2025.11.09 Sunday 1st Service
Scripture Reading: Acts 16:11-15
▣ Introduction. The reason we must receive answers
Thank you.
1. New family
When Paul’s team carried out evangelism, the most important ones were the newly saved new family members. Now, how can these new family members receive prayer answers? If the new family does not know prayer answers, you will stumble over many kinds of tests. Today we must surely find this.
2. Associate pastors (Timothy, Titus, Tychicus)
Also, the most important teams when Paul evangelized were the associate pastors. You know well people like Timothy, Titus, and Tychicus. There were very important associate pastors. Now, how can our associate pastors receive this answer? If associate pastors, who are qualified to receive this answer, do not receive it, it becomes extremely difficult. And life as an associate pastor in the church becomes very hard. You may roughly understand this, but if you treat it that way, far too many problems are passed down spiritually and to posterity.
3. Church leaders (Gaius)
What did our church leaders do best? They saved evangelists and many associate pastors. Concerning Gaius it also says, “host of me and of the whole church (evangelists).” Now, how can this answer be received? You must surely take this with you today. If you do not know this, church leaders will spend their whole lives in turf fights and human fights and waste all their time. That is unjust. As a result of my analysis, nearly 90% of church leaders do not see the evangelism movement arise and do not have answers. That must not be. The ones who should receive the greatest answers are the church leaders.
Personally, though I had difficulties, I received truly many answers when I was an associate pastor. To the point that I think, “I wish I could be an associate pastor once more.”
▣ Main. How can we receive answers?
Now then, as we look at Paul’s journey today, how then can we receive answers?
1. Prayer
First, you must first know what prayer is. Even if He did not teach preaching, Jesus taught prayer. Therefore, if you do not know what prayer is, even if answers come you will not recognize them.
1) Jesus’ words about prayer
These are the very first words Jesus spoke.
(1) Matthew 6:10
“Pray for God’s kingdom to come.” That is in the Lord’s Prayer.
(2) Matthew 6:33
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness.” He said, “and all these things will be given to you as well.”
(3) Acts 1:3
Then in Acts 1:3 it says, “He explained about the things concerning God’s kingdom for forty days.” Frankly, I realized there, “Ah!” I used to have many prayer topics. I came to know that it was not that. And the Lord Himself said it directly: “Do not pray, ‘Give me this, give me that.’” Did He not say that God already knows? And then He said, “Because you can receive all things, seek His kingdom and His righteousness.”
2) Prayer is enjoying the bartizan, journey, and guidepost of the throne
I kept seeing this and, truly, to an ignorant person like me, God’s Word was graciously opened.
(1) 7 bartizans
It is prayer by which the grace of the Triune God becomes a bartizan. “He explained for forty days” means prayer is enjoying the power of the throne. And God said, “It is finished.” Prayer is building the bartizan within that. We cannot save the world with any other strength. He said He would give power. Therefore we need the 5 strengths. He promised us the power to overcome the ruler of the air. And He already spoke all the roads concerning the future. Prayer is when these become my bartizan. Since I did not know what prayer is, I frankly did not pray well. Long ago I did not know how to pray.
(2) 7 journeys
There is a road by which the Triune God even now answers. Going on that is the journey. You may not readily believe it, but the 10 secrets of the throne protect you. Though we are much shaken, the 10 platforms of the throne are ours. We may meet many kinds of matters. There are the 5 assurances of the throne. We can win without fighting. There are the 9 flows of the throne. Therefore, when we meet people, we obtain the lifelong answer and relay the answer. The fact that we are seated here today is the camp of the throne. If you do not know this, there is no answer. This was opened to me.
(3) 7 guideposts
On Calvary the past, present, and future, everything, was resolved. Then we have nothing to worry about. On Mt Olive He gave the absolute mission. Finding that and giving it is most important for us. Finally, in the Mark’s upper room, “When the day of Pentecost had fully come”—this is not a feast day but the three feasts kept always, daily. That is how I came to understand it. Otherwise it is hard to receive answers. At last, spiritual eyes were wide opened. Those who were in tribulation should have stumbled, but they gathered and established the Antioch Church. If you are in tribulation you should flee, but they set the missions strategy. This is our road. It is the guidepost. Having firmly established this guidepost that breaks the darkness—that is the first camp. We must surely heal the Nephilim. We must surely conquer Rome. I have now spoken of the 7 bartizans, the journey, and the guidepost. This is prayer.
