Sunday 2nd Service, Temple Building Dedication Service
Title / Scripture: When Christ Becomes the Lord of the Church (John 2:13-22)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-su
Date / Place: September 11, 2022, Immanuel Church (Busan)
Summary
This week, you must renew your prayer experience. What you need to be careful about is, when we say we received grace, what is the standard? It must be what God wants. God’s actual Word and power must come into me. Because we keep doing it wrong, the world church is quietly closing its doors. Rather, Buddhism and the three groups tell people to abandon everything. We keep trying to possess and tell people to achieve goals and run. In reality, the three groups possess a lot. Just for one week, really pray. Make a memo of what prayer you prayed and what answer came.
The thing to be most careful about is, if God’s Word and I do not match, who must change? What Jesus said did not match the Pharisees at all. The Pharisees only see the physical. Everything Jesus taught made no sense at all. But which one was right? When God gave a special command, there was not a single one that matched our situation.
Prison, death penalty, severance, 250 years – In the early church, if you went to church you had to go to prison. Even so, if you testified, they executed you. They severed you from society and work. The word ‘Lord’ means ‘master,’ and because of this word Rome persecuted for 250 years. Only the real ones remained. Only people who would change the world remained.
▣ Introduction_ How did these people survive?
1. My Master – They continually enjoyed that Christ, the Triune God, is my Master and that the throne is my background.
2. Master of the church – Christ, the Triune God, is the Master of the church.
3. Master of the Word – Christ is the Master of the Word. Wherever the Word was given, works happened.
▷ When things are hard and when I feel wronged, I do this (Introduction 1-3) and wait unconditionally. 99% is resolved after it passes.
4. Master of history – Christ is the Master of history who fulfills the Word. He said He could destroy this temple and build it in three days. He was saying that He Himself is the Master. He said He was referring to His body, which would die and resurrect in three days. It says the disciples believed only later. As Jesus said, the temple collapsed. Even now it has not been restored.
5. Master of prayer answers – Jesus is the Master of prayer answers. Because Jesus came, He said the kingdom of God had come, and He said you seek His kingdom.
▷ When Christ becomes the Master of the church, we can win.
▷ Background of the text – Animals bought from outside were rejected so that people had to buy the ones inside the temple, and the temple tax and coins also had to be exchanged, and they attached a commission to it. That is why Jesus made a whip, overturned the tables, and drove out the animals.
▣ Main_ The whip Jesus swung
1. Life-giving whip Time to change the master – You must change the master to live.
1) Priests, scribes, Pharisees – God should be the Master, but these people became the masters of the temple.
2) Money – Money gathered in enormously.
3) Position – To do this, position was important.
2. Restoring whip – It was a whip that restores what is important.
1) Three courtyards – It was a whip that restores three courtyards. He overturned the tables in the children’s courtyard. He drove out the animals in the Gentiles’ courtyard, the courtyard of healing where many people must pray.
2) Resurrection – He prophesied the resurrection. Because Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords, resurrected and is now with us, we must experience that we can pray in that name.
▷ We must know who the Master of the church is and what the Master wants.
3) Restoration of worship – Christ strongly spoke of the restoration of worship. It ends with worship.
Matthew 21:13 “My house is a house of prayer. But you have made it a den of robbers.”
Mark 11:17 “My house is a house of prayer for all peoples.”
▷ Think carefully in the Introduction about what you should pray for.
3. Future guidepost whip – It is a whip that becomes the guidepost of the future. No matter how strong they are, they cannot do as they please with the future. Something tremendous remains. The Master of life is Christ, the Triune God.
1) 237 – It is the house of prayer for all peoples that will save the 237.
2) Transcending time and space – To do that, there must be the power to transcend time and space. That is prayer.
3) Church – True temple – The church that can do this is the true temple.
▷ For one week, really pray ‘Who is Christ?’ Really hold on to the covenant and pray.
▣ Conclusion_ Temple (Life building) – Temple building is building my life. While continuing to pray, experience five things.
1. Only – Organizing the Word – Pray, organizing the Word until “only” is seen. Not the Word I like, but the Word God wants.
2. Uniqueness – Organizing prayer – Hold on to the Word and organize prayer until uniqueness is seen.
3. Re-creation – Organizing – Continue the organizing that aligns the Word, prayer, and my life until re-creation takes place.
