Introduction
After prayer, the thing we encounter most is the word. But it is also the thing we least enjoy. Why is that? Hebrews 4:12 says that the word of God is living and active. In other words, it is the living word that must work. These new family members cannot understand the statement that the living word is working. So we need to know why that is.
1)Word (fulfillment) – my feelings (level)
This is a part where even pastors can make many mistakes. This word is definitely being fulfilled. It is being fulfilled, and I must be within it, but most people say things like “I received grace” – they even write things like that. They also say things like “I like that message.” If you’re not careful, it’s easy to speak from your own feelings or your own level. You need to be in the place where the fulfillment of God’s word is happening, but people inevitably view things through their own lens. So people cannot see the word working alive. You must be very careful about this part and convey it well.
This happened when I was attending graduate school. Occasionally at our first service in Busan, there is a senior pastor who gives the benediction. He often comes to worship with us and gives the benediction – when he comes to us, he has us do the benediction, that sort of thing. There’s a reason for that. When I was attending graduate school, he was a professor. He was a professor – a professor of homiletics. So he would have us take turns preaching for 10 minutes. Of course others did it too, but I got my turn as well. At that time, I preached from Philippians 4:13. “I can do all things through him who strengthens me” – that sermon. It was truly an empowering sermon, and then a “you can do it” kind of sermon. The students were moved and applauded like that. I thought I had done well too. That professor was Pastor Cho, and he pointed something out to me. He pointed it out coolly and clearly. He said this verse doesn’t mean that. He said, how can it mean “I can do all things” – that’s correct, but that’s not what this verse means. And then he explained the interpretation. He said Paul was in prison now because of the gospel. But he says he can do it. “I am in prison, but I can do it, because I am in him who gives me strength” – that’s what it means. Listening quietly, I realized, oh no. Without realizing it, I had preached a Full Gospel-style sermon. I never forgot that. From that point on, what habit developed in me? Right – I had been preaching from my own theological background and my own feelings. What God’s actual word, that verse, was trying to give us was not that. So I took him as my mentor after that and met with him often. If you’re not careful, this is what happens. So generally speaking, it’s better for you not to evaluate what pastors preach. Why? Because it is the word of God. There are times when a pastor misquotes a Bible verse. That’s not done in order to misquote it – it’s a mistake. But the word is alive. Also, statistics may be stated incorrectly. So what if the statistic is wrong? We don’t believe in the statistic itself, right? A statistic simply means that such data also exists. But this is what God’s word says – that’s the thing.
2)Prayer (answer) – my circumstances
Something very important: prayer is being answered right now too, right? Prayer is being answered, but what’s the important point? I keep looking at the word through my own circumstances. I view everything through my own circumstances. If that’s the case, then 99% of the Bible doesn’t fit. While going through the wilderness, in the midst of a matter of life and death, God told them to build the tabernacle. Bring everything you have – doesn’t that not fit? Viewed through my circumstances, it doesn’t fit. So they made a mistake in the wilderness. Looking at their circumstances, they felt they would die. So they said, wouldn’t it be better to have stayed in Egypt than to die here – that’s how it came out. It sounds ordinary, but we are all living our life of faith this way. The word cannot work alive. Pastors must be most careful about this when preaching. You must not talk about yourself, you know? You can share your own testimony or some illustration, but that’s not how it works with the fundamental, important flow of God’s word, right?
3)Evangelism (salvation) – my position
The work of salvation is happening right now too, right? I must be within that, but we always look at things from my position, my position – if we look at it that way, not a single part of God’s word fits. Right now, if things go wrong, I might starve to death, and yet God said, “through your seed all nations will be blessed” – he was talking about world evangelization. Not a single part of God’s word fit Abraham’s situation. Abraham inevitably had to go a different path, right? That’s the reason. From my position it doesn’t make sense – I don’t even have a child, so how can all nations be blessed through my seed, and I don’t even know where I’m going, yet he says leave Chaldea – and he doesn’t even say go somewhere specific, but “go as I direct you.” Abraham confirmed that this was completely mismatched with his own position. Then one day, he changed this completely, and it began to be visible to him. It looks like nothing, but if you’re not careful, this is how ministry gets done, and this is how elders end up serving the church. So new family members are doing this 100% of the time. It’s not that these people don’t listen to the word. And they’re doing something with prayer in their own way too.
