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The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC: 4/4/2021
Summits Who Enjoyed the Blessing of the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:50-58)
Christ’s resurrection is clear evidence that ensures how tremendous the blessing of the gospel and salvation is. First, it is an absolute blessing. The Son came for the fundamental problems that we can never solve. He solved all of life’s fundamental curses because He is the Son. The resurrection is the evidence of the Son (Romans 1:4). Second, it is a unique blessing. He is the unique one person on this earth who died for our curses. He is also the unique one who has been resurrected from the dead. What kind of works would take place if He who is truly unique, is with us in our lives and helps us? Works of uniqueness and recreation will take place. Third, it is a perfect blessing. Because Christ has resurrected, the life of resurrection is within us the moment we accept Him. If it had ended with His death, we would still be in sin and be of all people most to be pitied (1 Corinthian 15:17-19). The resurrection is our absolute hope amid our absolute despair. That is why the gospel is complete. Fourth, it is an eternal blessing. We will resurrect just as Christ resurrected (verse 51-52). The evil will resurrect to be judged and those who believe in Christ will resurrect for eternal life (John 5:29). I must enjoy three practical blessings in my life through this gospel of resurrection. Then, we become those who have experienced the resurrection. Just as Paul confessed, “he appeared to me also” (verse 8), we must stand as a witness of the resurrection. Only those who have experienced the blessing of the resurrection can save me, the world, and the church. They are the true summits that God uses.
- My old life ended the moment I came to know the gospel of resurrection and accepted Him. This is called the “gospel of deliverance.”
1) That is why it says, “The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17). It is the answer to past problems.
① We can never start anew if we cannot come out of our past. It is because the past shackles us.
Regardless of whether someone says something to me, the past (greed, failure, and scars in me) that is set in me holds me down. The dark things of the past are set in my thought and brain. This is why we must change our imprint.
② Hence, Christ gave us the blessing of deliverance through His death and resurrection.
Therefore, it says, “through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.” (Romans 8:1-2). Inside the word law, there is a notion of authority. It is the old frames and mechanisms that set me for failure. Bound by this, we fail. My past problems can no longer hold me. I must change my frame of thought and mechanism.
2) I no longer live, but Christ lives in me as my master (Galatians 2:20). It is the answer to my present problems.
① In my reality and today, various problems and conflicts may come again (problems of making ends meet, interpersonal relationship conflict, sickness, etc.).
Live with the faith that believes in Christ who has died and resurrected to deliver us from that problem. Do not worry and be discouraged. There is no greater despair than death. Thus, He destroyed despair through His resurrection.
② Since Christ who has resurrected and is living is in me, discover His will, receive guidance and live with His power.
Because He needs to help us by transcending time and space, He is with us by Spirit. He is the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-18).
3) Lastly, the answer to problems of the future.
① Although I do not know the ways I take, He who has resurrected and is with me has prepared it (Job 23:10).
Christ became my way (John 14:6). So, we go knowing the way and knowing the future. It is because although I do not know what may happen the next minute, He who is with me knows the way and He has prepared the way. Do not be hasty but be guided while waiting. My greed and humanism based on my standards will eventually fail and crumble.
② That is why God guided the Israelites with clouds when passing through the wilderness. Did they look foolish?
Today’s science can predict and see in advance to prepare for the weather of that day and week. God moves that science and even transcends science to work (supernatural science, spiritual science). If you know God, He is so specific like science, it gives goosebumps (Ephesians 3:20).
- The second blessing inside the gospel of resurrection is that He destroyed the head of Satan. This is called the “gospel of victory.”
1) This was the first covenant of the gospel (original gospel) that was given to Adam, the first life, immediately after he fell (Genesis 3:15).
Satan is behind all of life’s problems, conflicts, and failure. It started with Adam who was once complete.
① Do you keep failing?
You keep lying and there are animosity and rage. As that progresses, it makes someone into a swindler and even causes murder. That does not simply come out of nowhere. There is a being who is a murderer and liar from the beginning (John 8:44).
② Are you continuously anxious and being oppressed? The devil brings anxiety and oppresses people with every means (Acts 10:38). One could be oppressed by his conscience after sinning. Despite living honestly, a time where you’re being oppressed could come for no reason. It is a spiritual problem. Christ came as the Son of God to destroy the spiritual problem and the works of the devil (1 John 3:8).
2) Christ destroyed the head of Satan as He resurrected.
“Where, O death, is your victory/ Where, O death, is your sting?” (verse 55). What does death signify here?
① It signifies Satan who has the authority of death (Psalms 49:15). He steals and leads us to destruction (John 10:10). You must know this spiritual fact to know why there are empty, abandoned, and dying places and give an answer.
② Christ’s resurrection is the time of victory that destroyed this authority of death. It means that Christ will continuously hand us victory. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 is possible because we know this conclusion. The devil knows in advance and flees when we restore our faith in Christ who is victorious (Joshua 2:11, Deuteronomy 28:7).
- The third blessing inside the gospel of resurrection is that none of our labor and devotion will go in vain. This is called the “eternal gospel”
1) A kernel of wheat may seem dead on the ground, but it bears much fruit (John 12:24).
It said that we will reap a hundred-fold for what we discarded, lost, and planted for the gospel (Mark 10:29-30). So, under any circumstances, do not waver while doing the Lord’s work and doing good works (verse 58).
