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Prayer Journal: July 8, 2026
02. Sep. 2025 237 New Believers
Lecture 3: 『 You Must Come Out from Your Fate & Destiny and Go towards the Triune GOD 』 (Acts 1:1, 3, 8)

Now, many Remnants are rising up to do greater ministry than their parents. The first generation went through so much hardship, and now seeing our Remnants taking good positions and conquering the world, I feel that world evangelization will rise even more greatly. Also, many good workers are rising up among our RTS graduates and pastors. I briefly mentioned this earlier, but these people have a certain characteristic. They are good workers, but I don’t have time to meet with them regularly, right? When I think about who I do meet with regularly, there is Park Shin-joo from Daegu — because whenever I go to Daegu for the core meeting, he comes out to receive me. He is always waiting ahead of time. All the car doors are open, and the guy is big, right? He stands there like a gangster. I got in the car and rode with him. Since we meet like that every week, when I see him I ask him things. Whatever I ask, this friend answers, “Yes, I don’t know!” And when I ask something else, “Yes, I’m sorry, I don’t know!” Hey, there are so many things you don’t know — “Yes, that’s right!” The questions I asked weren’t important. They weren’t important — I only asked because it seemed like those things were happening at his church. He said he didn’t know. I thought, ah, this friend is going to do well in ministry — and sure enough, he does the evangelism movement well. Also, Pastor Park Dae-woong from Changwon, whom I meet with often from time to time — when I ask him things too, he doesn’t know much. You have to not know. Right? Some people, even when you haven’t asked them anything, go on and on with all their arrogance and talk. Inwardly I think, you’re finished when it comes to evangelism. Why am I saying this? Stop paying attention to useless things, and do properly what the Lord has given you. Also, many ask me things. “How should I deliver this message?” — Do it for the thirsty few. Do it for those who are thirsty and prepared. Especially among new members, don’t try to gather many. Then the work will keep happening.

We must come out of this fate. “Out of fate and toward the Triune God” — that is Christ, the kingdom of God, and only the Holy Spirit.

Introduction – 6 Snares

What is fate? Genesis 3, 6, and 11, and Acts 13, 16, and 19 are fate — that is present in every person — and now there is a fate that comes to each individual. It is 6 snares. This comes at you squarely as fate. The first 6 are the same for everyone, but these are different for each person. What kind of fate has one fallen into? Without even realizing it, one is being dragged around by Satan. Because of this, the Word of God is not believed, but the voice of demons, sounds like that, enter the ears. So they worship idols, practice divination, and as time passes, spiritual problems come squarely. Of course they come. Naturally, as that becomes imprinted, takes root, and becomes one’s constitution, it comes fully. From that point on, it begins to show. The body hurts too. And so, there is no other way. The background is hell. Before going to hell, the background is already hell. We also do not go to heaven only after we die. Of course we go to heaven when we die, but we enjoy the heavenly background while we are alive and then depart. This same problem passes on to the next generation and to the family. It must be completely changed. What happens if this is not changed? ① One ends up being used by the 3 organizations, religions, and such. That snare, ② one falls into culture. ③ This kind of economy also arises. It ends up this way.

1) 3 Organizations, Religion
(1) Spiritism movement – Because one falls into the 3 organizations, three kinds of movements arise, and a spiritism movement arises. It becomes increasingly serious.
(2) Nephilim movement – It is a similar word but slightly different. A Nephilim movement arises. This is why disasters keep coming one after another.
(3) Shamanism, folk religion movement – So in underdeveloped countries, shamanism, and in somewhat better-off countries, folk religion movements — these just keep breaking out. This even gets broadcast on air.

2) Culture
(1) Festivals – And the whole world, with these 6 snares, starting from culture, observes festivals suited to them. Wasn’t the Itaewon incident exactly that? It was a day of observing a festival. Demon culture, it was a day for observing that festival. Those who went probably didn’t know, and thankfully not a single Remnant was among the children who died. Things change this way.
(2) Film, music – And with this, they go entirely into film and music.
(3) Athletics – And now, because there is no way out from within this dark culture and these 6 snares, people in athletics are important. They get swept away in this direction.

3) Economy
As a result, what remains now on the other side is the economy. Especially now within the 3 organizations.
(1) Brain science – Brain science, they are manufacturing it. That is going to be big money going forward. More spiritual problems are coming, but they will emerge in scientific form. They say they will examine your brain scientifically and treat you with it, you know? More spiritual problems will come, right?
(2) Healing organizations – What kind of movement have these people begun now? They have fully set up healing organizations. Brain science has begun, and it is coming soon.
(3) Healing gatherings (retreats) – There will be a great many healing gatherings. Especially retreats, especially the 3 organizations — but will it be resolved? If it were resolved, we could just help them. It is a greater disaster that comes. This is now completely turning into that (disaster).

Main – Life Camp

So what should we do? Earlier it was the covenant received at Mt. Olive and the Upper Room of Mark. Now it is about informing new members, and the blessings you must enjoy must be a full-scale life camp that begins. From now on, the path you are on is a life camp — that is the first. ① A camp that changes my fate — always do this from now on. Just do it as it is written in the Bible. You need to know how to do this. ② A camp that changes the fate of the field — without knowing this, there can be no revival and no evangelism. The third: ③ there is a camp that changes future fate. These three are the life camp. I will mention the Bible verse. Wherever you are, you must do this (Acts 13:1-4). It is a camp that changes my life, changes my fate. The dark culture must be completely changed. The fate of the field must be completely changed. The proconsul became a disciple. It is overturning future fate.

1. Camp That Changes My Fate (Acts 13:1-4)

Now, it is simple, right? But we also must not make it too complicated for new members. What does it mean to change my fate?

1) Acts 9:1-15 (Answer)
The first thing to know is Acts 9:1-15. The moment Paul met Christ, all the answers came out. This is what it means to understand the gospel. All the answers to every spiritual problem came out. He got the answer to why the Jews had become this way, why Israel had become this way. Where I must go from here — all the answers came out. Right? His fate was completely overturned.

2) Acts 11:25-26
He meets Barnabas. He goes to the church in Antioch. Right? Here, he fully heard everything — from the event at Calvary that had been in the Upper Room of Mark all the way to Mt. Olive.

3) Acts 18:1-4, 19:8
Then he meets the couple Priscilla and Aquila. All the answers came out completely. He saw the entire field of the Upper Room of Mark. That must be why, before going to Rome, for three months he boldly explained about the kingdom of God — something no one else had spoken of — nothing else was needed. He boldly explained it, and the work broke out. Keep doing the camp that changes your fate.

2. Camp That Changes the Fate of the Field (Acts 13:5-11)

It is by going into the field. He healed. Right?
1) Healing
2) Summit
3) System

Healing, and then the summit movement, broke out right in the field. There is no such thing as “how do I evangelize.” Promises keep happening, evangelism keeps happening, and a system is built. All evangelism, all work, your entire life — all of it goes toward this camp.

