Christ Who Came to the Discouraged Disciple

Sunday 1st Service
Title / Scripture: Christ Who Came to Find the Discouraged Disciple (John 21:15-18)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-su
Date / Place: December 11, 2022, Immanuel Church (Busan)

Summary

▣ Introduction_ When Facing Suffering and Difficulties

1. Without realizing it, I go back to the old days, suffer great loss, and begin to waver. – The disciples who should have been proclaiming the resurrection went fishing.

2. For the unsaved, suffering and difficulties are an opportunity for destruction, but for the saved, they are an opportunity for blessing.

3. What is different about the saved

1) Within the saved, the Holy Spirit who will never leave for eternity works. Therefore, when difficulties come, they are victorious instead.

2) Saying the Holy Spirit of the Lord is within me means that an amazing Spirit that communicates with the throne has come as an antenna.

3) God is firmly holding onto your entire life.

4) The unsaved do not have the Spirit of God, so they completely collapse, but within you who are saved, there is the platform, the watchtower, and the antenna where the Triune God, the blessings of the throne, and the power of God come upon.

▷ Don’t even make choices; just pray, and the work will take place. People collapse by making absurd choices.

▣ Main_ What You Who Are Saved Must Hold Onto

1. Even when discouraged, the people of God never change because they have God’s promise. At that time, He is making greater preparations.

1) Moses’ 40 years in Midian after committing murder and fleeing – the time when the message he heard through his mother was completely organized (Genesis) → When difficulties come, if you first organize the exact Word of God and wait, a miracle will surely take place. Hold onto the covenant and wait.

2) Moses, who thought it made no sense when told to go to King Pharaoh and say he would offer a blood sacrifice – Say that the Lord has spoken. I will strike them with My mighty hand. After stepping out of his own position and holding onto the covenant, tremendous answers took place.

3) God came to the discouraged Elijah with something greater. “I have left 7,000 disciples. I will change the king. Find Elisha.” This is how the Dothan City movement arose.

2. Because the life of the gospel (antenna) is within you, the resurrected Lord appears and directly rules over you.

1) Even now He has risen and works through the Holy Spirit, so try praying in the name of Jesus Christ.

2) When the disciples went fishing, Jesus came to find them. He is clearly with us through the Holy Spirit, the Counselor. Do not test, but experiment.

3) At night, set something important and try praying with concentration in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The work of darkness being broken will surely take place.

3. The one and only condition given to Peter who had the gospel – “Do you love Me?”

1) Feed My lambs. Take care of My lambs.

2) The promise of world evangelization – I will lead you where you do not want to go.

3) Jesus who knows us – He knew that the denial was not real and that the confession of love was real, so He gave a strong promise.

▣ Conclusion_ Why is there no answer to prayer? Why do unbelievers live well?

1. Habakkuk 2, Engrave My word on stone. So that it will not disappear, so that it may be seen even while running

▷ It is only for a moment that it seems as though there is no answer to prayer and it seems as though unbelievers live well. What is of eternity is something separate.

2. Isaiah 40, Say that the word of the Lord will stand forever.

3. Romans 8, No strong one will be able to snatch us out of the hand of Christ.

Transcript

▣ Introduction_ When Facing Suffering and Difficulties

When we face great suffering, we become flustered. Almost anyone would be like that. Even people with faith will pray, but they will feel difficulty.

Now, at times like this, things where the inside and the outside are different tend to come out. The people who received help from Jesus and overcame illness, when this incident broke out, in their hearts they wouldn’t have been like that. They would have been grateful. But they all ran away. Even the disciples who saw Jesus’ power firsthand ran away, I’m telling you. Even, as you know, right before that incident, Peter denied Jesus three times. When something big happens, almost all people go through confusion with two minds like this.

Pilate’s trial was like that too. Clearly this man (Jesus) has done nothing wrong, but the people are pressing hard like this, and he can’t refuse to grant it either. Because this man (Pilate) had gone through this kind of thing twice before, he handed Jesus over to be executed.

