2026.09.13 Sunday 1st Service
RTS Sunday
Raising Pastors Whom God Desires
(Acts 18:1-4)
Summary
▣ Introduction
※ Five Messages for RTS
1) The spiritual war already won
2) The culture war already conquered
3) The bartizan war that sets the future – no need to even fight because it is 300% prepared
4) The level that saves 237-5000
5) The pastor training God wants
1. Being part of God’s timely errand that raises up the Lord’s servants – it is the path of saving me, the next generation, and life.
2. Three people who were part of God’s timely errand that raises up the Lord’s servants
1) Elder Jethro – was part of God’s plan for the Exodus
2) Obadiah – was part of God’s plan to save the world by rescuing Israel from Aram
3) The Priscilla couple – were part of God’s plan to evangelize the world by way of Rome
3. Laypeople must carry and deliver testimony.
▣ Main_ Five kinds of communication
1. Mission communication (Acts 2:10)
1) Coming down from the Mount of Olives to attend the Upper Room gathering – if you take 7·7·7 exactly as it is in Scripture and begin from day 40, mission emerges.
2) Three-festival communication – they escaped death on the day of the blood of the lamb. He led them by the Holy Spirit’s power through the wilderness journey. Our background is the throne.
3) 3,000 disciples – this naturally occurs.
2. Work communication (Acts 18:1-4)
1) Meeting Paul and becoming a church leader changed his primary occupation. The tentmaking business became his secondary occupation.
2) David – his primary occupation was as an evangelist building the temple; his secondary occupation was king.
3) Remnant – switch your primary and secondary occupations. Even if you succeed, that remains your secondary occupation.
3. Spiritual summit communication (Acts 18:24-28)
1) He helped Apollos.
2) Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? – he spoke of the Holy Spirit baptism of the Upper Room.
3) Remnant – because we must go through an age of wandering people, we must first become a spiritual summit, a spiritual emperor.
4. Evangelism communication (1 Corinthians 16:19)
1) Corinth – a region sunk in idolatry
2) The Corinthian church that kept doing pointless things
3) The Priscilla couple, who built a branch church that saves the church and the region – “the church that is in the house of Priscilla and Aquila”
5. Missions communication (Romans 16:3-4)
1) A clear underlying commitment – it was clear why they had to do this work, and their goal was clear.
2) It matched the evangelization of Rome, where 237 nations had gathered.
3) They knew this was the hidden card (Romans 16:25-27).
▷ What you must hold onto: the mission God has given, the 300% occupation to support this, and telling the Remnant about the spiritual emperor (summit). Evangelism that solves the real problems arising in a region; missions that realize how powerful nations, possessed by Satan, are conquering and how weak nations are being sold off, and how Israel is not sharing the gospel even though it has received it.
A seminary that properly teaches evangelism – if you don’t know how to evangelize, everyone dies. That means you don’t know Christ and haven’t seen the field.
“I rescued you from darkness. I called you a royal priesthood to shine this light.” – when the covenant is properly grasped, the door of the throne opens, and God’s kingdom and the work of God’s kingdom are fulfilled.
▣ Conclusion_ He staked his life on it – it’s fine to die doing this work.
A person with life, a person who has seen the value worth staking life on, a person who saves lives, can stake their life on it there.
Transcript
▣ Introduction
※ Five Messages for RTS
Since RTS contains the whole of life, I have given five messages this time.
1) The spiritual war already won
If I were to preach a message to you and to new families, it would be “this is spiritual warfare.” But this is “a war already won.” Because God and Satan cannot possibly fight on equal terms.
2) The culture war already conquered
I said “it is a culture war.” But that is already being conquered as we go. The Bible says so, and history has testified to it.
3) The bartizan war that sets the future – a war with no need to even fight because it is 300% prepared
I said it is “the bartizan war that sets the future.” Because it is 300% prepared, there is no need to even fight.
4) The level that saves 237-5000
I said, “You must reach the level of saving 237-5,000.” Today, at last, on Sunday, “what God wants.”
5) The pastor training God wants
“The pastor training God wants.” Through this opportunity, you must receive a special answer.
1. Being part of God’s timely errand that raises up the Lord’s servants – it is the path of saving me, the next generation, and life
There are people who accomplish great things yet receive little answer, and people who receive great answer for small deeds. In a sense, we are not raising up seminary students. “Build an ark for yourself” — that’s what was said. It is the path of my own life. It is not that we are saving God. It is my path of survival. “Build an ark for the sake of your next generation.” It is the path of saving the next generation. “Build an ark for the sake of life,” it was said. So do we raise the Lord’s servants? That doesn’t even make sense. God raises them up. It is within God’s timely errand. Anything outside of that has little meaning.
