Gospel Letters

When Is the Power of God Revealed?

Matthew 28:18-20. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

As we truly come to know who we are and who Jesus Christ is, and as we grow in that understanding, we begin to experience God’s power and blessings. This begins when human beings come to know where we came from, why we are here, and where we are going.

Therefore, we must first remember seven facts that give the answer to all of life. First, originally, human beings were created in the image of God. We were created to live in fellowship with God and to conquer the world by the power that God gives.

Second, however, human beings were deceived by the invisible devil and committed sin, leaving God. As a result, the image of God became darkened, and the human spirit came into a state of death.

Third, from that moment on, anxiety, curses, fear, defeat, suffering, and death continually entered human life. From the time humanity left God, these dark spiritual problems began.

Fourth, people struggle through life in many ways on this earth, living like strangers and travelers. Then one day, they face death and go to their spiritual homeland. God’s children go to God’s kingdom, but those who have left God go to hell together with the devil.

Fifth, therefore, God came to this earth to restore His image in us.

Sixth, Jesus Christ is true God and true man. Because God came in a human body, the spirit of Jesus is truly God, and His body came as a sinless true man. Therefore, He could deliver us from the hand of Satan, and He could die in our place for our sins.

Seventh and finally, when we receive the resurrected Jesus Christ, who is eternal life, into our hearts as our Savior, our life, and our true Lord, then all the problems of our lives are solved. Be certain of these seven facts contained in the gospel and enjoy new blessings as children of God.

Once we enjoy the gospel, the blessing of Immanuel, and the blessings of being children of God, we can live in that blessing. However, there are three obstacles that hinder us from enjoying these blessings. Therefore, you must begin three battles.

The greatest obstacle to enjoying the gospel and the blessings of being God’s children is actually ourselves. Our own thoughts, the standards we have formed while living, and our own timetable become the problem. Because we think, judge, decide, and act according to our own thoughts, standards, and plans, we fail to enjoy the tremendous blessings in the gospel. Instead, we continue to live in worry, discouragement, and failure.

So how can we win the battle with ourselves? Simply put, we must change the master of our lives. If until now we ourselves have been the master of our lives, then from now on we must accept Christ as our Lord, entrust all our lives to Him, rely on Him, and walk together with Him.

Then we will overcome our limitations and our level, and experience victory. Entrust your environment to the Lord and discover His plan. Rather than seeking our own will, seek God’s perfect will. Rather than trusting our own plans, believe that God’s plan is more perfect.

Our stubbornness and our own thoughts bring no real benefit. May our lives become lives that completely entrust ourselves to the Lord. When we truly trust God, God will also take full responsibility for our lives and work in them.

In the last days, we must fight Satan, who continues trying to deceive us. Even though we are in Christ, Satan still tries to deceive, tempt, and attack us. With our own strength, we cannot overcome Satan’s temptations and attacks. But Jesus Christ, who is in us, has already defeated the authority of Satan. You will be victorious in every spiritual battle against Satan.

In John 1:12, it says that God gives us not only the status of being His children but the authority to become children of God.

In Matthew 28:18, Christ, who possesses all authority in heaven and on earth, promised to be with us always.

In Mark 1:27, we see even demons submitting before Jesus Christ.

In 1 John 3:8, it says, “The Son of God appeared to destroy the works of the devil.”

And in John 16:24, Jesus promised that when we pray in His name, God will answer our prayers.

Therefore, we will overcome all of Satan’s deception, temptation, and attacks, receive answers to prayer, and live victorious lives.

Third, it is the battle with the world. The battle with the world does not mean a physical fight. The world we live in includes our family life, workplace life, social life, and every part of our daily living. The most important answer to living victoriously in this world is living a life led by the Holy Spirit.

If until now we have lived according to our own thoughts, plans, and methods, then from now on we must hold onto the Word given in worship and seek God’s will through prayer and meditation on that Word. When we pray to receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit, God will perfectly guide our lives.

In John 14:16, Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit, the Counselor, will protect us, give us grace, teach us, and be with us forever.

In John 14:26, it says the Holy Spirit will remind us of everything and guide our lives.

In Matthew 12:28, Jesus said: “If I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.” As we receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit, God’s kingdom will come upon our families, our workplaces, and every part of our lives.

May God’s kingdom come upon our families, may our workplaces become places of God’s kingdom, and may God’s kingdom come upon the hearts of our children. As we pray and enjoy the blessings of God’s kingdom, we will be victorious in the world.

Finally, when does God’s power begin in our lives?

From the moment we become children of God and our original sin problem is solved, God’s blessing and power have already come to us. When we begin to resolve the noise of unbelief within us, God’s power will begin to manifest in our lives.

If we repent of the unbelief that made us rely on ourselves and instead trust and depend only on God, then God’s power will begin to appear in our lives. Even the suffering, persecution, illness, and frustration that come to us now contain God’s good plan.

When we discover God’s purpose in our lives and the greater meaning of where we are placed, and begin to pray for that purpose, then God’s power will come upon every place we are and everything we do.

May you be victorious through Jesus Christ, and as you win the three battles,
I bless you in the name of the Lord to live as powerful and victorious Christians.

Prayer. Father, I thank You for working powerfully through the Holy Spirit. Heal my spirit, soul, mind, heart, and body by the power of your word. Fill me with Your Spirit so I may stand as Christ’s witness throughout the day. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

How Should You Begin from Here?

John 17:11-12. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. ¹²While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

Those of us who have received salvation have obtained complete spiritual liberation and freedom. Then how should we live while we are still on this earth?