3. Camp That Changes Future Fate (Acts 13:12)

It does not end there. God will give a camp that overturns the future.

1) Politics
Because the proconsul became a complete disciple, politics began to be overturned.

2) Society
So society began to be overturned.

3) Economy
Finally, the economy that follows from this began to be overturned. It comes this way.

You need to explain it simply. The leading of the Holy Spirit, the work of the Holy Spirit, the fruit of the Holy Spirit — Life Camp 1, Evangelism Camp 1, Work Camp 1, right? Concerning evangelism, all my Camp 2, Camp 3 — these kinds of people will come seeking. Then you can go and speak with them. In some sense, you may need to evangelize on the street as well, but they will come to you. Just give them the answer. These three are the answer. You should have conviction and receive grace and inform the new members — but there are things doctors cannot do. Right? This healing is something doctors cannot do, you know? A doctor who has the gospel can do it. And you can do it even better. Why? Because everything before and after must be healed, and since I know everything about the root cause, I go this way. Especially the pastors and their wives here — have conviction. True healing really happens through you. Nephilim healing — how do you do it? It has all come out. Just change the imprint, the root, and the constitution. If you change that, the work cannot help but happen. That is now the key — what came out in Lecture 1: if you are held by yourself, nothing will work. If you are held captive by your own level, world evangelization will not happen. It is okay even if I am not capable. What I have grasped is having returned to God.

Conclusion: Tear Down the Stronghold with 7×7×7!

7×7×7
“Stronghold – Fortress”
Identity, Authority

Then the final conclusion is what Jesus Christ has given — with this (7×7×7), now what? It is more than a masterpiece. A masterpiece was Lecture 2. Something greater remains. It is tearing down Satan’s stronghold and fortress. You need to be told that it must be torn down with two things. It is not a method.

You tear it down with two things. With identity and authority, you tear it down. This is now your final mission. So you only need to know a few Bible verses.

1) Matthew 12:26-30
Tear down the bartizan that Satan has built within human beings, within culture.

2) Matthew 12:43-45
Tear down the bartizan that demons have built. These are all Bible verses everyone knows. But you tear it down with identity and authority. So there are two kinds of prayer — prayer of identity and prayer of authority.

3) 2 Corinthians 10:4-5
Tear down Satan’s fortress.

4) John 16:11-14
Break the authority of Satan who reigns as king in the world. That is 2 Corinthians 4:4-5.

5) 2 Corinthians 4:4-5
Break this dark authority that acts as if it were God in this world, though it is not God. You need to actually speak about prayer. The best prayer is the prayer done during the worship service. It is the prayer done after worship ends. And during worship, don’t we sing praise? At that time, it is not absolutely necessary to only sing praise. At that time, you may also pray. At that time, you may pray with authority.

Philippians 3:21 — then this conclusion follows. It is not only this: the name of Jesus Christ is the name that causes all things to submit — you can pray with authority in the name of Jesus Christ. It is even better to say it aloud. May all unbelief be bound; may all the dark organizations that shake our lineage be driven away — this is a prayer of authority. It is an authority prayer. “God, please raise up this lame man” — this is a prayer of identity. “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I command you, rise up and walk” — that is a prayer of authority. When should you use this kind of prayer? Try it alone, during worship, during praise, during prayer. If you do, don’t worry about what to do if things go wrong from here on. You have to fight and win against someone — but it is not about winning. All of that is illusion. Was it a loss when Joseph was falsely accused and sent to prison? The ones who truly lost were the couple in that house (Potiphar and his wife). Right? It was not a loss. Joseph said it this way — not “I became prime minister and won.” It was only that God sent me ahead to save lives. That’s right. That is the answer. So hold firmly to that, and you are victorious right now. You are certain right now. That is all.

So for new members — especially those who do not know how to pray. You must teach them. The most important thing is prayer during the worship service. And during the worship service, don’t we sing praise? During the worship service, the elders must be careful when they pray. Right? During the worship service, you must not pray other prayers. Pray for the pastor who is preaching, pray for the choir that is leading praise, pray for those who are serving outside in the cold or the heat, pray for the sick. Right? How important is the choir? Pray — that is prayer. It does not need to be long.

When praying, occasionally at the start of prayer, you may bring before God a Bible verse that you are holding in your heart. Right? But you must not keep reciting Bible verses while praying.

Are you now teaching the Bible to God? That makes no sense, doesn’t it? One does not know what prayer is. Prayer is directed to God. People hold personal emotions and release them during prayer time. That is not prayer. If a pastor holds personal emotions while preaching and during the message goes, “You just wait and see, you — !” — what kind of sermon is that? A sermon must deliver the Word of God. Prayer is offering today’s worship to God. It is worship. I personally even wonder whether there is a need to interpret prayer — does God need an interpreter? It is directed to God. We interpret because people are doing it together. During prayer time, during praise time, while singing hymns, while listening to the Word, when the elders pray — during all of these times the work happens. Praying in unison together is also fine. It makes no difference whatsoever. Tell new members to succeed in worship — that is the conclusion. Let us pray.

Prayer Journal: July 7, 2026
02. Sep. 2025 237 New Believers
Lecture 2: 『 You Must Turn Away from Satan and Go towards GOD 』 『 You Must Come Out from Satan and Go to CHRIST 』 (Matthew 11:28, Acts 1:3)

Introduction

You must never miss lesson 1. There are two reasons why, if you cannot get out of the place called “self.” Even though you have been saved and have heard the pastor’s sermon in full, this is proof that you have not seen God’s answer and power. And if you cannot get out of the level called “self,” you cannot do anything beyond yourself. There is God’s infinite power, yet not knowing that, people keep trying to live out their faith in that way. It is not difficult.

There are times when, even though I have already fully received the answer, I still ask around. When I ask various people, many funny results come out. Most people say things that are completely off, irrelevant things. But among them there are also people who confirm the word I had already received. Sometimes someone comes for a meeting, and in the course of that meeting, that person says something to me — not something they intended to say — and I hear God’s voice very powerfully through it; there have been many such cases. The precondition for this is that I hold firmly to the fact that it must not be done according to my own thinking. If I were to preach at my own level, who would listen to my sermon and follow it? There are so many believers far more excellent than I am — I should be the one learning from them, so how could I tell them to follow me? It is not about preaching a “good” sermon. On Saturdays I hardly sleep at all. Why? Because even though the message is fully prepared, the real question is what God actually wants. That is what must be asked. Another important thing is that you must see where the flow has been up to now. Would it be right for me to preach however I please? There is a flow that God gives, and if the members do not understand it, that is not my concern. That is something the Holy Spirit does — not something I do, is it not? In some sense, my sermons can be somewhat difficult. Why? Because I have kept running forward, and I am now at a high stage. Even so, adjusting myself to fit people would be a bad thing to do. It is the same when, once a year, we write the lyrics of our representative hymn for the year. If you shape the words this way and that, there is plenty that feels graceful, plenty that is moving. But that is not who we are, is it? We follow the flow of God’s word — making it sound good through clever crafting is not, I believe, the right way. So in one sense writing lyrics is quite easy, but in that sense it is difficult. For example, when writing lyrics, if you say “for the one person waiting for me,” that feels very gracious. But as I see it, that is not right. “For the many people,” “the many who are waiting” — that does not carry grace as well. That is a poetic, literary sensibility, but I cannot do it that way. In the future, once you have raised up many of the next generation, our footsteps will remain as history — but I cannot do it that way.

