Sunday 2nd Service
Title / Scripture: The Tomb That Will Be Evidence Later (John 19:31-42)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-su
Date / Place: December 4, 2022, Immanuel Church (Seoul)
Summary
3·9·3 | Continual Prayer | Deep Prayer
When you open your eyes, continue the prayer of enjoying 3·9·3 while breathing slowly. During the day, while breathing long, change every meeting and whatever comes to mind into prayer. At night, it is doing deep prayer. Even when you are alone, it is not boring.
Covenant Fulfillment | Future Fulfillment
The time comes when the covenant God spoke is fulfilled. The word to be fulfilled in the future comes out. I am within this. Then it is the best answer. At this time, a tremendous spiritual world takes place.
▣ Introduction_ The representative figures there are recorded.
1. Joseph of Arimathea – He was a disciple, and he was used in this timetable.
1) Rich man
2) He buried Jesus in the tomb that he himself was supposed to go into.
3) It is a prophesied event.
2. Nicodemus (He brought myrrh and aloes.)
1) True King
2) True Priest
3) It is used for a true Prophet.
3. The scene that will be testified to the whole world – Jesus who resurrected from the tomb
1) John 20:5 The linen that had wrapped Jesus remained as it was.
2) John 20:7 The cloth that had bound His head also remained as it was.
3) The soldiers who were guarding were shocked.
4) The Jews were all shocked as well.
5) This fact is testified to all of Rome.
▣ Main
1. Evidence that the promise of the Bible is fulfilled
1) Genesis 3:15 That the offspring of the woman crushed the head of the serpent means the authority was broken. It said the serpent would bite the heel of the offspring of the woman, but the execution on the cross is nothing more than having the heel bitten.
2) Exodus 3:18 It is the evidence of what Jesus resolved by shedding all His blood on the cross.
▷ All the unnecessary spiritual problems and wounds of the family and family line must be cut off.
3) Isaiah 7:14 The greatest blessing among blessings is Immanuel.
4) Matthew 16:16-17 When he confessed, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” “It cannot be known by human ways. The Father in heaven made it known. On this rock I Myself will build My church. The authority of Hades will not overcome it. I give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. I am the Son of God, and God.”
▷ 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 “He died according to the Scriptures and rose according to the Scriptures.”
2. Absolute evidence
1) Evidence that Jesus is the Christ (resurrection) – Even now, when you pray in that name, the forces of darkness collapse. Certain evidence that He resurrected and is working even now
2) Evidence that Jesus is God – Jesus who walked on water and raised up the sick with a single word
3) Evidence that darkness was completely broken
3. The absolute mission He gave – Try praying just this week.
1) Matthew 28:16-20 “Go to all nations. Make disciples. Holding all authority in heaven and on earth, I will always be with you.”
2) Mark 16:15-20 “In My name they will cast out demons, and when they lay hands on the sick, they will recover.”
3) John 21:15-18 He came to Peter and gave an important mission.
4) Acts 1:1-8 He called the disciples to Mt Olive and gave the perfect answer. He showed the evidence of the Triune God and for 40 days gave the kingdom of God, its work, and mission. “Entrust it to God, do not pray other prayers, and wait.” He promised that only when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will receive power.
▣ Conclusion_ Hold on to this covenant.
1. The Triune God works invisibly.
2. 40 days – He explained the work of the kingdom of God.
1) Your background – the throne
2) Saying that you received answers – the kingdom of God has come
3) Saying that fruit has occurred – the work of the kingdom of God has been accomplished
3. He will take full responsibility for the past, today, and future (Acts 1:8)
▷ Try doing it just as it is (the table before the Introduction) for just 40 days. Change people’s words, what you see, what comes to mind, and what you hear into prayer. Then answers will come to me. The work of the kingdom of God will be accomplished in your field. Then you naturally become a witness.
Transcript
The Tomb That Will Be Evidence Later (John 19:31-42)
The text we will read today is where Jesus now enters the tomb. But this is the tomb that will be evidence later. It is recorded today in John chapter 19 verses 31 to 42. In the first service, we confirmed Jesus suffering and dying.
