Category: Evening Altar

Sunday 2nd Service, Temple Building Dedication Service
Title/Scripture: The Temple the Lord Desires (Matthew 21:12-17)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-soo
Date/Location: May 1, 2022, Immanuel Church (Busan)

Matthew 21:12-17

Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. ¹³ “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’^[a] but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’^[b]”

¹⁴ The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. ¹⁵ But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.

¹⁶ “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.

“Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,

¹⁷ And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

Summary

Jesus called the people of Galilee in order to save the world. Smart and successful people are highly likely not to engage in the gospel movement depending on their circumstances.

■ Introduction_ Satan Attacks the Church

1. Whip – Destruction: The Lord came to the church and wielded a whip. He said this temple would be destroyed.

2. Nephilim Movement – A church that carries out the Nephilim movement without the gospel is bound to be destroyed.

1) Shrines – If a country has a shrine that draws tourists from all over the world, that nation will be destroyed.
2) Freemasonry – They have built temples for the Nephilim movement all over the world.
3) Synagogues – Synagogues that block Christ, which many Jews have built.
4) Meditation – Many meditation centers are being created. As a result, the number of people with mental illness is doubling.
5) Temple – Temple stays are increasing.
▷ The statement that it is not wrong to build such things and bow before them exists only in the Bible.

3. Results
1) 1, 2, 3 – Babylon came and destroyed the first temple that Solomon built. When they returned and built the second temple, Herod destroyed it and built the third temple. This is the temple whose whip Jesus wielded, and it is the temple in which the tragic event of AD 70 took place.
2) Europe 3) America
→ Churches are collapsing and church buildings have begun to be sold.

■ Main_ The Church That Comes with the Power of the Throne

There is a record today of Jesus casting out those who buy and sell, those who exchange money, and those who sell doves.

Money – This is where enormous amounts of money gather. God hates it when the church builds up its power and does worldly things, while Satan loves it and attacks over it. That is why the temple in Jerusalem collapsed.

Only in the Bible does it say not to worship idols, because doing so leads to death by the power of darkness. When you make an idol and bow to it, a demon works through it. Later Satan deceives that very demon. Not knowing this at all, the whole world is completely deceived.

If we do not create a schedule through which the surviving first-generation missionaries remaining in America and Europe firmly establish the second generation at this mission conference, it will be a serious problem.

1. Verse 13 – Healing, the Courtyard of Prayer: “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” Since healing must take place, build the Courtyard of Prayer.
1) The age of the mentally ill 2) The age of spiritual problems
3) The age of incurable diseases is coming.

2. Verse 14 – The Courtyard of the Gentiles: The blind and the lame who had nowhere else to go came to Jesus. Build the Courtyard of the Gentiles.
1) TCK – Build the platform, watch bartizan, and antenna where TCKs cannot help but gather.
2) Multi-ethnic – My Church: Build it so that multi-ethnic people who come will say, “This is my church.” Raise up multi-ethnic ministers, multi-ethnic elders, and multi-ethnic Remnants.
3) The three groups, Muslims – 237: The three groups and Muslims have completely seized control of the 237 nations. Build a temple that will heal them.
▷ Start praying, “How will I stake my life for the temple?”

3. Verse 16 – The Courtyard of the Children: “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise.” Build the Courtyard of the Children.
The three courtyards in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd temples had disappeared.
Animals – Since animals had to be gathered there, the Courtyard of the Gentiles could not be maintained.
Buying and selling – Since money-changing and trading had to be done, the Courtyard of the Children could not be maintained.
This is why they forgot why God had instructed these three courtyards, and Jesus wielded the whip.
▷ Use two strategies. Start forming a team who says, “I will plant God’s covenant for the rest of my life.” For those who say they have no strength and cannot do it, you must build a system for them that says, “I will do this for as long as I live.” This is what causes church members to fight an important spiritual battle.
1) Healing – How will you heal the children scattered across the 237 nations of the world?
2) Summit – How will you make these into a summit?

3) Materials (place) – There must be materials that can actually be seen and a place where people can pray. Create the important materials needed for world evangelization.

■ Conclusion

1. Small schools – Many children have collapsed. Build schools that can save them. It is enough that they receive the gospel properly, gain spiritual strength properly, and do not fall behind in their studies.

2. Multi-ethnic employment – When multi-ethnic people come to our church, consider helping them find employment so that their lives can change.

3. Field for professionals – Bring together professionals in sports, music, and the arts. Build an art hall.

4. Talent school – Build a talent school where talented people can gather.

5. Healing school – Build the most substantial healing school.

6. Resting place – Build a resting place where anyone can come to the church and rest.

7. Parking space – There must also be parking available on weekdays.

▷ If you do not understand these words, the church will not be able to survive going forward. Everyone will be taken by Satan. Everything will be lost to the three groups and to temple stays. Then the Nephilim problem will come. Make it so that people have no choice but to come. Only when they come will they hear the Word. This is leaving behind the footprint that the next generation of an era must walk in.

Transcript

By God’s blessing, temple construction is now being prepared in Changwon as well. It seems the land has been purchased well. It’s the same in Ulsan. God is blessing Immanuel Seoul to become a model church that can do many things. Busan too will now begin.

Jesus called the people of Galilee in order to save the world. So many people mocked Him for it. And the highly educated looked down on Him a little. They thought, “He calls himself the Messiah, claims to be the Christ, and yet He brings along people like that?” Many who have seen our Dabrak (small group) may think the same way. Why did He call the people of Galilee? It’s not that He disliked smart people, nor that He disliked successful people. It’s because such people are highly likely not to engage in the gospel movement depending on their circumstances. No matter how smart someone is, if they don’t act, they are worse than being wrong. Jesus knew that the people of Galilee would act.

This time too, even though I never said anything even once about our mission conference, Busan reported, “More offering came in than before.” So I said, “Do it a bit more modestly.” I said that. I told them, “Whatever is left over after using it for the mission conference, give that as an offering to headquarters too.” That’s what I said.

Right now our headquarters is preparing to go in a completely different direction. We’re moving almost entirely toward not receiving a budget going forward. And as the media setup for the 237 nations as a whole proceeds, more will go into that.

The Temple the Lord Desires

Today, even those of you not involved in temple construction absolutely need to know this. You must know this—the temple the Lord desires.

■ Introduction_ Satan Attacks

There are three things you must know well. There are churches that Satan is bound to attack. God must be greatly worried, right? People don’t know this well. There are churches that Satan comes and concentrates on.

1. Whip – Destruction

Let’s look at this first. Looking at today’s passage, Jesus came and wielded the whip completely. He came to the church. In simple terms, He was greatly worried and rebuking them. If you keep reading further, it is prophesied that this temple would be destroyed. Why on earth is that? We’ll look at that in a bit.

2. Nephilim Movement

Second, there is a church that Satan completely attacks and that is destroyed. What is it? It exists only in the Bible. A church that carries out the Nephilim movement without the gospel is bound to be destroyed.

1) Shrines

There are shrines all over the world that gather tourists. These lead to the destruction of the nation. Many people don’t understand God’s word well. God’s word says not to worship idols, not to build shrines. People don’t know the reason. Even Japan doesn’t know it. What happens going forward if there is a great shrine? They don’t know that. How wonderful it must seem to build a great shrine! They don’t know what problems will come from it.

So if any of you are actual reporters here, go investigate this. What should you investigate? Don’t do anything else—just investigate a household that has built several temples or shrines. Their families will probably be in serious trouble. That, right there, is Satan attacking, even now. If the church does anything other than the gospel, it becomes the same thing. That’s why Jesus wielded the whip so fiercely, even now.

2) Freemasonry

Now, mainly, this Freemasonry has built temples for the Nephilim movement all over the world, centered on America. Very large ones too. They’re everywhere. There are ones as large as our Immanuel Seoul Church temple. They’ve built them everywhere.

3) Synagogues

And there are synagogues that block Christ, which many Jews have built. And it doesn’t end there.

4) Meditation

These days, they are creating even more sophisticated, high-level meditation centers. When you go there, it feels wonderful. But as a result, the number of people with mental illness is doubling. This is something people don’t know now.

5) Temple

What you need to pray about now is temple stays at Buddhist temples—these are increasing greatly. There is only one single source that says building such things and bowing to them is wrong—it exists only in the Bible. These people don’t realize they are heading toward ruin, and they say, “That Christianity is so self-righteous.” Long ago in Japan, when it was said, “You must not build that shrine,” they were labeled as “people who oppose the nation.” It’s the same thing. Statues of gods were erected all over Rome. And when Christians said, “That’s wrong, it will bring disaster,” they were killed for opposing what the nation was doing. It’s the same thing. Why? Satan is always the same. There’s no such thing as American-made or Japanese-made—Satan is the same everywhere. It’s exactly the same as when they set up the golden image in Babylon and commanded people to bow, and because Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused, they were thrown into the fire. This is exactly how Satan is set up to attack.

3. Results

And then look—what results came from it?

1) 1, 2, [3]

The first temple that Solomon built was destroyed when Babylon came. The temple built after they returned was the second temple. This temple was destroyed by Herod. Why? Because he decided to build it himself, and so he built the third temple. The place where Jesus wielded the whip today is here—the third temple. It was not the second temple, but the third temple, in which the tragic event of AD 70 took place.

2) The European Church

How is it now? European churches are collapsing, and church buildings have begun to be sold off. Because European law does not allow buildings to be repurposed, churches disappear while the church buildings are transferred over to strange other uses, even now. America too has finally begun that same process. Our missionaries and those of you in America and Europe need to open your eyes to something new.

■ Main_ The Throne

Now, let’s look at this. Where is the place that receives the blessing of this throne, from which God truly sends the heavenly army and through which the kingdom of God is realized? Where is the church that truly comes with the power of the throne? Now you must have exactly three things.

Today Jesus wielded the whip fiercely—do you know why He wielded it?

Was it not a perfectly ordinary church—why would He wield the whip against it? There’s a reason. Today here it’s written that “He cast out those who buy and sell. He cast out those who exchange money. He cast out those who sold doves.” This record appears. What is this about? It’s about people being told to bring animals for sacrifice to God. These people realized this became a huge source of money, so when animals were brought in or bought from outside, if there was any blemish, it wasn’t allowed. So there was an inspector who sold and judged them. “How can you offer this to God—this fails inspection,” and it couldn’t come in. Think about it—once a year, at Passover, the whole of Israel comes from all over the world. It’s enormous, isn’t it? Knowing that, they used their heads. The person who judged whether the animal passed or failed also sold animals inside the temple. So now you understand. What was bought inside the temple passed. “Look, you brought this from outside?” Fails. In the end, you’d have to buy the one from inside.

Then there was also the exchanging of coins. The money used outside was worldly money, so it wasn’t allowed. It had to be exchanged for money used in the temple. They did this all under the pretense of holiness.

Money

This is where enormous amounts of money gather, right here. So people who are not of the gospel love this (money). Because of this (money), people even do crazy things, don’t they? Some people take out insurance and even kill their own family members because of money, don’t they? That’s not because they love money—it’s because they don’t understand money.

For example, if someone hands you a billion won, it looks like you’d live well with that billion, doesn’t it? But that’s not so. For example, someone with a hundred billion won looks like a rich person, doesn’t he? But if he doesn’t have the ability to manage a hundred billion, problems arise. Companies like Samsung have that much money. If the person managing it doesn’t have the ability, it’s a disaster. That’s what keeps them busy. Would someone kill their own parents just to earn a few hundred million? That’s not loving money, and it’s not being obsessed with money either—these are simply very ignorant people who don’t understand money at all, now. Someone who truly understands money does not deceive others. That’s why Jews don’t cheat—they understand money.

There’s a record from after the Jerusalem temple was destroyed. If you look at Barclay’s commentary, it’s there—it says enormous amounts of gold bullion came out of there. When the church says, “Let’s build up enormous power!” God hates that. When the church says, “Let’s build something worldly and impressive!” God hates that. Satan loves it and attacks because of it. That’s why the Jerusalem temple collapsed.

“Do not worship idols”—this exists only in the Bible. It’s because doing so leads to death by the power of darkness that we’re told not to do it. So I know that only the Bible is truth. There are things written that seem to make no sense. Isn’t that so? “If you bow to this, it will bring ruin for three or four generations”—that exists only in the Bible. But go check for yourselves. Don’t people go to a tree and set out water, or set out water at a rock, and keep praying for their children? That is exactly the same as asking Satan to keep ruining your children. People don’t understand that.

This can’t be dealt with through faith alone—it must be explained scientifically to these people. When you make an idol and bow before it, a demon is at work there. Isn’t that right? That’s not an answer to prayer. A person possessed by a demon can tell fortunes. They guess things like a demon would, don’t they? And in the end, Satan deceives that very demon. Isn’t that so? People don’t know this at all. So the whole world is being completely deceived.

What do Freemasons do when they gather every single day? They engage in the Nephilim spirit-possession movement. They do this, singing and creating strange works of art. Now it’s America—many of our missionaries have come from America, but now America isn’t just producing people with mental illness and drug addicts—zombies are appearing, and America is strange, now. Just ten years ago, if you went there, you’d see people doing drugs sitting around in alleys like that. There were many beggars. Now it’s a bit different. There are a lot of people doing strange things.

If we don’t make a schedule at this mission conference through which the remaining first-generation missionaries in America and Europe fully establish the second generation, it will be a serious problem.

■ Main_ The Throne

1. 13 – Healing

[The Courtyard of Prayer]

Verse 13. “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” Build the Courtyard of Prayer. If you build this Courtyard of Prayer, what happens? What’s the most important part? Healing must take place. Your churches have no Courtyard of Prayer, no place to pray.

Several important ages are coming ahead.

1) The age of the mentally ill

It was like this before, but it will get worse and worse—the age of the mentally ill.

2) The age of spiritual problems

There will be absolutely no stopping it—the age of spiritual problems.

3) The age of incurable diseases

Scientists will absolutely fail to understand it—the age of incurable diseases. It’s coming.

So build the Courtyard of Prayer. God gave it from the beginning, but this wasn’t done. So of course it collapsed.

2. 14

[The Courtyard of the Gentiles]

Those, I mean, people with nowhere to go, nowhere to come from—today in verse 14, look, the blind and the lame came rushing in. What kind of church should be built based on verse 14? Build the Courtyard of the Gentiles. You must remember this in your hearts.

1) TCK

Our church and the churches doing the Dabrak evangelism movement must build a place where TCKs can rest. Build something that TCKs cannot help but gather at. Build a TCK platform. Build a TCK watch bartizan. Build a TCK antenna. These are three systems. God’s blessing and answers cannot help but come pouring in—the blessing of the throne cannot help but rest upon it.

2) Multi-ethnic – My Church

This is the Courtyard of the Gentiles. Make it so that multi-ethnic people who come, in order to be healed, say, “This is my church!” Going forward, our Immanuel family members must raise up multi-ethnic ministers, multi-ethnic elders, and multi-ethnic Remnants.

This courtyard was eliminated by the Israelites because they were doing business (with money) there.

3) The three groups, Muslims – [237]

Now, it’s not even at that level anymore. As you all know, currently the three groups and these Muslim teams have completely seized control of the 237 nations. Build a temple that will heal them. They cannot help but come.

Start praying from now on. I’ve started praying anew as well. Start praying, “How will I stake my life for the temple?” Among the elders I know, there are some who are all-in for the church without even considering their own descendants. Our Immanuel Seoul temple wasn’t just built easily. It was built with enormous difficulty. Even Christian broadcasting hindered it, and people around it hindered it too. I mean, there was even hindrance from within. There are still many people who don’t realize this. It was hard. But God has a plan. Why? Because it is the best place to build the Courtyard of Prayer and the Courtyard of the Gentiles.

Many people say, “You’re doing church there?” That’s a somewhat uninformed remark. This entire mountain—open your eyes to our future. It’s the Courtyard of Prayer. Isn’t that right? If we talk to the government and don’t cut down the trees, the whole thing can be turned into a park. As long as we don’t break the law, if we properly use the law to revive this land, we can utilize the whole thing. Where’s the best place to do this (the Main points 1 and 2)? It’s Immanuel Seoul Church right now. It’s so good, in my view.

You must know what needs to be done, you must know where the blessing of the throne rests. Why is that? Because people are sick, and on top of that, the 237 nations are sick.

3. 16

[The Courtyard of the Children]

Now, what must be done for God to answer? It’s in verse 16. “Do you hear what they are saying? Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise.” Verse 16—what is it? The Courtyard of the Children.

These are the three things. Now, if you look closely, in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd temples, these (the Courtyard of Prayer, the Courtyard of the Gentiles, the Courtyard of the Children) had disappeared. Now, the reason the Courtyard of the Gentiles couldn’t be maintained is that animals had to be gathered there. The Courtyard of the Children couldn’t be maintained either. There, all this money-changing and buying and selling had to be done. And so they completely forgot why God had instructed these three courtyards, and that’s when Jesus wielded the whip. Even Christ, who forgives the wickedest of sinners, picked up a whip and drove them out.

Look carefully. So use two strategies. Start forming a team who truly says, “I will plant God’s covenant for the rest of my life, right here.” For those who say they have no strength and can’t do it, you must build them a system that says, “I will do this for as long as I live.” Looking at it, a church like Yewon Church did well. They came up with their own simple phrase—something like “Last 1,000—finally, let’s have a thousand people gather and each give 100 million to save the church.” That kind of movement, apparently. They used their heads well. And recently it seems they’ve changed their approach a bit—I saw that they wrote “Last” together with the character for “heaven.” I thought, “They got a bit of an answer. They’ve used their heads a little.” Either way, that’s good.

This is what causes church members to fight an important spiritual battle. So you must truly receive an answer this time.

1) Healing

How will we heal the children scattered across the 237 nations of the world right now? Really, it’s all about healing.

2) Summit

How will we turn them into a summit?