4. OURS (24) (WIO) – Do 24 so that Only, Uniqueness, and Re-creation become my system. It is continuing the prayer of WITH, Immanuel, and Oneness 24. This is what we must hold most closely. God is with me, is Immanuel, and is Oneness, so we ask why this thing came to me. Then the system of Only, Uniqueness, and Re-creation is made.
5. 237, Healing, Summit (24) – We need people and a church that can do this 24.
▷ Anyone who has these five things receives answers.
Transcript
During this one week, you all must renew your prayer experience a bit. What you need to be a little careful about is, we received grace? When we say this, what is the standard? It probably means, ‘Ah, there was a lot that I realized.’ Then it must be what God wants. If you are just careful about that and pray, reasons will come out, enough to record. This is not criticizing, but I say it because it causes too much aversion. Seeing pastors come out on broadcasts and struggle so hard to make people laugh with words that don’t even fit, I feel pity. Of course, if you do that, your popularity will go up. You all, if perhaps, what, I, what, do counseling, that helps too, but spiritually it does not help at all. God’s Word and power must actually come into me. And because we keep doing it wrong, the world church is quietly, quietly closing its doors, now.
So it’s big trouble. Rather, Buddhism, which is getting ahead these days, even though it is not the truth, tells people to abandon everything. We just keep trying to possess. Who actually has a lot? Those people have more. The three groups tell people to empty and abandon everything. I’m telling you they’re getting ahead. We tell people to run to achieve goals. Then who actually has a lot? The three groups have a lot, don’t they? We are suffering this sad thing. Now, just for one week, really try praying once. And try writing memos. What prayer you prayed and what answer came. So for people who pray normally, so many answers come that it is normal to carry around a ≪Prayer Notebook≫. I always carry memo paper. Otherwise I just miss things. “Someone says they won’t come to church.” So I asked, “Why?” and they said, “Something frustrating happened at church, a conflict arose, so that’s why.” “I see.” That could be.
Prison, death penalty, severance, 250 years
In the early church, if you go to church you have to go to prison. Then what happens? What Jesus says and what the Pharisee church has now just don’t match. Then who is right? You know the result, don’t you? Everyone, that is what you must be most careful about. God’s Word and I don’t match, who must change? Must we change God? Must we fix the Word? No, right? What Jesus is saying now doesn’t match the Pharisees at all, now. Who must change? When the Pharisees look, they only see the physical. What, you know, he comes claiming to be the Messiah, you know, making wine to drink, you know, at a feast house, you know, making a ruckus, it looks like this. When they look. This time, you know, not even a gangster, you know, holding a whip, you know, he showed up in the temple, what on earth is this, what is this. They see it this way, now. Is that all? Everything Jesus taught made no sense at all. But which one was right? This is what is important.
Everyone, in the Bible, when God gave a special command, is there any that matched our situation? Not even one. He should have said it when Moses was young, but He told the completely old Moses to lead the people of Israel out now, so Moses was so dumbfounded he said no. If you go to church you have to go here (prison) like this? Even so, if you testify, they execute you. I’m telling you this situation came, okay? Then did they lose? No, right? That is what I’m saying now. You must pray properly. It didn’t end with this. They sever you from all society and work. In the early church, for the reason of going out there, even children’s weddings were not allowed. Why? Because they keep severing you. It wasn’t just this much. This Lord Jesus Christ, this word Lord (主), as it appears here today, means ‘master.’ Because of this word, Rome persecuted for 250 years. Ten emperors. Kyrios (κυριος), “The word ‘Lord (主)’ is used only for the emperor, so why do you use it?” That’s it. They told them not to use it, legally. It’s absurd. So when they said, “No. Christ is the Lord of lords and becomes our Lord,” they said don’t use it. The problem is, if they trample it for 250 years, would there be any believers left? The real ones remain. To be precise, only the real ones remain. Only people who will change the world remain. How did these people become like this?
▣ Introduction
There are a few things you must know. When you pray this week, you must think about it. How did they survive in this, I mean?
1. My Master
Christ is my Master. The Triune God is my Master and the throne is the background. They continually enjoyed this. From the Jews’ view it made no sense. But this is the answer. I’m telling you they overcame this (prison, death penalty, severance, 250 years).
2. Master of the Church
Look closely. Christ, the Triune God, is the Master of the church. No one can stop it. The word master means the master does as he wishes. Right? The master is the master, I mean. My master is not me, but Christ, the Triune God, is my Master, that’s what I mean.