First, until the end of the world, we must clearly know, foresee, and remember that Satan still exists. Among all the books on earth, the only book that reveals the true identity and schemes of Satan is the Bible. That is why Satan hates it when people understand the Bible correctly.

In the Bible, when the Genesis 3 incident occurred—when man lost the blessings God originally gave them—God gave a promise in Genesis 3:15. God prophesied that the offspring of the woman would come and crush the head of the serpent, which symbolizes Satan.

According to that prophecy, Jesus Christ, who came to this earth as the offspring of the woman and was conceived by the Holy Spirit, died on the cross and rose again. Through His death and resurrection, He completely broke the authority of Satan. Therefore, Satan’s head has already been crushed. Now he is only wandering around, struggling desperately until the end. The Bible also states that on the day when Jesus returns again as the Judge, Satan will be bound forever.

However, there is something we must not overlook. While we live on this earth, Satan continues to deceive believers through evil spirits, deceiving spirits, false prophets, heresies, and demons. Therefore, it is very important for us to gain spiritual victory through worship, the Word, and prayer.

Satan does not only try to make us fall; he also tries to attack our families. Therefore, we must pray for the evangelization of our families. Every member of our family must believe in Jesus as their Savior and become children of God, so that God’s kingdom may come upon our family. This is something you must pray for.

Satan especially looks for unbelievers without the Gospel and believers without assurance. 1 Peter 5:8 says that he prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. For those who believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior, Satan’s head has already been crushed. However, for those who do not yet believe in Jesus, Satan still remains a threatening force that leads their lives toward destruction.

Matthew 12 says that if Satan’s attack is allowed once, later he can return with seven times greater power. Sometimes he attacks people with various unknown diseases. Sometimes he causes confusion through mental and emotional problems, bringing suffering through psychological illness.

However, the Bible says that those who believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior and have assurance of their status as children of God can overcome. James 4:7 says: “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

Satan looks for a place to rest, like an empty house without water. “Without water” means without the living water of God’s grace. Even if someone has received salvation, if they do not experience God’s grace and love through worship, the Word, and prayer, they become spiritually vulnerable to Satan’s attacks.

Matthew 12:45 says that the devil likes an empty house. This refers to a spiritually empty house. If Jesus Christ is not truly enthroned in our hearts, if our hearts are not filled with God’s grace and love, then our hearts become spiritually empty. Even if we try to clean and organize our lives outwardly, Satan will attack that empty heart again, and the person’s spiritual state can become even worse.

That is why Satan hates the Gospel so much. He hates prayer,
he hates studying the Bible correctly, and he especially hates proper worship. He fears most when believers worship on Sunday and share the Gospel.

There are five important truths we must always remember. First, it is most important to know Jesus Christ deeply and correctly. Jesus is the One who solved the three fundamental problems that humans could never solve—the spiritual problems caused by Satan, sin, and separation from God.

He is the True King who delivered me from Satan’s authority, the True Priest who freed me from all sin and disasters, and the True Prophet who gives me eternal life and leads me back to God. These three works together are called Christ. Therefore, Jesus is the Christ. The more we know and believe in this Christ, the more Satan will flee.

Second, according to the Bible, the Triune God—God the Creator,
Jesus Christ, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Counselor—is my God and is with me. We must pray so that the Spirit of the Triune God truly fills us. Then the Triune God will be with us through the power of the throne.

Third, if we confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord of our hearts, the Lord of our families, the Lord of our workplaces, and the Lord of all areas of our lives, then Christ will establish the Kingdom of God in our lives, our families, and our workplaces.

Fourth, if we acknowledge the name and authority of Jesus Christ and testify and witness about Him to others in our daily lives, God will work so that darkness is broken and the light shines.

Fifth, when Jesus Christ becomes our Lord, regardless of our level, ability, environment, or background, Christ will work through us by the power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is important that we always remember and practice these five truths.

The people of the world can be divided into three types according to their spiritual condition. We should think carefully about where we are and where we should be.

First, in the first spiritual state, the seat where the Lord should be is occupied by ourselves. We become the lord of our own lives, and Jesus is still outside our lives. This is the state of an unbeliever. When this happens, because we are living as the lord of our lives, Satan can freely attack our lives. Our lives and even our families can become playgrounds for Satan, and we continue to experience problems, confusion, and suffering.

Second, when we receive Jesus into our hearts, we become children of God. Jesus is now inside our hearts. However, if you look carefully, even though Jesus is in our hearts, we are still sitting on the throne of our lives. We still live according to our thoughts, our plans, our methods, and our strength. We still live centered on ourselves. In this situation, Jesus is inside us, but He waits. Satan still deceives and attacks believers who live centered on themselves.

Third, the correct state is when we completely accept Jesus Christ as the Lord of our lives and begin to hold onto His Word and pray. When this happens, Satan cannot overcome us. Even if Satan tempts or attacks us, the Christ who lives in us is our Lord, so Satan has no choice but to kneel. Problems become opportunities to find God’s answers. Conflicts become opportunities for renewal.
Crises become opportunities to experience God’s new works. Therefore, we must give the throne of our lives to Christ and entrust our lives to Him.

From today, I encourage you to begin scheduled prayer. When you wake up in the morning and open your eyes, begin with a prayer that looks toward God. If you start your day thinking, “I’m tired, frustrated, and exhausted,” that thought becomes your state, and that state eventually becomes your life. Instead, when you open your eyes, begin by looking toward the Triune God. Pray to be filled with the power and authority of the throne, and start your day with the strength that God gives.