Actually, what about the hearts of those Jews? Among the Jews, there are people who know the Bible well. Even though they saw and heard a lot about Jesus, when this kind of thing happened, they fell away.

Moreover, the situation isn’t like our situation, you know. Crucifixion is an extremely frightening punishment. It’s the crucifixion given only to very evil people. That too, and after He was executed, there was talk like “He came back to life,” and talk like “No, He didn’t,” so wouldn’t there have been confusion in those words? So these people said, “Now let’s go fishing.” It’s not something to see as very bad, they could go fishing. Because they were fishermen.

1. Without realizing it, I go back to the old days, suffer great loss, and begin to waver.

What we must remember here is that when suffering comes or difficulties come, without realizing it, we go back to the old days. They are people who should now be diligently proclaiming the resurrection of Jesus, but these people said, ‘Let’s go fishing,’ and went fishing. So when suffering comes, many people suffer great loss and begin to waver.

2. For the unsaved, suffering and difficulties are an opportunity for destruction, but for the saved, they are an opportunity for blessing.

But it is recorded differently in the Bible. When great suffering comes to the unsaved, that is an opportunity for destruction. The suffering that comes to the saved is all an opportunity for blessing. People who are still trapped in the law don’t know what this means, but what is the difference between ‘saved’ and ‘not saved’? They also talk about many things. They say, ‘The saved must live like this.’ It’s right, but it’s wrong.

3. What is different about the saved

The saved are different in just one thing. Where are they different? What, after you’re saved, does your face suddenly become handsome? Not at all. After I was saved, I prayed a lot, so I actually shrank 1cm. What on earth is different? Just one thing is different.

1) Within the saved, the Holy Spirit who will never leave for eternity works. Therefore, when difficulties come, they are victorious instead.

Within the saved, the Holy Spirit who never, ever leaves for eternity works. You must remember this. So when difficulties come, they are victorious instead. Isn’t that right? When difficulties come, God’s saved people start the prayer they didn’t used to do, I’m telling you.

Even people who were that outstanding, if they are unsaved, completely collapse when a great difficulty comes. I still can’t understand it even now. Everyone, hearing that someone you don’t know committed suicide and hearing that someone you know did it are different. When the news says, ‘OO committed suicide,’ if I’m like a relative, it becomes a shock to the one who hears it. Since it says ‘committed suicide,’ the family is completely shocked. It’s not as if they didn’t know about such things. He was that kind of person, but when such a great difficulty came, he couldn’t endure it and like this……. There were quite a lot of such people. Among such people, something like ‘Mr. Park Won-soon did that,’ I wasn’t very close to him, so I just thought, ‘Oh, so that happened,’ but I was really startled when Mayor Ahn Sang-young committed suicide. The reason I remember it more is that it was when I was holding a conference in America, I’m telling you. While holding a conference in America, I was getting ready to come out, and our secretaries slipped a sheet of paper under my door. They fold a paper and slip it in when there’s something particular to deliver or when something special came up at that day’s conference. So I looked to see what paper it was, and it was written, ‘Mayor Ahn Sang-young suicide.’ I really had a strange feeling, I’m telling you. He and I were close. So what suddenly struck my heart was, ‘Ha, that’s right. I should have proclaimed the gospel clearly without being conscious of others…….’ That thought came first. I had understood people who proclaim recklessly anywhere without shame as ‘people who have gone a little off.’ My personality is a bit, even things I want to say, I say while reading the room, I’m that kind of disposition. But at that time I regretted it just once, I’m telling you. My personality is bad. I should have proclaimed it no matter what. How close and how much this man (Mayor Ahn Sang-young) liked me, I was coming down from Seoul, and without any appointment, we ran into each other on the same plane at the airport. Our seats were a little different, of course. So as soon as the plane arrived, he came to me, shook my hand, held my hand, and walked holding my hand all the way to where I got into the car. If it was to that extent, shouldn’t I have proclaimed the gospel? So, like this, who knew it would suddenly turn out like that. Some things like that became such a shock to me.

