Prayer Journal: July 21, 2026
29. Apr. 2025 237 Tuesday Disciple Training
Lecture 2: 『 Disciple 24 』 (Acts 19:84)
Introduction:
Today’s Lecture 1 was about doing “Me 24.” When that happens, the answers all come out even without asking questions. Those who don’t know what they must do going forward have missed 24. They have missed that flow. Within the flow, there is a point given to me. They have completely missed it. So the Word is not about imitating someone else. It is about delivering the Word of God that has come upon me to another person. What’s important in today’s second session is that, in fact, the early church’s path was completely blocked, wasn’t it? And yet it changed world politics, culture — everything. How did they do it? It is “Disciple 24” found there. If you do not do this, you probably won’t even place Disciple 24 in that field. And if such a disciple exists, they would have to go another way. Since 24 is not being done, without fail, if influenced by something else, world evangelization becomes impossible.
Sometimes in the evening, when I have a meeting the next day, I eat alone. At that time I learn a lot. And now I have a fixed restaurant. In other words, I bring this (manuscript) with me. I eat slowly and write something. The owner knows me and knows that when I come, I stay a long time. So now I leave a good tip when I go. But while preparing while eating alone like that, there are people around, right? Even if I don’t try to listen, their conversation is audible. I feel a lot. As I listen, I think, “Ah, that’s how the field is” — I hear a lot of talk. It was right in front of me. Two people were sitting there. After a while, one more person comes. One more person comes, and is surprised. Because there is one more person besides the one they called, they say, “I called you.” After a while, a young person comes in too. Now four people are eating. The person I was facing seemed to be the boss, the leader, or the team leader. Trying to do well, they kept talking about this and that. Looking closely, the first person who was sitting across from them, who had arrived first, is of the opposing faction. The next person seated is of the supporting faction. After a while, a somewhat younger, decent-seeming person came in, and this person is different from the others too. They talked at length. This person over here is always negative. Not speaking harshly, but gently, they kept talking in a way that suggested it wouldn’t work. This younger person, as I saw it, seemed like a decent person. Being respectful to their senior, when the senior said it wouldn’t work, they said, “But senior, you’ve never even tried it, have you?” They said this. “The person who says it will work hasn’t tried it either, have they? We should try it and then talk,” they said, something like that. The boss was pleased. But what was the conclusion? What all four people said was probably all correct. More importantly, it was all wrong. That person does not know Disciple 24, the separate remarkable plan that must be worked out in the field. Surprisingly, even among unbelievers, successful people are doing this (Disciple 24). I was astonished. Even what the Nephilim do well is this (Disciple 24).
The reason the general assembly cannot evangelize is that there must be a general assembly. The reason evangelism doesn’t happen is that everything is run democratically, taking turns. That’s why evangelism doesn’t happen. A disciple is not something that changes. That’s why this is called “Para.” Seeing something that changes is called “Local.” Depending on the position of church members, this person does it, that person does it, taking turns even when done wrong. The church — but you being a disciple who truly revives the field, that alone won’t do it. So in places like Japan, there are restaurants that are 500 years old. And they have photos of the owners lined up. The current owner is like the tenth-something generation owner. And they wear a name tag. It’s different. It’s different from just a regular restaurant. Such a restaurant cannot help but succeed. Even we, who are disciples doing the Lord’s work, what must we do?
Once you know this answer — you are one who knows this word (Acts 19:8). He boldly explained about the kingdom of God — this mystery, Disciple 24, is the mystery that restores everything. So if you set up one person and they only maintain 24 spiritual communication, fruit continues to be borne. It keeps opening up. Because of this, there’s no need to even use words like “will history happen or not” — history happens. If you just set up a 24 disciple in the missionaries’ field, an evangelism movement happens on its own.
Introduction – the beginning of Field 24
So let’s first look at the beginning of Field 24.
1)Testimony
The most important first thing is testimony.
(1)Peter (only/solely/not at all) – In Peter’s case, what did he testify? Because he received his mission directly from Jesus, he gave much testimony of “only.” This is a word used a lot in Peter’s time. Words like “only,” “solely,” “not at all” appear a lot. This is an important word.
(2)Paul (777) – But unlike Peter, Paul well established as testimony the bartizan/journey/guidepost concerning this. That testimony is this word. Other apostles did not use it, but that Paul explained it very boldly means he explained it with absolute certainty.
2)Field witnesses
So this testimony continually raised up field witnesses. So if you just properly ride that flow of 24 mentioned earlier, it is bound to come out. Those people are the people of (1) Colossians 4, (2) 1 Corinthians 16, (3) Romans 16.
3)Delivery – 14 epistles
This was continually delivered to the whole world. The greatest significance of this delivery is that Paul sent 14 epistles. This is the most certain evidence of 24.
