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Sunday 1st Service
Title / Scripture: It Is Finished (John 19:17-30)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-su
Date / Place: December 4, 2022, Immanuel Church (Seoul)

Summary

▣ Introduction_ How should we resolve the suffering and pain that has come to me and to others?

1. We cannot resolve the pain and curses that come to us.

1) What I did wrong, I can realize and repent of, but original sin cannot be resolved.

2) John 8:44 He said to the unbelieving Jews, “your father the devil.” Because they are completely caught in Satan’s 12 curses, they cannot get out.

3) This pain, curse, and disaster come riding on the line called fate.

2. God promised in advance the way to resolve this – Christ

▷ Today’s text, where He is executed on the cross at Golgotha (Calvary), is the fulfillment of the promise to send Christ and remove all these disasters, curses, and sin.

3. The people beneath the scene where Jesus suffers on the cross

1) The Jews staked their lives on lying.

2) Pilate staked his life on public opinion.

3) The soldiers staked their lives on casting lots to take one garment.

4) Jesus staked His life on the cross to fulfill God’s perfect will.

4. Jesus who said “It is finished” – the declaration of complete victory that all the forces of darkness have come to an end

▷ What should we do with our suffering, our pain, the hardest part, the thing that is most problematic for me? If you know the gospel of Christ, hold onto this covenant, and come up with the answer, answers keep coming.

1) The three biggest problems

(1) Why are the elders and the church so poor that they cannot do anything?

(2) Why do they suffer from disease to the point that nothing works?

(3) Why are they incompetent, living as servants of unbelievers, and not even able to evangelize?

2) The covenant I held onto firmly – “Christ finished everything. I am a child of God. Why should I stay here?” After firmly holding onto this covenant, the evangelism movement arose, and I received the blessing of the economy and of saving all people.

▷ If you can hold onto this covenant and pray, it is fine wherever you are.

3) You must hold this covenant as first priority. Nothing other than this covenant can be first priority.

▷ Many people do not have it as first priority. That is why they become like the Jews, like Pilate and Rome. Those who hold this covenant as first priority are different. It is fine even if they die. The early church was like that.

▣ Main_ Because it is finished, we must hold onto three covenants

1. When problems come, do not be shaken; just hold the covenant correctly and wait.

1) Holding the covenant correctly means knowing the cause. – Darkness covers the whole world and tries to bring us down to the end.

2) The solution God gave (Christ) – The moment you hold this covenant, darkness collapses. The history of the early church began from this point.

3) People who knew this, enjoyed it, and waited – Joseph (17 years), Moses (40 years in Midian)

4) Jesus’ last words (Acts 1:3-8) – Wait while enjoying the kingdom of God. In not many days you will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

2. You must discover the “only” and believe.

1) The only one who can say “It is finished” is Jesus Christ alone.

2) He fulfilled all of God’s covenant words. – He fulfilled Genesis 3:15, Exodus 3:18, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 16:16. He completely ended the power of Satan, hell, and disaster.

3) Hebrews 9:26 He has appeared once at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. He removed personal sin, original sin, and the sin of idolatry.

3. You must discover the “absolute” and take on the challenge.

1) Acts 2:1-47 Those who took part in Mark’s upper room saw the resurrection of the Christ who suffered and began to pray, and they were completely changed, to the point that people thought they were drunk.

2) Acts 11:19 When tribulation came, they established the Antioch church and changed the world.

3) Acts 12:1-25 When Peter was arrested, the saints prayed all night and a miracle happened.

4) Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8 They went into the synagogues and conquered Rome in 250 years.

▣ Conclusion_ Do not be deceived; make a decision

1. Darkness collapses when you make the decision to enjoy – Daniel 3:18, Pastor Ju Gi-cheol, Pastor Son Yang-won

2. Today’s decision determines the future

3. Our prayer influences future generations

Transcript

▣ Introduction_ How should we resolve the suffering and pain that has come to me and to others?

How should we resolve suffering, and also pain? And what message should we give to those who are suffering, to people who have great pain?

In our country, before people like Lee Byung-chul, there was one chaebol. At first he just worked at a company that sold ginseng to China. Since our country’s ginseng is good, it seems a lot of it sold in China. Now, to come back to Korea, he sold a lot of ginseng, collected the money, and it was, “I’ll sleep and go tomorrow.” But there are strange parents too, right? In China, they sold their daughter for about several tens of millions of won in our money. That young daughter was so scared, it was the very day she had been sold, and she met this man and told him her story. Hearing that story, this man felt so sorry for her and was moved. He gave the money from selling ginseng to that owner and saved this daughter. He came to Korea and said to the boss, “This happened, so I spent all the money.” Does that make sense? Naturally he got fired. And then problems came. A lot of time passed, and since this girl would have problems again if she went home, she went into a very wealthy household in China as a housemaid. As it turned out, this person was the top chaebol in China. In that house, for a long time, she worked as a maid, like a daughter. But this girl was a really good person. And then the wife of the house became ill. One day she called this maid girl and made a request, it is said. “You are such a good person, can you grant my request? I think I am going to die anyway. So, although you are young, would you marry my husband?” So she married him. So one day she suddenly became the wife of the richest man in China. She told about how she had been saved. She talked about how she came to this house. So this top chaebol of China found this man. So they did business together, you see. And so this man became the first chaebol in Korea. As you all know well, it is a man named Im Sang-ok.

The reason I’m telling this story is that this girl could not possibly resolve it by her own strength. Someone had to save her. Otherwise, I’m saying, she would have had to live her whole life like a prostitute and then die. She couldn’t do anything with hope. She couldn’t pay back that large amount of money herself. This man, who had come to do business, without any reason, just paid it off at once. How could she forget that? Such things happened.

1. We cannot resolve the pain and curses that come to us.

The suffering, the curse, this pain that come to us cannot be resolved.

1) What I did wrong, I can realize and repent of, but original sin cannot be resolved.

What I did wrong, I just need to realize, and the personal sins I committed I can repent of, but this original sin cannot even be resolved.

2) John 8:44 He said to the unbelieving Jews, “your father the devil.” Because they are completely caught in Satan’s 12 curses, they cannot get out.

Jesus looked at the unbelieving Jews and said, “your father the devil,” didn’t He? Because they are completely caught in Satan’s 12 curses, they cannot get out. This is the answer the Bible gives. Everything else is a lie. No matter how powerful the nation, they kill many people and fall; there is no nation that has done well. Even in our country and all over the world, politicians all fight over their own claims, don’t they? There’s no hope in that. There never was. They cannot get out of original sin. This thing called pain is not an object. If it were an object, you could just clear it away like this.

3) This pain, curse, and disaster come riding on the line called fate.

This pain, curse, and disaster, we don’t even know when it will come, but it comes riding on the line called fate. It is frightening. Because it comes riding on this line called fate. If it were an object, I could just get rid of it, right? Sometimes, when I hear things like a plane crashed and people died, I really didn’t know what to answer. I mean, look, the Sampoong Department Store collapsed and many people died there, didn’t they? How in the world does a bridge fall? And people die like this. This thing called the line of fate is frightening.

2. God promised in advance the way to resolve this – Christ

God told in advance the way to resolve this. “I will send Christ and remove all these disasters and curses, sin.” This promise was fulfilled.

3. The people beneath the scene where Jesus suffers on the cross

So today, as for Jesus, how much did He suffer when He suffered? A person named Cicero said this. He said the most cruel and most horrifying execution is crucifixion. Originally this was an execution system that began in Persia, and it passed to Carthage and went to Rome. So why did they come to Pilate? The Jews could go as far as stoning someone to death, but crucifixion had to be done by Rome. Simply put, it’s done according to Roman law. So they accused Him to Pilate. To kill Him. So when they hung someone on the cross, in places like Rome, originally, they say they just left them there to dry up and die. How gruesome! So beasts and birds would come and tear and eat everything. They made them die this way. But applying it only to the nation of Judea, they would allow the body to go into a tomb, that’s how it was. The place of execution is Golgotha. A terrifying scene unfolded. They execute Jesus, who had no fault at all, on the cross, and doesn’t this word Golgotha mean skull? It’s the same word. Golgotha is Hebrew, and if you say Calvary, that’s Latin. It’s the same word. They go there and carry out the crucifixion. When going, four soldiers escort Him, whipping Him, and take Him. Like this. One in front carries the charge, carries it to attach to the cross later, and Jesus follows bearing the cross. They go up like this, beating wildly with a whip that has blades like glass attached. That pain cannot be described in words. What was written on the plaque of the charge was, “He is the King of the Jews.” That was the charge. It says they wrote it in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin. That means what was written in Hebrew was for the Jews to know. What was written in Greek means that, since Greece dominated much of the world at that time, Greek people should know. What was written in Latin means Roman people should know. They carry a plaque of the charge with that meaning, you see. So the Jews saw it and protested strongly. “He is not the King of the Jews. Write the charge as ‘self-proclaimed King of the Jews.'” So Pilate the judge answered in a way like, “That, I will think about and decide myself.”

