Category: Evening Altar

Praise — “My Savior’s Love”

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 — “Life Movement Beyond Life” (Matthew 14:13-21)
Transcript…Video

Prayer — 7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

Sunday 2nd Service / Lay Missionary Dedication Service
Title/Scripture: The Promise of the Throne That No One Can Take Away (Matthew 13:10-16)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Gwang-su
Date/Location: March 13, 2022, Immanuel Seoul Church

Matthew 13:10-16

10 The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
12 Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.
13 This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.”

Summary

▷ This is a day to pray for missions to the whole world. In particular, today one young adult from India is being commissioned as a lay missionary. When you go, there will be many problems. Do not think it is difficult or hard. Do not think about receiving help either. When you go, the world may seem big. Do not be envious. Those people have no power at all. However, do not take them too lightly either. They are all filled with darkness. To us now, and also to our young evangelist being commissioned, God has promised the things of the throne that no one can take away.

Only, Uniqueness, Re-creation
0th Priority

▷ This promise of the throne is 0th priority because it is about seeking only, uniqueness, and re-creation. You seek and wait for it, and when it comes, you go. Because it is 0th priority, there is no competition.

▣ Introduction

1. Background – The background of the current Scripture passage is Matthew chapter 13. The reason Jesus said “I explained it in parables so that you would understand, and also explained it in parables so that others would not understand” is because if people understand it falsely, anyone would come and try to do it.
1) Trinity – The background is that the Triune God is together with us in a way completely invisible to the eye. There is no reason to fear. Simply wait with only, uniqueness, and re-creation.
2) 9 things – The answer that shines the light of the throne that transcends time and space, and the light of 237, is within me, within my soul, within my life, so an unprecedented answer comes.
3) Era 3 – It is set up so that eras 24, 25, and eternity will be saved.

2. Secret 10 – You survive anywhere and see God’s work anywhere. The answer is on a different side, and wherever you go, people come alive. Even when you enter into a crisis, God’s work happens. The blessing of re-creation rises up so there is no need to fight. God sends us to the wilderness as slaves. Because God has an absolute plan, it cannot fail.

3. Foothold 10 – All of our sovereignty, whether things succeed or fail, is in God’s hands. God’s method is only Christ. God’s power is only the work of the Holy Spirit. The evidence of the promise God gave us is only the Bible. The foundation of every answer is God working in me and in the place where I am. Because God knows all of my life, there is nothing to fear. At some point, we must go to the kingdom of heaven. The afterlife clearly exists. Therefore, in this evangelism, not even a cup of cold water will lose its reward. These are the 10 footholds. Just keep having them.

▣ Main

1. The answer of the Word and the throne – no one can take it away.
▷ In Matthew 13:1-9, 18-33, 37-43, Jesus continues to speak the parable of the sower. Seeds that fall on rocky ground, on the path, or among thorns will naturally die. But do not worry. Because the seed that falls on good soil will bear fruit dozens and tens of thousands of times over.
1) The accurate gospel (good soil) – If you have the accurate gospel, you will bear fruit like a seed that falls on good soil. When you have the accurate gospel and share it, works happen.
2) The reason for not understanding – Verses 18-24 explain the reason for not understanding. “What fell on the path was taken by the devil, and the soul that dies because it has no root is the one that cannot endure persecution and falls, and what falls among thorns dies because it is seized by worldly worries.”
3) Weeds – Weeds appear in verses 37-43. In the church and in the field, there are weeds. Among the workers in the church, among the ministers, among the church leaders, there are also weeds. But do not worry about it. The weeds need to be there so that later, when the grain is harvested and made into rice, there is something to burn as fuel.

2. Value – how much value does it have?
1) The hidden treasure – In verse 44 it talks about value: “There is something like a hidden treasure that you survive on your whole life buried in your field.”
2) The most precious pearl – In verses 45-46: “Though it looks like a traveling merchant, he has the most precious pearl.” This is what it means to have the gospel.
3) Fish – The parable of the fish is given. When a fisherman catches fish, he throws away the ones he does not need. So later, what gets gathered into this treasure, this storehouse, is what is meant.

3. Hidden things
1) Mustard seed – Like a mustard seed, it looks like just a dot, but it has life and grows large.
2) Yeast – Jesus explains: “Though yeast cannot be seen, it gets into the flour and spreads throughout the whole thing. The gospel is like that.”
3) Grain – Weeds. “Do not pull out the weeds now. If you pull them, the grain could get pulled out too. Just leave them.” That is it. When you harvest later, the grain goes to the storehouse and the weeds go to be burned as fuel. Jesus gave an incredibly powerful message.

▷ By the grace of God, we receive blessings, share the gospel, and live.

▣ Conclusion – Prayer

1. Set-time prayer – At least once a day, enter into a very deep set-time prayer.
2. 24 prayer – For the rest, pray with 24. Do this prayer for every field.
3. 25 – Then 25 will surely come. This is the blessing of the throne.

Eternity → Then the work we have done becomes eternal. Starting from now, as you begin to enjoy it through prayer, if we are able to pray for God’s kingdom and the power of the throne to come upon our work, works will surely happen and world evangelism will take place.

Transcript

This is a day for all of us to do missions, to pray. In particular, today one of our young adults from India is being commissioned as a lay missionary as well. When you go, there will be many problems like this. Do not think it is difficult. Do not think things like “this is hard” either. If there is no one to help you, do not think “I need to receive help” either.

When I see people who have worked very hard, I do not really say “you have worked hard.” People with less discernment can get offended by that too. Why? Because why did you work hard? You received grace. Right? The fact that we are doing this kind of work — this is receiving grace.

When you go out and see the world, it may seem big. Do not be envious. Those people have no power at all. But also do not take them too lightly. Because they are all filled with darkness, you must not take them lightly.

The Promise of the Throne

To you now, and also to our young evangelist being commissioned, God has made this promise. He has promised the things of the throne that no one can take away. So always keep that in mind.

[Only, Uniqueness, Re-creation]
[0th Priority]

This promise of the throne is 0th priority because it is about seeking this (only, uniqueness, re-creation).

A certain Remnant sent me a message saying, “Hmm… what should I do?” I told that Remnant, “Do nothing.” We keep thinking of the methods of worldly people — the people of the world who keep failing to do the Lord’s work. That will end up not working out in the end.

So those of you being commissioned, those of you doing world missions, keep this in mind. There is nothing to worry about. You seek and wait for this (only, uniqueness, re-creation, 0th priority). When it comes, then you go. Why? Because there is no competition in this, everyone. All over the world, this is 0th priority, right?

▣ Introduction

1. Background

Why is that? The background of the current Scripture passage is Matthew chapter 13, you know? Look carefully. Jesus said this: “I explained it in parables so that you would understand. And I also explained it in parables so that others would not understand.” That is an extremely important statement. “Hmm… because I am doing the Lord’s work, blessings keep coming.” If people understand it falsely like that, then anyone would come and try to do it, right?

1) Trinity

Look at this background. The Triune God is together with us in a way completely invisible to the eye. This is the background. There is no reason to fear. If the answer does not come, just wait. And how do you wait? Wait very gracefully with only, uniqueness, and re-creation.

So when we Koreans go out, we are too low-level and so we cannot evangelize developed nations. Look right now, those people who came from Japan, people from Spain — look at those kinds of people. Those people are from developed nations. There is none of this business of just chasing after profit like that. So they are already different.

So the reason Korea cannot do world evangelism is that we have everything and yet cannot do it — our level is too low. And we are in too much of a hurry. The more developed a nation is, the slower they go. We need to realize that going slowly is actually going faster. No matter how frustrating it is, this Triune God is working in ways invisible to the eye.

2) 9 things

And what else? The answer that shines the light of the throne that transcends time and space, and 237, is within us. This is within me, within my soul, within my life. So an unprecedented answer comes to me.

3) Era 3

And then, it is set up so that eras 24, 25, and eternity will surely be saved.

This is the background. There is absolutely nothing to worry about. You just enjoy this through prayer while studying. Of course the answer comes.

As for what mistake I made — when I was starting out at the evangelism field, a lot of works were going to happen, and I should have been a bit more humble, but I did not think of that. What that means is that around the churches in Busan too, there were many people, and other churches would feel bad about it. I should have known that. I did not know. Because works would clearly happen, when the works happened, other people were going to be envious and jealous. That is something you need to already know ahead of time, right?

2. Secret 10

The 10 secrets — you would know them even without me telling you all of them now. Survive anywhere. Right? You see God’s work anywhere. The answer is on a different side. So wherever you go, people come alive. What are they going to say? Everywhere you go, you entered into a crisis, but God’s work happens, the blessing of re-creation happens. So there is no need to fight. That is how it turns out. Those are the 10 secrets. God sends us to the wilderness, sends us as slaves, I mean. God has an absolute plan. 10 things. So it cannot fail.

3. Foothold 10

The 10 footholds. Whether all of our things succeed or fail, sovereignty is in God’s hands. That is the first one. God’s method is only one — it is Christ. God’s power is also only one — it is the work of the Holy Spirit. The evidence of the promise God gave us is also only one — it is the Bible. The foundation of every answer is God working in me. He works in the place where I am. Right? And because God knows all of my life, there is nothing to fear. At some point, we will all have to go to the kingdom of heaven. Right? The afterlife clearly exists. If so, then this evangelism will not lose its reward, not even for a cup of cold water. The 10 footholds. You just take these and go. Keep having them at all times. Whatever anyone says, whatever problem comes up, just find the answer to the problem and wait.

▣ Main

1. The answer of the Word and the throne

Matthew 13:1-9, 13:18-33, 13:37-43

Now, Jesus today — we have not all read it, but in verses 1 through 9 he spoke the parable of the sower. And then in verses 18 through 33 he explains it again. If you look at all of chapter 13 of the Bible — it does not end there. In verses 37 through 43 he explains it again. What does that mean?

1) The accurate gospel (good soil)

Seeds that fall on rocky ground, seeds that fall on the path — of course they will die, because birds come and carry them away. Seeds that fall among thorns — they will die too. Seeds that fall on rocky ground cannot take root even if they stay alive. So what does that mean?

“Don’t worry.” That is what it means. Seeds that fall on good soil will bear fruit dozens and tens of thousands of times over. That is what it means. Those of you doing world missions and lay missions have a lot of work to do — but that is not it. When you have the accurate gospel and share it, works happen.

Did I not tell you before? A Korean missionary went to the Philippines and did enormous, great work. He handed it over to a successor, a Filipino person. At that time, the Filipino pastor who took it over gave a speech like this: “Our missionary who is now retiring and going back to Korea is an amazing person. How amazing a person he is to have built so many buildings and created so much property.” At that moment this missionary thought, “Oh, I have failed.” With the accurate gospel, living seeds falling on the ground will come up. Only one seed was planted, but how many come up? If you plant one pumpkin or watermelon, how many come up? How many pumpkins does it bear? That is what it means.

2) The reason for not understanding

And then I will say it again. In verses 18 through 23. Even without my saying so you probably know, but I will say the reason for not understanding again. “What fell on the path — that was taken by the devil, taken away. And the soul that dies because it has no root — that is the one that cannot endure persecution and falls. What falls among thorns dies, right? That is the one seized by worldly worries.”

