Category: Sunday 2nd Service
Title / Scripture: The Disciples Gripped by Fear (John 18:15-18)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-su
Date / Place: November 13, 2022, Immanuel Church (Seoul)
Summary
Psalm 103:20-22 What surely happens during the time of worship and prayer – “You His angels who fulfill God’s word, you heavenly hosts and angels in the place where God is present”
Triune God – The Triune God is with us, invisible to the eye.
Throne – When the blessing of the throne comes, this work (Psalm 103:20-22) is bound to happen.
Absolute plan – If you grasp what God’s absolute plan is, answers are bound to come.
In today’s passage, when Jesus was arrested, the people who saw Jesus’ miracles, Judas Iscariot, and the 10 disciples all ran away.
▣ Introduction_ Experience alone won’t do. Even receiving that much training won’t do. No knowledge will do. Job 3:25 “What I feared has come upon my body.” 1 John 4:18-19 Fear involves punishment. If you worry needlessly, it keeps following you. 1 Peter 5:7-8 Cast your anxieties on the Lord. Your enemy the devil prowls around looking for someone to devour.
▣ Main_ Those whose spiritual eyes are opened (1 Corinthians 12:3 No one can confess Christ as Lord except by the Holy Spirit.)
1. Even though only one person, Peter, followed Jesus to the end, the world is changed.
1) Matthew 16:16-20 He confessed for the first time that the Lord is the Christ, the Son of the living God. He gave tremendous blessings (rock, my church, Hades X, keys of the kingdom of heaven).
2) Matthew 16:20 Knowing such things would happen, He told them not to tell anyone yet.
3) Matthew 17:1-9 He showed that Moses and Elijah all disappeared and only Christ remained.
4) John 21:15-18 The resurrected Lord did not rebuke him but came to find him and asked, “Do you love me?” “Do you not know that I love you, Lord?” “Feed my lambs.” From the moment you hold the covenant, God absolutely cannot abandon you.
5) Acts 3:6 Peter received grace and used the name of Jesus of Nazareth for the first time.
6) Acts 4:12 For the first time, at the court, he said that no other name has been given by which we must be saved.
7) 1 Peter 2:9 “You are a royal priesthood, called to proclaim this light.”
2. Church leader – The movement that arose through one church leader Peter appointed
1) Acts 6:1-7 The Word movement arose throughout all of Jerusalem.
2) Acts 8:4-8 Through one church leader, He opened the door to Samaria.
3) Acts 8:26-40 The door of missions began to open through a church leader.
▷ One church leader in one region is enough. When one person who has God’s absolute plan and whose spiritual eyes are opened rises up, this movement arises.
4) Acts 11:19 Even when great tribulation arose, Antioch Church arose through these people. “You must believe.”
5) Acts 12:1-25 In a great crisis, the church leaders gathered and prayed, and He dispatched the angel of the Lord.
3. RT – These people began to raise up RT.
1) Acts 17:1 They went to the synagogue and explained why it has to be only Christ.
Acts 18:4 They explained what worship is.
Acts 19:8 They explained about the kingdom of God.
2) Acts 13, 16, 19 They healed those who, not knowing this, fell into shamanism, demons, and idols and became sick in spirit and body.
3) Romans 16:25-27 He gave what was hidden before the ages.
▣ Conclusion_ The three-day weekend age
1. The multi-ethnic people of 237 nations must be able to come and comfortably do 24, and those who need healing and Remnants must be able to come and do 24.
2. Restore the three courtyards.
3. Talent – Prayer – It is hard for Remnants to find their talent without praying. We must teach prayer so they can win wherever they go in the world.
4. 2000 bartizans – Shine light everywhere, make platforms so people can come, and heal them.
5. Church that blocks disasters
▷ If you just hold onto the covenant, it’s okay no matter what hardship you’re in. You must experience it. Remnants, pray to save the Jews and the three organizations.