Main – now then, how do we cause disciples in the field to receive this answer?
1.The important beginning
So first, let’s look at the important beginning. If you receive this answer, this is probably what will happen. We need to look at several places for the important beginning.
1)Acts 16:11 (“we”), Acts 17:1 (“they”), Acts 19:8-10 (“separately”)
How is it written? In Acts 16:11 it says “we.” These are people who set a definite date and entered to build 24. This is the key. They even set the date. They entered having decided the period they could stay. In 17:1, it says “they.” Simply put, this refers to you all — what did these people go in to do? They entered to build the 24 system. Then it can’t help but succeed, can it? Up until now, the camps we’ve done were just done roughly, roughly, so we didn’t even know the timing, and it couldn’t succeed. In some regions, even, if the missionary leaves, it collapses. But if you set up a person to do this (Field 24), it cannot collapse, can it? Also, in Acts 19:8-10, it says they were set apart separately. Since there were people who didn’t understand, they were set apart separately, and these people completely made this region into the 24 system.
2)Acts 15:36-41, 16:14-15, 17:3-4, 18:4, 19:8-12
So we need to look at the second point a bit more.
(1)In Acts 15:36-41, we see Paul and Barnabas disputing. What did Paul see here? At the present time, Mark was not a system capable of doing 24. So the kind-hearted Barnabas said, “Let’s take him along anyway.” Paul strongly said absolutely not, and so it became a dispute, right? It should have just been settled at this level, but Paul came out saying absolutely not. I understand Paul’s perspective. With this person as he was, it wasn’t possible to establish (the work). Later, he used him.
(2)Acts 16:14-15, in the end this must come out. The Lord opened Lydia’s heart — this is it. Through Lydia, history continues to happen, doesn’t it? “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house” — this came out.
(3)Acts 17:3-4, finally Greeks and noble women begin to receive grace before the gospel.
(4)Acts 18:4, so in 18:4, every Sabbath, week after week, he entered the synagogue.
(5)Acts 19:8-12, especially in 19:8-12, after doing this for three months, he set apart disciples separately, and over two years caused a tremendous work in that great hall of Tyrannus.
3)Acts 19:21, 23:11, 27:24
In the end, what happened? In 13:12, the governor became a disciple. In the end, what happened? When Paul grasped this covenant — this (the governor) is the second thing to note. What came first? It ended, but he saw it this way — he did not see it as a simple system, but saw that he could go on to the next thing. This is how the evangelism movement began.
2.The secret and standard of Disciple 24
The next important thing is the secret and standard of Disciple 24. This is extremely important.
1)The standard of waiting
First. What is the standard of waiting? What is the standard by which a disciple enters and waits for 24?
(1)Acts 13:1-4 (fasting) – This is what you already know well. It is where the Holy Spirit works completely — the person/place/work becomes certain…
(2)Acts 16:6-10 (staying up all night) – it doesn’t matter if the door is closed. You get to experience a turning point. Toward Macedonia…
(3)Acts 19:1-7 (the third) – In 19:1-7, this is not just about the level of fasting — here it was fasting, here it was staying up all night. But here it’s not even at the level of fasting — he enjoyed the history of the early church to the point of seeing the third heaven. Fasting, staying up all night, and special prayer are not the standard. Waiting is the standard.
In my case, back when I used to do camps, if this didn’t work, I wouldn’t just not go out — I absolutely wouldn’t go out. Why do something that won’t work? If you go out after it works, history happens. If you all establish just a few such places in the church, in even unestablished churches, history will happen unconditionally. So it’s this difference of a single sheet of paper that determines whether history happens or not. It’s this difference of a single sheet of paper that determines whether it works or not. That’s why even if you hand people humanism to use, they won’t use it. Why? Because that is not being led by the Holy Spirit — even if it unconditionally succeeds, using humanism turns out later to have been wrong.
2)The standard of ministering
The standard of ministering. The standard is precisely set, isn’t it? According to Paul’s own custom, this is the standard of ministering.
(1)Acts 13:5-11. Darkness was completely broken. The Holy Spirit worked.
(2)Acts 16:16-18, what we are currently missing — shamanism, fortune-telling, those possessed by demons — is completely resolved.
(3)Acts 19:8-20, incurable diseases and various demon-possessed illnesses are completely healed.
3)The standard of concluding
Here there is a standard for concluding 24. Shouldn’t it go to the whole world? There is a standard for concluding, you see.
(1)Acts 13:12, that is what was mentioned earlier. The governor completely received grace and became a disciple. At that time, a governor was not someone who changed easily. If this took hold, it meant that this person’s darkness being completely broken was seen there, by grace, completely.