※ By the answers of 7·7·7 prayer the door to the 5,000 tribes came
So, when I open my eyes in the morning, I first concentrate and pray the 7·7·7 prayer. And then all day long, while deeply thinking, I pray the 7·7·7 one by one again. It is so good. The future God gives comes into view.
At that time, answers come to me. “Do you truly want to do missions? Going to America and Europe is just riding on a plane. If you want to do missions that truly break the darkness, save the 5,000 tribes.” From then until now, the door to the 5,000 tribes has continued to open.
What is prayer? It is enjoying the bartizan, journey, and guidepost of the throne that God has given. Now, if you know this prayer, the Lord surely promised you. “All these things will be added to you.” For decades I learned from the Bible that I had been praying wrongly. Of course there were no answers. I had no power to save unbelievers. First, I had no money. When I tried to save others, I had no money. I know that money is not the greatest thing, but I did not have it. I had no strength. How can you do world evangelization? I was telling some kind of lie. I had understood prayer wrongly.
3) Find the prayer Jesus taught and enter into the Word. When you understand what evangelism is, answers begin to come.
New family members, you must find the prayer Jesus taught. Church leaders, you are important people. Do not listen to my words; you must look at God’s Word. Among the many listening to my messages from outside, there are those with a commission and those who criticize. Do neither of those two; enter into the Word.
Then, from that point, frankly speaking, because I knew what evangelism is, answers began to come. Before I understood the gospel and this prayer, I was always poor, those beside me were poor, “you are poor, I am poor,” and money became god. Only money, money, money—that is all I saw.
(1) Remnants
Our Remnants must study not to follow the world but to lead the world.
(2) Church leaders
Blessing is prepared for the church leaders. Do not follow unbelievers; raise the 70 to save unbelievers. Even if I cannot do it, I must believe what is right.
(3) Watchmen of world evangelization
God has called you as watchmen of world evangelization. Other things are not the answer. Right? They are the process, not the answer. “Oh my, I fought with that person; I lost. I won.” That is the process, not the answer. The answer must be that God’s Word is fulfilled. This is the prayer.
If you know this prayer and do this, say, for one year, what will happen? Try it. The secret of prayer is here.
2. Answers
Second, you must know what answers are. Now, since most people do not know what answers are, when you pray do answers come? No. Then, in fact, you do not know what an answer is. There is a towel here. If I pray, will this towel fly over there? It will not. Therefore, because you do not know what an answer is, you cannot enjoy the answer. You do not know prayer, and you do not know answers.
1) By prayer, first the bartizan of God (the bartizan of the Word) is built within me
The answer is that first the bartizan of God is built within you. The bartizan of the Word is first built. This is extremely important. Therefore, during worship you listen to the Word and say “Amen.” During the time of prayer the bartizan is being built. This is the beginning of the answer. Why would someone in full health jump from a high place and commit suicide? Even just looking down makes you dizzy, but he jumped from there. Why? Because within him the bartizan of suicide had already been built. Therefore he surely goes on that journey—because it has been built. Then the result that comes out—that is the guidepost.
So, because you do not know what an answer is, you cannot wait. You must have the bartizan built by much prayer in order to go on the journey. You must go on God’s journey in order for the guidepost to appear.
I can promise you in advance. With the three courtyards, the three-day weekend age, and the age of holy meditation, many will come to life in our church. The 5,000 tribes will flock in. I promise. I said this 38 years ago. I said it in a rented 12-pyeong (small) building. If we are truly those who will carry out world evangelization, God will bless everything. He will make it a church that saves the world. That is not what we do. God does it. When this bartizan is built, you go on the journey. Now, when the answer has come, you speak by looking at the guidepost: “Wow, the answer has come.”
