Mark 8:11-13 (NIV)
11 The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven. 12 He sighed deeply and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.” 13 Then he left them, got back into the boat and crossed to the other side.
Summary
Overseas international student team – If the gospel is certain, it will be the greatest field of blessing, but if the gospel is not certain, it will be the most difficult field.
The Pharisees came to Jesus and asked him to show them a sign. This is because if he showed a sign they could pick a quarrel, and if he did not show one they could mock him. Jesus firmly said he would not show a sign.
▣ Introduction_ Sign X
1. Wrong prayer (why?) – Why are the wrong prayers of those who are not saved answered?
1) Superpower – A great power sets up a great idol and prays before it, and an answer comes.
2) Shrine – They build a shrine and pray.
3) 237 – They are ruling over 237 nations.
2. 3 organizations – The 3 organizations stand behind this.
1) Satan
2) They pray prayers that call on spirits.
3) It is called Nephilim. So they cannot help but prosper, and they cannot help but be destroyed.
3. Spiritual state – the most important
The Three Persons – This blessing, that God is with me, must be within me (3).
Genesis 1:27, 2:7, 2:17 – This work of God must arise within me as life, as power, and as action within my life.
Enthronement, time and space, 237 – When enthronement occurs, the power to transcend time and space arises, and the door of 237 opens.
Unprecedented 3 – Unprecedented answers come to me, to my studies, and to the church (9).
▷ It is important that the power of the Three-Person God comes upon me. It shows no outward sign at all, and that is exactly right. The spirit is unseen, but it is real. Once the spiritual state is formed, the answer comes afterward.
3 eras – He fulfills and resolves the past, today, and the future (3).
▷ Remnants must be able to do this alone and must know it. If a Remnant lacks this power, he will lose to the 3 organizations, and so he must become their errand-runner. Joseph, David, and Moses obtained this power (3・9・3). Elisha knew this early and asked for it (3・9・3). Jesus’ final promise is also this (3・9・3). He spoke of Christ, the kingdom of God, and the Holy Spirit – that is, the Three Persons. What he spoke of during the forty days was engraved into this passage (Genesis 1:27, 2:7, 2:17). Power arises naturally once enthronement occurs. When they gathered to pray in the upper room in Mark, power came upon them and an event occurred that saved the age. Begin this prayer. When trouble comes, yield and wait. Everything that has happened at church, around you, and in the past is training for the Remnant.
▣ Main_ The reason he told them not to seek a sign
1. Take hold of the covenant already given.
▷ The Remnant is to build up spiritual power and go on to the spiritual summit, the functional summit, and the cultural summit.
1) Genesis 3:15 “The offspring of the woman will crush the head of the serpent that destroys you.”
Genesis 6:14 “You will live if you enter the ark.”
Exodus 3:18 “The day will come when you go out with the blood applied.”
Isaiah 7:14 “The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.”
Matthew 16:16 “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
▷ Even without believing this, they ask him to show them a sign.
2) 7 plagues – This is the gospel that came forth each time the seven plagues fell.
3) RT – Each time, the Remnants were used.
▷ Jesus called the many scholars who kept people from realizing this “robbers,” who were trying to kill you and the next generation. Paul said he regarded the knowledge and the enormous things that kept him from realizing this as rubbish and as loss.
2. Evidence – There is already so much evidence that has occurred until now, so why leave it aside and seek a sign?
1) The sick, the demon-possessed, the incurably ill – Jesus healed them. It was thereby clearly proven that Jesus is the Christ.
2) Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8 – So Jesus called Paul and sent him out to the synagogue.
3) Acts 13, 16, 19 – Darkness – to rescue those fallen into darkness. Paul did these two things.
3. Future (next generation)
1) Luke 23:28 “Do not weep for me, but weep for your children.”
John 21:15-18 “Feed my lambs.”
Matthew 24:1-14 “In the last days many hardships will come, but the end will come after the gospel has been testified.”
2) TCK – Save the TCKs through our Remnants.
