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70 Disciples that Revive Themselves (Acts 1:6-8) 6/19/2022
The world is getting increasingly difficult (war, climate, economy, pandemic). When will it end and be restored? Even Jesus’ disciples asked him the same question. Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.” It will surely be revived, and that day will come. How and when of the restoration falls under God’s absolute sovereignty and time schedule. Those days must come. However, the restoration that we imagine is different from the restoration that God has prepared. IT is eternal and complete restoration. For that day, Jesus is ascending to the heavenly throne (9). And he will return (!1).
We must ask ourselves – how shall I live in the meantime? That is the true solution that Jesus gave (8). “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you.” You must enjoy the filling of the Holy Spirit and receive the strength that comes from the Holy Spirit. Then we will be witnesses from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. God will make everything into evidence.
Then, what does Jerusalem represent? It is not just a region. It represents “us.” When we receive strength and evidence, our families, children, and region will be revived, and that will extend to the ends of the earth (70 regions, 70 people groups, 70 nations).
The start of it is enjoying the blessing of reviving ourselves first. The covenant that we will hold onto this week is “70 disciples that revives me.” When blessed individuals gather, that is the result (flow, cultures). Some name it the happy virus. In order to save fallen individuals, we must have strength or at least separated. Because we lack strength, we fall as well, even to the extent of addiction. The temporal lobe of our brain contains a compartment for motivation and happiness. An individual who can manage this well are bright and happy, and people gather around them.
- The moment we received salvation, we began to possess everything that gives us no choice but to be blessed and happy.
We were made this way when God created us in his own image in Genesis 1:26-28. We lived as humans that communicated with God, and were blessed to “be fruitful, increase in number, fill the earth, and subdue it.”
1) We were deceived by Satan, fell into our own conceit, and thus, unbelief and disobedience. Our relationship with God had been severed, and we lost hold of everything.
Everything stems from the greed of mankind. That is why the world suffers. Behind them, the spirit of darkness is continuously working (John 8:44, Ephesians 6:12).
2) Christ came with three authorities to solve these three problems (solution to fundamental problems).
① By the authority of the Priest, he freed us from a crumbling life bound by the authority of greed and sin (Romans 8:1-2).
② By the authority of the King, he crushed the power of Satan, the spirit of darkness (1John 3:8).
③ By the authority of the Prophet, he became the way to meet God. He became the eternal way for our lives (John 14:6). We are not meant to be bound and oppressed by our past and failures. We now possess the authority to battle Satan and win. The Lord will be with us to guide us our todays and tomorrow. He will bless us eternally. This is salvation.
3) That is not all. He restored our identity of a child of God (John 1:12, Romans 8:15-17). We have the identity and authority to enjoy at least seven blessings. Indwelling of the Holy Spirit 1 Corinthians 3:16), guidance of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-18), power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8), mobilization of angels (Hebrews 1;14), victory over Satan (Luke 10:19
), citizenship of Heaven (Phil 3:20), world conquest (Matthew 28:18-20).
① Even when we face problems and crises, there is no reason to feel lonely and afraid. We are children of God with these blessings.
② There is no reason to compete and fight. We are children of God who have this background.
③ Even if we do not struggle to succeed, God must raise us as spiritual leaders and summits for world evangelization. In whatever we do, we maintain three postures (before God, for God’s glory, by God’s power).
- We must prepare the vessel of our lives by challenging three things. He can only fill if our vessel is prepared (2 Timothy 2:10-21).
1) Change the way you look at problems, events, and people (called metacognition in psychology). We must continue to train to change our standards, and levels (brain training).
① See with the eyes of the gospel. No problem is a problem. Christ has finished all problems (John 19:30) – Gospelization of self. God will make everything into good (Romans 8:29). Even problems are answers and blessings in hindsight. When we truly believe, we can have thanksgiving in our hearts. God will guard our heart and mind (Philippians 4:6-7).
② See with the eyes of faith. God can do everything. We cannot live like the people in the wilderness that were continuously discouraged, in continuous complaints, and resentments (1 Corinthians 10:11). When we show the faith that we believe in God and in the promise, he will work (Matthew 8:13, Matthew 9:29, Mark 16:17). We can enjoy the blessing of the power and the heavenly throne – establishment of the throne in us.
③ See with the eyes of the future. God has prepared his things (the best things) for us (that is CVDIP) – futurization of self. Our reality and environment right now aren’t everything. Our lives are moving towards a future that God has prepared (journey).
④ See with the eyes of evangelism. God’s heart is towards saving all people, all ethnicities, and all nations (John 3:16, 1Timothy 2:4). When we look at failed individuals, weak individuals, and even enemies with the heart of saving them, we can see that there is something we can do. This is what the 70 disciples must do – discipling of self.
2) Realistically receive spiritual strength. We want to in our minds, but when we do not have strength, we cannot control our emotions and bodies.
① That is why God promised the disciples and us the power of the Holy Spirit (5 strengths – Acts 1:8). Since we cannot control ourselves, we must ask for the Holy Spirit to govern over and help us. That is filling of the Holy Spirit. The blessing of the throne will follow.
② We must make time for a time by ourselves, as well as a 1:1 time with God. It is a blessing that we will enjoy. It will take consistent training. The farther we go in life, there will be a difference between an individual who was trained to pray, and an someone who was not. Why do problems come? Why do they persist? IT is a time for us to learn prayer and experience the power of prayer. If possible, spend the first few minutes of your day to ask for God’s grace and strength. That is why the early morning is important (Mark 1:35). It is the first hours of the day. You will not be disturbed, and the brain will be revived.
3) Find your specialty and cultivate it.
① God has given everyone different talents based on their portion and capacity. Small things are not small (Matthew 25:21). The 70 disciples are evangelists who will give glory to God and save people around them with the talents and occupations they hold. When given a task, do not complete is half-heartedly. Do not merely do it diligently. Do it in prayer. It will become your uniqueness.
② We are marching towards the blessing and future of evangelism that will save the 237 nations and 5000 people groups. Train yourself in globalization of all things (training of multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-cultural). God sent the prepared individuals to the world.
Conclusion – Revive yourself. That is God’s time schedule, his method, and mission for saving your families, the world, and the globe.
70 Disciples Who Revive Themselves (Acts 1:6-8) 6/19/2022 June 19, 202224 Answer of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
Evangelism Conquest of 70 Worker Disciples (Isaiah 60:1-7) 6/12/2022
Why are churches closing doors all around the world? Simply speaking, they have lost hold of the gospel and the evangelism that comes from that blessing. Losing hold of evangelism, world missions (237 nations, 5000 ethnic groups) become unreachable. It may sound simple, but it is not simple.Why do believers live a life in which they receive scars from the world, suffer from the world, and become captive by the world? Just because the world is difficult, should we also live a difficult life? How long must we carry our hidden scars and live in conflicts and stress? The Israelites in the passage came to this reality. The reason was the same. They had lost hold of the gospel and the evangelism and missions that come from it. Since they had lost hold of the gospel, they could not escape they scars, family background, fate, and spiritual problems. Ultimately, they reached out to other things that are wrong (idol worship). How can we do evangelism and missions is we are dying? And since we are far from evangelism and missions, God may not have a reason to bless us. The blessing of the throne, unprecedented works, historical answers that will save the age – these things become irrelevant to us.
- Believers must properly enjoy the blessing of evangelism and missions. There are at least three reasons.
1) Evangelism and missions are God’s absolute desire.
① Mankind was separated from God and fell into sin and curses. They are following after their flesh, the world, and Satan toward destruction. However, God does not want the mankind that he created to result in such destruction (John 3:16). This is God’s love.
② He sent Christ and desires us to realize the truth within the Word, for all nations to receive salvation (1Timothy 2:4). If we align our lives to this and make this our life’s priority God will provide everything and more (Matthew 6:33).
2) Evangelism is God’s absolute sovereignty.
① Mankind cannot find God by themselves. That is why He came down in flesh (gospel).
② He came with the authority of “Christ.” He died in our stead for mankind’s sinful nature and curses and freed us from that sin and curse with the authority of the Priest (Romans 8:1-2). With the authority of the King, he crushed the head of Satan that tempted Adam to fall into that sin and curse and is working even now. He gave us the authority to fight and win over Satan (1 John 3:8). With the authority of the Prophet, He became the way to meet God and will help us by becoming the way for our lives (John 14:6).
③ By His great love and grace, He had chosen those who will accept this Christ and receive salvation (Ephesians 1:3-5). When you evangelize, those individuals will undoubtedly believe, eventually believe, and easily believe. This is God’s absolute sovereignty.
3) Evangelism is God’s absolute covenant. God has promised to give us evidence for the work of saving lives and saving the world (Isaiah 55:3, Acts 1:8).
(1) First, he will raise us, individuals who are saved, as witnesses.
① Unbelievers must see how people who believe in Jesus receive answers and live happily. Even the smallest things that we do, God will bless it to become uniqueness beyond just specialty. The world must see how we overcome any problems and suffering and how that becomes God’s masterpiece.