4)The field (life) – comparison
We definitely have a field. We have a field, right? Because this is life. The reason we can’t receive an answer here is that we keep comparing. That’s humanism. Because we compare, even our own eyes grow dim. In that field there is definitely a flow, and there is something you must see. Right now I am talking about 5 flows.
5)Nation (disaster) – tradition and culture (doctrine)
As we try to accomplish world evangelization, we must pray for a nation, and I too am living in one nation, right? Almost every nation has its traditional culture. That’s not to say traditional culture is unnecessary or wrong. But that tremendous world mission, God’s word, can end up being viewed only through the lens of traditional culture. What we must be most careful of is trying to force it into doctrine. This is an easy mistake to make. Doctrine exists in order to help us understand God’s word well. And doctrine is what makes it possible to properly grasp the gospel and evangelize. That doctrine is theology, right? What seminaries must be careful of is that they have their own theology. They try to force all the living word into that framework. When something doesn’t fit that, it’s labeled heresy. It looks like nothing, but that’s why the church has no work happening. As a result, churches around the world are closing their doors. There’s no way around it. It’s not this side (fulfillment/answer/salvation/life/disaster) – it’s this side (my feelings/circumstances/position/comparison/traditional culture). New family members come to church and listen to these people’s words. Listening to these people’s words, even hearing up to this point (the 5 flows), they cannot see this (fulfillment/answer/salvation/life/disaster). They cannot see the fulfillment happening, cannot see the answers coming, cannot see the work of salvation, and even while in the field, cannot see their own life. Then in that nation, all these disasters occur, right? They cannot see this. This is extremely important.
The opposite side – So instead, I must view things in reverse of what I would naturally think.
①The 7 Remnant – that is the 7 Remnant. If I look at it as, “I’m being dragged off to Egypt now, how could my brothers do this to me, how am I going to survive?” – then the road ahead is pitch black. They looked at the opposite side. “Ah, this is the path to world evangelization that was even shown to me in a dream” – they saw it well. All 7 Remnant were like that. As an easy example, he became a top-ranking government official in the nation called Babylon. That’s a great blessing received. But Daniel and his three friends did not think that way. They saw this. “Here, showing the evidence of light in the midst of darkness is what we must do” – and yet, because they simply held onto that one thing, there was no calculation involved. We calculate everything, right? No calculation. He was given room to calculate – “if you just bow down once now, you’ll live” – there was no need to even answer that!
②Hebrews 11:38, so in Hebrews 11 where the ancestors of faith are always recorded, these people saw that they were completely on the opposite side. The world was not worthy of them. They were people the world could not handle.
③Paul’s team – especially, though it includes the early church, more than the early church, it’s Paul’s team. These people saw it correctly. It’s not that Paul was imprisoned – he discovered that he was in the most blessed position. So what did the man William Barclay record? He described it as Paul enjoying the greatest privilege.
Now, for our new family members, in a way this is too difficult. In a way, this content is on too high a level, right? For people who just want money or food, this content is hard to understand. But I don’t think that way. Because the Holy Spirit works, no matter how difficult the words are, they are understood through the Holy Spirit, right? So sometimes among new family members, there are people who understand the word better than those who have believed for a long time. If your preaching is truly done badly, that’s one thing, but otherwise, don’t be fooled even if a church member says the sermon is too difficult. You must deliver what is in the word. That’s how the work happens.
Main – The pilgrim’s path
Now, you must tell them this. Tell the new family members: from now on, you are walking the pilgrim’s path, right? From now on you are walking the pilgrim’s path. Before, you went your own way without God, but now you are walking the pilgrim’s path. There are three backgrounds to walking the pilgrim’s path.
