2026.05.24 District Message Week 21
「When God Called Abraham」(Ge 11:27-12:9)
The Three-Day Weekend Age / Three Courtyards / Holy Meditation Age
[Abraham, the One Who Was Called]
Introduction – Confirmation
1. Word
2. Prayer (Power)
3. Evangelism
Main
1. The Reason for Calling (Destiny)
2. Unbelief (Circumstances)
3. Time of Failure
4. Preparation
Our church is now receiving many people from multiple ethnicities. There are also those who have come in search of the gospel movement, in search of the gospel from other churches. And among those, there are also many who originally had the gospel but have come to our church after moving up to Seoul from regional areas.
You will have many various thoughts. You do not need to do anything. The blessings you have never once done — what is in the Bible — must be restored. You must come to Immanuel Seoul Church and restore it. What to do and how to do it comes second. We keep changing the order, and that is why things don’t work well. When I am trying to go to sleep, I must start by taking off the outer layer — if I keep trying to take off the inner layer first, that doesn’t work. It would eventually work if you kept at it all the way through, but how difficult would it be to start by taking off the inner layer? So in receiving answered prayer, there is an order, isn’t there? What does the Bible say first? The people from multiple ethnicities who come to our church must absolutely experience this. Especially those who have come searching for the gospel — you must absolutely confirm this. It is even better when the family does it together. Because whatever children did together with their parents at a young age — they absolutely never forget it. You will have tried going out with your children to eat, and things like that. Going to a relative’s home together — you will have done that. That too remains as a memory. But the things that truly needed to be done were not done.
What did the Bible teach? That families did it together.
[Three-day weekend]
Focus on the three-day weekend. A church like ours — since it is a good season right now and it is spring and summer, we make it possible to pitch tents. We need to make use of the advantages of our church. The tents are simply lent out free of charge. Families come, pitch them, and do the prayer movement there. It is not a matter of pitching all the tents in advance and having them walk in. The children come and pitch them together. When Jewish people observe these three feasts, they pitch tents together. And in doing so, they hold important events.
In fact, Jesus Himself also bore the cross on Friday, entered into suffering on Saturday, and then rose on Sunday. You need to know that the dark organizations of the entire world make use of the three-day weekend. You need to know that many of the recreational activities happening right now are done during the three-day weekend. But young people do not like going around with their parents. That is your misunderstanding. Because they need to find their own world — it is not that they dislike their parents, it is simply that it does not fit. And because of that, they can end up meeting the wrong children. This is how it happens that drug parties in America are held on the three-day weekend. Almost all Americans are not at home on the three-day weekend. Where do they go and what do they do? It is obvious.
If we fail to dominate the three-day weekend, there will be serious trouble. People at church who have moved here, people from multiple ethnicities — gather just these people and try starting this gathering once. When first starting, even if it is just Friday, I will come and deliver the messages that absolutely must be known, and then go. I will tell you what needs to be done over the three days, and then go. You must do it. You cannot just listen passively. Because we have never once shown our next generation a truly proper spiritual blessing. Of course God will teach them, but there is an enormous difference between showing and not showing. Children who have seen their parents fighting a lot at home — they go out and fight. That’s right? And for their whole lifetime. Because what was seen and imprinted is that. So the Bible says — pitch the tents of the three feasts together with your children. Especially the three-day weekend. In fact, the Sabbath is Saturday, but these people start from Friday. You must do it.
[Three courtyards]
What is the content? Three courtyards. You must enable them to see the world. You must let them know what healing and the summit are. You must let them know what the Remnant is. You teach them everything else and fail to teach only this, and so they spend their entire lives as servants of money. No money — just serving. They should be commanding money but they cannot. They have to chase after it. That’s how people live and die in this world, I tell you. You must absolutely change this to 300%. This must actually be done, that is what I am saying. How do the children do prayer and academic work at 300%? Without being guided. The church must do this. How can a school make it 300%? At school, even if you come in first place, it is only 100%. You need to make it so that when the children go out into the world, they are able to win.
[Holy meditation age]
It was with this (the holy meditation age) in view that God called Abraham.
“Abraham who was called”
Abraham could not understand it. He thought, “I don’t even have children — what’s this about doing things together with children?” He thought, “No, I don’t even know where I am supposed to go and live — what am I supposed to do preparing three courtyards? I can barely afford to eat right now — how am I to do world evangelization?” It doesn’t add up. “Through your seed” — and he doesn’t even have a child. “Through your seed all nations shall be blessed.” It was not that he could not believe it — it did not fit, with himself. That is his mistake. The Word was fulfilled exactly as it said.
▣ Introduction — Confirmation
So when you worship today as well, you must always confirm things.