3) Weeds

Verses 37 through 43 explain again. This time what comes up? Weeds. “Don’t worry about it.” That is the message. The church also has weeds. And when you go to the field, there is fruit but there are also weeds. Well yes, within the workers of the church, among the ministers, among the church leaders, there are weeds too. Right? “Don’t worry about it.” That is the message. Those need to be there so that later when you cook rice with the grain, there is something to burn as fuel. Right? “Don’t worry about it.”

2. Value

How much value does it have?

1) The hidden treasure

Verse 44. “Something like a hidden treasure that you survive on your whole life is buried in your field.” It spoke of value.

2) The most precious pearl

Verses 45 and 46: “Though it looks like a traveling merchant, he has the most precious pearl. This is what it means to have the gospel.” That is what it means.

3) Fish

The parable of the fish was given. When a fisherman catches fish, he throws away the ones he does not need. That is it. So later, what gets gathered into this treasure, this storehouse — that is what is meant.

3. Hidden things

Things of value that no one can take away, and things that are hidden. What does it say?

1) Mustard seed

“Like a mustard seed — though it looks like just a dot — there is life in it, and it grows large.”

2) Yeast

Jesus explains now. “Though yeast cannot be seen, it gets into the flour and spreads throughout the whole thing. The gospel is like that.”

3) Grain – Weeds

The grain and weeds parable — let’s go over it one more time. “Do not pull out the weeds now. If you pull them, even the grain could get pulled out. Just leave them.” That is it. When you harvest later, the grain goes to the storehouse and the weeds go to be burned as fuel. Jesus gave an incredibly powerful message.

So I — you all have so many problems but I do not. People say they worked very hard but I have done nothing. When I see people like that I find it a bit strange, why did they work so hard? We did not. God blessed us. If God did not bless us and instead took everything away, could we do it? If God gave us sickness, could we live our lives? We cannot. By God’s grace we receive blessings, share the gospel, and live.

▣ Conclusion – Prayer

So how do you enjoy this blessing? How do you go to 0th priority? Pray. If you truly want to study, you would go up the mountain to pray and go out to the fields to pray — and you cannot do that.

1. Set-time prayer

At least once a day, enter into a very deep set-time prayer. Think about the Word once through, going like this.

2. 24 prayer

For the rest, pray with 24. For the rest — just every field, prayer.

3. 25

Then this (25) will surely come. This (25) comes. This (25) is the blessing of the throne.

[Eternity]

Then the work we have done becomes eternal. No doubt about it. Starting from now, as you begin to enjoy it through prayer. If you are able to pray for God’s kingdom and the power of the throne to come upon your work, works will surely happen. World evangelism will take place. Just look at this (the conclusion) and do it this way. When you go straight to the field, right away there may be difficulties, but it is alright.

There is one very peculiar church somewhere, in Busan. I was put in charge of the middle and high school students there. There was nothing difficult about it. To give you a sense of the situation — there was an apartment in front of that church where a senior judge lived. His son was the president of our high school group. When I went to visit, the judge was a deacon, and he said this to me: “Hmm… Evangelist, please have our child not be the president.” That is what he said. “Ah, I understand what you mean,” I said. “When the kids come to church, they all get ruined.” That is what I said. As an evangelist. So this senior judge deacon was startled and said, “Evangelist, how did you know that?” “That is right. I will take responsibility for it,” I said. “I see,” he said.

From that point on, I went to the school every day, to see the kids. What else did I have to do — that is what I had to do. Back then there were no phones, you had to go in person. I did that — giving the kids encouragement, checking how much studying they knew how to do, and if they were lacking in something, getting someone to help them — that is what I was doing, just that. So the elders were really praising me, saying all kinds of things — what is there to praise about that, it was just the natural thing to do, as an evangelist.

Works started happening among the kids. Of course they did. Even if I had done something special — I did nothing. What amazing method or skill did I have? None. I have no particular specialty at all. Even so, all you need is to connect with the kids. Then if you go somewhere else, it will be the same — what am I going to do there? Only, uniqueness, re-creation.

Those of you doing missions, and our young missionary going to India — hold tightly to the covenant and I bless you to enjoy the highest answers, in the name of the Lord Jesus. Let us pray.

Prayer. Thank you, God. Through the covenant that we naturally receive, let me live and let the field live. Please bless our congregation’s finances sufficiently to do world evangelism. When we dedicate ourselves for the church, please open the door of the throne. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

 

Praise — “Father, I Adore You”

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 Promise of the Throne Nobody Can Take Away” (Matthew 13:10-16)
Transcript…Video

Prayer — 7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

Sunday 1st Service
Title/Scripture: The Kingdom of God (Matthew 12:22-29)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Gwang-su
Date/Location: March 13, 2022, Immanuel Seoul Church

Matthew 12:22-29

22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see.
23 All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”
25 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
29 Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.”

Summary

▣ Introduction

1. No matter what worry you have, if you enjoy the answer called ‘the kingdom of God,’ it will be resolved.
1) Crosby – Though he became blind, he held on to the covenant of Christ and prayed, and received an answer no one else could receive.
2) The early church – When they were in crisis they prayed, and at that moment God took away King Herod.
3) The evangelist’s confession – From the time he came to understand what prayer was, answers began to come. While going to the Anchang Village entrusted to him by the church, he discovered the reason and content for lifelong evangelism (confirmed 6 conditions of unbelievers).

2. The reason for the kingdom of God – the reality of the field
1) America – There are many mentally ill people on the streets and much drug use. Children have spiritual problems but people don’t know it.
2) Criminals, depression patients – There are many who commit crimes without even knowing it, and many depression patients.
3) Japan – There are far too many people with mental problems and with no one to help them, they commit suicide.
4) Korea – There are 300,000 shamans in Korea alone.

3. Jesus healing the demon-possessed man who was blind and mute (verses 22-29)
1) The Pharisees said Jesus was the king of demons. The crowds were amazed and asked whether he was the Son of David (verses 23-24). This Pharisee-type church cannot save the world.
2) “If a demon-possessed man drives out demons, is it not demons fighting among themselves? Can you carry off possessions from a house without first tying up the strong man? If the Holy Spirit comes and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come.” (verses 25-29) This is what Jesus said.
3) “If you cannot understand this, you have nothing to do with God (me). Therefore the greatest sin is not knowing God and blaspheming the Holy Spirit.” (verses 30-32) He spoke of the essence of sin.
4) “They cleaned the house to drive out demons, but later seven demons came in and it became worse.” (verses 43-45) Because the people of the world have no answer, if they do shamanic rituals and fortune-telling and struggle like that, it becomes worse and worse.

▣ Main – The Kingdom of God

Today, as you hold on to the covenant of the kingdom of God during the worship service and prayer time, the answer follows after. If you are too sorrowful and frustrated, you will not collapse immediately, but if you remain in that state you will surely face ruin. That is why it says “Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in all circumstances.”

1. The moment you meet Jesus Christ, the kingdom of God comes.
1) The moment you hold the covenant of Christ and experience Christ, the work of the Triune God begins to happen.
2) When the work of the Triune God happens, the blessing of the throne comes upon you.
3) When the kingdom of God comes, fundamental healing takes place.

2. When you hold on to the word that Christ gives and pray, “When the Holy Spirit works and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come.”
1) This person is finished the moment they meet Christ.
2) When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, this darkness is completely bound.
3) Then the spiritual sickness disappears.

3. When you accurately and firmly hold on to the covenant word that Christ gave and begin to pray, works happen.
▷ Works happen even before you go anywhere. This is the kingdom of God. Satan is brought completely to his knees.

1) Moses (Exodus 14:10-20) – Moses, who held firmly to the word God gave him and went before the Red Sea, said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and see the salvation the Lord will perform for you today.” When holding the covenant and going forward, “the angel of the Lord went before Moses, and the angel of the Lord went behind Moses” (Exodus 14:19). This is the kingdom of God.

2) David (Psalms 103:20-22)
(1) “You mighty angels who carry out his word, praise the Lord.” – That is why you hold the word accurately. And then pray.
(2) “You heavenly armies who do his will” – This is the reason you worship. When you hold on to God’s word and will, God sends his heavenly armies.
(3) “You who are in all places where the Lord reigns (heavenly armies, angels), praise the Lord.”

3) King Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:35) – He notified Assyria that he would not pay taxes, and 185,000 Assyrian soldiers came against Israel. King Hezekiah went into the temple, faced the wall, and prayed through the night. The night that King Hezekiah prayed, God sent his angel and simultaneously took away all 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. Looking at that, we call it ‘the kingdom of God.’

4) The early church (Acts 12:1-23) – The church leaders who had seized and killed the apostles and taken Peter prisoner gathered that very night and prayed through the night. That night, “an angel of the Lord struck him, and Herod was eaten by worms and died.” (Acts 12:23)

▣ Conclusion – Hold the covenant, pray enjoying the kingdom of God coming upon you.

1. Prayer is traveling to the throne.
2. Prayer is moving the spiritual world.
3. God’s answer
1) He opens the door of world evangelism. – I prayed that the kingdom of God would come upon me and that I would be able to share it, and God opened the doors of the world. You must believe.
2) The moment you hold the covenant and pray, God sends his army to your places of work.
▷ Do not give up. Keep praying until God’s work happens in me.
3) If you keep worrying and being anxious, darkness will surely come later. If you are holding the covenant and praying to enjoy the kingdom of God, works will surely happen.

Transcript

▣ Introduction

1. No matter what worry you have, if you enjoy the answer called ‘the kingdom of God,’ it will be resolved.

1) Crosby
There was a person called Crosby who as a child received eye drops from a quack doctor and became blind. From that time on, he held on to the covenant of Christ and prayed. And yet Crosby received an answer that no one else could receive. Looking at that, we call it ‘the kingdom of God.’ No matter what worry you have, it is alright. If you enjoy this answer called ‘the kingdom of God,’ it is set up so that it will be resolved. Today, while you are worshipping, God is answering at your field.

2) The early church
The early church was facing a tremendous crisis and was praying. At that moment, God took King Herod away. The Bible records, “An angel of the Lord struck him, and he was eaten by worms and died.”

3) The evangelist’s confession
Jesus spoke a very important word today. In the past, I actually couldn’t receive answers to prayer and didn’t even know what prayer was. Today, as Jesus said, I came to understand what prayer is. From that point on, answers began to come.

When I was an associate pastor, the church looked at me and said, “Take charge of this region.” It is still there now in Busan — a place called Anchang Village. Only shamans live there. And people with no homes come up and pitch tents and live there. It is a place where people with no power at all gather. The church was telling me to take charge of that region. I kept going up there. I saw something great. I also discovered the reason why I must evangelize for life. And I discovered the content too. There I confirmed six conditions of unbelievers. How astonishing it was. And that is when world evangelism began.

2. The reason for the kingdom of God – the reality of the field

1) America
Now, an evangelism movement is happening everywhere and the door of world evangelism has opened. So I went to America. When I went to America, there were so many mentally ill people on the streets. Beyond that, they do drugs like that. So many. So our Remnants, when they go abroad, must not walk alone at night. It is that dangerous.

Our interpreter, Esther, Pastor Park Seong-jin’s daughter is studying in America now and is doing well. She told her mom this: “When I grow up and get married and raise children, I will not raise them in America but in Korea.” That is what she said. She has now opened her spiritual eyes and is seeing the field. America — there are spiritual problems with all the children. People don’t know it.