2. Three people who were part of God’s timely errand that raises up the Lord’s servants
I’ll give just three examples.
1) Elder Jethro
Elder Jethro. God was working to bring the nation of Israel out of Egypt. He was part of that. However bad the conditions, it’s fine. Right? God had made a plan to rescue them out of Egypt, which was in darkness. He was part of that.
2) Obadiah
Obadiah, a church leader. In the nation of Aram, God had made a plan to rescue and save the world. Obadiah was part of that. It wasn’t anything grand — he didn’t wage war or accomplish some great feat. He simply hid and helped the prophets.
3) The Priscilla couple
Especially the Priscilla couple we read about today. Out of Rome. God was at the very moment of moving toward world evangelization from Rome, which had already become subjugated. The Priscilla couple were part of this. So the blessing of witnessing God’s great work is grace. Right?
While churches all over the world were shutting their doors, a few people gathered who felt they absolutely must accomplish world evangelization. So they founded a seminary that properly teaches evangelism. You are part of the process of raising up these people. There’s no need to say more.
3. Laypeople must carry and deliver testimony.
So today, there is an answer we must receive first. If you consider that Paul actually delivered it through theology, then laypeople must deliver it by carrying testimony.
▣ Main_ Five kinds of communication
It doesn’t matter today whether you’re a new believer or a church leader. It doesn’t matter whether you’re Remnant or clergy. Especially today, for the Priscilla couple who raised our next generation, and especially for our seminary students, these five kinds of communication must occur. You must take this with you today. Five kinds of communication must occur.
1. Mission communication (Acts 2:10)
First. The Priscilla couple participated in the Upper Room church.
1) Coming down from the Mount of Olives to attend the Upper Room gathering
They came down from the Mount of Olives and attended the gathering in the Upper Room. What is the most important answer you must receive through the church? Mission. What is it? “The word of God came upon so-and-so.” That’s it. That must come upon you.
The thing you must be most careful of about the answer you should receive at church is saying, “Ah, my mission is this.” People mostly do this. You must be careful. Jesus spoke of 40 days. Many church leaders have received ordination but don’t know what to do. They each have their own prayer topics. That shouldn’t be. That’s why I say, “open the era of Friday-Saturday-Sunday.” Originally, in Scripture, at a coming-of-age ceremony, when receiving a mission and saying “I do this,” experts all had to gather and agree that it was right. Right? Various experts had to ask many questions and give their approval. That’s what you call a coming-of-age ceremony.
The ordination of elders and deaconesses is important. From now, prepare for one year. Understand? Those who have already been ordained shouldn’t ask others — seek it out yourselves. Try starting exactly as written in Scripture. Try starting fully from day 40. 777. Mission will emerge.
2) Three-festival communication
From this point, what gets communicated within the church? The three festivals. Amazing things happen. On the day the blood of the lamb was applied, they escaped from death. During the wilderness journey, He led them by the Holy Spirit’s power. Our background is the throne. It is not hell. So people who had become one within that Holy Spirit gathered.
3) The 3,000 disciples who naturally arose
Naturally, 3,000 disciples arise. From when I started here, I believed from the very start that 3,000 disciples would naturally come. Isn’t that right? This must be the first thing communicated. This is what Priscilla conveyed. She couldn’t teach Paul. She showed it through her life. Originally, laypeople don’t like it when they teach the Lord’s servants. Right? That’s why you must show it through your life. Remnant, try teaching your father when you go home. Your father will say, “Has this person lost their mind?” Right? You must show it through evidence. When your father looks at the evidence and says, “Ah, I have nothing to say” — that’s how it should be. Priscilla showed it through evidence.
2. Work communication (Acts 18:1-4)
Second. He met Paul. This is communication about occupation. This matters.
1) Meeting Paul and becoming a church leader changed his primary occupation. The tentmaking business became his secondary occupation.
He was a skilled businessman. By meeting Paul and becoming a church leader, he immediately switched to that as his primary occupation. From then, tentmaking became his secondary occupation. Understand? Your spiritual eyes must open.
2) David – his primary occupation was as an evangelist building the temple, his secondary occupation was king
David’s primary occupation was as an evangelist building the temple. His secondary occupation was king. You must quickly grasp this.
3) Remnant – switch your primary and secondary occupations. Even if you succeed, that remains your secondary occupation.