And sometimes there are moments that feel truly unjust. At those times too, I think this: I cannot say that my thinking is entirely correct, can I? Thinking that way makes it easy to understand. And even if someone says something wrong, since it is that person’s own thought, I cannot say it is wrong. So what matters is what God’s plan is. And so all our session members know this well. I do not assert my own opinions to the session members. So when they report to the pastor, they know well that he says “okay” to anything, and they make use of that. It does not matter. Even that much, God governs — so, truly at ease, truly trusting God, from now on you must carry out the ministry that remains. So think of it as your last ministry, and do evangelism and missions — nothing else matters. When trying to do that, the being called “self,” which slips by without our even noticing, is truly important and truly difficult. Even the apostles, even Peter, kept saying other things, and so Paul said this, did he not — are we not dead in Christ? Does Christ not live in us? Do we not live by faith in Him whom we believe? However much he prayed, whenever Paul wrote a person’s name, he always attached something like “so-and-so, in Christ.” How much had he prayed twenty-four hours a day, that every time he attached that name, a kind of nickname would come out. That is the hidden covenant. He could simply have said “Phoebe,” but instead he said “Phoebe our helper.” He could simply have said “Priscilla,” but instead “Priscilla our fellow worker.” Because Gaius had helped the Lord’s servants so much, he could simply have said “Gaius,” but instead “Gaius my host.” To some he attached “kinsman,” and to others “beloved.” Seeing that a hidden covenant is attached to every single person, you realize — yes, that is what happens when you pray. No matter what others say, you must now, at ease before God, carry out the gospel movement — you must begin anew. A little more time will pass and it will become clear, but because of various disturbances, those who thought “the cell-group system alone would do” have all left. Those who remain to the end use different words. It is not something special — it is something natural, the gospel which we ought to naturally enjoy and proclaim — and it is those people who remain. That is why, if we have received God’s grace, we must proclaim this gospel as a matter of course, as a matter of necessity, as a matter of absolute obligation.

In the end, this is what we have been caught in. We must come out from Satan. We must go to God. More precisely, we must come out from Satan and go to Christ. There is a slight difference in the words. The word “Christ” is an important word.

1) Without Christ it is religion — Acts 13/16/19

Now, every kind of worship, without Christ, becomes mere religion. Religion cannot bring salvation. And so people inevitably turn to shamans. Because it is religion, they inevitably go around seeking fortune-tellers. Because they do not know Christ, they inevitably fall into idol worship. This has now become the second great problem. If Genesis 3/6/11 was the cause, then this, in a sense, becomes a tremendous process.

2) Three resolutions (the threefold office)

If you know Christ, three things are resolved, are they not? The problem of sin, the problem of disaster — resolved. Thus, a true priest. Also, the background of hell disappears. Thus, a true prophet, able to overcome Satan’s authority. Thus, a true king. These threefold offices are the three resolutions.

3) The way to the Holy Trinity

Now, this must be made well known to the new believers, must it not? In particular, the word “Christ” already includes all of this, but it is the way that leads to the Holy Trinity God. Thus, “I am the way” — what way? The way to go to Him (the Holy Trinity). “That truth, and that life” — because there is none but Christ, “no one comes to the Father except through Me.” We are not cursing other religions — we must tell the truth as it is. We must tell the monk the truth as it is. Buddhism is not evil. As I see it, it is the finest among religions. There is much about it that is appealing. Go and see a monk’s room sometime. There is only a single towel. How simple, how clean a life it is — it really is like that, isn’t it? We have all sorts of things, don’t we, piles of things? It is the finest religion. In the old days, when I would go visit a temple, I would avoid looking at the idols, but looking around, there was much worth seeing. But the three problems are not resolved. That is why God promised Christ. People take this lightly, but how then can world evangelization happen? If you do not know this as important, you cannot get out of the level called “self” that I mentioned earlier. If that were all, it would be fine, but frighteningly, you cannot get out of this. Even after getting out from Satan, you cannot get out of this culture.

Main — 40-day concentration (the standard)

Now then, together with our new believers, what word should we grasp? Given this, what word should we hold onto? Here now comes something important. The 40-day concentration comes up. Earlier, lesson 1 was about the public ministry, the “WITH” of Christ. Is that not so? The fact that Christ concentrated for 40 days — here lies the standard. What standard is there? There is a standard for the 40-day concentration, you see. There are three.

Imprint
Root
Constitution
Wound
The unknown
Destiny
Beginning
Process
End

① Imprint, root, constitution — if you say “change what has been imprinted,” that is the whole matter settled. He concentrated for 40 days. Then what should we do? Do not try again merely to preach one more sermon; you must earnestly search the word together with the new believer. There is nothing but the power of the word. Earnestly search the word together, confirm it together, read it together, truly discuss it…

② Wound, the unknown, destiny — if what has been imprinted is not changed, the wound does not go away. Almost everyone has a wound, don’t they? And while changing what has been imprinted is important, the root itself must be changed. This is what was given at Mt Olive. After 40 days of concentration, the constitution itself was completely changed. So even the person themselves does not know it. A wound, one knows for oneself. But there is much that even one does not know. Why? Because the root is not visible to the eye. This is what people do not know. This must be changed. The constitution itself must be changed. To say the constitution must be changed means that destiny itself must be changed. This is what is called re-creation. So the second thing that was missed is this — while this has not yet happened, something else is attempted instead. Today I intend to give lecture 1, lecture 2, and lecture 3, and I believe there is nothing more important than this. And that is precisely why people keep on suffering needlessly.

③ Beginning, process, end — this part is our beginning. We must begin after the imprint has been changed. So this part is our process. And this part now is our final part. If you truly understand even this much of the word seriously, just once, that is enough. This is not something you obtain by acquiring a certificate and bringing it in — rather, it begins when, sharing the word together with you, one truly comes to believe that it is so.

