2026.02.22 Sunday 2nd Service
Church Construction Devotional Worship
「David Who Began With Temple Dedication」
(1Ch 29:10-14)
Temple dedication is something you do when the temple is completely built. Imagine the beautiful temple being built. Standards are usually set by people, and though they don’t seem quite right to me, in the past the standard was, “We dedicate it once all the debts are paid.” I see debt as an offering too, so it shouldn’t matter, but regardless, that is how dedication is done. However, David completely prepared everything for the building of the temple and passed it on to the posterity. For him, this part was already finished.
[ Lifetime Prayer ]
Therefore, for David, this was a lifetime prayer. But what about us? Can we prepare for the temple by praying from the time we are young like David? In reality, we have missed that. However, we can do even better than David. If people who pray more than David did arise within our church, a greater history will occur.
▣ Introduction_ How?
1. The Era of the Exodus
If you look at the Bible, look at the era of the Exodus. There were many people who grumbled. However, there were many people who prayed. They caused tremendous miracles in this Exodus. The 10 miracles were miracles, but even in front of the Red Sea, they grumbled… there are people who do not pray. However, there were people who prayed. The amazing miracle of the Red Sea parting occurred, but even while going through the wilderness, they grumbled whenever a problem arose. However, there were people who prayed like Moses, Joshua, Caleb, and David.
2. David’s Prayer (The Whole People)
Specifically, regarding David’s prayer now, the whole people rose up. Thus, a miracle had no choice but to occur. It wasn’t that David did all the offerings alone. The whole people rose up. David even made an announcement. He said not to bring any more. Because too much was coming out. I wish that kind of announcement would come out for us too. “Please, give smaller offerings. We have too much, so please give less.” How great would it be if that kind of announcement came out? In that way, he finished all preparations completely.
3. Delivery to the Posterity
Thus, he completely delivered it to the posterity. He did well.
▣ Main
1. Boyhood Years
All Remnants must rise up and recover the prayer David had during his boyhood. Usually, Remnants aren’t very interested in temple construction, understandably. Especially since they are students, they are even less interested in things like offerings. However, our Remnants must pray in earnest from now on.
[ Remnant Prayer ]
From today on, Remnants should also start a relay prayer. Even if a small number participates, it is fine. It would be good if all students participated, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Whenever even a few people prayed, history occurred. In fact, there were only about 7 people who truly grasped the covenant in the Exodus. History occurred. Only about 10 people returned from Babylon. These people prayed and grasped the covenant. The people of Romans 16 who evangelized the world were actually fewer than 30 people. Right? You just need to pray. David established bartizans and evangelized the world; he established one disciple in each place, and God raised them all up.
1) Psalm 78:70-72 (King): If you read Psalm 78:70-72 carefully, he grasped the mission to be king at this time. You, the Remnants, must grasp the covenant regarding this temple construction to the point where your future is visible. Parents and leaders must teach Remnants so they become like this. Because young Remnants cannot pray at all, it becomes like this if you do it just a little. Because they are missing all these blessings, they are imprinted with something that isn’t the Gospel; so when a problem arises, they worry. And people with a little faith should pray. But they can’t pray well. That isn’t it. David was a shepherd while praying. You must be able to study while praying. This is the Key. You must make Remnants like this.
2) 1 Samuel 16:1-13 (Ark of the Covenant – Temple): He probably went to be a shepherd then? He meets Samuel, receives prayer, is anointed with oil, and receives the covenant from Samuel. At this time, temple preparation had already begun. He probably spoke about the Ark of the Covenant? David continued to pray for the temple to house the Ark of the Covenant.
3) 1 Samuel 17:1-47 (The Name): And 1 Samuel 17:1-47 is about the battle with Goliath. When he fights Goliath, there is one very important detail. “David defeated Goliath.” That is a given. There is one very important detail. When David came before Goliath, what did Goliath do? If you look closely, Goliath cursed David in the name of his own gods. At that time, young David was amazing. The Name comes out. “I have come before you in the name of Jehovah.” This is tremendous content. Our Remnants must receive this much blessing while praying for temple construction. David did it all alone, but we can do even better than David. It’s fine if many Remnants rise up and pray like David. Right? It is an opportunity. Tell Remnants every day. “You must receive more than the blessings received by Remnants like David.” Right? The age is better now than then. It is such a developed age; David had to carry an instrument. Now we don’t even need to do that. Everything can be done with one cell phone, anytime. The age is this good.
[ Loneliness – My Time ]
What is the greatest thing for a Remnant, a young Remnant? Do you know what the hardest part for a Remnant is? It isn’t anything else. Why do they keep liking friends? Also, when they are young, they try not to be separated from their mom. In a little while, they dislike their mom. Because they like friends. Why is that? What can they not resolve? Loneliness. It is more common than you’d imagine. Even as people get older, many feel lonely. Why is that? They have only aged; they are still young. This is a disease of a child. Children are anxious without their mom. You aren’t anxious at all. Children are anxious. How did young David change this loneliness? He completely changed it into My Time. You must teach this. If a Remnant learns this, they will succeed unconditionally. Now, let the entire church receive answers regarding temple construction.