3) Acts 19:21, 23:11, 27:24 – “You must also see Rome. You must testify in Rome as well. You must stand before Caesar.” All these covenants have been fulfilled.
▷ No sign is needed. Take firm hold of the covenant.
▣ Conclusion_ Engraving
1. Prayer system – Build a prayer system within yourself.
2. Word system – Do not be shaken; build a Word system.
3. Life system – Build a life system so that this is carried into your life.
▷ Parents should not force this, but should engrave it into their children in the best way, whenever something happens in life. If Remnants are engraved with this now, then when they go out into the field and face hardship, they will put down roots. When trouble strikes, they become able to overcome it. A Remnant must be all right no matter what happens (Psalm 23:1, Daniel 3:16-18, 6:10). This is how we must raise our Remnants.
Transcript
Overseas International Student Team
This week in particular, the overseas international student teams have gathered. If your gospel is certain, this will become the greatest field of blessing. If your gospel is not certain, this will become the most difficult field. The reason you were called is that most of you, living overseas, are going through hardship.
「Prayer」
So today, an important prayer has come up here. The title is different: the prayer of the one without qualification and the one with qualification. Remnants overseas must be sure to remember this.
▣ Introduction_ Sign X
Right now these people, the Pharisees, came to Jesus and spoke. They said, “Show us a sign.” The purpose is simple. It is not that they wanted to believe. If he showed a sign, they could pick a fight over it. If he didn’t show a sign, they could mock him. That was their purpose. But Jesus firmly said, “I will not show a sign.” “Why does this generation seek a sign?” So he said he would not show this (the sign). This is what he said. You all must remember this more, and Remnants absolutely must remember it.
1. [Wrong prayer (why?)]
The question now is, why are the wrong prayers of those who are not saved being answered? If Remnants don’t know this, they’ll get confused while studying at school.
1) Superpower
Now, let’s give an easy example. Superpowers set up a great idol and pray, and an answer comes, doesn’t it?
2) Shrine
These superpowers now build enormous shrines and pray there, don’t they?
3) 237
And they are ruling over the 237 nations, aren’t they.
2. [3 organizations]
Remnants absolutely must remember this. Very important here is that the 3 organizations are embedded within the superpowers, and there are also religions in there, right? But people only see this (Introduction 1) and don’t look at what’s behind it. Now, the reason Remnants are needed is that right now, in America, the next generation is in serious trouble, right now. So an era of mental illness and drugs, on an enormous scale, is coming now. Remnants must save this.
1) Satan
2) Spirits
3) Nephilim
These 3 organizations – what kind of prayer are they doing right now? Simply put, it is prayer that calls on this Satan and these spirits, simply put. This is called Nephilim. So they cannot help but prosper, and they cannot help but be destroyed, right? Even adults cannot catch this, and it’s hard for Remnants to catch it too. They cannot help but prosper, and they cannot help but be destroyed. Our Remnants are most numerous in America – America cannot help but grow larger, and cannot help but face hardship. Japan too must really come to its senses. Japan cannot help but grow, and cannot help but face spiritual problems. The same goes for you all. So Remnants, right now, as I look straight down the list of international students, ah, truly you all must not just pray in passing but truly pray for them, and they must truly take hold of the covenant. Right now we are losing to Nephilim. It is not that we have lost – it only looks like we have lost, like this (Introduction 1).
So, simply put, Remnants may not know this, but a figure like Bill Gates belongs to the New Age team among the 3 organizations. Look at all the famous singers – people like Michael Jackson all belonged to the New Age team.
3. Spiritual state
When Jesus looked at it, a sign was not necessary. Remnants must absolutely remember this. It is not which sign matters; the answer comes after this too. The spiritual state of you Remnants is the most important thing.
Three Persons
The phrase 3・9・3 is used. What is the 3? It means that the blessing of the Three-Person God being with me must be within me.
Genesis 1:27, 2:7, 2:17
Then what is the 9? It means that this work of God must work within me as my own life, right? It must work in me as power. It actually happens as an event in my life. That is how it is set up. Remnants, if you pray even a little – don’t be discouraged.