Transcript
[ Psalm 103:20-22 ]
Thank you. During the time of worship, during the time of prayer, this work surely happens. If you don’t know this, there’s no need to worship and no need to pray. This is the confession of David, who received the most answers to prayer. “You His angels who fulfill God’s will,” he said. “You His angels who fulfill God’s word.” “You heavenly hosts in the place where God is present,” he said.
Absolute Plan
Then what is today’s 1st service message? It is grasping what God’s absolute plan is. Whether it’s a crisis or not is not what’s important; if you hold onto what God’s absolute plan is, answers are bound to come. Moses’ mother, who thought, ‘Ah, now I must send my child to the palace of Egypt,’ found the absolute plan. From then on, even while she was at home, answers kept coming. Right? This is important. That is today’s 1st service message. No matter how urgent a situation I’m in, today it said, “The cup the Father has given.” When he held onto this covenant, answers began to come to David. Hannah realized this (absolute plan), didn’t she? In fact, she realized just this one thing (absolute plan), and answers kept coming, didn’t they? In the Bible, Paul also confessed, not saying God, but “Last night an angel of the Lord,” he said. Surely this (Psalm 103:20-22) work happens. So the more you pray, the better. Surely this (Psalm 103:20-22) work happens.
「The Disciple Gripped by Fear」
Now today, finally, Jesus has been arrested. Simply put, He entered the courtyard of the high priest. The disciples were completely seized in fear. During that time, there were many people who were healed of illness because of Jesus, right? They all ran away. There were many who were taught, right? Those who saw the miracle with the five loaves and two fish, ate, and saw Jesus and said, “We could make Him king,” all ran away.
▣ Introduction_ Experience X, Training X, Knowledge X
So experience alone won’t do. They had experienced it. And even Judas betrayed Jesus. All ten disciples ran away. Because things became urgent. At least by this time, someone like Lazarus, who had completely died and come back to life, should have appeared, right? They all ran away. Even after receiving that much training, it doesn’t work. The ones who should actually be afraid are the Jews. Right? In fact, the Jews were afraid too. In case something might happen. In fact, no knowledge works either.
Job 3:25
Everyone, you must remember the Bible. In Job 3:25 he confessed, didn’t he? “What I feared has come upon me. What I dreaded has come upon my body.” That’s right. With fear, we shouldn’t be needlessly fearless either, but when we’re afraid, things like this happen.
1 John 4:18-19
In 1 John 4:18, 19, “Fear involves punishment,” something frightening comes. So if you keep looking, what is it? There are people who only keep worrying, right? It keeps following them. There’s nothing you can do. And also you see, needlessly, you shouldn’t be without any concern either, but there are many people who worry a lot about unnecessary things. It keeps following them.
1 Peter 5:7-8
1 Peter 5:7, 8 says, “Cast your anxieties on the Lord.” And it says, “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.”
▣ Main_ Those Whose Spiritual Eyes Are Opened
Now, one person has stuck close. Who is it?
1. Peter
Only Peter remained. Everyone ran away and was gone. Some people say, “Well, how could Peter deny Jesus like this?” There are people who say that. Some theologian says, “No. He followed Jesus there to the end and had a heart that loved Jesus. When asked, couldn’t he answer that way on the spur of the moment?” There are scholars who say this. Jesus knows who Peter is. Right? This Peter, this one person, went all the way into the high priest’s courtyard. To see what would happen. So his heart was aching. All the other disciples had gone off somewhere and were gone. Then someone asked at the entrance, right? “Hey, aren’t you the one who followed that Jesus of Nazareth around?” And he said, “Ah, no.” Even in the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, when the police or such ask about something disadvantageous, you have the right to say “No.” Right? So he went all the way inside and warmed himself by the fire. While he was warming himself, someone asked again, right? “Hey, looking at you, you’re definitely the one who went around with him?” So he says, “No.” I didn’t read all of it, but if you look afterward, he cut off Malchus’ ear, right? The relative of Malchus, whose ear was cut off, was there. “Didn’t you cut off Malchus’ ear on that mountain?” he says. “Ah, I don’t know,” he said. That’s what Peter did. Honestly speaking, I would do that too. Why would I tell those people it’s true? Right? There aren’t many scholars who insist on seeing that as ‘He denied Jesus?’ This Peter followed Jesus to the end.