② The seven remnants of the Bible lived as such witnesses of that age.
Joseph was a slave and was put unjustly into prison. However, even the prison warden and the King saw that God was with Joseph and God blessed Joseph (Genesis 39:3, 39:23, 41:38). The slingshot that David used to protect his father’s sheep overcame Goliath and led him to become the King of Israel. Daniel and his three friends that became captive, as well as Esther who was an orphan, stood before the King and showed them their God (Daniel 3:29, Daniel 6:26, Esther 8:17).
(2) The passage says God will raise us individuals up to make the entire church the evidence.
① He will restore all that was lost and taken away (4-6). The crowd will return to you (platform), lost sons and daughters will return (watch tower), and all wealth will return (antenna).
② As a result, God’s temple will be glorious (7). When we enjoy victory and the answers, the church will be revived, and the temple will be restored. There will be no reason for the church to close doors.
③ What was the result of the Antioch Church, that was established under great persecution, when they proclaimed only Christ, saved all ethnicities, and commissioned missionaries? The church was able to help the church of Jerusalem with special offering when the famine hit and became a church that saved the world.
(3) The nation itself became the evidence of the age.
① When Europe and England were being blessed, they were commissioning the most missionaries out to the world. It was the same for the United States. They sent out the most missionaries as churches were strengthened. The nation itself also was strengthened.
② The nation of South Korea, that was among the weakest and the poorest countries, grew to be a nation that the world acknowledges through their evangelism and missions. This is the reason our upper room evangelism movement that began in Korea is able to carry out works that save the entire world.
- How can we stand as the main figures of this blessing?
Whatever we do, we must do it before God, do it for His glory, and do it by His strength. That is the power and blessing of the throne. The state in which we look to and enjoy this blessing is called “establishment of the throne.”
1) Make this blessing of the throne your own (establishing myself in the throne).
① The passage says that the moment we received salvation, the light and glory of the Lord appears in us (2). Realizing and enjoying the light and glory of the Lord that appears in us is the blessing of 3,9,3.
② In all problems and crises, hold onto the fact that God is with us in all things and be bold. This is when the evidence of only, uniqueness, and recreation will come. You will save yourself, transcend yourself, and conquer yourself.
2) Make this blessing of the throne come upon in your field (establishing the throne in the field). Begin as a watchman that prays and breaks down the authority of darkness in your field. They are the true missionaries.
② Accurately explain the gospel to prepared individuals. You can simply share the way of salvation and the grace that you received from the pulpit. You will find co-workers that will be with you (team ministry). You will establish a system within your home (mission home), at work (specialized church), and region (regional church).
3) Make this blessing of the throne come upon our church (establishing the throne in the church).
① Diseased and crumbled individuals will come to church and be revived (24 healing system).
② The system that saves 237 nations will continue to be established (24 multi-ethnic system).
③ Remnants will continue to rise as individuals who will be used in important places (24 summit system).
Conclusion – God will raise us as witnesses for evangelism. Evangelism is everything that saves us, our church, and the age. May you rise as disciples that conquer with evangelism and conquer evangelism.
Evangelism Conquest of 70 Worker Disciples (Isaiah 60:1-7) 6/12/2022 June 12, 202224 Answer of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC:
Prayer Conquest of the 70 Disciples (Hebrews 11:36-40) 6/5/2022
God has called us as disciples to conquer and save the world. More specifically, we call those individuals the 70 worker disciples. The 70 worker disciples live as witnesses in their business fields, live as truly successful individuals, and are evangelists with evidence who save their fields and people around them.
Why does God need to make everything into evidence for us? It is because we are the remaining ones. God has set us apart for us to become those who remain, who will remain, and will leave behind in all problems and circumstances. Through us, another disciple will arise.
Why does God need to bless his disciples to become truly successful people? It is because only then, will they be able to save and change the world that is covered and crumbling in darkness. Most believers have fallen into the world and have faced failures and oppression. God did not save us to end up this way. Last week, we received the Word about holding onto the covenant of success that God has prepared.
All God’s people of the Bible lived as such witnesses in their lifetime. A majority of them were lay people disciples. Their environment, reality, persecution, injustice, or anything around them did not matter. Verse 38 says, “the world was not worthy of them.” Even as a lowly slave as Joseph was, it did not matter. All problems were an opportunity to stand before the king. There were also individuals like Obadiah in the age of Elijah. Even a king that worshipped idols had no choice but to use him in greatly important matters. The main figures of Roman evangelization from the Early Church were ordinary people. Simon was a leather craftsman, Lydia sold clothing, and Priscilla and Aquila made and sold tents. These people became the main figures of the evangelization of Rome, the superpower nation of that age.
- What was the secret of these individuals’ lives?
1) They possessed the absolute answer of Christ, who finished all problems. They were able to experience this through their own problems. Personal hardships (weaknesses, scars, conflicts) are opportunities to experience John 19:30. When we do not come to this conclusion within us, Satan continues to deceive and attack with same problems. It must become our imprint (standard of thought and decisions), root (ability to not shake under any circumstances), and nature (transformation of our character and lifestyle). When this happens, we can see the blessings and answers within problems.
2) When does this absolute solution become our imprint, root, and nature? When we hold onto that answer and pray. When we pray, the message settles down within our soul, heart and mind, and our deepest places.
3) More importantly, during that time, the work of the triune God works within us. The authority of Christ, who sits on the right hand of the heavenly throne, resides in us. Angels will be mobilized, and the darkness will be shattered. The Holy Spirit will work within us. When we listen to the Word, it will come to us as power. Whatever we do, it is not by our strength but the strength of God that governs us (5 powers). Then, we will be given the important answers and blessings that our Father has prepared. Though it is unseen to the eye, the heavenly angels will help us, and we will be able to overcome all things with the power and answers that we receive.
- What kind of prayer should we enjoy? We should enjoy prayer that overcomes at least three things (prayer conquest). This leads to the journey of a pilgrim that all believers and the 70 disciples must enjoy (2nd lecture of missionary training).
1) Pray a prayer to overcome yourself. This is the start of the path of pilgrimage.
① God called us a “new creation” the moment we received salvation (2 Corinthians 5:17). We carry the same appearance and personality, so how are we a new creation? When our souls were reborn, the image of God has been stored inside of it (Genesis 1:27). When our soul looks upon God, the Holy Spirit works (Genesis 2:17). The kingdom of God comes upon us (Eden of Genesis 2:1-18). The blessing of Eden was not caused by anything or anyone. It was not caused by a certain environment. It began from the relationship between one man Adam and God.
② Pray a prayer that shed your old self. Unbeknownst to ourselves, we dwell in our weaknesses, powerlessness, scars, and limits. God even gave us an example to “to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires and to put on the new self” (Ephesians 4:22-30). My Soul will be saved instantly the moment we accept Christ, but this is rather a process that we should continuously do until new imprints, roots, and habits are formed. Pray as you breathe. Exhale all things that must be discarded (exhale), and take in the power of God (inhale).
③ We are not struggling to change things. When we remain in prayer holding onto the covenant, the work of the triune God will arise. All weaknesses and scars within us will become evidence (evidence of training, platform, and vessel that embraces all things).
2) Pray a prayer that overcomes the field. This blessing is the journey of a pilgrim. Disciples, the true people of God, will meet many hardships in their fields along the way. It is unavoidable.
① Your studies, workplaces, and people you need to meet are fields full of hardships. Not everything will be easy, and not everyone you meet will bless you. Like the passage, you will face unjust situations and perhaps be framed for something you did not do. This can happen in the family or the church. The more you assume important positions, the more you may face these things (Ephesians 6:12).
② Pray for the kingdom of God to come upon that field. Angels will be mobilized to protect, and the flow of that field will change. If one or two people come together as a team, you will experience amazing power and authorities (Matthew 18:19-20). This is when the work of 3 transcendences (blessing of the throne, transcending time and space, and power of the light that saves 237 nations) will arise.
3) Pray a prayer that overcomes the future. This blessing is the spiritual world of pilgrims.
Churches are falling, the world is struggling, and the future generations are crumbling. However, we are living a different world.
① Wait patiently as you have your personal, quiet, and concentration time. It is not forcefully grudging through frustration. It is joyfully waiting as you recognize the future and the conclusion. In verse 40, although nothing was being accomplished right then and there, they waited for better things that God has prepared.
② Naturally, you will experience the work of only, uniqueness, and recreation. Only means that you are happy even when you are alone. That is because God becomes your only. Uniqueness is being able to create masterpieces even through the smallest things. Recreation is receiving evidence of reviving others and raising other disciples (platform, watch tower, antenna).
③ This is when you can see something for 237 nations you should challenge towards (CVDIP of seeing, enjoying, and experiencing in advance) As you dream a vision in prayer, God will open doors and create answers that are unprecedented and historical (Acts 19:21, 23:11, 26:24).
Conclusion – Conquer with prayer. Conquer prayer. God will create works of the heaven and earth that changes your field and the world.