So then, going up the mountain, at the valley of the skull, they carry out the crucifixion. It’s horrible. Everyone, even just stabbing a person is hard, but they kill Him so gruesomely like that, for many people to see. And how miserable was it? Well, it was a poor era, so maybe that’s why. They strip His clothes and divide them. Four soldiers take one garment each. Now it’s their income. But when they strip the clothes, one is left over, you see. If there were four, they could each take one, but there were five. What do you think, everyone? If the four of them tore that one piece, it would be useless, so they said someone should take it, and there they cast lots, throwing something like dice. While Jesus is suffering gruesomely on the cross right now, at that scene, there beneath, they are doing that.

1) The Jews staked their lives on lying.

When you see that, what do you feel? The Jews staked their lives on lying.

2) Pilate staked his life on public opinion.

Pilate staked his life on public opinion.

3) The soldiers staked their lives on casting lots to take one garment.

Those soldiers staked their lives on casting lots to take one garment.

4) Jesus staked His life on the cross to fulfill God’s perfect will.

Jesus staked His life on the cross to fulfill God’s great, perfect will.

4. Jesus who said “It is finished” – the declaration of complete victory that all the forces of darkness have come to an end

But, in that hardship, He would be thirsty, wouldn’t He? When He says, “I am thirsty,” there’s the scene where they give Him sour wine. After drinking it, the words Jesus spoke appear. It says He spoke with a loud voice, doesn’t it? What did He say with a loud voice? “It is finished.” He said. This was not something said in great despair. Right? It is the declaration of complete victory. “It is finished.” He said. It’s a tremendous message. He said that and died. This word “It is finished” is not an ordinary word. All struggles are completely over. All the forces of darkness have come to an end. It’s a tremendous message. It could include many things, but I’m saying it was not something Jesus said after losing all His strength and giving up. Today we must firmly hold this covenant.

What will you do with your suffering? What will we do with our pain? And what will you do with your hardest part? You must come up with the answer. Knowing the gospel of Christ, I came up with the answer for what was most problematic for me. Those answers keep coming.

1) The three biggest problems

I’ve told you before, but for me that was a tremendous, for me that was the problem.

(1) Why are the elders and the church so poor that they cannot do anything?

What is the first? Why are our elders, why must the church be so poor like this? Poverty is not wrong, but if you can’t do anything, that becomes a problem.

(2) Why do they suffer from disease to the point that nothing works?

Why do our parents and many people suffer so from disease like this? Disease is not sin. But if it gives so much pain and you are always sick to the point that nothing works, that is something to think about. I saw that.

(3) Why are they incompetent, living as servants of unbelievers, and not even able to evangelize?

Why are the saints so lacking in ability that they cannot evangelize and can’t do anything? Does that make sense? This is a curse.

2) The covenant I held onto firmly

He said Christ would finish everything. I firmly held the covenant. “Christ finished everything on the cross. I am a child of God. Why should I stay here any longer?” It’s real. I held that covenant. And from then, the evangelism movement began to arise for me. Why? Because I believed this fact. And in fact, while doing the evangelism movement, wherever I went, God gave the blessing of the economy and of saving all people. From then, I studied healing for 40 years. Because my father was a diligent and remarkable man, but he couldn’t do anything and always sat leaning against the wall, and then passed away. Well, that didn’t become a wound for me. But why should one live like that? Why must one be so poor? Why must one, without any ability, run errands for unbelievers, lose, and live as a servant? This is not right. It’s no one’s fault, but this is not right. From then, amazingly, these three answers kept coming to me and became a covenant. So now, I too think I can do the evangelism movement like this, do a definite healing ministry, and really move the manpower and economy that save many people. As long as there are you who know the gospel and pray, we can do world evangelization here without any problem, right? If you can hold onto this covenant and pray, it is fine wherever you are. It’s finished.

3) You must hold this covenant as first priority. Nothing other than this covenant can be first priority.

Jesus, with a loud voice, gave the shout of victory, that it is over. “It is finished.” He said. This is a word that makes the forces of darkness tremble. We must not be deceived. I was not deceived and won. You must not be deceived. I was always deceived. Well, I didn’t say it, but I was always steeped in poverty and couldn’t do anything; always, though I didn’t say it, I thought that way. One day I came to my senses with a jolt. “Wait, am I not a child of God? Lack has nothing to do with me. I must save through the covenant. My parents being poor is not my fault.” Isn’t that so? “The church has no power, doesn’t do the gospel movement, and only fights, but that’s not my fault; I will hold the covenant and pray.” It’s certain, everyone. You must go with that covenant. “Nothing can be first priority for me.” I realized. Everyone, don’t hold onto the world and worry halfway like this. Nothing other than this covenant can be first priority. From then, darkness is broken. Many people don’t have it as first priority, right? That’s why they become like the Jews. That’s why they become like Pilate and Rome. It’s not first priority. You must firmly hold this covenant as first priority. Those who hold this covenant as first priority are different. How were they different? “It is fine even if I die.” This can’t be stopped. In this early church, “It’s fine even if we die.”

▣ Main_ Because it is finished, we must hold onto three covenants

Today, what covenant should we hold? Simply, you must hold three things.

1. When problems come, do not be shaken; just hold the covenant correctly and wait.

What is the first? It is holding the covenant correctly and waiting. You must not just wait. It is holding the covenant correctly and waiting. Why? Because it is finished.

1) Holding the covenant correctly means knowing the cause. – Darkness covers the whole world and tries to bring us down to the end.

What does it mean to hold the covenant correctly? It is knowing the cause. This darkness invisibly covers the whole world and tries to bring you down to the end. Right?

2) The solution God gave (Christ) – The moment you hold this covenant, darkness collapses. The history of the early church began from this point.

God gave the solution. He knew that humans can’t do it. That solution is the tremendous word Christ. Satan trembles here. Evil spirits know, as only spirits can, whether you have conviction or not. Satan knows exactly. He knows whether that person has the power of Christ as first priority or not. Then he is bound to touch them. Why? Because he knows it’s not. No matter how incompetent, no matter how much you’ve failed, no matter how much of a person who has made mistakes, the moment you hold this covenant, darkness collapses. In fact, the history of the early church began from this point. I mean, if Christ was executed on the cross, isn’t that the end? No. I’m saying that wasn’t the end.

3) People who knew this, enjoyed it, and waited – Joseph (17 years), Moses (40 years in Midian)

Joseph, who knew this, waited 17 years while enjoying. Right? He didn’t just wait, but while enjoying. Look at the Bible in detail. Moses went to Midian and for 40 years waited while enjoying the covenant.

4) Jesus’ last words (Acts 1:3-8) – Wait while enjoying the kingdom of God. In not many days you will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Jesus also said at the end, didn’t He? “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for what the Father promised.” While doing what? Wait while enjoying the kingdom of God. Wait. Everyone, when great pain comes, don’t be afraid and wait. Problems come because you hold onto something else. Don’t hold onto it. Hold the covenant firmly and wait. Hold the exact covenant. Then that’s it. So, I wanted to study, and when I was young I wanted to go abroad. I had no power, right? One day I realized. If God doesn’t send me, I don’t go. Right? If God sends me, I go. It doesn’t matter. Because of that, I entered the path of evangelism. Otherwise, I would have gone to study abroad and become a professor or something. I’m not saying professors are bad. So I studied English hard to go abroad and study, and I memorized almost the entire dictionary. There is nothing to be afraid of. Jesus said, “In not many days you will be filled with the Holy Spirit. You will be witnesses to the ends of the earth.” When great pain has come, when problems have come, don’t be shaken, but hold the covenant exactly and wait.

2. You must discover the “only” and believe.

This is the second. You must discover the “only” and believe. Right?

1) The only one who can say “It is finished” is Jesus Christ alone.

The only one who could say on the cross “It is finished” is Jesus Christ alone. Any great person, a person like Buddha, told people to find the way. He didn’t give the answer. Socrates said, “Know yourself.” What’s the use of knowing yourself? It’s miserable. If you know yourself, you’d have to commit suicide. It’s not the answer. “It is finished,” He said.

2) He fulfilled all of God’s covenant words. – He fulfilled Genesis 3:15, Exodus 3:18, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 16:16. He completely ended the power of Satan, hell, and disaster.

What? He has now fulfilled all of God’s covenant words. Didn’t He say the offspring of the woman will crush the head of the serpent? He fulfilled that. Don’t you know you were liberated on the day the lamb’s blood was applied? I’m saying He fulfilled that. When you were miserably dead, didn’t God promise the blessing of Immanuel? He fulfilled that. Didn’t Peter confess not long before? When he said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” “You are Peter; on this rock I will build My church. The power of Hades will not overcome you. I give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.” That’s what was fulfilled. Right?