3) Materials (place)

There must be materials that they can actually see and a place where they can pray.

I’m telling you to build this. Then God will know. The spiritual world never changes. History will happen without fail. The reason I have kept you and me here until now is to create the important materials needed for world evangelization.

■ Conclusion

This is the conclusion. Pray for a few things. Immanuel Seoul, and Ulsan, and Changwon too—the locations are all good. What should be done here too?

1. Small schools

In some sense, build small, previously unbuilt schools with a certain level of expertise, so that talented people can come and plant the gospel deeply.

2. Multi-ethnic employment

Don’t just do it—stake your life on it. It’s not enough to just invite multi-ethnic people to come and go. You must manage it to the point of asking, “How will we help them get employed?” This is a calling of the times, so God will make it happen. If we don’t come up with an answer for multi-ethnic people here, we cannot save them. Especially at places like Immanuel Seoul, there’s a lot of space nearby. This must be done.

3. Field for professionals

Bring together professionals in sports, music, and the arts. There must be a field for professionals. It’s absolutely necessary. When our church was built, I told them to build an art hall there, so that professionals could use it.

4. Talent school

There are all sorts of people. Even a single person is enough. Build a talent school where talented people can gather. You must pray about these things.

5. Healing school

Looking straight ahead at this era, build the most substantial healing school. You must listen carefully to what I’m saying. If you don’t understand this, the church will not survive going forward. Everyone will be taken by Satan. Everything will be lost to the three groups, to temple stays. If they can truly be healed, we can help them, right? But that’s not the case. This is how the Nephilim problem comes upon us.

6. Resting place

Build a resting place where children, residents, and many citizens alike can come and play.

7. Parking space

Think carefully about this. Discuss it with Immanuel Seoul too. Whether above ground or underground, more parking space must be created. If parking is inconvenient, if it’s too uncomfortable, people won’t go to that restaurant. Isn’t that right? These days, people go to whichever restaurant has the most convenient parking. Since everyone will own a car in the future, more parking space is needed. If it can’t be done otherwise, temporary structures must be built up, one way or another.

If you don’t pay attention to these seven things going forward, you won’t be able to save this era. Children have already collapsed in large numbers. Build schools that can save them. Ah, open your eyes now. It doesn’t need to be elaborate. Even one teacher can build a school, even now. Isn’t that right? As long as a child receives the gospel properly, gains spiritual strength properly, and doesn’t fall behind academically, isn’t that enough? Developed countries have already begun this strategy of small schools. Those of you who came from America and Europe know this. In developed countries, there is a lot of homeschooling.

Our church must not miss the chance to build in such a good place. What God wants most in this era is for us to help multi-ethnic people who come to our church even with employment, so their lives can change. Professionals have no place to come and play at church, no resting place, no place to pray. Even, I mean, we have so many good musicians among us. There’s no environment to let people like that hold a big performance in Busan, for example. That doesn’t make sense.

People like that are called aspiring singers, but in the future, more and more such people need to come streaming in. From a young age—the talent school. Truly, the healing school. It’s needed.

This resting place means a place where citizens and anyone can come and rest at the church. Churches have become strange places. Churches are set up so people can’t come. It should be a resting place. Even on weekdays, allow parking. You all must be prepared even for this (parking space). Of course, I’m not saying it must be exactly this way, but why did I write it this way? It means: make it so that people cannot help but come. What should happen once they come? Isn’t it so they can be healed? Isn’t it so they can hear the Word? We must build a church that people can come to.

So in this era, you all are leaving behind a footprint. What kind of footprint? Making the footprint that the next generation must walk in. That is our task. Because God is so pleased, the blessing of the throne will rest wherever you go. This is not an illusion. I am certain of it. So wherever I go, I check for this (the throne’s) blessing. I confirm it. Why? Because it will come. New you, true life, your work—I bless all of it to begin, in the name of the Lord Jesus. Let us pray.

Prayer. Thank You, God. Let us offer our once-in-a-lifetime lives to the place You most desire. Let it become a footprint that saves the next generation. Let it become a place that saves people. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Sunday 1st Service Worship
Title/Scripture: Hosanna (Matthew 21:1-11)
Speaker: Rev. Ryu Kwang-soo
Date/Location: May 1, 2022, Immanuel Church (Busan)

Matthew 21:1-11

01 When they had come near Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, to Mt Olive, then Jesus sent two disciples,
02 saying to them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
03 And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, The Lord needs them, and immediately he will send them.
04 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying,
05 Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.
06 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
07 They brought the donkey and the colt and put their garments on them, and He sat on them.
08 Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
09 The crowds who went ahead of Him and those who followed cried out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
10 When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this?
11 And the crowds said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

Summary

▣ Introduction_ Children’s Sunday

1. Something to be careful about
1) What did Rome, the greatest nation in the world, leave to its later generations? It left war.
2) What did the Jewish people, who had the greatest intellect in the world, leave? They left a wandering people. Later generations wandered and drifted.
3) Among these, it was the minority who were true Jews who saved the world.
▷ Today’s text is a scene where Jesus enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey, and people spread their garments and tree branches on the road, shouting “Hosanna!” This word means “Save us.” This is a tremendous message, and it was prophesied in the Bible.

2. What is important to pass on to later generations
1) Joseph held onto the covenant of Genesis 3:15 that had been passed down since his ancestors, and had a tremendous dream of world evangelization in which the sun, moon, and stars bowed down to him. What happened? He went as a slave, but he was not erased, he did not perish, but appeared as prime minister.
2) When the nation fell into hardship, Jochebed passed this covenant on to Moses. No one imagined that this Moses would defeat Egypt and lead the nation of Israel out.
3) What became of Daniel and Esther, who understood Isaiah’s words that a virgin would conceive and bear a son?
▷ No matter how broken later generations may be, one word from God brings change. The word you have sown will one day, after time has passed, cause the next generation to rise.
4) This hosanna gospel was passed on to Paul, the greatest intellectual, who said he considered everything of the world as rubbish. Paul’s main work was going to the synagogues where the Remnant were (Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8).
5) It was the Remnant in these synagogues who held the gospel and changed Rome.
▷ The Bible records that the next generation is the Lord’s inheritance (Psalm 127:3). This means that God Himself governs our children. Never be deceived. When we pass this gospel on to our children, it does not matter whether they listen or not. It is the first opportunity, the last opportunity, an eternal opportunity. If they enter while young, even if they fall away, they will surely rise again. We must not raise our children according to our own thinking. In the godless age, to the Remnant who will run in full force from 2030 to 2080, we must not give them knowledge that will never collapse, but must plant the gospel in them. It is fine even if they collapse. One day that very collapse becomes the foundation for them to rise and be transformed entirely into disciples. The seeds of the gospel that pastors and missionaries have sown will one day rise up as fruit.

3. We must heal the misunderstanding about Hosanna
1) We must know that He did not come only then as the descendant of David, but had already existed since creation.
▷ This is why Jesus said to the Jews, “David and Abraham believed in me and were saved.” The Jews, who knew nothing but eating, misunderstood and asked, “How old are you?”
2) He came incarnate, but people saw this and mistook Him for the son of an ordinary carpenter. Because He was born not in a palace as the son of a king but in a stable, they mistook Him as not being the Messiah. But Jesus, having become incarnate, completed everything.
3) The risen Christ is with us now. That is why we pray in the name of Jesus and use authority in the name of Jesus.
4) People mistakenly think Jesus ran away and will come back like a thief. He is always with us, and He comes as the returning Lord, as King, as Judge.

▣ Main_ Hosanna (meaning the Lord has come to save us)

1. There is an answer in which God gives everything even while we do nothing. Be one who recovers the lost blessing of hosanna.
1) That person is Joseph.
2) That person is Moses.
3) That person is Samuel and David.
4) That person is Obadiah.
5) That person is Elijah and Elisha.
6) Those people gathered together. It is the early church, branded as a heresy. They recovered the hosanna they had lost. At this time, God brought everything with Him.

2. There is a blessing that changes the world even without ability. Be one who continues the blessing of hosanna.
1) That is why He unconditionally answered the 7 Remnant.
2) That is why He unconditionally answered the people of Hebrews 11.
3) That is you. There is nothing to worry about.
(1) When hardship comes, enjoy the gospel. A 100-year answer comes.
(2) When problems come, enjoy the gospel.
(3) When you meet strange people, also enjoy the gospel. Then that is the end of it.

3. There is an answer by which one does not perish even when ruin comes. Be one who passes on the blessing of hosanna.
▷ Those who spread their garments on the road for Jesus as He entered Jerusalem on a donkey and cried, “Hosanna! Save us!” knew who Jesus was.
▷ You will not fully understand the phrase “the gospel alone.” You will understand once many churches close down. The churches of Europe and America are all closing. That is why we send out missionaries who hold to “the gospel alone.” That is why we pray. We need missionaries who will raise up a next generation devoted to “the gospel alone.”
1) Paul confessed, “He gave us what was hidden before eternal ages and what will bring glory forever,” and called this “my gospel” (Romans 16:25-27).
2) Paul delivered this gospel to tremendous men of success and to Governor Festus. They said Paul’s scholarship had driven him mad, but Paul said to Governor Festus, “I wish that all of you might become as I am, except for these chains, and that you would come to know the Lord of Christ’s resurrection alone.”
3) After Paul asked to be allowed to stand before the emperor to preach the gospel to the Roman emperor, the road to Rome for world evangelization opened, and a situation came in which the emperor had no choice but to declare Christianity the state religion.

▣ Conclusion_ Do not be deceived.
1. Having entered into this covenant, the household that faced the greatest hardship became the family of the greatest witness.
2. When I attended seminary, I was the most incapable student, but now I am running hard for world evangelization.
3. It was a life of the greatest persecution, but I have come to stand in the place of world evangelization.

Transcript

There was a person raising two sons, and the elder one studied well. But strangely, the younger one couldn’t study. It wasn’t that he couldn’t, he simply wouldn’t. From childhood he just wandered around everywhere. He would roam the mountains, wander into town, going all over the place like this. Since the older one was good at studying, in those days people who studied well would often get jobs at banks. He landed a job at a bank right away. As for the younger one, since he couldn’t study, he simply couldn’t take exams at all. This kid’s studying was wandering around. Since he wandered around so much, he happened to meet a decent person. So he learned business from him, and he ended up earning ten thousand times more than his older brother. That older brother became the bank’s top depositor. Whenever the younger brother came, even the branch manager would run out to greet him. So there is really no need for all of you to worry so much.

There was a son who fell into terrible corruption. He fell so deep into corruption that it’s hard to even explain it in detail. People thought, “That son is beyond saving.” That son returned through his mother’s prayers, and his name was Augustine (Saint Augustine of Hippo).

▣ Introduction_ Children’s Sunday

1. Something to be careful about
Today is Children’s Sunday. What we must be careful about is thinking about what the Romans left to later generations.
1) What did Rome, the greatest nation in the world, leave to its later generations? It left war.
What did Rome, the greatest nation in the world, leave to its later generations? It left war.
2) What did the Jewish people, who had the greatest intellect in the world, leave? They left a wandering people. Later generations wandered and drifted.
What did the Jewish people, who had the greatest intellect in the world, leave to their later generations? They left a wandering people. All the later generations wandered and drifted.
3) Among these, it was the minority who were true Jews who saved the world.
Among them, it was the descendants of the true Jewish minority who saved the world.

Today, Jesus did not come into Jerusalem riding a horse. He came in riding a donkey. That’s different, isn’t it? When kings or generals enter a city, they enter riding a horse. When they enter, a carpet is rolled out wide for them. But when Jesus entered, the crowd of people came and laid down tree branches and clothing. A remarkable thing happened there. Think about it. It wasn’t that people gathered together and held a candlelight rally, but rather they shouted “Hosanna” in this manner. This word “Hosanna” means, “Save us.” This is a tremendous message, and it is recorded today that it was prophesied in the Bible.

2. What is important to pass on to later generations
What must we pass on to later generations? This is important.
1) Joseph held onto the covenant of Genesis 3:15 that had been passed down since his ancestors, and had a tremendous dream of world evangelization in which the sun, moon, and stars bowed down to him. What happened? He went as a slave, but he was not erased, he did not perish, but appeared as prime minister.
As you know, in the Old Testament era, Joseph was the one who, since his ancestors’ time, realized what was important. While other later generations didn’t think much of it, Joseph firmly held onto that covenant from his grandfather, up through his father, and above him. One day, he had a vision and a dream. What was it? He dreamed of a tremendous dream of world evangelization in which the sun, moon, and stars bowed down to him. In other words, he had received Genesis chapter 3, verse 15.
What happened? We must not deliver this to the next generation as nagging, but must deliver it spiritually. Even if your children may be struggling right now, there’s no need to worry. Many people would have been deceived into thinking, “Joseph is gone.” They would have said, “Joseph, who held onto the covenant, has failed.” One day Joseph became prime minister and appeared. Everyone would have been shocked. Who would have been most shocked? Honestly, I think Jacob would have been utterly shocked. Right? His brothers would have been shocked too. Potiphar’s wife probably fainted. The one she had thrown into prison had become prime minister. That’s shocking. If it were me, I would have called him in for a meeting at least, but there’s no record of that. This covenant was passed down.
2) When the nation fell into hardship, Jochebed passed this covenant on to Moses. No one imagined that this Moses would defeat Egypt and lead the nation of Israel out.
When the nation fell into hardship, she explained the important covenant to her child. No one thought it possible. No one imagined that this person would defeat Egypt and lead the nation out. Right? The problem is, honestly, we don’t really believe it either. But this is what happened.
3) What became of Daniel and Esther, who understood Isaiah’s words that a virgin would conceive and bear a son?
The person named Isaiah explained this hosanna by saying, “A virgin will conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Immanuel.” What became of Daniel, who understood these words? What became of Esther?
No matter how broken our later generations may seem, change can happen through a single word from God. And the word that you have sown will rise up again one day, after time has passed. No one imagined it.
4) This hosanna gospel was passed on to Paul, the greatest intellectual, who said he considered everything of the world as rubbish. Paul’s main work was going to the synagogues where the Remnant were (Acts 17:1, 18:4, 19:8).
This person you know, the intellectual Paul, this hosanna gospel was passed on to him. This Paul, he was a man who studied well. There was no one who could look down on Paul. When he said, “I consider the things of this world as rubbish,” no one could argue with him. If a beggar at Busan Station said, “I consider the things of this world as rubbish,” what would you all say? You’d say, “He’s lost his mind.” But when the truly well-educated Paul said, “I consider the things of this world as rubbish,” why did he say that? It was because the hosanna gospel had entered into him. This is how it changed the world.
5) It was the Remnant in these synagogues who held the gospel and changed Rome.
So knowing this, what did Paul do? He went to the synagogues where Remnant like you were, just as you do. That was Paul’s primary work. And whenever a person appeared, he went with Priscilla and Aquila into the synagogue again. Before going to Rome, he went to synagogues. But no one imagined that the Remnant in these synagogues would change Rome.
After that, Israel, which had persecuted Paul and such people, fell. That was 70 AD. A general named Titus came and destroyed the temple of Jerusalem. And, to put it simply, they prepared to set up camp. One rabbi—a rabbi is a teacher, isn’t he?—one rabbi said this to his disciples. “Say that I have died.” In other words, spread a rumor of his death. “And hold a funeral.” But he wasn’t dead. “Put me in a coffin and carry me out of the city. Then, when you go out, Titus’s soldiers will surely be there. At that moment, open the lid of my coffin.” That’s how it happened. So this rabbi was being carried in a funeral procession, and sure enough, the soldiers waiting at the city gate asked, “What is this?” They said, “It’s a funeral.” “Open the lid.” At this they said, “In our nation of Israel, there is no law allowing the dead to be opened up like this, so we cannot open it.” That’s how it was settled. “Then can we stab it with a spear to check?” “That is even more forbidden.” That’s how it went. At that point they were allowed through, and they went right up in front of General Titus. So they opened the coffin lid. And the dead man would rise up, just like that. Though of course he hadn’t died. At that moment the general was astonished. He asked, “Why are you doing this?” At that point they made one request. “You may kill us all. You may kill me right here. Just grant one promise.” “What is it?” they asked. “Please do not destroy the synagogue. Please just leave the synagogue where our children are growing up.” Titus, being human, thought this made sense. He agreed. And so the Remnant who held the gospel within those synagogues entered Rome. That is why the politicians in Rome themselves didn’t even know how it became evangelized.
This next generation is a fearsome thing. The Bible records them as God’s inheritance. We call the next generation our “children,” but God called them “the Lord’s inheritance.” An inheritance is something managed—so who manages it? God manages it. It is God who manages it, that’s what I’m saying. Never be deceived. Whether we pass this gospel on to our children or not, whether they listen or not, it doesn’t matter. It is the first opportunity, the last opportunity, an eternal opportunity. Even if they fall away after entering while young, they will surely rise up. Am I not a witness of this myself?

It’s not that I didn’t believe. I simply couldn’t bring myself to believe. Honestly I thought, “I should go to church,” but I didn’t know why I should. Sometimes I believed in God, sometimes I didn’t. That’s how I was as a child. And so, well, then, you know how church elders can be a trial to you. When you see that, you use it as an excuse to fall away. It’s so easy to fall away, isn’t it? Making excuses and falling away. So I became stranger than an unbeliever. And so the business people, the merchants in our town, looked at me and called me a real bad character. Because I made things difficult for myself. Then one day, moved by God, I repented and went to church holding my Bible. Two things happened. That merchant looked up at the sky and confessed, “God is alive,” he said. He knew me. The delinquent kids who used to hang around in front of the church, the troublemakers—they all went into the church.