3. Master of the Word
It’s not just that; if you read from John chapter 1, “The Word is God, and Christ is the Master of the Word.” Why? Everywhere the Word was given, works happened. You must know this and pray. What do you all do? In my case, there are times it’s hard and times I feel wronged, a lot, right? At such times I wait unconditionally. While doing this (My Master, Master of the church, Master of the Word). 99% is resolved once it passes. Why? Because it’s wrong. I’m telling you people who heard what Christ said survived. Right now He is throwing something tremendous with the Word, with events.
4. Master of History
It’s not just that, right? Christ did not only become the Master of the Word but is the Master of history who fulfills, where the works of the Word happen. He said that word today. “I can destroy this temple in 3 days.” He said this. “And I can build it,” He said that, didn’t He? He was saying that He Himself is the Master. “What, that makes no sense. It was built in 46 years and you’ll destroy and build it in 3 days?” I’m telling you they said that. This is a tremendous message. What did Jesus say? “I was referring to My body that will die and resurrect in 3 days.” He said this. It says that only later did the disciples believe. “Oh, so that’s it!” Because they saw the resurrection. Finally, not long after, as Jesus said, that temple began to collapse. It came soon. I’m telling you it completely collapsed and the temple was wiped out. And Rome took all the tools inside, of course. It was a bother, so I was going to read it in detail but didn’t, but in the commentary of a man called William Barclay, it records that a tremendous amount of money came out of there. It would, right? Because they had collected a lot. That temple has not been restored even now. The Master of history said it. They can’t build it. Now, if so, before this fact, the answer of how we should pray comes out easily, but we keep not having this (I, church, Word, history – Master), I mean.
5. Master of Prayer Answers
Jesus taught prayer properly too. He is the Master of prayer answers. He said when Jesus came, the kingdom of God came, and He said you seek His kingdom. Right? This (Introduction) is the early church.
「Christ is the Master of the Church」
Today, among these, it is that when Christ completely becomes the Master of the church, we can win. It is certain evidence. You all know the text well, so there’s no need to hear it many times. Animals, they bring them and, if you buy animals from somewhere else, they reject them. Simply put, they used a trick. Because they have to sell what’s inside to make money, but if people buy outside ones, the inside ones don’t sell. So they reject them. And those people have no choice but to buy the inside ones. And then next, the temple tax, coins must be exchanged too. They take a commission on it. It was packed full with these things. So Jesus made a whip out of cords, overturned the tables, and drove out the animals. Now, think about that scene once. Jesus, who never once got angry, I’m telling you, swung that whip. That whip is actually not a whip.
▣ Main
1. Life-giving Whip [Time to Change the Master]
This is first. It is a life-giving whip. It’s not like He hit people either. He overturned tables and showed a tremendous anger that couldn’t be contained. What does this mean? It was a time to completely change the master. You must change the master. That is how you live.
1) Priests, Scribes, Pharisees
Who became these people’s master here now? The priests, scribes, Pharisees, these people were the masters. Everyone, if we are not careful, when we take charge of church work, there are many times we think as if we are the master, right? It’s easy to become that. Usually when I give work at the headquarters too, when I entrust it, they work as if it’s surely their own. People with an IQ under 150 cannot help but become like that. That has nothing to do with faith. But there aren’t many people with an IQ over 150, right? You need at least an IQ over 150 to have a brain that knows ‘This is not mine,’ that’s the point. Otherwise, people whose master has completely changed are fine. It’s hard. These (priests, scribes, Pharisees) people are the masters themselves. If it becomes like that. God must become the Master, but the temple completely has these people as master. These people do it all as they please.
2) Money
Here money gathers enormously. Think about it. I’m telling you they made it into law ingeniously. All the people of Israel must come once a year, at Passover. They must pay all the temple tax. I’m telling you they must give all the offerings and do all the events. I’m telling you they must keep the feasts. Uniquely, Rome doesn’t even interfere with this money. Why? Because it’s the church’s.
3) Position
To do this, position is important. Because they had been fighting this fight for so long, it was pathetic, so Jesus overturned everything. What kind of temple should we build?
2. Restoring Whip
Second, this whip Jesus held was a whip that completely restores what is important. What did He talk about?
1) Three Courtyards
Put most simply, it was a whip that restores three courtyards. He struck the whip right at that place. He overturned the tables in the children’s courtyard, where the children must be raised as Remnants. He drove out the animals in the place where Gentiles must come to worship and receive grace. The courtyard of healing, where many people must come day and night to pray, there were doves and whatnot, all sorts of things there, and He drove those out. What temple should we build? Everyone, the answer is out, and God will surely pour it on you, even to your future generations. Spiritual grace, I mean. Watch and see.