Those of you facing hardship, do not be discouraged at all. I’m not saying to be arrogant. I’m not saying to brag. It doesn’t matter. Hold the covenant and wait. What if you starve to death doing so? Then you die. What if you go bankrupt doing so? Then you go bankrupt. You can’t go bankrupt. That’s the promise. I’m speaking of what I experienced. Something tremendous: He ended the power of Satan, the power of hell, and the power of disaster, which no one can resolve. I hope you believe.

3) Hebrews 9:26 He has appeared once at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. He removed personal sin, original sin, and the sin of idolatry.

Hebrews 9:21 says this. “Suffering has existed since the creation of the world, but He was born at the end of the ages to remove sin by offering Himself once as a sacrifice.” If you don’t understand these words, you’re lying. Haven’t you committed sin? All of that must be paid for. Christ says He will remove it. It’s not just that. What will you do about original sin that you didn’t even commit, the sin of idolatry that existed from your ancestors? He says He will remove it. On the cross, Christ finished it all. You must firmly hold this covenant.

3. You must discover the “absolute” and take on the challenge.

This is the third. After discovering the “only” and praying, what are you now?

1) Acts 2:1-47 Those who took part in Mark’s upper room saw the resurrection of the Christ who suffered and began to pray, and they were completely changed, to the point that people thought they were drunk.

The disciples of the early church began to change. They discovered the absolute and now took on the challenge. From this time, they gathered in Mark’s upper room. Now an uproar broke out. How convinced were they? Other people saw them and said, “Are those people drunk?” didn’t they? Simply put, the people were transformed. Everyone, I’m saying such a blessing is prepared for you. If you do not take strength, you cannot save those around you. You must remember.

A certain wife wrote, “My husband is having such a very, very hard time like this; what should I do?” I didn’t even see her face. A letter came. How hard must it have been for her to send it like that? I answered simply. “The only person who can pray for that husband is you.” I said. “Either give up or take on the challenge.” This person caught on. She really took on the challenge. So, I heard she’s receiving many answers.

These people who took part in Mark’s upper room, in that suffering, saw that the Christ who finished it all had resurrected and began to pray, and they were completely changed, weren’t they?

2) Acts 11:19 When tribulation came, they established the Antioch church and changed the world.

When tribulation came to them, an even greater work happened. That’s the Antioch church. I mean, if you have conviction, the apostles were all arrested and taken away, and now the church leaders remained, you see. These people should have run away, right? No. They established the Antioch church. This changed the world. I’m saying the same answer is there.

3) Acts 12:1-25 When Peter was arrested, the saints prayed all night and a miracle happened.

Later they even arrested Peter. So these church leaders and saints gathered and prayed all night. God had Peter released, and that very night a great event broke out. He took King Herod away, didn’t He? You must take on the challenge.

4) Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8 They went into the synagogues and conquered Rome in 250 years.

This Paul went looking for the synagogues and went in. Why must we open the three-day weekend age here? We must raise future generations. This, in 250 years, overturned Rome. People don’t really know the power of the gospel. I talked about it in the district lesson, but Paul said, “The height, depth, and breadth of this gospel cannot be measured.” This changed the world. Saints today are not at all like that, are they? This is second priority, third priority. When you look at those who say they’re bringing a little revival, it’s making a worldly church, and Satan totally dances. You must pray. If you make a mistake, while we should be saving saints, Satan’s biggest playground can become the church. You must pray. Do not be afraid. I’m saying just firmly hold the covenant. The early church held the covenant. If you keep looking at this Paul in Acts chapters 17, 18, and 19, he dug into the synagogues. Simply put, he made the future generations properly realize the gospel and made them pray properly. He did three things, right? In chapter 17 he went to the synagogue and explained the necessity of Christ, and in chapter 18 he went to the synagogue and explained worship and prayer. And in chapter 19, if you look, he explained the work of the kingdom of God. How great is this? It’s a long time, isn’t it? As 250 years passed, these people grew up and became adults, the church and Rome changed, and the world changed.

▣ Conclusion_ Do not be deceived; make a decision

Today, everyone, truly make a decision. Then that’s it. You don’t need a lot. It’s truly right, so don’t be deceived and firmly decide. I’ve told this before, but I went to a certain conference in Busan, and someone came and greeted me. Busan has the sea stretched out like this, right? There’s a place called Gwangalli. There’s a beach, and I held a conference at a certain church there. A person who looked about 50 came to greet me. I told you before, right? “Pastor, thank you. I was a ship captain. I worked so, so hard, but one day my body hurt so much that I came home. I went to the hospital and had a full diagnosis, and they said it was terminal liver cancer. So the doctor said there was no hope. So, since the doctor said there was no hope, there was nothing else I needed to hear, right?” Truly, this remarkable person, look what he did. For us, it would be, “Save me, what do I do?” Isn’t that so? This wasn’t that. Some people go to the mountains to live, right, to live. This person wasn’t like that. From then he went to find everyone he knew.

“I am now going to heaven. There is something I couldn’t tell you.” Going to find high-ranking people, “There is something I couldn’t tell you.” He shared the gospel with all of them. Repenting, before God. The doctor said at most he wouldn’t make it past 6 months. “Pastor, I am now alive for the third year.” He said. “Have you gone to the hospital?” “I didn’t go. They said there’s no hope for me; why would I go there?” He said.

“Since you’ve been this healthy since then, shouldn’t you check whether you’re healed or not?” I said. His face was the face of a healthy person. I’m not trying to say that this person is healthy, that he’s not dying of cancer. This person’s decision is so moving. This is what’s important. How moving this person’s decision is: he could go, but he says, “Until now I never shared the gospel with so many people.” He’s sharing the gospel with all his relatives, friends, and acquaintances.

Everyone, don’t just live a religious life; you are not people without worth. You must make a decision. Christ did not bear the cross so that we could eat well. Right? He didn’t bear the cross to cure our colds. There’s a tremendous, true story in it. A story that Pilate couldn’t even understand is in it. Those Roman soldiers who were guarding were at the level of casting lots for clothes and dividing them; they couldn’t even understand. That’s why disaster keeps coming on this land. We must block it.

As I said at this church leaders’ conference, our church must not just finish building this sanctuary, but must save all the churches going over to the whole world. Why? Absurdly huge things have happened. Each time, disaster comes. We must block it.

1. Darkness collapses when you make the decision to enjoy – Daniel 3:18, Pastor Ju Gi-cheol, Pastor Son Yang-won

What decision? Today you must first make the decision to enjoy. Right? Even if God does not save us in the fire, it’s fine. What will you say? There are pastors who firmly protected our Korea. Someone like Pastor Ju Gi-cheol said, “Resolved to die once.” “It’s not dying many times; it’s dying once, so then, are you telling me to die miserably worshipping idols? We can’t.” he said. To Pastor Son Yang-won they said, “If you bow just once, we’ll release you,” didn’t they? “I’m fine even if I live in prison forever.” he said. So this kind of decision is the decision by which darkness completely collapses, isn’t it?

2. Today’s decision determines the future

There is something more important. The decision you make today determines the future. Without a doubt.

3. Our prayer influences future generations

It seems like you are suffering, but your prayer influences future generations. Never miss this. Among you sitting here, wouldn’t there be those whose parents prayed a lot? It’s different. That’s why you are sitting here. Then, everyone, your future is different. He said it is finished. I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus to become people who start anew. Let us pray.

Prayer

God, let today be a day of important decision. Let it be a day of setting the covenant right. Let it be a day of ending all curses and disasters. Let it be a day of a new challenge. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

“So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.”
— Genesis 13:18 —

Praise
“It Was Finished Upon That Cross “

Confession of Faith
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven,
And is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty;
From there He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy universal Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body
And life everlasting. Amen.

Message
“It Is Finished!” (Jn 19:17-30)
transcript…video

Prayer
7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

Sunday 2nd Service, Lay Mission Dedication Service
Title / Scripture: The Crown of Thorns Given from Above (John 19:1-16)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-su
Date / Place: November 27, 2022, Immanuel Church (Seoul)

Summary

2000 Years of Disaster, World Evangelization – Whether the future generations will be in disaster for 2,000 years, or in world evangelization, this is the crossroads. Here, Jesus wore the crown of thorns. The charge was self-proclaimed King of the Jews.

▣ Introduction_ Dedication – Where you line up and dedicate yourself is important.

1. Destruction – The Pharisees lined up wrong, and their future generations were struck down and died for 2,000 years.
1) What kind of Christ is a carpenter? Even though it was prophesied in the Bible, they did not see it because they were arrogant.
2) Power – Jealousy – They thought that if things went wrong, He would take away all their power.
3) He doesn’t even keep the Sabbath
4) They thought He just made wine and gave it to people to drink.
5) Sending away the adulterous woman, eating with tax collectors, they asked what He was doing with lepers.