Another time, it was quite a while ago. I went to a conference in Gimhae with our secretaries, and there’s some hotel in Gimhae. Our secretaries had booked my room at that hotel. And especially, our secretaries book a nice place if possible so that I can rest. So I lay down to sleep, and when I looked, there was a line of writing there at the hotel. ‘The room where President Roh Moo-hyun slept.’ Because he and I knew each other well. I felt really strange. ‘Doesn’t that mean he lay in my spot?’ I really have a strange temperament too. So I didn’t sleep; I got up and sat in a chair, I’m telling you. So how could I sleep? How much of a shock it gives us, and how hard it must have been for him to do that. Everyone, the answer is simple. For the unsaved, when a great difficulty comes, that is the timetable of ruin.

2) Saying the Holy Spirit of the Lord is within me means that an amazing Spirit that communicates with the throne has come as an antenna.

For the saved children of God, the words that the Holy Spirit of the Lord is within me mean, ‘An amazing Spirit that communicates with the throne has come as an antenna.’ You must absolutely believe this. Don’t even make choices; if you just pray, the work is bound to take place. When I look at most cases, even people who say they live a decent church faith life keep making absurd choices when a great difficulty comes and collapse, you know.

3) God is firmly holding onto your entire life.

God is firmly holding onto your entire life. I’m sorry to mention an individual’s name, but our church’s Elder Jeong Myeong-ju is a person who worked hard at his business, and one day he couldn’t do business and went to America. So actually, it’s even hard to ask, and it’s so much hardship, right? Still, when I hold a conference at some church in America, he comes to the conference. At that time, there was one thing that really surprised me. I wasn’t surprised by anything else, but there was one thing I was surprised by, thinking inside, ‘This is not an easy thing.’ You know the content of the conferences I held in Korea, he has it all down thoroughly. That’s hard even for me. Even I have all of my sermons down in my head? That’s not an easy thing, is it? And he talks about it. He also shows me what he wrote down. So I think, ‘Wow, God is going to bring an important restoration.’ I saw God give a truly miraculous restoration that could never possibly happen. This is the difference.

Everyone, the unsaved don’t have the Spirit of God, right? Such people completely collapse. They are ruined. And they even bring ruin on their whole family. The people of God never collapse no matter what suffering comes. Simply put, within you there is the platform where the blessings of the throne, the power of God, and the Triune God come upon, and within you there is the watchtower, and there is the antenna.

▣ Main_ What You Who Are Saved Must Hold Onto

How is that possible? I will tell you simply in three points. These are what you must hold onto today. If you don’t know this, if you are saved but don’t know this, it becomes a little difficult until you know it. Right? If your child has something important right now but doesn’t know it, you keep saying something until they know, I’m telling you. Your young, adorable grandchild, if they keep going down a difficult road, a dangerous road, you keep telling them, I’m telling you. Even because you love them, you even spank them. Why? Because they’ll die. There is absolutely no such thing

1. Even when discouraged, the people of God never change because they have God’s promise. At that time, He is making greater preparations.

This is the first. Even when discouraged, the people of God never change because they have God’s promise. At that time, He is making greater preparations. It’s like that now, isn’t it? Let’s go back to the old days.