During the day, you go to work, meet people, and do many things.
But even one minute after lunch is enough. Pray that God will work in the place where you are, in the work you are doing,
and in the people you are meeting. Through this brief midday prayer, God’s kingdom can be established in your field.

Before going to sleep at night, look back on your day with thanksgiving. Pray that God will fill you with His power again.
Check your schedule for the next day and expect God’s work. Then you will sleep with true peace, comfort, and strength from God. That becomes your scheduled prayer for the night.

Even three prayers of one minute each day are good: Morning prayer to begin the day with God’s strength; Midday prayer to bless the field where you are; Night prayer to end the day with thanksgiving and expectation. Through this scheduled prayer, begin a new life.

During the day, connect everything to prayer—the people you meet, the places you go, and even the problems, events, and crises you experience. When everything is connected to prayer, everything becomes prayer. Through scheduled prayer, you receive strength, and when you turn all your thoughts into prayer during the day, you will begin to experience 24-hour prayer.

Then you will experience God who is with you 24 hours, and you will live victoriously through the strength, wisdom, and power that God gives. May you receive Jesus Christ as the true Lord of your life and enjoy God’s presence through scheduled prayer and continuous prayer, and you will experience God who is with you 24 hours a day.

Now that I am Saved, How Have I Changed?

1 Corinthians 2:10,14. These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. … The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

The Triune God mobilized all the plans of heaven and earth in order to save you and me:

God the Father planned salvation.
Jesus Christ completed salvation.
The Holy Spirit fulfills that salvation within us.

As seen throughout the Old Testament, God continually prophesied through His Word about the coming of Jesus Christ.

Genesis 3:15 says that the offspring of the woman would come and crush the head of the serpent, meaning He would break the authority of Satan.

Exodus 3:18 says that on the day the blood of the lamb is applied, all sin, curse, and disaster will pass over.

Isaiah 7:14 says:

“Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel, which means God with us.“

Through these prophecies, God declared that Christ would come, defeat Satan, resolve all sin, curses, and disasters, and restore the blessing of meeting God and being with God again.

The method of this salvation is written in Isaiah 53:5–6:

“But he was pierced for our transgressions,
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
    and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
    each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.”

God sent Jesus Christ to this earth to suffer and finally die on the cross, redeeming all our sins. This too was foretold through the Word.

Then in Psalm 16:10, it was clearly prophesied that He would not remain in the grave but would rise again.

And in Joel 2:28, God promised that He would pour out His Spirit on those who call on His name.

Therefore, the Old Testament already prophesied where Jesus Christ would be born, how He would die, how He would rise again from the dead, and how He would come through the Holy Spirit.

As 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 says, Jesus Christ came according to the Scriptures, died according to the Scriptures, and rose again according to the Scriptures, proving that Jesus is the Christ.

Now, when we believe in Christ, when we receive the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the risen Lord, when He knocks on the door of our hearts, He enters and dwells within us and fulfills in us the salvation that was completed on the cross.

Thus, the Triune God mobilized all the plans of heaven and earth to accomplish this salvation for us. This is a perfect salvation and an eternal salvation given to us.

But, what is false salvation?

Some people mistakenly think that having a religion means they are saved. Religion is something man created on his own. It is not the gospel. It is not life. Religion may have the good intention of doing good deeds, but religion can never overcome Satan, original sin, or hell. A person who has not received salvation cannot truly perform good. From a spiritually dead state, true goodness cannot appear.

Some people think that becoming a member of a church means they are saved. However, even if someone becomes a member of a church and worships regularly and lives a faithful religious life, religious life without the gospel, legalism without the gospel, and mysticism without the gospel can never solve spiritual problems. Instead, the burden of suffering only increases.

Others misunderstand zeal as the standard of salvation. Think about the zeal of people who perform rituals and devotions in other religions. But even with such zeal, salvation cannot be obtained.

Some people believe that strong conviction or determination will bring salvation. They say, “I believe in myself. I can do it.” But such conviction often leads to wrong results, and when they are alone, they eventually experience frustration and failure.

Others think that memorizing scriptures, chanting mantras, or praying certain prayers will bring salvation. But these things bring only temporary external change. They are never inner change or spiritual change. To such religious people who were burdened with suffering, Jesus said in Matthew 11:28:

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

Lay down all your religious burdens and enjoy the true rest and peace that Jesus gives.

Second, what is the state of being saved?

The state of salvation is when inner change and spiritual change take place. The moment we believe in Jesus as the Christ and receive Him as our Savior, the Holy Spirit dwells within us. From that moment, the Holy Spirit governs our lives. Our problems may still remain the same, and our circumstances may not immediately change. But when the Holy Spirit begins dwelling within us, many changes begin to occur.

Romans 8:2 says that the Spirit of life comes into us.

John 3:3–5 says that through the Holy Spirit we are born again, and we can see and experience the kingdom of God.

In John 14:16–17, Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would be with us forever, dwelling within us. Therefore, no one can drive the Holy Spirit out, and He never leaves us.

What changes occur when we realize the indwelling of the Holy Spirit?

As written in Romans 8:1–2, we are set free from the law of sin and death.

In Romans 8:4, what we could not accomplish, the righteous requirement of the law, because of our weakness, the Holy Spirit fulfills in us.

In 1 Corinthians 2:10–14, through the Holy Spirit within us, we come to understand God’s will and realize God’s grace and blessings.

In 1 Corinthians 3:16, we become God’s temple and enjoy the blessing of being with God.

As written in Galatians 5:16–17, the Holy Spirit makes us aware of our sins and wrongdoings.

In John 14:26–27, Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would guide our weakness.