1. The Word
Right now I am gathered here — what is the Word saying? Doesn’t it come out? For me, the answer comes right away. The first worship gathering — the upper room in Mark. That is what this hour is today. That’s right? The spiritual world changes. Not trying to receive an answer — it comes. Not trying to find health — it comes. Spiritual strength comes, I tell you. Only when you receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit will you receive power. You will become witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. This is the field you have come to. You must confirm it.
2. Prayer (strength)
You must confirm prayer. Did you clearly come today having gained strength through prayer? You must confirm it. Then Jesus spoke of the throne, the bartizan, and the journey. Since I must always gain strength from this, it has been confirmed for me through the 7 bartizans, 7 journeys, and 7 guideposts. You don’t have to do it exactly that way. You must confirm the way in which you personally gain strength. Because Abraham could not confirm this, strange things kept happening.
3. Evangelism
In this way, other people are saved through you. That is evangelism. This must be confirmed. This week, an enormous door to 5,000 tribes has opened. I will say more during the message, but because I need to ask for your prayers — many important things happened. Someone who attended our mission conference came to me and asked for prayer, and I prayed for them. That person went back, and last week became prime minister. They sent a message pledging to pursue world evangelization. Tremendous things like this are continuing to open the door to the 5,000 tribes. It is being confirmed, isn’t it?
▣ Main
1. The reason He called (destiny)
Abraham did not at first understand well the reason he was called. He was told to leave Ur of the Chaldeans. Go to the land I direct you to. Go to the land I will show you. That is what it said. There is a tremendous reason here. Take hold of a timetable that will change your destiny.
2. Unbelief (circumstances)
This Abraham fell into unbelief. Because — there is such a thing as circumstances. A fortune teller talks about circumstances. God does not talk about circumstances. That’s right? The circumstances are difficult. But God speaks of the future. Not the current circumstances. He is telling you the most important thing you must do now that you have come here. So we, without this (destiny) being changed, keep following this (circumstances). And Abraham also fell into unbelief.
3. Failure
Failure keeps coming. Even when told to go at first, he did not go. His father passed away. His brother passed away. Famine comes. Only then does he go. But even after going, he could not believe, so where did he go? He went to Egypt. He nearly died there.
4. Preparation
What did God prepare? Not knowing that. It is not circumstances. God has what He has prepared, I tell you. It is that He will deliver you from curse, unbelief, and idols. And now He will guide you with God’s new grace and blessing. And He will make you the ancestor of faith and plant the seed of salvation. And more importantly — He will bless you and your offspring and family and save the world. He later came to understand.
5. Three decisions
At that point, what happens? Three very decisive decisions take place.
1) Genesis 13:18
He yields everything and begins to build an altar. This was the beginning.
2) Ishmael
And knowing that there would be no child, he fell into unbelief and a child was born. Who was it? Ishmael. Ishmael is not the problem — it is that Abraham fell into unbelief and fathered him. This offspring is the Muslim people today. This offspring is the enemy attacking Israel to this day. It is frightening, isn’t it? He sends Ishmael away. We as humans would ask how he could do that, but Abraham completely cast off his unbelief. It is a great decision. At that point Isaac is given.
3) Genesis 22:1-23
And then God tests Abraham again. He is asked to offer his son. At this point Abraham makes an important decision. He understood that what God was asking was not really that He wanted him to offer his son. That’s right? He answered like this. When his son asked, he said — “God will provide.” He waited for what God would provide. He had begun to build the altar.
Launch the three movements of the three-day weekend, the three courtyards, and the holy meditation age together with your children, their friends, and your relatives. The world will not do this. Even if everything else is done, this will not be done. Do this in our church. Do it here. That is why God sent people here. God sent people even to Busan to places where this can be done. It cannot be done elsewhere. Your next generation goes through life having never seen this once? I think that is a great misfortune. I think that means they met the wrong church. That is how I think. I think it means they met the wrong parents. Not knowing, and using the excuse that we did not have time, we could not show this (the three-day weekend, three courtyards, holy meditation age) together to our next generation. Hold it as a covenantal resolve and do it in the church.
▣ Conclusion — World evangelization
From this point on, the blessings coming to Abraham are tremendous. Without doubt, they were fulfilled. Through Abraham’s family, world evangelization that no one could have imagined took place. Before long, Abraham’s grandson Joseph went into Egypt and became prime minister. Of course along the way Isaac, Judah, Jacob, and many children came, but it was completely through Joseph that world evangelization took place.
Today you must confirm what word God is giving to you. That is all. Through that, answered prayer will keep coming. You need to have this experience. No other experience is necessary. There are words given to me throughout my lifetime, but today what word to me — just confirm that and pray for five minutes. You cannot memorize everything. But just by doing that, spiritual change begins to take place. What is happening when we worship and pray? I will explain that during the 1st service today. Let us pray.
Prayer. God, may today also be a day of gaining strength; may we gain not the strength of the world but the strength that God gives. Help us to pass on to our next generation the strength that overcomes the world. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.