2025.08.31 District Message 35th Week
Scripture Reading: Acts 1:8
On Sundays, you should act with the assurance that you will gain great health. Think of Sunday as the day when, in deep prayer, all things spiritual are restored. On Sundays, as much as possible, you should think of going deep into God’s Word rather than people’s talk. That’s why, in the Bible, when keeping the Sabbath, they originally prohibited doing anything—“don’t even carry a load”; “don’t go more than five ri (about 2 km).” What does that mean? It means, “Fix your eyes completely on God.”
In Acts it says, “They devoted themselves to prayer.” Why? Because you must gain strength by yourself.
“Personal Evangelization” (Sunday – six days)
This is personal evangelization. You must gain strength alone in order to save others. So on Sunday you should hold to the covenant enough to receive grace for the six days that follow, along with much Word and grace. Because people fail in this, many miss out on much.
The ones who miss this the most, in fact, are often ministers. Many pastors and evangelists—these important people—miss this (Sunday–six days). What happens then? They suffer great loss. Then the believers in each region are supposed to gain strength because of them, but they don’t. In the end, it becomes difficult.
The second group that most often misses this blessing are church officers. Because officers have a lot of work and many things to do, they get caught up in that and miss this. “I held to the Word on Sunday—wow, the answer really came like this.” You need to see this; if you don’t, you can’t exercise power.
Third, many who simply work in the church miss this a lot. There are many who stumble and leave while doing church work. Right? They should receive great blessing while serving, but they get tested and leave.
In this way we do many foolish, silly things. If you don’t gain this strength and you do the life of faith for ten years—what do you think will happen? On the contrary, if you have this strength and gain the strength of prayer for a few years, it’s a different story.
▣ Introduction_ 300%
Among the standards of prayer, the most important part we’ve often talked about is 300%.
- Seven Watchtowers (me)
Because God has prepared perfect “seven watchtowers” for me. For me.
- Seven Journeys (field)
And for the road I travel, He has prepared the field 100% to guide me.
- Seven Landmarks (absolute watchtower)
Along my path He has prepared 100% so that I can set up absolute watchtowers to save others.
That’s why we call it 300%. You must gain this strength. Remnants, too, can think, “Ah, I need to gain this strength and go out.”
Remnants overseas especially have no one to help them. You must fully have this strength. In particular, having visited America, I can see it’s a country with many things. So if remnants living in America don’t gain this strength, it becomes very difficult. But if they gain this strength that God has prepared, it can become the greatest opportunity. And there are many kids growing up without knowing anything. If you make them understand this, we call that the “three courts.”
▣ Main: Witnesses (evidence)
You need to look closely at the witnesses. Only then do you hold to the evidence.
I feel this a lot. When I meet pastors and elders—most of the people I meet are pastors and elders—they usually talk a lot about problems but don’t have the answer. And it shows that they have many difficulties. They talk about hardship, and you can see the signs. But I haven’t felt, “Ah, this person is holding firmly to the Word.” That’s a problem. Why keep talking about problems while being inside problems? You should be inside the answer. Right? There are hardships and blessings, but you should be inside the blessing. If you’re always inside difficulty, what will happen? Then every cell changes that way.
Remember this. Gain strength on Sunday, confirm it during the six days, and then go out with this strength. So when I went to Europe and saw remnants living alone and scattered, it was truly heartbreaking. There aren’t many churches, and they don’t know what to do. They can’t even eat meals at the right time because they’re alone. Then their spiritual strength drains away. Never do that. Remnants in Europe—especially where there’s no church and it’s hard—must hold to the message. Don’t listen to anyone else. Hold to God’s Word. And become witnesses.
- The Seven Remnants (RT 7)
Who did this especially? The seven remnants. They came to life even where no one could help them. You know the seven remnants well. How much did they pray? Joseph prayed in extreme hardship, and God showed Joseph world evangelization. That level is enough. And you know that Moses did not receive answers until he was 80. At 80 he still didn’t know what to do; he thought he was too old. But at Horeb he saw God’s grace. There God said He would bring Israel out of Egypt. He told Moses, “Take the people to offer the blood sacrifice.” That’s the real thing. From then on, works began to happen.
As in the passage, if you can pray from a young age, you have nothing to worry about. That’s why we do remnant training. When remnants go out into the world, it’s complex and difficult. They must win here. So it says, “Not one of Samuel’s words fell to the ground.”
And many multiethnic people are coming. Look at the Bible—this is the greatest opportunity. You must help them gain this (introduction) strength. Also, these days are an international era. In both overseas and Korea, many people are in international marriages. If those in international marriages gain this (introduction) strength, it becomes the best mission. If they don’t gain this strength, the longer they live together, the more they don’t match. A Korean woman said so—after decades, they still don’t match. If you receive this (introduction) grace, you become like Priscilla and Aquila. Remember: Aquila was a Jew, and Priscilla was a Roman. Because they had this (introduction) strength, they became the best mission team.
And as you get older, you keep getting weaker. So quickly restore this strength and use the remaining time to minister vigorously like Moses. In times when a nation was in trouble, figures like Daniel and Elisha appeared because they had this (introduction) blessing. With the watchtower of the throne and walking that journey, this (introduction) comes forth.