You must switch your primary and secondary occupations. Even if a Remnant achieves great success, that remains merely a secondary occupation. If you’re forever preoccupied with that, you’ll live and die at the same level as unbelievers. What is evangelism? Even living will become difficult. This must be removed. The representative example of people who removed this is the Priscilla couple.
3. Spiritual summit communication (Acts 18:24-28)
1) He helped Apollos.
Third. This person helped a seminary student. Acts chapter 18, verses 24-28. He met an outstanding figure, Apollos. I don’t know if he sought him out or was called, but they met.
2) Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? – he spoke of the Holy Spirit baptism of the Upper Room.
What did they discuss then? What did they talk about? “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” — this was said. What does this refer to? The Upper Room event. He must have testified about it to Paul as well. “Holy Spirit baptism” — a very important phrase.
3) Remnant – because we must go through an age of wandering people, we must first become a spiritual summit, a spiritual emperor.
Remnant must become a spiritual summit first. Remnant must become a spiritual emperor first. Why? Because we must go through an age of wandering people. Right? This is what was being conveyed. This is a blessing you must receive. And you must seek it out.
4. Evangelism communication (1 Corinthians 16:19)
Fourth. Communication regarding evangelism. 1 Corinthians 16:19. A message for Korean RU. Priscilla and the church in her house.
1) Corinth – a region sunk in idolatry
At this time, this region was extremely sunk in idolatry. To what degree? So much meat came in there that the surplus was sold in the market. There was a fight over whether it should be eaten or not. The culture of Corinth was beyond imagination. They brought some 2,000 near-prostitute women and did every kind of debauchery. There was a day when they released this outward too. So the church said, “Women, cover your heads with a veil.” This was said to distinguish them. At this time, there was one church here, and that was the Corinthian church.
2) The Corinthian church that kept doing pointless things
This Corinthian church kept doing pointless things. Right? They even fought over whether it was permissible to eat meat sacrificed to idols or not. Paul gave a simple answer. What did he say? “What’s the harm in eating a little of it? Is it really that big an issue for someone who is saved?” Isn’t that right? “Why are you so desperate to eat it anyway?” — he rebuked both sides. They were wasting ridiculous amounts of time. When given a spiritual gift, they’d fight over “who is greater, you or me?” — such foolish behavior.
3) The Priscilla couple, who built a branch church that saves the church and the region – “the church that is in the house of Priscilla and Aquila”
Here is where a real evangelist appears. The Priscilla couple. They built a branch church that saves the church, that saves the region. Priscilla and the church in her house. I know it. “That person seems bound to be blessed.” We can just tell, right? There is only this kind of person who truly evangelizes. Life-saving —Here is where a real evangelist appears. The Priscilla couple. They built a branch church that saves the church, that saves the region. Priscilla and the church in her house. I know it. “That person seems bound to be blessed” — we can just tell when we see it. There is only this kind of person who truly evangelizes, a person who goes to save lives. That’s the kind of person he is. If it were someone slightly different, there are also women who say “follow me” — that kind of person is no good. Right? If a pastor evangelizes in order to grow the church, that’s a businessman, isn’t it. That kind of thing shouldn’t be done. Elders must be careful of that. Wanting to grow the church big and do something with it — that shouldn’t be done. The church exists to save dying souls. They hadn’t seen that. Never seen it. So they fight. They waste time. This is when the Priscilla couple went and saved people. They saved the Remnant, they saved the region. They are the model of evangelism.
5. Missions communication (Romans 16:3-4)
Fifth. This was the model of missions.
1) A clear underlying commitment – it was clear why they had to do this work, and their goal was clear.
They had already said, “I have staked my life on it.” This means their underlying commitment was clear. It was clear why I had to do this work. Their goal was clear.
2) It matched the evangelization of Rome, where 237 nations had gathered.
“We must go to Rome also.” That’s right. It matched exactly. “We must testify in Rome. We must stand before Caesar.” All of this points to Rome. 237 nations had gathered there, and all the servants of the world were there. We had to go there and preach the gospel.
3) They knew this was the hidden card (Romans 16:25-27).
They knew this was the hidden card found at the end of Romans chapter 16. That’s right.
※ What you must hold onto – the mission God has given, the 300% occupation to support this, and telling the Remnant about the spiritual emperor (summit). Evangelism that solves the real problems arising in a region; missions that realize how powerful nations, possessed by Satan, are conquering and how weak nations are being sold off, and how Israel is not sharing the gospel even though it has received it.