In John 14:27, He promised to give us true peace that the world cannot know and cannot give.

God also hears our prayers, and when we cannot pray, the Holy Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings that cannot be expressed.

And Romans 8:28 says that all things work together for good. Therefore, all the problems and events of our past, and all the things happening now, will work together to accomplish God’s good purpose. Everything becomes a platform for blessing and an opportunity to fulfill God’s will.

Third, how can we enter this state of salvation?

Salvation means that we abide in Jesus and the life of Jesus is within us. Jesus said that this is only possible when we are born again through the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, John 3:16 says:

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

When we believe in Jesus Christ, who came to this earth for us, and receive Him as our Savior, we become children of God, receive eternal life, and enjoy the kingdom of God.

Fourth, what changes occur in a person who has life?

First, our spiritual registry changes. We change from children of the devil to children of God. Our identity changes. We change from slaves of sin to servants of righteousness. Our spirit, soul, body, and the condition of our lives all change.

The background that leads our lives also changes. In other words, our spiritual identity, spiritual belonging, spiritual state, and spiritual background all change. We who were once children of the devil have now become children of God. 1 John 3:8 says that the one who sins belongs to the devil. Spiritually, we once belonged to the devil, but now we belong to God and to heaven.

In Ephesians 2:1, our spirit, which was dead in transgressions and sins, has now come to life with new life. Our spiritual background has also changed. Before, we lived under the guidance of the devil, within the background of hell. But now we live under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and the throne of God and heaven have become our background.

Fifth, what does God do with those who have this life?

God never abandons them. He continues to guide them until the end and shapes them into holy children of God.

Romans 8:37–39 says:

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Nothing and no one can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.

So, how have we changed after receiving salvation? The Holy Spirit is now with us. Because our spiritual identity, spiritual belonging, spiritual state, and spiritual background have all changed, no one can take us away, and no one can destroy us.

Enjoy the background of the kingdom of God, receive answers, and live in victory as children of God.

Prayer. Father, open my eyes to see the things that came from Your Spirit. Help me understand the true changes since Jesus came into my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

How Can You Meet God?