The aged Moses lost all hope; he had entered the palace as an adopted son, but he lost all hope. It’s not to the extent of ‘I couldn’t succeed in the world, I can’t do something.’ How could this happen? He committed murder without knowing; he didn’t do it on purpose. Everyone, how does it turn out like this? Everyone, if you look at just that part, it’s a disaster, right? He’s ruined, right? Now, later everyone knew he was a Hebrew, and since this man killed this Egyptian, would they just leave him alone? So actually he ran away. The land he fled to is the land called Midian, right? He fled there. There, it wasn’t even 4 months. He was there for 40 years. How hard must it have been? But no. At that time, God prepared something tremendously great for Moses. The message he heard through his mother was completely organized, and that is Genesis. It’s tremendous, right? Everyone, when a great difficulty comes, if you first organize the exact Word of God and wait, a miracle will surely take place. It is certain. Everyone, it’s tremendous. Look. Why was humanity destroyed? The Garden of Eden incident. Why did humanity gain power but become demon-possessed? The Nephilim incident. Why does humanity all collapse after succeeding? The Tower of Babel incident. Such enormous things are recorded. Almost all scholars agree that he organized this in Midian. I agree too.

Everyone, the timetable of holding onto the exact covenant is your timetable of facing difficulty. If so, it is a tremendously great blessing. God has prepared something tremendous. Everyone, you don’t think that way, right? When you face difficulty, you think, ‘Ah, why is it so hard for me?’ Catch it quickly. A difficulty came? ‘God is preparing something better for me.’ It is certain. It is like this only for the saved. Right? It’s like this only for the saved.

‘I don’t know whether I’m saved or not.’ I don’t know about such people, but it’s like this only for the saved. This is the difference. So people don’t know this well. So didn’t I tell you this when I was a student? When I was a student, while holding a retreat for our students, I said this. It would be good if you went many times, but just once, go find the most famous, well-known fortune-teller in that neighborhood and try evangelizing. Just once. Try it, I’m telling you. Not the kind who use books and such, but there are people who are completely possessed. Simply put, aren’t these people Nephilim? It’s not their own power. There’s something. Go and see. These people get the past right and even talk about the future, I’m telling you. So people are deceived. In the end it’s Satan’s deception, but they fall for it. “Go and see,” I said. So just once, try evangelizing. What was I trying to say? They recognize it at once. I believed the words in the Bible, “sealed with the Holy Spirit,” but when I went to evangelize, I truly felt it and knew it. Everyone, as children of God, the Holy Spirit is within you and you’ve received the seal of the Holy Spirit, and these people’s spirits are a little open, right? They know immediately. It’s different. You can absolutely never be ruined. In the suffering you face, even now, don’t unconditionally choose something else and try to rush around; hold onto the covenant and wait. It’s similar to last Sunday’s sermon main points. But it’s a little different.

In great suffering, should you do this, should you do that. And it looks like you’re going to be ruined right now. I mean, they say if you proclaim the gospel they’ll lock you up or kill you, so it looks like you’re going to be ruined, right? At that time, everyone, almost all people don’t just misjudge this; they choose something else.

As you know, the aged Moses knew that he absolutely could not do it. Actually, Moses didn’t say anything wrong. He wasn’t speaking unbelief. He was speaking the facts. “Go to King Pharaoh,” He said, right? “Go and say that you will offer a blood sacrifice.” Now, Moses knows that this makes no sense right now. They’re waiting to find Moses and kill him, and appearing right there is the same as going and asking them to kill him. King Pharaoh doesn’t know what something like a blood sacrifice means. He’s telling him to go there and do it. “God, I can’t.” Moses said. “Please send someone worth sending. I can’t.” Right? So anyway, he made excuses. “I’m poor at speaking too, and that man won’t even listen to me. Will the people of Israel listen to me?”

“I will be with you. If the people of Israel ask, say that the Lord has spoken. Go with the elders and tell them. They will listen to you. If they don’t listen, I will strike them with My mighty hand. This is the sign,” He said, right? He understood. It’s not that Moses didn’t know that content now, I’m telling you. He was thinking about his own position.

