2026.07.19 Sunday 1st Service
「Those Who Saw the Future in Advance」 (Ac 2:17-18)
Acts 2:17-18
17 “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
Summary
■ Introduction_ The Reason We Cannot Pray
1. Because we are imprinted by Genesis 3, 6, 11 (original sin)
1) Genesis 3 – Only knowing oneself.
2) Genesis 6 – Being caught by the Nephilim.
3) Genesis 11 – Even with effort, there’s no answer given by God, just barely getting by at a subsistence level.
▷ All religious people know only about personal sins, not about original sin.
2. Because we are imprinted with the idea that there is no God
3. We must compete exactly like unbelievers and even if we win, it has nothing to do with world evangelization, we just live focused on food, clothing, and shelter.
▷ You must actually have God’s power.
■ Main_ The Solution
1. The power that changes the past – Do what Jesus gave you.
1) Morning (the time of universal conquest that builds the bartizan of the throne) – Gain strength. Overturn weaknesses, use strengths. Turn everything into prayer and revive your brain and body.
2) Daytime (the time of world conquest that goes on the journey of the throne) – Confirm the answer.
3) Night (the time of future conquest that builds the guidepost of the throne) – The time to prepare, through editing, design, and planning, a 300% work in which the Word, prayer, and testimony emerge.
※ Our family’s spiritual problem – Don’t avoid it, find a lifelong answer.
2. The secret of changing today’s reality – Three camps
1) Reproduction
(1) Take Christ as the bartizan, God’s kingdom as the journey, the ends of the earth as the guidepost, and “devote yourselves only to prayer.”
(2) The future began to be seen.
(3) Worship that comes alive – Grasp what you must practice, what you must pray for, what you must prepare now.
2) Recreation
(1) The incident of raising the lame man
(2) The miracle that happened in abandoned Samaria
(3) God who attached Paul to Ananias while he was praying
(4) The meeting with Cornelius in the house of a tanner
(5) The prayer of the church leaders – God who mobilized angels to free Peter, and who called away King Herod
3) Re-challenge – Absolute impossibility, nobody, nothing (Antioch Church)
3. The eyes that change the future
1) Standing before a great work of history – “You must also see Rome.”
2) When wronged, when crisis comes – “Be courageous. You must testify in Rome.”
(1) The eyes that saw the future opened amid suffering for the seven Remnants and the early church
(2) Worries – The greatest future is contained within them, you must never give up.
3) If you have something certain to preach, you need not fear the storm – “Paul, do not be afraid. You must stand before Caesar.”
■ Conclusion_ Evidence – Grasp the covenant
1. The covenant grasped while watching adults suffer worldly hardship, talk of worldly matters – An evangelism movement must be started.
2. Evangelism to the shaman village – A complete testimony of reviving a place never evangelized before, and discovering the state of unbelievers.
3. The church fights, but there will be a called person. – Evangelism school
4. The covenant grasped to talk about evangelism when we meet. – Core gathering
▷ Daniel 10 “From the first day that you set your mind… I was sent in response to your words.” Revelation 8 – Your prayers are all being gathered before the throne without exception. We must instill in the Remnants the power that changes the past, eyes that see today’s secret, and eyes that see the future.
Transcript
■ Introduction_ The reason we cannot pray
Thank you. This is an opportunity for you and the Remnants. Most Remnants right now cannot pray. As far as I know, adults are the same. It’s something I shouldn’t really say, but pastors are the same too. If you can pray, you can do everything. There are three reasons you cannot pray.
1. Because we are imprinted by Genesis 3, 6, 11 (original sin)
1) Genesis 3
From birth, essentially since Adam, we’re born within Genesis chapter 3. My spiritual state is born within Genesis 3. So I only know myself. Some extreme people become strange if things don’t go their way, unable to keep their sanity. If they don’t understand the concept of “self,” they even kill people. To this extent, Satan has captured us with a great weapon.
2) Genesis 6
So I thought power would come if I worked hard, but instead I get caught by the Nephilim. That’s Genesis 6.
3) Genesis 11
No matter how much you try, the actual answer that God gives isn’t there. You worked yourself to death, but you only reach a subsistence level. That’s Genesis 11. This is already imprinted.
※ All religious people know only about personal sins, not original sin.
Some people say this: “But a child hasn’t even committed any sin — if a child dies, does it go to hell or heaven?” The Catholic church said strange things. They originally say strange things a lot. It goes somewhere in between — they call it “limbo” for infants. They say it works out depending on how much the parents do certain things. Whether you live for one second or 100 years, it’s the same life.