2) Criminals, depression patients
You know there are many people who sin and go to prison. When I did evangelism in prison, that person told me that no matter how hard he tried not to do bad things, he couldn’t help himself. In Korea, about 30 percent of people receive medical help for depression. Well, statistics show about 17% but apparently in reality it is much more than that, far too many.

3) Japan
When I went to nearby Japan, on the streets there were people wandering around in mental distress, or singing, so many. They struggle and struggle and there is no one to help them so they commit suicide.

4) Korea
In Korea alone there are 300,000 shamans.

3. Jesus healing the demon-possessed man who was blind and mute (verses 22-29)

Today, Jesus healed a man who could not see, could not hear, and was demon-possessed. Now, wouldn’t a person with a demon-possessed illness act very strangely? So their eyes don’t see. Try to imagine it. ‘Cannot speak.’ Doesn’t this mean they cannot hear? They cannot hear what others say. So try imagining that scene. Making strange sounds, stammering, crying out loudly — that’s what it would have been like, right? Not knowing how to speak, they would have made all kinds of strange sounds. If that person were your child, what would you feel? Or someone in your family is like that, I mean. What would you do? This is what Jesus healed.

1) The Pharisees said Jesus was the king of demons. The crowds were amazed and said he must be the Son of David (verses 23-24).

Then these Pharisees, looking at Jesus, said something like, “That person must be the king of the demons.” “Otherwise how could he drive out demons like that?” That is what they said. Jesus gave his answer. And on the other side, someone said, “Oh!” — startled — “This person is truly the Son of David.” That kind of person was there too. Today’s text said that. They were startled, saying isn’t this the Son of David. It was all useless. Being surprised and then — gone. The Pharisees said Jesus was a demon-possessed man. This Pharisee-type church cannot save the world. As you know, there are many churches in America today, but they cannot save such people. Because today you must hold on to the word of God.

2) “If a demon-possessed man drives out demons, is it not demons fighting among themselves? Can you carry off the possessions of a house without first tying up the strong man? If the Holy Spirit comes and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come.” (verses 25-29)

Jesus answered simply like this. “If I am a demon-possessed person, and I drive out demons, isn’t it demons fighting among themselves? Does that make sense?” He said that. “Without tying up the strong man in your house” — he used the analogy of a robber. “Without tying up the strong man, can you take the possessions of that house? When the Holy Spirit comes and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come.” Jesus said that.

3) “If you cannot understand this, you have nothing to do with God (me). Therefore the greatest sin is not knowing God and blaspheming the Holy Spirit.” (verses 30-32)

So if you read through verses 29 and 30, “If you cannot understand this, you have nothing to do with me.” He said that. “You have nothing to do with God.” That is a frightening word. So, “Do you know what the greatest sin is? It is not knowing God and blaspheming the Holy Spirit.” That right there is the very essence of sin.

4) “They cleaned the house to drive out demons, but later seven demons came in and it became worse.” (verses 43-45)

And then he said this. To drive out demons, much cleansing and cleaning was done, and yet later seven demons came in. It became worse. Because the people of the world have no answer, if you do a shamanic ritual you then have to do a bigger one, right? If you do fortune-telling and all these different kinds of struggling, it becomes worse and worse and worse.

▣ Main – The Kingdom of God

Today as you hold on to this covenant, the word is ‘the kingdom of God.’ Now, when the kingdom of God comes, what happens? You must always remember this. Today during worship and prayer time you hold on to the covenant of the kingdom of God, but the answer follows after it. You must always remember this. Today, you are not going to collapse immediately even if you are very sorrowful and frustrated, right? But if you remain in that state, ruin will surely follow. That is why it says, “Rejoice. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in all circumstances.”

1. The moment you meet Jesus Christ, the kingdom of God comes.

This is the first point. The moment you meet Jesus Christ, the kingdom of God comes.

1) The moment you hold the covenant of Christ and experience Christ, the work of the Triune God begins to happen.
The moment you hold the covenant and experience Christ, the work of the Triune God — it is set up to happen.

2) When the work of the Triune God happens, the blessing of the throne comes upon you.
When the work of the Triune God happens, the blessing of the throne comes. That is the kingdom of God.

3) When the kingdom of God comes, fundamental healing takes place.
Jesus explained today. When the kingdom of God comes, fundamental healing takes place. Do not be discouraged. That is the first point. Because Christ comes with power and the kingdom of God comes, fundamental healing happens. Struggling around doesn’t do it. The root is healed.

Someone who was suffering mentally sent me a text message. “Pastor, I am struggling mentally — what can I do to get better?” they asked. I answered them simply like this. They will probably hear my message now. “Since you know that, if you pray, you will get better.” I said that. Because in the past I would not have said such a thing. I have no mental issues, but others were saying I was strange. Right? Everyone, there is nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to fear. “Oh, I have this kind of problem?” Start praying. Most people are lying, aren’t they? When the kingdom of God comes, you are fundamentally healed.

I told you before. There are so many people who suffer so spiritually. A girl who had just graduated from high school — her mind went strange. Her mother was lying. Saying that it started when the girl started going to church. “Really? Did it suddenly happen like that? Did it start when she started going to church?” That is what she was saying. I am good at checking things like that. When I checked with the school, she had been hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital twice in high school. They lie like that, you see? So I told the girl, “Don’t worry. Until when will you really keep praying? Until God’s power comes upon you and it disappears — that’s how long.” So I just wrote out the Bible passages related to that, right? It wasn’t because of me, was it? Works happened. The moment you experience Christ, the root disappears. Well, it would be complicated for us to heal that person, right? Jesus healed it simply.

2. When you hold on to the word that Christ gives and pray, “When the Holy Spirit works and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come.”

This is the second point. When you hold on to the word that Christ gives and pray — when the Holy Spirit works and Satan is bound, the kingdom of God has come. The moment you were saved, that was done and finished, in truth. Right?

1) This person is finished the moment they meet Christ.
This person is finished the moment they meet Christ. Jesus simply drove out that demon.

2) When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, this darkness is completely bound.
When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, this darkness is completely bound. That is the second point.

3) Then the spiritual sickness disappears.
The moment you experience Christ, as the root is healed, when the Holy Spirit truly comes and darkness is bound, this spiritual sickness disappears. You must always remember this.

3. When you accurately and firmly hold on to the covenant word that Christ gave and begin to pray, works happen.

This is the third and most important point. When you firmly hold on to the word, the covenant that Christ gave, and begin to pray, works happen completely. Try experiencing it. When you hold accurately on to the covenant word that Christ gave, works happen even before you go anywhere. This is the kingdom of God. There are earthly kingdoms, but the earthly kingdom and the kingdom of God are different. Satan is brought completely to his knees.

1) Moses (Exodus 14:10-20)
Moses came before the Red Sea leading the people of Israel, didn’t he. He didn’t just come on his own — God had told Moses to lead the people of Israel to the Red Sea. God had said he would let them cross. Holding firmly on to that word, he went before the Red Sea. The people of Israel were so fearful and complaining. Then Moses said this: “Our people of Israel, do not be afraid. See the salvation the Lord performs today. Stand still and see the salvation the Lord performs.” Do you know why? How could Moses speak so boldly? Because God had given him the word before. Holding that covenant and going forward, in Exodus chapter 14 verse 19, after crossing the Red Sea, “The angel of the Lord went before Moses, and the angel of the Lord went behind Moses.” This is the kingdom of God for you.

2) David (Psalms 103:20-22)
David, who received the most answers, said this.

(1) “You mighty angels who carry out his word, praise the Lord.”
“You mighty angels who carry out his word, praise the Lord.” They carry out the word. So you hold on to the word accurately. Hold on to that and try praying first.

(2) “You heavenly armies who do his will”
And what did David pray? “O Lord, you heavenly armies who do your will” — he said that. That is tremendous. The reason you worship is right there. When you hold on to God’s word and will, God sends his heavenly armies — he said that.

(3) “You who are in all places where the Lord reigns (heavenly armies, angels), praise the Lord.”
And what else did he say? “You who are in all places where the Lord reigns” — he said that. That means “you heavenly armies and angels, praise the Lord.”

3) King Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:35)
Everyone, what did King Hezekiah do the very moment he became king? He contacted Assyria. Assyria was a strange nation, but he contacted them. “Until now, our father paid tribute to your nation, but since I am newly made king, starting today I will not pay.” He said that. Isn’t that right? Why should Assyria collect taxes? “I will not send it” — that is what he declared. The Assyrian army, 185,000 soldiers, marched against Israel. King Hezekiah must have been dumbfounded. The Bible says, “King Hezekiah went into the temple and faced the wall.” Why look at a wall? Do you need to look only at people? “Facing the wall.” He prayed through the night. The Bible records it this way. “That night” — it says that. In 2 Kings chapter 19 verse 35 it says “that night.” “The night King Hezekiah was praying” — that is what it means. “At that very moment.” God sent his angel and simultaneously took away all 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. Everyone, what do you call that? The kingdom of God. I urge you to hold tightly on to this covenant today.

4) The early church (Acts 12:1-23)
The early church was falsely accused of heresy. The apostles were arrested and killed. Peter was taken away. That very night, the church leaders gathered and prayed through the night. The Bible records it this way. In Acts chapter 12 verse 25, “That night an angel of the Lord struck him, and King Herod was eaten by worms and died.” There was no need to send an army. We were all called by God through his angel when we were called, weren’t we? When God calls, it is finished. Hold tightly on to this covenant today, everyone. Try it.

▣ Conclusion – Hold the covenant, pray enjoying the kingdom of God coming upon you.

I held this covenant and started praying before meeting you all. I mentioned it last week — Korea’s top theologian asked me a question. He asked it in front of many people. “Why does Pastor Ryu Gwang-su talk about angels?” he asked. He is Korea’s top theologian. I was utterly dumbfounded and said, “It is in the Bible.” And then he made a mistake, saying, “It is not in the New Testament.” So while praying for me, at that public hearing where people were seated just like you, a certain pastor raised his hand and said, “It is written in the New Testament like this and like that — why do you say that?” I just didn’t answer. People who don’t believe in God cannot believe the Bible, right? How can they believe in the work of the Holy Spirit which cannot be seen? So how can they believe in the work of evil spirits? How can they believe in the activity of the Lord’s angels? They cannot even believe there is a soul within them. They cannot believe there is a mind within their head.

When I did evangelism at a military base, a middle-aged staff sergeant looked at me and said, “Where is God?” He was mocking me. “Give me his address,” he said. I asked him right back, “Staff sergeant, where is your mind? Show it to me.” I said that. “Even if you say the staff sergeant doesn’t exist, he still exists,” I said. “If that mind leaves or goes crazy, you become a mental patient.” That is what I said. He didn’t believe it. So then, “Well, let’s just pray.” No. It is not “let’s just pray.”

1. Prayer is traveling to the throne.
Prayer is traveling to the throne.

2. Prayer is moving the spiritual world.
Prayer is moving the spiritual world. Hold the covenant and pray, I tell you.

3. God’s answer
I started praying and how did God answer? Later — it happens.

1) He opens the door of world evangelism.
He opened wide the door of world evangelism. I just prayed for the kingdom of God to come upon me — I didn’t even ask for it — God protected my health too. I prayed for the kingdom of God to come upon me and to be able to share it, and God opened the doors of the world. You must believe.