Yes, it’s nice to meet you. This is the third session of our time editing our lives with the recording. Gospel Letter Lesson 3: How can one meet God? How can one meet God? If you look at John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Amen. A few years ago, through the introduction of a church deaconess, I met a woman in her early 60s. This person thought she was living healthily, but she went to the hospital because her body didn’t feel well and was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. She heard news like a bolt from the blue that she could only live for about three months. This person met with me through the deaconess, and when I met her one morning, even though it was early, I could feel her heart and face seized by the fear of death. I told her that a problem greater than lung cancer had come upon her. What would a problem greater than lung cancer be? She is dying of lung cancer, so what could be bigger? God is clearly alive, but you are a person who has left God for a lifetime. God clearly created you as a spiritual being possessing God’s image, but your spirit is dead and away from God. Ephesians 2:1 says, “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, He brought you to life.” You are away from God, right? Your spirit is dead, right? The original sin starting from the first humans, Adam and Eve, hasn’t been resolved, so disasters find us humans because of it. And because the invisible Satan is seizing us who are fallen into original sin, John 8:44 says, “You belong to your father, the devil.” And for a person who has left God, the person’s life itself is hell, and after living like hell and dying, they actually go to hell; they are within the background of hell. Leaving God, the spirit being dead, being fallen into original sin, and being trapped within the background of hell by the devil—isn’t this, in fact, a problem greater than lung cancer? Therefore, today, what is more important and more urgent than curing lung cancer is meeting the living God. For our dead spirit to obtain new life and to receive liberation from original sin, Satan, and the background of hell that have come down since the time of Adam—that is a more urgent matter for you. Therefore, whether this disease is cured or not because you believe in Jesus today, I cannot know, but Jesus Christ, who resolved your fundamental problem—regardless of the disease, Jesus Christ, who died on the cross and was resurrected today to take charge of all our sins in our place, and who collapsed the authority of Satan, the authority of hell, and all original sin and disasters—Jesus Christ, who sought us out with the Spirit of life—I hope you accept Him as Savior and become a child of God. So she accepted Jesus as Savior with tears, and upon opening her eyes after the acceptance prayer, she confessed with great joy that it was the happiest day of her life, and after that, regardless of the disease, she continued to worship, listen to the Word, and pray, living so happily. Today’s Gospel Letter Lesson 3 title is “How Can One Meet God?” As it says in point one, God is the Creator God and He governs our lives, and that God is Spirit. Because God is Spirit, He is invisible to our physical eyes, and therefore a person cannot see, meet, or touch Him. However, because He is Spirit, He is not limited by space. Visible idols are limited, and God does not enter into idols made by visible people. Because God is Spirit, He is the omnipresent God who is not absent from any place, the omniscient God who knows everything, and the omnipotent God who can do everything. Therefore, God exists and works with the name Jehovah; it means “the one who exists of Himself.” The eternal God. The absolute Sovereign God, who created the world and us humans and governs the life, death, blessing, and curse of all us humans and governs the history of mankind, is alive even now and is governing the world even now. Therefore, because we humans were created as spiritual beings possessing the image of God, meeting this God is salvation; therefore, for humans, there is nothing more important or urgent than salvation. Now, however, as it says in point two, because we humans have physical bodies, we cannot see God with our eyes and cannot actually meet God physically. Because our human spirit is limited within the physical body, leaving the physical body is death, and while our spirit is within the physical body, it is an opportunity for salvation. Therefore, as mankind left God, they are in a state where the spirit is dead; because they are seized by the invisible Satan, mankind can absolutely never seek out God or meet God on their own, as we confirmed in the Word last time as well. So, as it says in point three, in order to save you and me, God came to this earth wearing the body of a man. God opened the way. God, who is Spirit, came to this earth wearing the body of a man in order to save us humans. That person is exactly Jesus Christ; therefore, Jesus Christ came to this earth as a true man without sin, but His spirit is God. Therefore, because Jesus possesses the nature of God, He can abolish the authority of Satan, and because He possesses the nature of man, He could suffer death by shedding His blood on the cross in our place for our sins. He who is God abolished the authority of Satan, and He who is true man atoned for all our sins; therefore, if you accept the resurrected Jesus Christ, the way, the truth, and the life, you and I meet God and become children of God. When you accept this Jesus Christ into your heart, as the Spirit of life comes upon our spirit, our dead spirit comes to life, we become children of God, and we receive eternal salvation. The moment you accept this Jesus, the authority of Satan leaves forever, and we receive eternal liberation from original sin and actual sins, and we obtain eternal life. Therefore, if you truly believe in Jesus in your heart and confess with your mouth to accept Him as my Savior and my Owner, you and I will enjoy the blessing of becoming children of God. As it says in point four, if so, what is the evidence that God is with me? 1 Corinthians 12:3 says that no one can confess Jesus as Lord except by the Holy Spirit. Because the Holy Spirit has come within us, we become able to confess Jesus as my Owner. From that time, the Holy Spirit guides our lives and sanctifies us toward the holy path. Now, when we receive the Word of God correctly, through the realization of the Holy Spirit, we correctly realize the Word of God, and when we follow that Word, we receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and if we repent for the sins we committed, God grants us great grace, forgives those sins, and guides our lives. Now, if we grasp the Word of God and set a time and a topic and begin to pray earnestly until the end, just twice a day, in the morning and at night, if we pray to be filled with the Spirit of the Lord who is within me, God pours out the promised fullness of the Holy Spirit to us, and Satan, who lost us, tries to deceive and attack us until the end, but if we receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit, we overcome our own limitations, we overcome the complicated world, and we overcome all attacks of Satan. When that happens, from then on, the evidences that God is with me appear in my life. Therefore, when other people see that God is with me or if I testify to the Lord who is with me, the door of evangelism is opened. The people around me come to know more about the Lord who is with me, and I hope that this blessing of evangelism, where those people also believe in Jesus as the Christ like me, appears to you and me as well. John 14:6: “I am the way and the truth and the life.” Jesus is exactly the way to meet God, the true truth that resolves all problems of us humans, and the eternal life that brings our dead spirits to life; while remembering that fact once more, I hope you truly begin prayer for the fullness of the Holy Spirit within Christ. When you open your eyes in the morning, if [you pray], “God, grant me the fullness of the Holy Spirit. With the Spirit of Christ, with the Spirit of God, with the Holy Spirit, make me full. Today as well, please be together in all my life and let me enjoy the blessing of God being with me.” While starting prayer comfortably in the morning, I hope you begin the day; and during the day, regarding the people I meet, the work I do, and all the places I go, I hope you experience God being with you in all of life within that prayer of enjoying the blessing of being with God, and before going to sleep, once more, so that the Spirit of God makes me full, it is even better if you can listen to the Word once. Before going to sleep, if you can listen to the Word of God, grasp that Word, and end the day while doing prayer that obtains great spiritual strength toward God, you and I will continue to experience evidences in our lives that God is with us. Jesus Christ, the way, the truth, and the life—by accepting that Christ as Savior, become a child of God, and while receiving and enjoying the fullness of the Holy Spirit, I bless you in the name of the Lord that you all become witnesses of the blessing who daily experience God being together with me.

Why Can’t People Meet God?

Acts 4:12. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.

