2026.07.12 Sunday 2nd Service
237 Missions Dept. Devotional Worship
「Disciples Who Possess Everything」
(Ac 1:11-14)
Bartizan of the Kingdom of God — Guidepost
Disciples Who Have Everything
(Acts 1:11–14)
Introduction
1. (Acts 1:3(40)) 3. (Acts 2:1–18)
2. (Acts 1:14(10))
Main
1. Jewish 2. Gentile 3. Roman
1) Acts 3:1–12 1) Darkness (3 camps) 1) 237
2) Acts 7:1–60 1) 237 2) 5,000 tribes
3) Acts 11:19 2) Healing (3 camps) 3) TCK, CCK, NCK
3) Culture (3 camps) (3 camps)
Conclusion
2) Acts 8:4–(8) 6) Acts 11:19
3) Acts 8:16–(40) 7) Acts 13:1
(14 generations)
Acts 1:11–14
11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
12 Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city.
13 When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
14 They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
Summary
What to keep in mind regarding the Remnant Conference — Satan is trying to steal your prayer. Because Genesis chapters 3, 6, and 11 (I, mine, success) have been imprinted, you cannot pray. He makes you unaware of the identity and authority you possess, and prevents you from enjoying the background of the throne. If you are not deceived, the three resurrection messages given by Christ are delivered: “Make disciples of all nations.” “Go to all peoples and heal in my name.” “Go to the ends of the earth.” If you miss the blessing of prayer, you will have to grab hold of something else. Hold the covenant and do not be deceived.
The bartizan, journey, and guidepost of the throne — Satan makes you unaware of the bartizan, journey, and guidepost of the throne.
“Disciples Who Have Everything” (Acts 1:11–14) — The disciples of the early church are disciples who have everything. They gathered together and devoted themselves solely to prayer. They needed nothing else. These people turned the world upside down.
▣ Introduction
1. Acts 1:3(40) For 40 days they held the covenant (bartizan, journey, guidepost) given by Jesus and prayed.
2. Acts 1:3(10) For 10 days they prayed fervently.
3. Acts 2:1–18 Power appeared, the door to many nations opened, and answers came showing the future.
▣ Main — An unimaginable history of missions took place.
1. A history that shocked the Jewish people took place.
1) Acts 3:1–12 The lame man whom all the Jewish people knew was raised up in the name of Jesus Christ.
2) Acts 7:1–60 Stephen, who delivered the sure covenant and died — the door opened in Samaria, and the epoch-defining evangelist Paul was deeply shocked.
3) Acts 11:19 Those scattered because of Stephen’s persecution gathered together.
2. The gospel was delivered to the Gentiles.
1) Darkness (3 camps) — 3 camps that broke the power of darkness arose.
2) Healing (3 camps) — 3 camps that healed spiritual sicknesses arose.
3) Culture (3 camps) — 3 camps that transformed culture arose.
3. The gospel was delivered to Rome. The highway of world evangelism was opened.
When problems come while holding this covenant, they become opportunities. Do not fear problems. If there are sick people or those in difficulty, pray to the end and help them. When the church faces hardship, lay down your life to save it.
1) 237 — This is the very highway of 237.
2) The highway of the 5,000 tribes.
3) TCK, CCK, NCK — Talented individuals who are not receiving benefits are waiting.
▣ Conclusion — What did they leave behind?
1. The age of the displaced — The disciples raised in this way met the age of the displaced, and world evangelism took place.
2. It was connected all the way to the age of the Reformation.
3. Gospel restoration — What remains now is gospel restoration. You must do this. “Go and offer the blood sacrifice.” What happened each time there was gospel restoration throughout the ages?
▷ The most important role in saving the many nations and 5,000 tribes is that of medicine. Only those in the medical field who have the gospel can do this. The field is completely defenseless. The greatest field right now is healing the sick. If even a small number of medical workers provide support, just teaching breathing healing and holy meditation healing is enough. We must shine light on them. We once received that kind of help ourselves, so we must repay that grace to the whole world.