2. Youth Years
These are the youth years. What kind of preparation did he make at this time?
[ University, Young Adult ]
This is the answer that university students and young adults, who play a pivotal role in our church, must receive. While starting prayer for temple construction, you must receive the answers David received in his youth.
David noticed it when the spear was thrown. Saul threw a spear to kill him. At that time, David was startled. David was a soldier who was very quick and skilled in fighting. So he avoided it, but King Saul threw that spear because he had lost his mind. From then on, David shakes hands with Jonathan, confesses with true love, and begins to flee. King Saul sent assassins to kill David while he was sleeping. But David’s wife is King Saul’s daughter. However, this wife didn’t listen to her father and helped her husband. “Assassins are coming tonight, so you must flee.” So she made something like a doll, laid it down, and he escaped. He leads soldiers and searches all the way to the cave of En Gedi to kill David. He searches up to the mountains with soldiers. Where did David go while fleeing? He went to the temple. After that, King Saul killed the priests in the temple. Because they helped David. Later, because it didn’t work, David went into exile, fleeing to the Philistines. It became even more difficult there. These Philistine soldiers noticed. “That is David who collapsed Goliath in one stroke. That is General David who made our country suffer the most. A golden chance has come. He came on his own. Kill him.” David heard that. So from then on, David puts on a show. A show like a person who has lost his mind. He did that, even drooling… David must have been a good actor. So one Philistine soldier, probably a decent person, said, “He seems to have lost his mind; is there any need to kill him? Just let him go.” That’s what happened.
1) Blessing (Psalm 23:6): He makes all these sufferings into God’s blessing. Psalm 23:6 says, “I will dwell in the house of Jehovah forever.”
2) Fleeing: While fleeing, David saw the field. This became the foundation for establishing 1,000 bartizans. David experienced it twice: he fought Goliath who spoke of the evil spirits in that idol temple, and when he was fleeing, he hid in the temple where the priest helped him and David ate the bread that only priests were supposed to eat. Because he was hungry.
3) Brink of Death: He meets the brink of death completely. At times like this, David thought even more about temple preparation.
[ Difficulty – Answer ]
What our young adults must be able to do right now: young adults have many difficulties. If you don’t know the fact that this is an Answer, you can never receive answers. All of David’s hardships were answers. Right? All the hardships of the 7 Remnants were answers. If you miss this, you lose everything unconditionally. After we finish today, we have a church officers’ retreat, and I want to tell the officers this. You know the word Absolute Bartizan, but the question is why you can’t make it. You can’t. If it is made, anyone receives answers. Young adults must make this. Therefore, your occupation and such must all be connected to the 1,000 bartizans and temple preparation.
3. Kingly Years
Finally, he became king. At this time, strength was created. At this time, I’m saying David became king.
[ Fulfillment ]
Because he became king, he fulfills all the covenants.
1) 1,000 Bartizans: What is the first thing he did? He establishes 1,000 bartizans. It is amazing. Why? Because he saw as he went around to different places. Simply put, what does this look like? Making prayer places in various locations. Establishing bartizans in various locations means establishing things to protect the nation. The most important thing here is the prayer place. Here, they offered sacrifices from the Old Testament, held meetings, and did everything. He established a thousand of these in the nation of Israel; how amazing is that.
2) Absalom: There is an incident that occurred before temple preparation. It is the Absalom incident. Absalom is David’s son, but he was a bit wicked. Since David rebuked him often for his mistakes, he disliked his father. But he had some ability. So as David got older, politicians are predictable. They make a fuss even when a president serves 4–5 years, but a king serves for a lifetime. So Absalom—now David is old. But what is the dream of these people? The question is who should be the next king. So they gathered to Absalom. “You must become the king. Let’s prepare everything.” Absalom lost his mind at these words. Since he was in a position to create an army, he created one and pursued David to kill his father. David was in such a rush that he fled barefoot. While fleeing, David gave one instruction. He gave an instruction to the soldiers. What did he say? “Absolutely do not kill Absalom.” And then he fled. While fleeing, as you know, Shimei cursed him and such. David is a different kind of person. “Jehovah told him to do that.” That was David’s different eyes. Regarding the person who cursed David at the end, he said, “God told him to do that.” David returns in victory, but that isn’t the problem. He built a system that could stabilize the nation. Otherwise, if that rebellion hadn’t happened, it would have been a big problem. What happens to Absalom? He was riding a horse and killing people here and there, and Absalom’s hair was a bit long. That hair got caught in a tree. Sometimes your hair gets caught strangely. Right? People who have fished know, but if a fishing line gets tangled, it gets tangled strangely. It doesn’t unravel. Without even doing this or that, it gets all intertwined. So the horse ran off and (his hair) got caught in the tree. So when David gave the instruction, mainly the high-ranking people were next to him. The low-ranking soldiers might not have heard the instruction. They kill Absalom there. Thus, he completely stabilizes the nation.