[ 3·9·3 ]
You who are seated here, or when you begin your day tomorrow, just comfortably, when you open your eyes, start praying, like this (3·9·3). When you start, well, you can sit and do it like this, but there is no need to do it that way. You can just pray while you are getting ready. Only, when you do it, do this prayer of enjoying 3·9·3 slowly while breathing like this, in the morning. Continually. People who have had cancer, and people who have the possibility of getting it, must especially do this. Also, those who have depression or who are having a bit of a hard time spiritually, especially, no matter how late you get up, the time until you can officially be active is the morning. You can pray for several hours.
[ Continual Prayer ]
Now when you meet people and so on, activity now begins, so that is the daytime. At that time too, comfortably, while breathing long like this and praying, change every person, meeting, and whatever comes to mind into prayer. If you try changing everything into prayer, at first it looks like nothing, but there is a tremendous difference.
You know there are people whose personality is to get angry and such. At first it doesn’t show much. It doesn’t show, but later there is a tremendous difference. You must be healed while doing this (continual prayer) like this. Also, without even realizing it, things don’t go the way you want, right? You become depressed and so on. A person must keep doing it even then, like this. Even during worship, if you just sit like this, it becomes a tremendous amount of energy. While breathing in this (3·9·3) prayer, where the prayer goes a bit long and slow like this, you focus completely on the message like this.
[ Deep Prayer ]
When you come to be alone, simply put, that is the night. You do somewhat deep prayer.
If you do this, your day is not boring even if you are alone. Some people, when you look at them, it really shows that they have too much time. So they think about all sorts of things. If you are busy, you can’t do that.
[ Covenant Fulfillment, Future Fulfillment ]
If you keep praying like this, a very important thing comes out. Don’t try to receive some big answer; you are just praying, enjoying God, like this. If you remain like this, the time comes when the covenant God spoke is fulfilled. And the word that will be fulfilled in the future comes out. I am within this. Then it is the best answer. The word God prophesied is fulfilled, and it will also be fulfilled in the future, right? I am there. At such times, a tremendous spiritual world takes place.
▣ Introduction
The representative figures there are recorded today.
1. Joseph of Arimathea
It is Joseph of Arimathea. Actually, this man was a well-off person, but he couldn’t show it, and he was a disciple. It is recorded here that he was a disciple, right? This man is now being used exactly in this timetable.
1) Rich man
It says he was probably a rich man. And this man asks for the body in order to send Jesus into the tomb he himself was supposed to go into. A person who has no power at all can’t go and speak, right? When he went and spoke, the judge called Pilate, who was the governor, gave permission.
2) Tomb
So that is how Jesus came to be in the tomb. From long ago, very rich people traditionally make their tombs very nice.
3) Prophecy
Actually, this part is a prophesied event.
2. Nicodemus (Myrrh, Aloes)
Now, at this time, a man named Nicodemus appears. You remember Nicodemus, right? He came to Jesus at night, and when Jesus talked about being born again, he left without answering or asking, but it seems this man also kept following and listening to the message. What did this man bring now? He brought myrrh and aloes. This is very meaningful.
1) King
It is applied to a king — You are the true King.
2) Priest
Of course, it is also applied at death. True Priest.
3) Prophet
Prophets are also anointed with oil. True Prophet.
Anyway, at this time, whether this man knew this (King, Prophet, Priest) or not, the fact that he brought myrrh and aloes and applied them to Jesus’ body now, this itself is very important.
3. Evidence to the Whole World
Now, this scene is the scene that will later be testified to the whole world.
1) John 20:5
Next week we will need to look at what the resurrected Christ said and commanded, but in John chapter 20 verse 5, He completely resurrected in this tomb. But how was it a resurrection? These Jews said, “Ah, the disciples stole the body.” But if you look at chapter 20 verse 5, when a person dies, they wrap him in linen, right? They also bind the head with a cloth like this. The linen that wrapped Him, the linen, remained as it was. It is recorded in chapter 20 verse 5. Only the linen lay there as it was, like this. Only the person was not there. What disciple, when stealing a body, leaves the linen and scoops out only the flesh inside and takes it? There is no such thing, right?
2) John 20:7
A shocking thing began to happen. The cloth also remained as it was. This is something absolutely unimaginable.
3) Soldiers
The soldiers who were guarding were shocked. When they saw it. Because He came out of there. So, like this, if you look at the other Gospels, a light shone out brightly, and these people were shocked and collapsed.
4) Jews
The Jews were all shocked. Later they gave money and said, “Don’t talk,” but even that rumor spread, right?