Transcript
By around the 2nd service on Sunday, you need to take hold of the covenant that is being embedded in your soul. With that, throughout the week you will see many things together with the messages and your work that come forth. Especially regarding the Remnant Conference — what is it that you need to keep in your heart? Satan is trying to steal your prayer. That is why, because Genesis chapters 3, 6, and 11 have been imprinted, you cannot pray. And second, he makes you unaware of the identity and authority you possess. And third,
your background. The enormous background of the throne — he makes you unable to enjoy it. Because he cannot cancel your salvation, he keeps obstructing the blessings you are to receive. When you realize this and are not deceived, the three resurrection messages given by Christ were delivered in today’s 1st service: “Make disciples of all nations.” “Go to all peoples and heal in my name.” “Go to the ends of the earth.” This was today’s 1st service message.
Then, with the Remnant in mind, with our children in mind, placing everything here — you need to ask yourself, “Can these people truly pray?” Sometimes I even want to ask pastors, “How do you pray?” I want to ask. Because if you miss the life of prayer and its blessings, you have to grab hold of something else. That is why you must hold the covenant and not be deceived.
Many people are deceived. “One elderly person is praying — what kind of answer can that bring? What value does it have?” That is how they think. It is the prayer of the elderly Jacob after he lost Joseph. One powerless woman places her child in a royal palace and prays — “What kind of great influence could that have?” People are deceived. The grandmother Anna, who appeared to be receiving no answers at all, prayed in the temple for over sixty years. Through that person, the birth of Christ was first prophesied. People keep being deceived.
It is the same even now, but the prayers of the deaconesses in the early days of our church are important. I once asked them about it. It is so precious. They prayed every night, they said. Many of those members are still here. I asked if there was anything they wanted to request. Their dream was something remarkable. What did they say? They said they wanted to go for a drive with Pastor Ryu once. Great. I dropped everything and went, didn’t I? It was a shock to me. They told me they know how to have a good time. Completely. They not only pray well — they know how to enjoy life. These people’s prayers are not just ordinary prayers. Satan deceives us about prayer. “Prayer can be done or not done” — “What if I just pray?” No. In the early days of our church, after every gathering and worship service, the core group would start the real work. That is right, isn’t it? Elder Kang Chil-se and the core members here — their prayers are not small prayers. Even now, when I go to Seoul, the senior elders sit there neatly, dressed in clean suits. You must not think their prayers are small. That gathering itself is prayer. When they come, they even have the church cleaned up before sitting down. Look at our Japan ministry as well. People like Elder Soga, Elder Akio — those are not small prayers. People like Francis, whom we appointed as a missionary. I am now watching the multi-ethnic prayer closely. Important figures are going to emerge from within that. And now the many peoples are important. So you must remember today’s message. Satan has already planted Genesis chapters 3, 6, and 11 — I, mine, success — and made it so that you cannot see spiritual things at all. You must not fall for that.
Even now, I feel bad about this — there are relatives who helped me greatly when things were difficult for me. Thinking I had succeeded, they come and make requests of me. “Let me run a snack shop at Immanuel Church. I’ll buy a bus, so let me be the driver.” This was someone who helped me when I was young. I immediately said no. They might have felt hurt. Why? That kind of thinking — my own personal benefit, my thing, doing things centered on myself — that is not right. No matter how lacking a pastor or elder may be, they must act for God, for the church, for the congregation. That is right, isn’t it? It all comes down to Genesis chapters 3, 6, and 11. That is why Satan has designed things perfectly so that whatever you pray for is useless. Your enormous identity and authority — he makes you unaware of them.
The bartizan, journey, and guidepost of the throne
Especially the things of the throne — these are enormous. It is what Jesus did last of all. He makes you unaware of this. This is the only prayer I do. What else is there to do? Jesus said to do only this: “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness.” And he said it again for 40 days. So what answer comes out of that?