2. World Conquest – They dedicated themselves absurdly, but this conquered the world.
1) The sick, the poor, the incurably ill – As soon as Jesus came, He went to find them and healed them.
▷ Do not go to a church that does not deliver the gospel. Big trouble. Many people have lost their spiritual strength.
2) Crucifixion – Matthew 27:25 The Jews said that if it was wrong, the price of that blood could be laid on their future generations. Luke 23:28 Jesus told them to weep for their children.
▷ It is a dedication that chooses a hundred years, a thousand years; you must hold to the covenant so that it becomes worship.
3) Resurrection (Mission) – Mark’s upper room – Meeting the risen Christ, they ended all doubt. At Mt Olive, He gave a clear mission. They gathered in Mark’s upper room.

▣ Main

1. Crown of Suffering – You must wear the crown that looks like suffering.
1) He was struck with whips.
2) He wore the crown of thorns.
3) Caesar as king – They said Jesus is not our king, Caesar is our king.
Suffering – Suffering received because of the gospel is a great answer and becomes the path of world evangelization.

2. The Uncrowned King – The uncrowned king who needs no crown, the king who overcomes darkness.
1) Acts 1:14-15 (Law) – Even though they were blocked by law, they were not caught by the law and evangelized the world.
▷ They spread the Word movement in families, in homes. This is the way to evangelize China and the Muslims.
2) Acts 11:19 (Tribulation) – They established Antioch Church, which evangelized the world.
3) Acts 13:1 Paul, sent out as a missionary for the first time – the beginning of changing the whole world

3. Ambassador of the Triple Office
1) King – The king who overcame Satan on behalf of Jesus
2) Priest – The priest who blocks the disasters of the whole world
3) Prophet – The whole world has no way. The prophet who announces the way
Christ – The word that combines these is Christ.

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▣ Conclusion_ Really try it once.

40 days – If you pray for just 40 days without listening to people’s voices, works will arise.

10 days – There is no one to help you pray for ten days without listening to people’s voices.

Acts 2:42 Only then does Sunday worship come alive.

Acts 2:46-47 “Every day in the temple, in homes” – healing took place.

1,000 Bartizans – The mission of missions is to make 1,000 bartizans inside the church with platforms, watchman bartizans, and antennas so that 237, healing, and summit can come.

▷ You must conclude that you can do everything through prayer. Only Christ, only the Triune God, only the power of the throne, try praying.

Transcript

Today, this scene is a very important scene.

[ 2000 Years of Disaster, World Evangelization ]

Whether the future generations will be in disaster for 2,000 years, or in world evangelization. This is the crossroads.

「The Crown of Thorns Given from Above」

Here, right now, Jesus is wearing a crown of thorns. You know what this means, right? He was put on trial, and the charge was King of the Jews. Jesus never said He would be king, but the politicians were afraid, because so many people were flocking to Him and works were happening, they got scared. So, to put it simply, if someone committed a crime, there would be a charge, right? The charge was King of the Jews. So then, He was crucified with the charge attached, and when the Jews saw it, they said even that felt bad, so they added one more word, “self-proclaimed King of the Jews.”

You are now offering a dedication service, and what you dedicate is important, but where and how you line up and dedicate yourself is extremely important.

▣ Introduction_ [ Dedication ]

This is something that happens only once, this is everything, so the question is where you do it. Today you must definitely confirm it in two big ways.

[ Destruction ]

They said they were dedicating themselves, and they did well, with faith, but that was destruction. Can that be? There is evidence, isn’t there?

[ World Conquest ]

They started absurdly without any power, but this was world conquest. You must at least have the eyes to see this. At least. Isn’t that right? If I were a businessman with assets and my time to die had come, what would I do? Then what will you take with you? Will you give it to your children? Are your children that lacking in ability? If you give it to children without ability, it becomes a burden, right? Haven’t you tried living life well? Who will live in your house? It becomes a laughable situation. It’s over on this earth. Right?

I cannot give it here (destruction). If I were a company and had power, I would give it here (world conquest). The Pharisees did nothing wrong at all. They lined up wrong. You think of it as ordinary. Because they lined up wrong, their future generations were struck down and died for 2,000 years. It’s easy to say, but imagine your children, your grandchildren dying miserably. Just imagine your little child being kidnapped by someone right now and suffering all kinds of pain and torture. Could you sleep? We would try to bring them back even if we had to risk our lives, would we say, “Well, take care then”?

The descendants of the Jews were like this for 2,000 years. But you must not be deceived. Why did these people do that?

[ Destruction ]

1. Carpenter (Bible)

Shouldn’t He be born in a palace? What kind of Christ is a carpenter? They were mistaken. It was prophesied in the Bible, wasn’t it? Everyone, once a person becomes arrogant, they can’t even see the Word. “The son of a carpenter comes, and that carpenter is the Christ?”

2. Power – Jealousy

So He performed powerful works, right? Because He performed powerful works, there would be people who thought, “Ah, His power is tremendous,” but mainly what they thought was, these people were afraid. They were jealous. “Wow, if things go wrong, that guy is going to take away all our power,” they thought like this. Because of that, they chose wrongly. It’s all in the Bible, it was prophesied. They don’t look at the Word of the Bible. Everyone, you must choose well. No matter how good something is. And these people held tremendous positions at the time. Everyone, there are only 70 members of the Sanhedrin council. They move all of Israel and the people scattered across the world. Among them, the Pharisees below them numbered about 6,000 across the whole world. So their eyes were darkened.

3. Sabbath

“That guy, I mean, he doesn’t even keep the Sabbath.” They (the Jews) think they believe well in their own way.

4. Wine

“And what’s more, he just makes wine and serves it to drink. Going to places like that.” People who think they are very excellent couldn’t understand it from their perspective. “No, this kind of power, it’s not a scam either. The carpenter’s son, what is this?”

5. Adulterous Woman, Tax Collectors, Lepers

“The adulterous woman, I mean. She should be stoned to death. He forgave her and sent her back. And I mean, he eats with tax collectors. And I mean, he goes to a leper’s house and eats. What on earth is this man doing with lepers?”

We also easily make this mistake. So the Jews saw this and were completely mistaken. “Oh my, that’s not the Christ, the Messiah should be Messiah-like.” When they looked, it wasn’t like that.

[ World Conquest ]

1. The Sick, the Poor

As soon as Jesus came, He went to find the sick and the poor. He went to find those with incurable diseases that no one could heal. He healed them. Which one is right? When a person lines up wrong, they suffer such great pain. I even say this to my relatives. “Hey, don’t attend a church that doesn’t deliver that gospel.” Big trouble. It looks like they live well, I’m sorry, but big trouble. So among those who attended church for a long time, it’s not because of character or people, there are many future generations who fell into spiritual trial and don’t attend church. Those future generations, you know, it’s not because they have bad heads. I mean, they don’t go to church because they can’t understand that churches or pastors are a bit lacking? It’s not that. Really, those people, smart people, spiritually those people have no reason to go, right? There’s no reason to attend a Pharisee church. So they lost spiritual strength. There are many. Among pastors’ children, elders’ children, excellent children, there are many who lost all their spiritual strength. Even now, you must line up well.

2. Crucifixion

He was crucified, I talked about it earlier. Crucifixion is a miserable highest penalty. This is something that only a Roman judge must allow. They deliberately dragged Jesus to Pilate. Why? To have Him crucified. How spiritually far gone were these people? “If crucifying Jesus to death is wrong, let the price of His blood be on our future generations.” (2,000 years of disaster) Not even knowing how terrifying it was. Ah, isn’t that what liars usually do? “I promise on my life,” they say, but what is your life? Without even knowing well. Liars are naturally like that. People who don’t know are like that. “I promise on everything I have.” That’s how it is. Running their mouths without knowing anything, it turned out like this (2,000 years of disaster). That’s what those people said at that time. How convinced they were: “Kill this carpenter, this man. If that’s wrong, can’t we just put the blood price on our future generations?”

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Matthew 27:25

It was said here, wasn’t it? As Jesus carried the cross and went up to Golgotha, among the many people there would be some weeping.

Luke 23:28

At that time Jesus turned around, and even in that situation said, “Do not weep for Me.” He said something meaningful and painful. “Weep for your children.” An amazing thing would happen, wouldn’t it?

The dedication service you are offering is not just a dedication service; you must hold to the covenant so that it becomes worship that chooses 100 years, 1,000 years.

Now, Jesus wore the crown of thorns like this; to put it simply, it’s the content of “You’re the King of the Jews, right? I’ll give you a crown.” So they told the people below, “Guys, he says he’s king, so put a crown on him.” It is recorded that Jesus said nothing at all. He just stood there comfortably, to a frightening degree. So it’s not like they brought the crown of thorns and just placed it on Him. They forced a small-made crown of thorns on Him, so blood came out. They mocked Him in that way.

