Title / Scripture: Jacob’s Spiritual Greed and the Anger of a Carnal-Minded Person (Genesis 27:1-46)
Speaker: Pastor Kwang-Soo Ryu
Date / Location: September 20, 2026, Immanuel Church (Seoul)
Summary
[3 John 1:2] Soul, All Things, Health
In 3 John 1:2, “Beloved, as your soul prospers,” many people have no interest in the soul, but if your soul leaves, you are dead. Only when this goes well do all things go well. After that, good health comes. Your life, healing, and answers are all included this way.
[Reason for Prayer] Most people do not know why they pray, the reason for prayer.
Thought (Brain) Everything you are thinking is imprinted on your brain.
Soul What determines our tremendous life is what is imprinted in our soul. That is why the Bible said the soul must prosper.
[Throne] This is connected to the throne.
[Answer to Prayer] is the same.
Throne The answer to prayer begins here first. God who sits on the throne begins to work with power.
Kingdom The Kingdom comes without being seen by our eyes at all.
Work Then the work of the Kingdom of God takes place.
▷ This is how the answer comes. So do not be discouraged at all, and you must first build up this power. If you build spiritual power, without knowing it, a connection comes to this side. Then the result comes out. You must look at it scientifically.
▷ If you worry every day, fret every day, and use humanism every day, what will happen? Looking at people with cancer, it is rather that kind people get it more. People who lose their temper rarely get it. The Bible says not to worry even about that. Paul said, “Do not worry about anything. Present everything to God with thanksgiving. Then the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds.” You must remember it.
[7·7·7] Find happiness in this all day long, enjoy it, and gain strength. Just be comfortable all day. From opening your eyes until closing them. Especially on Sunday you focus.
▷ On Sunday you ask about the mission and find it. You find With, Immanuel, Oneness and Only, Uniqueness, Re-creation. Empty time is very important. During that time prayer must come out so much that you have much to write down. You must gain spiritual power. Evidence occurs as much as you do.
In the morning you must gain strength leisurely and come. The way you see the day differs by the strength you gained in the morning. The way the night’s result differs is by how the day differs. The older you get, the more you must gain strength.
「Spiritual – Fleshly」
Today is the story of Jacob and Esau. A spiritual person and a fleshly person. Then should we ignore the flesh? No. The spiritual part must first receive the answer for the rest to follow. We offer our flesh for the sake of the spiritual. Unbelievers lose the spiritual for the sake of the fleshly. Both are important. But the spiritual part is certainly more important. So if you grasp the exact covenant, the answer begins. Because God is the God of the covenant. You are the people of the covenant. It begins from the time you grasp the exact covenant.
▣ Introduction_ First (Cause of the Problem, Solution)
You must first know the cause of the problem and the solution. This exists only in the Bible.
1. Genesis 1:27, 28
Humans are animals that have the image of God. Other animals do not have the image of God. Therefore He said to rule over them. Because they were created in the image of God, if humans lose the image of God, they become strange. So a man named Pascal said, “God created a void in the human heart. But this void cannot be filled. Trying to fill this void is like trying to quench thirst with seawater. That void can be filled only by God.”
2. Genesis 3:1-6
Humans left God and completely collapsed. It is because they were deceived by Satan’s temptation.
Genesis 3:16-20 Suffering began to come from this time. Only the Bible clarifies this.
Genesis 6:4-5 To add one more, they lived without knowing but were caught by Satan. The Nephilim.
Genesis 11:1-8 They tried to the death but in the end there was nothing. The Tower of Babel.
3. So God promised.
Genesis 3:15 The offspring of the woman will crush the serpent’s head.
Genesis 12:1-3 After the Tower of Babel collapsed, “Leave your homeland, relatives, and father’s house. Go to the land I will show you. I will make you a source of blessing. Through you the nations will be blessed. No one will be able to stand against you.” Abraham had a hard time until he found this.
▣ Main
1. Jacob – Spiritual Blessing (Israel = 12 Tribes)
In a word, Jacob used many schemes, but he regarded spiritual blessing as important. He was given the name Israel, and world evangelization began with the 12 tribes.
2. Esau – Fleshly Blessing (Edomites)
Esau ignored spiritual blessing. So he knew only fleshly blessing. You must know both. So it produced a terrible result. It created a tribe called Edom. The Edomite tribe is a tribe of destruction completely fallen into idolatry.
▷ The line you stand in is passed on to the next generation. The son Abraham obtained through unbelief is Ishmael. They are the tribes now making the whole world suffer, causing war in the Middle East. “Beloved, I pray that in all things you may prosper and be in good health, even as your soul prospers.”
3. Covenant – Answer
So just grasp the covenant. That is the answer. “Believe that you have received what you asked for.” To Joshua, “I have given you those tribes of the land of Canaan.” Why? Because he grasped the covenant. There is also a flow in the covenant. Grasping that is worship. To say “It is fine not to attend Sunday worship much” is the same as saying that God doesn’t need you. The person who realized, “Ah, this worship time is so important,” has found life. Why?