We cannot know, everyone. No one knows the work of God. We must not raise our children according to our own thinking. God is thinking of an age when you will no longer be here. The year when the Remnant of today will run in full force is 2030 to 2080. We won’t be here then, will we? Those children who are growing up now, once they graduate and go out into the world, that will be around 2030. If they then run for another 50 years, that brings us to 2080. What should we give them? It is not knowledge that will never collapse—it is planting the gospel in them. And it’s fine if they fall away. One day that very thing becomes the foundation for them to rise up, and these children are transformed into disciples. The seed of the gospel that pastors have sown, the seed that missionaries have sown, rises up as fruit one day. No one knows this. In fact, not even the person themselves knows it. Did Moses himself know, when he held the covenant and entered Egypt? He only held onto the covenant, that’s all. This is how God accomplishes His great work.

3. We must heal the misunderstanding about Hosanna

Let me move simply into the main body. Today we said “Hosanna.” “Save us.” That means, “The Lord who saves us has come.” Now, there is a bit of misunderstanding about hosanna that we need to correct before moving on.

1) We must know that He did not come only then as the descendant of David, but had already existed since creation.
When Jesus came, when He came as the Christ, the word “hosanna” was used at that time, but that salvation existed before. Right? Jesus said this. He asked the Jews, “Did you not promise that the Messiah would come as a descendant of David?” “That’s right.” “I am the descendant of David. But do you know that David believed in that coming Christ and was saved?” This is what He asked. He asked the Jews. He asked the most important question. Many of us who live the Christian life today get this wrong.
And He said this: “Abraham, whom the Jews respect the most, believed in me and was saved.” Right? So the Jews, who knew nothing but eating, said, “How old are you?” What is the first misunderstanding of Christians? It’s that Jesus didn’t come only at that time, but had already been present before that. Right?

2) He came incarnate, but people saw this and mistook Him for the son of an ordinary carpenter. Because He was born not in a palace as the son of a king but in a stable, they mistook Him as not being the Messiah. But Jesus, having become incarnate, completed everything.
What is the second one? There’s a second misunderstanding. He came incarnate. And we, seeing this, simply mistook Him for the son of an ordinary carpenter. It would have been more natural for Him to come as the son of a carpenter—if He had come as the son of a king, He could not have become the Christ. Right? He was born in a stable. If not, if He had been born in a palace, what would have happened? So people misunderstood. They thought, “He’s not the Messiah, He’s not the Christ.” This misunderstanding occurred. But it was prophesied in Scripture. We must not misunderstand.

3) The risen Christ is with us now. That is why we pray in the name of Jesus and use authority in the name of Jesus.
What is the third one? It is the risen Christ. He is with us now. Right? That’s why we pray in the name of Jesus. Just a moment ago our elder prayed in the name of Jesus. That’s why we use authority in the name of Jesus. He is alive now, and whenever we call on that name, He works.

4) People mistakenly think Jesus ran away and will come back like a thief. He is always with us, and He comes as the returning Lord, as King, as Judge.
The fourth misunderstanding. People talk about the Second Coming as if Jesus ran away somewhere and is now coming back. That’s not true. Why do they speak this way? Does He come like a thief? This means that the day will come unknown to anyone, “like a thief in the night.” Jesus is always with us, and one day He will stand as the returning Lord, as King. He will stand as Judge. Right? People distort that day, spreading anxiety and making people stop working, and asking why they do this—it’s because many such people will appear in the future. They will appear in great numbers. They keep stirring up anxiety, saying “It’s the end,” making people feel this way. That is truly believing in Jesus the wrong way.

Jesus existed at creation, as the Triune God. Jesus became incarnate and came to this earth. He completed everything. That is the hosanna. And having risen, He now works with us invisibly, in spirit. Right? Later, He will stand together with us as the returning Lord of the end of the world, who judges believers and unbelievers.

They talk about it as if He left home and is now coming back. Does Jesus leave home, hide somewhere, have no news at all, and then suddenly appear? When the Remnant go on to university, all kinds of things will come up. Do not be deceived.

▣ Main_ Hosanna (meaning the Lord has come to save us)

Hosanna. We must remember this. Let me explain it simply.

1. There is an answer in which God gives everything even while we do nothing. Be one who recovers the lost blessing of hosanna.
The first point. Even while you do nothing, there is an answer in which God gives you everything. What is it? You should at least know what it is, since you must understand Scripture correctly. There is a blessing where the answer is given even though I did not ask for it. What is it? It is recovering the lost blessing of hosanna.
1) That person is Joseph.
That person is Joseph.
2) That person is Moses.
That person is Moses.
3) That person is Samuel and David.
That person is Samuel. That person is David.
4) That person is Obadiah.
That person is Obadiah.
5) That person is Elijah and Elisha.
Elijah, Elisha—needless to say.
6) Those people gathered together. It is the early church, branded as a heresy.
Those people gathered together. Branded as heresy, they became the early church.

You must remember this. It was a mistaken, false hosanna that had been lost, and it was recovered properly, correctly. At this time God brought everything with Him. Your business? Of course it will succeed. Your future? Don’t worry about it. Please, all of you members, stop living a faith life similar to unbelievers, and believe in God. Don’t worry. It’s fine even if you get sick, but I wasn’t even sick. It’s fine even if you’re sick—that’s not the issue. The point is, why wasn’t I sick? Because there’s no time. God knows that. It’s not because I was so wonderful that He gave me health—God knows, “That one has no time.” Even being sick takes time. My teeth haven’t even decayed. Why? There’s no time. Our beloved evangelizing disciple, Pastor Kim Je-dong, the servant of this age. He’s older than me, and yet his hair is already turning white. Even such a wonderful person is going gray, but I haven’t gone gray at all. There’s no time. So don’t worry about it, I’m telling you.

2. There is a blessing that changes the world even without ability. Be one who continues the blessing of hosanna.
The second point. There is a blessing that changes the world even without ability—what is it? It is being one who continues this blessing of hosanna. It’s a simple matter. Being one who recovers it, and second, being one who continues it.
1) That is why He unconditionally answered the 7 Remnant.
That is why God unconditionally answered the 7 Remnant. Right?
2) That is why He unconditionally answered the people of Hebrews 11.
The people of Hebrews chapter 11—He unconditionally answered them, because they were ones who would carry it on.
3) That is you. There is nothing to worry about.
That is you, that’s what I’m saying. There’s nothing to worry about. You must quickly escape from that dark destiny. It’s simple.
(1) When hardship comes, enjoy the gospel. A 100-year answer comes.
When hardship comes, enjoy the gospel. A 100-year answer comes.
(2) When problems come, enjoy the gospel.
When problems come, enjoy the gospel. When conflict arises, enjoy the gospel.
(3) When you meet strange people, also enjoy the gospel. Then that is the end of it.
You met a truly strange person? Enjoy the gospel. That’s it. That’s all it takes. That’s what the people of the early church were like.

3. There is an answer by which one does not perish even when ruin comes. Be one who passes on the blessing of hosanna.
The final, third point. There is an answer by which one does not perish even when ruin comes. What is it? It is being one who passes on the blessing of hosanna. Recovering it, then continuing it, and then passing it on. It appeared in today’s text. This is what kind of people these were.
When Jesus entered riding on a donkey, they couldn’t lay out a proper carpet since they didn’t have the means, so they took off their own clothes and laid them down, and brought tree branches and laid them down as well. They already knew. Everyone, when the president of each nation comes, when the plane lands, they don’t just get off directly. What do they do? They roll out a carpet right in front of the airplane, don’t they? Why is that? Because the president has come. It was in the news before. This is something that some people questioned whether it was appropriate or not—when the Pope came, they rolled out a red carpet. Since the Pope is a religious figure, why roll out a carpet for him? This caused some controversy, didn’t it? But when the Pope came, they rolled out the carpet all the way from the airplane to the other side.
These people knew this. Since they weren’t in a position to roll out a carpet, they took off their own clothes and laid them down instead. And they looked at Jesus and said, “Hosanna.” “Save us.” This word “hosanna” is no ordinary word. There is such history behind it. “Save us.”
You won’t fully understand this phrase “the gospel alone.” As time passes, once many churches close down, you will understand. Look at the churches of Europe. They are all closing, and now they can’t even rise again. That is why we send out missionaries who hold this gospel, devoted to “the gospel alone.” That is why we pray. American churches are also gradually beginning to close their doors. That is why God says we need missionaries who will raise up our next generation devoted to “the gospel alone.” Whenever we go out to evangelize and preach the gospel, we are always branded as a heresy. So even though we’ve been branded as a heresy, people like Pastor Kim Je-dong—if he were the calculating type, he wouldn’t come to us. This person is someone doing well and stable in America, and his descendants are successful people. Right, this person is. Whether persecution comes or not, we hold firmly onto this, and these are people who have become a strong support for us. Since these people are in America, in the future there is nothing else to give the Remnant—it is delivering this important blessing of hosanna to them.

1) Paul confessed, “He gave us what was hidden before eternal ages and what will bring glory forever,” and called this “my gospel” (Romans 16:25-27).
Do not be deceived. Why do I say this? Paul confessed this. He gave to us what had been hidden before the eternal ages. Right? And he said, “He gave us this so that glory would be given forever, without end.” Seeing that, he said, “and my gospel.”

2) Paul delivered this gospel to tremendous men of success and to Governor Festus.
What Paul was saying, the tremendous men of success thought, since Paul was such a remarkable figure, “That man has gone mad.” Right? Who, in the end, was really mad? This Paul, who held this gospel, spoke of it even before Governor Festus. Paul truly was a remarkable figure. When he spoke of it, Festus said, “Ah,” and said this. He knew Paul well. “Ah, all your great learning has driven you mad.” That means, they knew Paul had great learning. And so, since he spoke only of Jesus, they said he had gone mad.

At that time Paul made a certain statement. Festus was a person of high position, a governor. Paul said this: “I would wish that your excellency also might become as I am.” He said, “I wish that your excellency also might come to know the Lord of Christ’s resurrection alone.” Before that he added one qualifier. What did he add? “I wish that you might become as I am, except for these chains.” He said this because he himself was bound as a prisoner. Truly, it’s hard to understand, the governor said. “You, you have done nothing wrong.” And yet he appealed to Caesar.

3) After Paul asked to be allowed to stand before the emperor to preach the gospel to the Roman emperor, the road to Rome for world evangelization opened, and a situation came in which the emperor had no choice but to declare Christianity the state religion.
Let me be allowed to stand before the Roman emperor. This Paul was truly a remarkable figure. Let me stand before the Roman emperor. Then he could go before the emperor and preach the gospel. “What was hidden before the eternal ages has now been revealed.” They said Paul had gone mad, but not long after, Pompeii in Rome erupted, and after time passed, Rome faced great hardship, and through this the road to Rome for world evangelization opened up. In fact, a situation came where the emperor had no choice but to declare it the state religion. And so the power of the gospel began to go forth.

▣ Conclusion_ Do not be deceived.

1. Having entered into this covenant, the household that faced the greatest hardship became the family of the greatest witness.
Do not be deceived. In our neighborhood, our family was the one believing in Jesus, and we faced the hardest situation—my father passed away and things turned out that way. But even so, to this day we have become the family of the greatest witness.

2. When I attended seminary, I was the most incapable student, but now I am running hard for world evangelization.
Do not be deceived. Even when I was studying theology, I was the most incapable student. I entered into this covenant, and now I am still running hard for world evangelization.

3. It was a life of the greatest persecution, but I have come to stand in the place of world evangelization.
Do not be deceived. It was a life of the greatest persecution, but here we are, together with the missionaries sitting here now and people like these, in a place where we can carry out world evangelization together. Right? Isn’t that enough? What else could we possibly need?

Hosanna—what a tremendous word. May all the missionaries, all the members who are praying, receive great grace this week, in the name of the Lord Jesus. Let us pray.

Prayer. We give thanks to God. We thank You for letting us enjoy the blessing of hosanna. May it be delivered to America and to the whole world. We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

Praise — “10,000 Reasons”

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 — “Hosanna!” (Mt 21:1-11)
Transcript…Video

Prayer — 7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

Sunday 2nd Service, Lay Missionary Dedication Service
Title / Scripture: An Essential Person (Matthew 20:17-34)
Speaker: Rev. Ryu Gwang-su
Date / Location: April 24, 2022, Immanuel Church (Busan)

Matthew 20:17-34

Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, ¹⁸ “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death ¹⁹ and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”

²⁰ Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.

²¹ “What is it you want?” he asked.

She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”

²² “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?”

“We can,” they answered.

²³ Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”

²⁴ When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. ²⁵ Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. ²⁶ Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, ²⁷ and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— ²⁸ just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

²⁹ As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. ³⁰ Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

³¹ The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

³² Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.

³³ “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.”

³⁴ Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

Summary

There are people who worked hard, yet time passes with no answer. There are people who receive an answer even though they did not do very much work. The Pharisees lived a very devoted faith life, yet when time had passed, even their descendants were ruined. Why is that? We must do what God requires, what is needed in this world.

In Matthew 20:17-34, the mothers of two of Jesus’ disciples come and ask that one son be seated at the right and the other at the left. Hearing this, the other disciples became angry. Many people live this way. It is unnecessary. In the midst of this, a blind man comes and asks to be saved, and Jesus heals him.

Introduction — We must know why difficulties keep coming, and do missions accordingly.

1. “I want to die”: the word that came up the most
This is something that, once you know it, you realize what role the missionaries scattered around the world are playing. Even if you simply set up a lighthouse holding the light of the gospel, darkness is dealt with.
1) Mental illness
2) Addiction
3) Suicide (murder): one must be caught by Satan to do this.
Because this is spreading throughout the whole world, your ministry and the missionaries’ ministry is the most important work on earth.

2. Indifference (powerlessness): a church with no interest in the field, powerless
1) Doctrinal insistence: this is all it does
2) The three organizations: those in difficulty go there
3) Churches closing: fakes come into the church and take it all over
Remnants and workers must join their strength and buy churches that are being sold off to other places. Just deciding to do it is enough. The missionaries must gain strength. Darkness is spreading over everything, and people are dying.

3. Situation
1) Only wanting to give and receive human help
2) Beginning to fall into illness
3) The Nephilim movement has become the backdrop
Meditation, temple stay, Muslims — the church has completely fallen asleep.

Main — “The Substitute [Ransom]”

No one can solve it, but God alone has prepared and given the answer. He sent Christ as a ransom (v. 28). Satan trembles at this story. What does it mean to be ransomed?

Original sin – calamity | Satan – darkness | hell (background)

Because of original sin, having left God, the calamities that keep coming cannot be stopped; the more things develop, the worse it gets. Satan keeps dragging people into darkness. It cannot be stopped. While on this earth it is the backdrop, and when one leaves this earth, hell, one’s true home, is always pressing down on humanity. Life itself becomes hell, and then one goes to actual hell.

The word that completely resolves these three things is Christ. The cross — this word means He came as a ransom and resolved this problem. In the text He said He would die and rise again.

Those of you who know this and devote yourselves to missions will receive the answer that is in Scripture. If you do missions and devotion without knowing this, I dare say there will be no answer — truly, it will only bring loss. If you have built the right church, it will crush all darkness completely. A church building without the gospel is the same as an idol.

1. Jerusalem (17-19): We must be brought out of this from Jerusalem itself.
High priest – cross / resurrection
When Jesus came up to Jerusalem, He said that He would be despised greatly by the chief priests and scribes and die on the cross, and that He would rise again after three days.
Pharisaism: Israel’s Pharisaic religion must be brought out of this calamity.
Medieval church – Luther: God raised up Luther to bring the church out of this calamity.
You are giving offerings and devoting yourselves to this very thing. Bring the church itself out of calamity first.

2. Saints – Disciples (20-28): The saints and disciples must be brought out of this calamity first.
The twelve disciples
Bring the twelve disciples, who were thinking of worldly success, out of calamity.

3. Future (29-34): We must deliver the secret of the ransom so that people come out of darkness, calamity, and the background of hell.
Do not simply see this as a blind man having come. God was showing the future.
The sick, future generations
Bring out the many sick people and future generations, so they come out of calamity.

Conclusion

1. Multi-ethnic: We must build a church where people of many nations can come and rest comfortably.
2. Talented people: We must give the right gospel to talented people so they become platforms, watch-towers, and antennas.
3. The weak, the abandoned, the sinful: A system is needed where the weak can receive healing, a place where the abandoned can gain strength, and a church is needed where sinners can become new.
Courtyard — there is no courtyard where Gentiles, remnants, and people with problems can come and pray comfortably.
This week, ask God just one thing about missions — what He wants from you. Try it.

Transcript

The Necessary Person (Matthew 20:17-34)

There are people who worked hard, yet after time passed there was no answer. So we need to know why. There are people who received an answer even though they hadn’t done very much work. Isn’t that strange? The Pharisees lived their faith very devotedly. But looking back after time had passed, even their descendants were ruined. That truly is astonishing. Why is that? What does God require? That is what we must do. And also, what does this person really need? Today we read the long passage from Matthew 20:17 through verse 34. It is all already there.

At a truly precious moment, someone even spoke unnecessary words. What came up? Among Jesus’ disciples, one mother came and said, “Please look after my two sons well.” She said, “Let one sit at the right of the throne and one at the left.” Hearing this, it is recorded that the other disciples became furious and were indignant. There are many people who live like this. So it is unnecessary. In the text, Jesus also says something very important. And in the midst of it, we see a blind man come and say, “Save me.” And Jesus heals him again.

Introduction — Why

Now, we must know why these difficulties keep coming upon us right now. Doing missions without knowing this is meaningless. Anyone can do missions. Every denomination, every church does it. Even other religious groups do it. We are not trying to do that kind of missions. There isn’t much time — shouldn’t you precious people do what is necessary?