Prayer Conquest of the 70 Disciples (Hebrews 11:36-40) 6/5/2022 June 5, 2022The 24 Answer of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC: 5/29/2022
The 70 Disciples’ Three Successes (Luke 10:1-2)
Just as stated during the Wednesday service, there are three kinds of people when looking at the world. First, the majority are unbelievers. They are moving and leading the world. That is the problem. They create a world that does not have God and a human (self) centered world. Endless corruption, war, and calamities continue because of human greed and ambition. Satan is behind that (continuation of Genesis 3,6,11). Second, there are people among unbelievers who are saved. No matter what anyone says, salvation is God’s absolute sovereignty and selection (Acts 13:48). For the early church, all saved people were disciples. It meant that unbelievers scorned them. That was how the title ‘Christian’ came from later on (Acts 11:26). However, unfortunately, there are still people who are physical, following God for their needs and being content for their salvation and stopping there (John 6:66, 2 Timothy 4:10). Third, there are people whom the Lord called separately and raised (verse 1). They were the seventy disciples. They were those who made their conclusion in the gospel. They followed the Lord by staking their lives and stood as ones who saved the field and the world. The important thing is that they received God's true blessings and answers. They were unnamed. They were just seventy disciples. However, God remembered them, and they changed the world. This is what is meant by what verse 2 states, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.” It was not I who farmed and planted but yet; it says that the harvest is plentiful. This describes the answers and blessings prepared by God. Those who remained to enjoy these blessings are the seventy disciples.
- God allowed them to enjoy the success of their faith. In other words, it is success in worship.
Some too many people devote themselves while suffering and are always conflicted, crumbling, and afflicted despite their decades of walk of faith. The seventy disciples of the New Testament were the 70 elders in the Old Testament.
1) God instructed Aaron and his two sons and the seventy elders to gather when He gave Moses the covenant on Mt. Sinai (Exodus 24:1).
Although they were separated from Moses when he received God’s commandments, it said that later, they saw God’s face and ate and drank with joy (Exodus 24:10-11). If Aaron and his two sons were the pastors, the seventy disciples were the church officers. The seventy elders were the main figures in the place where they worshiped God and received blessings and the covenant. All believers, church officers, and especially remnants, our future church officers, succeed in worship. That is the start of life's success.
2) God instructed to call the seventy elders and have them stand before the tent of meeting when God gave the Israelites quail in the wilderness.
It said that they were people who could be elders of the people and leaders of Israel (Numbers 11:16). Who are the seventy disciples? They are the spiritual leaders who can lead and help God’s people. We must train this starting from the remnant period. It is a remnant’s church officer training (spirituality, summit, and serving training).
3) The seventy elders took responsibility for when the Israelites became captives by enemies because of idol worship (Ezekiel 8:11-12).
The seventy elders were at the forefront of falling into unbelief and idolatry and, rightfully, were unable to lead the people properly. If the seventy disciples fall into unbelief and make the church difficult, the judgment to come is immense. Their posterity will crumble also.
- God allowed them to enjoy success in life. Our life must become evidence (life of an evangelist).
So, what was the first thing Christ trained when He raised the seventy disciples? He had them experience how He fills, guides and answers their life when Christ is with them.
1) That mystery is the blessing of with, Immanuel and oneness.
This is the blessing all saved people and especially disciples, will enjoy.
① ‘With’ is God who is with me. Whatever problems, conflicts, and persecution that come do not matter. We transcend all that with His grace and power. The seven remnants enjoyed this blessing in the most difficult field of nobody.
② Immanuel is God who is with us. The church and our family are within that. Because all families enjoy God who is with us, that place becomes heaven regardless of poverty, problems, and difficult environments.
③ Oneness is God who is with all the fields I study, work, and live.
Because God was with Joseph, everything became prosperous even if he was enslaved (Genesis 39:3). Everything in Potiphar’s household and field was blessed because of Joseph (Genesis 39:5). Even if he was imprisoned unfairly, it became a door for world evangelization.
2) It was the upper room where the seventy disciples gathered, concentrated, and prayed (Acts 1:13-14).
What kinds of works took place when they experienced the power of the Holy Spirit? They truly succeeded in life.
① They scattered and went to Samaria. A representative person is Philip.
In a field that had been abandoned and afflicted with prolonged suffering, darkness crumbled, people were healed, and great joy came upon the city (Acts 8:4-8). My field’s culture and stream changed because of me. These are those who truly succeed in life.
② Some went to Antioch, saved the multiethnic, and established the Antioch church (Acts 11:19-21).
As the Antioch church was established, God prepared Paul, on the other hand, the pastor who would lead the very church in the future. Who is Paul? He was someone who severely persecuted the church. God broke him and attached Ananias, one of the seventy disciples. He had no self-assertion when God said Paul was a chosen vessel (Acts 9:10-15). He protected and helped Paul, who would revive the world. When I share the gospel that I enjoy, a person’s life can change, and a historical figure may arise. This is life success.
- God allowed them to enjoy success in the field.
1) There are many people who go into the field and crumble. Some people are smart in school but end up crumbling when they go into the world. Unbelievers cannot even move however they want. Many unbelievers get caught by darkness because of moving to an incorrect place.
2) Believers survive even in a field filled with darkness and instead revive the field and discover hidden disciples.
① Even if I simply do my rightful tasks in my house and work and only pray for evangelism, prepared individuals will come.
We must be prepared to tell them the accurate Christ when they come. Cornelius, a Roman commanding officer, received the gospel at Simon the Tanner’s house. A historical blessing of economy (light of finances) came from here.
② They accompanied evangelist Paul’s evangelism camp, and seventy disciples arose wherever they went. They met Lydia, a dealer of purple cloth (Acts 16), Jason (Acts 17), tentmaker Priscilla and Aquila (Acts 18). A church is established through them. The works to save the seventy regions, seventy tribes, and seventy nations arose. First, enjoy the blessing of the seventy disciples alone, then pray for one disciple to be raised through me and search.
Conclusion – May all believers, church officers (church officers to be raised), and all remnants stand as the seventy disciples who enjoy this success.
The 70 Disciples’ Three Successes (Luke 10:1-2) Luke 10:1-2The 24 Answer of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC: 5/22/2022
The 70 Disciples’ Conquest of the Ends of the Earth (Acts 1:6-8)
The world is becoming more difficult. We have held onto the covenant of the 70 disciples during this time. The covenant of the 70 disciples will continuously be shared this year. Who are the 70 disciples? They are laymen disciples whom Jesus raised and trained together with the 12 apostles. Just because they are called laymen, it does not mean they are unemployed people but signifies a group of people used by God in their own place (school, work, region). The blessings the 70 disciples enjoyed in Luke 10 are like the apostles (spirituality, power, blessing they enjoyed). The only thing was that the field and mission were different. The church is the field of apostles (pastors). The 70 disciples’ field is where each works. Eventually, the 70 disciples formed a team with pastors and did world evangelization in each age. The number of church members in the church is not important. All of Jesus’ interest was in the disciples. There were many people around Jesus. They followed Him for their needs. They experienced healing of sicknesses and the miracle of feeding the 5,000. However, they eventually left Jesus when their needs were met.
- Who are the 70 disciples?
1) They were chosen, set apart, and raised by the Lord (Luke 10:1). The Bible calls them the remaining ones (Romans 11:4-5).
In other words, they are those who are in God’s absolute choice and sovereignty and who have been answered to that (Mark 3:13). We are not those who can or cannot exist. We are people who must absolutely live in God’s absolute choice and sovereignty. Therefore, our life should not do work that may or may not be needed. To those who have realized this, all of the Word given by God is received as God’s absolute covenant. They always follow the Word (John 6:68) and enjoy the blessing of the Word being fulfilled (1 Thessalonians 2:13). They become the platform to save the world.
2) There are people who are surely prepared like this. They are even among unbelievers (Acts 13:48).
These disciples are within the multiethnic who are by us and among young remnants. Samuel almost made a big mistake. He judged an individual based on appearance (age, gender, race) (1 Samuel 16:7). He almost lost hold of David.
3) There are four absolute covenants that these 70 disciples must hold onto. They are blessings prepared by God.
① They are people who have held onto the absolute answer that Jesus has finished everything. They are the “remaining ones.”
② It is not by my power. They are people who enjoy God’s absolute power. They are the “ones who remain.”
③ God desires to change all of my life to evidence and save the world. It does not matter whether problems come again. They change the spiritual stream (culture). They hold onto God’s absolute plan and go forth. They are the “ones who will remain.”
④ They know what they must do when concerning the impending future. They are holding onto God’s absolute future. Eventually, they leave behind remnants. They are the “ones who leave behind.”
- There is a separate way that believers who live as the 70 disciples go.
Although the world is difficult, there is a separate answer and blessing we who hold onto this mystery will enjoy. This was what the disciples asked (verse 6). The disciples focused on their personal problems (my family, children, national issues) and asked an incorrect question.
1) Whatever the problem, it is not a problem. It is a time schedule to experience the absolute blessing God has prepared (the way of the remaining ones).