(2)Acts 16:15, and what is the standard of concluding? To the extent that Lydia became the Philippian church — the Philippian church was formed and completely supported Paul’s mission, right? So the letter of thanks sent for that is Philippians.
(3)Acts 17:6, now, as you well know, what is the important standard now? Jason…
(4)Romans 16:25-27, it is not simply finished at that level now. As you know, we come to see it going all the way to Rome — this will come up later, but it goes as far as this as the standard. It cannot collapse. This is 24.
Now, if it’s not just at this level, then histories will keep happening. If missionaries in the field, and you all who are evangelizing, go in and truly heal in a gospel-centered, proper way, tracts are unnecessary. History just happens. I will talk in Lecture 3 about how the real thing must be done. First, you must know the standard of 24, and you must know the beginning.
3.The 24 that prepares for the future
When things go this way, what did Paul look ahead to? He looked precisely ahead even to the 24 system that prepares for the future.
1)Acts 17:1-6 (synagogue) – necessity/inevitability/absoluteness
So the most important word in Acts 17:1-6 is synagogue. He taught three things. The necessity of Christ — Jesus necessarily must be the Christ. He had to rise from the cross. “You need Christ” is the inevitability. “The only way to save the world is Christ” is the absoluteness — this was delivered to the synagogue. This was God preparing far in advance for the future. Simply put, history happened in the age of wandering peoples. It’s beyond what one can handle. Through one person of yours, God works, and it becomes beyond what can be handled. Honestly speaking, not for the sake of motivation, but your church too must experience revival. Not “let’s revive it and do something with it” — that motive is easy, but instead of that, you must experience a genuine biblical revival in order to accomplish world missions.
2)Acts 18:1-4 (synagogue – Sabbath)
He met the best person — the couple Priscilla and Aquila. They were people who had been in the Upper Room at Mark’s house. Even in Rome they were enjoying 24. Even when expelled, they were enjoying 24. Even when meeting Paul, they were enjoying 24. Here two important words appear again — synagogue appears again. Where did he go, and when? Every Sabbath — in our terms, the three-day weekend age.
3)Acts 19:8 (synagogue – vow)
Now, Acts 19:8, here too two things appear — synagogue, vow, appearing like this. He had already prepared for the future. Now, this is the 24 system. Once you build it, histories happen on their own within it.
Now, let me give an example. In the market, I set up one solid disciple. To what degree? It’s not that this person doesn’t want to treat me to a meal — they don’t have time to. Because they are continually connected within the market, a movement of welcoming happens all day long. One person did all of this — this kind of thing happens. I’ve always said this before, but it’s a great blessing to me — I was told to take charge of a shaman village. I had never been there before; in fact, I had never thought of going to evangelize shamans. But I was told to take charge of it. It must have been God’s voice. The answer is simple — I went and did 24. I just went in every day. I had to first understand the surroundings, understand the roads first, know what was there too — and then I met just one person. That was the end of it, really. This was God attaching a prepared disciple to me. This person received the gospel and it caused an uproar. At that time, they had a shrine set up at home, doing rituals, being a shaman. Once I established just this one person, this person alone reached the entire neighborhood. From what I could sense, it seems shamans have ranks too. This person’s rank was high. Some people who didn’t want to would still come and receive Christ. From that one person alone, history happened to the extent that a church building was established. I too was surprised. There was a small church in that neighborhood. I went to the pastor and asked — I said we needed to hold a gathering for shamanistic people here, and asked to borrow the space. That person said no. So I found out, and there was a senior citizens’ hall in a corner there. We did it there. Simply put, that became the camp. We set the camp D-day. After making disciples, we held the camp. At that time, I brought the senior pastor I was serving under. I acted as emcee, and had the pastor preach, and the pastor’s eyes went wide with astonishment. “How can this happen like this?” he said, and I said, “Exactly.” I learned about my life there. I confirmed there the five states of unbelievers. While doing the evangelism movement, at the sixth, I realized, “Ah, this spiritual issue is passed on to the next generation.”
In fact, this (Acts 13/16/19) is all Paul did, isn’t it? That’s all. Paul did well in his preparation. Having done this, God — because human ability has its limits — gave Paul everything. Not a single thing was lacking. As I look at Scripture, I see that God gave everything to two people. Who are they? To Moses, and to Paul, He gave everything.
Conclusion
So doesn’t this conclusion come out? We’ll go over the details later when our pastors gather.
1)Romans 16:25 (flow)
What you must hold onto now is this — you must see this flow. It is different every day. There was surely something hidden from eternity, and this shows it. Now, when you see this flow, you are amazed.
2)Romans 16:26 (point)
And when you went into the field, what had been hidden from eternity is now seen in the field. Seeing this, the point of the flow becomes clearly visible. If you grasp this, since you have grasped the precise covenant, history is meant to be made by God. Speaking of our various times — this time, those who worked did well, but it was the greatest mission conference, with the most people gathered, and the message was delivered most properly. What first-time attendees said was that they were so grateful for the message. Because we spoke what is in the Bible — that now is the point.