Yes, it is nice to meet you. It is the second session of the time to edit our lives with the Gospel. Gospel Letter Lesson 2: Why does mankind have no happiness? Why is mankind devoid of happiness? We will share the message under this title. In the last session, through our first meeting, we confirmed the Word of God regarding “Why mankind has no happiness.” We confirmed the important fact that mankind has no happiness because they lost the original blessings given by God and are living having left God. Before sharing the message, I would like to first tell a little story about how I edited my life with the Gospel. My parents are very good people. They are people who live diligently, people who live doing their best, and they are my ordinary yet very good parents who hate causing harm to others. However, in my childhood memories, they fought so much. They were truly good people, but they fought so, so much. During my middle and high school years, and elementary years, they fought truly every day, to the extent that I remember it as there being not a single day they didn’t fight. They fought with words, and when it was severe, they hit and fought each other, and things in the house would be broken, and tools that were lacking when cooking in the kitchen would appear during the fights. Eventually, while my father was in a state of being too drunk, he fought with my mother and hit my mother’s head with a glass alcohol bottle, and I saw my mother’s forehead being torn before my eyes, and while wiping that flowing blood, I saw them fighting with even more strength, and I was so deeply scarred, and [I thought], “Why do my parents fight like this? Why on earth did they get married?” I hated my parents so much and I resented my parents so, so much. Therefore, I grew up having many scars and darkness in my heart. Beyond resentment toward my parents and beyond hatred toward my parents, in this situation that could not be resolved, in order to fill it with something else, I became obsessed with sports, obsessed with music, and obsessed with games, and without knowing it myself, I came to have a time of wandering. However, unable to find the fundamental answer for my life, my heart gradually became darker, my thoughts became darker, and I gradually spoke less; looking back now, it seems I grew up in a state similar to depression. At that time, the reason I thought my parents fought and our home was unhappy was that when they fought every day, they talked a lot about money. Money. Company. [I thought], “People fight like this because they have no money. Money is the problem and money is the answer.” I thought that way; and second, because my parents were people born around the time of the Korean War, I heard that they could not attend school properly and could not study much. Therefore, [I thought], “A person must have knowledge and must learn, but when a person cannot learn and has no knowledge, they live while fighting like this. Knowledge is the problem and knowledge is the answer.” I thought that way. Also, third, I heard that many of the elders in Korea did so in the past: they got married through a promise between families. So they said they saw each other’s faces for the first time on the first day of their wedding ceremony. Therefore, when they fought, they very often said things like, “I came to this house to marry you having only seen your face, and now I suffer this hardship.” Therefore, [I thought], “If you marry a person you do not love, it is unhappy like this.” However, as I grew up a bit and became an adult, and as I came to know the Gospel, and as I came to look at the world correctly, I saw that even those chaebols who have so much money collapse, commit suicide, and many problems come; and seeing those professors who are said to have learned so much knowledge get depression, get mental problems, and collapse through strange incidents, and their homes collapse and their posterity collapse, I saw that money is not the answer and knowledge is also not the answer; there was an incident that shocked us so much where at one time the best talent in our country married the best baseball player, but they eventually divorced after hitting and fighting each other, and that talent also committed suicide, and that baseball player also committed suicide. Therefore, loving is also not the fundamental reason or the fundamental answer. Along with that, as I came to know the Gospel, I came to know why I had no choice but to be that way, why my parents had no choice but to be that way, and why our family had no choice but to live while fighting and giving and receiving many scars. God did not make mankind this way originally. God originally created our humans as spiritual beings possessing the image of God, and therefore they should live while being with God, receiving God’s grace and love, and loving, praising, and worshipping God, and they should live to conquer and govern the world with the wisdom and power God gives, but they lost all the original blessings of mankind. Looking at the reason for the loss, because the first humans of our mankind, Adam and Eve, were deceived by Satan, committed sin, and left God, they lost all these original blessings of mankind. My parents and I, who were born after the Genesis chapter 3 incident, were also born within that Genesis chapter 3 in a state of having left God, in a state where the spirit is dead, and in a state of being seized by Satan, and while struggling with physical efforts, physical struggles, and physical methods, because of spiritual problems that are not resolved no matter how much they effort, they eventually ended up fighting each other, giving scars, and receiving scars, and they had no choice but to live their lives that way. Leaving God is the fundamental problem of our home, and Genesis chapter 3 is exactly the fundamental problem of our home. I was fallen into Genesis chapter 3. My parents were fallen into Genesis chapter 3. Our whole family was fallen into Genesis chapter 3. Furthermore, even while my parents fought like that, I often saw them crying during the time they were alone. My mother would go up to the attic and always lament her lot in life, and she would come down after crying for 30 minutes or an hour. My father also, when he came home after drinking, would sit us children down and continue to speak about how he was lonely, there was no fun in living, and his personality did not match with my mother at all, and once, while holding my hand and with his head bowed, my father’s tears dripped onto the back of my hand several times. Ah, my mother was truly having a hard time; my father was truly having a hard time; my father cried when he was alone, my mother also cried when she was alone, and because us children were also being scarred and shedding tears when we were alone, I came to know the very amazing fact that there is no perpetrator and there are only victims. It was a spiritual problem that my parents also could not help. There was a spiritual problem that they could not do as they pleased. Therefore, I came to know the fact that our house had become like a plaything for Satan, like a playground. Uh, then, like today’s title, if problems came because we left God, can we not just meet God again? Why can mankind not meet God? That is the title of Lesson 2 today. Uh, like it is in number 1, mankind has left God, and if you look at Ephesians 2:1, it says, “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins.” It is not that you were dying in transgressions and sins, but it says He brought to life you who were dead. As we left God, our spirit ended up in a state of death. Just as a dead person can do nothing, a person whose spirit is dead can do nothing for spiritual salvation. They cannot make any spiritual effort. Originally the Spirit of God was together within us humans, but after the Genesis chapter 3 incident, while being deceived by Satan and committing sin, the Spirit of God left, and Satan seized our dead spirit. As Satan seized us, John 8:44: “You belong to your father, the devil.” Therefore, they cannot meet God on their own, and they cannot realize the Word of God on their own, and they have fallen into a state where they cannot resolve spiritual problems on their own. Now, however, as it is in number 2, because mankind was a spiritual being, there is an instinct to seek God. There is an instinct to seek a god, and an instinct to pray if a dangerous moment comes, and there is a spiritual instinct. Therefore, they try living kindly, and try living truthfully, and try living diligently, and then at the very last, they seek religion. Therefore, regardless of time or place, there is no country without religion. Even professors, doctors, and lawyers who have learned so much, even politicians, because of problems they cannot resolve on their own, visit a shaman, and bow before a tree, and bow before a rock, and look at the sky and bow, and visit a leader of a strange religious group to have a strange experience and bring and offer all their wealth there—the fact that such incomprehensible things occur is a phenomenon that comes out of the struggle of those who have left God. Therefore, number 3: the most urgent and most necessary thing for mankind is salvation. Salvation. The salvation of coming out of that entire Genesis chapter 3 and meeting God. Receiving liberation from all the authority of Satan, and receiving forgiveness from all sins, and coming out of all the background of Hell to obtain eternal life and become a child of God to live together with God—this blessing of salvation is the most urgent and most necessary blessing for mankind. Therefore, because a dead spirit can absolutely never receive salvation on its own, because mankind can absolutely never receive salvation through human effort, God sent the Christ, and it cannot be resolved through the effort of my own self whose spirit is dead, and it cannot be resolved through the help of other people, and God has never sent a hero to this earth who can overcome Satan. Acts 4:12: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” No other name by which we must be saved. I believe there is no other name but only Jesus Christ who can rescue us from the authority of Satan, rescue us from sin, and rescue us from the background of Hell. If you look at Ephesians 2:8 and 9, it says, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith.” Even the faith you have is a gift from God. Thinking that way, when I think about the fact that 30 years ago from now I became a child of God and obtained eternal new life and came to enjoy the blessing of being with God, I don’t know how thankful I am. Now my parents and my siblings also all believe in Jesus as the Christ and have accepted Him as Savior to become children of God and are living as a family for world evangelization. Why can mankind not meet God? Because they are away from God, and the spirit is dead, and Satan is seizing our dead spirit, mankind can absolutely never meet God through human effort. Therefore, I believe that through the faith that believes in Jesus Christ, the Christ sent through the grace of God, you and I receive salvation and become children of God. Uh, if there is anyone who has not yet accepted Jesus as Savior, like we did the acceptance prayer at the last of last week, I hope you become you and I who live the most happy life by accepting Jesus as my Savior and becoming a child of God to enjoy the blessing of being with God. Yes, thank you. The third session of time to edit life with the Gospel—I will see you next time. Ah, thank you.

