2026.04.19 District Message Week 16
「Noah’s Ark That Modeled Salvation」
(Ge 7:1-24)
Many of our missionaries will be arriving now. Also, all our church members must pray together. The most important thing is not “what work should I do,” but that you must first possess something in advance.
The Power of the Throne [Prayer]
Enjoying this power of the Throne is prayer. Before deciding what to do, you must be doing this.
Spiritual Strength [The 5 Powers]
Then, spiritual strength arises naturally. The “5 Powers” (spiritual, intellectual, physical, financial, and manpower) emerge. You must possess this in advance with a sense of composure. Also, if you don’t have this right now, do not panic when urgent matters arise; instead, cultivate this strength. Within this strength, you can fight when you meet problems. Most Remnants are precious, but they don’t know this strength. If so, they have to live exactly like unbelievers. From that point on, they suffer more pain that others don’t know about. It’s difficult. Unbelievers live however they want because they don’t know any better and aren’t saved, but it’s different for believers. Unbelievers might collapse while wandering or do bad things without realizing it, but believers can’t do that—it becomes a struggle. Even more? You must go out possessing this; if the young Remnants go out without it, it is hard. It is the same for adults. If you have no strength, you have no composure. Then you are constantly chased—chased by life. So, even though you possess all the blessings, it feels as if you have no faith.
Worship [Only]
It is with these blessings that we have come to worship today. Well then, when you worship, don’t just “do” it; realize that today’s worship is a day where you can praise and worship without doing anything else. Today is a day to enjoy the blessing of “Only” all day long. While enjoying these blessings…
Introduction: Problems, Crises, Conflicts, Diseases, Failures
When we go out into the world, we encounter problems, right? Sometimes we meet immense crises. We can actually fight a crisis, but what’s more difficult are conflicts. Because of this, we might encounter disease, and sometimes failure comes. Because these things come, what happens if you don’t have this strength? You might start your walk of faith or fall into discouragement, but the fact remains that it is difficult. If you hold this strength and then meet difficulties, they become God’s blessings.
[Noah]
This person was Noah. Noah possessed this strength. If a Remnant wakes up just a little earlier to pray, immense strength arises. All those questions you have? You don’t need to ask them. The problems coming to you? You can leave them alone. You must cultivate this strength. In that wicked age, Noah held onto this strength firmly. That is why God told Noah to “build an ark.”
「Salvation」
This speaks of salvation.
1. Absolute Impossibility
When you think about life, we face things that are “a bit difficult”—you can just endure those. But “absolutely impossible” things happen. Right? You can’t avoid them, yet you have to do them—it’s absolutely impossible. A pastor once wrote a book titled All Five of Us Brothers Got Cancer. I read it briefly; all five brothers had cancer. Not all at once, but four died of it. Then he got it. He wrote about how he overcame it. It made sense. Then you can win. When he got cancer, what did this pastor do? He said, “It’s okay even if I have cancer. It’s a fight between the cancer cells and me.” How did he express it? “We are living together.” While doing that, he built up basic strength. When we meet an absolutely impossible task, we could just not do it if it weren’t necessary—but what if it is necessary? All the children in Israel were about to die. You can’t win. Also, in Noah’s time, disasters began to fall upon everyone. At that time, there is one thing you must do.
2. Absolute Plan
You can pray for just a moment, right? Find the Absolute Plan, not just “a” plan of God. If you find the absolute plan, you are not afraid. If you just ask questions or look for a general plan, you are afraid. People were being killed for not participating in Shinto shrine worship, so it was fearful. At that time, Pastor Joo Ki-cheol found God’s absolute plan. Therefore, he was not afraid. Then, to us:
3. Absolute Possibility
Absolute possibility becomes visible. From now until you die, Remnants must always enjoy this “300% Blessing.” Even when you go to a job, don’t just work and earn money; create “300%” there. You must enjoy it daily. Who was the person who enjoyed that? It was Noah. Thus, God gave the blessing of salvation by having him build the ark.
Main Body
1. The Qualified One – An Urgent Situation
There is a qualified person who receives blessings like Noah. Who can enjoy this blessing? One who has seen the urgent situation. Noah saw this and built the ark. He built it seeing God’s covenant, but many people did not believe.