Enthronement
If you pray just a little, one day the blessing of enthronement will happen to you. Isn’t that right? You all, don’t try to fix people with spiritual problems yourselves. If you pray this way, one day the blessing of enthronement will come upon you. Those who are a little weak of heart and weak of mind – other people don’t understand them, do they? No matter how hard it is for you, others don’t understand. So you all must firmly take hold of this blessing and pray. This part within me (Genesis 1:27, 2:7, 2:17) is now sick. This is what causes the work of the Three-Person God to happen here.
Mostly it’s because it’s embarrassing – even someone with a spiritual problem feels ashamed. They can’t say “I have this,” and they just keep suffering hardship. It would be fine if other people knew it well, but they can’t know it, because it’s just seen as “that person is strange.” Remnants also suffer difficulty in this area. And children who study well and seem fine – these kinds of people can have a lot of spiritual problems. Right? Even more important is why Remnants are needed – right now, entertainers, singers, and actors almost all have spiritual problems. There’s no way they wouldn’t. This (Nephilim) has entered into them right now. So this (the power of the Three-Person God) must come upon me.
So when you look a little, there are decent people, our singers, who come hide in our church to worship. If you see them, don’t cling too closely to them – they won’t be able to come. I don’t know if they’re present right now, but those important actors and entertainers – those who know how to listen to the message come to listen. How can this part in the Bible (Main point 3) be told to them here (in the 3 organizations)? It can’t be given to them there. If Remnants know this, you all will gain tremendous power in prayer.
Time and space
When you become enthroned, what happens to you? At last, the power to transcend time and space arises, doesn’t it?
237
So now, to you all, the door of 237 opens. Because enthronement happens.
Unprecedented 3
So three things – unprecedented answers come to me, to my studies, and to the church, that’s what I mean. This is nine things, 9. You must remember this and must also do this together with your parents and elders during forums. Other prayers are not important. What matters is that the power of the Three-Person God comes upon me. Isn’t that right? You pray this way, and the Holy Spirit will actually work.
Shamans believe that evil spirits work. But we don’t believe the Holy Spirit works. No, you’ll spend all your time and money going to some fake shamanic ritual to have a spirit come down, and believe in that, but you don’t believe that God’s Holy Spirit will come upon you like that. Just because there’s no visible sign of it. The fact that there’s no visible sign is exactly what makes it real. Remnants – when the Three-Person God comes upon me, there’s no sign at all, is there? Isn’t that exactly right? “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is of no avail.” The flesh is visible but the spirit is not seen. This is what’s real. Then, after the spiritual state is formed, the answer comes later. How does it come?
3 eras
What is the most accurate answer? God fulfills and resolves the past, today, and the future. The 3 eras. No, my past becomes a complete stepping stone. That’s why it’s put as 3・9・3.
Some people, when they first come, think “what is this?” This is the most important matter in the Bible. Pray about this, I’m telling you. We Remnants. There will be times when you’re struggling and having a hard time. Say nothing and just pray. And in fact, Remnants cannot tell their parents everything that troubles them. So I’m telling you to pray. So we Remnants must go it alone in the end, and while it’s important that we take good care of you, you must be able to do this alone (Introduction 3) and you must know this (Introduction 1, 2). That’s why the covenant must be given to you properly.
No matter how well you’re cared for, if the Remnant lacks this power (Introduction 3), you will lose to this (Nephilim). These things have actually produced real works, I tell you. They have made them. You must absolutely remember this. Even those of you watching by video, not worshiping together right now, pray deeply and begin this prayer (Introduction 3). Otherwise you will lose here (Introduction 2) and have to run errands for this (the superpowers). There’s no choice about it. Doesn’t this seem strange to you? This is the most important promise in the Bible.