1. “I want to die”

To what extent have people become troubled now? The word that came up most is “I want to die.” It came up a lot. Apparently there are even organizations formed around this, agreeing to die together. Even children join and connect with each other. Looking at this, some strange culture has formed where even elementary school students are getting drawn into connected networks. We need to understand why this is happening. If we understand this, you will realize what role the missionaries scattered around the world right now are playing. Even just holding up the light of the gospel like a lighthouse is enough to resolve it. Isn’t that right? On a pitch-dark road, children passing by get into accidents and even die. Female students passing by have died too. There have been many such cases. So if you simply light it up and install CCTV, that problem disappears entirely.

1) Mental illness

What is happening more and more these days? As the days go by, this kind of mental illness keeps arising. People are so exhausted that they say, “I have to live this way in the faith, do that in the faith — I don’t need any of that. I want to die.” That’s how it is. Some, when being evangelized to, say, “Whether I believe in Jesus or not, if it’s hell either way, wherever I go quickly is fine — I’m out of my mind right now.” That’s how far it has gone. People used to hand out tracts and speak comfortably as they went about. Now, the number one thing people say is “I want to die.” This is the most common thing now. It’s coming up everywhere.

2) Addiction

Now that there is no way to escape, what do people do? Addiction was the second most common. What I’m talking about isn’t something that happened in one particular region — it’s overall, the word that comes up the most right now. “I want to die.” This is it. At one time Germany actually ranked number one in this statistic, but these days Korea is far ahead. It’s very common in Korea.

3) Suicide (murder)

People commit suicide because they think it’s too hard. They kill themselves. To kill someone else is murder. Someone with a nastier temperament kills others, and someone a bit gentler kills themselves — but it’s the same thing. It’s murder either way. This keeps dragging on and on. Some people, wanting to commit suicide, have even asked me: if I kill myself, do I go to hell or heaven? Can’t go to heaven, right? People actually ask this. Committing suicide or committing murder isn’t really about that question — it’s about being caught by Satan. Isn’t that right? Even someone who was temporarily saved can be caught. When we are spiritually weak. Isn’t that so? Because this is spreading throughout the whole world, your ministry and the missionaries’ ministry and this work may look like something small and unimportant, but it is the most important work on earth.

2. Indifference

Given this, what’s the more serious problem? The more serious problem is that even though there are so many people like this (Introduction 1), the church is indifferent. Rather than indifference, it is more accurately powerlessness. “I’m about to die myself, why should I care about someone else’s problems” — that’s the mindset that develops. People don’t say it outright, but when you yourself are starving, how can you worry about what someone else is eating? This is the situation that has come about.

1) Doctrinal insistence

While people are dying like this (Introduction 1), many churches and organizations have only one thing they can do — they just keep insisting on doctrine. They have no choice. It’s not that they’re wrong — they simply have no other option. Israel became a subject nation; Israel is now full of dying people and many who are sick, but the Pharisees have nothing else they can do but this.

2) The three organizations

An even bigger problem: where do the many people suffering like this go? This has been happening since long ago. They go to the three organizations. Even today, look at the very end of it. A sick person came looking for help there too — no interest shown.

3) Churches closing

So what does this mean? Why is your ministry so precious? Churches beginning to close down has started. It’s urgent. You need to hold devotion services that are meaningful. You need to receive a blessing meaningful enough that you can bear that responsibility. An even bigger problem — go look at videos on the internet sometime. It’s not that these churches are closing down —

people are living inside these churches as if they were strange organizations, lying in wait. Muslims scam people, the three organizations scam people, strange groups live there. Even stranger, there are places doing all sorts of bizarre things — running bars, holding strange homosexual gatherings — this is what’s living in these places now.

An even more serious matter: European law prohibits altering buildings that were built as churches. That’s how the law is there. In our country, buildings can be freely altered — we can even tear them down. But in our country too, buildings designated as national treasures cannot be altered. Because European law blocks this, people simply buy the church building and do whatever they want inside it. Churches kept teaching falsehood, and because they had no power, everyone left, leaving the buildings empty, and fakes moved into the church and took it all over. And the prices aren’t even that high.

I want to say, “Remnants, rise up and buy all of these.” If remnants join their strength, they could take these over even by paying a monthly amount. I really mean it. Let our nation’s working people rise up and pool their strength, and in each of your regions buy up these so-called churches that have lost God’s glory and been handed over elsewhere — buy them. If it were me, I would never just leave it be. Why would you let this go on? All it takes is deciding to do it. Isn’t that right? Just deciding is enough. This is why the missionaries must be given strength — the missionaries must gain strength. Everywhere darkness is now spreading and people are dying.

3. Situation

What situation has come about?

1) Dependence on human help

Right now the gospel is not being preached; instead, people only keep wanting to give and receive human help. This is the situation that has come about.

2) Illness

And so people are beginning to fall into serious illness.

3) Nephilim

The hardest problem behind all of this is that the Nephilim movement has become the backdrop.

Given all this, our church is still doing fine — but right now, Christianity as a whole has fallen completely asleep.

[Meditation]

What is happening now? Meditation schools, universities being built — there’s been a huge stir over this. Don’t just take my word for it — search “meditation” on the internet and see for yourself. They are taking over prime locations across the country and the world, and it’s a mystery where the money is coming from, but they’re building enormous buildings — it’s a huge commotion right now.

[Temple]

Not wanting to fall behind, Buddhism is now doing temple stays, right now. In this age when COVID has blocked so much, last year five million people came and went on temple stays. What will happen once COVID restrictions are lifted? Five hundred thousand people from overseas went on temple stays. Even during COVID, when travel was restricted, five million people still went because they felt it was truly necessary. Once you go, it’s easy to quarantine and it’s basically an automatic path in now.

People look at our churches doing early morning prayer meetings and think we’re strange — but that’s ignorant talk. That’s what people who are asleep say. Our church isn’t strange at all. Right now, there are hardly any mission conferences like ours anywhere. People call us strange. It’s not strange at all. Our elders, working hard to carry out this gospel movement, are the normal ones. Many people in developed countries have already lost all interest in the church. No wonder it’s headed for ruin. It’s a huge crisis.

[Muslims]

Unexpectedly, there’s another group causing great confusion right now — the Muslims. They too cannot be stopped. They are now attacking into Korea. Many have already come in. When I last checked, Muslims had already built over 100 prayer sites in Korea. Now it’s far beyond that. You all need to know what you are doing right now.

Main — “The Substitute [Ransom]”

So what is today’s answer? This is important. God has given the answer to something no one else could solve. This is what matters. Now, this (Introduction) — no one can solve it. If it could be solved through meditation movements or temple stays, wouldn’t that be a blessing? Isn’t that right? If it could be solved that way, we could just support and help that side — but it’s not, in the end.

Today’s text gives a tremendous answer. No one else can solve it, but God alone has prepared and given us the answer. What is it? It’s found in verse 28. “He sent Christ as a ransom.” This is a statement that shocks people — Satan is shocked by this. You may not be very surprised, but Satan trembles at this. As a ransom. This is the promise of Scripture.

[Original sin – calamity | Satan – darkness | hell (background)]

What does it mean to be ransomed? Three things.

Because of original sin, having left God — we were made to leave God. The calamities that keep coming cannot be stopped. The more things develop, the worse the calamity gets. Now, a serious era is approaching for all of you. The more things develop, calamity is inevitable.

As I mentioned in a sermon before, for me, carrying and writing by hand is much faster than using a mobile phone or computer. Storing things on a computer is convenient, but it takes time to go in and search for things — I always carry paper with me and write things down right away. I always carry it with me. Even when I go somewhere alone, I carry it on the way. I record a week’s worth of prayer in it. Why? Because with my own ability and strength, I cannot carry out your errands. Isn’t that right? If I don’t know this blessing of truly praying 24 [hours a day], I cannot carry out these errands. So I always carry that with me. That’s faster than a computer for me — carrying it and writing in it as I go. Because of this, I don’t use technology much and I fall behind in that area. But our remnants and future generations are becoming faster in that area.

Why am I saying this? Read the Bible. Because that tremendous spiritual problem is coming. So many future generations, apart from us remnants, no longer sit and write by hand — already. They don’t even read books anymore. They go into their devices and just look at things that way; they don’t read books. It has already come out — damage to the body from that, coming out ahead, has already been called “the calamity of 5G.” In any case, as things develop, what is the biggest problem? Spiritual problems keep coming. I can understand that much, but this calamity cannot be stopped — the more things develop.

Now, Satan keeps driving people into darkness. This cannot be stopped. It cannot be blocked. While we are on this earth, it is already the backdrop, and when we go, hell — which becomes our true home — is always pressing down on humanity. Now life itself is hell. And then we go on to actual hell.

The word that completely resolves these three things is Christ. The cross — this means He resolved this through becoming a ransom. And the text also said it: “He died and will rise again.” This was said.

Now, this is it. Those of you who know this and devote yourselves to missions will receive the answer found in Scripture. I dare say this — if you devote yourself to missions without knowing this, there will be no answer. Truly. It will only be a loss. That’s what I believe. Isn’t that so? If you have built the right church, it crushes all darkness. A church building without the gospel is the same as an idol. Isn’t that right? You must understand that saying. Your church-building and missions work are different things.

When Jesus said this, it’s why the Pharisees thought He was crazy. When Jesus said this, it was the same thing I’ve just been saying — “What you all are doing is wrong.” When He said that, they got furious. And so their generations made the choice to be forever ruined, while God moved so that the gospel would be testified to.

1. Jerusalem (Matthew 20:17-19)

First. Let me put it simply. From Jerusalem itself, people must be freed from calamity. From Jerusalem itself, people must be brought out of this. That is today’s passage, verses 17 through 19. This is important.

2. Saints – Disciples (Matthew 20:20-28)

What comes next? Very important parts come out here. These saints must be brought out of this calamity. More precisely, starting with the disciples — they must be brought out. That’s in what we read today, from verse 20 through verse 28. Here the disciples got upset, and their parents came and said, “Please take care of our son — seat him at the right.” This kind of nonsense is the calamity they must be brought out of. Isn’t that right?

3. Future (Matthew 20:29-34)

And then what? What matters even more is the future. Your devotion today is not a small devotion — it is delivering the secret of the ransom so that in the future people may come out of this darkness, calamity, and the backdrop of hell. Don’t just see this as a blind man having come. God showed us the future.

These are the three things. In one sense, even without explaining the content, you already know and will receive this blessing — but it’s still good to confirm it.

1. Jerusalem (Matthew 20:17-19)

What came out here? Jesus finally arrived at the city of Jerusalem. This holds a great secret — what is contained in it?

[High priest – cross]

When Jesus arrived there, He was greatly despised and mocked by the chief priests and the scribes. He said He would die on the cross. And Jesus said, “I will rise again in three days.” This is very important. The church itself must be brought to life. Would it make sense for the church to remain stuck in this calamity? It must be brought out. “But pastor, does that even make sense?” No, it does not.

(Pharisaism)

Look now at Israel’s Pharisaic church before you. It must be brought out.

(Medieval church – Luther)

Look at the medieval church that arose and the modern church. God raised up one man, Martin Luther, and brought people out. You are now devoting yourselves to this very thing. You are giving offerings for this. Bring the church out of calamity first.

Devote yourselves so that the disciples first, the saints first, come out of this calamity.

3. Future (Matthew 20:29-34)

(The sick, future generations)

Bring out the many sick people and our future generations with nowhere to go, out of calamity.

2. Saints – Disciples (Matthew 20:20-28)

(The twelve disciples)

This is the state of the twelve disciples right now. They must come out of it. Even though they hadn’t yet seen Jesus’ resurrection, what were the twelve disciples already thinking about? How they could succeed in the world. Our church, our early morning prayer meetings, have no such next generation. When I was in seminary, that’s how it was — we thought about worldly success. Isn’t that right? But now, the students studying at our RTS don’t think that way at all. We used to think that way. That was the atmosphere back then. It’s calamity. It must be brought out. Right now the churches of the world are stuck in this. They compete. We too, out of necessity, are preparing internet resources, but churches nowadays are in an uproar trying to become great. I don’t even know what they think they’re achieving. We must properly carry out the mission of freeing the church from this calamity.

Conclusion

1. Multi-ethnic

What kind of church should we build? A church where people of many nations can come and rest comfortably. It doesn’t exist yet. We must build it. In our denomination, in all our early-morning-prayer churches, at our Immanuel Church, we must build this. Our building isn’t complete yet, but places like Imseo can build this. A place where truly multi-ethnic people are not interfered with but can rest comfortably. A place to pray truly comfortably. It doesn’t exist. We must build it.

Please think this over carefully.

2. Talented people

Second. There are many talented people. If left alone, they will simply be led to ruin. We must give them the right gospel so they become platforms, watch-towers, and antennas. Understood? This kind of devotion is needed, and the church is needed for it.

3. The weak, the abandoned, the sinful

What else? There are many weak people. A system is needed so they can come and be healed. Even a place is needed where the abandoned can come and gain strength. Even a church is needed where sinners can come and become new.

In some sense, such a church doesn’t exist right now. Isn’t that right? People can’t go because they feel judged. The weak can’t go. The abandoned can’t go — the atmosphere doesn’t allow it. The church is increasingly heading in a strange direction. This isn’t said about you, but about the churches of the world right now. They’re absorbed in, “How can we gather many people and make money?” “How can we become a famous church?” I don’t even know why. What will they do after that? That’s the direction things are heading. We need the church that God actually requires.

(Courtyard)

Because of this, there are always three things missing that we must pray for. There is no courtyard where Gentiles can come and pray comfortably. There is no courtyard where remnants can pray and learn, no courtyard for the children. There is no place where people with these problems can come without feeling judged, pray comfortably, and receive grace. In one sense, that’s not about people — it’s about a system, now. This is exactly why we are devoting ourselves and holding this mission conference this time.

This week, just ask one thing — ask God what He truly wants from you regarding missions. Just one thing. Even if you don’t get an answer, just ask — the very act itself brings about a work. Think about it from every angle: if everyone were like me, wouldn’t missions come to a close? If there are people like that, they are as good as dead. They must repent quickly. Isn’t that so?

One day something struck me hard. “Ah” — I used to not give offerings, back when I was in ministry. I had this bias that ministers have no offerings, no money. But it’s not true. There is money. There is. I meet friends, eat meals, go around — there is money. At that moment, this thought crossed my mind: “If everyone were like me, world missions would surely come to a close. Then I am a cursed person.” Isn’t that right? I came to my senses right then. From that point on, I prepared an offering envelope in advance. God has never once made things difficult for us economically. Isn’t that right?

So think about this. Right now, I ask — church building? Church building is the greatest mission. I ask myself, “How do I build the church?” Don’t try to get an answer right away — you are precious people. So since this is a precious matter, don’t rush to get an answer — ask through prayer. You rarely even try that. In this question lies an answer that changes the times. “God, why must I go into ministry when there are already so many other students?” I asked that. And from that, I received an answer that changed the times. I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus that this week you would have a deep time of prayer asking such a question. Try it. I will pray now.

Prayer. We thank You, God. May this week become a week in which we bring to You in prayer the most important question of my life. Let me become a witness confirming that my life, once fallen into darkness, has been completely transformed. We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Praise — “O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing”

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 — “An Essential Person” (Mt 20:17-34)
Transcript…Video

Prayer — 7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

Sunday 1st Service Worship
Title/Scripture: The First and the Last (Matthew 20:1-16)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-soo
Date/Location: April 24, 2022, Immanuel Church (Busan)

Matthew 20:1-16

01 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard

02 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard

03 About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing

04 He told them, You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right, so they went

05 He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing

06 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?

07 Because no one has hired us, they answered. He said to them, You also go and work in my vineyard

08 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first

09 The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius

10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each of them also received a denarius

11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner

12 These who were hired last worked only one hour, they said, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day

13 But he answered one of them, Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?

14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you

15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?

16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last

Summary

A woman who was told separately by the most famous fortune-tellers in Jeolla-do and Busan that she would die received Christ and confirmed that her destiny was changed, after hearing that her husband would die if she did not divorce him, and trembling in fear.

▣ Introduction _ The moment one knows Christ, one’s destiny is reversed (John 1:12, John 1:11). Anyone who has confirmed this fact cannot help but evangelize.

1. Our country was bound in a destiny of darkness for about 500 years, attacked by great powers, in incompetence, and trapped in idols. Since the light of the gospel entered our country, our destiny has been reversed to the point that we now do world missions.

2. As the gospel entered a household steeped in idolatry, the destiny of that household was reversed.

3. The moment I personally, in a life that had been hard to live, came to know the gospel, God changed my life.

▣ Main_ What is important to take away from the text

1. A meeting with Jesus Christ reverses a terrifying past destiny.

1) I discovered the fact that Satan was destroying us through 12 strategies, as I watched our struggling parents, nations receiving foreign aid, and churches distributing relief goods.

2) At this point, the covenant of why one is a Christian came clearly.

3) My destiny was reversed from this point on.

(1) Our status was changed.

(2) He gave us the authority to become children of God.

(3) We come to use that authority, and that is prayer – once I knew prayer, prayer became a joy and I was able to restore many things. And I began to understand what the blessing of the throne is, and what transcending time and space is.

2. The moment one truly meets Christ, today’s destiny is overturned.

▷ Even after being saved, people do not come out of the destiny made by unbelievers and Satan. Being saved yet remaining within it is double suffering. Seeing this urgently, I came to hold on to the conviction that we must live only by the gospel and only for evangelism. Just as the Jews could not escape their destiny (Matthew 20:2, 8), churchgoing people cannot escape from it either. We must open our eyes to this. We were in the most urgent and terrifying past destiny of Satan, and we came out of it. If so, we must also come out of today’s destiny of darkness.

▷ In today’s text there is a parable in which the vineyard owner gives the same one denarius to the workers he called at the third hour, the sixth hour, the ninth hour, and the eleventh hour. This means that whether one has believed for 30 years or for one year, if one believes in Jesus, one becomes a child of God who is saved equally.

1) Therefore, when we as children of God enjoy the blessing of the throne, today’s destiny is reversed. That is why Jesus spoke precisely and only about the throne.