Why Are People Unhappy?

Romans 3:23. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Yes, it is nice to meet you. It is time to edit our lives with the Gospel. Gospel Letter Lesson 1: Why does mankind have no happiness? Why is mankind devoid of happiness? If you look at the Word of God in Romans 3:23, it says, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Uh, there is probably no one in the world who does not want to be happy. Everyone wants to be happy. However, in reality, they are not happy, and in fact, most people live while struggling amidst many various types of suffering. Some people [face] family problems, some people health problems, some people economic problems, and some people live while facing great difficulties and hardships because of mental problems within themselves or their families. Because there is no true happiness, even though they work and have achieved many things, because there is no true happiness, they fall into alcohol, they fall into gambling, they fall into dancing or dissolute pleasures, and some people endure it until various problems come, such as depression, and if it gets worse later, manic-depression, panic disorder, and even reach a state of being like a spiritual epidemic. These kinds of regrettable things are happening all too much in this world right now. Uh, our country has the number one suicide rate among OECD countries; you know well that it is the number one country. Uh, the number one cause of death for those in their 10s, 20s, and 30s is not disease and not accidents, but is said to be suicide. Uh, looking lately, cases of depression, manic-depression, and panic disorder are becoming so, so numerous. Most of these are revealed during the adolescent years, and because they are not treated well, they become college students, they become young adults, and as they get married, the problems are even delivered to the home and later even to the children—we are living in a world that is all too regrettable. Exactly why does mankind have no happiness? Why is mankind devoid of happiness? Regarding that, the Word of God, the Bible, is speaking accurately. If you open Genesis chapter 1, if you look at Genesis 1:27 and 28, God has never created an unhappy human being. God has never created a human being who is depressed, anxious, and fallen into suffering. The Word says God originally created humans as beings who are so, so happy, possessing the image of God. Just as a fish is happy when living in the water, and a tree is happy when its roots are in the ground, a human created in the image of God was created to live happily while meeting God and being with God. God created humans to be happy only when they receive God’s grace and love, and conversely, live while loving, praising, and worshipping God. Therefore, He created humans to conquer and govern the world with the wisdom and power that God gives. Now, however, regrettably, if you look at Genesis chapter 3, the first humans of mankind, Adam and Eve, were deceived by the invisible Satan. Deceived by Satan who entered into the serpent, they committed the sin of disbelieving God, and falling into spiritual pride that they themselves could become like God, they received Satan’s temptation, committed sin, and ended up leaving God. They ended up leaving God. Just as problems come from the moment a fish leaves the water, and problems come from the moment a tree’s roots are pulled out of the ground, and problems come from the moment a young child leaves their parents, problems have come from the moment humans left God. From the moment they were deceived by Satan, committed sin, and left God—if you look at Ephesians 2:1, it says, “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins.” From the moment of leaving God, this spirit of us humans fell into a state of death. Now, as the spirit became a dead state, gradually, in our hearts, thoughts, and minds as well, many scars, difficulties, and sufferings come to occur, and because there is no peace in the heart, there is no sense of worth or satisfaction in life, so they drink alcohol again, and if they cannot sleep all night long, the balance of life is also broken, and as a result, because the stress in the heart eventually gives an influence even to the physical body, physically as well, they come to suffer through insomnia and difficulties of various diseases. In a word, leaving God, spiritual problems, mental problems, and physical problems come step by step, and they simply cannot be resolved. The Bible says regarding this: it is not a physical problem, but this problem—it is not such a physical problem that comes because our efforts are insufficient or our diligence is insufficient, but it says it is a spiritual problem that comes from leaving God. We humans are spiritual beings created in the image of God. The fundamental cause of every problem occurring to us humans is a spiritual problem. A spiritual problem. That is, exactly the problem of being deceived by Satan, committing sin, and leaving God is the spiritual problem, and because our spirits are dead and the invisible Satan and the background of Hell are seizing our dead spirits, even though people live that kindly, diligently, and doing their best, the spiritual problem is not resolved and the mental problem is not resolved. One day, you cannot overcome the disasters that seek out you and your family. In order to find a solution, sometimes they try believing in superstitions, and try visiting a shaman’s house, and try believing in religion and idols, but what is needed is the Gospel of returning to God. The Gospel of life that brings our dead spirits to life is needed. Through religion and idols, you can absolutely never resolve the fundamental problem, the spiritual problem of mankind. All these problems started from the time of the first humans of mankind, Adam and Eve, and have continued until now. If you look at Genesis chapter 3, from the moment they were deceived by Satan, committed sin, and left God, the scene of hiding to avoid God appears. I do not know if you have ever hidden to avoid someone. From that time, anxious and fearful hearts begin to arise. If you search Genesis chapter 1, no matter how much you search, if you look