Fulfillment – God
Fulfillment is done by God.
Result – World Evangelization
The result is world evangelization. Being world-evangelized is your level. The success standard of the Remnant.
Transcript
3 John 1:2, Soul, All Things, Health
In 3 John chapter 1 verse 2 there is this saying. “Beloved, as your soul prospers,” many people have no interest in the soul, but if your soul leaves, you are dead. It is a part many people do not know, but the most important part for a person is this (the soul). Only when this goes well “all things go well,” it said. After that comes good health, it says. In this everything is included. Your life, healing, and answers are all included here.
Reason for Prayer, Thought (Brain), Soul, Throne
Most people do not know why they pray, the reason for prayer. They do not really know why they must pray. Everything that you are thinking is in fact imprinted on your brain. So even if the memory disappears, the effect of it remains. It’s frightening. Someone tried to quit drugs and changed all the blood in his body. But the memory of the drug remains in the brain. It really is frightening. If our Remnant go outside, or abroad, and unknowingly do drugs following friends, they get caught and cannot get out. What determines our tremendous life is now imprinted in our soul. That is why the Bible says the soul must prosper. This is connected to the throne. It is this important.
Answer to Prayer, Throne, Kingdom, Work
Then how does the answer come? The answer to prayer is the same. It goes in reverse like this. The answer to prayer begins first from here. God who sits on the throne begins to answer with power. So it doesn’t matter whether prayer takes a long time or a short time. In some cases it may take a long time. But how the answer that is here comes is that it comes upon us like this (the Kingdom) without appearing to our eyes at all. Those who don’t know, somewhat ignorant people, spiritually ignorant people, think there is no answer to prayer. Then the work of the Kingdom of God occurs. This is how the answer comes.
So do not be discouraged at all, and you must first build up this power. When you build spiritual power, before you know it, now a connection comes to this side (all things). Then now the result (good health) comes out. So there is no need to be discouraged. Truly, faith is faith, but you must look at it scientifically. That is why I said prayer is spiritual science. It’s accurate. It looks as if what you were thinking about does not get answered right away, but it comes out this way.
If, on the contrary, you worry every day, fret every day, use humanism every day, what will happen? Actually, looking at people who got cancer, kind people get it more. People who lose their temper and such rarely get it. Really. So I said to someone, “You will never get cancer. Because your temper is foul.” I said that. People who endure a lot suffer loss to their bodies.
The Bible says not to worry even about that. What grace Paul received was “Do not worry about anything,” he said. “Present everything to God.” And that also with thanksgiving, “present to God,” he said. Then how high must God’s IQ be? “The peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds.” That is the beginning. So you must remember it. There is no need to be discouraged while praying, and no need to have strange thoughts while praying.
[ 7·7·7 ]
So I made up my mind altogether and all day long find happiness in this (7·7·7), enjoy it, and gain strength. Just all day long. Comfortably. From when I open my eyes until I close them, just like that. I find that more comfortable. Maybe because my character is less developed, if I set a fixed time, it doesn’t work well. I just start right away when I open my eyes. It’s so good.
Especially on Sunday you focus. Just now with our session members today I gave a word, a message, but on Sunday you ask about the mission and find it. Truly on Sunday you find With, Immanuel, Oneness and Only, Uniqueness, Re-creation. It’s fine even if you can’t grasp it firmly in hand. We usually miss Sunday. On Sunday you must not just listen to worship and leave it at that. You have empty time, don’t you? This is very important. During that time, prayer must come out so much that you have a lot to write down. Because it is the day you focus without even knowing, you must gain spiritual power abundantly. “Ah, but it still doesn’t work for me.” That is being deceived. Evidence occurs as much as you do. Sunday is a day of focus. That is why this (7·7·7) is very important.
What were you doing in the morning before you came? Did you come in a hurry in the morning? You have missed the morning. In the morning you must gain strength leisurely and come. Without your knowing it, in the morning you are busy, chased, impatient, and someone says something. That’s a big problem. Because the day looks different depending on how much strength I gained that morning. Right? And depending on how different the day is, a different result comes at night. Today we were going to hold a meeting with the elders, but as you get older you must gain strength. You must not be deceived. There is something you are not realizing now. Right now there is much talk about AI. It came out that when the AI age comes, eight places will make money. Right? Do you know what one of them is? These people saw well. They said my thinking was right too. They mentioned eight places, and do you know where one is? The senior sector. Money is made in the senior sector. That’s right. So it’s just that we keep falling behind; being old has nothing to do with God’s power at all; it is something that must be obtained.
Today is the story of Jacob and Esau.
「Spiritual – Fleshly」
Simply put, a spiritual person and a fleshly person. “Then should we ignore the flesh?” No. The spiritual part must first receive the answer for the rest to follow. We offer our flesh for the sake of the spiritual. Unbelievers lose the spiritual for the sake of the fleshly. Right? Both are important. But certainly this (spiritual) part is more important. It comes out from here (the spiritual). So if you grasp the exact covenant, the answer begins. Because God is the God of the covenant. You are the people of the covenant. It begins from the time you grasp the exact covenant.