Jews and Catholics seem to know only about personal sins. That’s a big problem. All religious people know only about personal sins. Personal sins can be resolved — realize and repent, and don’t do it again. That solves it. Thieves just need to stop stealing — “I won’t steal anymore” — and that’s it. But that’s not it — you don’t understand. Original sin isn’t like that. It’s not solved by realizing it, and not solved by repenting either — that’s original sin. This is what people don’t know right now.
So it doesn’t end there.
2. Because we are imprinted with the idea that there is no God
You studied in the world, and it was all good things, but without God. That was already imprinted. And so we struggled through middle school, high school, all the way to college. We just barely feel a bit moved reading a book — that’s about as far as our resolve goes. But actually having prayer be answered before God, having the answers that are in the Bible come to me and become visible — that doesn’t happen. It doesn’t end there.
3. We must compete exactly like unbelievers, living a life focused on food, clothing, shelter that has nothing to do with world evangelization
Now we have to take exams and compete exactly like unbelievers. We can’t avoid it. We have to compete and fight desperately. And unbelievers are exactly the same.
We have to fight desperately, compete just like unbelievers.
Even if we win this fight, it has nothing to do with world evangelization. It’s just living focused on food, clothing, and shelter and passing on. If that’s what being human is, then I think Shakespeare’s words were right. I think Schopenhauer’s words were right too. Those people were wrong, though — they said wrong things. What did Schopenhauer say? “It’s better not to be born. If you were born, you should die quickly.” That drove many people to suicide. Yet he himself tried to live long, taking cold water treatments, and died. Right, that saying — if it were really true. If living like a dog, just eating and dying, were correct, then it’d be right. It isn’t.
※ We must actually have God’s power.
So amid this situation, there are Remnants. All by God’s grace, holding the covenant, receiving answers by grace, they’ve come all the way to the Remnant conference. You must risk your life and do it. There’s nothing more important than this. Right? You must have power. Without actual God’s power, money is useless. A person with power can lose money and make it again. Right? Without power, nothing actually happens. We must resolve this quickly.
■ Main_ The solution
1. The power that changes the past – Do what Jesus gave you.
First. We should do what Jesus gave, right? Completely change the past. The past doesn’t disappear. You must change it. Remnants, do what Jesus gave you.
1) Morning (the time of universal conquest that builds the bartizan of the throne)
Don’t miss the morning. By the time you go to work or school, it’s already daytime there. Don’t miss the morning. In the morning, Remnants must build the bartizan of the throne. It’s the time of universal conquest. Produce 300% in the morning. Overturn your weaknesses in the morning. Use your strengths in the morning. Gain strength in the morning. Is that hard? You must do it. Every Remnant must become a person of the morning. Wake the dawn. Don’t worry. I’ve only slept two or three hours my whole life. Even now, all the staff know it. Once, we went to a place with a pension together. Everyone slept well. They asked me, “Can’t you sleep?” “No, I’m just naturally like that.” When flying, flight attendants always check with me right before landing. “Are you sure you don’t want to sleep?” “I’m fine.” There’s a lot to do. Don’t worry at all. Turn everything into prayer in the morning. There’s no need to set aside separate prayer time while preparing. Turn everything into prayer. Do prayer that revives the brain and revives the body. Make it a time of recovery. That’s it.
2) Daytime (the time of world conquest that goes on the journey of the throne)
From that point, daytime is when things get confirmed. Daytime, from that point, is going on the journey of the throne. Right? It’s not a coincidental meeting. It’s the time of conquering the world. It’s the time to confirm the answer. This comes out, without fail. It doesn’t end there.
3) Night (the time of future conquest that builds the guidepost of the throne)
What is night for you? It’s making the guidepost of the throne. It’s the time of conquering the future. Remnants, continuously prepare a 300% work. The Remnant’s habit must become one where the Word, prayer, and testimony emerge, edited, designed, planned.
※ Our family’s spiritual problem – Don’t avoid it, find a lifelong answer.