Conflict continuously came, and they could not do anything because they lost hold of God’s blessing prepared in problems.
2) Whatever the problem, it is not a problem. It is a time schedule to enjoy deep time with God (the way of a pilgrim).
Unbeknownst to myself, spirituality begins to form when I deeply look to God when I am in problems (spirituality, blessing of a spiritual summit).
3) Whatever the problem, it is not a problem. As stated in the passage, everything becomes evidence of victory and a door to save the ends of the earth (the way of a conqueror).
Joseph, who was brought as a slave, enjoyed this blessing (Genesis 50:20). The early church scattered due to persecution and reached Antioch.
- The blessing of the conquest of the ends of the earth that the 70 disciples must enjoy.
1) At least three meanings are within the “ends of the earth” that Jesus states.
① It is an ‘ends’ that symbolizes distance. Any place far from where I live is an ‘ends of the earth.’
② It is an ‘ends’ that symbolizes spatiality. It refers to a field filled with suffering. It is a dying and deserted place. That ‘ends of the earth’ may be in me. That ‘ends of the earth’ may be the people suffering by me. People suffering spiritually from depression, panic disorder, and various gambling are the ends of the earth that need the gospel that I possess.
③ It is an ‘ends’ that symbolizes time. It is a future where suffering, curses, and calamities will continue. It is our posterity that will have to live in that. God has left us behind for those final times and has given us this gospel. The mighty nation in each age is where these three ends coexist. While it is a place where the best of the world gathers, it is also where the most spiritual problems exist (Revelations 18:1-3). One will crumble if one does not realize this, but it will be the greatest masterpiece if one realizes this.
2) There are three things we must challenge towards to stand as witnesses to the ends of the earth.
① Challenge for the blessing of a spiritual summit. Hold onto the nine blessings of the throne that the Triune God gives and pray.
It is the blessing of the three lives. Simply put, it is the blessing of the filling of the Holy Spirit. Pray for God’s image to be restored in me, my soul filled with the Holy Spirit, and my field to become Eden. It is the blessing of the three transcendences. Simply put, it is the power and authority of the throne. Pray for heavenly angels to be mobilized in my field, works of the transcendence of time and space to arise, and the power of light that destroys darkness to be revealed. It is the blessing of the three unprecedented. Pray for new works to always arise in me, my church, and my field (Isaiah 43:19).
② Challenge for spiritual victory. It says that Satan stands 24 hours to fight with the remaining ones (Revelations 12:17).
God has already given us the power to be spiritually victorious (Luke 10:19). He promised this while commissioning the 70 disciples. He has also already given us the power to have spiritual victory. All we need to do is restore our faith (Mark 16:17, 1 Peter 5:8-9). Even if there were temporary failures and loss, the blessing that will eventually be restored is a double portion (Job 42:10) and hundredfold (Mark 10:29-30).
③ Stand before the world as a spiritual ambassador. It is a challenge as an evangelist. If the previous two things take place, this will rightfully follow.
We are those who represent Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20, 1 Peter 2:9). Christ is with us. Light will shine onto the field as much as I enjoy Christ (watchman’s light tower). If there is an opportunity to meet someone, most humbly and boldly share this mystery of Christ (antenna).
Conclusion – We are the remaining ones who have been called as the 70 disciples of this age. It is okay even if only one person is raised through me alone. All the seven remnants were alone. God continuously attached people to Paul, who was alone. May you stand as the 70 disciples and may the disciples who will save the 70 regions, 70 tribes, and 70 nations arise throughout your entire life.
The 70 Disciples’ Conquest of the Ends of the Earth (Acts 1:6-8) Acts 1:6-8The 24 Answer of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC: 5/1/2022
Elisha’s World Conquest (1 Kings 19:19-21)
No matter how dark the age, churches crumble, and uncertain the future, there only needs to be one team God blesses and uses. If Elijah and Obadiah were the pastor and church officer that saved that age, Elijah and Elisha were a team that saved the future. This image needs to be our earnest prayer topic and blessing. Now everything depends on what kind of future leaders we prepare and raise. The future pastors and church officers are within this, and many summits that will move the future must come forth. These individuals must come from our children and the remnants in the church. They may also come from people we meet in the field. The church officers raised this year must be those who can be used for this time schedule. Who is Elisha? What kind of calling did he receive? How was he trained? And how was he used? This is a covenant and prayer topic that parents, church officers, and remnants must hold onto individually in their position. A posterity with a sure covenant is raised through people with the sure covenant, and figures that save the age come through praying people. That is God’s method.
- Who is Elisha?
He was not someone special. He was an ordinary man who helped his father farm by plowing with oxen. God chose and called Elisha and attached Elijah, a spiritual leader, and mentor, to him.
1) Elijah met Elisha and threw his cloak around him (verse 19).
To throw one’s cloak meant to give what one possesses. It means to follow me. What is it that we can give to others we meet? It is the gospel that revives, heals, and blesses me. It says that Elisha abandoned his oxen and ran after Elijah (verse 20). There are people prepared like this. It is God’s grace and choice.
2) Whatever method God uses to call me, my response is important.
He may call us when we live an average life or when we are at a prime. At times, He may call us in times of problems and pain.
① There are people who realize and believe immediately when sharing the gospel (Acts 13:48). It is God’s choice and grace.
② There are people who realize and follow immediately when given a mission (Matthew 4:19-20). It is God’s choice and grace.
③ Disruption or persecution may follow. Some people rejoice instead (Matthew 5:11-12, 1 Peter 4:14, 16).
It is God’s choice and grace to not be shaken within that and to be able to go with a firmer faith. Elisha’s parents could have protested when he was called. Elisha said goodbye to his father with a humblest attitude, slaughtered his oxen (inheritance given to him) instead, gave it to the people to eat, and chose the path God desired.
- Who is Elisha?
In that dark and suffering age, he saw where the problems of individuals, the world, and the age came from. He trained to know where the true answers to solve those problems, the answers and blessings he would enjoy, and the power and strength to save them comes from.
1) He knew the consequence of idolatry through Elijah.
Endless calamities, political instability, and wars continued. The people had no choice but to live in suffering.
① The consequence of idolatry is that it creates spiritual problems and curses.
Why shouldn’t we worship idols that are not God? Because they are Satan’s channel to bring failure, curses, and suffering to the individual, family, family line, and age.
② An idol in itself is nothing. An idol means something “empty” or “futile.”
As humans separated from God and lived with things of the flesh, world, and Devil, all of that became an idol and Satan’s channel for curses and suffering to come upon humanity and the world (Colossians 3:5).
2) Christ solved these spiritual problems.
He crushed Satan’s head with the King’s authority (Genesis 3:15) and destroyed the Devil’s works (1 John 3:8). He delivered me from the curses of the individual, family line, and age eternally with the Priest’s authority (Romans 8:1-2, Colossians 1:13-14). He became the way to meet God with the Prophet’s authority and allowed us to enjoy heavenly blessings (John 14:6).
3) Elisha knew what salvation is and deeply enjoyed God, who sent Christ.
Spirituality and the blessing of the spiritual summit come from this. This is what Elisha sought after until the very end when Elijah was being called by God (2 Kings 2:9). A saved believer can enjoy this blessing regardless of other lacking things, and everything else comes from that. It all depends on what I, who is saved, consider to be more precious, yearn for, and concentrate on. (Personal time, summit time).
① During this time, the Holy Spirit allows you to uncover the deep things of God (1 Corinthians 2:10-12). That is when you enjoy all of God’s hidden blessings in all problems.
② God’s power is revealed in my life (Acts 1:8).
You overcome everything and revive the field with that blessing.
③ Unprecedented works take place as the blessing of the throne is manifested (2 Kings 6:16-17).
Heavenly angel armies, horses and chariots of fire were mobilized wherever Elijah went, and unprecedented works took place through him.
- Who is Elijah? What kind of works took place through him? He became another model of true world conquest.
1) God saved many people and healed the world through him.
There was the event of saving the woman and her two sons in Shunem during the drought (2 Kings 4). There were events of removing poison in a stew prepared with difficulty and another where one hundred people were fed with twenty loaves of barley (1 Kings 4). This is possible when one receives spiritual blessings with financial blessings. This is the same promise the Lord made when sending the disciples (Mark 16:17-20).
2) He saved the summits of that age.
①He had King Ahab and the rest of the following (posterity) kings receive Elisha’s help.
He was given the role of the king’s counsel during the war. An important event was when he healed the enemy’s commander, Naaman, from leprosy. A young girl who had been taken captive connected the two. He instructed Naaman to wash in the Jordan River seven times (2 Kings 5:14). Elisha had led Naaman to know, obey, and look upon God. This is evangelism and true healing.
② We do not know through whom God will allow us to meet people suffering from hidden spiritual problems.
It says that everything will return when we see their spiritual problems and help them realize Christ, who came as the light (Isaiah 60:1-5).
③ He even saved the enemies during war and sent them back (2 Kings 6:23). God made him prepare a vessel that can even save the enemy.