(1) Matthew 5:3 Even when teaching for the very first time, He said the kingdom of heaven is yours.

(2) Matthew 6:10 Even when teaching the Lord’s Prayer, He said to pray for God’s kingdom to come.

(3) Matthew 6:33 He said that even without praying for other things, since God knows all, seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.

(4) Matthew 12:28-30 He said that when the Holy Spirit comes and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come.

(5) Matthew 28:16-20 After His resurrection, He promised to be with us, having all authority in heaven and on earth.

(6) Mark 16:15-20 It is written that the Lord, seated on the throne, worked.

(7) Acts 1:3 At Mt Olive at the very end, He explained the work of the kingdom of God for 40 days.

2) Find the throne and the 40 days.

(1) In the upper room, they devoted themselves only to prayer for 10 days (Acts 1:14).

(2) On the Lord’s Day they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the breaking of bread and fellowship, and only to prayer (Acts 2:42)

(3) Daily in the temple and in homes (Acts 2:46)

3) At this point Paul’s words became understandable – Ephesians 6:18 be alert at all times in the Spirit (24). 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 always rejoice, do not cease, and pray.

3. He said that the first will be last, and the last will be first. – He spoke of changing the future destiny.

1) That the first will become last means that although we who believed first appear to be small, our later generations will accomplish a work greater than ours. This means that this power will be passed on to later generations, to the gentiles, and to the world.

2) That the last will become first means that the history that will unfold after you will completely change the future destiny.

3) What is important is that a future age of disaster will come upon our country and the whole world. As the fourth industrial age comes, many will be covered by mental illness and great darkness and disaster. We must make sure preparation to change this.

▷ Therefore, we must hold as a covenant the promises Jesus gave us, knowing the future in full. You will be witnesses to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). Make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:16-20). I will be with you by the power of the throne (Mark 16:20). We must take hold of these promises as a covenant.

▷ We are to change our household’s and our country’s and my own past destiny through Christ. There may be many problems before us. At this time, do not remain in the destiny where Satan is playing tricks, but change it. What is even more important is the future to come. If we only take hold of this covenant, God will act.

▣ Conclusion_ Take hold of the covenant to change your past destiny, today’s destiny, and future destiny. From that point on, God will work.

▷ I told a missionary couple, If I were the missionary I would not accept help. Here I make them receive an answer. I change these people into those who overturn destiny by healing them. They will do world missions, I said.

▷ In 1987, when I planted the church, the first thing I did was this. The presbytery had assessed the smallest possible dues for us because we were a church plant, and I said I would pay more to the presbytery. Why? Because all of our past destiny must be reversed. Today must be changed.

Christian Evangelism Association www.weea.kr 〈02〉 ▷ 237 Data Missions_ National Bank 856701-04-232485 Christian Evangelism Association (Data Mission Office)

▷ During my time as an associate pastor, I saw many believers spending their time on trivial things, being hurt, and dying of illness, and within that I sought out those with a calling and evangelized them. Just by doing that, God worked. Now something important is happening for world evangelization – the Remnant has risen. If so, then we are preparing to change our future destiny. Take hold of the covenant. From that point on, God will work.

Transcript

In 1988, the Olympics were held in our country. That’s why the ’88 Olympics is talked about so much. I came to Yeongdo in 1987. The Olympics were held the following year. We were worshiping in a small church building, and it was a Wednesday. Back in the early days, there was a member, Deaconess Kim Pyeong-ji, who has since passed away. She brought a young woman with her. She was running a shop just below my place. She had gone to a relative’s wedding, and the mother said something strange there. She was the most famous fortune-teller in Jeolla-do, and she had gone to have her fortune told. She said that her daughter would die this year. Since the mother believed in the fortune-teller, wouldn’t she be worried? So she told her daughter. When the daughter heard it, since she didn’t believe in God, she felt bad hearing it. She came to Busan and told her husband about it. But the husband said, Why would you go get your fortune told in Jeolla-do, get it done here in Busan. So they went to the most famous fortune-teller in Busan. But strangely, the same answer came out. Now, how could this be? How could even a fortune-teller give the exact same answer? The woman became strange as a person. The deaconess brought her to the Wednesday service. She told me what had happened, and I told her clearly. To all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. Just before that, in John chapter 1 verse 11, it says, Jesus came as the light. That day, she came to know Jesus Christ and received Him through prayer. She shook all over and was covered in sweat.

Once, back in the early days, in Yeongdo, a team gathered at Deaconess Kim Geum-ae’s house to study the Bible. One woman was crouched in front, crying. So I told the person I was with to go bring her in. She came to the Bible study. The exact same thing happened here too. If you don’t get a divorce, your husband will die – that’s what the fortune-teller told her. That day she heard about Christ and received Him as her Savior. Both of these people are still very much alive today.

▣ Introduction _ The moment one knows Christ, one’s destiny is reversed (John 1:12, John 1:11). Anyone who has confirmed this fact cannot help but evangelize.

What am I saying? We tend to take the gospel for granted, but the moment you know Christ, your destiny is reversed. I have seen this. I confirmed it. I could not help but evangelize.

1. Our country was bound in a destiny of darkness for about 500 years, attacked by great powers, in incompetence, and trapped in idols. Since the light of the gospel entered our country, our destiny has been reversed to the point that we now do world missions.

Why do I say this? After the Republic of Korea was founded, the first president was President Rhee Syng-man. At that time I was still a young student. So I know the background from before Korea was even formed. Our country was completely bound in a destiny of darkness for about 500 years. It wasn’t only what we suffered from Japan. We suffered at the hands of every nation. Japan attacked us, but Russia, China, and the great powers kept attacking us too. Does it even make sense – when a king was to be enthroned, we needed permission from China? It’s unbelievable, but that’s how it was. So strange and incompetent was our situation that we were trapped in it. When a king designated the next king, isn’t that called the crown prince? Even to designate the crown prince, we needed China’s permission. That’s how it’s recorded in history, isn’t it? So we lived under Japanese oppression and then the Korean War broke out, and that was the era we lived through.

Many younger generations and scholars probably don’t know this well. It was at that time that the gospel came into our country. Before that, it was a completely idol-worshiping nation. As you know, as the gospel came in, universities and hospitals were built. Yonhee University and Severance Hospital were established. Combined, they became Yonsei. That’s how the name came together. At that time the king was Gojong, and the first telephone line in our country connected Emperor Gojong’s chamber to Dr. Horace Newton Allen, a missionary doctor who came to our country. Of course it was a bell – a Bell telephone. When the king felt unwell, he would ring that bell and the doctor would come. Fortunately, President Rhee Syng-man and Ahn Chang-ho and many such figures were all Christians. Our country was completely transformed. As the gospel came in, light shone brilliantly upon our country. Most people don’t know this well. All of our leaders, starting from Dr. Cho Man-sik, were elders and Christians. So the gospel did not simply come into our country – it has grown to the point where we now do world missions.

2. As the gospel entered a household steeped in idolatry, the destiny of that household was reversed.

I witnessed our own household, which was steeped in idolatry before the gospel came in. We had no idea what it meant to live by faith. We simply worshiped idols, bowing down to stones and to trees – that’s how our country lived. As the gospel entered our household, it transformed our family.

3. The moment I personally, in a life that had been hard to live, came to know the gospel, God changed my life.

One day I felt somehow burdened, from a young age. Life was hard. I didn’t know why. Then one day I came to know the gospel. God completely changed my life.

▣ Main_ What is important to take away from the text

As you look at today’s text, you must take away what is important.

1. A meeting with Jesus Christ reverses a terrifying past destiny.

First. Meeting Jesus Christ reverses a terrifying destiny. People don’t really understand this well. I can testify to this with certainty. I can testify with certainty even to a Buddhist monk. I can testify with certainty to people of any other religion. This is the promise God made – the Old Testament. Both Old and New Testament mean promise. He made that promise. He reversed us from a terrifying destiny. You must believe this.

1) I discovered the fact that Satan was destroying us through 12 strategies, as I watched our struggling parents, nations receiving foreign aid, and churches distributing relief goods.

I saw our struggling parents and the elders in our neighborhood. Something remained in my heart, though I didn’t know what it was. Somehow I felt in my heart, This isn’t right. I thought, even as a child, We shouldn’t be living like this. On the hillside below our house, there were cans stacked up high with English writing on them. Those of you who are older, like Elder Jeong, will remember this well. We received foreign aid and lived off of it. That’s why the writing on the cans was in English – because we were receiving it. As a child, I wore relief clothing distributed through the church in our yard, clothing that came from overseas. I’m not talking about that. We were completely in spiritual darkness. One day I discovered – I read the Bible and realized that Satan was completely destroying us through 12 strategies.

2) At this point, the covenant of why one is a Christian came clearly.

I was truly shocked. Why am I a Christian? Before, I didn’t even know – I just attended church.

3) My destiny was reversed from this point on.

One day, when the covenant of why I am a Christian came to me clearly, my destiny was reversed. It’s true. Now you look at me and think, Ah, the pastor must be an evangelist for world evangelization. But there are people who have known me since I was young. That’s right. One by one they are going to heaven, but there are still people who know me. They all say the same thing now –

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We too must believe in God – people from my hometown say this. That’s how it has turned out now. We too must believe in Jesus.

When I got married into a good family, my wife’s family did not believe. It was a very good family, but there was one bad thing – they didn’t believe in Jesus. Looking at it originally, what do we call it in our language – they were originally good people. But they didn’t believe in Jesus. Isn’t evangelism my specialty? Yet with my wife’s family alone, I did not evangelize. Why? Because they would come to believe by seeing me. Now all the members of that family believe in Jesus. Isn’t that right?

(1) Our status was changed.

When one truly knows Christ, God overturns our destiny. He changes our status.

(2) He gave us the authority to become children of God.

He said, He gave us the authority to become children of God.

(3) We come to use that authority, and that is prayer – once I knew prayer, prayer became a joy and I was able to restore many things. And I began to understand what the blessing of the throne is, and what transcending time and space is.

From that point on I began to use that authority. Why? Because I learned that there was authority. I learned that this authority is prayer. Once I truly understood prayer, how happy I became. Because I know prayer, I am able to restore so much. I began to understand what the blessing of the throne is, what transcending time and space is. Do not worry, those of you who are new believers – you must recover this blessing.

2. The moment one truly meets Christ, today’s destiny is overturned.

At the moment one truly meets Christ, a second thing happens – what is it? Today’s destiny is overturned. Today! Of course the past must be resolved, but today is changed as well.

I served as an associate pastor at six churches over a long period. I noticed one thing. I realized that these people, though saved, still would not come out of the destiny made by unbelievers and Satan. If a person is unsaved, then it’s fine to remain in it, but if they are saved and still remain in it, that is double suffering. I saw this urgently, and so the word I held onto was, We must live only by the gospel, only for evangelism. You may look like ordinary people, but you are not. God has called you because of world evangelization.

Today’s text, in verses 2 and 8, shows this – just as churchgoing people cannot escape from that destiny, the Jews could not escape from theirs. Isn’t that right? The Jews could not escape. We must open our eyes to this. We were in the most urgent and terrifying past destiny of Satan, and we came out of it. If so, then we must come out of today’s destiny of darkness too.

Today Jesus told a parable. What was that parable about? There was a vineyard owner who had many workers doing his work. Since he needed workers, he called some at the third hour. He made a contract to pay them one denarius. Since he still lacked workers, he went out again and called others who were idle outside, calling them at the sixth hour. Then he went out again, and this owner called others around the ninth hour. He called some around the eleventh hour too. When the sun went down, he had to pay them, right? He gave everyone the same one denarius. He gave one denarius to the one who came in the morning, and one denarius to the one who was called just a little while before and worked. That’s the story. So those who came early in the day complained. Didn’t I work since morning? This person just came now. Why do you give the same amount? they asked. The owner answered like this: Didn’t you and I agree on one denarius? Didn’t I give you that? What have I done wrong? If I give one denarius to this person now, that is my own business. I did not break my promise with you. That’s the parable. This is something that ordinary people cannot understand. Whether you have believed for 30 years or for one year, if you believe in Jesus Christ, you are saved equally. You have become a child of God. That is why you can enjoy the blessing of the throne. From that point on, your destiny is overturned.

1) Therefore, when we as children of God enjoy the blessing of the throne, today’s destiny is reversed. That is why Jesus spoke precisely and only about the throne.

One day I came to understand what the blessing of the throne is. I confirmed that Jesus spoke these words. To be precise, I confirmed that Jesus spoke only these words. That’s right.

(1) Matthew 5:3 Even when teaching for the very first time, He said the kingdom of heaven is yours.

Even in His very first teaching, He said, The kingdom of heaven is yours. Blessed are those who mourn. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness and are persecuted. The kingdom of heaven is theirs. Those are Jesus’ words. He was speaking of the blessing of the throne.

(2) Matthew 6:10 Even when teaching the Lord’s Prayer, He said to pray for God’s kingdom to come.

Even when teaching the Lord’s Prayer, He said, Pray, Your kingdom come.

(3) Matthew 6:33 He said that even without praying for other things, since God knows all, seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.

You don’t need to pray for other things. God knows everything, He said. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, He said. Those are Jesus’ words.

(4) Matthew 12:28-30 He said that when the Holy Spirit comes and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come.

Jesus went in person and spoke this. He spoke to those who believed wrongly in many things. When the Holy Spirit comes and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come.

(5) Matthew 28:16-20 After His resurrection, He promised to be with us, having all authority in heaven and on earth.

After His resurrection Jesus said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. I will be with you always, to the very end of the age. Isn’t that right?

(6) Mark 16:15-20 It is written that the Lord, seated on the throne, worked.

At the end of Mark chapter 16, when the disciples went out everywhere to preach the word, it is written that the Lord, seated on the throne, worked.

(7) Acts 1:3 At Mt Olive at the very end, He explained the work of the kingdom of God for 40 days.

At Mt Olive, at the very end, for 40 days He explained the work of the kingdom of God. I came to see this blessing.

2) Find the throne and the 40 days.

So one day, alone, I found something in the Bible – the throne and the 40 days. I found it. You find it too.

(1) In the upper room, they devoted themselves only to prayer for 10 days (Acts 1:14).

In the upper room, they devoted themselves only to prayer, for ten days.

(2) On the Lord’s Day they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the breaking of bread and fellowship, and only to prayer (Acts 2:42)

What is the Lord’s Day? They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to breaking bread and fellowship, and devoted themselves only to prayer.

(3) Daily in the temple and in homes (Acts 2:46)

Daily, in the temple, in their homes. I began to look at this one by one.

3) At this point Paul’s words became understandable – Ephesians 6:18 be alert at all times in the Spirit (24). 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 always rejoice, do not cease, and pray.

Then Paul says, Pray in the Spirit at all times. 24 hours. Always rejoice, never cease, and pray. I came to understand what this meant.

Everywhere we go, we have no power on our own, but God raises up a work that overturns that destiny. You possess this. You must enjoy it. Wherever you go, change the destiny that has fallen into darkness. Because of you, your household will change. Don’t be deceived. Those of you suffering hardship because of the church – don’t be deceived. Because of you, the darkness in the church will change. Isn’t that right? One of you is enough. No matter how dark a house is, one lamp is enough. No matter how dark your household may be, even one small lamp is enough to see by. Completely reverse this destiny of darkness. Don’t remain stuck in it. That’s right? You must not remain stuck in past wounds. Come out of it. Jesus is continuously teaching and showing us this right now.

3. He said that the first will be last, and the last will be first. – He spoke of changing the future destiny.

Then He spoke of a third point. In verse 16, He said this: The first will be last, and the last will be first. Those are Jesus’ words.

Many pastors have explained this – Those who believed long ago are actually slower, and those who believed later become first. That’s how they explained it. There may be people like that. Some believed late but believe well. That’s right. Some believed for a long time but do not believe well. Because that’s how it was continually preached, that’s how I understood it from childhood.

1) That the first will become last means that although we who believed first appear to be small, our later generations will accomplish a work greater than ours. This means that this power will be passed on to later generations, to the gentiles, and to the world.

No theologians have explained it this way. In particular, a man named Matthew Henry gave a very accurate interpretation. He explained through biblical evidence what this saying means. I agree with what he said. I think it is the same faith. What did he explain? You who now appear to be small, who believed first and are suffering, but to those who will believe later, tremendous things will happen. Though you who believed first appear to be small, your later generations will accomplish a greater work, a greater work than yours. That is Matthew Henry’s theological interpretation, and I think it is correct. You who believed first now appear to have nothing, appear small, but later a greater work, world evangelization, will be accomplished. This power will be passed on to your later generations, to the gentiles, and to the world. I think that is correct.

2) That the last will become first means that the history that will unfold after you will completely change the future destiny.

So what does this saying mean? The last will be first. What does this mean? The history after you, the future destiny, will be completely changed. You must build such a temple. Isn’t that right? Even unbelievers, over hundreds of years, have built idol temples.

3) What is important is that a future age of disaster will come upon our country and the whole world. As the fourth industrial age comes, many will be covered by mental illness and great darkness and disaster. We must make sure preparation to change this.

What is more important is that a future age of disaster is coming, for our country and for the whole world. We must change that. We must make certain preparation. Isn’t that right? We must be fully prepared.

Many of you may not fully understand, but look at what our headquarters is doing right now. We are determined to change this certain future disaster. When the fourth industrial age comes, there will be more mentally ill people. What are we going to do? We must change this. We need you. We need the Remnant.

When the fourth industrial age comes, many things will happen. Cryptocurrency transactions will replace banking transactions more and more. People will use blockchain more than going to a bank for cash transactions. This era is coming. People will no longer go shopping in person. Everything will be delivered when ordered. Doctors know this and are preparing. Treatments that don’t require hospital visits will emerge. It’s not far off – it’s coming soon. Things are different now from the past. Things are moving faster. It will come quickly.