You must hold onto these five things without fail. If you shorten it to one word, what is it? It is the mission God has given. What is second? You must be 300% prepared to accomplish this. It’s no good to be 100% prepared, or to start when only 30% prepared. It must be 300%. No matter how much I say this, people don’t get it. You must pray. 100% is professionalism; 100% is the field. Why do you take people who come from that island nation, why do you treat them well, but why did you take them to the hospital? I have seen the field. You must be able to see the field. So it’s not just that these people feel grateful — they are completely moved. That wasn’t done to move them. It’s not that I did that thing to impress them. I saw the field these people live in. I saw a pitiful field. What kind of businessmen are we — growing churches, growing denominations — such wicked people are the reason churches worldwide are shutting their doors.
You must remember five things: finding my mission at church, building my occupation to 300% for world missions, especially the field. You must let the Remnant know what summit means. So this time, spiritual emperor — you are a spiritual emperor. What exactly is evangelism? You must help and solve the real problems arising in that region. What is missions? Powerful nations have gone mad and continue conquering. Right? They’ve been captured by Satan. Weak nations are being sold off. Israel, having received the gospel there, refuses to share it even at the cost of death. Realizing that is missions. RTS is the place that should properly do this. Thankfully, some good people are beginning to emerge these days.
※ A seminary that properly teaches evangelism – if you don’t know how to evangelize, everyone dies. That means you don’t know Christ and haven’t seen the field.
However much God gives an answer, it’s useless if I don’t receive it. Right? However much rain pours down, if the vessel is small, it can’t hold it. That’s why there’s no seminary in the whole world that properly teaches evangelism. So we must teach evangelism. Nothing else is needed. “Ah, an international school, let’s get accredited there…” That’s not needed at all. We don’t do that. If you want to study, go elsewhere. If you want to build your skills, go elsewhere. Here, if you don’t know how to evangelize, you will all die, going forward. That means you don’t know Christ — you’ll die. It means you haven’t seen the field.
※ “I rescued you from darkness. I called you to be a royal priesthood to shine this light.” – when the covenant is properly grasped, the door of the throne opens, and God’s kingdom and the work of God’s kingdom are fulfilled.
I once met someone who practiced a certain spiritual discipline. “I do breathwork,” he said, so I told him, “The more you keep doing that, the harder it will get.” I said that. “Even now you must be struggling. Your eyes look strained.” I said that. Oh my, that’s all a deception. We human beings aren’t meant for that. Scripture has spoken. It says He rescued you from the place of darkness. And it says the reason is so that you would shine this light, having called you a royal priesthood. Go forward holding onto that covenant. If you just properly hold the covenant, the door of the throne opens. Right? While holding the covenant, worshiping, and praying, God’s kingdom comes about. Soon, the work of God’s kingdom will be accomplished.
▣ Conclusion_ He staked his life on it – it’s fine to die doing this work.
Let me conclude. “He staked his life” — this was said. What does staking your life mean? It means he risked his very life. What life did he risk? Right in front of Yeongdo, there was a Busan University professor, now deceased, on the other side. What was this professor’s field? He researched mountains. Mountains. Together with the elder women, I went to have a meal at his house. It happened that this elderly professor had retired. I thought, this is a good chance, and asked the professor, “Professor, why do you go up such dangerous mountains, in storms and snow, to the point of dying?” He gave a simple answer. Being an older professor, he answered simply in the Gyeongsang dialect. Exactly as he said it: “I didn’t go there to die — I died because I kept going.” That struck me. I thought, “That’s it!” Regardless of death, he went where he needed to go, and died. That’s right. It’s not that Scripture says we must go and die deliberately. Right? Is it acceptable if death comes while doing this work? Yes. That’s the point. It’s not that I deliberately want to die. Do we do missions in order to die? No. But while doing missions, you might end up dying. Look at Scripture. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were all captured and about to die. So it’s not “ah, the chance to die for martyrdom has come!” It’s “it’s fine even if I die.” One Remnant’s prayer request is martyrdom. “Why do you want to be martyred, my friend! Being alive is also a form of martyrdom. Living martyrdom is even better.” This is a bit of a misunderstanding.
※ A person with life, a person who has seen the value worth staking life on, a person who saves lives – can stake their life on it there.
A person with life. A person who has seen the value worth staking life on. A person who saves lives — can stake their life on it there. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that all of you receive a great, deep answer all day today.
Prayer
We thank You, God. May today become that day. May today be the day I awaken to God’s Word, the day I am prepared with 300% to save the world, the day I truly discover what matters most. Above all, may my weak parts be the day they receive God’s strength. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.