This is why we must forgive everything, wait, and even bless enemies (Psalms 35:11-13). It is a blessing I will receive.
Conclusion – God raised, blessed, and used a person who lived an average life as a farmer. God used Peter, a failure, and Paul, a persecutor. That is the Gospel’s power. May you enjoy this covenant in prayer, experience it in problems, and be raised as a witness.
Elisha’s World Conquest (1 Kings 19:19-21) 1 Kings 19:19-21The 24 Answer of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC: 4/24/2022
Elijah’s World Conquest (1 Kings 19:12-18)
Tragedy started when Israel divided into two territories, the South and North, after the death of Solomon. The main factor was political marriages with women from various nations, and their idols were worshiped during Solomon’s final years (1 Kings 11:9-13). Northern Israel was in a more severe state when Israel was divided. The first king, Jeroboam, created a golden calf and worshiped it as an idol. Political stability was unestablished due to continuous rebellion, and most kings did not know how to fear God. The people’s faith crumbled, and the nation suffered from continuous disasters and suffering. Eventually, they faced destruction through the Assyrian Empire (B.C. 721). Was that a problem that only concerned that age? It says that there is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9). The corrupted history of Genesis 3, 6, and 11 repeats itself. Genesis 3 signifies a world without God that is centered on mankind. Endless human greed and ambition eventually led Cain and his descendants to destruction. Genesis 6 signifies a world centered on the flesh and materials. Eventually, a Nephilim Age completely covered in darkness is created. Genesis 11 signifies a world where kingdoms are established by being empowered within that. Eventually, the age of the Babel Tower opens where races, tribes, and nations scatter and continuously wage war against each other. This problem continues in each age. As curses, disasters, and various wars from human greed and corruption deepen, the world is headed towards destruction. How must we live? Should we follow and adapt to the world to survive? Or must we discard the world? What is God’s will? We are to enjoy the blessings of the gospel, overcome, heal, and revive the world until Christ returns and fulfills the new heaven and earth. These are the evangelism disciples who conquer the world. Elijah in the passage was used this way. During the Wednesday service, we will talk about Obadiah, who became a team with Elijah so that Elijah had no choice but to become who he was.
- Who is Elijah?
He was called from the town of Tishbe in Gilead (1 Kings 17:1). There are three mysteries to him being used by God.
1) The name Elijah means only “Jehovah (Yahweh) is my God.”
It means that he was someone who knew why he must only look to God while living in an age of continuous spiritual problems, curses, and calamities due to idol worship. In our terms, he had the answer of only Christ (Acts 4:12).
① The Lord God sent Christ for the salvation of our lives.
The three works He carried out with the three authorities as Christ were all related to the problem of idol worship. He solved life’s sins and curses with the authority of a priest. What sin was it? It is a sin that abandoned God and followed worldly things and carnal greed. That is called idol worship (Colossians 3:5). Ge came with the king’s authority that destroyed the works of the Devil that tempted lives and led lives to destruction (1 John 3:8). He came as the true prophet that became the way to know and meet the True God (John 14:6).
② Christ’s power and authority have now been given to us who are saved.
We are called a chosen people and a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9). We are called ambassadors of Christ who represent Him (2 Corinthians 5:20). We are called light towers and antennas that boldly relay and proclaim the mystery of Christ in our fields.
2) Elijah was truly a person of prayer. He truly enjoyed God’s power and blessings.
① The Bible emphasizes that there is working power in a believer’s prayer, and Elijah is mentioned as an example (James 5:15-18).
It said to pray for yourself and the sick and dying people. We must experience prayer’s power daily and experience God’s deep power in sickness, suffering crises, and calamities. It says that God fulfills great and unsearchable mysterious works (Jeremiah 33:1-3), new works (Isaiah 43:18-19), and greater works (John 14:12).
② It is because our prayers are brought to the heavenly throne through angels when we pray in Christ’s name (Revelation 8:3-4).
The three life answers (spirituality), three blessings of the throne (uniqueness), and three unprecedented works (absoluteness) come from that. No matter how difficult and corrupt this age is, we will be victorious, heal, and revive the world when we enjoy this blessing. God sent ravens to provide during a drought, blessed a poor widow, and saved her son (1 Kings 17).
3) What Elijah did best as he held onto Christ (answer) and the mystery of prayer (power) was fighting a spiritual battle.
① We are spiritual soldiers who can fight and overcome our personal spiritual problems, family and children’s spiritual problems, and the field’s spiritual problems.
(Luke 10:19, Mark 16:17, 1 Peter 5:7-9, Romans 16:20, 1 John 4:4).
② God tells us to fight against the spiritual problems of this age. That is how we can save America and the 237 nations.
What are the spiritual problems of this age? Endless corruption and unbelief persist. Drugs, same-sex marriage, and mental problems are endlessly continuing. Churches are also crumbling (2 Timothy 3:4-5). It is secularism. It is religious pluralism. It means that it is not only Christ. It acknowledges all religions. No. If it is not Christ who came as the Son of God, who died and resurrected, spiritual problems will never end (Matthew 12:43-45). It is a spiritual battle against the three organizations that have seized control of the elites. The New Age movement, Chi movement, and transcendental movement also lead Satan worship. We must destroy the darkness working behind that and fight a spiritual battle that saves them.
- There was the last mission given to Elijah. It is a conclusive blessing we must enjoy looking to the future.
God’s voice was not within the fire and earthquake but came as a gentle whisper after. This is the blessing of holy meditation. If we meditate on the Word and think about God’s will just a little, we realize God’s voice. That is 24-hour prayer.
1) A mission concerning Israel and the king of the neighboring nation, Aram, was given.
He was to anoint them and deliver God’s Will to raise them as king. Remnants must really hold onto the summit’s covenant to save one age. First-generation church officers must raise and save the posterity with the answers and blessings they have received (sharing mission, helping with an internship, having forum).
2) The mission to raise a disciple who would inherit Elijah’s ministry was given. The person raised through that was Elisha.
A Korean saying says tigers leave behind their skin while people leave behind their names. Evangelists leave behind disciples. The person with me in the gospel is the disciple. Share the gospel, spend time together and share your center for God.
3) He was told to find the 7,000 God had left behind. There are people who have been chosen by grace in this age also (Romans 11:4).
They are people left behind to receive salvation (Acts 13:48). Throughout your life, pray about your evangelism plan and the people to be evangelized around you. You will save the 237 nations and 5,000 people groups, and from within that, the 70 disciples who will save this age together will come forth.
Conclusion – We are fighting in an age of intense spiritual battle. May you become true victors and witnesses of blessings that prepare the future.
Elijah’s World Conquest (1 Kings 19:12-18) 1 Kings 19:12-18The 24 Answer of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC: 4/17/2022
Christ is the greatest model of “world conquest,” the covenant we have held onto this year. Although the Jewish and Roman authorities persecuted and crucified Christ on the cross, He rose again. In the end, He rose as One who overcame, healed, and saved the world. A life like this is the life of a disciple who conquers the world. There are renowned and infamous conquerors in the world. (Alexander, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, even Hitler). They did not hesitate to oppress people and destroy the world for their greed and ambition. Christ never took part in war. Yet, He led all lives, nations, and authorities to have no choice but to worship and kneel before the Father (verse 24). Who will kneel the very last? It says that it will be the Devil that brought sin, curses, and death to all lives (verse 25). God desires to bless and use us in this age. Forces of darkness that bring failure, suffering, and curses will crumble, and we will be used in saving and healing people. Are there those in suffering? You will surely arise and be those who save others who are suffering like you. Therefore, we who have been saved have been called ambassadors of Christ, spiritual doctors, witnesses, evangelists, and true conquerors. How is that possible? The mystery is the power and blessing of the resurrection. It said that Christ is the first fruit of this blessing (verse 20). There are three blessings we must enjoy because of this resurrection.
- A new life that only the resurrected Christ can give.
Baptism signifies that our old self has died through Christ’s death and reminds us that we have received new life through His resurrection (Romans 6:4). This blessing is the blessing of the new creation (2 Corinthians 5:7). What does this mean? What are the difference between this new life that we have and the new life that unbelievers have?
1) The moment we accept Christ, we bear God’s image within us (restoration of Genesis 1:27).
In other words, this is called spiritual life. God is with me, and my spirit enjoys God. Why have humans corrupted and become so evil? They have lost hold of this blessing after Adam’s corruption. Mankind’s life is only a physical life and has become filled with the Devil’s image (Devil’s greed and character) instead of God’s image (Romans 7:19). The image of God will continuously be restored in me when I always look upon God and enjoy His grace (Galatians 4:19).
2) This life is one that can enjoy God’s power and authority (restoration of Genesis 2:7).
① It is a blessing that is promised the moment we are saved. Jesus reconfirmed this blessing as He sent the disciples (John 20:21-22).
We overcome the authority of sins with this power and authority, overcome the world filled with temptations, and fight against Satan’s authority that continuously deceives us. It is a life that can enjoy spiritual life.
② Christ has given us the life that is bound to have victory through His resurrection (verse 55-58).