Even now, the Jews and those who mock the gospel should look a little and think. Do you know spiritual things? Do you know what Satan and darkness are that are now destroying your family? You don’t know. I know that person who curses the church the most. His child also walks around almost like a zombie. I know. Then did he die a few years ago? It came out in the news. He cursed Christianity a lot. I don’t know why he cursed like that. I won’t say the name. Uselessly cursing the church like that, that’s what he did. Without knowing anything. His own child was shriveling up and dying like a zombie; he should have prayed.

3. Resurrection – Mark’s Upper Room

And these people met the risen Christ. From this point they ended all doubt. Here they gathered in Mark’s upper room.

(Mission)

Before gathering in Mark’s upper room, Jesus gave a clear mission at Mt Olive. You must definitely hold to this.

▣ Main

For you who do lay mission, there are three things.

1. Crown of Suffering

Because Jesus wore the crown of thorns, you must wear the crown that looks like the same suffering.

1) Whip

Looking here, they whipped Jesus. This whip has things like blades attached, and they say it’s the kind of whip that, when it strikes, digs into the flesh.

2) Crown of Thorns

What crown is it? It’s a crown of thorns, and they put the crown of thorns firmly (on His head).

And while doing so, they shouted wildly. Looking at verse 4, Pilate said, “I find no fault in Him at all.” Looking at verse 6, “The chief priests and officials shouted, saying,” screaming strange cries, wicked cries, “Crucify Him.” So they shouted so much that this governor, this judge, couldn’t handle it.

3) Caesar as King

So this judge, even while saying, “I am innocent. I cannot take responsibility,” did it that way. Then in the end, all the people say, “Our king is only Caesar.” “Jesus is not our king, Caesar is our king.” That He wore the crown of thorns amid these (whip, crown of thorns, Caesar as king) tells us many things.

〔 Suffering 〕

If you suffer because of the gospel, because of what these people truly don’t know, because of the gospel, that itself is a great answer and becomes the path of world evangelization. You must definitely keep this in mind.

2. The Uncrowned King

You who evangelize, it’s okay even without any reward. You are uncrowned kings who need no crown.

1) Acts 1:14-15 (Law)

This is Acts chapter 1 verses 14 and 15. Even though they blocked it with the law, they didn’t break the law at all, and they evangelized the world legally so as not to be caught by the law at all. This is a very important word. Blocked by the law but not caught by the law. Why is that? That’s why I named it. The secret of the early church’s world evangelization is one thing. The way to save China and the Muslims in the future is also one thing. The house upper room. They couldn’t block it. Every house has an upper room in the home, and the Word movement entered through there. Into the whole world.

You are not like worldly people who expect a reward; you are uncrowned. You don’t need a crown. But you are truly the king who overcomes darkness.

2) Acts 11:19 (Tribulation)

Now a great tribulation arose. There (where the great tribulation arose), rather, they established Antioch Church that evangelizes the world. You must keep this in mind. We go wearing the crown of suffering. We don’t need rewards. We go as uncrowned kings.

At this time, a strange thing happened. Everyone, if you hold to the covenant, it goes beyond imagination. Something beyond imagination happened, and what was it? The persecution became more severe: “Catch those who believe in Jesus and kill them no matter what. Those you can’t kill, catch and imprison.” That’s how it came out. Before, they only prohibited it, but now they made people who go around catching them by law.

Who was the leader there? Paul. Paul, who catches those who believe in Jesus. But it’s strange. Paul is a person who knew the Bible a lot. He is a person who knew the Old Testament a lot. But how serious their education was, Paul couldn’t open his heart. It seems something was bothering his conscience, but he thought, “Still, this (Introduction-Destruction) is right.” But Paul was such a smart person, wasn’t he? He himself was an honest person. You know, there are people who lie well. But this person himself was a person who couldn’t lie.

What is this? Everyone, if you really make up your mind to do the gospel movement, there is a work God does from above. He broke Paul right away. Well, what would you do? Suddenly light shone from heaven, and his name originally called at home was Saul, right? He called, “Saul, Saul.” As you know well, when that happens you’re out of your mind. He asked, “Who are You?” “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.” There, Paul was broken at once. And all the Bible words he knew came to mind; he was convinced. “Ah, He is the One who was prophesied. Now the timetable has come.” And so he participated in this town (Acts 11:19). It’s astounding. They told him to catch those who believe in Jesus, and that Paul went and believed in Jesus, completely.

Then an even more ridiculous thing happened. Volunteering, the Jews, these Jews are vicious. Volunteering, what do they do? “We won’t go home until we catch and kill Paul.” That’s how it came out.

3) Acts 13:1

At that time, Paul was sent as a world missionary for the first time since the earth was created. This is the first. Until then, because they didn’t realize, they went after being beaten, and (this time) they truly went. This was the beginning of changing the whole world. Before that, the whole world couldn’t interact or come and go. It started from this time.

3. Ambassador of the Triple Office

This is the third thing you lay people doing mission must pray for. You are the crown of suffering, and also uncrowned kings, but you are ambassadors of the triple office.

1) King

Not just an ambassador. You are a king who overcame Satan on behalf of Jesus.

2) Priest

The disasters of the whole world can’t be stopped. You are the priest who stops that.

3) Prophet

There’s no way. All truths are lies. So you are a prophet who announces the way.

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Christ

The word that combines these is Christ. While you offer lay mission worship, you just need to hold on to one thing. Don’t be deceived by people’s words. It’s lining up on God’s side. Try standing there. People who listened to people’s words, misunderstood, and stood on the human side ended up like this (Introduction-Destruction).

Jehovah’s Witnesses talk about it. Isn’t there anyone here who came out of Jehovah’s Witnesses? Jehovah’s Witnesses, before they gather for Bible study, there’s something they do. They criticize you a lot, and they curse you. So they must rescue them (Christians), that’s the theory.

Shincheonji, you know what they do, right? You already know everything, don’t you? They pick out whether you have faults or not, curse a lot, and say they must save them (Christians). That’s one of their basic evangelism doctrines. While giving such a lecture, a woman, judging by her accent she was from Honam, her lecture floated around on YouTube, didn’t it? Probably someone recorded it and spread it; they spread that woman’s actual lecture, and if you look at the content of the lecture, it’s ridiculous. “Killing the Korean church is simple.” That’s what that woman said. “If you go in and keep creating unbelief, it collapses at once.” That’s what the woman said. Go look at the tape (video) going around. “If you just persuade two elders, it’s over. Then slander like that. That way, bring down the church. How do you bring it down? First bring down the evangelist. And when you put in an evangelist, put in someone from our side. Slowly, steadily, diligently.” She gave that lecture and got caught. That lecture spread all over. So I said, “How can a right church, if they are right, how can they do that? If that’s right, that’s really not it.” The problem isn’t that; the point is that we keep missing blessings too much. Don’t miss them.

40 Days

Today I’m going to the ordination ceremony to tell them this; if you pray for just 40 days without speaking human words at all, works will arise. This is Mt Olive.

10 Days

If you truly hold on to the covenant, just 10 days, can a person pray for 10 days, if you pray for just 10 days without listening to people’s voices, works will arise. It’s pitiful. There are people who are spiritually struggling, right? If there is someone who will really help properly for just about 10 days, works will arise. That’s the only thing. People who have depression or are suffering mentally, it doesn’t work as they wish. Who do they get help from? There’s no one who will help properly for ten days.

Acts 2:42

Only then does Sunday worship come alive every Sunday.

Acts 2:46-47

So daily in the temple, daily at home, if you do this, then healing happened. It became healing.

1,000 Bartizans

I’m talking about Busan, Seoul, Ulsan, Changwon. The mission of missions is: make the 1,000 bartizans that don’t exist so that 237, healing, and summit can come. Inside the church. You must do this first. Build platforms where the many multiethnic people who have come to us can come, watchman bartizans, bartizans with antennas. You must not fail to understand this. Doing it at first and then quitting, that’s of no use no matter what. Make it so that even after you leave this land, 237 can come and do healing and summit 24. Leave the footprints of the elders. Right? Make a forum room for the elders. That’s what I want to say. Put each country’s name one by one, make forum rooms, and make it so that country can come and hold forums. What, does meeting briefly bring world evangelization? That’s not it. When you change one person, countless people rise up. You must definitely hold to the covenant.

You must conclude that you can do everything through prayer. Really try it. Jesus remained calm in that pain while being criticized, mocked, and suffering. Today, everyone, I hope you really start once. Try it. You’ll be a little surprised. You are not people who need to watch others’ eyes when you go into the world. If you don’t see answers, you have to watch others’ eyes. Right? When you go into the world, it’s not simple.

I always praise our Remnant when I see what they do. Big, a chaebol company in our country is tremendous, right? He got a job there. That excellent person, that person who has a lot, can’t help but have spiritual problems. Every so often he has seizures, epilepsy. When he has a seizure, the executives who were beside him run away. This friend held him and prayed. This is our Remnant.