2) The moment you hold the covenant and pray, God sends his army to your places of work.
The moment you hold the covenant and pray today, God is surely sending his army to your places of work. Don’t believe it? You must believe. Do not give up. Saying don’t give up doesn’t mean keep going to the end — it means keep going until God’s work happens in me. That is what I mean.

3) If you keep worrying and being anxious, darkness will surely come later. If you are holding the covenant and praying to enjoy the kingdom of God, works will surely happen.
So that is why it says “do not worry.” If you keep worrying and being anxious, you won’t collapse immediately, but darkness will surely find you later. Right? If I am holding the covenant and praying to enjoy the kingdom of God, works will surely happen. I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus to begin with this covenant from today through this coming week.
Let us pray.

Prayer. Thank you, God. Please do not let us miss what you have promised. Jesus called us to Mt Olive and explained the things of the kingdom of God. Please let it become our covenant. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

Praise — “May Your Kingdom Come”

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 Kingdom of God” (Matthew 12:22-29)
Transcript…Video

Prayer — 7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

Title / Scripture: Those Who Are Weary and Heavy Laden (Matthew 11:28-30)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-su
Date / Location: March 6, 2022 / Immanuel Church

Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

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Those Who Are Weary and Burdened
(Matthew 11:28-30)

Introduction
1. Painful burden
2. Incurability
1) Great powers (2 of them) 1) Doctors
Incurable disease 4) Confusion
Demons – mental illness
Spiritual problems

Main
1. Come to me, all of you 2. Take my yoke 3. I will give you rest
[Absolute impossibility] [Absolute possibility] (Blessings of the throne)
1) No power 1) Editing / planning / designing 1) Trinity
2) Imprinting, roots, disposition 2) The Word, prayer 2) [Throne]
3) 3, 6, 11 3) Trinity, throne, age 3) Age
13, 16, 19
6 fates

1) Three courtyards 24
2) Prayer (resources)
3) 237, healing, summit

2. Take my yoke
[Absolute possibility]
1) Editing / planning / designing
2) The Word, prayer

1. Come to me, all of you
[Absolute impossibility]
1) No power
2) Imprinting, roots, disposition

3. I will give you rest
1) Blessings
2) The throne
3) In-person church / non-contact church / media church (?)

Summary

▷ “Those who are weary and burdened.” If you understand this word, you can easily receive answers to prayer. Also, those who are failing can easily find resolution. And you will come to understand what the church is for and why the church must exist.

▣ Introduction

1. The painful burden – This speaks of people who are carrying an extremely painful and heavy burden.
1) Great powers – The great powers may appear to be strong nations, but they are carrying this burden.
2) Weak nations (slaves) – Weak nations are enslaved to the great powers.
3) Incurable diseases – Incurable diseases that even doctors cannot cure are beginning to spread rapidly.
4) Demons – Mental illness; in the Bible there is much mental illness caused by demon possession. These illnesses cannot be cured by medicine.
5) Spiritual problems – All kinds of spiritual sicknesses and spiritual problems are arising. There is no one who can treat these problems.

2. Incurable
1) Doctors – Even hospitals cannot cure them.
2) Church – Even the church cannot treat them.
3) Confusion – And so people fall into confusion.

3. Jesus Christ – He said, “Come to me, all of you.” He did not say come after you have resolved things; He said come as you are.
1) Come as you are – If you come after resolving things, you can never come. Come in the very state of being weary and burdened.
2) My yoke – “Take my yoke upon you.” “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
3) You will find rest – He said, “You will find rest for your souls.”

▣ Main

1. Come to me, all of you – “Come to me, all of you.” This word means there is no ability to heal anywhere else.
Absolute impossibility – Jesus is saying He will heal what is absolutely impossible. Not the Pharisees, not going to idol nations, no one can do it, yet Jesus said, “Come to me.”
1) No power – Because there is no power to heal, no one can say “come.” Jesus boldly said, “Come to me, all of you.”
2) Imprinting, roots, disposition – It has been imprinted that failure is inevitable. Because the absolutely impossible has been imprinted, rooted, and made into disposition, if you discover this and change it, healing begins.
3) 3, 6, 11 → Remove what has been completely imprinted through Genesis chapters 3, 6, and 11.
13, 16, 19 → Idolatry has completely taken root through Acts chapters 13, 16, and 19.
6 fates → It has become completely dispositional through the 6 states of unbelievers, through this fate.
The moment you discover this, you overcome.

2. Take my yoke upon you
Absolute possibility – “Take my yoke” means to attach and bind your yoke to Jesus’ yoke. So there is nothing heavy for me at all.
1) Editing, designing, planning – Even if you have difficult problems, the way to receive answers to prayer is to discover the absolute impossibility and newly edit, design, and plan something possible. Edit, design, and plan it into something that can change the world, into something of God’s wonder, and it will become new.
2) The Word, prayer – If it is edited through the Word and prayer, history will certainly occur.
3) The Trinity, the throne, the age – Invisibly, God the Trinity will work; you will enjoy the blessings of the throne which unbelievers know nothing of; and you will receive answers that save the age.

▷ The Remnant should identify what is a problem for me and then establish what I need to do. In the remaining life, you must create answers with what God has truly given.

3. I will give you rest – This does not mean He will let you play; it speaks of the absolute system God gives us.
It is the recovery of the three courtyards.
1) Three courtyards 24 – There is no courtyard for prayer, no courtyard for children, no courtyard for the Gentiles. Make it so that the three courtyards can be used 24 hours.
2) Prayer (resources, holy meditation) – Create a place for prayer on every floor of every building. It must be made so that the Remnant can go in on their own, look at the resources, and pray and gain strength. Those who are spiritually weak must be able to come to the church on their own, look at the resources, pray, receive the Word, sing hymns, and have healing occur. There must be a place to have holy meditation here.
3) 237, healing, summit – We must move toward the work of healing 237 nations and making them into summits.

▣ Conclusion

1. My problem – my answer. Turn my problem into my answer.
2. Calvary, Mt Olive, the upper room of Mark – Gain strength through this covenant.
3. In-person church – Create a system where an in-person church inevitably forms, a platform where people inevitably come.
This is 237, healing, and the summit.
Non-contact church – A non-contact church toward the whole world.
Media church – Prepare a media church so that the gospel can be proclaimed to the whole world.

▷ Those who are weary and burdened! No one has ever said these words. Only Jesus said, “Come to me.” “I will give you rest.” Sundhar Singh is a person whose life was changed by this one scripture verse. If you change what is truly a problem for you into God’s thing — that is, if you change the imprinting, roots, and disposition — answers will certainly come.

Transcript

“Those who are weary and burdened” is Jesus’ famous word.

Those who are weary and burdened (Matthew 11:29-30)

If you understand this word, you can easily receive answers to prayer. Also, those who are failing can easily find resolution. And you will come to understand what the church is for and why the church must exist.

Matthew 11:29-30

So this is a famous word, but it is an extremely important word.

▣ Introduction

1. The painful burden

First of all, this “those who are weary and burdened” — this is not just any word; it speaks of those who are carrying an extremely painful burden. It speaks of people who are carrying an extremely painful and heavy burden.

1) Great powers

When you look at it, most people are in this situation. These great powers may appear to be strong nations, but they were carrying this burden.

Actually, in the 1800s, America first went to Japan and pressured them to open up. Our country was just sitting there foolishly, but the Japanese people thought, “Ah, this won’t do.” So they began developing technology and developing weapons. From there they made the mistake of thinking, “If we don’t occupy others, we will die.” The great powers. They could have lived peacefully and helped each other, but they thought, “We must occupy.” So they thought, “This is how we survive,” and they occupied Korea. They even attacked the Qing dynasty. They attacked Russia. They won. Later they even started the Pacific War. In the end they were completely destroyed, but all the great powers are making this same mistake. They are still doing it now. The current situation is more difficult than in the past. You don’t know what might happen. Doesn’t North Korea just fire missiles whenever it feels like it now? How difficult is that? We cannot say a single word. We can’t even ask why they’re firing. It’s really become ridiculous.

2) Weak nations (slaves)

These weak nations have become enslaved to these great powers, so what is their situation?

3) Incurable diseases

Even that is manageable. Incurable diseases that even doctors cannot cure are beginning to spread rapidly.

4) Demons – mental illness

Especially, when you look at the Bible, there is much mental illness caused by demon possession. Now, these illnesses cannot be cured by medicine, can they?

5) Spiritual problems

And then, all kinds of spiritual sicknesses and spiritual problems are arising. There is no one who can treat these problems.

2. Incurable

1) Doctors

Because there is no cure, even diseases that hospitals cannot treat are arising, aren’t they?

2) Church

Even the church cannot treat them.

3) Confusion

So confusion is rapidly coming. And so people fall into strange confusion. Because hospitals don’t work and churches don’t work either. That was the situation. At that time, Jesus spoke.

3. Jesus Christ

What did He say? He said, “Come to me, all of you.”

1) Come as you are

He did not say come after you have resolved things; He said come as you are. If you come after resolving things, you can never come. Come in the very state of being weary and burdened. And He said something extremely important.

2) My yoke

And take my yoke upon you. For my yoke is easy and light.

3) You will find rest

And He said you will find rest for your souls.

Now, if that is the case, what we are now building a church and trying to do in ministry is, when you look at it, simple.

▣ Main

In the Main, Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you.”

1. Come to me, all of you

This is an extremely important word. What does “come to me, all of you” mean? This word, “come to me, all of you,” means there is no ability to heal anywhere else.

[Absolute impossibility]

Simply put, this speaks of the absolute impossibility. Jesus is saying He will heal this. How does He heal it? Not the Pharisees, not the idol nations of today, no one can do it, yet Jesus said, “Come to me.”

1) No power

There is no power to heal those who are sick and suffering and toiling. Because there is no power, no one can say “come.” Jesus boldly said, “Come to me, all of you.”

Do you know what this is? It is simple for you. Even in getting sick, healing is actually simple. What is it?

2) Imprinting, roots, disposition

It has been imprinted that failure is inevitable. They say cancer happened by chance, but there is no such thing. It came out of imprinting. Because the absolutely impossible has been imprinted, rooted, and made into disposition, you cannot be healed. If you discover this, you will be healed. Isn’t that right? When you discover this, healing begins. For those who are mentally struggling — both their families and themselves — don’t immediately try to go somewhere and get healed. What I’m saying is that there is a long-standing imprint within you. You just need to change it. But people don’t know that and keep making excuses. “Because of what someone did…” No. Jesus said come to me. Why? Because you can’t heal yourself. Going to the Pharisees won’t work, going to Rome won’t work, so come to me.

3) [3, 6, 11]
What is it? Remove what has been completely imprinted through Genesis chapters 3, 6, and 11.

[13, 16, 19]
Acts chapters 13, 16, and 19 — idolatry has completely taken root.

[6 fates]
Now it has become completely dispositional through the 6 states of unbelievers, through this fate. The moment you discover it, you overcome.

2. Take my yoke upon you

Now then, He said take my yoke upon you. What does this mean? This is an extremely important word.

[Absolute possibility]
This speaks of absolute possibility.

What does “take my yoke upon you” mean? “Take” — this word means “attach your yoke to Jesus’ yoke and bind them together.” So there is nothing heavy for me at all.