Do not be afraid of any problems. Fight a spiritual battle with an assurance of victory. Those with this mystery help people who are in darkness and suffering. They share Christ, who has destroyed Satan’s head through His resurrection and deep healing takes place.
3) The kingdom of God comes upon those who have this life (restoration of the blessing of Eden of Genesis 2:1-18).
① The garden of Eden is the first model of God’s kingdom.
Why is the Garden of Eden called Eden? God was with them there, and it was a place blessed by God. Even if one has nothing, is poor, and amidst a difficult environment, that place becomes Eden when this is enjoyed.
② My household and family line that worships idols and is filled with curses changes into blessings because of me alone.
At first, difficulties and persecutions may come. Simply hold onto the covenant. If one who has this covenant goes into a neighborhood of crimes and drugs, the spiritual stream changes (Acts 8:4-8). This is the life we possess and the life we must live.
- The new work that the resurrected Christ confirmed.
Being devastatingly lowered, humiliated, and dying was not the end. He resurrected from the dead, and new works began.
1) He promised that new works will take place upon the Israelites who were brought captives and in despair (Isaiah 43:18-19).
To those in Christ, failure is not failure, and despair is not despair. If we look upon God at that time, failure and despair are a new start for God to carry out new works.
2) Therefore, we are told to forget the past and not be bound by old works.
What are these past and old works? They are memories, hurt hearts, scars, and trauma from the past (Isaiah 61:1). Works take place if a saved person revives his brain. That is why we must have deep breathing and change our thoughts (Philippians 4:6-7, Ephesians 3:20). As much as I worry and fear, similar works will take place (Job 3:25). We are bound by how much we hate and despise. We become oppressed instead. Satan is the one who leads us to live like that, but it is Christ who leads us to victory (Acts 10:38).
3) Who carries out those new works? “See, I am doing a new thing!” It is the Triune God.
Are you weak? Are you weary? Is it too difficult to bear? Hence, we are to look upon the things above, the throne, for 24 hours (Colossians 3:1). The nine blessings of the throne will follow, and we will stand to save and revive the three ages and 237 nations.
- The new future that the resurrected Christ will lead. There is a different way believers must go while living on earth.
It says that if we only seek our present reality and world in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied (verse 19). There is a future that Christ opened and will continuously lead through His resurrection.
1) The church is the future. People who are going on the “journey of the remaining ones” that will save the crumbling church (Revelation 12:17).
Gentiles burned down the temple, and the reconstructed temple was still only a weak formal structure. Satan led European churches to be like this and is attacking American churches and churches across the world this way. Hold onto the covenant that we are people who will receive answers and enjoy blessings to where we will save those churches and challenge yourselves to that.
2) The future of the field. We are people going on the “conqueror’s journey” that will save my field and the field of the 237 nations.
Therefore, we must stand as the 70 disciples. God promised that everything will be restored if we arise and shine the light (Isaiah 60:1-5). The weak disciples who fled after denying, cursing, and swearing Jesus went on this journey after meeting the resurrected Jesus.
3) The eternal future. We are people going on the “pilgrim’s journey” that will enjoy eternal comfort, prize, and glory.
Our death is not actual death. After these works are finished, we will resurrect and face that eternal day. Not one prayer, labor, and devotion we do as we look upon that day will fall to the ground (verse 58).
Conclusion – May you hold onto the covenant of the new life, new works, and new future that the resurrected Christ gives and be triumphant.
The World Conquest of the Resurrected Christ (1 Corinthians 15:19-26) 1 Corinthians 15:19-26The 24 Answer of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC: 4/10/2022
This week is Passion week (week of suffering), the week Jesus suffered on the cross and opened the way to salvation for us. Jesus rode a donkey and entered Jerusalem on Sunday. People waved palm trees, shouting and praising “Hosanna.” Thus, today is also called Palm Sunday. Today, we will focus on why Christ rode on a donkey. On Wednesday, we will focus on the words Jesus spoke to the disciples when He asked them to bring the donkey and said, “the Lord needs them.”
- Why did He ride on a donkey?
1) It was to show the evidence that He is our unique Savior (uniqueness of Christ).
① The Bible accurately promised and prophesied how Christ who will save us would come.
It was prophesied that He would come as the offspring of the woman (Genesis 3:15), that He would come as a descendant of Abraham and David (Genesis 22:18, Jeremiah 23:5), that He would be born in Jerusalem (Micah 5:2), and that He would enter Jerusalem riding on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9). According to the research of Bible scholars, there are hundreds of prophecies of Christ in the Bible that have already been fulfilled,
② Why is Christ the unique Savior who solves all life problems?
There are countless religions, and they have their own scriptures. They say they have their own way to salvation, but only Christ was prophesied for long ages and fulfilled accurately with no-fault. Therefore, we hold onto the Bible as God’s Word and Jesus as our unique Savior.
2) That was God’s method to save us (perfectness of Christ). He lowered Himself and resolved the curses.
① The Bible tells us that sin and death entered the world because of Adam, the first life (Romans 5:12). How did Satan lure Adam?
Satan led Adam to fall into arrogance by himself (Genesis 3:5). As a result, curses came, but Jesus lowered Himself and solved that through the death of atonement. He received the curses we should have received and delivered us from three curses(fate, Satan, and hell) forever. Although Dam fell into arrogance and led life to crumble with his disobedience to God, Christ lowered himself and restored everything for us with His obedience to God (Romans 5:19).
② This is why we must be like Christ and always live with humility and obedience before God.
Christ endlessly lowered Himself and obeyed God to death, but God exalted Him and made all creations kneel before the name of Jesus (Philippians 2:6-11).
3) It was because this was a work that only the Son of God could carry out (absoluteness of Christ).
① Humans put effort into glamorously decorating themselves. Those with money, fame, and power do so even more.
Christ, even if He lowered Himself, could not be lowered. It is because He is equal to God (John 10:30). Therefore, even if He comes riding on a donkey, it says that all wars will end, and His reign will come upon the earth (Zechariah 9:10).
② This is why people placed palm leaves and shouted: “Hosanna” (“Save us now”).
Nameless people realized what the Pharisee officials that persecuted Jesus and the disciples did not. To know Christ as the Son of God and believe Him as my Savior is God’s absolute grace and blessing (Matthew 16:17). The moment my life is in Christ, I become most precious and possess God’s things (2 Corinthians 4:7-9). Whether it seems like I am being lowered through problems or I am living with an attitude that lowers me, I cannot be lowered.
- How worthy do those in Christ become?
We must find the me that is in Christ. That is how we are not deceived by ourselves, who is covered in scars. Although the world seems glamorous externally, we are not deceived by the world that will eventually crumble. We are not deceived by Satan, that uses that as a channel and leads me to fall into discouragement, despair, and fights.
1) We are children who will enjoy the Triune God (John 1:12).
① God the Father is our eternal Father. He reigns over all creation and answers our prayers.
② God the Son is our eternal Savior. He died on the cross for all my life problems and was resurrected.
③ God the Spirit is our eternal Helper. He gives us the Word, helps us understand, and accurately guides my way.
2) We have become those who will enjoy the nine blessings the Triune God gives (Ephesians 1:3-5). It is the blessing of the heavenly throne.
① The power of the throne, the blessing that transcends time and space, and the power of light that overcomes darkness. We become the spiritual light tower that shines the light to the world.
② The image of God is restored in me, and the power of life and the blessing of Eden are restored. We become the platform that saves all people.
③ Unprecedented works take place in me, the church I serve, and the field where I study, work, and run business. Rightfully, we become the spiritual antenna that relays this blessing.
3) God is leading us to prepare for the future in this difficult age through us. It is the preparation of the three ages.
① Churches are crumbling as pastors are dying. We become the main figures of answers that can even save the pastors.
② We stand as the 70 disciples with our specialty and occupation in my field. It becomes a system that saves 70 nations, regions, and tribes.
③ We are to revive our posterity and open the Remnant Age. We wait for the day they become the summit and go into the world to revive the world.
Hold onto the covenant of the 3,9,3, focus on that 24 hours, and restore me.
- This week is Passion Week. There is no reason for us to be depressed and sad.
Hold onto at least three meanings within Christ’s suffering and restore true thanksgiving.
1) Through Christ’s suffering, all the curses (individual, family line, eternal curses) have ended (John 19:30).
Satan’s deceptions will end as much as I restore thanksgiving. We are to become spiritual victors before Satan’s face.
2) Hold onto Christ’s heart that lowered Himself and suffered in place of the lives that were bound to be cursed (Philippians 2:5).
He loved us that much. Now, we are to save the empty and dying places with that heart. Make it so that this Passion Week and next week’s Easter Sunday become the greatest opportunity for evangelism.
3) Do you have problems and pain? Look upon the time schedule of victory that will certainly come to us and give thanks (1 Corinthians 15:25).
The Lord’s suffering was not everything. His resurrection was the conclusion. That is where the new life, new works, and new future were prepared. Simply put, Christ’s resurrection would not exist without Christ’s death.