Prayer = spiritual science (threefold concentration, threefold setting, threefold answer)

That too is very simple — prayer. There is much misunderstanding about prayer as well. Activists say things like “if we just pray, that’s enough,” but that is a statement made in ignorance of prayer. And some people say “let’s just pray a little,” but it should not be “a little prayer.” It should be “let us pray only” — that is how it must be. If you know prayer, prayer is entirely a spiritual science. And so this prayer is threefold concentration. Then threefold setting naturally follows, does it not? You take hold of the threefold answer in advance.

Only
→ Assurance
Limited concentration, chosen concentration, oneness
Concentration

Only (limited concentration, chosen concentration, oneness concentration) — assurance

So, at least once, “only” must be given. Did Jesus not say exactly that? So it must be given at least once together with the new believer. What must be given? Limited concentration — do only this one thing. Only this; and the chosen concentration, whether the answer has already come or is on its way — with this one thing, everything is brought to life. Oneness concentration — teach this to the Remnant. Do not worry about the future; make it 300%. What must be made 300%? Whatever it is, make it 300%. At 300%, the time required is far shorter, and it becomes far easier. Why? Because it works this way — and so no one knows how far the message of even one of you will reach. Because it is the word of God, therefore three things must be taught. During the 40 days, He did not go anywhere else — He was at Mt Olive.

1. The Bartizan of the Throne

Build the bartizan of the throne through prayer.

1) Imprint

This part must be imprinted. Not the old thing — this bartizan of the throne must be imprinted exactly. Through prayer, an important result comes out.

2) Brain, soul, throne

This is imprinted on the brain. If you know this, it becomes a truly important matter. If you know this, praying aloud becomes truly important, does it not? If you know this, praising becomes truly important. So then, when some pastor says after worship, “let us pray aloud together,” that is truly important. Scientists have proven this. If you say, “ah, I cannot go on,” the brain understands it exactly that way. From that point the brain begins to give its instructions. If instead you say, “no, even though circumstances are very difficult, God is able, I believe God’s promise,” then the brain knows it and remembers it that way. This is a fearsome principle. And so, according to that word, “according to your faith be it done unto you” — this is what gets imprinted within the soul. Once this happens, it absolutely does not change. So these matters must be made simply and easily understood. This is necessarily connected. Connected to what? It is connected to eternity. It is connected to eternity, but the question is whether it is hell or the throne.

3) Platform, watchtower, antenna

From this point, what is the standard? A platform is formed. Then the door of evangelism opens wide. Because it is a platform, every believer must become this. The door of evangelism keeps opening, God’s amazing works keep happening one after another — there is not even time to worry. My own thinking becomes unnecessary. Because this is not achieved, people keep trying to do something else. Does it end here? No — it shines so that even more people may come. A watchtower — then people come and receive the same grace I received. An antenna — this must be imprinted on the new believer. No one but you can do this. More importantly, it was said to proclaim to the watchman — because it is not mine.

2. The Journey of the Throne

With this prayer, now you go on the journey of the throne, do you not? Go. Once you obtain this answer, you come out from Satan, and truly go to Christ — is that not how it becomes?

1) Root

What matters is that, with what has been imprinted, rooting begins. Go to the field, and upon going to the field, rather than becoming discouraged, take root.

2) Acceptance, transcendence, the answer

At this point the second thing becomes possible. You must keep this firmly in mind. You must have assurance. Whatever happens to you, it is fine. Acceptance. Whatever happens, it is fine. Transcendence — all of it becomes a blessing. The answer — this is what you carry with you as you go. And must the 40-day concentration necessarily be exactly 40 days? When doing the limited, chosen concentration, you must have assurance. Assurance means properly believing what is certain.

3) Every answer

From this point, all of your past, everything that has happened to you, is turned into every answer. Joseph being sold as a slave was a great blessing. Being falsely accused was an even greater blessing. It goes on exactly like this.

3. The Guidepost of the Throne

At last, now, through this prayer, you set up a guidepost.

1) Constitution (rhythm)

This means that God’s covenant — the bartizan, the journey, the guidepost — has completely become one’s constitution. So what you must enjoy, and what the new believer must share, is this: this act of praying must become the very rhythm of your life. Prayer must move your life. Is that not so? This prayer must move the field. Whatever happens, it is fine. And so your confession is truly important. Hearing the pastor’s sermon and saying “amen” is truly important. Is that not so? If you truly know this, if you truly understand the structure of human beings, then the word “amen” becomes something tremendous. Then, at last, it becomes one’s constitution, and a rhythm forms. When finally this act of praying becomes the most comfortable, the most joyful thing, that person has come to have rhythm. At that point you no longer need to go looking for it. Why? Because there are so many places to go, you simply must go. Do not calculate — do not think, “if I nurture this well, it will benefit me in the future” — do not do such a thing; that is entirely what unbelievers do. Have unbelievers ever succeeded in worldly terms? If there were such a case, we would follow it — but there is none. As I see it, there is not a single one. Was Napoleon a success? He was a thug, not a hero. Was Stalin a hero? A sheer murderer.

2) Transcendence of time and space, 237 — 5,000 tribes, unprecedented and unrepeatable

When this constitution is fully formed, from this point something amazing emerges. This much must be taught. This prayer is a transcendence of time and space. And so 237 and the 5,000 are connected. At this point, an unprecedented and unrepeatable promise, given only to those who have not yet found it, emerges. It still remains. This must be found. Why? Because it certainly exists — whether found a little sooner or a little later does not matter.

3) The absolute guidepost

From this point revival begins to happen. This is no longer merely called a guidepost, but an absolute guidepost. It comes one by one, one by one, like this. God is now setting up absolute guideposts throughout the nation, throughout the world. Whether pastors have truly achieved revival or not depends on how many absolute guideposts they have set up in the field.

Conclusion

Now then, a simple conclusion must be given.

1) Morning — 777 prayer

In the morning, do 777 prayer.

2) Daytime — 777 confirmation

What kind of prayer should be done during the day? Confirm the 777 answer. We only pray, but we do not confirm, do we? Confirm it.

3) Night — 777 work

At night, it is fine even if it is something small. It is fine to write something. Leave behind a 777 work.

So, when I went to the United States, no one asked me that particular question. Instead, this was the question asked: “I am too busy, I have no time even to meet my family, I have a good house but I cannot go to it.” Because there was no time, he had rented a room nearby and was staying there, saying he was too busy. It was not only him — everyone was busy, and so he wanted to do evangelism but did not know how, and because the other person was so busy, he felt sorry even to speak to them. And it truly was so — those people cannot even eat lunch in peace; they grab something like bread and run. I once went to the place where such people work. They had several computers set up, not just one but several, and were watching the whole world moving in real time — watching the global economic indices, the stock market indices, all of it. It seemed to be no ordinary kind of hard work. So I told him, write a small testimony of faith — that becomes a work. Print it out and place it in the restroom of that busy company building for others to see. He actually did it. He did not think much of it himself, but it turned out to be a tremendous thing. Now this person’s business has become well known enough to appear in the news in Korea and America. It turned out that way. I told him — once you make money, do not go do something else with it; do the three courtyards, you need nothing else. And so, one makes a work.