When (the chaebol) woke up, he would know, right? So when he asked, he delivered the gospel. That top person, someone everyone in Korea recognizes, has that kind of problem. So he has no choice but to acknowledge this friend. It’s not that he boasted, nor did he do anything special.

He told me briefly. When I went to officiate the wedding, he (the chaebol) was coming. Of course. He’s such a busy person, but from his personal perspective, it’s not like that. Since he’s having a wedding, he said he’d come. What does that mean? You just need to not be deceived even a little. So I said to that friend, “Hey, look. Because you live your faith life so well, this happens.” “No. I’ve been deceived until now, and I’m barely trying to come to my senses,” he said. “Right, you’re trying to come to your senses and (like this) it’s working; how much more will it work when you come to your senses?” That’s what I said. It’s true. Please don’t be deceived, and there’s no need to say anything. Try it. Only Christ. Only the Triune God. Only the power of the throne. Try praying. Then works will arise. All of you participating in our lay mission today, I bless you in the name of the Lord that the glory of God will be revealed for generations of your descendants. Let us pray.

Prayer

Thank You, God. God who allowed us to have the lay mission dedication service, please grant us true peace. Please give us the true gospel. We thank You for giving us the true covenant. Please let us become witnesses who achieve in this covenant. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

“So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.”
— Genesis 13:18 —

Praise
“O Sacred Head Now Wounded “

Confession of Faith
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven,
And is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty;
From there He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy universal Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body
And life everlasting. Amen.

Message
“The Crown of Thorns Given from Above” (Jn 19:1-16)
transcript…video

Prayer
7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

“So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.”
— Genesis 13:18 —

Praise
“Abide with Me “

Confession of Faith
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven,
And is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty;
From there He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy universal Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body
And life everlasting. Amen.

Message
“The King of Truth Who Is Not of This World” (Jn 18:28-40)
transcript…video

Prayer
7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

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.

“So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.”
— Genesis 13:18 —

Praise
“On Christ, Solid Rock “

Confession of Faith
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven,
And is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty;
From there He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy universal Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body
And life everlasting. Amen.

Message
“The Disciples Gripped by Fear” (Jn 18:15-18)
transcript…video

Prayer
7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

Sunday 1st Service
Title / Scripture: Shall I Not Drink the Cup Which the Father Has Given Me? (John 18:1-14)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-su
Date / Place: November 13, 2022, Immanuel Church (Seoul)

Summary

▷ When you come to church on Sunday, searching for what the best answer is, that is worship and prayer. In fact, you must hold onto the message every day and search. You must take this answer and method with you.

▣ Introduction_ Jesus, Who Is Arrested After Passing the Passover

1. You must first know the background of the text

1) Passing over the Kidron (John 18:1) – The Kidron is the place where the blood of the 246,000 lambs killed on Passover drains out of the temple and flows in. Judas Iscariot, who knew that Jesus was there at times, brought the soldiers and the officers of the Pharisees and came to arrest Him.

2) You must always look at the world’s difficulties with three eyes – naturalness, inevitability, absoluteness

▷ In the church there are people who are not saved and even pastors, and Judas Iscariot, according to his own benefit, brought soldiers to sell and arrest Jesus. What was naturally bound to come has come.

3) Jesus, who boldly revealed Himself to those who came to arrest Him with lanterns, torches, and weapons – The reason they came carrying torches was because they expected that Jesus would be hiding

4) Jesus, who at this time told Peter, who had cut off the right ear of the high priest’s servant, to put his sword into its sheath, and said, “Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given Me?”

2. The reason they took Jesus to Annas before handing Him over to Caiaphas

1) Annas – A successful person to the extent that there was no one among the Israelites who did not know him. As high priest, the person in charge of inspecting and selling the sheep in the courtyard of the Gentiles. A person whose economic power was so mighty that his sons and son-in-law guarded the treasury and the money. That is the place where Jesus swung the whip. That is why Annas told them to bring Jesus.

2) Afterwards, Jesus is handed over to Caiaphas – Caiaphas is the son-in-law of Annas

3. What should we do when we face something so unfair and hard? – Throw away all the bubbles and greed, and truly pray this prayer, “What is God’s absolute plan?”

1) When I faced great difficulty before starting the evangelism movement, I prayed until God’s certain plan was seen – At this time, all the records of certain world evangelization were done

2) When the construction of the Busan Immanuel sanctuary was not happening, the prayer “Why do You not give us a sanctuary?” – The absolute answer of 237, healing, and Summit came out: make a place where multi-ethnic people can come and do 24 (the courtyard of the Gentiles), a church where the sick can come and pray 24 (the courtyard of prayer), and a sanctuary where the future generations can come and properly learn life (the courtyard of children).

3) The prayer “Why here?” regarding Immanuel Seoul Church – Prepare for the three-day weekend age. Otherwise, all the future generations will die. Prepare what is in the Bible. This absolute plan was seen

▷ What is God’s absolute plan? You must pray a thousand times, ten thousand times. Now the future generations must not just listen to a 30-minute sermon. They must come to church and find something for their life.

▣ Main_ Jesus Found the Answer Regarding This Cup of Suffering, “Shall I Not Drink the Cup Which the Father Has Given Me?”

1. This cup of suffering was the beginning of the answer. – Our crisis is the beginning of the answer

1) This cup of suffering was a fact already prophesied in the Old Testament – That is why they kept killing lambs. This means it was promised that He would send Christ and resolve everything on the cross.

▷ If you just hold onto God’s absolute promise, from then on, the work happens.

2) What Jesus Himself said – He promised that He would resurrect in 3 days

3) If you hold onto the cup God gives, God’s thing, the answer begins.

2. This cup of suffering is the beginning of the fact that Jesus is the Christ being witnessed to the whole world. – If you know Christ properly, all the answers are seen.

1) How do we resolve our past? – Christ before eternity

2) What should we do about our current problems? – Christ who became incarnate

3) How do we pray in Jesus’ name? – The resurrected Christ

4) What do we do about our future? – Christ who sits on the throne ruling over us and will come as the Lord of the Second Coming

5) All humans will resurrect and go to heaven and hell! – Christ who will stand as the Lord of judgment

▷ He showed this evidence. It was prophesied in the Old Testament that He would resurrect from the cross, and He is showing that evidence. What all mankind needs is this—your suffering is the beginning of the answer. Your suffering is the beginning of witness.

3. Our standard of choice is to witness Christ and to let other people know Christ (John 18:9, 11).

▷ Christ being proven is the standard. Showing that God is with me is the standard. Remnants, do not listen to nonsense and hold onto the Word. So that, seeing us, they say, “Christ, the solver of all problems.

1) If we faced something unfair and held onto the covenant of Christ in order to become this witness, a 100-year answer

2) If we face hardship without any wrongdoing, a 1000-year answer

3) The unfairness that Jesus, who came as the Savior, suffered is an eternal answer

▣ Conclusion

1. When we look at it, it is a crisis, but when God looks at it, it is the best opportunity.

1) Joseph going as a slave was the best opportunity to go to Egypt, and going to prison was God opening the best way to go to the king

2) Moses’ 40 years in the Midian wilderness was God preparing the best thing

▷ Do not be deceived. It is finding God’s exact plan. This is prayer. How do you find it? If you just pray, it will come out. Once it becomes exact just once, it keeps coming out. If you find the exact path and go, it comes out.

3) David faced death 6 times, but that was the best timetable.

▷ When we look at it, it is crisis and impossibility, but if we find God’s absolute plan here, it is done.

4) All the persecution of the early church turned into the best opportunity.

2. The answer that comes when you know the word Christ

1) You must know the word Christ for everything to be seen and for the way to be seen (John 14:6).

2) The Triune God works.

3) The blessing of the throne comes.

4) You overcome all the powers of darkness.

3. The moment you know this word and hold onto the absolute plan, the answer and the work begin.

▷ For us, there is no “it works, it doesn’t work.” You must change your thinking. It is not “I can, I can’t.” All of that is a human standard. No matter how hard the cup God has given is, if you just discover the absolute plan, from then on, the work begins. Finding this is prayer. It is worship.

Transcript

When you come to church on Sunday, you must search for what the best answer is. That is worshipping, and that is prayer. Actually, you must search for it every day, right? You must hold onto today’s message and search during the six days. Today we must take that answer, that method, with us.

▣ Introduction_ Jesus, Who Is Arrested After Passing the Passover

Right now, after the Passover passes, Jesus is now going to be arrested, right now. You know this, right? Once He is arrested, He is then going to be executed. That scene has come up now today.

1. You must first know the background of the text

Now, first we need to take a little look at the Bible before we go on.