2) Resurrection
There He said this word. “I will resurrect. Die and in three days.” I’m telling you He prophesied it at this time, okay? So what must be restored? Christ, who is the King of kings and Lord of lords, resurrected and is now with us, so we can pray in that name, that’s the point. You must experience it.
You must look at this (Introduction) well. What people trying to do a lot of work must be most careful of: doing a lot of church work is good, right? But you must know who the Master of the church is and what the Master wants. You might hear it casually. But later you can’t change it. That’s why a problem has come upon the world church now. Rather, a somewhat dumb pastor is better. But a pastor whose head turns a bit does strange things, I mean. Right. Back then too, you know. When coming out in the wilderness, the somewhat dumb people just followed. But ones who think they know a bit babbled, so things kept going strangely. In that wilderness you must go. But they keep talking when there’s no need to talk.
It’s a tremendous story. The church, everyone, when you confess the Apostles’ Creed, you passed by without knowing, but it appears. In the confession of faith, “I believe in God who created heaven and earth,” appears, right? “I believe in His only Son, Christ Jesus. I believe He bore the cross, resurrected, and will come as the returning Lord. I believe in the Holy Spirit.” And do you know what it says then? “I believe in the holy catholic church.” It’s in the Apostles’ Creed. That’s the church. It’s tremendous. It’s because we just pass over so many blessings, but when you look at it meaningfully, there’s much that’s tremendous.
3) Restoration of Worship
What did this Christ say? He strongly spoke of the restoration of worship. It ends with worship, everyone. In today’s text He said, “You have made it this den of robbers,” right?
Matthew 21:13
In Matthew chapter 21 verse 13, it says this. “My house,” He said. Jesus. “My house is a house of prayer. But you have made it a den of robbers.” Not even a den of thieves. You have made it a den of robbers. Why did He write robbers? One who sneaks into someone else’s house and steals is a thief, and one who goes in with a knife and takes by threatening is a robber. Right? These people (Pharisees) made it into law precisely so that you can’t not do it, and took from people. Here (Matthew 21:13) He said this.
Mark 17:11
Also in Mark chapter 17 verse 11, it is recorded like this. There too He said, “My house.” “My house is a house of prayer for all peoples.” He expressed it that way. This whip places tremendous meaning. Think well once in the Introduction about what you should pray for. Even if it’s short, it will come to you as tremendous answers.
3. Future Guidepost Whip
Also, what is this whip? The more important thing, what remains, is the future, isn’t it? It is a whip that becomes the guidepost of the future. No matter how strong Rome is, it cannot do as it pleases with the future. No matter how smart and wise the Pharisees and Jews are, they cannot do as they please with the future. In this future, tremendous things, now, persecution and enormous things remain, so the point is who is the Master. It is that the Master of this life is God. So, ‘Christ, the Triune God.’ It’s explaining that.
1) 237
The reason Jesus spoke of resurrection, this part, it is a temple that will save the 237. It is a house of prayer for all peoples, that’s it.
2) Transcending Time and Space
To do that, there must be the power to transcend time and space, right? That is prayer.
3) Church – True Temple
The church that can do this is the true temple, that’s what I mean. Now this is not the true temple. He gave that word. Just for one week, really, who is Christ? Try it without listening to people’s words. Listening to people’s words doesn’t really help. Really hold on to the covenant and pray once.
▣ Conclusion_ Temple (Life Building)
How, I mean? Set a few standards in praying. Think, ‘Temple building is my life building.’ While continuing to pray, experience five things.
1. Only – Organizing the Word
Pray, organizing the Word until “only,” until “only” is seen. This is real prayer. The Word too, not the Word I like, but the Word God wants. Now we, these many people, the building committee members worked hard. I’m very thankful.
So these people will hold a launching ceremony as the 1,000 bartizan committee members and now go into full-scale construction, and for 2 years I kept asking before God in 24 prayer. For 2 years. After that Word was clearly organized, doors began to open. I truly experience that for sure. Here the atmosphere seemed like it would never work, but once the Word was clearly organized in me, God, through you, opened doors, opened ways, opened laws, did it all. Would it be ‘coincidence,’ in unbelievers’ words? No, right? This is necessity. Starting today, pray for one week.