This must be told again to the new believer. If you do not know prayer, you fall into delusions. If you do not pray, you get caught up in your own thoughts. If you know prayer, it moves the throne. You come to see the future. And so, from this dimension, look at the whole Bible once more. Look at the whole Bible, I tell you. In the midst of great difficulty, without becoming discouraged, simply by praying, God made known the world to Joseph. This is prayer. He fled after the incident in the palace, and went to Midian, where he stayed alone in loneliness for forty years. That is when he cultivated spiritual strength. That too is prayer. You must know what prayer is. It did not simply say, “call upon Me.” When Jeremiah was confined in the court of the guard, at that time this came: “I am now unjustly confined.” “The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, saying” — thus the word comes alive and works. This is what was said: “the Lord who does it” — why did this happen? God did it. God placed Jeremiah there. And what else was said? “The Lord who forms it to establish it” — meaning God is going to do something. When difficulty comes to you, it means God is going to do something. How certain is it? “The Lord is His name who says this” — this is what was said. It said to pray, did it not? “Call to Me” — do this. “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and I will show you great and hidden things which you do not know” — and then it spoke of five restorations. This is the work you produce. So do not think of anything else at all — there is no need to think even of the past. There is no need to think of the future either. Now — the past has already passed, the future has not yet come. The future is in God’s hands. That is why grace is received today. Power is received today. That is what is called worship. That is what is called prayer. This must be made absolutely clear to the new believer.

Finally, even if it is not achieved right away, do not be discouraged. Is that not so? Because it must certainly be achieved, do not be discouraged. Right now, both in America and in Korea, many excellent disciples are rising up among those whom you, the first generation, have taught. Let those people produce works. And do not try to make the church one type in only one field — make it a model church instead. As for me, I must also do the 237 — and I said to a certain child who asked me about evangelism and who had received economic blessing, “do the three courtyards, and it will surely be accomplished.” As for me, if the answer comes, I am praying that in the capital region there would be comfortable lodging where the Remnant could live, simply gather and pray, and be at ease — regardless of which church they belong to, available to any Remnant whatsoever — that is the prayer I am praying. Last week, I spoke to our healing ministry people about this. In Yangpyeong there are many empty houses — built up nicely, but people keep leaving them, that is how it has become. At first, when they move in, they say it is wonderful — but living there, it becomes hard. Is that not so? You should go there only occasionally — seeing the sea occasionally is nice, isn’t it? But seeing it all the time makes you feel lonely. Go into the mountains — “ah, this is wonderful” — but if you are there all the time, it becomes stifling. Half of the houses there are up for sale. Because so few people are moving in now, the prices keep falling. Those could be rented immediately. Do healing ministry there — remarkable, isn’t it? After hearing my message, go and take a look sometime. When you go, you must be careful of one thing — since there are so many houses listed, you might possibly be cheated. Just keep that in mind. Produce a work.

This must be told to the new believer specifically, again and again. Some new believers do it this way and that way, and so it is those who have succeeded who tend to produce it even better. There is a person in Taiwan who owns a large hospital — this person is wealthy. Whenever I come, he personally drives his own car to guide me — this person was deeply struck by the message. Though he runs a large hospital, he came to receive a retreat. While receiving the retreat continuously, he would of course come to greet me. He came together with his wife. Our missionary Ha Seo-young interpreted, and this wife kept asking questions. Since the chairman was quite old in age, what did she say? “Shh, don’t talk too much” — she asked missionary Ha Seo-young, “what did he say?” “Since the pastor is tired, don’t talk too much, let’s go quickly” — simply put, this meant that even though he had grown that old in age, he had not aged in spirit. After that, when I arrived in Taiwan, he gave me a book. What kind of book was it? A book of two thousand copies he had made, recounting how he had met Christ up to now and received grace, and how the word had been fulfilled. He apparently has many friends, and he wanted to give one copy to each friend — that is a work. So, according to each person’s own situation, everyone, whether in a small way or a great way, produces a work — and only when you reach this point is it truly complete.

I know of a person who, right after hearing the message, was diagnosed with cancer. The doctor said there was nothing to be done — it had spread too far, and had metastasized elsewhere as well. This person made a decision. Remarkable, is it not? He called all his relatives, friends, and acquaintances. “I am now about to go to heaven, but there is one thing I feel sorry about — there is something I never told you” — in short, it was like a final testament. What was it? To share the gospel. Without missing a single person, he told them he was dying, and shared the gospel with each — and remarkably, he still has not died. “Go to the hospital,” people told him — he said it was not necessary. Because for him it was already finished — whenever he is called, he will go immediately. But God has not called him yet, so he keeps on talking, they say. He does not seem like a patient at all — even he thinks so himself. That too is a work. Is that not so? It is not “I must live” — rather, “if God calls me, then I must go” — but in the meantime, having used busyness as an excuse, never once having shared the gospel — how natural, and yet how admirable a thought is that? He shared it with everyone he knew.

I bless you and your new believers, in the name of Jesus Christ, that such works of God may come forth from you as well. We will take a ten-minute break and then begin the final lecture.

Prayer Journal: July 6, 2026
02. Sep. 2025 237 New Believers
Lecture 01: 『 The Start of True Repentance – To Turn Away from Your Sins 』 (Matthew 11:28)

Chalkboard 

Introduction – Self (Genesis 3, 6, 11)
1) Life, future, family, church, reality, work
2) No answer
(1) My own thinking
(2) My own center
(3) My own position
(4) My own insistence
(5) My own benefit
3) The way to live
(1) Remnant 7
(2) Hebrews 11
(3) Paul’s team

Main
3-year public ministry (together) / Living together (daily life) / Standard (24)

1. What to change
1) Sermon on the Mount
2) Matthew 13
3) Matthew 16
4) Matthew 17
5) Matthew 18

2. What to discard
1) Systems
2) Legalism
3) Humanism
4) Mysticism
5) Secularism

3. What to seek
1) John 14:16
2) John 14:26
3) John 16:13
4) John 20:22
5) Acts 1:3, 8

Conclusion
1) Work – reason it doesn’t work (human-centered)
2) Church – the study of human beings
3) Faith life – center

Why is our entire world turning into an age of calamity?
We need to look carefully and pray about this, but right now in the Middle East, and in Russia, wars continue. Historically speaking, those regions are places where the demon of war has always been attached. And actually, our own country — South Korea and North Korea — is in a situation that requires much prayer. And on top of that, the number of mentally ill people is rapidly increasing.