1.The absolute bartizan – “7 bartizans”
The absolute bartizan – not just a bartizan, but the absolute bartizan – that is what remains for you now. The Triune God works invisibly. What is visible is fake. What is visible is an idol. Christ explained that blessing over 40 days, explaining the power of the throne, right? So he builds a tremendous bartizan – Christ appeared and proved that he was the Christ, and showed the evidence that all was accomplished. He granted the 5 most basic powers. He said he would give power. He gave power to overcome the one who holds the authority of the air. And he gave the power to see the future. And he spoke of the world and the ends of the earth. There, that word includes the three courtyards, the three-day weekend age, and the holy meditation age. This is what causes the new family members to keep praying continually. Doing this brings three great answers along with it.
1)Transcending time and space
Transcending time and space. Prayer transcends time and space, and the word has the creative power to transcend time and space.
2)Unprecedented and unrepeatable
From this point, you must let them know the blessing given only to them. That is called unprecedented and unrepeatable.
3)237 – 5,000
From this point, your work will align with this – 237 nations, 5,000 peoples. Right now, even among the various peoples, people from 5,000 peoples are hearing our message and saying they are so shocked and glad about it. That’s because it is God’s word. It’s not a Home Church message – it’s God’s word – so the Remnant’s studies must be aligned with this. So while submitting resumes is good, they will come to recruit you.
2.The absolute journey – “7 journeys”
Then, with this, you go on a journey – not just any journey, but the absolute journey – and going on it, you can confirm 7 paths. Among these, find at least one – find more if you can, find them. The Triune God is not just working, he is also accomplishing three answers. You must be on that path, right? This power of the throne didn’t just end there – he gave you 10 secrets. You never need to be shaken at all. He gave 10 springboards, and gave 5 assurances of the throne that solve every problem that arises in us humans, right? He spoke of 9 flows of the throne that can change anything. To the person you meet, you give the answer you have, and for that person, it becomes a lifelong answer. That’s why today, sitting in this seat, is the camp of the throne. I am now speaking of the 7 journeys. Enjoying this blessing brings three things.
1)Acceptance
When you enjoy this tremendous blessing, nothing becomes a problem – acceptance, there’s nothing you cannot accept.
3)Transcendence
Why? Transcendence – you don’t get caught up in it. Transcendence, this is an extremely important word.
3)The answer
And why? Because there is an answer. With this, you go on the journey now, you know? There is the answer called Christ. You already carry this answer called the bartizan/journey/guidepost as you go. Rather than doing this all at once, you need to take time with the new family members, one by one, searching the scriptures. It’s not necessary to do it all at once. It’s necessary to go step by step. When you search, read, confirm, and convey the word, tremendous things happen. It is the living word, and at that time, the work of re-creation happens. It’s nearly certain.
3.The guidepost – “7 guideposts”
So you leave a work behind, and that is the absolute guidepost. These 7 guideposts here never change for eternity. The work is still happening even now. The blood covenant of Mt Calvary is still working even now. The fullness of the Holy Spirit and the mission on Mt Olive are still happening even now. The evidence of the Upper Room at Mark’s house is still happening even now. God still uses the Antioch church, gathered from the scattered, even now. So the 1st camp arose, and it was perfectly led by the Holy Spirit. So it is absolute. So the work of overturning and reviving the Nephilim occurred. That’s the 2nd camp. Then finally, Rome. That’s the 3rd camp, the 3rd guidepost. See how that came out? Once this happens, you must tell them what comes even while they simply stay still. These kinds of answers will come in the future.
1)Reproduction
Actually, there’s no need to even manufacture it – if you hold onto this covenant, reproduction keeps happening continually.
2)Monument
Before this happens, and after it happens, you don’t know when. But a monumental blessing happens to you. Even if pastors go slowly, they must do it this way. This is how reproduction keeps happening continually. To put it precisely, that person no longer needs my help. That’s how it must be. Reproduction keeps happening continually. That is the remaining blessing. Once you’ve saved 5,000 peoples, reproduction just keeps happening. The reason it doesn’t happen is that it wasn’t a guidepost. You must help the new family members know these things and prepare their vessel.
3)Footprints
What comes after this? Leaving footprints behind. Many people see these footprints and come back alive because of them.