When I went to America, I saw something urgent. I was shocked when I first went. An urgent situation. Some people say, “America is great, I want to live here,” but for me… seeing many mentally ill people on the streets? I expected that, so that wasn’t it. It was the fact that the youth living in America were not stable at all. Not our current Remnants, but when I first went to a youth retreat, the kids gathered, but they couldn’t even sit down to worship. I thought, “This is the situation in America.” And many people do drugs in secret. But does that mean they live well? Not really. So, “Ah, the Gospel is absolutely necessary in America.” The person who sees that becomes the qualified one. Noah saw this. You must see the situation. More urgently, it’s full of mentally ill people. It’s urgent. This cannot be solved easily. It takes time because it must be healed fundamentally. That is why missionaries are needed. Suffering from depression and panic disorders is basic; there are many.
2. The Period – Time Schedule
So, there is a period here too. A time schedule. God called you at this time. It is something to be sincerely thankful for.
3. The End
Why is that? Because there is an end time for the ministry you do and for that person as well.
2. The Period (The Beginning) – Time Schedule
We have a time schedule for the beginning, but there is also a time for the end. That is why it is important.
4. Christ
Therefore, all the contents of the Ark of Salvation explain Christ, who solves fundamental problems. If you truly know Christ, you are saved. If you enjoy that power, you are healed. In the first service, we will confirm a very important message. What’s more important is that if you gain this strength, those “parts” (problems) disappear. Please, don’t hold onto anything else, don’t be discouraged, but grab the covenant.
Now, before we confirm this, there is something I must say. So many people do not understand practical things well. You get stressed, right? You don’t die instantly. But a complete change happens in your body. At that time, cancer cells gain strength and attack. This is science. And you don’t actually know how great a work it is when you pray, say “Amen,” and have faith. Nowadays, even doctors say it: don’t get stressed. The phenomenon that happens when we receive grace versus when we don’t is scientifically completely different. Why am I telling you this? I am telling you to fight that battle. When? Now. Therefore, worship is extremely important. Like Noah, cultivate your spiritual strength today. Everything will be resolved. You must understand those words.
1. The Qualified One – An Urgent Situation
1) The Word – The Voice: At this time, Noah held onto God’s Word. He heard God’s voice: “Build the ark.”
2) The Age: Meanwhile, Noah had already seen that age. The age of disasters, the age of the Nephilim had come.
3) Walked with: So it said he “walked with Jehovah.” God would surely use such a person, right?
4) Righteous Man: And Noah was a righteous man, a perfect man. How can one be like that? Because he walked with God. Today, if you enjoy the blessing of walking with God, you are perfect. It may look like nothing, but spiritually and practically, many things happen.
2. The Period (The Beginning) – Time Schedule
1) Last Opportunity: The command to build Noah’s ark is the last opportunity. And when is it?
2) Proclamation: It is what happens while this Word is being proclaimed. That is why it’s important.
3) The Physical Body: And it is possible while we are alive. The physical body is important because you receive salvation while you are living.
3. The End
1) The End of the World: Because the end will surely come. The end for the individual, the age, and the earth will come.
2) Disaster: Also, there is surely a time when disasters fall upon unbelief.
3) The Door: Therefore, once this door is shut, it will not open. So, God’s story of building the ark and telling people to open the door and enter is a tremendous story of salvation. It says if you enter the ark, you live. What does this mean? Anyone who is in Christ will obtain salvation. Darkness cannot win. Satan cannot win.
Today, ahead of the Missions Conference, you must start praying to gain true spiritual strength.
4. Christ
1) Wood,
2) Gopher Wood/Pitch, it continues.
3) Rooms: It says to make many rooms inside. You don’t need to know the details. It’s talking about Christ.
So, simply hold the covenant today and start praying.
Conclusion: The Ark (300%)
Whoever enters the ark will live. That’s what it means. Like Noah, what kind of prayer should you offer today? You should pray to receive the 300% answer. The things I absolutely need, the answers I must receive, the field I go to, my home, the things the church absolutely needs. You must pray for those. You must pray for what is absolutely necessary for this age ahead. Then that is “300%.”
I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that today, Sunday, becomes the day you gain the greatest strength. I pray that today, all diseases within you, though invisible, will retreat. I pray that the darkness blocking the Gospel throughout the nation and the world will be bound.
Prayer. We give thanks to God. Let today be that very day. Let it be the day of the Ark. Let it be a day of gaining strength like Noah. Thus, let us be witnesses who save those who are dying. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.