3)Romans 16:27 (future – path)
More importantly, in Romans 16:27, He gives what will exist forever and ever, and here, the path called the future becomes visible. Then the answer continues to happen. Disciple…
I spoke to a young woman working in an industrial complex. “You didn’t come to Busan to earn money. If you wanted to earn money, you’d go to Seoul. The reason you came to Busan is that He wanted to give you the meeting of discipleship. You must receive grace and revive your hometown, revive your homeland, and accomplish world evangelization. But you only need to grasp the precise covenant — you don’t even need to imitate me. You listen to the message, but you don’t need to imitate it. You must grasp the covenant that God gave you.” History happened without a single exception. I was shocked. I was amazed. From that point on, I was being drawn along. Of course I was guided by the Word, but they themselves would ask. “Come in for a meeting,” they’d say — how would I do that? I couldn’t even enter — I couldn’t go into the women’s dormitory. How could I go in? They said, “Bring a van.” Okay, I parked the van in front and did meetings one after another, bringing people in turn. And while doing this — the characteristic of that dormitory was that it was only women. Looking closely, someone had registered at church, and looking at it, it was a man. Next to “male” there was a circle marked. My eyes lit up. I went to meet him — I spoke at the entrance. I asked if this person was there, and they said yes. When I said I had come to meet him, they said, “Okay, go to the dining hall.” When I went to the dining hall, this person had just started working there as a laborer carrying heavy loads. This is a disciple. It’s an astonishing thing. When I made a request, he understood even more and came forward actively. “Come in through the back door — I’ll open the back door for you. Once you come in the back door, you go straight to the women’s dormitory dining hall. You can do it once you’re in the dining hall.” Okay — after that, when I rang the bell, having arranged the time in advance, he would open it right on time. Inside the dining hall it was full of female students, right? The only men were him and me — two people. Since we were doing Bible study, there were unbelievers there too, right? This person kept looking at me. Looking a bit — some looked with kind eyes, and some had somewhat critical-looking eyes. So I asked if there was somewhere quiet. Somewhere no one else would see — there was such a place, they said. There was a women’s bathhouse used only once a week. Once you drained the water, it was just a room. We put a chalkboard there that wasn’t even used well, and wrote on it, and studied. We called them in as a team and studied, and could do it for a long time. Sending them off and studying again — before I knew it, that’s how it became. I did it all day. These children received grace and were transformed into disciples. I was amazed, you know? As I recall, I raised up several 24 disciples capable of moving a few people. But while I know those people, others don’t really know them, right? Since there were so many — at that time, when we went to our Philippines gathering, that female student had grown up into an adult and was there. I didn’t recognize her. That means she wasn’t a core disciple. And yet, through the message, she was running a mission home there, teaching children, and many good students came out from that in the Philippines. Right? There was one who was in Korea, went to the Philippines, and received grace there and came back. I won’t say the name, but this person always caused trouble in church, but after going to the Philippines, they changed and came back. While in Korea they caused a lot of trouble. After going to the Philippines, they came back as a completely devoted person of calling! I was amazed. It’s unknowable. God gives what is hidden.
Answer/renewal/opportunity – so if a problem becomes visible to you rapidly, you must quickly find the certain thing. Once you find this with certainty, it’s fine. Then the suffering disappears too, and once you find it precisely, it begins to open up right away. So you must make the disciples in the field like this. These people receive grace there, receive answers, and gain strength. You can just leave them be. History keeps happening, and the characteristic is that I didn’t do it, you know? I only gave the precise gospel, and then I only precisely told them the flow. That’s what matters. Once I did that, they do everything themselves.
So in a place like Saha, I tried to do it but stopped — there was so much opposition in Busan that I stopped — but there too, I gave the gospel to students, and while studying the Bible, I told them the flow. I told them the flow. I tried to establish a school within a 5-minute distance. Just a school, since exams just need to be taken — not far, within a 5-minute distance — within a 5-minute distance I found three large buildings. This is how the golden fishing ground is waiting like this. Now you all must understand these words. It doesn’t mean doing nothing else and only doing this, does it?
What’s the conclusion? It’s about seeing the flow and the point — if you don’t communicate that, it’s useless no matter how many times you try. Isn’t that right? There is a flow, and the flow is different for each person. Some people’s flow is this way, some people’s is that way — like that. In Scripture it says, “The word of the Lord came to so-and-so, so-and-so” — that’s it. It must come precisely. “The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time” — it is finished. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ to become the protagonist of this blessing. Let’s begin anew.
We’ll continue again in about 10 minutes.