Now, this is the work of the living word. The pilgrim’s path – this is something that happens to you. This is unnecessary for someone who hasn’t received salvation, right? This content is unnecessary for someone who hasn’t received salvation. No – such a person is going to live like hell and go to hell, so it doesn’t fit them. Also, for someone who isn’t going to pursue world evangelization, this has little meaning. If someone just wants to eat well and live well, then they don’t need to come to church, right? “I’ll eat well, dress well, live in a good house” – then they don’t need to come to church. We now carry this secret, greater than that, and with it we evangelize the world.
Conclusion
Then tell the new family member: start this way even on your own, enjoy this blessing once.
1)Acts 1:3 – 40 days
Now that prayer has been taught, do this with that prayer. You can follow it through in order.
2)Acts 1:14
You must come down and take hold of this once. “Devoting themselves only to prayer” – limited concentration, chosen concentration, oneness concentration that will save everything going forward – this is how the work happens. You must be sure to teach this.
3)Acts 2:1-18
The three festivals – “when the day of Pentecost had fully come” – that day was Pentecost, but emphasizing only Pentecost is also a contradiction. Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles – these three are deeply connected backgrounds together. The Thanksgiving holiday you’ll observe next week is the Feast of Tabernacles, and that is enjoying the backdrop of the throne. This is what happened.
4)Acts 2:42 (Sunday) – answer, imprint, confirmation
Worship must come alive. You must properly prepare for worship – you must teach this to the children too and to new believers too. What is prayer during worship, what is praise, what is the sermon – you must teach these.
5)Acts 2:46-47 (the six days)
To truly restore economic blessing, you must teach what an offering is. So then this word is fulfilled at home, in the field. You must teach Sunday worship well. Never look at anything else on Sunday – don’t even listen to what people say – on Sunday, receive the answer through the word and begin a day-long prayer of imprinting that day. What can be enjoyed during the six days – the subject/theme must be confirmed. This is how you enjoy the six days. After enjoying the six days, you come straight to the service and are struck with impact. Wow – those who can’t make it in person confirm the message. So having attended the core event to open the three-day weekend age that concludes within one week, this becomes the answer again. And then on Sunday, you go to worship again. You must be sure to tell them this. If worship has no power at all, that’s no good. If you go to some churches, the elders are completely caught up in just work. That’s rather pitiable. No answer comes. That’s where the problem lies. The word is not fulfilled. The ability to accomplish world evangelization doesn’t develop. That’s the problem. No matter how excellently someone lives, if world evangelization doesn’t happen, there’s no answer at all in that. The evidence: even to Jews who lived such excellent lives, since they didn’t know this, there was nothing that could be done – “you must go as a slave,” it couldn’t be helped. “You are now too old, no good; send your children into captivity” – they had to go. Such terrifying results come out. Yet even then they didn’t realize it, and they were all scattered as wanderers.
6)Every day, every hour, every task
Enjoy this every day, every hour, every task. Gain strength every day – you must teach this.
7)24, 25, eternity
This is simply doing it as 24, doing it while waiting as 25, doing it while creating an eternal work – this, now, is the conclusion.
Actually, you could roughly get by just praying once a day, but if you do it this way, you truly see the answer. So even now, among people who remain hidden, there are many who receive this answer exactly as it is. That is not the pastor’s sermon – it is the word working alive. The word is living and active – you must remember this. You must convey it with conviction. You are not conveying your own thing. And what mistake do some people make? Mostly the pastors’ wives make this mistake. “You can’t even live according to the word yourself, so why do you preach it so well?” That’s a mistake. We are proclaimers. That doesn’t mean you should live however you want – that’s not the point being made, right? “I can’t live according to the word” – is this an excuse? No. “Can these bones live? Prophesy the word” – that means, don’t speak your own words. Proclaim the word – you cannot give life yourself, so proclaim the breath of life. These tremendous answers came out. Up to this point is the work of the word that you yourselves must first enjoy in order to convey it to the new family members. Let’s rest about 10 minutes, and then, how should new family members understand evangelism?
Let’s take about a 10-minute break.