1) Editing, designing, planning

So no matter how difficult your problems are, the way to receive answers to prayer is to discover the absolute impossibility and newly edit, design, and plan something possible. Don’t just simply do construction — challenge your life and receive answers. Truly, edit, design, and plan it into something by which I can change the world. It changes easily. If you change the wrongly placed imprinting, roots, and disposition within you, history is bound to occur. Now, if you additionally edit, design, and plan it with God’s wonder, it will become new.

2) The Word, prayer

So for us, the easy thing is to just edit it with the Word and prayer. History will certainly occur.

3) The Trinity

What does that mean? God will work invisibly as God the Trinity.

The throne

You will enjoy the blessings of the throne which unbelievers know nothing of.

The age

And as you know, you will receive answers that save the age. This is what we do. So it’s not difficult.

Crosby was not without difficulty. While all believers were rejecting her, this Crosby — because she could not see — completely looked only to God’s grace. Even now, Crosby’s influence is great. It shows how much we are looking at other things. If you change it, history occurs.

Our Remnant can do it easily. “What is a problem for me?” Identify it clearly. “Then what do I need to do?” Establish that clearly.

I was not without difficulty. But when I looked at things as a child, my neighborhood was full of possibility. And people were always fighting and had no power. And looking at it, the church was not growing. Evangelism was not happening. I clearly checked that. And I thought about the opposite. History truly occurred. I mean, going to every church, they were saying useless things and fighting. Every church. So what did I discover? I discovered prayer. History will certainly occur. In your remaining life, you must create answers with what God has truly given.

3. I will give you rest

What is the third? He said “I will give you rest.” This does not mean He will let you play around. “I will give you rest” speaks of the absolute system God gives us. What is it?

1) Three courtyards 24

It is about recovery. The three courtyards. There is no courtyard for prayer, no courtyard for children, and no courtyard for Gentiles. Make it so that the three courtyards can be used 24 hours.

2) Prayer (resources)

And our church needs to think about this. Don’t build separate buildings — create places for prayer on every floor of every building. You must do this. So when people go in on their own, when they enter inside, our Remnant can look at the resources. There’s no need to deliberately set it apart. When you open the door and enter what’s there, it should be there. Even the pastor’s office should have a place for prayer. That’s right. Like this.

When you come to church, you cannot pray at all. On the contrary, even the little prayer you were doing, you can’t do it when you come to church. Isn’t that right? Isn’t that a serious problem? So when you come to church, you only hear the sound of people. I have nowhere to go into somewhere quiet to pray, no place to go and escape and pray. There isn’t. All the world’s religions have it, but only the church doesn’t. Whose trick is this? I see this as Satan’s trick.

When you go to the airport, there’s a prayer room, right? Do you know who made those? When you go to international airports, there are prayer rooms everywhere. Do you know who made them? Muslims made them. What kind of church member would say they want to pray and ask for a prayer room to be made? Muslims pushed for it all with pressure. It’s a big deal now. If you’re not careful, when you come to church, you cannot pray at all. Why? Because you hear the noise of people, you have to listen to unbelief, like this. Everyone falls into this trap. And so the children are all dying spiritually, unable to receive grace.

This is urgent. “I will give you rest.” There needs to be a system like this. The resources are being prepared now, and it is not difficult. The Remnant must be able to come in on their own, look at the resources, pray, and gain strength. Isn’t that right? Where will spiritually weak people go to ask? They should come to church on their own, go inside on their own, look at those resources, pray, receive the Word, sing hymns, and healing must occur, 24 hours.

(Holy meditation)

There must be a place to have holy meditation here, that’s what I mean.

3) 237, healing, summit

So 237 nations must be healed, and we must move toward the work of making them into summits.

“Those who are weary and burdened, come to me” — this is no ordinary word. “Take my yoke upon you” — this is even more than an ordinary word. If you discover your absolute impossibility and change it to absolute possibility, history will unconditionally occur.

You know, when I think about my father as a child, all I can think of is pain. He was always lying down. Because he was sick. Does that make sense? I thought, “Why is that?” So I truly prayed. My father passed away at age 53, and when I reached 53 I thought about it. Well, truly God has given me answers up to now so that I wouldn’t be sick, for whatever various reasons. Why? Because I need to do evangelism. All the churches around the world are set up so that you cannot pray. When you come to our church, you should be able to. Build the best church in the world. It can certainly be done. I will prepare the resources. If you just make the inside a place where they can pray, these days the media is so good, these Remnant should be able to see the entire world.

▣ Conclusion

Answers will certainly come. So the reason it is not difficult at all is that everywhere I went, I could see there was a problem. I looked at that problem and found the opposite. What’s so difficult about that? No special power is needed. I have no special talent. Talent is not needed. Isn’t that right? You don’t need any special talent. Just look clearly at what is wrong and find God’s thing. Edit it, plan it, design it, and pray — that’s what I’m saying. Then history cannot help but occur. No matter what anyone says, what goes in comes out. Isn’t that right? What has been imprinted comes out. So you imprint God’s things. Then world evangelization will certainly happen. Don’t we have to receive this answer within our lifetime? Isn’t that right? While we live in this world, don’t we have to show the next generation that God’s work is truly alive, and then go?

1. My problem – my answer

Turn your problem into your answer. You absolutely must do it. You cannot just let it pass. You must not just let what is a problem for you pass by. There’s no need to ask someone else or to blame anyone. I discover it myself.

2. Gal, Gam, Mak

So it is about gaining strength through the covenant of Calvary, Mt Olive, and the upper room of Mark, which Jesus directly revealed to us.

3. In-person church

Going forward, we must create it. We must create a system where an in-person church — a church where our church meets in person — inevitably forms, must make it so that people inevitably come. Make a platform where people inevitably come, that’s what this is. That is 237, healing, and the summit. You must create it.

Immanuel, our Seoul church is in the Gwangju area, so it is a little far. That’s alright. Going forward, once COVID is somewhat resolved, we must make it so that 237 nations inevitably come. That is what we mean by in-person church.

Non-contact church

It’s not just doing that much. Non-contact church. A non-contact church toward the whole world.

Media church

And it’s not just that much either. We need to open our eyes. Media church. You must open your eyes to all of that. So that the gospel can be proclaimed to the whole world.

“Those who are weary and burdened,” He said. No one has ever said these words. No one has said “Come to me, all of you.” Only Jesus said “Come to me.” “I will give you rest” — Sundhar Singh is a person whose life was changed by this one scripture verse. Isn’t that right? A certain person, caught in darkness, sitting in prison — at these words, “Those who are weary and burdened, come to me, all of you,” change occurred. God’s word entered.

Today must not become a worship service where we offer a dedication worship service out of obligation. You must find it clearly in your life. Truly. What is truly a problem for me, that’s it. Then, to change it to God’s thing, what do you need to edit, plan, design? If you change the imprinting, roots, and disposition, answers will certainly come. They inevitably will. So if you plant a seed like this, it cannot help but sprout. When you listen to what the elders used to say — “Plant beans and beans grow, plant red beans and red beans grow.” It cannot help but sprout. I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus that this week will also be another gracious and best week. Let us pray.

Prayer. We give thanks to God. May this week become a new week. May it become a week of new grace. May it become a week in which our great eyes are opened. May it become a new week in which we receive the great strength that God gives. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

Praise — “Have Thine Own Way, Lord”

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 — “Those Who Are Weary and Heavy Laden” (Matthew 11:28-30)
Transcript…Video

Prayer — 7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

Sunday 1st Service
Title/Scripture: Where Are We Coming From and Where Are We Going? (Matthew 10:38-42)
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Gwang-su
Date/Location: March 6, 2022, Immanuel Church

Matthew 10:38-42
38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
40 Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
41 The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.
42 And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.

Summary

▣ Introduction_ Three Things You Must Surely Know
1. The ordination of the apostles (Luke 9, Matthew 10) – the content of Jesus sending out his disciples
2. The ordination of church leaders (Luke 10)
3. The ordination of laypeople (Acts 2) – coming down from Mt Olive, at the upper room of Mark

▷ When an exact covenant is made with God, works happen. Most people do not understand evangelism well because they do not understand the gospel well.

▣ Main

1. The ordination of the apostles (Matthew 10) – For the apostles, evangelism is moving the spiritual world of 237 nations.

▷ The answer for moving the spiritual world of 237 nations was given to the Lord’s servants, the apostles.
1) How is this possible? The greatest blessing that the Lord’s servants and apostles must enjoy
(1) Matthew 10:7 “As you go, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Say that the kingdom of God has come. Say that the kingdom of heaven has come.” – The Lord’s servants do not operate with earthly things, but with the blessings and power of the throne to revive the spiritual world of 237 nations.
(2) Matthew 10:8 Jesus called the apostles and gave them authority to drive out demons and heal diseases.
(3) Matthew 10:2-4 The names of the twelve apostles are listed.
2) Do not be afraid and do not worry.
(1) Matthew 10:17-22 “People will hate you. Do not be afraid of people.”
(2) Matthew 10:9-10 “Do not carry gold, silver, or copper, nor a money belt to put it in. Do not take two tunics, a bag, or a staff. I will surely take responsibility.”
3) Matthew 10:16 “Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” – Do not stand out too much; be wise as serpents and pure as doves.
4) The faith that the Lord’s servants must hold
(1) Matthew 10:28 “Do not fear those who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul.”
(2) Matthew 10:29-31 “Even two sparrows being sold requires God’s will. God even numbers the hairs of your head.”

▷ If you hold this faith, the kingdom of God will come and influence will be given to 237 nations. Jesus said to his powerless disciples, “Go and make disciples of all nations. I will be with you. Go to all peoples. I will be with you from the throne. I will give you the power to go to the ends of the earth.”

2. The ordination of church leaders (Luke 10) – For church leaders, evangelism is having the power to revive the field sites of 237 nations.

▷ Evangelism for you is receiving the blessing of moving the field sites. That is why 70 people were appointed, to revive 70 regions. Your work must be at a level where it can enter 70 regions, 70 field sites, 70 nations.
1) How is this possible?
(1) Luke 10:2 “Pray that the Lord of the harvest will send out workers.” – Receive the blessing of bringing the harvest into the storehouse of the throne.
(2) Luke 10:20 “Do not be amazed that the demons are driven out. Rejoice that your names are recorded in the kingdom of heaven.”

▷ Your evangelism is recovering the power to revive the field sites of 237 nations. You have received the important blessing of saving people in the field and having them recorded in the kingdom of God.

2) The results of appointing church leaders
(1) Acts 6 – A word movement spread throughout Jerusalem and all of Judea.
(2) Acts 11:19-31 Antioch Church – When all the apostles were dying and disappearing, these church leaders gathered and established a church.
(3) Acts 12 – King Herod imprisoned Peter intending to kill him, but the church leaders gathered and prayed, and that very night God sent an angel and the event of Herod being called away took place.

▷ Evangelism for the apostles is moving the spiritual world of 237 nations. Evangelism for church leaders is reviving the field sites of 237 nations and making workers for the kingdom of God. This must be remembered.

3. The ordination of laypeople (Acts 2, upper room of Mark) – It is enthroning individuals of 237 nations.
1) People who witnessed the Calvary covenant
2) People sent from Mt Olive – The work of the kingdom of God was explained for 40 days on Mt Olive.
3) They held onto this covenant and prayed.
4) Acts 2:1-13 Wind-like, fire-like power appeared. They saw future things, dreamed dreams, and saw the future.