3) Temple Preparation: After that, he completely did temple preparation. If you look at David’s life, “He is truly a blessed person. This is what happens when you grasp the covenant.” If you grasp the covenant when you are young, it becomes like this.
[ 1,000 Disciples ]
Therefore, what covenant must all elders and church officers grasp? Establish 1,000 disciples. David established 1,000 bartizans alone, but we are establishing 1,000 disciples. You must grasp this as your covenant.
▣ Conclusion
[ Spiritual Temple ]
Now, there are many things, but now you must first build the Spiritual Temple within yourself. David was like that. From the time he was young.
[ Life Temple ]
And not just a spiritual temple, but I’m saying he completely did the Life Construction first. He built the life temple. He did very well.
[ Worship Temple ]
And after that, he prepared the Chapel where worship could be offered. Because there must be a temple to worship. Worship can be done anywhere, but a temple is needed for many people to gather and for the Three Courts to exist.
So, then why did all those many temples, the temples of Israel, collapse? Now, the temples that were built greatly are all idolized, tour-ized, and turned into economic money-making. we must keep this as our final mission and pray.
Three Courts
We must build a temple with the true Gospel within our church. A church where the Three Courts exist as evidence material.
Friday-Saturday-Sunday
Friday-Saturday-Sunday is very important. What happened during Friday-Saturday-Sunday? Jesus suffered, was crucified, and was resurrected. Right? Therefore, all religions have aimed for Friday-Saturday-Sunday. Simply put, Satan has aimed for Friday-Saturday-Sunday. Especially in America, students all do drugs and fall into mental problems during Friday-Saturday-Sunday.
Age of Meditation
Therefore, we are preparing a temple that opens the Age of Meditation. If there is no evidence of the Gospel movement, it becomes an idol temple. It’s enough if you know just this one thing.
Pastor Joo Ki-cheol didn’t try to fight with Japan. He isn’t a person who does that. People expressed it incorrectly, but it was that you must not worship idols in the temple. He said such things must not enter the temple. He opposed that. So he was captured and died.
Pastor Son Yang-won, it’s the same story. You must not place idols in the temple, and we must not bow there. Pastor Son Yang-won didn’t die but came out alive, and didn’t Japan ask him? “Just bow once at the shrine. Then we will let you go.” Pastor Son Yang-won’s answer was, “I will stay here for a lifetime.” This means the church must not become an idol. There is something to be surprised about.
This person Choi Deok-ji is also famous. A few people were like that. This person is a woman. For this person, it wasn’t just “you shouldn’t do idol worship.” “If we do this, the Korean church will fail and Japan will fail too.” She said it must not be done. So they threw her in. And this person supposedly did scheduled prayer four times a day. At four set times, she sang hymns and prayed. So because they hated hearing it and said it was noisy, they tied her hands and gagged her mouth. But she didn’t miss this worship even once. Someone would enter that prison. Someone who entered because they were slightly mentally ill. Whenever it was the scheduled prayer time, that person would take out the rag [gag]. This is something that actually happened. This person later came out after being liberated. Our fight is not that kind of political fight.
In ’96 or ’97, I went to America for a conference. We rented a large church building and many people gathered. I went in and out of the church building for a few days, and what I saw was truly appalling. They had placed idols in the church. So I endured and endured, and then I spoke during the final sermon after the worship ended. “Why have you placed idols in the church?” And then the worship ended. One assistant pastor came to me huffing and puffing. “Why do you say such things?” he said. “I mean, you shouldn’t place idols in the church.” “Even so, you should have told us that; for a speaker, a speaker who goes to the whole world, to say that—what becomes of us?” “That isn’t the problem right now.” Why they placed the idols—I told him to come to my hotel. To talk. He didn’t come. Wow, I thought, it’s at this level.
We rented a large church in the city in Taiwan for a conference, and there you see strange things again. Things like “Ip-chun-dae-gil” [Good luck for spring] written in red letters. They stick those in the church. So our teams are unique. They could have just left it, but they tore it. Truly, the pastor’s wife of that church came huffing and puffing and cursed at us. “Why did you take that off?” she said. “And why do you stick charms? Why do you stick things like a dragon’s head?” Do you know what the answer was? “Taiwanese dragons are different.” She said that. “I see.” It’s appalling.
We must truly build a Gospel Temple. We must leave behind that material and leave a trace. A relay prayer must start for everyone. Remnants must absolutely receive this blessing, our young adults must absolutely receive this answer, and our church officers must absolutely receive the answer of the 1,000 Disciple Movement. I will pray.
Prayer. We thank God. Let us build the Gospel temple that God desires. Churches across the world have become idolized. They have become tourist areas. They have become places for making money. Let us surely achieve a temple that preaches the Gospel. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.