lots for clothes and dividing them; they couldn’t even understand. That’s why disaster keeps coming on this land. We must block it.

As I said at this church leaders’ conference, our church must not just finish building this sanctuary, but must save all the churches going over to the whole world. Why? Absurdly huge things have happened. Each time, disaster comes. We must block it.

1. Darkness collapses when you make the decision to enjoy – Daniel 3:18, Pastor Ju Gi-cheol, Pastor Son Yang-won

What decision? Today you must first make the decision to enjoy. Right? Even if God does not save us in the fire, it’s fine. What will you say? There are pastors who firmly protected our Korea. Someone like Pastor Ju Gi-cheol said, “Resolved to die once.” “It’s not dying many times; it’s dying once, so then, are you telling me to die miserably worshipping idols? We can’t.” he said. To Pastor Son Yang-won they said, “If you bow just once, we’ll release you,” didn’t they? “I’m fine even if I live in prison forever.” he said. So this kind of decision is the decision by which darkness completely collapses, isn’t it?

2. Today’s decision determines the future

There is something more important. The decision you make today determines the future. Without a doubt.

3. Our prayer influences future generations

It seems like you are suffering, but your prayer influences future generations. Never miss this. Among you sitting here, wouldn’t there be those whose parents prayed a lot? It’s different. That’s why you are sitting here. Then, everyone, your future is different. He said it is finished. I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus to become people who start anew. Let us pray.

Prayer

God, let today be a day of important decision. Let it be a day of setting the covenant right. Let it be a day of ending all curses and disasters. Let it be a day of a new challenge. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.