▷ Common thread of Main 1-3 – We cannot revive 237 nations with our own power, nor can we even go there. If you know the secret of the kingdom of God, it moves even without you going. If you do not know the secret of the kingdom of God, it will not move even if you go.

▣ Conclusion_ “Whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. In the name of the righteous, in the name of a disciple” “Not even a cup of cold water will lose its reward.” (Matthew 10:40-42)

▷ Humanity does not currently know where it came from or where it is going.

1. Original humanity (Genesis 1:27, 2:7) – God created humanity in the image of God and breathed the breath of God into them. Without the image of God, we are at the level of beasts.
2. Humanity lost and completely seized by Satan’s hands (John 8:44)
1) The way was lost (Genesis 3, 6, 11).
(1) Genesis 3 – Satan appealed to pride. “You don’t need to believe in God. You will become like God.”
(2) Genesis 6 – “You need to have power.” Satan creates the Nephilim.
(3) Genesis 11 – “You must succeed without God.”
2) Unable to find the way, they make their own gods and bow to them (Acts 13, 16, 19).
3) In the end, they are completely seized in Satan’s grip (the 6 states of unbelievers).

3. If you have done any work to deliver Christ – the promise God gave from the beginning – not even a cup of cold water will lose its reward.
1) I will send the Christ who will crush the head of Satan, break the power of hell, and remove calamity (Old Testament). That Christ has come (New Testament).
2) If you have done any work to deliver this truth, not even a cup of cold water will lose its reward.
3) If you truly experience the power of Christ, the blessings of the throne will come.

▷ If you deeply hold onto what Jesus said today, the kingdom of God will come upon your place of work and the blessings of the throne will be delivered. The greatest blessing given to those who are saved is the power that comes from above, which cannot be compared to anything on earth. If you do this work, no matter how small, not even a cup of cold water will lose its reward.

Transcript

▣ Introduction_ Three Things You Must Surely Know

1. The ordination of the apostles (Luke 9, Matthew 10)
Luke 9 and Matthew 10 are about Jesus sending out his disciples. Simply put, it is the ordination of the apostles.

2. The ordination of church leaders (Luke 10)
In Luke 10, we see the ordination of church leaders.

3. The ordination of laypeople (Acts 2)
Coming down from Mt Olive, at the upper room of Mark, we see the ordination of all laypeople. You must clearly understand all three of these. That is when the answers begin.

▣ Main

1. The ordination of the apostles (Matthew 10) – For the apostles, evangelism is moving the spiritual world of 237 nations.

No matter how excellent a worker you are, if the contract is not made, the work cannot be done, right? No matter how capable you are, if you are not employed, your salary does not come. When an exact covenant is made with God, works happen.

So most people do not know what evangelism is. In other words, because they do not know the gospel well, they do not know evangelism. The disciples were given an answer sufficient to revive the spiritual world of 237 nations. This is the content that today the Lord’s servants must first hold onto. Giving the answer to move the spiritual world of 237 nations is evangelism. Those who know this can evangelize without even going around. Those who do not know this cannot evangelize even if they do go around. The answer to move the spiritual world of 237 nations was given to the Lord’s servants, the apostles.

1) How is this possible? The greatest blessing that the Lord’s servants and apostles must enjoy

So simply, how is this possible?

(1) Matthew 10:7
Matthew 10:7 explains it. “As you go, say that the kingdom of heaven is near. Say that the kingdom of God has come.” We need to ascend to heaven, yet “say that the kingdom of heaven has come.” What a tremendous message. You must know this to achieve world evangelization. The Lord’s servants do not operate with earthly things, but with the blessings and power of the throne to revive the spiritual world of 237 nations.

(2) Matthew 10:8
Because it is so important, Jesus called the apostles. And he gave them authority. He said, “I give you authority to drive out demons and heal diseases.”

(3) Matthew 10:2-4
And he listed their names one by one. We did not read all of it but from verse 2 the names appear in sequence. The names of twelve people are listed, and Judas Iscariot also appears. From the very beginning he is recorded as “the one who betrayed Jesus.”

2) Do not be afraid and do not worry.

What is the greatest blessing that the Lord’s servants and apostles must enjoy? “The kingdom of God has come.” Without knowing this, you cannot save the world or evangelize. That Christ has come means the kingdom of God has come. What a tremendous message.

(1) Matthew 10:17-22
So in today’s text, although we did not read it all, “Do not be afraid.” To what extent? “Do not be afraid of people. Those with power will flog you with whips; do not be afraid.” Verse 22 says, “People will hate you. Even relatives and family members will hate you. Do not be afraid and do not worry.” This is spoken to the Lord’s servants.

(2) Matthew 10:9-10
“Do not carry gold, silver, or copper.” The pouch that holds it – a wallet – “Do not carry that either.” What does it mean? “Do not carry two tunics. The Lord’s servants must not carry a bag.” What does that mean? “Do not even carry a staff.” What does that mean? I will surely take responsibility, that is what it means. The Lord’s servants cannot be without this faith. I will surely take responsibility. All ministers must recover this faith. Then the kingdom of God will come. You may have many worries but do not. He said he will take complete responsibility for you.

And then in verse 7 he said, “This gospel of the kingdom.” “It will raise up the sick and drive out demons from the demon-possessed.”

3) Matthew 10:16
“However, be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” Why does he say to be like a disgusting snake? This is simple. Snakes move in hiding. Likewise, do not stand out too much; be wise like a snake and pure like a dove.

4) The faith that the Lord’s servants must hold

(1) Matthew 10:28
“Do not fear those who can kill your body but cannot kill the soul.”

(2) Matthew 10:29-31
“Even two sparrows being sold requires God’s will. God is even counting the hairs of your head,” he said.

This is the faith that the Lord’s servants must hold. All believers must hold it, but especially the Lord’s servants. If the Lord’s workers, especially ministers, are without this faith, it will be a serious problem. If you hold this faith, he said the kingdom of God will come. This will then give influence to 237 nations.

For all of us nationwide and globally, those broadcasting from Immanuel Seoul and Busan – not even one second can be missed right now. Even just a moment ago, the cell group lesson started too early, which caused confusion for those doing translation for the whole service. Whether here or Immanuel Seoul, the clocks need to be accurate. Immanuel Seoul’s clock is 2 minutes behind. We must be 237-ready. Right? Even in worldly terms, if you want to make money, you need to be 237-ready.

Jesus looked at his powerless disciples and said, “Go and make disciples of all nations. I will be with you. Go to all peoples. I will be with you from the throne. I will give you the power to go to the ends of the earth.” This is it. This is Matthew 10, this is the ordination of the apostles.

2. The ordination of church leaders (Luke 10) – For church leaders, evangelism is having the power to revive the field sites of 237 nations.

Immediately after speaking of the apostles in Luke 9, moving into Luke 10, we see the ordination given to the church leaders. There are also important words there. Evangelism for you is having the power to revive the field sites of 237 nations. The Lord’s servants move the spiritual world, but evangelism for you is receiving the blessing of moving the field sites. That is why 70 people were appointed, to revive 70 regions. Your work must be at a level where it can enter 70 regions, 70 field sites, 70 nations. That is evangelism.

1) How is this possible?

How is this possible? It seems impossible, right? There is only one way.

(1) Luke 10:2
So what does Luke 10:2 say? “Pray that the Lord will send out workers for the harvest.” What does that mean? “Receive the blessing of bringing the harvest into the storehouse of the throne.”

(2) Luke 10:20
Luke 10:20 says, “Do not be amazed that the demons are driven out; rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.” This is spoken to church leaders. What is the answer you will receive? What is evangelism? It is recovering the power to revive the field sites of 237 nations.

2) The results of appointing church leaders

Now, this is somewhat different from the throne and the kingdom – workers for the harvest. Names recorded in the kingdom of God. A little different, but what is different? It is the same. What I am saying is that you have received the important blessing of saving people in the field and having them recorded in the kingdom of God.

(1) Acts 6
After these people were appointed, in Acts 6 we see a word movement spread throughout Jerusalem and all of Judea. Please believe this firmly. It is the answer you will receive. So people do not receive it; they keep looking at other things, but there is no need to look elsewhere. Even looking at just this, everything is contained within it.

(2) Acts 11:19-31
When all the apostles were dying and disappearing, these church leaders gathered and established a church. That is the Antioch Church.

(3) Acts 12
King Herod imprisoned Peter intending to kill him, and that night the church leaders gathered and prayed. That is Acts 12. A remarkable thing happened. God sent his angel and the event of Herod being called away took place. Do not miss this.

What is evangelism? Evangelism for the apostles is moving the spiritual world of 237 nations. Evangelism for church leaders is reviving the field sites of 237 nations and making workers for the kingdom of God. This must be remembered.

3. The ordination of laypeople (Acts 2, upper room of Mark) – It is enthroning individuals of 237 nations.

This is the third. The day came when God ordained all laypeople. What is that? Acts 2, the upper room of Mark. What is this? It is enthroning individuals of 237 nations. You must remember this clearly.

1) People who witnessed the Calvary covenant
These people are those who witnessed the Calvary covenant.

2) People sent from Mt Olive
These people are those sent from Mt Olive. What was said on Mt Olive? The work of the kingdom of God was explained for 40 days. It is the same thing.

3) They held onto this covenant and prayed.
They held onto this covenant and prayed.

4) Acts 2:1-13 Wind-like, fire-like power appeared. They saw future things, dreamed dreams, and saw the future.
So in Acts 2:1-13, wind-like, fire-like power came. It caused them to see future things, dream dreams, and see the future. This was the ordination given to all laypeople.

All three of these have a common thread. We cannot revive 237 nations with our own power. We cannot even go there. If you know the secret of the kingdom of God, it moves even without you going. Right? If you do not know the secret called the kingdom of God, it will not move even if you go. For you, the church leaders, God said he gave the power to harvest. It is completely about the field site. He gave you the power to do in the field site the work worthy of having names recorded in the kingdom of God, to revive the field sites of 237 nations. That is the evangelism you will receive. And then after gathering all the laypeople, the work of enthroning individuals of 237 nations began in the upper room of Mark.

▣ Conclusion_ “Whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. In the name of the righteous, in the name of a disciple” “Not even a cup of cold water will lose its reward.” (Matthew 10:40-42)

After saying all of this, Jesus said, “Whoever receives me receives the one I sent.” What did he say? “Even if you are not a prophet, if you receive a prophet in the name of a prophet, you will receive a prophet’s reward.” Even if you are not a missionary, if you receive a missionary in the name of a missionary, you will receive a missionary’s reward. Then it goes on, “in the name of the righteous, in the name of a disciple.” And then, “not even a cup of cold water will fail to receive its reward.” What does this mean? Because it is so important – “not even a cup of cold water will lose its reward.” These are the last words given to the disciples. You need to look at this carefully. Why is that?

1. Original humanity (Genesis 1:27, 2:7)
Humanity today, as our title says, does not know where it came from or where it is going. God originally created humanity in the image of God as stated in Genesis 1:27. Right? And in Genesis 2:7, God breathed the breath of life into them. This is original humanity. So without the image of God, what are we humans like? We are the same as beasts. Actually, we are slightly worse than beasts. Why? Because beasts cannot scheme with cunning, but humans can. Unbelievers, no matter how much they succeed, because they do not have God’s Spirit, they only know how to eat well and live well. Is that not so? That is the level of beasts. But we as believers must not be at the level of beasts. The way has been completely lost.