In such times, greater disasters will come. COVID is a huge sign given to us. Strange diseases may continue in the future. Simply put, great darkness and disaster will cover us – so change your future destiny. Jesus knew this. Isn’t it true that before long the nation of Israel will disappear? Jesus knew this. And afterward, Rome – after Israel fell, less than ten years later, Pompeii in Rome erupted. Jesus knew all of this. Go to the ends of the earth and be witnesses. Make disciples of all nations. Simply put, I will be with you by the power of the throne. You must firmly take hold of this covenant today. We are to change our household’s and our country’s and my own past destiny through Christ. What is even more important? There may be many problems before us. Wherever we go, there may be many problems even within the church. Do not remain in the destiny where Satan is playing tricks – change it. What matters even more? The future. A great age of crisis is coming. Change it. If you only hold onto this covenant, God will act.

▣ Conclusion_ Take hold of the covenant to change your past destiny, today’s destiny, and future destiny. From that point on, God will work.

One day I went to a mission field for a gathering, and I met a very sharp missionary couple. So I said something to them. Since I saw hope in them, I said this: Turn this place into a headquarters for world evangelization. Don’t rely on help from Korea. Do at least that much. Then the wife began serving even more. She came to our church for a residential training program. During the residential training, she requested a meeting. At that time my room was on the second floor, and she came there to meet with me. She asked, But if you say that, pastor, how can mission fields survive when they rely on support? I said, Anyone needs support, and giving support is not really support – it’s an offering, that’s just how it’s done. What I told you was not about that. Looking at you, I sense you have some kind of ability. It seems you know God’s power. Try doing world missions properly. But from her expression, it seemed she didn’t quite understand. So I said this: If I were the missionary in that position, I would not accept help. I would not accept it. I would raise it up from there. I would make it so that they receive answers here. I would heal these people and change them into people who overturn destiny. They will go on to do world missions.

In 1987, when I first came to our church in this neighborhood, do you know the first thing I did? The very first thing – I said this to our elder. Looking at the presbytery records, I saw that as a church plant, we had been assessed the smallest dues. I said, Elder, we must pay more. So we went to the presbytery and said we would pay more. Much more. That way the presbytery could function well. But looking at me, people seemed to look at me with eyes that didn’t quite understand. Do you know why? We must reverse all of our past destiny. We must change today. Isn’t that right? That is what I am working on right now. We must reverse our past destiny. Today, calling those workers, that parable is a tremendous parable. It is a story about the kingdom of heaven. So I did just one thing.

During my time as an associate pastor, what did I do? Many believers were spending their time on trivial things, getting hurt, and dying of illness. So what I did as an associate pastor was this – I found those with a calling among them and said, Let’s evangelize together. That’s all I did. Just by doing that, God worked. So as you know, you may not realize how important your role in world evangelization is – when we first gathered, only a few people came. That’s right. Of course it was God who did it, but the prayer that you began has now spread throughout the whole world – so many Remnant have risen up. If so, then we are preparing to change our future destiny. Take firm hold of the covenant. From that point on, God will work. May today and this whole week be the best days, in the name of the Lord Jesus. Let us pray.

Prayer. God, we thank You for giving us salvation. Free us from our past and today’s destiny. Now make us the main characters who change our future destiny. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

Praise — “Under His Wings”

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 First and the Last” (Mt 20:1-16)
Transcript…Video

Prayer — 7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

Sunday 1st Service Worship
Title/Scripture: The Question of Those Who Tempt (Matthew 19:3-12)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-soo
Date/Location: April 10, 2022, Immanuel Church (Busan)

Matthew 19:3-12

03 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

04 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

05 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

06 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

07 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

08 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

09 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

Summary

Jesus, during his three years of public ministry, set a goal of 120 people and intended to teach them everything before departing. Jesus focused all of his attention on this. What we must realize here today is – when great suffering comes to me, what should I do? When great difficulty comes, most of us are unable to pray because we become preoccupied with worry and anxious thoughts. If that happens, we continue to suffer difficulty until God resolves it. But if we keep praying through it, a different answer comes. Why does God give us suffering?

▣ Introduction_ True answers come wearing the mask of suffering.

Those whose spiritual eyes are dark do not understand; those who do not know the gospel do not perceive it.

1. Why does He do this?
1) Because of counterfeits.
(1) This is why Israel suffered seven plagues. Among them, it was because of the few Remnants and those who held the covenant that deliverance came.
(2) It is because there are too many people who argue for something other than the gospel, or for wrong things.
2) Because people chase only the benefit visible before their eyes, God used suffering to deliver true truth.
(1) The disciples who knew this – with these 120 people, they conquered the world.
(2) Those who were helped after seeing Jesus’s miracles – when great difficulty came, they all fled (counterfeits).
(3) Joseph, falsely accused and sent to prison – God sent him with a magnificent answer called the evangelization of Egypt.

2. The Pharisees, who kept asking the wrong questions – while living the life of faith, do not listen to the voice of man.
▷ The disciples were not deceived by this. If you hold firmly to the covenant, history will surely happen.

1) The Pharisees who kept asking only wrong questions in order to test Jesus
To the question “Is it not true that one must not divorce?” Jesus said yes and explained (verses 4-6). They asked, “Did Moses not command that if a wife committed adultery, a certificate be given so they could separate?” That was not a command but a permission, and Jesus said yes, that was so.

2) While living the life of faith, do not listen to the voice of man.
The churches of the world have collapsed that way, and even now the churches of the whole world are going that way.

3. Let us become a church that, even if we alone do so, listens to the word of God and follows the word of God.
This is why He left 120 such people remaining. For the first time since the earth was created, they evangelized as far as Rome.

▣ Main_ How did the 120 members of the early church evangelize the world?

1. The Triune God, the power of the throne, and the kingdom of God – once you hold the fundamental covenant, history begins from that point.
1) The one and only thing Jesus taught – those who held that covenant conquered the world.
(1) Speaking of true blessing, “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5)
(2) “Our Father, pray that His name be made holy. Pray that His kingdom come. Even without asking for this or that, God already knows. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6)
(3) Sending the disciples out into the field, “Say that the kingdom of God has come.” (Matthew 10)
(4) When the Pharisees picked a quarrel saying, “Are you the king of demons? How is it you cast out demons like that?” He said, “When the Holy Spirit comes and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come. Only then can your house be saved.” (Matthew 12)
(5) At the very end, He called the disciples to Mt Olive and for forty days explained to them the affairs of the kingdom of God.
▷ The 120 members, along with the disciples, firmly held this covenant.

2) Jesus said not to pray any other prayer. This is the prayer we must pray.
“Triune God, come and dwell within me. Let the blessing of the throne come upon me. Let me be able to deliver this covenant.”
▷ Without this, we fall into darkness and die – this was Jesus’s earnest plea. Though this group of disciples numbered 120, they saved the world.

3) The answer that comes at this time
(1) One comes to know what prayer truly is.
(2) Spiritual change occurs.
(3) The foundation (destiny) is changed.
(4) The power to change the world is born.

2. Every time we choose the spiritual, a hundred-year answer comes.
The people of the world demand only fleshly things, but the disciples held on to the spiritual. Every time God’s people cling to fleshly things, they retreat a hundred years.

1) The Pharisees, who with wicked hearts kept asking useless fleshly questions, and Jesus’s teaching (verses 8-12)
(1) In order to pick a quarrel with Jesus’s teaching, “Whoever looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery in his heart” (Matthew 5:28), the Pharisees ask whether it is right to divorce or not.
(2) Jesus’s word – one must have the faith and the power to live without abandoning one’s wife. In divorce, in marriage, and in not marrying or being unable to marry, God has a plan in all of it.

2) The reason for the hundred-year answer – world evangelization
The Lord blessed Isaac’s farming with a hundredfold blessing and let him find a source of water.

3) The spiritual thing Joseph chose, and the hundred-year answer
(1) When he was made a slave – he realized this was the surest path to the evangelization of the world.
(2) When he was falsely accused and thrown into prison – he confirmed this was the best way to meet a statesman.
(3) When he came to meet the king – he confessed that it was not himself, but God, who could interpret the king’s dream.
▷ The first thing Jesus taught: “Let the power of the throne come upon my work, that it may evangelize the world.” The second: do not keep following after fleshly, worldly things until you die – take hold of the spiritual and save the world with it.

3. When we look toward the future, a thousand-year answer comes.
1) Jesus called the children who came to him and blessed them and laid hands on them (verses 13-15).
2) Elder Jethro helped Moses in faith – this is a thousand-year answer.
3) Samuel went to David and anointed him with oil, telling him of his becoming king, of the ark of the covenant, and of the future.
▷ Jesus always showed these three things. First, the way to save the world of darkness is the power and blessing of the throne. That is our background and, in the end, the place we must go. Second, what becomes a hundred-year answer that saves the world is teaching the spiritual mystery no matter what persecution comes. With that, we save the world we can see with our eyes. Third, it is passing this fact on to the next generation. Then the thousand-year answer comes.

▣ Conclusion_ When we pray, the eternal answer comes.
Do not think too much – pray. As long as the Triune God exists invisibly, and the forces of darkness also exist, we must hold the mystery of prayer. The fundamental answer, the hundred-year answer, the thousand-year answer, the eternal answer – we go forward holding this covenant.

1. Joseph – when he was sold as a slave, Joseph, who began to pray, left behind an eternal answer.
▷ For the rest of your life, your prayer should be: “God, let me receive the true answer of my life.” “Give me the answer of the throne. Since I must go to the spiritual world in order to save the flesh, give me a spiritual answer. Because a very difficult age is coming, give me the blessing that will save the next generation, the Remnant generation.”

2. David – when King Saul led an army to try to kill David, David turned everything into prayer. It came out as something eternal.
▷ You must have this experience. Otherwise, you will keep holding to your own opinion and your own thoughts until you die.

3. The early church, Paul
▷ You are the remaining ones who must save the world. The remaining ones are those who know what the gospel is. If you do not know the gospel, it is a serious problem. A pilgrim is one who knows what prayer is. A conqueror is one who knows what evangelism is. Hold this covenant, and for the rest of your life, enjoy this astonishing covenant and pass it on. Either way, we must all one day answer a call before God. “In the time I have left, what is the most precious thing I should do?” This is the prayer you must pray this week.

Transcript

Thank you. According to Elder Jang Yeong-gwang’s prayer, the whole world urgently needs the gospel right now. So it is being translated and interpreted right now into more than ten – thirteen, fourteen – languages. The message is going out to the whole world. In order for you to truly receive an answer, you must become globalized and become “237.” When we sing praise, please make the sound a little louder. It needs to be heard from outside. Don’t sing as if only among yourselves – sing loudly so that the whole world can hear the praise. Last time it was also too quiet – it’s fine even if the sound and the praise are loud. You need to lift it up. Also, when filming, make sure to show the whole choir broadly, and also show it up close – do that as well. Because you are praising right now.

Right now the churches are not quickly becoming 237. In our church that worships, all the clocks should be changed to satellite clocks. There is no sense of interest in “237” at all. The clock, the watch you are wearing, is not accurate. Only a clock set by satellite is accurate. Set it that way, and together the interpretation will start all at once like that. Your worship and prayer are being watched by the whole world right now. Thank you, elder, for today. Thank you for praying exactly the kind of prayer the Lord desires. One thing elders should keep in mind when praying: prayer is spoken to God. There is a saying, “Is interpretation really necessary?” Does God not understand Korean? Is prayer not spoken to God alone? Sometimes, when our members pray, they quote too many Bible verses. You should not be reciting Bible verses to God right now. To God, you should simply pray. Please keep this in mind.

▣ Introduction_ True answers come wearing the mask of suffering.

The whole world is worshiping together right now. Jesus, during those three years, was intending to teach everything and then leave. He set a goal of 120 people. Until the time Jesus went to heaven and worked the history of His second coming, that number was 120. Jesus focused all of His attention on that. That’s because it was only three years. Even though His actual public ministry was three years, He remains with us forever, but still – that is how important it was.

Yet He allowed them to encounter many trials and difficulties. What you must realize here today is this: “Why has such great suffering come to me, what should I do about this?” But when great difficulty comes to you, most of the time you become unable to pray, so you fall into much worry and anxious thought. Then it becomes worse and worse, little by little. Until God resolves it, you keep suffering the difficulty, and even though it eventually resolves according to God’s will, we keep suffering that difficulty in the meantime. For example, try thinking, “Why is that person like that?” That thought keeps deepening, and strange things emerge. Instead, keep praying about that person. A different answer will come. That’s how important this is.

Now, why does God give us this kind of suffering? To Jesus, He gave tremendous persecution and hardship in the early church, and through that, things were accomplished. Let’s start with a simple answer in the introduction. True answers come wearing the mask of suffering. Those whose spiritual eyes are dark do not understand; if you do not know the gospel, you do not understand. It comes wearing the mask of suffering, but the real blessing, the real answer, is contained within it. Why is that so? We must think about a few things in the introduction.

1. Why does He do this?
1) Because of counterfeits.
It’s because of counterfeits. If from the very beginning of your life of faith you expect only happiness, joy, delight, plenty of food and drink, then all the counterfeits come.

(1) This is why Israel suffered seven plagues. Among them, it was because of the few Remnants and those who held the covenant that deliverance came.
Israel suffered plagues seven times. Why? Because of counterfeits. Among them, deliverance came by holding on to the few Remnant and those who held the covenant.

(2) It is because there are too many people who argue for something other than the gospel, or for wrong things.
There are too many people who keep insisting on something other than the gospel – as our elder prayed – insisting on the wrong thing. Because there are too many such people, God delivers the true answer wearing the appearance of suffering.

2) Because people chase only the benefit visible before their eyes, God used suffering to deliver true truth.
There is one more reason. Because people chase only the benefit right in front of their eyes, God began to convey true truth by using suffering.

(1) The disciples who knew this – with these 120 people, they conquered the world.
These 120, trained by the Lord for three years, knew this point. With these 120 people, they conquered the world. So you must look closely at our teaching.

(2) Those who were helped after seeing Jesus’s miracles – when great difficulty came, they all fled (counterfeits).
Those who saw Jesus’s miracles all fled when the final great difficulty came. The point at which God wants to give a true answer is not that. Even the many who saw the great things – like feeding five thousand with one lunch box and having food left over – all fled. That’s not to say that was wrong. It’s just that they were counterfeits. Those who received healing and much help all fled when Jesus was crucified and great difficulty came.

(3) Joseph, falsely accused and sent to prison – God sent him with a magnificent answer called the evangelization of Egypt.
How is the difficulty and suffering you have right now? Do not be afraid at all. Please look at it carefully. Then look at the seven Remnants. Joseph was falsely accused with no fault of his own and sent to prison. Was that unfair? Should he lament because of it? Should he give up everything because of it? Should he make an enemy of everyone because of it? No. God had the magnificent answer of the evangelization of Egypt and sent Joseph there for that reason. These 120 people conquered the world. There must have been servants in the royal palace of old who guarded great secrets, right? There must have been people who truly guarded such things. Among such people, it is said they often used the blind. Why? So that they would not see. Because it was too important.

2. The Pharisees, who kept asking the wrong questions – while living the life of faith, do not listen to the voice of man.

1) The Pharisees who kept asking only wrong questions in order to test Jesus
Today, the Pharisees were not asking a question – they asked it in order to test Jesus. Do not focus only on this particular question today. This is something they kept doing continuously. Not living a life of faith, but continuing to ask only human questions.

The disciples were not deceived by this. If you hold firmly to the covenant, history will surely happen. These Pharisees cannot receive an answer. They just keep asking, keep asking wrong questions continually.

Following up from last week, what question did they ask today? They asked Jesus such an obvious question: “Is it not true that one must not divorce? That one must not abandon one’s wife?” And Jesus’s answer was “That’s right,” and He gave a thorough explanation. The two become one – one body – and what God has joined cannot be separated; He said the same thing we always say. What do you think happened? Do you know what they asked next? “Then did Moses not say that if a wife committed adultery, a certificate should be given so they could separate?” They asked this follow-up question again. And that was not a command but a permission. “That’s right – without such a certificate, one must not divorce.” That’s what Jesus explained. Do you know why they asked this question? They are now picking a quarrel with what Jesus said earlier – that is what they are doing right now.

2) While living the life of faith, do not listen to the voice of man.
While living the life of faith, do not listen to the voice of man. If you truly want to receive an answer, do not listen to the many voices, arguments, and opinions of people. The churches of the world collapsed that way, and even now the churches of the whole world are going that way.

3. Let us become a church that, even if we alone do so, listens to the word of God and follows the word of God.
According to our elder’s prayer today, let us become a church that, even if we alone do so, listens to God’s word and follows God’s word. This is why He left exactly 120 such people. Jesus was in the midst of that very work. For the first time since the earth was created, He evangelized all the way to Rome.

▣ Main_ How did the 120 members of the early church evangelize the world?
How did they do it that they accomplished this?

1. The Triune God, the power of the throne, and the kingdom of God – once you hold the fundamental covenant, history begins from that point.
This is first. This is the first covenant you must hold onto today. What has Jesus been saying continuously up to now? He has kept explaining the Triune God, the power of the throne, and the kingdom of God. If you hold this fundamental covenant today, history will keep beginning from that point on.

1) The one and only thing Jesus taught
Jesus, you know, spoke of only one thing. We tend to say various things over and over, but Jesus truly spoke of only one thing. From the very beginning, from when He first began teaching, He taught only this one thing. Because that is what you need. Those who hold that covenant conquer the world.

(1) Speaking of true blessing, “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5)
What did Jesus teach? From the beginning, calling people up the mountain, in the midst of saying various things, He said, “These are not blessings – this is the blessing,” and said, “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” You must remember this without fail.