5) Rome
This fact is testified to all of Rome.
▣ Main
Now, which covenant among God’s Word should we hold on to today? You must receive the answer of enjoying this prayer, of enjoying the covenant.
1. The Promise of the Bible
This evidence is the evidence that the promise of the Bible is fulfilled. No matter what anyone says, it is the evidence that the promise of the Bible is fulfilled.
1) Genesis 3:15
In Genesis chapter 3 verse 15, “The offspring of the woman will crush the head of the serpent.” But it says this serpent bit the heel of the offspring of the woman, right? That He crushed the head of the serpent means He completely broke the authority. That execution on the cross is nothing more than having the heel bitten. He completely fulfilled Genesis chapter 3 verse 15.
2) Exodus 3:18
In Exodus chapter 3 verse 18, with the one blood covenant, that blood is what Jesus shed. Rather than the blood of slaughtering more than 300,000 lambs a year, Jesus shed all His blood on the cross and resolved it. It is the evidence of that. You Christians living a life of faith, if you are not moved by this, what happens later is that strange things happen. Even though you are saved, my answers are the same as before. Most people are like that. No, the thing is, the spiritual problems of the family line come to me just as they are. “Why is it like this?” Many people. They do not see God’s Word as valuable. You must hold on firmly. You must cut off all the spiritual problems in your family line, in your village, your nation, all of them. It is real. This is not some special stubbornness or rebellion. It is unnecessary.
So, as I realized this gospel, I completely cut off all those unnecessary things of our family, an idol-worshipping family. I also have no wounds about the past. Why, why get hurt over something unnecessary? It is not needed. So you must truly hold on to the covenant.
Why did He prophesy, “I will send the Christ,” and prophesy, “He will resurrect from the cross”? What in the world is this? People who say they are fairly educated in the world cannot understand. Of course they can’t understand. But that is being less educated. All of us humans will resurrect. Right? Jesus resurrected as the firstfruits. All of us humans go to eternity. All religions and scholars are predicting that the earth will disappear. That’s right. The Bible said it beforehand. That He will take us there. So it’s not strange at all. Then why did He teach it beforehand? To give us the fact that He fulfilled this (Exodus 3:18) covenant.
3) Isaiah 7:14
What is the greatest blessing among blessings? It is Immanuel. “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call his name Immanuel.” Here, our Remnants nationwide and worldwide listen to the message a lot. What is the most precious blessing for the Remnant? It is Immanuel. What is the greatest blessing you must enjoy now? It is Immanuel.
4) Matthew 16:16-17
When he said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” He clearly promised. “The one who made this known is not flesh and blood. It cannot be known by human ways. Your Father in heaven made it known to you. You are Peter; on this rock I will build My church.” That is your church and our church. From here, I received complete conviction. What does the Greek original say? “On this rock of faith I Myself will build My church.” That’s the meaning. So why do we worry about the church? There’s no need. He said, “I will build My church,” and “The authority of Hades will not overcome it. I give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. I am the Son of God, and God.” That’s what He said. So the Jews rose up. He showed the evidence of that. He clearly promised that He would resurrect. So Paul saw it and said, “He died according to the Scriptures and rose according to the Scriptures.”
2. Absolute Evidence
Here there are three absolute evidences. What are they?
1) Christ (Resurrection)
The evidence that Jesus is the Christ. Not just anyone is the Christ. The evidence that Jesus is the Christ. He must resurrect. So even now, when you pray in that name, the forces of darkness collapse. Right? He showed that evidence. When we say Christ, you know the five certain things, right? The evidence that Jesus is the Christ by resurrecting.
Long ago, at a certain church, a female deaconess’s name, I don’t know why she was named that, but her name was ‘Jang Yesu.’ Well, I would tell her to change it, but at that time I was an associate minister, so I just laughed it off; if she wants to name herself that, what can I do? Ah, well, everyone, if someone says they will be named Jesus, what can you do? But she is not the Christ. Right? But what’s even funnier is that in the last days, here and there, people will start rising up saying, “I am the Christ.” There is only one evidence. This (resurrection) promise must be kept. So there is nothing to say here. Just as we will later ascend and go, Jesus went just like that, and afterward He gave the evidence. What does He keep emphasizing? “Ask anything in My name.” “Cast out demons in My name.” “Pray in My name.” What does it mean? Certain evidence that He resurrected and is working even now. You don’t need to do fun Bible studies or things like that while attending church. Only when you firmly hold on to the covenant Jesus spoke does the work happen.