Does your family have a lot of spiritual problems? Or is there a disabled family member? What should such people do? Some people search around for something once such problems come. They struggle their whole life. After they die, later generations suffer too. There’s nothing to find by searching. You mustn’t try to avoid it. You must go into it. Go in and find the lifelong answer and pull it out. That’s why God gave it to you. People keep trying to avoid it. It won’t be avoided. Look at people who received answers in history. Wasn’t it that Anne Sullivan didn’t avoid mental illness? She went right into it. It was there she staked her life, and it was there God’s work happened. From that, a lifelong work came out. It’s not even something I made — the past can be like that. Why is my parent like this? The past — it cannot be avoided. You must challenge it directly. Remnants, you must know how to pray. Completely change the past.
2. The secret of changing today’s reality – Three camps
Second. From this point, reality becomes visible, and you must see the secret of changing reality. There is definitely a secret. What secret?
1) Reproduction
There’s a secret that causes reproduction. Right?
(1) Christ (bartizan), God’s kingdom (journey), the ends of the earth (guidepost) + devoted prayer
The early church took Christ as the bartizan, took God’s kingdom for 40 days within prayer as the journey, and took Acts 1:8 “go to the ends of the earth” as the guidepost. And they devoted themselves only to prayer.
(2) The future began to be seen
Then, look at today’s text. The future began to be seen. This is the secret of overturning reality. Remnants must find this out.
(3) Worship that comes alive
So from that point, worship comes alive. In today’s worship, grasp the part you must absolutely practice. Or grasp the part you must pray about for a week. Or find what you must prepare now.
There are three secrets in reality. What are they? Reproduction. See this. Just watching without being productive isn’t it. Reproduction.
I attended church from childhood. In my eyes, church members were all doing things without receiving answers. So I decided not to follow that. And so people said I was somewhat arrogant. No. To be humble doesn’t mean playing along with an incompetent self. Right? To be seen as a good person, I can’t live alongside people who don’t even pray. Don’t be deceived. The secret of seeing reality. Reproduction. You must remember this. A Remnant enters somewhere and it comes alive. Reproduction. Even the fields Joseph entered were blessed. Right?
2) Recreation
Second secret of reality, recreation. What is it?
(1) The incident of raising the lame man
The lame man was raised up. Recreation. It caused a great commotion. This is next Sunday’s sermon. This is a legendary Israeli event, that a lame man got up. Recreation. Right?
(2) The miracle that happened in abandoned Samaria
A miracle happened in abandoned Samaria. Recreation.
(3) God who attached Paul to Ananias while he was praying
Finally, while praying — you must know how to pray. While enjoying prayer — God attached Paul to Ananias.
(4) The meeting with Cornelius in the house of a tanner
God’s power worked in the house of a tanner. There he came to meet Cornelius, went to his house, and recreation’s history came to happen.
(5) The prayer of the church leaders – God who mobilized angels to free Peter, and who called away King Herod
Great crisis came upon Israel, the church was about to die. The church leaders gathered boldly that night to pray. Recreation happened. God sent His angel to release Peter. That same night, God called away King Herod. That is also recreation. Right? Remnants must take hold of this exactly. The secret to changing me. The secret to changing reality.
3) Re-challenge – Absolute impossibility, nobody, nothing (Antioch Church)
There are three, so what is the one remaining? From this point, you re-challenge. Against what? Against absolute impossibility. Where? Against nobody, against nothing you challenge. That’s the Antioch church. What’s the third one? Come on out.
3. The eyes that change the future
Eyes that change the future open. You go forward with these three things. What are eyes that change the future?
1) Standing before a great work of history – “You must also see Rome.”
You must also see Rome. That’s right. A great work happened in Ephesus, and it’s not enough just to be content and grateful. You must also see Rome. The blessing that a Remnant receives is not just that level. You must also see Rome. God has taken everything for Himself.
2) When wronged, when crisis comes – “Be courageous. You must testify in Rome.”
He stood in court. “Be courageous, you must testify in Rome.” It’s fine. It’s fine for Remnants. In life there will be times when you’re wronged and when crisis comes. There, eyes that see the future — do you understand?
(1) The eyes that saw the future opened amid suffering, for the seven Remnants and the early church – they were not shaken.
All seven Remnants were like this. Great suffering came. At this point, eyes that see the future must open. Otherwise you’ll go mad. Right? Everyone would go mad in the dark. “Why must I be caught by human traffickers like this? Why must I go as a slave?” — that’s what they’d say. Eyes that see the future. Today’s early church was not shaken. You must have eyes that see the future.
(2) Worries – The greatest future is contained within them, you must never give up.
Do you have any worries? You must find out from today that the greatest future is contained within them. You must never give up. Because it’s there. Trying to find what isn’t there is the problem. What is there — you must find it. Isn’t that so?