2. Humanity lost and completely seized by Satan’s hands (John 8:44)
In this state, in John 8:44, they are completely seized by Satan’s hands: “your father the devil.”

1) The way was lost (Genesis 3, 6, 11).

(1) Genesis 3
This Satan, as it is in Genesis 3, tempted them saying, “You will become like God.” Everyone – tell someone something that wounds their pride and they will crumble. Almost everyone, except for very wise people with strong faith – if you build up their pride, they will do crazy things. Satan knows this and pokes right at it.

(2) Genesis 6
“You don’t need to believe in God. If you eat this, you will become like God. And you need to have power.” Satan creates the Nephilim.

(3) Genesis 11
“And you must succeed.” These all sound like good words, don’t they? Without God. This is why the Tower of Babel collapsed. The way was lost.

2) Unable to find the way, they make their own gods and bow to them (Acts 13, 16, 19).
Having lost the way and unable to find it, they make their own things and bow to them, calling it God. They do such foolish things. Who made the Buddha? People made it. And they bow to what they made. How foolish can anyone be? You make it yourself, then bow to it. How foolish people have become – bowing before a pig’s head. This is what they have become. I do not know why they do it before a pig and not before a cat, why before a pig – stripping all the pig’s hair off and bowing to it. How foolish this is.

3) In the end, they are completely seized in Satan’s grip (the 6 states of unbelievers).
In the end, they are completely seized in Satan’s grip.

3. If you have done any work to deliver Christ – the promise God gave from the beginning – not even a cup of cold water will lose its reward.

God has promised. He promised from the very beginning.

1) I will send the Christ who will crush the head of Satan, break the power of hell, and remove calamity (Old Testament). That Christ has come (New Testament).
I will send the Christ who crushes the head of Satan, breaks the power of hell, and removes calamity. That is the Old Testament. Now Christ has come. That is the New Testament. So it is said that the Old Testament and the New Testament are centered on Christ.

2) If you have done any work to deliver this truth, not even a cup of cold water will lose its reward.
“If you have done any work to deliver this truth, not even a cup of cold water will lose its reward.”

3) If you truly experience the power of Christ, the blessings of the throne will come.
If you truly experience the power of Christ today, the blessings of the throne will come. Right?

When I was young, I saw a few blessed people. There was someone doing business in Gukje Market, and he did it well. Not in a difficult way – he would tell his wife, “Pack me a lunch.” He, the owner, would eat that lunch in his company. And then he would walk around Gukje Market for an hour. Walking, doing market research, talking, and sharing the gospel. Not in some strange, frantic way of evangelism, but truly, when he met a person, he would give that person the answer through evangelism. Those who bore fruit he gathered in his company. There he taught the Word. Those who bore even more fruit he invited to his home. Wow, seeing that as a layperson – and his business was doing well too. I have met a few people like that.

Then at another church, there was this deacon who was truly doing well in business. Famous – his brothers were doing it too, and in Busan alone they had four famous clothing stores. This person was someone who was completely holding onto the gospel covenant. While selling clothes, he would say, “Please go look around everywhere else and come back to buy.” And when selling he would always say, “This is not a good garment.” “But you said it was good earlier.” “Yes, being clothed with Christ is what is good.” He said he would say it regardless of whether they listened or not. Later women lined up wanting to counsel with this person. There is something about this person. Having understood the gospel, he said he does not worry about his business. And then he opened another store. He has a younger sibling – opened another one, they said. How he opens them: even within Gukje Market there are closed alleyways. Places where business is not doing well. He would rent those. The owner of those places wanted to revive those shops so they would say, do it, just pay a little rent. At that time I was an associate pastor and he asked me to hold a worship service, so I went and we were holding worship and customers were already coming.

Everyone, what is the power of the gospel? It is tremendous. I told you before. This person, on one Sunday, greeted me and when he came on Sunday he would chat with me now, whenever there was free time. This person has nothing but business and evangelism. So he would tell me his evangelism stories. He came up to me and said, “Pastor, this past week I fasted for 3 days.” So I said, “Why?” You fast when something special is going on, so I said “Why?” and he said, “Just because.” “Just why?” I asked him again. He said he just fasted and prayed to God for 3 days. “God, lately I have too many pointless desires.” That was his prayer. “God, whether you take my business away or bless it, please do as you see fit. I will use my place of work to share the gospel.” That was the prayer he was making, that was what he was saying. Then, “After finishing the fast and eating gruel, many tears came,” he said. Wow, this deacon – his faith is far better than a pastor’s. This is the gospel, this is the gospel. How powerful this is, it saves many people.

You do not need to worry. If you deeply hold onto what Jesus said today, the kingdom of God will come upon your place of work. The blessings of the throne will be delivered. Please believe. This is the greatest promise in the Bible. That is why the Bible keeps saying it. “The greatest blessing given to those who are saved is the power that comes from above, which cannot be compared to anything on earth.” That is what it means. “If you do this work, no matter how small, not even a cup of cold water will lose its reward.” I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus that today the answers of the kingdom of God, the throne, and that work will be fulfilled for you. Let us pray.

Prayer. We thank God. Please make today a day of a precious covenant. Please make it a day of moving the spiritual world. Please grant the blessing of moving the 237 field sites, the future, and individuals. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Praise — “Fariest Lord Jesus”

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 — “From Where and to Where Must I Go?” (Matthew 10:38-42)
Transcript…Video

Prayer — 7 Bartizans · 7 Journeys · 7 Guideposts

Sunday 2nd Service / Remnant Summit Committee Dedication Worship
Speaker: Pastor Ryu Kwang-su
Title / Scripture: Send Out Workers for the Harvest (Matthew 9:35-38)
Date / Location: February 27, 2022 / Immanuel Seoul Church

Matthew 9:35-38
35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.
36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Summary
▷ This is the Remnant Summit Committee dedication worship, entrusted with the most precious work. What shall we convey to the Remnant?

Jewish Wisdom / Roman Strength / Acts 19:8-10
→ The Jews, who have won the most awards in the world for being the brightest minds, and Rome, the most powerful nation in the world — these two nations persecuted the early church. These people did not believe. Yet Paul accomplished world evangelization. Acts 19:8-10 contains an important account. Jesus saw the people dying like sheep without a shepherd and had compassion on them. So he said, “Ask that workers be sent for the harvest.” What kind of harvest is this?

Matthew 10:7 / Matthew 9:35 / Acts 19:8-10
→ In Matthew 10:7: “Repent, for the kingdom of God is near.” In Matthew 9:35 as well: “Jesus went throughout, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom of heaven.” Yet most people did not believe. What must we now teach?

▣ Introduction

1. Harvest — Send workers for the harvest.
1) Grain harvest (synagogue) — The grain are the Remnant; they went into the synagogues and proclaimed the gospel of the kingdom.
2) The storehouse of the throne — This is about storing that grain in the storehouse of the throne. These are the workers we are asking to be sent.

2. 2030 ~ 2080 (90%)
These are the Remnant who will be active during that time. 90% of jobs that exist now will disappear. Therefore, we must not teach what I think; we must teach what God desires for this age.

3. Genius — God has given every person equally the gift of genius.
1) By oneself (limitation) — There are those who discover their genius on their own, but they will inevitably reach a limit.
2) The three organizations (spiritual problem) — There is genius discovered through the three organizations, and enormous spiritual problems follow.
3) The genius given by God (victory without fighting) — We must find it, because it is 0th priority, meaning not a single person has to fight to win.

RT 7 people — Because God gave the ability from above, there is no need to fight.

▣ Main — What must the workers who come for the harvest do?

1. Heavenly Power — Make them understand the power of the throne that descends from above.
1) 3·9·3 identity — This important thing God has given is what I first enjoy myself.
2) 3·9·3 delivery — I enjoy this thing God has given, and then I deliver it.
3) Me — Within this, I discover myself. I discover the power that God gives.

▷ Because no one believes and in reality people are doing other things, there is no one to fight with and no competitors among those who believe and know.

2. Heavenly Talent — Teach this talent that descends from the throne (9 camps).
1) Only, uniqueness, re-creation — Discovering the “only” that no one can take away, receiving the response of uniqueness that no one else knows, and re-creation becomes visible.
2) Coming-of-age ceremony, mission ceremony, sending ceremony — The coming-of-age ceremony where what I must do for a lifetime emerges, the mission ceremony where the expertise I must live with for a lifetime emerges, and the sending ceremony where what I must do and where for a lifetime emerges — equipped with these, they must be sent out.
3) Platform, bartizan, antenna — Because we receive the power descending from above, a platform forms where people gather, a bartizan is built that saves the dying, and an antenna emerges through which spiritual communication and healing take place.

3. Heavenly Mission — At last this mission is given.
1) CVDIP — From this point, the Remnant begins to see CVDIP.
2) All — Everything becomes CVDIP. Whether falling, rising, in good times, or even going as a slave, this becomes visible.
3) Today — Every day becomes CVDIP. Therefore: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want,” and “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, it is alright.” This covenant must become the covenant of our children.

▣ Conclusion

25, 00, Summit — The Remnant has risen to the top. When this happens, evangelism and receiving answers becomes easy. Healing also begins to take place from this point.
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24 — The Remnant survives anywhere, because they become 24. Joseph, David, and Paul were the ones who confessed, “The Lord was with me.”
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Imprint, root, disposition — Wondrous things find a rhythm and become imprint, root, and disposition.

Transcript

[Jewish Wisdom]
This is the Remnant Summit Committee dedication worship, entrusted with the most precious work. What shall we convey to the Remnant? In the world, the people who have received the most awards for having the brightest minds — these are the Jewish people. These people did not believe.

[Roman Strength]
And the two nations (the Jews and Rome) with the greatest power in the world persecuted the early church. But these people did not believe.

[Acts 19:8-10]
Yet Paul accomplished world evangelization. Paul evangelized Rome, and in the Bible there is an important record in Acts 19, verses 8 through 10. Today, Jesus “saw the people all dying like sheep without a shepherd and had compassion on them.” That is what it says.

“Send out workers for the harvest”
So he said, “Ask, ask that workers for the harvest be sent.” Now, what kind of harvest is this? You need to look at this carefully. Because the Jewish people absolutely did not believe, it is very easy.

[Matthew 10:7]
The moment Jesus came, he also said this in Matthew 10, verse 7: “Repent, for the kingdom of God is near.”

[Matthew 9:35]
Looking here at verse 35 today, when asking for workers for the harvest to be sent, it says “Jesus went throughout.” In verse 35, it says “he proclaimed the gospel of the kingdom.” Now, he gave us tremendously important words, yet most people do not believe. So then, the question is what we must now teach. In this Summit Committee, you must absolutely hold onto this covenant.

▣ Introduction

1. Harvest
Not just workers, but “send workers for the harvest.” This is extremely important.

1) Grain (synagogue) — RT
What does the harvest do? It harvests grain. You don’t harvest trash, do you? You harvest grain. It says here today, “he went into the synagogues and proclaimed the gospel of the kingdom.” Going into the synagogues — these grains are precisely our Remnant.

2) The storehouse of the throne
To harvest means to store this grain in a storehouse. What is it? It means storing it in the storehouse of the throne. This is an extremely important work. Ask for workers to be sent to do this.