People forget everything Jesus taught and keep asking other questions. There are far too many people who live their life of faith like this. They keep following Jesus around, and when He healed the sick, they say, “Why do you make him do that on the Sabbath?” – that kind of thing. So Jesus, exasperated, said, “Then if a sheep gets lost, would you not go look for it?” Even further, they picked a quarrel because the disciples, following along, plucked some wheat – saying they had “worked” on the Sabbath. Once, Jesus had said something they did not quite understand, and they are now asking about that. There are countless people who live their life of faith like this. There’s no need to make it complicated. They even dared to come to Jesus and ask questions like this. Soon their descendants would be scattered throughout the world and would truly be beaten to death, drowned, and never even imagine that such a great disaster was coming.

(2) True prayer (Matthew 6)
Jesus, you know, spoke of only one thing. What should we pray? They asked, right? It’s not that Jesus told them to pray – they asked. What should we pray? There’s nothing much to pray. To put it simply, that’s what Jesus said. “Pray that the Father’s name be made holy. And pray that the kingdom of God comes. Nothing else is needed. Daily bread is enough for the day.” And He also said, “Even if you don’t ask for this or that, God already knows. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”

(3) Sending the disciples out into the field, “Say that the kingdom of God has come.” (Matthew 10)
Again, remember Jesus’s words. Sending the disciples out into the field, He said, “Pray that the kingdom of God has come.”

(4) When the Pharisees picked a quarrel saying, “Are you the king of demons? How is it you cast out demons like that?” He said, “When the Holy Spirit comes and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come. Only then can your house be saved.” (Matthew 12)
The Pharisees again picked a quarrel. They asked, “Are you some king of demons? How is it you cast out demons like that?” Jesus said, “When the Holy Spirit comes and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come. Only then can your house be saved.” That’s what Jesus said.

(5) At the very end, He called the disciples to Mt Olive and for forty days explained to them the affairs of the kingdom of God.
At the very end also, He called the disciples to Mt Olive and for forty days explained to them the affairs of the kingdom of God. The 120 members, together with the disciples, firmly held this covenant.

2) Jesus said not to pray any other prayer. This is the prayer we must pray.
You too must pray this prayer today. Jesus said not to pray any other prayer, right? This is the prayer He prayed. You must pray this prayer even when you are alone. “Triune God, come and dwell within me.” Try saying that. Doing this for three years brought about worldwide change, didn’t it? “Let the blessing of the throne come upon me. Let me be able to deliver this covenant.” Without this, we fall into darkness and die. This was Jesus’s earnest plea. Though this group of disciples numbered 120, they saved the world. Today, you must truly hold on to this very important thing Jesus taught during His public ministry.

3) The answer that comes at this time
What is the answer that comes at this time? It is very important. What is the answer that comes at this time?

(1) One comes to know what prayer truly is.
At last I come to know what prayer is. What matters most for us as Remnants is this – if a Remnant can pray, it’s fine wherever they are.

(2) Spiritual change occurs.
At last, many spiritual changes begin to happen to me. Whether you receive an answer or not is not the important thing. Jesus said this. “The answer is not what’s important. When the kingdom of God comes, all things are accomplished.” That is Jesus’s explanation. He called them to Mt Olive once more and explained it again. See how important this is.

(3) The foundation (destiny) is changed.
Only this way is our foundation truly changed. To put it simply, one’s destiny is changed.

(4) The power to change the world is born.
How is it? For those of you suffering spiritually, no matter how many doctors you visit, it likely won’t get better. Start this prayer. You know, Jesus explained only this during the three years He was with them. Peter, the most uneducated of those who understood this, moved the world, and Paul, the most educated, came to understand and moved the world. Among these 120, there were 70 church leaders. Right? We can’t know the exact number or who exactly, but they were certainly among them. These people are the ones through whom the power to change the world was born. Restore this blessing.

2. Every time we choose the spiritual, a hundred-year answer comes.
This is second. How did these 120 members of the early church evangelize the world – how were these 120 members blessed? This is the question. Among Jesus’s continued explanations, the second point is extremely important. The people of the world are all like Pharisees – they keep demanding only fleshly things – but these disciples firmly held on to the spiritual. It’s not that the flesh is unnecessary, but every time you choose the spiritual, a hundred-year answer comes. Every time God’s people cling to fleshly things, they retreat a hundred years. You must remember this without fail.

1) The Pharisees, who with wicked hearts kept asking useless fleshly questions, and Jesus’s teaching (verses 8-12)
Look at today’s question. Even at that very moment, the sick kept crowding around. The Bible clearly states in verse 8 that the Pharisees asked Jesus this question with wicked hearts. To put it simply, “Is it right to divorce? Is it not?” – that’s what they asked, such an obvious question. Verse 8 clearly states they had a wicked intent when asking.

(1) In order to pick a quarrel with Jesus’s teaching, “Whoever looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery in his heart” (Matthew 5:28), the Pharisees ask whether it is right to divorce or not.
Earlier, in Matthew 5:28, there is something Jesus taught while teaching on the mountain. They are now picking a quarrel with that. It was something Jesus said on a completely different level from the Law of Moses. What did He say? “Whoever has lust in his heart has already committed adultery.” Jesus taught this while teaching. Is that not correct? “It’s not about whether you did it or not – you had lust in your heart. That is already adultery. You’ve merely restrained yourself, but it is still adultery. You just weren’t caught, but it is adultery.” That’s Jesus’s answer. They are picking a quarrel about that.

(2) Jesus’s word
What does Jesus’s teaching mean? Of course one must have the faith and power to live without abandoning one’s wife. And what if great difficulty comes and results in divorce? What can be done. There, too, God has a plan. What did today’s text say further? What did it say in verses 12 through 14? “Whether one married or not, whether one could or could not – even there, God has a plan.” They kept asking useless fleshly questions.

2) The reason for the hundred-year answer – world evangelization
Amid the many things you go through, every time you firmly hold to God’s covenant and choose the spiritual, a hundred-year answer comes. Please look carefully at Scripture. Why is it a hundred-year answer? You need the hundred-year answer to come in order to evangelize the world. With what you are doing right now, world evangelization is difficult. It is recorded that the Lord blessed Isaac’s farming with a hundredfold blessing. It’s not just about digging wells – he came to find a source of water. That is the hundredfold blessing.

3) The spiritual thing Joseph chose, and the hundred-year answer
Now, let’s talk once about Joseph, whom the Remnants know best. What spiritual thing did Joseph choose?

(1) When he was made a slave
His brothers were about to kill Joseph but instead sold him as a slave. At that time, Joseph’s realization – he spoke of it when he met his brothers later. What did Joseph realize? That the sun, moon, and stars bowing down to him meant world evangelization. He had to accomplish world evangelization, and he was certain of it, yet he ended up becoming a slave. “I will surely take revenge on my brothers” – that’s a different matter. Most people would think that way. “I will surely survive and take revenge on my brothers.” That is not an answer coming – that is retreating a hundred years backward. What did Joseph realize? He is walking, right now, the surest path toward world evangelization. This is the spiritual eye of the life of faith. What the Pharisees asked is a completely – right now – a question incapable of sustaining a life of faith. We too can easily fall into this. If you realize this well today, true answers will begin to come. You must receive a real answer.

(2) When he was falsely accused and thrown into prison
Now, Joseph was unjustly accused and thrown into prison. What would you do in his place? What would those of you living a good life of faith do? You would go mad from injustice. “I have done nothing wrong.” Look at people – they turn the church upside down. “I have done nothing wrong.” They turn their whole household upside down. “I have done nothing wrong.” Isn’t this the appearance of people living the life of faith in a fleshly way? Joseph confirmed that this was the best way to meet a statesman. And the hundred-year answer came again, didn’t it?

(3) When he came to meet the king
Word spread and he came to meet the king, and he interpreted the king’s dream. What mattered at that moment was the king’s question. He asked the question you would like best. “Do you interpret dreams so well?” he asked. The kind of question you and I would love most to answer with our expertise. “Yes, that’s my specialty.” That’s probably what we would have said, right? Joseph’s answer is astonishing. What did he say? “I cannot interpret the king’s dream.” That’s what he said. The king must have been startled. “It is God who can interpret the dream the king dreamed.” You see? He goes another hundred years ahead. It even surpasses world evangelization.

What is the covenant you must truly hold on to today? This does not mean you should not do business. “God, let the power of the throne come upon my work, that it may evangelize the world.” That is the very first thing Jesus taught. You must not miss what Jesus taught. What is the second thing today? Do not keep chasing after fleshly, worldly things until you die – take the spiritual and save the world with it. There is no reason to stake your whole life on someone else’s divorce issue like that – by doing so you are missing the spiritual entirely. Whether someone else divorces or marries – why should that become such a big deal that you come all the way to Jesus to ask about it? Today, you must ask what Jesus taught during His three years of public ministry that caused these 120 to hold the covenant and receive the answer.

3. When we look toward the future, a thousand-year answer comes.
This is third. There is a thousand-year answer.

1) Jesus called the children who came to him and blessed them and laid hands on them (verses 13-15).
What is this? This is looking toward the future. At this time, children came to Jesus. Because they loved Jesus, the children came running to Him. The disciples told the children to go away. But Jesus called the child to Him, blessed them, and laid hands on them. This is the thousand-year answer, looking to the future. It happens that today, at our worship service, we are grateful that Elder Choi Jong-hwan and Deaconess Jeon Ok-bun, a couple, are with us. When I see them, I am always grateful, thinking, “Ah, that’s right.” They take care of the children. There are many who have truly become successful. Those two have raised and cared for them. Without any name, without any recognition, they take care of the children, the next generation. Many have become government officials, judges, and prosecutors. That is the thousand-year answer. They themselves don’t even know it. That is the thousand-year answer. Do you know why?

2) Elder Jethro helped Moses in faith – this is a thousand-year answer.
Elder Jethro helped Moses, and this became a thousand-year answer. It’s not that Jethro aimed for that when he did it. He simply did it in faith, and it turned out that way.

3) Samuel went to David and anointed him with oil, telling him of his becoming king, of the ark of the covenant, and of the future.
Samuel went to David, anointed him with oil, and spoke to him. To you it may look like an easy thing, but it was not an easy matter at all. While the current king, the wicked King Saul, was still alive, going to find David and saying, “You will become king” – that was an extremely dangerous thing to do. In fact, he must have told David all that had happened – probably spoke of the ark of the covenant, spoke of the future, and anointed David’s head with oil. “You will become king in the future. Do this and that.” This is the thousand-year answer, isn’t it?

Jesus showed these three things. In every sense, He always showed these three things. Truly, the way to save the world of darkness is the power and blessing of the throne. That is our background, and it is, in the end, the place we must go. Jesus taught that. And what is next? What truly becomes a hundred-year answer that saves the world – what makes a single event into a hundred-year answer – is teaching the spiritual mystery no matter what persecution comes. With that, we save the world we can see with our eyes. So what is the last thing? It is passing this fact on to the next generation. That, you know, is the thousand-year answer.

▣ Conclusion_ When we pray, the eternal answer comes.
This is the prayer for this week. Your prayer should involve much thought, but do not think too much – pray. It is strange. The people who move this age today, the philosophers, tell us to think. Right? They emphasized thinking so much that they even said, “Man is like a reed that sways, but he is a thinking reed.” That’s how much importance they place on thought. Buddhism says, “Thought is everything.” That’s true. It is the most accurate answer, but it is a dangerous answer when one does not know the truth. That is true only when you presuppose that there is no God. As long as the Triune God exists invisibly and the forces of darkness also exist, what must we do – we must hold the mystery of prayer.

At this time, the eternal answer comes. Today, three things emerged. What is the fundamental answer? What is the hundred-year answer? What is the thousand-year answer? What is the eternal answer? You go forward holding this covenant.

1. Joseph – when he was sold as a slave, Joseph, who began to pray, left behind an eternal answer.
The eternal answer emerged. As you know, when he was sold as a slave into a place with no one, what thoughts would have come to him? At that time, it wasn’t that he sat there thinking. If he had let himself think, he would have gone mad. He began a prayer that enjoys a blessing far beyond mere thought. The answer Joseph left behind because of this is an eternal answer. You must hold on to this today. No matter how bad your circumstances are, it’s fine. Start for real.

We must not simply end things here, right? “God, let me truly receive the answer of my life.” This must become your prayer for the rest of your life. Since we are going to the throne, “Give me the answer of the throne. Since we must go to the spiritual world in order to save the flesh, give me a spiritual answer. Because a very difficult age is coming, give me the blessing that saves the next generation, the Remnant generation.” This is what Jesus taught. Jesus often spoke about the children. Right? That refers to the next generation. The 120 members who knew this saved the world. Hold firmly to this covenant this week.

2. David – when King Saul led an army to try to kill David, David turned everything into prayer. It came out as something eternal.
In fact, King Saul led an army around trying to kill David. Do this this week. David turned all of this into prayer. It came out as something eternal. You must have this experience. Otherwise, various problems will come. It is dying while continuing to hold on to your own opinion, your own thoughts.

3. The early church, Paul
Look at a figure like Paul of the early church.

So, as I said in today’s lesson, you are the remaining ones who must save the world. These remaining ones are people who know what the gospel is. If you do not know the gospel, it’s a serious problem. What is a pilgrim? One who knows what prayer is. What is a conqueror? One who knows what evangelism is. Hold this covenant, and for the rest of your life, you must enjoy this astonishing covenant and pass it on.

A pastor I knew well passed away suddenly, due to COVID. Also, a young person – very active, quite outstanding, doing many activities abroad – passed away suddenly this time. That person too, from COVID. Some people catch COVID and are fine, but many people die from it too. That matters too, but as I listened to these stories, what I came to feel was, “Ah, we must all one day answer a call before God.” Someday – our individual end, the end of the age, the end of the earth is coming – it is something we will all face one day. “What is the most precious thing I should do?” This is the question that kept arising as I listened to their stories. Of course, I have been living this way all along, but at that time this thought came to me: “Does great success, do many goals, really matter that much? Do the many things we do really matter that much?” When this person was called, he had to stop what he was doing and leave behind even the important things, just like that. He wasn’t even at an age to go yet, but he had to leave everything and go.

Let me tell you something else that broke my heart before. It’s not a big thing, but there was someone younger than me who went to work and died. Nowadays we would call 119 and take them like that, but back then, we had to carry the person, so we brought him back loaded on a handcart. Regarding that person’s death, my heart was troubled about it too, but what really broke my heart was this – they laid the body down and covered it, and next to it was a lunch box he had taken that morning to eat but never got to eat. That was a great lesson for me. Looking at that lunch box, it was unbearable. He had taken it intending to eat it, but never got to, and ended up like that.

In the time we humans have left, what is the most precious thing? You must pray this prayer this week. Also, as we approach Easter Sunday, during this Passion Week, what should we hold on to and pray about before God? Even a single prayer, if it is the prayer God desires, brings an answer. I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus that today, this week, may become such a day. Let us pray.

Prayer. We thank You, God. We are grateful for this time in which, in whatever circumstance, we look upon Christ by beholding the members of the early church who saved the world. Open our spiritual eyes. Enable us to carry out the mission of saving the world. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Praise — “You, Man of God”

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 Question of Those Who Test” (Mt 19:3-12)
Transcript…Video

Prayer — 7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

Sunday 2nd Service / World Mission Conference Dedication Service
Title/Scripture: The Foundation of Healing (Matthew 18:21-35)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Gwang-su
Date/Location: April 3, 2022 / Immanuel Church (Seoul)

Matthew 18:21-35

21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
23 Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.
25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
26 At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
27 The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
28 But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.
29 His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’
30 But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.
32 Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.
33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’
34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
35 This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.

Summary

▷ 24, Healing, Power — Acts 1:3, 8:14, 2:1-47 — If from now on you continue praying the 24 prayers holding onto one theme, tremendous healing will occur and power will arise. On Mt Olive, Jesus explained and promised the work of the kingdom of God for 40 days. Holding onto that covenant and devoting oneself entirely to prayer, the greatest answers came. If you continue to experience this, you will come to know what the Word and prayer truly are. What it means to evangelize the whole world right now is to bring healing.

▣ Introduction — If you continue to pray for missions, several answers come.

1. Answers

1) Acts 2:9-11, 8:4-8, 8:26-40, 11:19, 13:1-4, 16:6-10, 19:1-7 — Through prayer, the doors of 15 nations, the door of Samaria, and doors for meeting the multiethnic peoples present were opened; the church of Antioch was born; answers for evangelism and missions came in advance; great turning points in blocked lives appeared; and answers came even before the Tyrannus movement arose.

2) 237, Healing, Summit — Answers come sufficient to heal 237 nations and find the Remnant.

3) 70 disciples, 70 fields, 70 tribes, 70 nations — In industry and everything, answers come sufficient to influence the 70 disciples. If you continue to pray for 3·9·3 and world evangelization, 70 fields come alive. Seeing the connections going out to the whole world through these people is what is meant by 70 tribes and 70 nations.

2. Healing (hidden wounds) — Every person has hidden wounds.

1) Superpowers — Completely seized by Satan and made to do his errands, the forces of darkness will certainly attack the superpowers.
2) Developed nations — Their characteristic is that they do things very slowly and precisely.
3) Underdeveloped nations — They have many wounds but do not show them outwardly. They are tremendously slow.
4) Refugees — They are in tremendous difficulty.
5) War-torn nations — There are nations that have suffered war, and that pain is beyond words.

3.

Hell, Background
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Ephesians 2:2, Ephesians 6:12
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Satan — 12 strategies
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The world’s nations (John 8:44)

▷ Looking at the world’s nations, John 8:44 says “your father the devil.” It is inevitable that people become sick. Invisibly, Satan is using 12 strategies to kill people. He thoroughly entraps humanity in the snares of Genesis chapters 3, 6, and 11, creates many idols and religions to lock people into those frameworks, and binds unbelievers with 6 types of snares. Furthermore, Satan seizes the power of the air and attacks with the evil spirits in the heavens. What is even more terrifying is that Satan presses down using this hell background. Resolving this is missions.