1) Passing over the Kidron (John 18:1)

In our verse 1, it says, “over the Kidron,” like this, right? “He went to Mt Olive, and again entered the temple, and the people came, and He sat down and taught them,” the explanation comes out like this all along. If you look at chapter 18. This Kidron is a brook. A place where water flows. On the day of Passover, they kill 246,000 lambs. Amazing, isn’t it? To keep the Passover, they kill about 246,000 lambs, and that blood would flow, right? So in the temple, there is a drain so that the blood can drain out. Where does this enormous amount of blood flow to? It flows into the Kidron brook. Now it is unneeded blood. Jesus is passing through there, right now. Because they knew the places Jesus usually went in that area, at this time, together with Judas Iscariot, the soldiers have now come to arrest Jesus. Together with the soldiers and the officers of the high priests and Pharisees, Judas Iscariot, since he knows where Jesus is, has come to arrest Him. A disciple has come to arrest Jesus now. There is no need to be flustered.

2) You must always look at the world’s difficulties with three eyes – naturalness, inevitability, absoluteness

Everyone, there are many difficult, dumbfounding things in the world, aren’t there? You must have the eyes to see them. You must always see with three eyes. It is natural, inevitable, absolute. Someone who is not saved can attend church, right? Someone who is not saved can even be a pastor. There are many people who are not saved. According to his own benefit, he has now brought the soldiers to that place to sell and arrest Jesus. It is a dumbfounding thing, right? It is inevitable. But there is an absolute plan there. You must always remember this. Otherwise, you will not receive answers. What was bound to come has come. Right? When Judas Iscariot died, what did the Bible record? “He went to his own place.” That is what it said. There is no need for you to look at people and be discouraged and such. What was naturally bound to come has come.

In Busan, wasn’t it something that happened in a certain big church? One elder built the church, and it seems there was something a little wrong. With their construction. A dispute broke out in the church, and that elder reported the church, I’m telling you. Our church is a church with illegal things like this. He reported it, I’m telling you. The pastor, who didn’t know anything about the construction, kept being investigated, going there. Well, people in Busan will know. “How can that be?” said the people who heard it. “That’s crazy. How can that be?” It is natural. Right? A person who has nothing to do with salvation can attend church. It is a natural thing.

3) Jesus, who boldly revealed Himself to those who came to arrest Him with lanterns, torches, and weapons

What did they bring? They brought lanterns, brought torches, and brought weapons. Why did they bring torches? They expected, “Jesus is probably hiding.” It was a misunderstanding. Since He’d be hiding somewhere, we need fire to catch Him. That’s why they brought them. Jesus stepped forward boldly. He asked, “Whom do you seek?” When Jesus boldly came out and asked, “Whom do you seek?” they said, “We seek Jesus of Nazareth.” At that time, Judas was also standing with them. So Jesus said in verse 6, “I am He.” He said, “I am that person.” How much Jesus’ power was manifested at that time. It says those people fell to the ground. If you look at today’s text. Jesus asks again. “Whom do you seek?” “We seek Jesus of Nazareth,” they said. Jesus said in verse 8, “Since I am that person, take Me. And don’t touch everyone else,” He said, right? “Don’t touch the disciples and let them go.”

4) Jesus, who at this time told Peter, who had cut off the right ear of the high priest’s servant, to put his sword into its sheath, and said, “Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given Me?”

This is how Jesus was now arrested. At that time, Peter, who was watching from the side, swung his sword, right? An officer who had followed along, a person named “Malchus,” and his ear flew off. How did he make the ear fly off? Was it a miss, or did he hit it precisely? There’s no way to know. Anyway, he made the ear fly off. At that time, Jesus said, “Put up your sword,” and the words He spoke were, “Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given Me?” That is what He said.

2. The reason they took Jesus to Annas before handing Him over to Caiaphas

1) Annas

They arrested Jesus and took Him to the high priest Annas. And they hand Him over to Caiaphas, but why did they take Him to Annas first, that is the thing. He must have told them to bring Him to Annas. There is no one in Israel who doesn’t know this man named Annas. He is a tremendously successful person. This person was the high priest, and what was he in charge of? He is the person responsible for inspecting and selling the sheep, the animals, in the courtyard of the Gentiles. His economic power is mighty. Just for the lambs, they kill 246,000, I’m telling you. His sons guard that treasury. So much money came in that the son-in-law handles the managing of it. The place where Jesus swung the whip is there. That’s why Annas told them to bring Him. There is a reason, right?

2) Afterwards, Jesus is handed over to Caiaphas

And then He is handed over to Caiaphas. Caiaphas is the son-in-law of Annas.

3. What should we do when we face something so unfair and hard? – Throw away all the bubbles and greed, and truly pray this prayer, “What is God’s absolute plan?”

1) When I faced great difficulty before starting the evangelism movement, I prayed until God’s certain plan was seen

Everyone, when you face something so unfair and hard, what should you do? Well, Jesus is the almighty God and the Son of God, so let’s say that’s that, but what should we do? Before I met you all, when I started the evangelism movement, it would have been about 40 years ago. I encountered a very great difficulty. It got to the point of “Ah, it has become impossible.” Other people thought so too. It wasn’t just me who thought so, other people thought so too. That was when. I truly prayed. I took out all the bubbles and truly prayed. I threw away all my greed and truly prayed. What is that key? “What is God’s absolute plan?” There’s no need to find it quickly either. I prayed until God gave it. At that time, so certainly, all the records about world evangelization, I did them all at that time. There’s no need to be discouraged. They said everything was dead, but it wasn’t. I found God’s absolute plan. It is important.

2) When the construction of the Busan Immanuel sanctuary was not happening, the prayer “Why do You not give us a sanctuary?”

A few years ago, I prayed that kind of prayer. “God, why do You not give us a sanctuary in Busan? We need it.” While praying that prayer, I found the absolute answer. Prepare a place where multi-ethnic people can come and do 24. It’s in the Bible, isn’t it, the courtyard of the Gentiles. Make it a church where the sick can come and pray 24 to their heart’s content, the courtyard of prayer. Make something where the future generations can properly learn life 24, the courtyard of children. That is 237, healing, Summit. Right? I held firmly onto that covenant. Now the permit came through. God will work.

3) The prayer “Why here?” regarding Immanuel Seoul Church

Do you know what I prayed when I came here? “Why should we come here?” The church that was here before, it became a mountain here, and people didn’t come, so they couldn’t run the church, I’m telling you. Right? I didn’t worry about that. Our members climb up a rope even if it’s a cliff, so that’s fine, but “Why here?” I got the answer early on. “Prepare for the three-day weekend age. If you do not prepare for that, all the future generations will die. Prepare what doesn’t exist in the world. Prepare what is in the Bible.” Right? There’s no need to do it with even a little bubble or with my greed. It is holding onto what God’s absolute plan is. Everyone, do it that way. There’s nothing to be in a hurry about. From then on, God’s work begins. I don’t really like people who work excessively hard. They have never succeeded. They succeed and then fail. Right? What is God’s absolute plan? Aren’t we children of God? Right? Then you must ask a thousand times, ten thousand times. “What is God’s absolute plan?” Now Pastor Kim Hyung-gil is going. I tell him to always ask that. Then it’ll work. The church members are not like that. If the pastor firmly holds onto God’s plan, the church members are bound to help. There’s no need for useless experience. Our, well, Pastor Lee Eun-joo, it seems they’re all going to the mother church, search. So that’s how the answer came out, “Ah, now the Remnants must not come to church for 30 minutes and listen to a sermon once a week.” Right? The Remnants must come to this church and find something. Right? They must find life, the exact thing. Won’t God give it? And now that I think about it, this is a perfectly fitting place. You must find the absolute answer.

▣ Main_ Jesus Found the Answer Regarding This Cup of Suffering, “Shall I Not Drink the Cup Which the Father Has Given Me?”

Jesus said, “Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given Me?” He found the absolute answer. It is the cup of suffering. Right? But because it was certain, He said, “I will drink it.”

1. This cup of suffering was the beginning of the answer. – Our crisis is the beginning of the answer

It is the first. This cup of suffering was the beginning of the answer. Everyone, your crisis is the beginning of the answer. You must remember this.

1) This cup of suffering was a fact already prophesied in the Old Testament

This was already, already prophesied in the Old Testament. That is why they kept killing lambs. That means, “He will send Christ and resolve everything on the cross.” It was promised in the Old Testament. Everyone, there is nothing to do in a hurry. There is nothing to add either. Nothing to take away either. Just firmly hold onto only God’s absolute promise.

2) What Jesus Himself said

From then on, the work happens. Jesus Himself said, didn’t He? “I will be handed over into their hands and die. But I will resurrect within 3 days.” He said that, didn’t He? It was promised many times in the Bible too.

3) If you hold onto the cup God gives, God’s thing, the answer begins.

If you, in the midst of suffering, hold onto the cup God gives, God’s thing, it becomes the beginning of the answer, this is it.

2. This cup of suffering is the beginning of the fact that Jesus is the Christ being witnessed to the whole world. – If you know Christ properly, all the answers are seen.