1) Matthew 16:16-20
In the confession in Matthew 16:16, 20, he confessed for the first time, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Then Jesus gave a tremendous blessing, saying, “You are Peter, on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome you.” “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.”
2) Matthew 16:20
Knowing such a day would come, He even gave the words, “Do not tell anyone yet.”
3) Matthew 17:1-9
And then in Matthew 7:1, 9, He took him to the Mount of Transfiguration and showed him that Moses and Elijah all disappeared and Christ remained; this is that Peter. Everyone, even though only one person, Peter, followed, the world is changed. Right? In fact, everyone had run away.
4) John 21:15-18
Later, the resurrected Lord comes to find this Peter. He did not abandon him to the end and came to find him. He did not rebuke him. “Do you love me?” He asked like that. He asked only that. “Do you love?” Those words differ little by little. So some people, some theologians, say He asked with this meaning and asked with that meaning. But what scholars commonly see is that they used it that way at that time. So in a word, He asked, “Do you love me?” Peter later answered this way. Since He asked three times, he asked, “Don’t you know that I love you, Lord?” With the same words, “Feed my lambs.” This is Peter. So the situation is similar to ours, but the moment you hold the covenant, from then on God absolutely cannot abandon you.
5) Acts 3:6
Finally Peter receives grace, and for the first time, in Acts 3:6, he uses ‘the name of Jesus of Nazareth.’ For the first time. For the first time he made this (Matthew 16:16-20) confession, and for the first time (Acts 3:6) he uses it. He said, “What I have I give you; in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”
6) Acts 4:12
He uses it for the first time. It’s what he said at the court. “For there is no other name under heaven given by which we must be saved.”
7) 1 Peter 2:9
In 1 Peter 2:9 it says, “You are a royal priesthood, called to proclaim this light.” This person is Peter. Right?
2. Church Leader
This Peter appointed church leaders. Even with just one of these church leaders, one place surely revives. What? Experience won’t do, training won’t do, knowledge won’t do, then what? Those whose spiritual eyes are opened. This week’s prayer is that. ‘God’s absolute plan and the one whose spiritual eyes are opened.’
1 Corinthians 12:3
1 Corinthians 12:3 says, “No one can confess Christ as Lord except by the Holy Spirit.” That’s right. Everyone, when you look at the whole world, your spiritual eyes must be opened. This is important. If you discover God’s absolute plan, your spiritual eyes will also open, right? If you look at these confessions of Peter (Main 1), they’re tremendous. They’re all about spiritual eyes being opened. He has no choice but to be used.
1) Acts 6:1-7
In Acts 6:1, 7, this Peter appointed church leaders. After these church leaders stood, the Word movement arose throughout all of Jerusalem. Why appoint the 70, why appoint many church leaders? Throughout, as our elder prayed, 2,000 bartizans must arise.
2) Acts 8:4-8
When this church leader was opened, God caused a door to be opened in Samaria, which had been such a historical grief. One person!
3) Acts 8:26-40
In Acts 8:26, the door of Ethiopia missions begins to open through this church leader. Everyone, one church leader in one region is enough. Today’s 1st service, if there’s just one who has God’s absolute plan and whose spiritual eyes are opened, this (Psalm 103:20-22) movement arises, that’s what I mean.
4) Acts 11:19
Even when great tribulation arises, people who have these two (absolute plan, spiritual eyes) are different. Great tribulation arose, but a church that will save the world, Antioch Church, came into being just like that. You must believe. Anything else is wrong. In the end, after struggling to death, you’ll find out later it doesn’t work. You must believe.