This is the first thing we absolutely must teach our new members today.
We need to understand this word well. “The beginning of true repentance.”
The most important point is this: without knowing this, repentance is not possible. You need to know the most important starting point.
“Do not steal,” “Do not lie” — those are common-sense things, that comes after. What we need to teach is: what is the beginning of true repentance?
In English, it goes like this. Turn — it means to turn around. Our Korean word may not quite capture it. It means to turn around. And not just a little — to turn around completely and go far. From where? Starting from where? It says: From your sins. It doesn’t use the word “crime” but “sins.” This word “sin” carries a more religious meaning. In English, “crime” refers to miscellaneous criminal acts, but when you say “sins,” that’s a different matter. It means to turn away from there.

Then what is the thing that is most difficult to do?
You yourselves need to know it and teach it to others. You have to come out of yourself. You have to come out of yourself and go to God. This is the very first repentance. If this doesn’t happen, even if you die, there will be no answer. No matter how hard you try and keep all the law, there will be no answer. You can’t even keep it all, but even if we assume you could, even if you kept it all, there would be no answer.
I am held captive by myself. If I were almighty, that might work — but that’s not the case, yet I remain captive. And so Jesus said this. Because it cannot be done — “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened” — he said that. Why? Because it cannot be done any other way. “I will give you rest,” he said, come. He said to come just as you are. If the prodigal son had to go away, recover, change his clothes, and then come back, he could never come. He was told to just come.

Introduction – Self (Genesis 3, 6, 11)
Now, you also need to realize this — and from what I can see, almost no one does. That is why it doesn’t work.
There is something more frightening than drugs. With drugs, people know it is wrong, right? Even those who use them do so in hiding — because they know it is wrong. But this sin, which is more terrifying than drugs, cannot be recognized. What is it? It is the self. You have to come out of this. This will be difficult to understand. Why? Because for all of us, our standard is ourselves. Even what we call being “blessed” — isn’t I the standard? That’s not to say erase all of that. The point is that we are not coming out of this enormous, horrifying darkness called “I.” What is the answer? Isn’t it this? Satan knew this and said: even without believing in God, you can become like God — that is Genesis 3. In Genesis 6, even without believing in God, power is generated. Right? All religions are the same — if you are devoted to your religious life, something comes. Power. It has to come. Does a shaman performing a ritual not gain power? They do. And then, there is something in us that becomes energized when we form a faction. Going along together while sacrificing myself is hard, but when forming a faction, a tremendous amount of energy is generated. That is the Tower of Babel. That’s how it came about. This one (Genesis 6) is the Nephilim; this one (Genesis 3) is the Garden of Eden event. “You are a remarkable person — become like God” — this message is still coming out the same way today. So when you study famous singers, there is a pattern common across every nation. It always comes out exactly like this: “You are an amazing person,” and “Let us go together” — how good those words sound, right? Satan used the most beautiful words as his weapon. In the end, they are sunk in the Nephilim. You need to understand this, and new members need to understand it. “Ah, I see!”

1) Life, future, family, church, reality, work
But while you are just standing there, this thing bores its way in — and where does it bore into? It bores into your life. It bores in like this. And it is connected to your future. Endlessly, endlessly it bores in. It bores into your family. It even bores into the church. Even in the church, people with a bit of low IQ or strange ideas say, “Our church will be revived,” and they’ll do anything. Whether it collapses later or not, they think, “If I go to the upper room it’ll be revived,” so they come unconditionally. “There’s not much benefit to our church,” so they leave unconditionally. There’s nothing you can do about it. Because they’ve been caught in this thing called “I,” which is more frightening than drugs, they cannot get out. How much more so for new members? When I first meet a new member, I always talk to them. “How did you come to church?” They give a reason. “No, that’s not it — God called you by his grace.” If they can’t understand that, they’ll keep getting caught. This bores into reality. And in every matter, it all becomes “me.” That’s how it goes.

2) No answer
Then the second thing you need to know and teach — it has to be this way, doesn’t it? The second thing you must absolutely teach. Because there is no answer, because the answer God gives is not coming to me, this is the inevitable result.

(1) My own thinking — doing things my own way. This is extremely frightening, isn’t it? You have no choice but to do things according to your own thinking. If I were at the same level as God, that might be fine — but that doesn’t work, does it? So truly, you need to receive God’s answer; if you can’t receive this, this is what happens — there’s no way around it.

(2) My own center — everything is self-centered. The question “What does God want from this person?” never comes up. Self-centered — it can’t come out. In some sense, it’s hard to say whether someone is saved or not, whether they have the gospel or not — but from what I see, almost everyone is sunk in this. It’s not that the person is bad; it’s that they have not seen the answer that God gives. They needed to see it but did not. The seed of the woman crushes the power of the serpent — resolving all of humanity’s problems; enter the ark and you will live; go to the land I will show you; leave Chaldea — at first, Abraham didn’t understand either, did he? So he had no choice but to go according to his own thinking. He had no choice but to live self-centered.

(3) My own position — and so all you know is your own position, right? It’s already difficult to take care of my own position — how can I consider someone else’s position? My own situation is hard right now — how can I live for the church? You cannot. If elders are in this state, they struggle their whole lives but no answer comes. For pastors, ministry will not go well. It won’t. They won’t even know why. That’s why this is more frightening than drugs. For new members, there will come a day when they collapse. Why? Because this answer hasn’t come out. Please, pray and do the forum.

(4) My own insistence — so you have no choice but to insist on your own way, because it feels like a crisis is coming.

(5) My own benefit — so what is the conclusion? “What is my benefit?” — that is what it inevitably comes down to.

3) The way to live
So what comes out of Genesis 3, 6, and 11 for new members is the way to live. They don’t even know what original sin is. This is original sin. Having departed from God. Having been seized by Satan. And yet, it looks like things are working out. It looks like success is possible. So people live on a sense of achievement and then collapse. The moment you and your new members seize this covenant, the darkness has no choice but to collapse. Right? You must bring it down. It is proof that you have not seen God’s work. Then you are in the state of an unbeliever, aren’t you? So it won’t work. If you were simply an unbeliever, at least you could enjoy some benefit as an unbeliever before dying. But you are not an unbeliever. If you were at least a thief, you could steal and buy yourself a meal — but you’re not even a thief, yet you’re wearing the accusation of a thief. That is an unbearably unjust way to die.

(1) RT 7 — So you need to give examples quickly. The Remnant 7 — among them, give the one who best matches that person.