At that time his eyes opened wide. ‘That’s right.’ It’s not my position. From this point, for Moses, Moses had nothing, right? He had only one staff. That parted the Red Sea, and that broke the rock, and did everything. God had prepared for Moses things that had not even once been done before. Right? Everyone, the answers to Moses that happened after that are astonishing. The three feasts, the tabernacle, it’s an uproar. Right? We don’t know things like this. Everyone, God has prepared something tremendous behind you, and He has to first give suffering so that you’ll realize it, right? Because the door opens when you knock. Seeing that, we become so discouraged. You are different. Because you are different, you’re called ‘saints (聖徒).’ Children of God. This book is a different book. It’s different writing, I’m telling you. That’s why it’s the Holy Scriptures (聖經). The character 聖 (holy) means different. Everyone, gathering strength and prayer here to build a temple? It’s a different building. That’s why it’s called a ‘holy temple (聖殿).’

3) God came to the discouraged Elijah with something greater. “I have left 7,000 disciples. I will change the king. Find Elisha.” This is how the Dothan City movement arose.

Look again among the many scattered people today. In the Old Testament too, like Elijah, “I can’t do it anymore.” He suffered too much. You must interpret this well. When too much suffering comes, people easily become like that, I’m telling you. I mean, if he fought the false prophets and won, they should praise him and surrender, but instead they’re trying to completely kill him. Isn’t that what this Elijah said then? If things go even slightly wrong, even Elijah, who had such great faith, says such words. “God, I can’t do it anymore. Now everyone has died and only I remain.” He was even mistaken. And “Please take me now.” Everyone, how hard must it have been for him to pray this prayer. “Please just take me now.”

But it hadn’t even begun yet. God came to Elijah, who was suffering now, with something greater. At that time, He sent the angel of the Lord and gave him new strength. “Besides you, I have left 7,000 disciples. Do not fear the evil king. I will change him.” God changes it. “Find Elisha.” The movement that arose this way is the Dothan City movement.

You must remember the first point. Right now, when the disciples of Israel were in so much pain, “what should we do,” at a time like this, Jesus appeared.

2. Because the life of the gospel (antenna) is within you, the resurrected Lord appears and directly rules over you.

This is the second. Because the antenna of the gospel, the life of the gospel, is within you, what is the second thing that will surely happen? The resurrected Lord appears. It’s not only that there is a better plan. The resurrected Lord directly rules over you. It is certain, invisibly.

1) Even now He has risen and works through the Holy Spirit, so try praying in the name of Jesus Christ.

So try praying in the name of Jesus Christ. It will be an uproar. I’ll say it again. Because it’s what I experienced. Ask our Pastor Yoon on Jeju Island; there are people completely possessed by evil spirits in their minds who can’t be controlled. Go there and try evangelizing once. Try it, I’m telling you. Don’t do it as a joke; try it for real, I’m telling you. It’s even better if you take those people, and even better if you bring monks. But would those people come? They won’t come. If they come, rather than me, go together with a monk and a priest like this and try it once, I’m telling you. Let the monk go and try it once in the name of Buddha, I’m telling you. So those people won’t come, for sure. They can’t come. So you go and try it, I’m telling you. “I command you in the name of Buddha,” try it once. “I command you in the name of Mary,” try it, I’m telling you. First, do it from a distance. You’ll get beaten to death. It’s a strange thing. If you do it in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, they tremble and tremble. Some people foam at the mouth. It’s an amazing thing. There’s no way to stop that name. Even now He has risen and is working through the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the Lord. It is certain. So you must realize this. The time I suffer is the time when He prepares the best thing for me who has the covenant. Because the seed of the gospel is within you, just as there’s a chip in your cell phone, you’re bound to be connected.

2) When the disciples went fishing, Jesus came to find them. He is clearly with us through the Holy Spirit, the Counselor. Do not test, but experiment.

At that time they came, they had come to fish, and He appeared there. At that time, He spoke like this. When the disciples went fishing, they went together, and it seems about 7 people went. Jesus appeared there. But no one recognized Him. Jesus asked, right? “Do you have any fish?” He asked like this. But they answered, “We fished all night, but we didn’t catch a single one.” It’s hard. Everyone, fish are caught best at night like this. But they didn’t catch a single one at night.