2. 2030 ~ 2080 (90%)
More important — this is the second point. We are still in the introduction. Setting aside what needs to be done, there is what we must first know. Our Remnant right now are those who will be active from 2030 for about 50 years, up to 2080. So we must not teach them in the style of the 1950s or 60s. There are many teachers, professors, and tutors here right now. When that time comes, 90% of the jobs that exist today will disappear. They still exist right now, but there are phone booths — nobody uses those. It will become like that. Our Remnant need to wake up completely and grab hold of that covenant now. In this situation, the very fact that you have formed a Summit Committee and are taking an interest in children — that itself is a miracle. Right now, ordinary churches are closing their Sunday schools, aren’t they? That makes no sense. Look at these children right now for the time of 2030 to 2080. So as I said last week as well, we must not teach what I think. You absolutely must remember this. If you do, you will fail. We must teach what God desires for this age, 2030 to 2080. The Remnant also need to study hard in school. Study hard and finish quickly. Why? Because that alone is not the answer — you have to see what comes next. If you only focus on that one thing, you’re done.

So in the case of New Age figure Bill Gates (William Henry “Bill” Gates III), he realized while in university that this wasn’t going to work — he realized this himself at the time. He dropped out in his second year. Why? “Finishing all this and doing it afterward will be too late; this won’t work” — and so he dropped out, came out, and created that thing. That doesn’t mean our Remnant should “all drop out.” It means that Bill Gates saw something important. He saw what would happen several decades down the road. This is what completely turned the world upside down. And this man is a person who does the New Age movement, the demonic movement. It was completely taken from us. So the hope is in the Remnant — we don’t know what will happen through the Remnant.

[Acts 19:8-10]
They themselves didn’t know. The secret was delivered here, but they themselves didn’t know things would turn out this way. Now, you must absolutely remember this. This is the message coming out this week.

3. Genius
God gave this (genius) equally to every person. This is truly talent descending from heaven — genius given to everyone, to anyone. We say, “Wow, that person is a genius,” but that person has just made it visible.

1) By oneself (limitation)
So there are those who discover this on their own. These people will inevitably reach a limit.

2) The three organizations (spiritual problem)
And remarkably, Bill Gates right now has a genius discovered through the three organizations. This is now bringing enormous spiritual problems. It has finally arrived. Well, in the case of Freemason-affiliated Steve Jobs (Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs), he had many spiritual problems and died; Michael Jackson (Michael Joseph Jackson) and that spirit — many died like that, all of them.

3) The genius given by God (victory without fighting)
What we want right now — what God wants — is to find the genius given by God, given from above. People don’t believe this. So it is easy. We need to find the genius that God sends down from above, and our committee members, teachers, and Remnant all need to remember this together.

Victory without fighting
Because this is given from above, it is completely 0th priority — you win without fighting. This is the theme of this week’s young adults retreat. We need young adults who have transcended competition. Once this answer is received, the 7 Remnant all won completely, not a single one having to fight.

“The location is somewhat far, transportation might be difficult” — people might expect this, but just wait and see, nothing could be further from the truth. Whether or not you have something, God will raise up and send Remnant with the genius of the age. Because no one believes this, it is so easy to receive answers. You win without even needing to fight.

Young adults must remember this too. This is all for the retreat this week. If it seems like you are already at the level of fighting, it will be hard.

[RT 7]
Look. 7 Remnant. God has given ability from above — how can there be any fighting? There can’t. If our church truly does the gospel movement, how could we even be a target to fight? Could we and the devil be a match? We cannot be. We are not.

So we are already now creating something like IMS, something like an elementary school right now. When kids go in at a young age, they absolutely do not come out. If you want to pull out someone who went in wrong at a young age, they have to crash into a train and survive. That’s the only way to get out. They don’t get out. How can you risk such a thing? But when you put them in at a young age, there’s nothing to crash into — history happens.

▣ Main

Now then, what are all of you to do right now? What must the workers who come for the harvest do? This is the first point.

1. Heavenly Power
From now on, make the Remnant completely understand the power of the throne that descends from above. The kings who had captured the 7 Remnant mocked them — and those kings suffered the consequences.

2. Heavenly Talent
The second point. From now on, teach the Remnant completely the talent that descends from the throne. Do you understand? You must absolutely remember this.

3. Heavenly Mission
So give the Remnant the mission of the throne that descends from above and send them out. That is the point.

(Heavenly Power)
Taking this (the power of the throne), this week I called it in English “Heavenly Power” so that the whole world could understand. The reason I deliberately used English is partly for the Remnant, but my message goes out to the whole world right now. What is this (the power of the throne; Heavenly Power)?

(Heavenly Talent)
And we need to plant this Heavenly Talent that descends from above into your children, into our next generation. We must be careful. There is what God has given. We keep trying to plant our own things. The biggest problem in Gangnam right now is that mothers keep trying to plant their own things. Check for yourselves. Kids are going crazy, half of them are on drugs. They’re going out of their minds. Doing all sorts of things. Not trying to put in what God gave, but trying to put in their own things — that’s what’s happening right now.

Go to schools. Because the kids don’t know God, instead of trying to put in what was given from above, the schools are trying to put in things like sex education. Is there anything more than that? Well, you should do well — but don’t try to “especially produce results.” You need to make it so that what is truly God’s is planted in the children.

Not being able to do this (RT 7), this (RT 7) not coming out — it’s because of the parents now. So God, for the characteristic of 7 Remnant, has separated them from their parents. They can’t be left as they are.

This is why the whole world is in an uproar right now. Everything is interfering with this (the genius given by God). Everyone has the genius God gave, yet it is constantly being interfered with. Parents interfere, teachers interfere, going to school interferes — constantly interfering. Open your eyes and take a look. Kids can’t find what God gave them, they wander around, and then later after struggling greatly, they finally find it.

So isn’t that the case with me as well? “Pastor, how do you pray?” “Don’t learn from me. Then it’ll be all wrong.” That’s right. “Hold onto the covenant, stand before God, and learn what God gives — that’s correct.” Do you understand? What kind of spiritual training are you doing? Learning from people is a disaster. The most important promise God has given in the Bible (the power of the throne, the talent of the throne, the mission of the throne).

(Heavenly Mission)
Looking at this, it is called the Heavenly Mission.

1. Heavenly Power
Now, you will know this well. What is the Heavenly Power? It is simple.

1) 3·9·3 identity
This important thing (3·9·3) that God has given is what I first enjoy myself.

2) 3·9·3 delivery
I enjoy this thing (3·9·3) that God has given, and then I deliver it.

3) [Me] — Power
Within this, I discover myself. This is the power God gives — discovering it. Because virtually everyone doesn’t believe, even pastors don’t believe this — so it’s very easy to do, because they don’t believe. In reality they’re doing other things — they don’t believe. So there’s nothing to fight about. Because to fight you need many who believe and know and compete, and there are no competitors, no interest whatsoever. The 7 Remnant have it all — that’s what this means.

2. Heavenly Talent
From this point, 9 kinds of camps unfold. They emerge here.

1) Only, uniqueness, re-creation
Here our Remnant discovers the “only” that no one can take away. Right? This is the camp. This is the study. The Remnant enjoy this (Main 1) covenant and study here, and then a response of uniqueness that no one else knows arrives. And re-creation becomes visible. There’s no stopping it.

2) Coming-of-age ceremony, mission ceremony, sending ceremony
What emerges from this point? What I must do for a lifetime emerges. This is the coming-of-age ceremony. Praying here, it all gets discovered. The expertise I must live with for a lifetime emerges — the mission ceremony. Where I must be and what I must do for a lifetime emerges — the sending ceremony. Equipped with these, they must be sent.

3) Platform, bartizan, antenna
Because we receive the power that God sends down from above, this becomes a platform. People gather at the platform. And a bartizan is formed that saves those who are dying all around. At last, the antenna through which spiritual communication and healing occur emerges. These are the 9 camps. This is what we want to do in our church.

If you just want to barely get by, there’s no need to do this (Main 1), and you can continue doing what you’re doing now. Anyway, you have to build your credentials, run, take exams, compete, and do all of that. Go to school. Precariously climb up, fight in competition, doing it that way. Regardless of God, you have to do it that way. If you’re a bit lucky, you’ll eat well somewhere decent — well, that’s how it goes. You’ll barely get by. Our Remnant must not die worrying about meals. At the very least, our Remnant need to discover the power, talent, and mission of the throne that will move the world.

This message sounds vague to the Pharaoh, but to Joseph and Moses it was a real and practical matter. So to Pharaoh it was like, “What are you talking about right now?” “We’re going to go offer blood sacrifices.” “What nonsense are you saying right now?” To King Saul, it sounded like the words of a fool. “That senseless person” — that’s how he thought of it. But King David talked about this (Main 1-3). Read the Psalms of David carefully — it is full of it (Main 1-3). He was truly different. So when difficulty came, David achieved even greater victory — comfortably, winning without fighting, at ease.

3. Heavenly Mission

1) CVDIP
At last, this mission is given. From this point, our Remnant clearly sees CVDIP. Now, the covenant becomes visible, the vision becomes visible, the dream becomes visible — all of this becomes visible. And it does not end there. Previously, we tried to find this (CVDIP), but there is no need to search for it anymore.

2) All
Once you have truly found this (CVDIP), everything is CVDIP. Right? Whether falling, it’s this (CVDIP); whether rising, it’s this (CVDIP); whether good things come, it’s this (CVDIP). Whether they don’t come, it’s this (CVDIP). Whether going as a slave, it’s this (CVDIP). This becomes visible.

3) Today
Then what does that mean right away? Today, every day is CVDIP. Therefore: “Because the Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. Even if I walk through the valley, the dark valley of death, it is alright.” This covenant must become the covenant of your children. Right? When we adults keep going wrong like this, the children suffer.

▣ Conclusion

[5 minutes]
This is the conclusion. Actually tell the Remnant to pray these (Main 1-3) prayers for just 5 minutes. Or do it together at school, 5 minutes at a time. Don’t do it in a boring way — just do it 5 minutes at a time with various different topics.

[Imprint, root, disposition]
When done this way, it finds a rhythm. When young, only a little was done, yet this wondrous thing rides the rhythm and becomes like this (imprint, root, disposition). What was fully imprinted as unbelief, what the adults imprinted as worldly words — this (Main 1-3) now begins to be fully imprinted.

[24]
From this point, our Remnant survive anywhere — why? Because they become 24. This is the confession Joseph made. He said, “The Lord was with me.” David made it. Paul made it. Jesus promised it. Wherever you are, it’s alright — exactly like that. Praying for 5 minutes becomes 24 like this. This doesn’t just end.

[25, 00 Summit]
It becomes like this (25, 00). Oh, this is 25, 00. This is what we call becoming a summit. Our Remnant have now risen to the top. When this happens, it is easy. Evangelism becomes the easiest, and receiving answers becomes the easiest. Healing also begins to take place from this point.

You must never forget this for your entire life. When you are actually trying to teach the Remnant these things, the answers come to you first. I bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus that the greatest day for our Remnant Summit Committee begins today.
Let us pray.

Prayer. God, at this time, let the work of the Triune God happen invisibly in me and in the next generation. Let the blessing of the throne work in our schools, fields, and work today. Let the power to save this age be given to the Remnant. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.