Conclusion – As we live our lives, there may be times when we are faced with events that lower us, make us suffer, and mistreat us, but it is not so. We are ones whom God has left behind for Him to use. We are pilgrims who can enjoy a time to grow deeper with God in all problems. Then eventually, we walk the way of the true conqueror who overcomes, heals, and revives the world. May this be the greatest Passion Week of your life.
The World Conquest of The One Who Rode on a Donkey (Matthew 21:1-5) Matthew 21:1-5The 24 Answer of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC:
Solomon’s Conquest of the World (1 Kings 3:4-10) 4/3/2022
Solomon is called “the king of the greatest wisdom of Israel.” With that wisdom, he followed his father, David, became king, and led Israel to become a mighty nation. With his wisdom, he also finished the construction of the Jerusalem temple and dedicated it. It was to where kings across the world came to listen to his wisdom (Solomon’s evangelism and missions). Proverbs is the book he wrote with his God-given wisdom about how God’s people should wisely live in the world. One of the crucial things that people of God need in the world is this wisdom from God. Wisdom is needed when nurturing children and carrying out important positions in the church. The words we say without much thought can scar others and break relationships. However, words spoken with wisdom can save people and restore relationships. We need this wisdom in our occupation and business. At these times when everything is difficult and uncertain, we absolutely need the wisdom to see the future and prepare. Knowledge can be learned in school and through books. There are instances where that knowledge becomes wisdom. Various life experiences can contribute to obtaining wisdom. However, there is wisdom that comes from above and from God. It says that this wisdom allows people to do good works (James 3:17-18). This is absolutely needed to an evangelist who saves and revives people (Matthew 10:16). This is absolutely needed in the works to enjoy God’s blessings in our lives and fulfilling God’s will (1 Corinthians 12:8). Let us hold onto when, how, and how much God gives us this wisdom by looking at Solomon in the passage.
- When does God give God’s wisdom as a gift and blessing?
It is when I acknowledge how weak and foolish, I am and realize that I am in absolute need of God’s wisdom.
1) It is the same as when the gospel becomes our only.
When I realize that I am a sinner and acknowledge that it must be by only God’s grace and power. This is why He has given us the law. He has allowed us to realize that we are sinners so that we may hold onto Christ (Romans 3:20, Galatians 3:24).
2) Solomon honestly stood before God.
Although he succeeded his father’s throne by God’s grace, he confessed, “I am but a little child, I do not know how to go out or come in” (verse 7). Many people are deceived by themselves and the Devil and live life by lying. They believe that they can do it. This usually comes from a competitive mindset. The Devil tells us that we can do anything with our strength. That is how he deceived the first life, Adam (Genesis 3:5). This is why people pretend to be humble in front of others but eventually crumble.
3) God gives this wisdom when we hold onto the absolute reason we need God’s grace.
① Solomon recognized that the people were not his people but God’s chosen people even when he became king (verse 8).
He asked for wisdom to have wisdom to discern God’s will when he would govern God’s people (verse 9). Even our children are not ours. Therefore, it said to bring our children up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4). When we realize that God has granted even my job and business, it is no longer about my standards, thoughts, and greed. We will have no choice but to think about how we can fulfill God’s will and give glory to God in that place (Ephesians 6:5).
② It goes the same for pastors and church officers who serve the church.
Just as in Paul’s confession, we must have a fearful and trembling heart (1 Corinthians 2:3-5). Our lifelong walk of faith must also be like this (Philippians 2:12). This does not mean becoming worry, weak, and pitiful. It means to do things with the wisdom and power that comes from God. That is when even my weaknesses become God’s masterpiece.
- How does God give His wisdom as a gift and blessing?
When I acknowledge that I need God’s wisdom, know the reason, and truthfully look upon God.
1) Solomon went to God’s tabernacle and gave a thousand burnt offerings as soon as he became a king.
① What does it mean to give a burnt offering? It means that he gave true worship and prayer while holding onto the blood of the lamb, the covenant of Christ’s blood.
We are those who have been delivered in Christ (Romans 8:1-2). We are children who will enjoy God’s blessing and reveal His glory (Ephesians 1:3-5).
② Whatever we do, we simply need to make and enjoy the time of continuous and 24-hour concentration and look upon God. (Proverbs 9:10).
That is when the Holy Spirit’s wisdom, power, and works are revealed in my life. This is the blessing of the throne.
2) Solomon looked upon God this way and sought wisdom to live his life fulfilling God’s will.
① What was God’s answer at this time? (Verse 11-12). Because he asked for only the wisdom to fulfill God’s will instead of long life, riches, or the life of his enemies, God promised to give him wisdom like never before and never after (unprecedented blessing). He did not seek carnal blessings, worldly glory, and solution to problems but sought the deep things of God (blessing of the spiritual summit).
② What was the bonus gift that followed then? God granted him riches and honor that he had not even asked for (verse 13).
This is why prayer topics are important. Everything else followed when Solomon asked for the answer to seek and fulfill God’s will (Matthew 6:33).
- How much should God give this wisdom and spiritual blessings?
It is to where we can fulfill God’s absolute conclusion. To the extent that God can heal and revive the world through us.
1) God told Solomon to walk as his father David walked (verse 14).
He staked everything to love God, live in the Holy Spirit’s power (anointing), and for the works to fulfill God’s will (Acts 13:22).
2) What were the two main things? They were for God’s glory to be revealed to all nations and for the temple’s construction for the posterity.
① It is evangelism and missions, shining the light in my field covered with darkness and saving all nations. This is God’s conclusion (Matthew 24:14).
Resolve everything with evangelism and missions. This is why God attaches people to me. This is why He sends us to important places. This is also why He allows us to go through problems and suffering. It is for us to see the world through my problems and suffering.
② David tried to construct the temple this way. What kind of meaning is within the temple that was completed through Solomon?
God’s ark of the covenant was in the Temple. God did not need a temple. It was for people to hold onto the covenant there. It is the covenant that God has saved, healed, and blessed us and that He would make us witnesses that would save all nations and people. When we hold onto this covenant and worship God, we will experience the power of the Holy Spirit, the blessing of the throne, and unprecedented works. There is another important thing. God allowed the covenant to be relayed to the posterity in the temple, to relay the blessing, and make the temple a monument. Therefore, Sunday school and the remnant ministry are important. Even if we give a small devotion to the temple, for this reason, it becomes a monument.
Conclusion – God has also promised us wisdom (James 1:5). May you stand as disciples who overcome, heal, and revive the world with that wisdom.
Solomon’s Conquest of the World (1 Kings 3:4-10) 4/3/2022 April 3, 2022The 24 Answer of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC:
The Missions of the 70 Disciples (Matthew 9:35-38) 3/27/2022
The 25th Missions Conference is being held, and our own missions conference is being held this Lord’s Day. Why is missions needed? Why must we do this missions? Verse 35 says that Jesus went around all cities and towns, proclaimed the good news of the kingdom, and healed all disease and sickness. Verse 26 gives us the reason for that. It says that Jesus took compassion as he saw the crowd. This is God’s heart and what is rightful about missions. It is rightful for us to realize God’s heart now that we have been saved. There is a more important sentence. “They were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” Because the sheep do not have a shepherd, they do not know where to go. They have no choice but to wander. Preys are waiting wherever they go. Eventually, they grow weary, tremble with anxiety, and die away. This is what it means to have been “harassed.” This is the state of our lives. God desires to heal and save them. This is the necessity of missions. The Lord says in verses 37-38 that we have something to do. There are too many people asking for help and many to share the gospel to and save, but there is a shortage of workers. Thus, it says to pray to the Lord to send out workers for the harvest. There is an absolute reason for God to answer when we pray for missions, give missions offering, and when God calls us. He desires to use me and for disciples who will be used for those works to arise through me. This is what is absolute about missions. Missions is the way to save all nations and peoples who are suffering and the absolute blessing that me, my posterity, and the church will enjoy. What do we think as we look at Ukraine currently? The United States and the rest of the world are anxious as North Korea has successfully created its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Is it up to politicians to stop these wars and the world from perishing? When Joseph alone realized the mission, his entire family, Egypt, and surrounding nations and peoples were saved. When his posterity lost hold of this mission, they became enslaved. Why did Israel become captives to Assyria and Babylon? They lost hold of the covenant of “all nations and peoples will be blessed through you and your offspring” and the mission that comes from that (Jonah’s great failure). On the contrary, when we hold onto the covenant and mission of “all nations will be blessed through you and your posterity,” God will have no choice but to work with the power of the Holy Spirit, the blessing of the throne, and unprecedented answers (Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-20, Acts 1:8). It is not just the individual, but God will bless the church and nation as ones that will save and revive the world (why we focus on 18th century England, 19-20th century America, and 21st century South Korea). Now, we must hold onto God’s absolute reason for world evangelization and world missions and discover the absolute method.
- God desires us to be the 70 disciples who hold onto the accurate gospel.
The Lord did something after He said to ask the Lord to send workers for the harvest. He raised 70 laymen disciples (Luke 10). God desires to use us as the 70 disciples of this age.