When our teams go fishing now, it’s not in just one place. There’s something over there and over here. When it’s exactly time, a boat comes to pick them up, like this. Then just by looking at the face of the person getting on the boat, you know, ‘Ah, that person caught something. Didn’t catch anything.’ Usually, there are people who come down with a face that’s already proud. That one caught something. Mostly people who know it well get on, right? Next, they come down smiling meekly. Didn’t catch anything. Going to catch something and not catching it feels very empty.

So Jesus asked. “Did you catch any fish?” When He asked, “We didn’t catch a single one.” “Cast it on the right side,” He said. I mean, nothing was caught like that, but when they cast it to the right, it came up so much the net was about to tear, it said, right? Then, as it got bright, one disciple saw and said, “It is the Lord.” “The resurrected Lord has appeared.” So together, Peter, Peter was so startled then, he put on his outer garment and jumped into the water, right? They ate breakfast, a meal together like this. That is the second lesson given to us. Now, since He was transfigured and went, He is with us, clearly, through the Holy Spirit, the Counselor.

3) At night, set something important and try praying with concentration in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The work of darkness being broken will surely take place.

Don’t test, but experiment. Everyone, night prayer, at night, be sure to try it. With concentration, in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, try praying once for something important. Try it. The work is bound to take place. It’s bound to take place, and according to God’s will at that.

Didn’t I talk about it before? A certain pastor in Busan. This pastor’s church wasn’t in a big state like this, but when he had a child, his daughter couldn’t speak. But this man was having such a hard time that he went to the church every night and prayed. If I said his name, you’d all know. He’s a famous pastor. Every night this man prayed. But the daughter still can’t speak. But was the prayer answered? In this pastor’s worship, sermons, and prayers, in the very field where he just proclaims the Word, demons leave, you know. I was startled. Ah, He answers like that too. God, through that daughter, makes the pastor like that too.

Also, there was a certain testimony that came out. I forgot the name right away, but he’d probably have become a pastor, right? When he was an evangelist, such a thing happened at his church. He built one church building, but not a single member came. That village was a village that had made a firm pledge not to go to church. So he worships alone. He’s worshipping, but people have to come. He worships by himself. So someone came. He came, but when he looked, this person was deaf. Since he can’t hear, he can’t speak. This again is the opposite kind of work. So this man said, “We must do a 3-day fasting prayer together.” So they prayed at the church. It became 3 days, and he should be healed, this. This man who couldn’t hear said he was hungry, he couldn’t go on. He said he can’t do it now, he’s going to go. He told him. So he wrote (in writing), “Aren’t there still a few hours left of 3 days? It hasn’t been 3 days.” This man listened quietly, and it was right? That night the work took place. It can happen like that. You can’t know.

3) At night, set something important and try praying with concentration in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The work of darkness being broken will surely take place.

Praying in the name of Christ, in the name of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, surely brings about the work. You must believe. What is it? The work of darkness being broken will surely take place. Simply put, this friend’s this (ear) was opened. The whole village was in an uproar, right? I heard that man’s testimony. ‘Wow!’ When I found out, his relatives were all pastors like that, and so on.

3. The one and only condition given to Peter who had the gospel – “Do you love Me?”

Lastly, this is the third. He gave just one condition. Because he had the gospel, He gave Peter who had the gospel only one condition. What condition did He give? “Do you love Me?” He said. He asked the same thing three times, today. It’s the same words. “Do you love Me more than these people?” It’s the same words. “Do you love Me more than all these things?” At that time, Peter said the same words. “Don’t You know, Lord, that I love You?” he said. Right? At the very end, when He asked again, at the very end, “Being grieved, don’t You know, Lord, that I love You?”

1) Feed My lambs. Take care of My lambs.