The figure who achieved this (Introduction 3) early was Joseph, wasn’t he? So Pharaoh, looking at Joseph, said this: “Ah, he is full of the Spirit of the Lord.” That’s what he said. What happened to David is this (Introduction 3), I tell you. The one who gave up and then realized late and gained power was Moses – Moses gained this power. Simply put, it was on Mount Horeb that God worked upon Moses with power. Elisha knew this early and asked for this (Introduction 3). Isn’t this (Introduction 3) Jesus’ final promise? Didn’t Christ already speak of the kingdom of God and the Holy Spirit? The Three Persons. What he did throughout those forty days was to engrave this into this part (Genesis 1:27, 2:7, 2:17). Wouldn’t that be so? So power arises naturally once enthronement happens. This is how, when they gathered to pray in the upper room in Mark, power came upon them and an event occurred that completely saved the age.
Remnants overseas, our Remnants, even five minutes a day is good. Try it. If you really don’t want to do even that, you can do it when you come to church on Sunday. If you have a bit of a spiritual problem? Such people can do it in earnest. If you have cancer? Such people should do it fully together with their breathing, because they need healing. And if you have somewhat of a spiritual problem, do it deeply. Or if you’re someone who says “I must save the whole world,” then do 24. That’s how it’s done. Then when trouble comes, just wait. Ah, so if trouble suddenly arises around you? Just wait. Yield and wait. Why? Because although trouble arises in places with many problems, God can also give trouble in very important places. Right? If your child grew up never having been tested even once? That could be a problem too. Because they need to overcome. Training must be in place. So everything that happens at church, around you, in the past – all of it is training for our Remnants.
▣ Main
1. The covenant given
Why did he tell you not to seek a sign? It means: take hold of the covenant already given. Leaving this (the given covenant) aside, try performing a sign while your spiritual state is not at all right. Don’t we pray like that too? “We’ll cram it all in at the last minute and somehow an answer will come.” Don’t we do that? Remnants, don’t be deceived by that. Doing this and that, somehow cramming to make quick money – don’t do that. You must not do that. You all must build up ability. Remnants must not do such things. Even if you have nothing right now as a Remnant, that’s fine, because if you build up sufficient ability and spiritual power and so on, it’s bound to come. I can’t say specifically what it will be, but don’t try to somehow do it just right and suddenly succeed quickly – I’m telling you not to do that. What, thinking one lucky break will make everything turn out? Don’t do that, that’s what I’m saying.
The Remnant is to build up spiritual power and go on to the spiritual summit, the functional summit, and the cultural summit.
1) Genesis 3:15
The Bible gave this each time, given from the very beginning, right? “The offspring of the woman will crush the head of the serpent that destroys you. The offspring of the woman – Christ – will come and destroy the authority of that Satan who darkens your household and the whole world.” It was spoken, wasn’t it? Even without believing this, the main character has now come. Without believing, they say, “Show us a sign.”
Genesis 6:14
“You will live if you enter the ark.”
Exodus 3:18
“The day will come when you go out with the blood applied.” It had already all been spoken, I tell you.
Isaiah 7:14
“The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.” It was all already told, wasn’t it?
Matthew 16:16
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
2) 7 plagues
When did this come? It is the gospel that came forth each time the seven plagues fell.
3) RT
Each time, our next-generation Remnants were used. You must remember this.
If you realize this too late, right at the very end, you’ll feel wronged, so you must realize it now. Spiritual problems, too, must be dealt with to some degree while you’re still able to pray – it mustn’t get to the point where so much has piled up that you say “I can’t even find myself anymore.” So, now. What did Jesus call the many scholars who kept people from realizing this? He called them robbers. Jesus said it. “Those robber-like fellows.” Robbers trying to kill you and the next generation. The church must not become a robber, must it? Jesus said it, didn’t he – he looked at the Pharisees and said, “Those robber-like fellows.” These people got angry at that, because they couldn’t understand it, so they took offense. What did Paul say? “I regard my knowledge and the enormous things that kept me from realizing this as rubbish.” That’s what Paul said. It’s a shocking thing to say, and not something an uneducated person could say, but it was said by a learned man. “I regard it all as rubbish. I regard it as loss.” That’s what he said.
2. Evidence
Second point. We Remnants must remember this. Aren’t there already so many pieces of evidence besides the covenant already given? Isn’t that so? Leaving all this aside, they say, “Show us a sign.”