It is the second. What cup is this cup? What answer is it? It is the beginning of the fact being witnessed that the Christ whom the whole world needs most is none other than Jesus. Everyone, if you know Christ properly, all the answers are seen.

1) How do we resolve our past? – Christ before eternity

How do we resolve all our past? Christ, who was there before eternity. He came wearing a human body.

2) What should we do about our current problems? – Christ who became incarnate

What do we do about our current problems? Christ who became incarnate.

3) How do we pray in Jesus’ name? – The resurrected Christ

Well, how should we pray in Jesus’ name? It works.

4) What do we do about our future? – Christ who sits on the throne ruling over us and will come as the Lord of the Second Coming

The resurrected Christ. What do we do about our future? Christ who sits on the throne ruling over us and will stand as the Lord of the Second Coming.

5) All humans will resurrect and go to heaven and hell! – Christ who will stand as the Lord of judgment

Later, the timetable comes when all humans resurrect and are raptured to hell, to heaven, right? Christ who will stand as the Lord of judgment. He is now showing this proof. It’s true that it was very hard, but Jesus is not afraid of suffering. He stepped forward boldly. Well, a person dying and coming back to life in 3 days is a miracle too, isn’t it? But Jesus said it beforehand, I’m telling you. Even more amazing, it was prophesied in the Old Testament. It is the evidence that He is Christ. Because what our mankind needs is Christ, He is now showing that evidence.

Your suffering is the beginning of the answer. Make it certain. Your suffering is the beginning of witness. Jesus already witnessed it. This place.

3. Our standard of choice is to witness Christ and to let other people know Christ (John 18:9, 11).

Lastly, the third. It’s about what our standard of choice is. The standard of choice is none other than witnessing Christ and making other people know Christ, that is the standard. It is verse 9. “This was to fulfill that the Father would not lose even one.” That’s what it said, right? Also, what does it say in verse 11? “Put up your sword. Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given Me?” This is our standard. Isn’t it? Christ being proven is the standard. Showing that God is with you is the standard. Especially our Remnants, never miss this. I’m telling you not to listen to nonsense. Hold onto God’s Word. You must make them see you and say, “Wow! Christ is the solver of all problems.” “Ah! That person receives God’s blessing.” It is that witness. Today Jesus is now explaining this, right?

1) If we faced something unfair and held onto the covenant of Christ in order to become this witness, a 100-year answer

If you faced something unfair and hold onto the covenant of Christ in order to become this witness, a 100-year answer comes. Right?

2) If we face hardship without any wrongdoing, a 1000-year answer

Especially if you face hardship without any wrongdoing, a thousand-year answer comes.

3) The unfairness that Jesus, who came as the Savior, suffered is an eternal answer

The unfairness that Jesus, who came as the Savior, suffered, an eternal answer came, that’s what I mean.

▣ Conclusion

1. When we look at it, it is a crisis, but when God looks at it, it is the best opportunity.

Crisis, when we look at it, it’s a crisis. Right? But when God looks at it, it is the best opportunity.

1) Joseph going as a slave was the best opportunity to go to Egypt, and going to prison was God opening the best way to go to the king

Let me give an example. Joseph going as a slave became the best opportunity to go to Egypt. Right? Joseph going to prison was God making the best opportunity for him to go to the king.

2) Moses’ 40 years in the Midian wilderness was God preparing the best thing

Moses was chased out and lived like a dead person in the Midian wilderness for 40 years. God was preparing the best thing. Do not be deceived. It is finding God’s exact plan. That is prayer. How do you find it? Just try praying. It is bound to come out. Once this becomes exact just once, it keeps coming out. Right? When we walk a road, if we go the wrong way once, we keep going wrong, don’t we? But if you find the exact path and go a little, it keeps coming out. You must hold onto this.

3) David faced death 6 times, but that was the best timetable.

David faced death as many as six times, didn’t he? Right? That was the best timetable. When we look at it, it’s a crisis. When we look at it, it’s impossible. But if you find God’s absolute plan, that ends it. Even unbelievers search for the will of heaven, but aren’t we children of God? Never miss this.

4) All the persecution of the early church turned into the best opportunity.

All the persecution that happened in the early church after Jesus’ resurrection turned into the best opportunities. Today, here, you must now firmly hold onto this as covenant.

2. The answer that comes when you know the word Christ

1) You must know the word Christ for everything to be seen and for the way to be seen (John 14:6).

Knowing Christ rightly means that later everything will all be seen. You must know this word Christ for the way to be seen, and “I am the way, the truth, and the life,” He said, didn’t He? You must know the word Christ

2) The Triune God works.

The Triune God works.

3) The blessing of the throne comes.

I’m telling you, you must know that word for the blessing of the throne to come.

4) You overcome all the powers of darkness.

You must know that word for all the powers of darkness to collapse.

When I meet Buddhist monks, I tell them. You need Christ. Aren’t your spiritual problems too hard? You need Christ. Who is Christ? What does Christ mean? It’s a tremendous story.

3. The moment you know this word and hold onto the absolute plan, the answer and the work begin.

Everyone, if you just know this word, from the moment you hold onto God’s absolute plan, the answer begins to come. There is no reason to be discouraged and no reason to give up. There’s no reason to force yourself to cheer up either. Does it work just because you cheer up? Isn’t that so? Does the impossible become possible? It doesn’t. From the moment you discover God’s absolute plan, God’s work definitely begins. It is a witness. There is nothing to teach you and nothing to boast about. It is a witness.

It was the last church I was at as an associate pastor, and that church fought a lot. But there was a couple, a custodian deacon and his wife, who worked at that church. These people always had smiling faces. Well, it was hard, and since they fought, the church members tormented them so much. That custodian deacon couple. Even though they tormented them, these people were so joyful. They said they loved doing the Lord’s work so much. There was one rather wicked elder, and he would just ignore them and torment them and do things like this. But these people always, with smiling faces, were thankful and such. When I saw it, I thought, “Wow! That’s amazing.” They had three sons. I don’t know about the youngest, but the oldest son at that time passed the very difficult civil service exam and became a high-ranking government official. The second son was a friend who studied really well, and this friend had a mission, so he went to seminary, studied, and became a pastor. He does ministry well. The third son, I don’t know well how he turned out. Because I saw them back when I was young. I heard words from this couple that I couldn’t even hear in sermons, I’m telling you. They said they are so thankful that they get to do church work like this. Ah, couldn’t we go somewhere else and work? But in the church, in the house of the Lord, I work and pray, and it’s so good, they said. But that thing, I’m telling you, why, but that thing, I’m telling you, I could feel it sincerely, you know? It’s not a lie. It’s sincere. “Wow!” When you’re like that, God’s work can’t help but happen.

What is God’s absolute plan for you? “Shall I not drink the cup the Lord gave today, the cup the Father has given Me?” He said. No matter how hard it is.

Isn’t it a story from a long time ago? It was even on KBS and such, a father and son live together, they live in a semi-basement like this. It’s hard, right? There’s no mother either. But the son and the father ordered food, like this. But they ordered the food, and this kid doesn’t come, you know? So when they called the restaurant, they said he left. He came after a long while. When he came, he said he was so sorry. And then this kid couldn’t walk properly and was limping. So this father and son (父子), you know, asked “Why are you like that? Did you get hurt?” and he’d had an accident on the way. But he said he was sorry, that he should have kept his promise but he was late, he was so sorry. But they told him to come in, and since he could barely walk, he came in and they helped him a bit and such, and they heard his story, the kid’s story.

This kid needed to study, but he had no parents and no one to help him, this kid. Back then, there were still many who had little, but he was working at a Chinese restaurant. This kid was delivering jjajangmyeon and doing things like that. But suddenly the father pulled out money he had hidden somewhere and gave it to the kid. Telling him to go to school. The son was so surprised. Our father is poor right now, how did he have this? He gave it, telling him to study. A very long time passed. But this father got old and faced great hardship. After almost several decades they appeared and met, and this delivery kid had become a judge. Back in the old days, well, now it’s easy to find people, everyone has a cell phone, but in the old days that was hard. There were even times when family lived in the same neighborhood but couldn’t meet for decades, right? That can happen. So this kid who became a judge, you know, said he’d always been searching, didn’t he. Where these people were. So this elderly man was so thankful, “I don’t need to receive help from you. Just that you became like this, I’m so thankful. Truly, I thank God.”

For us, there is no “it works, it doesn’t work.” Today you must change your thinking. It is not “I can, I can’t.” That is all a human standard. No matter how hard the cup God has given is, if you just discover the absolute plan, from that moment on the work begins, this is it. Finding this is prayer. Finding this is worship. I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus that from now on your life will begin within this blessing. I hope it becomes a day of receiving grace all day long. Let us pray.

Prayer

We give thanks to God. Let today be an important day in my life. If there is anyone who is in suffering or sick, let it be a day of covenant where they find God’s absolute plan. We pray in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.