Each time, Jesus said the same, “Feed My lambs. Take care of My lambs.” He spoke the same words.

2) The promise of world evangelization – I will lead you where you do not want to go.

And how great a promise He made, He promised world evangelization, “In the future I will lead you where you do not want to go.” He gave just one condition. “Do you love Me?” “Yes, I’m telling You.” Within these three things, salvation is included. And in today’s event, the invisible presence of Christ is also revealed.

3) Jesus who knows us – He knew that the denial was not real and that the confession of love was real, so He gave a strong promise.

In this more important question, it’s about knowing us. It’s very important. I know President Yoon Suk-yeol. I know him, but he doesn’t know me well. Right? That isn’t knowing. That isn’t knowing. I know him, and he knows me? That is knowing. He now knows who I am, my name. An important elder of ours, our member, who is still working, apparently kept talking to President Yoon Suk-yeol about Pastor Ryu. He apparently said that he must listen to Pastor Ryu’s sermons. He said he understood, and he said he’d call Pastor Ryu, but, well, I mostly keep my phone off. I don’t have time to turn on my phone. I hold conferences almost all day long, so I mostly keep it off. Then there are a lot of things that come in from abroad or wherever, right? They’re all piled up. He surely called, but I didn’t get it. Then he said he would definitely make time for a meal. Anytime is fine. That isn’t knowing. It’s roughly knowing from hearing. It isn’t knowing.

The word ‘know’ means I know exactly who that person is, and that person also knows exactly who I am. Peter gave this answer today, and Jesus asked the question. Right? Students should take a bit of note, but knowing roughly from hearing, how you express this in English is, I know about him. I roughly know about him from hearing. Then, having heard somewhat more. Having met and eaten together, when you know like this, you don’t write it that way. At that time, I know of him. You write it like this. So, completely experiencing this person, living together, fighting and making up and everything. I know him, you write it that way. Jesus knows Peter. He knows that the denial wasn’t real. He knows that “I love You” is real. So He gave a strong promise. “Feed My lambs.” This is the most important thing for us, simply put, for the person who holds the exact covenant, there may be suffering in which God’s greater promise is fulfilled, there is nothing else. When we face suffering, God is bound to come upon us invisibly, with a completely spiritual world and spiritual power. What is the last? He gave a certain mission. “Feed My lambs.” He said the same words three times.

▣ Conclusion_ Why is there no answer to prayer? Why do unbelievers live well?

While you hold onto the important covenant and pray today, lastly, take note of just one thing. Many people ask like this, “Why is there no answer to prayer?” Because they’re frustrated. Also, there are times when thoughts come like, “Those people don’t even believe, so how do they live so well?” I’m telling you.

1. Habakkuk 2, Engrave My word on stone. So that it will not disappear, so that it may be seen even while running

God answered Habakkuk. “Engrave My word on stone.” What does it mean? “Engrave it so that it will not disappear,” that’s what it means. “Say it so that it may be seen for eternity even while running.”

2. Isaiah 40, Say that the word of the Lord will stand forever.

It is spoken like this in Isaiah 40. God speaks. “Go up on that mountain and speak the word of the Lord.” What does that mean? “Speak so that everyone may hear. Say that the word of the Lord will stand forever.” He said it to the one who suffered, I’m telling you. What does that mean? “Does it seem as though there is no answer to your prayer? Or does it seem as though people who don’t believe in God live well? That is only for a moment. What is of eternity is something separate.” That’s what it means. “Engrave it on stone.”

3. Romans 8, No strong one will be able to snatch us out of the hand of Christ.

If you read Romans 8, an important answer comes out, right? “No one, not even a strong one, will be able to snatch you out of the hand of Christ.” Just make an exact start. With prayer. Then an amazing answer will come. I bless you in the name of Jesus that this week will be a week of receiving very, very important answers.

Prayer

God, thank You. Let it be an important day. Let it be a day of new grace. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.