1) The sick, the demon-possessed, the incurably ill
Hasn’t Jesus healed the sick up until now? Hasn’t he healed the demon-possessed? Hasn’t he healed the incurably ill, whom no one else could heal? That should be enough – why ask for yet another sign? It has already been clearly proven that Jesus is the Christ.
2) Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8
So Jesus – God – called Paul, the most important one, and sent him out to the synagogue. This alone is enough. We Remnants must remember this.
3) Acts 13, 16, 19 [Darkness]
Why did he send you to each school? God sends this blessing here (the sick, the demon-possessed, the incurably ill), and so, in Acts 13, 16, and 19, he works to save those who have fallen. What is this? It is to rescue those who have fallen into darkness. So Paul did these two things [(Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8) and (Acts 13, 16, 19) darkness] – through the synagogue. Remnants only need to take hold of the covenant. You must absolutely remember this. Actually, it’s the same for adults too. If you all just properly take hold of the covenant, the answer comes. What is even more important?
3. Future (next generation)
Future and the next generation. What sign are you seeking now? Jesus said this, at the very end.
1) Luke 23:28, John 21:15-18, Matthew 24:1-14
“Do not weep for me, but weep for your children.” There will be things worth weeping over, won’t there? In John 21:15-18, Jesus does not say anything else to Peter but “Feed my lambs.” In Matthew 24:1-14, “In the last days many hardships will come, but the end will come after the gospel has been testified.” What is he telling you to do? The answer is already out, isn’t it?
2) TCK
So save the TCKs through our Remnants.
3) Acts 19:21, 23:11, 27:24
That’s why “You must also see Rome. You must testify in Rome as well. You must stand before Caesar.” All these covenants have been fulfilled. No sign is needed. An age of mental illness and an age of drugs are about to come. So our Remnants must not worry, and a sign is not what matters. Take firm hold of the covenant.
▣ Conclusion_ Engraving
1. Prayer system
I spoke of this earlier when we gathered, didn’t I? Starting now, build a prayer system, even just a little. A prayer system means building it within yourself. And then go study it further. It’s different.
2. Word system
You will not be shaken at all, and you will have just a little experience of it. Build a Word system. This is now the conclusion.
3. Life system
Build a life system so that this is carried, even a little, into your life.
Now, parents raising young children – do not force this on them (prayer system, Word system, life system) too much. If you do, the children will find it tedious, even though it’s such a good thing. You mustn’t do that. Do it gently, like this. It’s about engraving the best thing into them, at the moment when something happens. If Remnants are engraved with this now, when they go out into the field and face hardship, they will put down roots. Because it was engraved, right? Now they become able to overcome when trouble strikes. That’s why this matters.
Some people – even pastors – apply the message far too forcefully. Someone came to me and told me this story. When their pastor gave a message, he said, “We must build an RUTC.” Hearing that message, the pastor, even though our church’s circumstances right now don’t allow for it, said we must build an RUTC right away. So I said this to him: Isn’t the pastor’s prayer topic itself not a bad thing? If you pray and the answer comes, then you build it. That’s too hasty an application, that’s what I mean. Remnants, don’t do that – instead, this (prayer system, Word system, life system) – you all must have this engraved now, so that our Remnants win out in the world. You don’t know what will happen.
Our Remnants must be all right no matter what happens. Isn’t that right? A great trouble came upon Joseph, but it became an even greater opportunity instead. All the suffering David went through became opportunities. This is how you must be raised. So, as David confessed, “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” This is how we must raise our Remnants. Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, “Even if we go into the fire and die, we are all right.” This is the kind of Remnant we must raise. “Even knowing the decree was sealed, simply put, even knowing they would die” – they were not afraid.
Today is a truly blessed day. I bless that this blessing be delivered exactly as it is to our Remnants, in the name of the Lord Jesus. Let us pray.
Prayer
We thank you, God. We thank you for giving us this precious day. Please grant our Remnants a power the world does not know. So let them save the world. Let this be a day of blessing in which we build up the power to save the world now. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.