at the content of God’s creation, He has never created fear and anxiety. If you turn off the light, darkness seeks you out. Just as darkness is the phenomenon that appears in a place where there is no light, the phenomena that appear in a heart where there is no God, a heart where there is no grace of God, are fear, anxiety, and worry. Therefore, humans left God and spiritual problems came, and much darkness sought them out in their hearts as well, and they came to suffer much pain in their lives. So eventually, this problem that started from Genesis chapter 3 has come through our country, through our lineage, through our parents, and even to me. Therefore, because the fundamental problem is a spiritual problem, it can absolutely never be resolved through human effort and methods. Behind that, there is an entity of darkness that continuously brings this darkness and unhappiness. Regarding that entity, the Bible uses the words Satan, devil, and demon; if you look at Genesis 3:15, God said he is our enemy. The Satan, devil, and demon who deceive our human race into leaving God and being eternally destroyed in sin, Satan, and Hell—he is exactly the enemy of our lives, the enemy of our mankind, who has seized you and me and our families for tens of years. A fallen angel from heaven was kicked down to this earth, and because he cannot overcome God, he comes to attack Adam and Eve, and although Adam and Eve died, even now Satan seizes those who have left God, deceives them, and drives them into the midst of suffering and destruction, into the midst of Hell. Therefore, if you do not know God, eventually, while struggling with spiritual problems, mental problems, and physical problems, without true rest in the heart and without true peace, they continue to face difficulties and hardships, and eventually go to Hell, and it does not end with the person dying and going to Hell, but the spiritual problems and those scars that the person possessed are exactly spiritually passed down to the children. Therefore, I, while meeting many people, have seen lineages where people continue to die early, dying young; some lineages have families where divorce continues; some lineages have mental problems that continue without being cut off. Also, strangely, lineages where suicide continues to be frequent—these spiritual problems that started from Genesis chapter 3 are delivered to me through the lineage and through the parents, and if you do not have the spiritual strength to reject this and overcome it, you eventually end up suffering. You end up suffering. Therefore, because we can absolutely never resolve this problem through our efforts, through our methods, and through the peace of the world, God sent Jesus Christ to this earth. If you look at Romans 5:8, it says, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Amen. God’s Son Jesus Christ came to this earth and, by shedding His blood and dying on the cross for all the sins of you and me, He took charge of every sin of ours in our place, and as evidence that He is the Son of God, He was resurrected in 3 days; He overcame the authority of Satan, the authority of death, and the authority of Hell and was resurrected to become eternal life. “I am the way and the truth and the life.” “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” The way to meet God is Jesus Christ, and the truth that is the solution to all fundamental problems and all problems of us humans is exactly Jesus Christ, and the eternal life that brings our dead spirits to life is exactly Jesus Christ. Therefore, the resurrected Jesus is now knocking on the door of our hearts with the Spirit of life. If you look at Revelation 3:20, it says, “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” If we open the door of our heart and accept Jesus as my Savior, my life, and my true Owner, at this time Jesus enters our heart, and entering into our hearts with the Spirit of life, John 1:12: “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” Amen. If you accept Jesus, you become a child of God. You come to obtain eternal life. From all Satan, original sin, curses, disasters, fate, and Hell, you come to receive eternal liberation in the name of Jesus Christ. Become a child of God by accepting Jesus as Savior, and for those who have already accepted, while confessing Jesus Christ as my true Owner, now, I bless you in the name of the Lord that you be victorious with the great conviction that Jesus is within me and I am a child of God. Let’s pray once. Uh, you may do it in your heart or out loud; it would be good if you pray together following my prayer. “God who is alive, I thank You. Not being able to meet God, not knowing God, and leaving God, I became the owner of my life, unable to resolve spiritual problems, and without knowing the existence of Satan, I have lived while struggling. For me who left God, for me who fell into original sin, and for me who fell into the invisible disasters, curses, and background of Hell, I believe in Jesus Christ who came to this earth. I believe that by shedding Your blood and dying on the cross for me, You took charge of all my sins in my place, were resurrected, overcame the authority of Satan and the authority of Hell, and became eternal life. I thank You for seeking out my heart at this time with the Spirit of life. I open the door of my heart. Into my heart, come as the true life, come as the true Savior, and coming as my true Owner, make me an eternal child of God as You promised, and give eternal new life to my dead spirit. Now as a child of God, being with God and walking with God, let me live while enjoying the true peace, true thanksgiving, and true joy that God gives. Today, right now, and forever, I love and praise the Lord who is together within me. In the name of Jesus Christ, who is eternally together within my heart, I pray. Amen.” Now, you have become a child of God. Ah, according to the promise of the Bible, if you believed in Jesus as the Christ and welcomed Him into your heart, according to the promise of the Bible, Jesus will be together within you eternally. I so, so much congratulate you on becoming a child of God, and I hope it becomes a day of a new start for the blessing of being with God.