(1) Grieving the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30)
Now, because we do not know this, sometimes we should endure but we do not, and sometimes we should go but we do not. So we end up doing what we should not. Concerning this He said, “do not grieve the Holy Spirit.” It is in Ephesians 4:30.
(2) Quenching the Spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:19)
Because we do not know this and do not know what an answer is, sometimes the answer has come but we do not act. Concerning this He said, “do not quench the Spirit.” It is 1 Thessalonians 5:19. You must surely remember this.
Now, first—what is it? You must know what prayer is. If you know what prayer is, the power that transcends time and space comes. Right? It surely comes. You must believe. Only when you believe does it become a bartizan.
2) You can go on the journey.
Only when there is a bartizan can you go on the journey.
3) You leave guideposts. The guideposts are what have already been fulfilled; the answers have come.
You must go on the journey to leave guideposts. This is certain.
There was a woman who, secretly, deceived her husband and everyone and gambled. So the husband, being deeply distressed, found out that his wife was a gambler. It is easy to say, but he locked his wife in, bolted the outside door, and came to me. At that time I was an evangelist. He said, “Evangelist, I wanted to go to the retreat and came to go with you.” I said, “Deacon, please go back and unlock the door for your wife. If she is locked up like that inside, she will go mad and die. So unlock the door and come. Your wife already has a bartizan built within her by which she cannot help but gamble.” She cannot help but gamble. People do not know this.
Another deaconess said, “Why does my husband drink like that until dawn every day…” She said she could not live with him. I said, “I do not think so.” I said, “Your husband is searching for something. The bartizan must be changed. The only person who can help is you, but you are the problem.” Right? She understood.
They may be listening to the message even now. A couple asked me a question: “We have decided to divorce for this and that reason.” But I sensed that they were people of the Spirit. So I spoke rightly, “Pray more before you do it.” I said, “I am not the one to pray for that man. You are. Do not be mistaken.” Listening to it, it was right. Am I going to pray for someone I do not know?
※ If you do not know prayer and do not know answers, you know nothing; then you must live and die insisting on your own way.
Building the bartizan is the most important first answer. You understand, right? Since you do not know prayer and do not know answers, in the end you know nothing. You will have to live and die by insisting on your own way. Your way may be right sometimes, but it is more often wrong.
Therefore, the guidepost is formed, and this is what has already been fulfilled. If you know this, you will understand the whole Bible.
(1) Mark 11:24 “Believe that you have received what you asked for in prayer.”
“Believe that you have received what you asked for in prayer.” Why? Because the bartizan has been built.
(2) Joshua 1:3 “I have given you…”
To Joshua He said, “I have already given it to you.” He should have said, “I will give,” but He said, “I have given.” I came to understand that. There has never been a time when, once the bartizan of the LORD was built, the answer did not come.
3. The power of world evangelization
Third, you must know what the power of world evangelization is. If you know, that is enough. Those who were with Paul knew this.
First, you must carry it. You must know what prayer is. Right? Only then can you pray. You must know what an answer is. Only then can you enjoy it. What is the road and method of world evangelization? There are three.
1) The absolute bartizan
When the road is blocked, it is not about building a bartizan. It is building the absolute bartizan. This is what our associate pastors must do. It is not just a bartizan. It is the absolute bartizan. Now, the road has been blocked. What do we do? We give up. From what I have seen, those who do not study well give up when difficulties come. Those who studied somewhat well push stubbornly. Both have problems. Right? You must not give up or stubbornly push back.
They truly prayed. “In a vision, a man of Macedonia was calling us.” What should I do? Just wait. The absolute bartizan. This word “absolute” means a bartizan that never disappears eternally. If our associate pastors find even one such place, history will arise for you. Do not worry at all. If you cannot find this, you will suffer until the day you die. Elders, church leaders—if you find even one absolute bartizan, all answers will come. Right? You have not found it even once. If you have not yet found it, that is unjust, right? You should find it.
2) The absolute journey
Second. What should you do when you go for the first time? You must make the absolute journey. Not just a journey—the absolute journey. What I am talking about is not only an answer; it is the power to carry out world evangelization. What kind of absolute journey is it? Look.