▣ Main — God’s love, forgiveness (God’s standard)

▷ God desires to save and forgive all peoples with His love. God’s standard is different from ours. He calls us to unconditionally forgive and rescue those pitiful souls. There is only one condition for not falling into darkness, Satan, and disaster: to make people be rescued through faith in Christ.

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240 million pounds — 1 million talents

That is equivalent to one million talents. Judea and Samaria’s combined annual budget is 600 talents. Galilee’s entire income is 300 talents. This person owed ten thousand talents, which is impossible to repay, so the master forgave the debt.

5 pounds — 100 denarii.

▷ We have been rescued by God’s grace from curses we could never resolve on our own. So why can we not forgive other people? Jesus said, “Forgive seventy times seven.” God has rescued us who were in a position of being cursed generation after generation.

1. World — Healing: God calls us to heal the entire world with forgiveness and love.

1) 3 curses — Christ completely ended the 3 curses, the hell background, Satan’s background, and disaster.
2) 3·9·3 — To be together with the power of the Triune God, the throne, and the power that revives the 3 ages.
3) Future generations — To pass this on to your future generations. At this mission conference, this must be found.

2. Satan — Nations (people): Those who have completely become children of Satan; heal these nations.

1) War — Superpowers continually wage war as Satan’s errand-runners and kill people mercilessly; we must pray for this dark power to be bound.
2) Slaves (237) — 237 nations are enslaved to this.
3) 5000 — (shamanism), the future generations of 5,000 tribes are completely seized by shamanism.

3. Errand-running — Israel: Heal Israel, which does errands for these nations. This is missions.

1) Slaves — Our future generations must not become slaves to these people.
2) Captives — Is it acceptable that Christians are held captive by these people?
3) Vassal state — During Jesus’ time, they were a vassal state.
4) Wanderers — More importantly, our future generations will be scattered as a wandering people and die.

▷ To rescue them from this and instead commission them as missionaries is the mission conference. The Remnant and multiethnic peoples scattered throughout the world are to serve as missionaries.

▣ Conclusion

1. Platform (healing) — The platform is coming. Come out and hold onto the real thing.
2. Bartizan (light) — Then light will continually shine on work and church, and that is the bartizan.
3. Antenna (message) — Then God will give words and messages to the church and to work, and that is the antenna.

▷ If you enjoy this answer of healing and pray, a platform is formed; when light shines on that platform, it becomes a bartizan; and the message coming down from above is what is heard — that is the antenna.

Transcript

24, Healing, Power, [Acts 1:3, 8, 14 | 2:1-47]

We are now conducting the mission conference together between the headquarters and the churches. Each church is now taking responsibility for inviting and guiding guests. It is much better this way. Of course it may be difficult for smaller churches, but a typical missionary can be hosted by all of them. From now on, try praying continuously on just one theme. You do not need to worry about anything else. Continue your 24 prayers holding onto just one thing. At this time, tremendous healing will occur within you personally. And great power will arise. It is worth trying this experience. Where is an example of this? On Mt Olive, Jesus explained the work of the kingdom of God for 40 days. And He made a promise. Just imagine that scene. He said, “You will receive power.” Holding onto that covenant and coming to prayer, the answers came. If you continue to experience these things, you will come to know what the Word and prayer truly are.

“The Foundation of Healing”

The reason is that what we now call world missions is healing. What is the foundation of this healing? We need to know this today and begin to pray. First, I mentioned this to the Tychicus team, but when you continue to pray holding onto missions, several answers come.

▣ Introduction — Darkness, Satan, Disaster

1. Answers

So, I continued in prayer on this, and:

1) Acts 2:9-11
The doors of 15 nations opened like this. This kind of answer comes suddenly.

Acts 8:4-8
And this person is seized — the door of missions, those we thought were enemies — the door to Samaria began to open, and answers like this began to come.

Acts 8:26-40
God opened the door to meeting the multiethnic peoples who are present.

Acts 11:19
Now your answers and your church do not just end there — just as with the church of Antioch, the church that receives such answers was born. The answers come in advance.

Acts 13:1-4
Whenever you do evangelism or missions, this answer of Acts chapter 13, verses 1 through 4 comes first. Most people who struggle with evangelism go out without this preparation.

Acts 16:6-10
A great turning point appears in my blocked life.

Acts 19:1-7
Finally, answers come even before the Tyrannus movement arises. You are praying continuously about missions, about the building of our sanctuary, and the answers must come in advance like this.

2) 237, Healing, Summit
From this point, how much answer comes? Answers come sufficient to heal 237 nations and find the Remnant.

3) 70 disciples, 70 fields, 70 tribes, 70 nations
There is another answer that does not fail to appear in Scripture. Answers come sufficient to influence all the work and everything in your area — enough to reach the 70 disciples. Just keep praying on one thing.

I myself do not pray other prayers, since I am busy. I only pray the 3·9·3 and world evangelization continuously.

Then one day 70 fields come alive. Through these people, connections go out to the whole world. Seeing that is what we mean by 70 tribes and 70 nations.

Because this is the answer you will receive, wait for it, hold onto the covenant, and continue to pray.

2. Healing (hidden wounds)

As you are doing missions, something you need to keep in your heart — something you must do at this mission conference — is the healing you need to hold in your heart.

1) Superpowers
There are people who come from superpowers. These people, without even knowing it, think they are great nations, like Egypt or Rome today. Like Russia right now, the superpowers are completely seized by Satan and do not know they are running his errands. This must be told to them. Only those who are spiritually awakened in the Word know this — the forces of darkness will certainly attack the superpowers.

2) Developed nations
People from developed nations will also come. We Koreans need to remember this. The characteristic of developed nations is not that they are slow — they are deliberate. Korean people have very few examples of success in missions or overseas ministry. That is because Koreans are in a hurry. Developed nations are not in a hurry. It is not that they are slow — they are deliberate. Extremely deliberate and precise. That is why Korean people cannot do missions in Japan. Japanese people work deliberately. They come home from developed nations with their bags repacked. Because developed nations work deliberately, and Koreans are impatient. Koreans eat hard candy by biting it instead of letting it dissolve, that kind of thing. Hurry hurry, whatever the case. Even foreigners know about “hurry hurry.” At this mission conference, we need to understand these things.

3) Underdeveloped nations
And people from underdeveloped nations have many wounds. They do not show them. You need to know this and help them. People from underdeveloped nations are not just deliberate — they are truly slow. Being late is a common thing for them, unlike Koreans. There is no receipt, that kind of thing is the norm. You need to bear with it. Underdeveloped nations are tremendously slow. Some people make an appointment and then show up hours later, things like that.

4) Refugees
On top of all this, there are refugees now. How difficult must that be?

5) War
I do not know whether people from war-torn nations will be coming to our mission conference or not. But there are nations that have suffered war. How hard must that be? You might think so from just watching the news, but when war actually breaks out, the suffering is truly beyond words. We lived like beggars for decades. That is how difficult it is.

At a time like this, you are holding a mission conference.

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Now, as you hold this mission conference and pray for these people, what is the most important thing to keep in your heart? You absolutely must keep this in your heart.

[The world’s nations (John 8:44)]

Jesus said this in Scripture. No one understands the world’s nations. John chapter 8, verse 44 says “your father the devil.” It is inevitable that people become sick. But they do not even know why they are suffering. Only you know this. You probably know it vaguely. You may not have experienced it personally. You need to experience this (the introduction).

Every person has hidden wounds. At this mission conference, these people need to come to our church and have their wounds healed and receive strength. That is what the schedule must accomplish.

The more important third point is this: what was shared (introduction point 1) is the answer you will receive, and eventually the answer those people will also receive — but first, it works like this (introduction point 2). When it comes to evangelism and missions, if you truly understand it, just thinking about it brings answers. From the time I was young I observed this, but very few people truly understand evangelism and missions. That is because they do not truly understand the gospel. Why does hardship come? Because it works like this (the world’s nations — John 8:44). “Why are there so many mentally ill people in developed nations?” It works like this (the world’s nations — John 8:44). Nobody teaches this. Japanese people would be offended to hear it. Japan is a developed nation. There are many mentally ill people there. Because it works like this (the world’s nations — John 8:44). This is not my word — it is what Jesus said. “Your father the devil.”

[Satan — 12 strategies]
So what happens? This is not without reason. There are other levels above. Invisibly, Satan is using exactly 12 strategies to kill people — that is what this means. You will not find this in any book in the world. It is only in the Bible. I am convinced that the Bible is the Word of God. There is no book that talks about Satan’s strategies. Right? None. He thoroughly entraps humanity in the snares of Genesis chapters 3, 6, and 11. That is how he creates many idols and religions and locks people tightly into those frameworks. Then he binds unbelievers with exactly 6 types of snares and makes it come out like this ([Satan — 12 strategies] → [the world’s nations (John 8:44)]). Just understand this. It does not end there.

[Ephesians 2:2, Ephesians 6:12]
This Satan seizes the power of the air. Ephesians chapter 6, verse 12, “the evil spirits in the heavens” — he attacks with these. That is why when people do shamanic rituals, there is an immediate effect. That leads to ruin, right? And when you practice asceticism, power appears — they say. That leads to ruin, right?

[Hell background]
What is even more terrifying? Satan completely presses down using this hell background. Resolving this is missions.

▣ Main — God’s love, forgiveness (God’s standard)

Now, today, how do we heal these people? What is the best method of healing? With God’s love. God desires to save all the peoples of the world and to forgive them. We must work with this.

Now, out of nowhere today, Peter comes and asks a question. “How many times do I have to forgive?” he asked. That already tells us he knows he must forgive. “Is seven times enough?” he said. He is not testing Jesus — he is asking while already knowing. Jesus said, “Not just seven, but seventy times seven.” What does that mean? The question Peter is asking is based on his own standard.

God’s standard is different from ours. He desires to unconditionally forgive and rescue those pitiful souls. Why? Because God knows. He knows what darkness is, what Satan is. So that they will not fall into this disaster — unconditionally — there is only one condition: to make them be rescued through faith in Christ. If you cannot understand this, it is a serious matter. That is the reason the global church does not work. It is a serious matter. We keep looking through our own eyes. God desires to forgive you. Right? Therefore He wants you not to be trapped in a curse.

When a child falls into water, what does someone who truly wants to rescue them do? They dive in or throw a rope. Because if the child stays there, they will die. Someone who is not in that mindset keeps analyzing the situation. “Why did you fall in?” Does it help to interrogate the child who fell in? Because humans do not understand this (darkness, Satan, disaster), God begins to rescue unconditionally through Christ. This must be communicated.

Jewish people do not understand what it means to be saved through faith because they do not understand this (darkness, Satan, disaster). Jewish people were like that. Religion, not understanding this, thinks that performing many disciplines will work. It may seem like it is working, but it is actually more dangerous. That is why Peter asked, “Is it enough to forgive seventy times, seven times?” And Jesus said, “Do it seventy times seven.” That is when Jesus told this story.

[240 million pounds | 5 pounds]

A certain man owed ten thousand talents. Now, simply speaking, do you know how much ten thousand talents is?

You need to know this too, right? Ten thousand talents. It is roughly 240 million pounds. To put it simply, the combined annual budget of all of Judea and Samaria is 600 talents. Judea and Samaria are large regions, right? Their annual budget is 600 talents — and yet this person owed ten thousand talents. Galilee is quite large too, right? Galilee’s entire income is 300 talents. Total income. So how much is ten thousand talents? What do you think the entire annual budget of Gyeonggi Province is? This is even more than that. In plain terms, ten thousand talents is 240 million pounds. It cannot be repaid.

So the master — the king — looked at this and said, “There is no way you can ever repay this, so there is nothing to do. I will cancel it. From now on, pull yourself together and live well.” Because he cannot repay it. How wonderful that must feel. And then, as you know, he went out and found a fellow servant who owed him 100 denarii. His own fellow servant. What should he have done? “Hey, today is a great day for me. You do not have to pay me back.” That is what should have happened, right? Instead, he grabbed him by the collar and shook him violently. One of the king’s servants witnessed this. How could he act like this? He told the king. The king said, “Is that right? You! Stay in prison until you pay back every last coin.” 100 denarii is 5 pounds. That is what the math works out to. A person who was forgiven 240 million pounds cannot forgive someone who owes 5 pounds — that is what this is saying.

What does this mean? We have been rescued from a curse we could never resolve on our own — by God’s grace. So why can we not forgive other people? That is the point. Jesus said, “Seven times? No, seventy times seven.” And then He told this story ([240 million pounds, 5 pounds]). We who were in a position destined to be cursed generation after generation — God has rescued us. That is what this means.

1. World — Healing
First. God calls us to heal the entire world with forgiveness and love.

2. Satan — Nations (people)
More importantly, those who have completely become children of Satan — these nations — heal them.

3. Errand-running — Israel
And even more remarkable: Israel, which does errands for these nations — heal them. This is missions.

1. World — Healing

1) 3 curses
Christ resolved the 3 curses. It is an enormous concept. Believe it and wait. He completely ended the 3 curses — this hell background, Satan’s background, all disaster.

2) 3, 9, 3
It does not end there. Having ended it, the Triune God will now be with us with His power. Just try praying. He will be with us with the power of the throne. He will be with us with the power to revive the 3 ages.

3) Future generations
He will not simply end it there — He will pass it on to your future generations. How thankful is that? I only pray this prayer. That is why I am at peace. And answers keep coming. Our entire Immanuel family — all the families in the prayer cells — need to find this at this mission conference.

2. Satan — Nations (people)

1) War
Look at the superpowers. What are they doing right now? They are completely doing Satan’s errands — continuous war. We must pray for this to cease. We must pray for the dark power that is inside them, causing them to continually wage war and kill people mercilessly, to be bound. Superpowers operate like this.

2) Slaves (237)
237 nations are enslaved to this, right? All 237 nations. And what happens to them?

3) 5000 — (shamanism)
The future generations of 5,000 tribes are completely seized by shamanism. This is the state of the world. You are living comfortably now because our elders’ generation worked hard and Korea developed. But if you go to the 5,000 tribes, you will be shocked. I cannot say everything about other countries, but I visited the back alleys of the Philippines — not downtown. “Wow, seriously.” You should not go there. That is how bad it is. And then there is Brazil, right? I preached there and stayed at a hotel near the city center, and the next day since I was near downtown I just went for a stroll by myself — right next to the hotel — but I went down a side alley a bit, and these thugs started following me. Children and women would be in real danger. It is utterly terrible.

3. Errand-running — Israel

1) Slaves
What is more urgent right now is that our future generations must not become slaves to these people.

2) Captives
Is it acceptable that Christians are held captive by these people?

3) Vassal state
Right now it is like being a vassal state. Just like in Jesus’ time. Does that make sense?

4) Wanderers
More importantly, our future generations will be scattered as wandering peoples and die.

The mission conference is about rescuing them from this and instead commissioning them as missionaries. The Remnant and multiethnic peoples scattered throughout the world are to serve as missionaries. It is not frightening. This alone is what needs to be done.

▣ Conclusion

If you continue this prayer from now on, the very first thing is that answers will come to your work around you. When you see that, what do you call it?

1. Platform (healing)
It is a platform. It is coming. Pray to find it at this conference. That is why today’s first service is important. Come out of it. Get out. Then answers come immediately. People with some spiritual issues — when I try to help them, they cannot get out. Even now there is one person continuously sending me text messages — I am trying to help this person — but they keep saying the same things over and over and cannot get out. I tell them, “Wait.” But they cannot wait, because they are someone who needs help. You will certainly receive this answer. It is not difficult. How did I get out? I attended church from a young age. I decided, “I will absolutely not be stumbled by the church.” I resolved, “Everything is a mission I must pray for.” From that point, the platform was formed. “The church exists to evangelize. I will train in evangelism. The church is not poor. If we receive God’s grace, we can overcome material limitations. Why are our forebears always sick?” I prayed. Those three things became the weaknesses that formed my platform. In some kind of judgment, everyone in my household was sick. And then I prayed, and the platform formed. And I served as an associate pastor at various churches. Throughout, up until coming here — never being swept away by human voices, always respecting people — you must never fall into that. You must come out. You must make your exodus. That is today’s first service. Come out and hold onto the real thing.

2. Bartizan (light)
Then light will continually shine on your work, on our church, on these places. What do you call that? The bartizan. Since it is a guarding bartizan, there must be a light, right? When light shines on your work, people come in from the darkness. Even if there are some complaints about the church, bear with it. Right here at our church, we need to make a bartizan and a platform so that many teams will come. Even if it is a bit inconvenient, please understand. Many people need to come here. It is not every Sunday — so that many people can use this place on weekdays — build it as a platform for Korea, and build Korea’s watch-bartizan.

3. Antenna (message)
Then God will give words and messages to our church and to your work. Right? He will give messages — that is what this means. We call that the antenna. That is certain.

If you are enjoying this answer of healing and praying, a platform forms. How thankful and grace-filled is that? If you are praying, light shines on that platform. Then it becomes a bartizan. How simple is that? Even someone like me can do it. Then the message coming down from above will be heard. What is that called? That is the antenna.

Looking at the workers here at Immanuel Seoul Church throughout my time here, they are remarkable. You have received much grace, and now you just need to grab hold of this one real blessing. The church that heals 237 nations and the multiethnic 5,000 tribes. Hold onto it tightly. This week, hold onto just this message and continue to pray. Healing and answers will come to you — these three (from the conclusion) will certainly come. I bless you in the Lord’s name to be witnesses. Let us pray.

Prayer. Thank You, Lord. Please let us come out from unbelief and darkness so that we do not miss this. Now let us have a waiting that holds onto and enjoys the things of the throne. So let us stand as a true platform that shines light, and as a bartizan and an antenna. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.