▣ Introduction_ First (Cause of the Problem, Solution)
So there is a part we must first know. It must be known. There is the cause of the problem and the solution. Because this is revealed only in the Bible, I proudly think of the Bible as the Word of God. It is only in the Bible. What is a human? It is only in the Bible.
1. Genesis 1:27, 28
Humans are animals that have the image of God. Other animals do not have the image of God. So eating beef, dog meat, chicken and such is God’s will. He said to rule. Because humans were created in the image of God, if the image of God disappears they become strange. No matter what they do they are not happy. So a man named Pascal said this. “God created a void in the human heart. But this void cannot be filled. Trying to fill this void is like trying to quench thirst with seawater.” The more you drink, the thirstier you get. “The void in the human heart can be filled only by God, only with God.” He saw it well.
2. Genesis 3:1-6, 3:16-20, Genesis 6:4-5, 11:1-8
We must know the second one. Humans simply left God and completely collapsed. Of course, there is no excuse. It is because of Satan’s temptation. Of course it is not even Satan’s responsibility. Right? Because Adam himself was deceived. Suffering began to come from this time. Only the Bible reveals it. There is none elsewhere. It gave the exact answer. To add one more, now they had lived without knowing but were caught by Satan. They become Nephilim. They tried to the death but in the end there is nothing. The Tower of Babel. That you are now saved and come to the Sunday worship seat, receive the 7·7·7 covenant and look at the world is a great thing. They studied all their life, tried all their life, lived not long, enjoyed nothing and went. They lived a life having nothing to do with world evangelization. When they quietly open their eyes and look, they see they were only running errands for unbelievers.
3. Genesis 3:15, 12:1-3
So God promised. The offspring of the woman will crush the serpent’s head. A tremendous prophecy. After the Tower of Babel collapsed, in Genesis chapter 12 verses 1 to 3, He told Abraham to come out. “Leave your homeland, relatives, and father’s house.” That is not what is important. What comes after is important. “Go to the land I will show you. I will make you a source of blessing. Through you the nations will be blessed. No one will be able to stand against you.” He said it clearly. Abraham had a hard time until he found this.
▣ Main
1. Jacob – Spiritual Blessing
In a word, this Jacob today used many schemes here and there. That is completely unnecessary. I can’t tell you how many clever schemes Jacob turned. It is unnecessary. Jacob saw one thing as important. Spiritual blessing. Then the lesson and this, we will look up the Bible together and talk together. We must give the answer first. Jacob saw spiritual blessing as important.
2. Esau – Fleshly Blessing
Esau ignored spiritual blessing. Right? So Esau knew only fleshly blessing. You must know both. So you must know the order. Esau knew nothing but fleshly blessing. So he produced a terrible result.
1. Jacob – Spiritual Blessing (Israel = 12 Tribes)
Jacob gave the name Israel. He began world evangelization with 12 tribes.
2. Esau – Fleshly Blessing (Edomites)
Esau created a descendant tribe called the Edomites. An amazing result comes out. These Edomites are tribes of destruction completely fallen into idolatry. The line you stand in is passed on to the next generation. It seems not at all so, but it is accurate. The son Abraham obtained through unbelief is Ishmael. Right? The tribes now making the whole world suffer, causing wars in the Middle East, are Ishmael’s descendants. Amazing, isn’t it? Even within the church, there are people who know nothing of the spiritual and continue with only the fleshly. Absolutely not. “Beloved, as your soul prospers, all things go well and I earnestly seek that I be in good health.”
3. Covenant – Answer
So just grasp the covenant. That is the answer. Right? Grasping the covenant is the answer. Today. If you know this saying: “Believe that you have received what you asked for.” Why? Because you grasped the exact covenant. To Joshua, “I have given you those tribes of the land of Canaan.” Why? Because you grasped the covenant. You must remember. This grasped covenant is the answer. There is a flow in the covenant too, isn’t there? You must grasp that. That is worship. “It’s fine not to attend Sunday worship much.” That’s a big thing. Do you know what that is the same as? God doesn’t need you. It’s the same thing. Right? “Ah, it’s fine not to work well at the company.” Then the company says “We don’t need you.” It’s the same thing. “Wow, this worship time is so important.” That person has found life.
Fulfillment – God
Why? Fulfillment is done by God. So from today do not worry even as much as a fingernail, and you must gain strength.
Result – World Evangelization
The result is world evangelization. Becoming world-evangelized is your level. How much must the Remnant succeed? The standard (world evangelization).
Today, next week, your cell group lesson and the branch church gatherings, I have told you the core. For the rest, just look at the lesson, pray, and find the Word again. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that today be a day when you truly gain strength.
Prayer
Thank You, God. Let today be a day of an important covenant, let it be a day of new grace, let it be a day when invisible healing occurs, let it be a day when all the darkness around us is bound, and let it be a day of the blessing of the coming of the Kingdom of God. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.