On the other hand, we should be thankful. Seeing abroad and at home, the next generation is much smarter than us, and seeing them receive grace—how can we not be thankful before God? Some remnants, seeing overseas, are on a different level. The parents had a very hard time when they came; they worked at laundries and restaurants—only that. But when the remnants studied, they entered the top groups. It’s different.
But what if this (introduction) is not there? Conversely, if it is there, what happens? They become witnesses.
- The Early Church
As you know, the Early Church received this blessing—the 300% blessing. Just note a few.
1) Acts 1:3
For forty days He spoke about the kingdom of God. We must receive this blessing too.
2) Acts 1:14
Holding to this covenant, they came down and in 1:14 it says they “devoted themselves” to prayer.
3) Acts 2:42
From then on worship began in a new way. Their eyes were different. “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching”—they could see the flow of the Word. Before, they looked at people and thought human thoughts, but now they see differently. “To fellowship”—before, they didn’t understand what the grace of salvation was. “To the breaking of bread.” Before, they just worshiped in the hall and went home, but not now. “To prayer.”
4) Acts 3:1–12
From then on their eyes were opened. It had been there before, but they couldn’t see it. Now they began to see the cripple at the temple gate called Beautiful. Everyone knew that gate. Especially that day, Jews scattered throughout the world had come to keep the feast. There Peter made a resolution. A truly miraculous thing happened. More than the cripple walking, what matters is Peter’s faith. He wasn’t originally like that. After he received power in the Mark’s Upper Room, he raised the cripple up.
5) Acts 8:4–8
When the church officers gained strength, things even the apostles hadn’t done took place—works broke out in Samaria.
- Paul’s Team
There’s another thing we must remember. The blessing does not end here. Peter’s Early Church team, in a sense, ended somewhat here (Main 2). So God used Paul’s team.
We must be very cautious about this part. Peter’s team did well at first, but a limitation came. This is something all believers and churches must beware of. The door to world missions had opened, but what did the church officers say to Peter? We often fuss about the “church atmosphere.” They were talking about it—the church atmosphere. People say many things: “We used to do it like this,” and so on. That’s why church officers are important. If just one officer has opened eyes, when people murmur he should say, “Isn’t this wrong? Going to Cornelius’s house is world evangelization. That’s not going to a Gentile’s house (in the human sense).” He should explain. But because the atmosphere was all like that, habit kicks in. They said to Peter—nonsense—“Why did you go into a Gentile’s house and eat?” That’s the original Jewish tradition. Jews do not eat in a Gentile’s house. It easily becomes like this. In fact, God moved the lampstand. Right? They couldn’t do world missions. This is what churches nationwide and worldwide must see and be careful about. If God decides not to use you, it’s over.
In America, churches that had been so revived started closing their doors. Now even elementary schoolers are developing mental illness. It’s happening. So a law was made: in elementary schools, teachers may at their discretion administer medication. If problems arise, the child must have documented visits to a psychiatrist. This is the situation now.
1) Acts 13:1–12
At this time God sent Paul’s team to the mission field. This is astonishing. For the first time in church history on earth, properly commissioned missionaries were sent.
2) Acts 16:6–10
God sent Paul’s team to Macedonia. What happened then?
3) Acts 17:1–9
God led Paul and the church officers to Thessalonica and worked. Thessalonica had been influenced by Alexander. Importantly, there was a highway from Thessalonica to Rome. And while other nations were Roman colonies, Thessalonica was not. Paul moved there—Spirit’s guidance. There were church officers there.
4) Acts 18:1–4
It didn’t end there. There was a place with severe idolatry. God sent Paul there. And there He sent the church officer couple, Priscilla and Aquila. This is completely God’s doing; people cannot do this.
5) Romans 16:1–27
Thus they stood in the ranks of Rome’s evangelization. You must remember up to this point.
- The Seven Remnants (RT 7)
The traits of the seven remnants have all been shown.
[Nobody, Nothing]
They won where there was no one to help. They won where there was nothing. That is precisely this (introduction) strength.
So remnants across the nation and world must regain strength. Make the greatest opportunity. If you live in Europe or those great powers, in America, and have this (introduction) strength, it becomes the greatest opportunity.
▣ Conclusion: [Master]
Who is the master of all these secrets? I, you—we cannot be the master. Being the master means you can do as you please. Right? You cannot choose your birth or departure as you please. I am not my own master. Our Master is God. Keep that in mind and begin to pray. As in the lesson book, sovereignty, predestination, providence, decree, and economy all belong to God. Do “24, 25, eternity.” Then the throne system is formed.
- Sovereignty
Sovereignty belongs to God.
- 24, 25, 00
We need only know the 24, 25, eternity that enjoy this blessing.
- The system of the throne
Then finally the system of the throne is formed in you—the system of With, Immanuel, and Oneness.
May all the saints today be filled all day long with great grace you do not even realize, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Prayer. We thank You, God. Let diseases we do not even know be healed all day long. Let spiritual illness be healed and give us strength. Work by the power of the throne for remnants and families scattered nationwide and worldwide. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.