1) Who are the 70 disciples? They are those who know Christ accurately and have held onto that blessing.
Personal problems and the problems of this world and age do not merely come. It is man’s greed and corruption. There is a fallen spirit behind that, Satan. That Satan crumbled the first life, Adam, and continues to deceive all lives (John 8:44). He leads all to greed, corruption, disputes (Isaiah 60:1), suffering, and curses (Revelations 13:15-18).
2) Why did Christ come? What did he do? He “finished everything” on the cross (John 19:30).
He took all sins and curses as the true priest (Isaiah 53:5-6). He delivered us (Romans 8:1-2) and made us children of God who will enjoy heavenly blessings (Ephesians 1:3-5). He came as the true king and crushed the head of Satan, who worked as a false king (Genesis 3:15) and destroyed the works of the Devil (1 John 3:8). He came as the true prophet, became the way to meet God, and became the eternal way of our lives (John 14:6). This Christ has finished all life problems.
3) The one disciple who knows, experiences, and enjoys this Christ is needed.
They are to go and speak of Christ and become witnesses of Christ. They are those who need to go to the world. Are they weaknesses, problems, and suffering? It is a time for that to become a deep opportunity to experience Christ. It is a time to receive evidence. A woman who had five failed marriages became that disciple (John 4:1-30). Mary Magdalene, who had been demon-possessed, became that disciple (John 20:18). Priscilla and Aquila, who were cast out of Rome for marrying interracially, became those disciples (Romans 16:3-4). They became the greatest supporters of the Lord and other evangelist who proclaimed the gospel. They became witnesses who received the blessing of the throne.
- The 70 disciples are those who do specialized missions in their place (laymen disciple, laymen missions).
This is the absolute reason for God to grant and bless my school, workplace, and business. This is especially the absolute reason for us to live in America.
1) I am the missionary of my field. God has sent me (commission).
Pray for darkness to be bound there (role of the watchmen of light and light tower). Pray to become a victor with a reason that can give the answer of Christ and testify to others (blessing of the summit). Pray to be able to save anyone (spiritual doctor). One day, thirsty and prepared people will find you (just as Pharoah came to Joseph).
2) Pray that I alone am the spiritual ambassador representing my region, nation, and people.
That was Joseph’s prayer (Genesis 45:5). This was Moses’ prayer (Acts 7:23). This was Esther’s prayer (Esther 4:16). Absolute answers and blessings begin to the disciples who hold onto the absolute reason (unprecedented blessings).
- The 70 disciples are people who prepare for future missions.
1) That is how there is a future for my life and separate answers and blessings to receive in old age (Deuteronomy 34:7, 1 Chronicles 29:28).
There is a separate prize to receive in the eternal future (Galatians 6:7-8). Do not be discouraged; it said that at the proper time, we will reap a harvest (Galatians 6:9).
2) Disciples who will reveal the light and glory of the gospel in this age will come forth from our posterity. They will come as missionaries who will go to each nation.
This is the conclusive reason we do the remnant movement (the “evangelism disciple” among the five blessings of a remnant). This is also why Paul went to the synagogue in each region. The Jews taught only the elitist mindset, law, tradition, and culture of Israel in the synagogue. However, Paul discovered disciples who would come to know and experience Christ and revive the world (Timothy, Titus).
Conclusion – We are not doing average missions. Only the gospel of Christ saves the world (world evangelization). Believers who know this gospel, have experienced it, and have concluded with only the gospel, save the world (evangelism disciple). The prayer, devotion and ministry of you, laymen, are important (70 disciples).
The Missions of the 70 Disciples (Matthew 9:35-38) 3/27/2022 March 27, 2022The 24 Answer of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd RUTC:
David’s Conquest of the World II (Psalms 57:1-11) 3/20/2022
It is the second part of David’s conquest of the world. Last week’s message was about God’s method that blessed and used David, who was weak, lacking, and full of experiences of numerous suffering and failure. That is the blessing of anointing. Therefore, regardless of how weak and lacking we are, we must seek and experience God’s anointing 24 hours, lifelong, and in every moment (covenant of Acts 1:8). This week’s message is about why God anointed and used David, who was so lacking and weak. There is a reason when God saves, blesses, and raises us as summits. We must live a life with a reason when we live and die. There must be a reason for God to bless me in my studies and business. David’s brother used strong words when David prepared to fight Goliath. He said, “I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.” David said one thing, “Can’t I even speak (Don’t I have a reason?)?” The reason was given by God and a reason to fulfill God’s Will. We must live a life that has God’s reason. The reason God chose and blessed David can be organized into three things. David held onto this reason lifelong.
- It was God’s absolute love and grace for David.
This is also why God needs to save and bless us. It seems like it cannot be a reason, but that is the absolute reason. This is also why parents sacrifice and devote themselves to their children. However, this does not compare to that.
1) There is no reason why God loves us and gives us grace (absolute sovereignty). However, if we were to give a reason, there are two things.
① Romans 9:15-16. It said it was because He has compassion for us.
The reason God chose Jacob between Jacob and Esau was also that He took compassion for Jacob. This is the same reason God chose us in this age. There are countless brilliant and outstanding people in the world. When we realize that God has saved and blessed us this way, how we must live our lives will be revealed. We must live with a faith that further only looks onto God in every moment, important works, and difficulty.
② 1 Corinthians 1:26-31. When we who are weak and lacking stand with God’s love and blessing, the only thing we have that we can boast about is Him. That is how we repay God for God’s grace. We call that thanksgiving, praise, and worship. They all have the same meaning. David had realized this when he was isolated from his brothers. This needs to be the center of our hearts. God absolutely loved me, who is weak and worthless. Thus, I will live my life only by looking onto Him and praising Him. God saw this in David (1 Samuel 16:7, Acts 13:22).
2) This is where David’s character and personality were formed (Psalms 78:70-72).
God called David among the fields of sheep and had him protect God’s sheep, Israel. It said that David led the people with integrity of heart and skillful hands. He could continuously train and stake his life for the works God had entrusted him with because he knew the absolute grace, love, and blessing that God had given him. Whatever you do, your studies, caring for family, job, life or business, or ministry, those works will change if you do them while holding onto this reason.
- David came to know what God desires because he experienced the first reason. God’s absolute mission.
That is called God’s mission (Mission Dei). Liberal theologists frequently use the term, but there is a precious meaning. It means that God places His heart that longs to save the suffering and dying souls and commissions us.
1) Even unbelievers who lead the world have their own mission they live by.
They received many things to get where they are. They live by thinking that they need to repay and give back everything they have received.
2) This is why God calls us amidst our weakness and why He, at times, leads us to go through times of pain.
There is a longing for us to take compassion with God’s heart for those in pain and give the true answer. That is Jesus’ heart (Hebrews 4:15). We must not hold onto our pain and scars as despair and rage but grasp it as God’s mission. This is why David met 400 people like him and stayed with them while he went through the most challenging times (1 Samuel 22:1-2). Later, he would become a true leader who led the Israelites with that very heart.
- There is a greater and eternal reason. It is God’s absolute conclusion.
God does not desire anyone to fall upon judgment and destruction (John 3:16). He longs for all to receive salvation and live in the blessings of Christ, the True Truth (1 Timothy 2:3-4). That is evangelism and missions.
1) This is also why the Son of God experienced the suffering of the cross and was resurrected on earth (blessing of Christ).
He delivered us from sins and curses forever (Romans 8:1-2, Colossians 1:13-14). He raised us as children of heavenly blessings from a place bound by fate unbeknownst to me (Ephesians 1:3-5). He destroyed the authority of Satan, who was working behind and stealing from my life (1 John 3:8). Discover why it must only be Christ in my problems (personal, family, children), problems in the field, and problems of this age (only). Do your work with this blessing of only (uniqueness) and save the world with that blessing (recreation).
2) The passage is David’s confession of faith that experienced and enjoyed these three reasons in his deepest suffering.
David deeply realized God’s grace and love amidst difficult times. Thus, he held onto only Him (verses 1-2). He knew that God sends angels to help him and that God desires to save others like him (verses 3-4). There is a conclusion to his confession. “Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth” (verses 5, 9, 11). He knew that God desired to use him that way and repeatedly gave thanks three times. This is the world mission.
3) We must make the conclusion of why God has allowed me to live in America, a place where all nations have gathered, in this age.
This is why God allows us to live in this age’s superpower hegemony that can save and help all nations and peoples. Even though we have financial difficulties, many countries can survive off 200 dollars. We can raise one pastor that can save one nation. Therefore, our small offering for the evangelists who save the 237 nations is not small. This is also why God must give us the blessing of the throne and unprecedented answers in all our works and business. “The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us. May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth (237 nations) will fear him.” (Psalms 67:6-7).
Conclusion – God calls and blesses us, the weakest and most lacking in this age, to use us like David. May you hold onto the three absolute reasons of God, be triumphant in the world, and be used as those who save and revive the world.
David’s Conquest of the World II (Psalms 57:1-11) 3/20/2022 March 20, 2022