For male students in particular, I usually talk about Joseph and David. It would be great to talk about it at length when there’s time, but you need to apply at least one. David was enjoying this answer, so even as a shepherd, he was fine. “What will I do with my life?” — there’s no need for that kind of worry. Let’s be precise. Should we worry about the future? If you haven’t been saved, then of course you should. Right? But preparing and worrying are different, aren’t they? David, from a young age, was a shepherd — yet he was a great success. So I tell the Remnant: you don’t need to discover your talent — if God is with you, he will make you discover it. Right? Joseph’s talent was not slavery. Yet he succeeded even there. That’s all that matters. What comes after is God’s work. “Where will I get a job?” — no need to worry about that. God took Joseph everywhere. Right? While he was just standing there, he was taken to Egypt; while standing there, he was sent to meet an official; while standing there, he was brought before the king. That is the real thing. What need is there for my own insistence? That is the talk for when there is no answer, for someone who has not been saved. We are saved children of God. Completely different. “He has passed from death into life” — the place of origin is different. Right? The origin is different.

(2) Hebrews 11 — You need to talk about this. The people of Hebrews 11…

(3) Paul’s team — In the early church too, there were people who did well in this. Peter was a little less so. Those who had completely come out of themselves — Paul’s team — evangelized the world. These people said that it’s okay even to die. Not “I want to live.” Whether we die or live…

Main

Now then, there are parts you absolutely must hold onto and communicate. There are several things you must look at in the Main.

3-year public ministry – living together – daily life standard – 24

①3-year public ministry (together) – What was the standard by which Jesus lived during his three-year public ministry? The standard Jesus maintained throughout his three-year public ministry was different from others. What was it? It was togetherness.

②Living together (daily life) – That’s why I used the word “living together” up there. “Why so many words?” We need the word so we can say, “Let’s live together” — otherwise, would we just say “Let’s be together”? This is what Jesus spoke of as most precious. Together — and actually being present together.

③Standard (24) – But what is this standard? The reason Jesus lived together was to establish a very important standard: so that daily life on one’s own would be supported. This is the key. The blessing of having been with the Lord had to continue uninterrupted, even alone. That standard is 24. This is the standard.

If you have understood this, or if this becomes real for you, then from this point on, it is essentially finished. Without even needing to emphasize evangelism, if new members become like this, the door of evangelism continues to open. Sometimes elders make verbal mistakes. “These days, there’s no evangelism movement in our church” — that’s wrong. If the elders and new members become like this, it happens naturally. God desires a life movement, not a revival movement. Right? God desires that you enjoy the presence of the triune God with you — not that you enjoy a sense of achievement. You must come completely out of yourself. That is the first thing of repentance. And then you must go to God. This must absolutely be communicated.

As far as I know, when I first encountered Christ, I came to this realization. From that time until now, the evangelism movement to the 5,000 tribes has continued without stopping. Isn’t that only natural? When difficulties came to me, I didn’t think of them as difficulties. I thought, “God must have a plan,” and indeed, that was right. Friends, those with great trauma are the ones who have God’s great plans. If you say, “I have a great problem,” that won’t do. But I — I respect my parents, you know. They were all remarkable people. However, I thought I must not become the level they were. Is that arrogance? I’ve been told many times that I’m arrogant. But no. Love your family — that’s good. But you must not become at that level. Absolutely not. It must be the level God gives. I served as an associate pastor at six churches, and then I entered Yeongdo. Those people are the most precious people to me. But I must not become at their level. Right? Not knowing that — that is arrogance. We are aiming for God’s level — whether we can reach it or not — we must go toward God’s level; we cannot go at my own level. There can be a sense of achievement. “This thing worked out a bit” — yes, fine, hallelujah, you may enjoy that. But this must absolutely be communicated.

What I think was the strongest in this area was the orthodox church — what I’d call the Pharisee church. Right? Even now, when I see people without the gospel, people who don’t know the gospel well — they use the exact same language as the Pharisees today. It was to the point that Jesus, looking at the Pharisees who “believed well,” called them “children of vipers.” Isn’t that right? “Children of vipers” — and even more precisely, he said: “Your father is the devil.” These people were shocked. “What? We are children of the devil?” That’s exactly right. And so they hated Jesus. He was speaking words that would save their lives — they should have said, “Ah, I see!” and realized it — but instead they pushed back. They didn’t even know the Christ. “The ancestor you respect most, Abraham — he believed in Christ and was saved; he believed in me and was saved.” These people completely lost their minds. “How old are you, anyway?” That’s how they came back at him. They couldn’t understand a word of it. Christ must be the eternal Christ — from before eternity — otherwise he cannot be the Savior. Right? He put on human flesh to save human beings. The resurrection is the evidence that Satan and darkness have been broken. Right? And he comes again as the Lord of the Second Coming, and as the Judge. And more precisely, he remains with us and then stands as the Lord of the Second Coming, and stands as the Judge. Some misunderstand this and talk about Jesus as if he ran away somewhere and comes back out of hiding. That’s not right. People who set a date for the Second Coming, obsessing over that, will shake new believers when they see it.

So once this answer comes out clearly, you need to communicate three things.
Things will change. ①What to change, ②What to discard — those will be discarded. ③What to seek — but because it is important, it must be mentioned at least once. You are fully capable of explaining these things.

1. What to change

1) The Sermon on the Mount
It was explained in the Sermon on the Mount. It needs to change. The blessings we think of right now — those are not blessings. That is chapter 5. Becoming part of God’s kingdom and his people — that is the true blessing. Prayer — the prayers you are currently doing are not prayer. New members don’t know how to pray. You need to teach them. What? God’s kingdom. The worship we do, the way we do our faith life — it is wrong. Isn’t that Matthew 7? “I did well, you did well” — saying that every day — what kind of faith life is that? “First remove the plank from your own eye” — that is the Sermon on the Mount. This needs to be taught seriously to new members. Otherwise, they will spend their whole lives without receiving an answer.

2) Matthew 13
What is the second thing to change? As stated in Matthew 13 — it’s not the enormous visible achievements and accomplishments you think it is; it is a very small seed, yet it becomes a tree with life. It doesn’t show on the outside, does it? But like leaven it spreads — this life does. Right? This continued on and on. The most shocking thing among them — isn’t it the parable of the field? It looks like just working in a field, but it’s not — underneath it lies hidden treasure. And then at the end, another shocking statement. Not everyone is saved — he gave the example of fishermen. Friends, professional fishermen and hobby anglers don’t catch just any fish. I only catch sea bream. No matter how good another fish is, I throw it back. And fishermen, being professionals, go out targeting a specific fish. If something else bites — they throw it back. And there is wheat and there are weeds — Jesus said that, right? Just leave them. You need the weeds too — that’s what you use to light the fire when you cook. There are many things to change. If you don’t change, you can’t go on.

3) Matthew 16
They don’t even know who the Messiah is. They say he is like Jeremiah. They say like Elijah. They say like John the Baptist. They say like a prophet. What kind of salvation can come from that? There are elements of those, but he’s not them, is he?

4) Matthew 17
Even after making a confession of faith, Peter said he would build shelters for Elijah and Moses and Jesus — it needs to be completely changed.