(1) Verse 13 – Place of prayer, Lydia
In Acts 16:13, “On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer,” and they met Lydia.
(2) Verse 14 – The Lord opened Lydia’s heart
In Acts 16:14 it says, “The Lord opened her heart.”
(3) Verse 15 – Mission home and the Philippi church, supporter of Paul’s world missions
You read it today, right? “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” This was the beginning of the mission home. Later, this became the Philippi church. This church later supported Paul’s world missions.
(4) Philippians 1:3–4 – A person inside prayer
Do you know what Paul said? “I always thank my God every time I remember you,” he said. “In all my prayers for all of you I always pray with joy.” There are people who come to mind whenever we pray. There are people who come to mind whenever we are upset. Right? There are people who become a thanksgiving whenever we pray. A church leader who is inside the pastor’s prayer—look closely at Paul; this is necessary. A pastor inside the church leader’s prayer; Remnants who are inside the prayers of praying saints—this is the happiest. This is called the absolute journey. This is the method of evangelism and world evangelization.
3) The absolute guidepost
Third, what is it? It is the absolute guidepost of world evangelization. What is the absolute guidepost?
(1) Verses 16–18 – Healing the demon-possessed
Now, while going to meet Lydia, they met a demon-possessed woman. This now is the absolute guidepost. This is a marvelous thing. They healed her. Demon-possessed people suffer greatly. They healed her.
(2) Verses 19–40 – The work in the prison
Then, because their source of income was gone, the merchants accused them. Thus they were imprisoned. In the prison, again, a work arose. You must surely remember this.
What is prayer? What is an answer? What is the power of world evangelization? If you know only this, it is enough.
▣ Conclusion
Then a conclusion comes out.
1. Re-challenge, reproduction, re-creation
Re-challenge, reproduction, re-creation. If this does not happen, in worldly terms, it “won’t pay.” You must firmly hold to this. The answer comes out.
2. Tithe (Malachi 3:10)
Finally, I want to mention that every church likely has concerns about budgets. Do you know the fundamental meaning of the tithe? The land of Israel was divided among the 12 tribes. It was divided—given to 11 tribes, and not given to the Levite tribe. Why? “Do not let the lamp in the temple go out. The Levites will take turns doing 24. Wear the names of the 11 tribes over your heart and pray.” That is it. “Therefore, you 11 tribes, just bring one-tenth of the land you received to them.” Then it becomes equal. In some sense, the tithe is less an offering than something to be given as a matter of course. It is not that we helped the Levites. We gave what was the Levites’. So that they would pray for us. That is the meaning of the tithe.
As for the church—God even said this: “Test me in this—if you tithe—see whether you will be blessed or not.” In the Bible the phrase “test God” appears only there. “Test God,” He said. “Check why the goods in your storehouse are rusting or being eaten by moths.” That is the tithe. Therefore, if you give the tithe properly, the church budget will never be lacking. Though it is in the Bible, we keep doing it wrongly and saying, “We don’t have, we don’t have.” We truly must be blessed. Teach this to the children as well. For some people, offerings are precious. Offerings given to the church are the economy of light. You must not treat that lightly. You must teach it properly to posterity. That is the economy of light.
3. Paul’s team that gave nine-tenths – Offerings are the economy of light
To conclude—what is even more important? Paul’s team did not give just a tithe. The reason is, they gave nine-tenths. I pray that such Remnants will arise. Remnants who have the strength to give nine-tenths. Right? If that sounds unpleasant, then earn much. What is the problem in logic with earning ten billion a month, giving nine billion to the church, and using one billion yourself until you burst? Logically it stands. Therefore, the Early Church team gave the “tithe of nine.” The economy of light. Think much on this, and truly from this week find out: what is prayer, what on earth is an answer, and what is the power of world evangelization? I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ to discover this. I will pray.
Prayer. We sincerely thank You, God. Let this be a time to confirm Your Word. Let us enjoy the answers of new challenge, reproduction, and re-creation. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.