I earnestly ask the pastors. All that rushing around is in vain later. Why do that vain work? No matter how excellent, it’s useless. If my spiritual eyes are not opened and I’m not in God’s absolute plan, what good is working hard? Pastor Kim or Pastor Lee, who are being dispatched, don’t go and do vain work. It’s all in vain. This (absolute plan, spiritual eyes) must happen. You must remember.
Still don’t understand? Such excellent European churches closed their doors, right? They did tremendous things with tremendous music. Pipe organs and amazing things, all closed their doors, right? Now a few remain for museum use, and the rest are just churches, with no people. America, which has the strongest economy in the world, churches are closing their doors now. Still, if you don’t realize it, that won’t do. Pastors must realize. You must not be deceived and say other things to suit the congregation’s ears. You must not do strange things to gather many members. You must deliver the accurate gospel. When they say the church will revive, people even do crazy things, right? You must not. Later it ends miserably. Teaching things that are not the gospel, Pastor Robert Schuller’s church collapsed, right?
The one who has God’s absolute plan. Jesus showed it Himself. And it’s Peter who caught on to it. He had no strength, and actually, though he followed all the way to the priest’s courtyard, what strength did he have? He looked because his heart ached. But he got caught. But the resurrected Christ came to find Peter. “Feed my lambs. Do you love me? With that, feed the lambs.”
This Peter is important. Just one church leader, and this kind of (Acts 11:19) thing happened.
5) Acts 12:1-25
A great crisis came, and the church leaders gathered and began to pray. At this time God again sent this (Psalm 103:20-22). He sent the angel of the Lord and took Herod away. In the end, even now, who takes a person’s soul? God calls, but who runs the errand? The angels of the Lord come and do it. Unbelievers call it the grim reaper, don’t they? That’s probably it. So they take them away.
3. RT
These people began to raise up Remnants. Among them, the one who most had God’s absolute plan and whose spiritual eyes were opened is Paul.
1) Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8
He went to the synagogue. He went to the synagogue and explained why it must be only Christ. He went to the synagogue and every Sabbath explained not the Sabbath but what worship is. In Acts 19:8 he explained about the kingdom of God. Got it? It’s the same thing.
2) Acts 13, 16, 19
Because they don’t know this, everyone is sick, aren’t they? He healed these sick people. Acts 16, the demon-possessed one, he healed. He healed those who fell into idols and were sick in spirit and body. These things began to happen.
3) Romans 16:25-27
So Romans 16:25 to 27 says He gave what had been hidden before the ages. Without a doubt. This work is happening now. Right? I tell you it’s always happening.
[ Triune God ]
Invisible to the eye, the Triune God is surely with you.
[ Throne ]
The moment you hold the covenant accurately during your prayer time, the blessing of the throne is bound to come. When the blessing of the throne comes, this work (Psalm 103:20-22) is bound to happen. Right? “Men of Galilee,” it said. In Acts 11, who said it? The angels of the Lord said it. Who announced Jesus’ coming? The angel of the Lord announced it. There is not one place missing in the Bible. Like this, a tremendous, invisible work is happening now, that’s what I mean. The moment you hold the accurate covenant and open your spiritual eyes, God is bound to work in your work. I hope you believe. He is bound to work in your studies. Without a doubt. You must not believe lies. You must believe God’s Word, not lies.
▣ Conclusion_ The Three-Day Weekend Age
What covenant must we hold now? The perfect chance has come. The three-day weekend age has come. We must do it here. What must we do here?
1. Multi-ethnic, Healing, Summit
All the multi-ethnic people of 237 nations must be able to come. They must be able to come and comfortably do 24. Those who need healing and Remnants must be able to come and do 24. It’s a church that doesn’t exist in the world. We must create it.