2) God
So what does it mean? It’s about why we must believe in Jesus. “Jesus is the Christ, and Jesus is God. So He walked on water.” What does it mean? Jesus revealed God. How does He raise up a sick person with one word? He came as the evidence of God. When God does it, it happens like that. Right? Otherwise, this human problem, ‘Why do we live?’, is not resolved.
3) Darkness
The evidence that darkness was completely broken. It didn’t end with this. Why does He do this
3. Absolute Mission
He gave us the absolute mission. Everyone, try praying just this week.
1) Matthew 28:16-20
In Matthew chapter 28 verses 16 to 20, He said, “Go to all nations.” And He said, “Make disciples.” “I hold all authority in heaven and on earth and will always be with you.” This is your blessing.
2) Mark 16:15-18
If someone criticizes you harshly, don’t say anything. Later, everything will be revealed. The Jews completely falsely accused Jesus Christ, but He resurrected. Even now, Mark chapter 16 clearly says, “In My name they will cast out demons.” “When they lay hands on the sick, they will recover.” These are the words Jesus spoke.
3) John 21:15-18
It will come up next Sunday, but He came to Peter. He gives an important mission.
4) Acts 1:1-8
And He calls the disciples to Mt Olive. Here He gives the perfect answer. He also gives the perfect answer on what prayer to pray. He showed the evidence of the Triune God. Right? For 40 days, He gave the kingdom of God, its work, mission. “Is this the time to restore the kingdom?” “It is not for you to know. Entrust it to God.” That’s what He said. “Do not pray other prayers. Wait. Only when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will receive power.” He made that promise.
Now, when this happens, that empty tomb of Jesus becomes evidence for ages to come. Hold on to this covenant today.
▣ Conclusion
As I said earlier, which covenant should you hold on to for it to be the accurate covenant?
1. The Triune God
The Triune God works invisibly. If it is visible, it’s fake. That is an idol. He works invisibly.
2. 40 Days – The Work of the Kingdom
“He explained the work of the kingdom of God for 40 days.” That’s what it said.
1) Background – Throne
This means your background is the throne.
2) Kingdom
That you received answers means the kingdom of God has come.
3) Work
That fruit has occurred for you means the work of the kingdom of God has been accomplished.
He explained this for 40 days.
3. Past, Today, Future
And what is it? You will be witnesses to the ends of the earth. What is this? He will take full responsibility for the past, today, and the future.
Try doing it just this week. Or, when you truly make a 40-day commitment, don’t pray other things; how to pray in commitment for 40 days is, try praying just as it is (the Introduction table). For just 40 days, try changing everything you hear from people into prayer. Try it. You will see a lot, a lot of things. Watch while praying. Many thoughts will arise in your head now. Then you lose. Within prayer, change it into prayer. Try it just for 40 days. Then, before you tell others, an answer will come to me. It will probably come in a roughly similar way, but how it came to me was that I realized what I was thinking was so vain and made no sense. I did 40 days. And I did it again. How funny it is, my prayer topics disappeared.
No matter how much the church fought and was strange, I tell you, I (continually) prayed asking Him to send me somewhere. It makes no sense, right? If God sends, you go; me asking to be sent somewhere. At that time, something flashed into my head. ‘Do well where you are.’ Isn’t that it? Doing poorly where I am and asking to be sent somewhere. The answer I received then was that I started an evangelism school where I could be with many people in my era. When I was an associate pastor. When I told the senior pastor, he gave permission. Now, that answer has been happening continuously since then. I’m telling you to try it. You don’t need to have some big experience. I’m telling you to just believe (the Introduction table) and try it. I am within the prophesied covenant and the covenant to be fulfilled in the future? There is no greater blessing than that. Right? I hope you comfortably enjoy prayer even now. How comfortable it is. Even now, change your thoughts into prayer like that. Just by doing this, the work of God’s kingdom is accomplished in your field. Then you naturally become a witness. Let us pray.
Prayer
We thank God. Let us be witnesses of Christ, not witnesses of people. Let us hear the voice of God, not centered on people’s words. Let us be witnesses who are not dragged into the world but go into the world and save them. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.