2. Uniqueness – Organizing Prayer
Hold on to the Word and organize prayer until uniqueness is seen. This is all prayer too, but organize it like this.
3. Re-creation – Organizing
Continue the organizing that aligns the Word, prayer, and my life until re-creation takes place. If the Word and I don’t match, I must organize me; I can’t organize God, right? You keep going while organizing. So I’m like this. ‘Hey, we are so poor and have no strength, how could we do such a big thing in Busan?’ Such a thought. That is my thought, I mean. That is my thought. The gospel movement started here; would God have no plan here where it started? No, right? There must be God’s absolute plan. Then who is wrong? I am wrong. I must change my thought, this.
What, most people who are praying properly now, even from abroad, when they come to Korea, come to Immanuel Seoul or Busan. All the people who pray come. So you must know why they come. It’s all a spiritual journey. So someone like our Pastor Kim Cheol-yeon, when he comes to Korea, always comes to Busan. It must be hard to match the timing, yet he comes on purpose? That means he is someone who knows the journey, that’s what it is.
4. [ OURS (24) (WIO) ]
This is fourth. What is more important is, Only, Uniqueness, and Re-creation came out, right? Do 24 so that this becomes my system. It’s very important. At this time, here 24, 25 come out, right? 24. This is all you need. 25 is what God does, so just pray comfortably. Wait for what doesn’t work out. What doesn’t come, you just don’t receive. Right? There’s no need to say “Give it to me” to the end; just keep doing prayer, just this (Conclusion 1~4). Just keep doing WITH, Immanuel, Oneness, that’s what I mean.
5. 237, Healing, Summit (24)
So finally, what you keep praying for during the week is that 237, healing, and summit are three courtyards now, and we need people who can do this 24 and we need a church. Having just one of these five would be fine, but people who don’t have these five cannot receive answers. Anyone who has these five receives answers. Right? Pray for this this week, I mean.
(24)
So, what, my thoughts aren’t needed either. Just only. If changing the order, it’s continuing this prayer of WITH, Immanuel, Oneness 24, like this. What we must hold most closely is this (Conclusion 4). God is with me, invisibly, right? He is Immanuel and is Oneness, right? Then why did this suffering come to me? Why did this thing come to me? How did a good answer come to me? You ask. Then this system (OUR) begins to be made precisely. When the system of Only, Uniqueness, and system begins to be made, from then on “only” is seen, you wait, and you go. It’s easy, in a way. Our elders, kwonsas, and ordained deacons must surely do this prayer. That’s how you can gain health too. On Sunday when you worship at church, don’t just do it; worship while slowly, comfortably continuing healing breathing. That’s how health comes too. So what is it? Why must we build the temple? 237, healing, and summit must come and be able to do 24. Hold on to this covenant and pray.
If you’re Korean, you all will know this. I can’t say the name. He killed about twenty people. A person. And very pitiful children at that. How anxious they must have been. Children, he grabbed and killed. Women, he took and killed. Twenty people at that. He is in prison to this day. I examined that fellow a bit. Something went in when he was young. How would a judge know this? They don’t know. Something went in when he was young, and the environment was already somewhat bad, something that could wound him went in, so to speak.
We enjoy this blessing of the Triune God being with us, but this fellow, simply put, he just doesn’t know it himself, is being dragged around by Satan. Because he is captured and dragged around by Satan, killing people is tremendously, to him, what do you call it, there is something he feels, I mean, like this.
The spiritual problem one person received in that one moment like this causes such a big problem. So there is nothing at the church where these people can come and receive help invisibly. Let’s make that. The church is where the gospel is, a very good place, but actually they can’t come and receive that help. Right? So when they come in, there should be something where they quietly go into a resource room somewhere and pray, look at materials, receive grace alone, right? There isn’t. Our Remnants should come and pray, you know, learn prayer, find the paths to go to the summit, what books they must read, what they must see; there should be that, right? That isn’t there. Let’s do this.
As the work remaining in my life, I am organizing materials and messages about 237, healing, and summit. If you begin prayer that receives deep grace for one week, God will also revise it and make it right. Let’s pray.
Prayer
God, may this week be a week of receiving God’s great grace. Give us, who are powerless, the grace of the throne’s background being revealed. And God, heal the saints suffering difficulties with the power of heaven. There are many people suffering spiritually. May it be a week in which God heals with the power of the Holy Spirit. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.