5) Matthew 18
In Matthew 18, even after seeing those important things, they asked: “Who among us is the greatest?” You’d think that’s bad enough, but the really terrible ones pretend to have faith while asking, “When we get to heaven, who among us will be the greatest?” — and those who harass others actually do so while quoting Scripture. The devil also tempts by quoting God’s Word. Right? “Jump off the pinnacle of the temple — angels will come and catch your feet” — that was a direct quote from Scripture. At that point, what did Jesus do, exasperated? He called a child. He held the child and said: those who are like this child are the ones who become the most precious in heaven — this is what greatness is. You need to explain at least up to this point.

2. What to discard

From here, what needs to be discarded comes up.

1) Systems
Systems are not unnecessary. They may be needed at times. But this must be discarded. The Jewish people missed something enormously important because of their attachment to one system.

2) Legalism
The law is necessary. But it is not life. It must be discarded. This is not saying the law is unnecessary. Legalism — that must be discarded. Can one be saved by the law? No. You cannot even keep it all, and even if you did, you still cannot be saved. Why? Because original sin is not resolved. God gave us the resolution of original sin through Christ. Even if you try legalism, it doesn’t really work.

3) Humanism
Humanism is used. But humanism doesn’t really work either.

4) Mysticism
“Forget it, I don’t know anymore, let’s just receive grace” — that becomes mysticism. Mystery is a good word. Right? Our very salvation is mysterious. But mysticism is different. Continually emphasizing some mysterious thing — that is not mysticism as good. When the Word is alive, what need is there for mysticism? That is evidence that the Word has not come to you as an answer. “I wonder if this might work” — this means the Word has not come to me. Right? It means the answer has not come to me. If you’ve been accepted to Seoul National University, you just go — you don’t need to keep asking, “Should I go or should I not?”

5) Secularism
In the end, when nothing else works, it becomes secularism. Living in the world is one thing, but secularism is different, isn’t it?

3. What to seek

What to seek — Jesus talked about what to change and what to discard, and at the end spoke about what must be sought.

1) John 14:16
“I will send you the Helper, the Holy Spirit.”

2) John 14:26
“And he will make you understand” — the Holy Spirit — he continued to speak this.

3) John 16:13
Not only will you understand, but he will be with you forever.

4) John 20:22
“Breathe in and receive the Holy Spirit.”

5) Acts 1:3, 8
At the very end he also said: if you receive the kingdom of God and the fullness of the Holy Spirit, you will be witnesses — you will be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth — there’s no way you won’t be.

Conclusion

Now, this is what new members and you yourselves must do. From my perspective, it is actually the older members who are more of a problem than the new ones. The longer people do their faith life, the more self-centered they become. “Is there any need for my insistence in the church?” That’s something you say when you’re not receiving answers. Right? Please — now you must receive answers as what God has given.

1) Work – the reason it doesn’t work (human-centered)
What is the reason work doesn’t work? You need to teach this. Work should be working, but why isn’t it? Because it is human-centered. We value people — but we are not human-centered.

2) Church – the study of human beings
What is the reason the church doesn’t work? We should be studying about God, but instead we’re doing the study of human beings — the study of people. That is why. This must absolutely be taught.

3) Faith life – center
What is true faith life? What is a faith life that receives answers? You need to teach this. God-centered, Word-centered — that means God is with me. If God is not with me but you say “God-centered,” that also becomes a lie, doesn’t it? If you’re missing the whole flow of the Word yet say “Word-centered” — that won’t do. You ride the flow of prayer. Prayer-centered — this must be taught. On Sunday you hear the pastor’s sermon, and this Word works its way into you. Word-centered — prayer working and moving with life is visible. Prayer-centered. Right? And then evangelism becomes visible. Evangelism-centered. At that point the church becomes truly important. Church-centered. Those who don’t find the church important say “this church, that church” — about their own church. You need to help them understand what faith life is, what the center is. It is all found within that answer. This must absolutely be taught.

Let me organize a few things and wrap up.
When I evangelize and go to the field, “I used to go to church” — this is 30%. One out of three people. Why does that happen? When you visit certain homes, certain fields, the home itself is like a mental institution. Why is that? Why are people wandering around unable to find this answer in one place? It’s a sad thing. If even one among you receives this answer, it’s okay wherever you are. If even two elders have this center, the church lives. Right? Why does it have to be two? Because you need a motion and a second. Right? One person makes the motion, another seconds it, and it’s done.

Start doing it now. Something has not yet been discarded. The self has not yet been changed. Being inside that low-level self of ours — can we be at that level? You must not stay there. Come out of it. And return to God. Why do people go toward heresy and cults? Give them the answer. Why do they go there? They’re saying things that are wrong, things that make no sense — why do they go? Because the spiritual problem is not resolved, they are thrashing about. Right? So, because this foundation is not in place, spiritual problems have no choice but to come. So those evangelists here — stop using words like “revival is happening” or “revival isn’t happening.” If it doesn’t happen, what will you do? If it does, what will you do? People give testimonies that make no sense. “Evangelism is working, evangelism isn’t working” — does that make sense? “Revival isn’t happening” — of course it won’t. You must not use those words. Even if my congregation is small, if God is pleased, that is enough. Right? God can work through one person, and God may not work through ten thousand people. Living for myself has turned so many into merchants. Absolutely not. Right now there are five flows — Word, prayer, evangelism, the field, the nation — there is a flow, but because you can’t see that flow, naturally it doesn’t work. So this is how you must conclude: Look through the Bible. In the Bible, those who truly received answers confessed like this — not “I did this and that.” Not “This is how you do it.”

God being with me. God being with us. God being with us here in this place. That is the confession they made. You even need to tell those who went as Babylonian captives about that characteristic. God specifically sent those in whom this was established. They didn’t even blink. Standing completely before Nebuchadnezzar, refusing to worship idols even in the face of death — they were not shaken at all. When you look at the records of those who were martyred, the records show it was not that they gritted their teeth and endured and won. Right? Like Stephen, the fullness of the Holy Spirit came upon them. That’s why people like Daniel and Esther are representative examples. You need to talk about that. “Why did you come to church?” — give them a conclusion. “They’re being arrested at that church — will you still go?” — yet the early church members went. There is no reason. Only by the grace God has given, by salvation, going there to enjoy that blessing — nothing else matters.

From this point on, your life is a relationship with God. Right?
And more specifically, it is a relationship with the triune God who works concretely — and it would be even better to then talk about the 7 bartizans, the journey, and the guideposts. This afternoon as well — confirm without fail that the Word, prayer, and evangelism are alive and working.
Let us pray.

Prayer. We sincerely thank God. We thank you for saving us. We thank you for guiding us so that we may preach the gospel to those who have not yet heard it. To those of us who have not yet come out of ourselves, work in us so that we may go toward God. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.