2. Three Courtyards
Simply put, restore the three courtyards. It’s the same as the courtyard of the Gentiles, the courtyard of prayer, the courtyard of the Remnants. It’s the same words, but you have to know these words to know why He did away with the temple. American churches and European churches did not close their doors because they lacked ability; God closed them. Why? The three things are missing. These courtyards (multi-ethnic, healing, summit) are missing, and these (multi-ethnic, healing, summit) are not done 24, I tell you. There’s no courtyard. In fact, it’s not needed.
3. Talent – Prayer
Seeing this, how many Remnants have come now? They must discover their own talent. We must help with that. Without praying, it’s hard to find your talent. We must teach Remnants what prayer is so they can win wherever they go in the world. We must teach.
4. 2000 Bartizans
Here, as our elder prayed, we must build 2,000 bartizans. We must build bartizans everywhere and shine light. Build bartizans everywhere and make platforms so people can come when in urgent need. We must heal them. We must do this. So prepare. Busan, Ulsan, Changwon, all prepare, and Seoul, what will you prepare? We must completely create the three-day weekend age now.
5. Church That Blocks Disasters
We must become a church that blocks disasters. I’ll say it again, but that Halloween incident is not just an incident. That’s completely the doing of demons. That has become globalized. It’s chaos. What’s so good about it that they dress up as demons, and the whole world goes crazy. Our Pastor Sadohara is Japanese, he’s a person with a mission, this man. Look at Japanese culture. It’s completely demon culture. The works, look at what children watch, I tell you. It’s completely demon culture. Neighborhoods have become completely strange, now. It’s the church’s responsibility. It’s the pastors’ responsibility. It’s the responsibility of the theologians who teach pastors. It’s absolute. Our church must do what God wants. ‘Pleasing people’ is also important, but only when we please God is that also joyful.
This week’s covenant: God’s absolute plan and spiritual eyes must be opened, that’s what I mean. He will answer when you just hold the covenant. I’m not saying don’t do things. Even if you only hold the covenant, it comes. That’s why Joseph confessed. “What are you good at?” “It is that the Lord is with me.” He said he wasn’t good at anything. If it were you, you’d have to say, “My major is dream interpretation,” right? He said exactly the precise thing. “I cannot interpret the king’s dream.” How surprised the king must have been. He called out someone who was in prison. And then he gives the right answer. “The Lord will make it known,” he said. This completely knocked them out. He completely saved the person. “The Lord will make it known.” He gave the answer like that, right? That’s it. We must truly hold the covenant and experience it. If you just hold the covenant like this, it’s okay no matter what hardship you’re in. The passages read in today’s 1st and 2nd services are the worst moments. They’re not.
If any of you are going through difficulties, don’t worry; discover the absolute plan. That’s the answer. And even if it seems no one helps you, that’s not so. You must open your spiritual eyes rightly. I tell you it works with one person. One church leader in a region is enough. Right? One missionary holding the covenant in each nation is enough, and one church leader is enough. Here (Main) is the evidence, the evidence. I tell you everyone ran away and only Peter remained. To the Jews it would have looked miserable. They saw it wrong. Annas, this man, as if insulting Jesus, simply put, interrogated Him. “What on earth do you teach?” he asked like that, right? Jesus answered this way. “Ask the people,” He said. “Haven’t I already said everything?” When He said that, a servant struck Jesus’ mouth, right, for talking back. Annas had a different thought. ‘How dare you whip away those who inspect animals and remove my money source?’ That’s what he meant. It’s really ridiculous, I tell you. How dare they do that looking at Christ God, looking at God incarnate. ‘You block my money source? You want a taste? You’re getting the death penalty.’ That’s how he came out. Going forward too, the Jews are the problem. We must save them. Everyone, truly pray, and our Remnants, pray to save the Jews. That means pray to save the three organizations. Let us pray.
Prayer
We give glory to God. Let us save the church God desires, the Remnants God desires. Let church leaders rise up who can save the world church that has fallen into crisis. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.