“Disciples Who Have Everything” (Acts 1:11–14)
The disciples of the early church are those who have everything, those who have everything. There is nothing to fear. Those people gathered together today, and as you read in the scripture, “they devoted themselves to prayer.” It is not that they could do nothing else and so they prayed. They needed nothing else. “They devoted themselves to prayer.” These people turned the world upside down. That is why I believe the 237 mission teams our church has right now are people of tremendous importance on a precious timetable.
▣ Introduction
What did they pray?
1. [Acts 1:3(40)]
For 40 days they held the covenant given by Jesus and prayed, didn’t they? So we must enjoy that. That is what this is. The bartizan, journey, and guidepost.
2. [Acts 1:14(10)]
With this, for ten days in today’s scripture text they prayed fervently.
3. [Acts 2:1–18]
Then the answer just came, didn’t it? Power appeared. The door to many nations opened and the future became visible. That history came.
▣ Main
Then an unimaginable history of missions took place. We need to take this with us. Continue praying throughout this week.
1. Jewish people
A history that shocked the Jewish people took place. There are many examples but let me give three.
1) Acts 3:1–12
Something like this happened in the world. A lame man whom all the Jewish people knew. Everyone knew him. A man born lame. He also sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. Everyone knew. A person the priests, scribes, and Pharisees could not even dream of helping. Peter raised him up in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. It is enormously significant. Peter resolved what could not be resolved in the temple — what many people could not resolve.
2) Acts 7:1–60
Let us look at another one. Stephen delivered the sure covenant and died. This too is an event. From the time of Stephen’s death, great works began. Doors opened here and there in Samaria. What does the scripture say? “Stephen fell asleep.” That is what it says. Now, who was the person most shocked by this event? It is Paul, the epoch-defining evangelist. He stood as a witness when Stephen was being stoned — saying this man must die. So he records it legally. There is someone who throws the first stone. What would happen if you hit someone in the head with a stone? Then many others throw stones together. Throwing stones is not just throwing. It is legally recorded. “I am the first to stone this person.” The name must be recorded. A witness must be present at that time. That is because stoning is a legal matter. When stoning someone, you remove your outer garment to throw. In those days the outer garment represented one’s status — to whom do you give it? You give it to the witness. So then, when you say “I will kill this person, I will execute him” — you don’t just pick up a stone and hit someone. You make a record and you take off your outer garment. You don’t just hand it to anyone. You give it to the person who has agreed to be the witness. So the one who throws the first stone removes his outer garment and entrusts it to the witness. And who is that witness? It is Paul. He also witnessed Stephen dying there. So as he was going to Damascus, not long after, a light struck him down, didn’t it? At that time Jesus said
to him, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.” When the light struck down, this Paul — Saul, Paul, by that same name — Paul collapsed. He was called out clearly. “Saul, Saul.” How shocked this Paul must have been. The day his life was turned completely around. “Lord, who are you?” he asked. “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.” That is what happened. Paul’s life was completely turned upside down.
3) Acts 11:19
The church in Antioch was established. Paul was called there. There is one important word that appears when the Antioch church was established. It is those who were scattered due to Stephen’s persecution who gathered. All of this was a shock to the Jewish people.
2. Gentiles
This gospel, through these praying people, was delivered to the Gentiles. This is the blessing that those of you who do evangelism will receive. It was delivered to the Gentiles — in a remarkable way. What was it?
1) Darkness (3 camps)
3 camps that broke the power of darkness arose. This itself is a blessing. That is not even all of it.
2) Healing (3 camps)
3 camps that healed spiritual sicknesses were opened.
3) Culture (3 camps)
And 3 camps that transformed the culture deeply mired in idolatry were opened. The power of this gospel — you cannot imagine it. That you are now giving offerings, inviting your families, inviting people for missions — this is something we cannot imagine, we really cannot.