3) If you have something certain to preach, you need not fear the storm – “Paul, do not be afraid. You must stand before Caesar.”
So then, as prisoners, as you all know, they go. No one — people listen to the demon-possessed, but they don’t listen to God’s word. Paul told them a storm would come, but they didn’t listen. Even though they rejected Paul’s word, the ship sailed well for a while. Then suddenly a violent storm strikes. Actually it wasn’t sudden. It’s just sudden to people. Hope was completely cut off; they were about to die. Paul didn’t struggle to survive on the deck. While others struggled on deck, Paul went down below deck and prayed. Here, God confirms the future Paul had been given. “Last night the angel of the Lord stood beside me and spoke.” What did he say? “Paul, do not be afraid.” Not “I’ll spare your life.” Not “You’ve done so much.” Not “You’ve prayed so much.” The answer is simple: “You must stand before Caesar.” That’s it. If your life has something certain to preach the gospel about, you need not fear the storm. Find that out today. Then it’s done.
■ Conclusion_ Evidence
1. The covenant grasped while watching adults suffer worldly hardship, talk of worldly matters – An evangelism movement must be started.
Let me tell you a bit of testimony. As I clearly grasped the gospel and prayed, I saw how much our parents and other adults, including my own parents, suffered. Truly. I grasped a covenant. I thought this wasn’t right. Why are they suffering so much like this? Worldly suffering — that too. Just the worry of making a living. Evangelism was like something from someone else’s neighborhood, completely distant. When you go to church, it’s all worldly talk, no talk of God. At that time I resolved: I must start an evangelism movement. This must change. The answer came exactly as I resolved. Right? Grasp the covenant, I tell you. I had nothing, but I grasped the covenant.
2. Evangelism to the shaman village – A complete testimony of reviving a place never evangelized before, discovering the state of unbelievers
Look at this too. I went to a shaman village — can I evangelize a shaman village? There I grasped the covenant. God, seeing how much I avoided going this direction, forced me to go. At that time, no matter how foolish I was, thoughts came to me. Ah, these people — I’ve never actually evangelized here. I’ve been everywhere evangelizing, but never to shamans. I grasped the covenant right there. “Ah, that’s it.” I hadn’t seen the very thing I needed to see now. God attached someone to me, gave a testimony that completely revived that place, and made me realize the state of unbelievers. People who returned from shamanism gathered among themselves and talked. “Pastor Ryu is skilled.” I never practiced shamanism. It’s in the Bible. Just by holding the covenant. Our Remnants, grasp the covenant, I tell you. There’s nothing else.
3. The church fights, but there will be a called person. – Evangelism school
Before I came here as an associate pastor, the church was fighting and in such chaos, it was truly strange. It’s just one thing — the devil — when church members don’t receive grace. Doesn’t matter if it’s in front of a new believer or a child, complete devil’s work, devilish. At that time I realized something. “Ah… these people are like this, but among them there must be a called person…” That’s how the evangelism school started. It’s been blessed continuously to this day.
4. The covenant grasped to talk about evangelism when we meet. – Core gathering
“Ah, when we meet, let’s not just talk nonsense — let’s talk about evangelism.” That’s how it started, when a few important people, including Elder Kang Chil-se, gathered in a back room after everything else finished and talked. That was the core gathering. It’s now moving the world. Right?
Grasp the covenant, I tell you. Truly. From the moment you grasp the covenant, history begins.
※ Daniel 10 “From the first day that you set your mind… I was sent.”
God spoke to Daniel. “From the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding… I was sent in response to your words.” It says this in Daniel chapter 10.
※ Revelation 8 – Your prayers are all being gathered before the throne without exception.
In Revelation 8, I thought I was going to die, but in this vision, God told John that not a single one of your prayers is missing — they are all being gathered before the throne. That’s right. It comes exactly.
※ We must instill in the Remnants the power that changes the past, eyes that see today’s secret, and eyes that see the future.
We must give Remnants the power to change the past. We must instill eyes that see today’s secret. We must instill eyes that see the future. Then God’s covenant will surely be fulfilled. If any of you are suffering from illness, don’t worry, and go completely into the grace Paul received. Paul was the person who received the greatest grace through illness. I bless Remnants that this blessing may reach them, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let us pray.
Prayer. Thank You, God. Let our scattered descendants around the world come alive. Let a bartizan be built that shines light on us so we don’t become spiritual casualties. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.