3. Rome
It did not simply end there. It began to be delivered to Rome. The fact that it was delivered to Rome means, in simple terms, that the door of world evangelism was completely opened — the highway was opened. At this point an event occurred. Of all things, Paul had to go to Rome to be tried. Why? Because Israel was a vassal state of Rome, so to go to the supreme court you had to go to Rome. Because the Jewish people had framed Paul as a criminal. So Paul went all the way — easily put, he appealed to the supreme court. Then who conducts the final trial? In those days it was not the chief justice but the emperor himself who conducted it. That is how Paul came to go there. That is when he boarded the famous ship called the Alexandrian ship. While Paul was praying, he said, “This ship will definitely encounter a storm. It would be better to stay here for a while and stabilize before going.” Everyone ignored him. “What are you talking about? If we want to rest, we should go to Phoenix. That is a fun place to go. There is nothing happening here.” Originally, people readily listen to other people’s words but do not listen to God’s word. They even listen to the words of those possessed by demons, but they do not listen to God’s word. And so they die. This ship went smoothly despite Paul’s warning. Then suddenly a storm swept in. That event occurred. It was chaos. 276 people were on board. They were heading to Rome. The gale was so fierce that for days they could not move. After about ten days the ship began to sink. At that moment God appeared to Paul. “Last night the angel of the Lord stood beside me and said: Paul, do not be afraid. You must stand before Caesar.” He delivered this word to the people on the ship. After that time the storm began to calm down. It must have been delivered to Rome, right?
Important — what appears to us as hardship becomes an opportunity. When you are in this covenant, not only do you need nothing else, but when problems come they become opportunities. Do not fear problems. If there are sick people or those facing difficulties, pray to the end and help them. All church leaders who listen to this broadcast — when the church faces hardship, lay down your life to save it.
1) 237 — This is the very highway of 237. It goes like this.
2) 5,000 — The highway of 5,000 tribes.
3) TCK, CCK, NCK — Especially here, there are TCK, CCK, NCK. Simply put, the Remnant is here. Even Remnant — truly talented individuals who are not receiving benefits are waiting. This is how it all connects.
▣ Conclusion
What did they leave behind? There is more to leave, isn’t there? Not only these events took place.
1. The age of the displaced
The disciples raised in this way met the age of the displaced, and world evangelism took place.
2. The Reformation
It does not stop there. This power connected all the way to the age of the Reformation. The power of the gospel and the power of your prayer are that great.
3. Gospel restoration
What remains now? Gospel restoration. There is no gospel. You must now do this. What happened every time God restored the gospel throughout the ages? “Moses, go and offer the blood sacrifice.” What happened? You cannot imagine. We cannot easily speak of the power of the gospel. We do not know how great it is.
So from this year and next, an enormous door is beginning to open to the many peoples right now. You must begin to pray. Many people from many nations are wanting to come, and so there are legal matters as well. So this morning I was telling Elder Lim Geon-hui about this. The most important role in saving those 5,000 tribes of many peoples is medicine. Large investments are not required. Ordinary people cannot do it. Only those in the medical field who have the gospel can do it. A bit of help goes a long way, but the field is completely defenseless right now. So the greatest field right now is healing the sick. So if even a small number of medical workers provide support, just teaching breathing healing alone, just teaching holy meditation healing alone is enough. People eat so carelessly. I went to Vanuatu and tasted the food there — it was delicious. But it was incredibly salty and you can only get sick from it. So I thought, “Ah, so this is how they live and eat.” Still, since we went there, the president must have treated us to the best places. And even the best place was like that. The whole world does not know what it needs to do. We must go and shine light on them. We once received that kind of help ourselves, so we must repay that grace to the entire world. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ to become a church that prepares the greatest system. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ to receive many answers this week.
Prayer. We thank God. We thank You for giving us this enormous grace. Please let there be a history of truly enjoying it. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.