2) What is more important is the eternal blessing. The day we will receive the kingdom of God as an eternal inheritance will come (verse 50).
When is that? It says that trumpets will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable and be changed on the day the Lord returns. This is the feast of trumpets in the Old Testament. It signifies victory and tells us to hold onto the eternal new start that comes through the resurrection.
Conclusion – May you meditate on this gospel of resurrection and make it completely yours. They became the summits who saved the age. You will connect with three things. Connect with the throne, with the field we will save, and with the future that we will enjoy forever.
Summits Who Enjoyed the Blessing of the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:50-58) 1 Corinthians 15:50-58The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC: 3/28/2021
Christ, the Summit Who Came to Serve (Matthew 20:20-28)
Today is Palm Sunday, the first day of Passion Week which is kept remembering the meaning of Jesus’ atoning death for us. It is called Palm Sunday because people laid palm leaves down for Jesus when he was entering Jerusalem on a donkey. In that period, an extravagant procession was held for worldly summits like the Roman Emperor and governor. The horse and chariots were made to show the greatest dignity, accompanied by the greatest armies, and the path was laid with red satin and silk. Christ did the opposite. He rode a young donkey, disciples who had no strength accompanied Him, and palm leaves were laid down. Why did He do that? It was a fulfillment of prophecy(Zecharich9:9-10). By doing that, He showed evidence as the prophesied Christ from the Old Testament. There was another reason. It was to show the difference between the worldly summit that is moved by Satan and the spiritual summit that is used by God. What was that? In the passage, there was an incident between the disciples when Jesus was entering Jerusalem. He gave an important answer through this incident. Among the disciples of Jesus, James and his brother John’s mother came to Jesus and requested for his sons to sit on the left and right hand of Jesus in the time He would receive glory. They heard this and conflicts arose as they grew indignant with each other. Jesus spoke about the difference in the summit that God uses. Because we are people who will receive answers to where we will save and heal the world, we must hold onto this difference (absolute difference).
- What is the characteristic of a worldly summit? In a word, what did the Lord say?
Rulers who do not have God control people however they like and rule over people with that authority (verse 25). He said that Satan has already made three kinds of summits in the world to lead the world into suffering.
1) Summits who fell into the self-greed of Genesis 3. They live being completely self-centered.
How did Satan lure Adam and Eve who were created in the image of God and were meant to rule the world with God’s heart and will? As he tempted with the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, he lied by saying, “you will be like God” (Genesis 3:5). Summits of this world are bound by this. It is a world where God is absent and they are the center, and so the world falls into endless corruption.
2) The Nephilim summits of Genesis 6. They fall into the visible flesh and material-centeredness.
The word Nephilim derives from the Hebrew word, “naphal” which means “to fall.” It symbolizes the fallen angels and spirits of darkness. The people they created were the mighty men of that age, the men of renown (Genesis 6:4). The world they move is the desires of the flesh, and they control everything with money. Then, they lead everything into destruction (1 Timothy 6:8-10).
3) The Babel Tower summits of Genesis 11. They were determined to go to the top and make a human kingdom (Genesis 11:4).
What would result from the success and powerful nation created by those who do not know God nor fear God? Powerful nations arise in each age and trample the weaker and smaller nations, and the people of the latter will have to lose everything and suffer.
4) The powerful nations established by the Babel Tower Summits will prolong until the Lord returns (Revelations 18:1-3).
Only these kinds of rulers and summits will continuously emerge in this world. Whose work is it? It is Satan’s work (Ephesians 6:12).
- God is going to raise summits who are different from them. They are the true summits, the spiritual summit.
Everything must be different. It must be different from what Satan does. That is called, “Holy” (different, set apart).
1) They are the summits who are chosen, blessed, and used by God. The foundation is different.
Those are the five blessings that a remnant will enjoy (one chosen by grace, holy seed who has the life of Christ, remaining ones regardless of any circumstances they undergo, evangelism disciple scattered to the entire world to save the world, spiritual summit who fulfills God’s will).
2) Even the reason they must receive God’s answer and blessings and success is different. Jesus taught us firsthand.
We do not succeed to rule. We succeed to serve. It is not a success that harms and kills. It is a success to save everyone. It is not a success to fulfill my greed. It is a success to go together with everyone.
3) Even the method is different for a true summit. Do the opposite of what the world and Satan do (10 ways of the summit).
① Satan makes alone time into a time of loneliness. Believers make it into a time where God is my only.
② Satan deceives with realistic problems. Believers hold onto God’s absolute plan within that and move forward.
③ Satan traps us inside the frame of the world, people and me. Believers break my frame with unconventional thinking.
④ Satan divides and makes us destroy one another . Believers come together and create a spiritual synergy.
⑤ Satan makes us despair and give up in crisis. Believers hold onto the crisis as God’s absolute opportunity and move forward.
⑥ Satan always makes us compete and fight with each other. Believers yield everything but God brings them victory.
⑦Satan crumbles even what we have. Believers experience recreation through the Lord’s power even where there is nothing.
⑧ Satan makes us obsessed with the visible situation. Believers hold onto the covenant of the spiritual summit in the lowest place and move forward.
⑨ Satan leads us to make excuses for our environment. Believers experience the deep things of God in that environment that is like the wilderness.
⑩ Satan always makes us think about what we want. Believers hold onto the desiring will of God, God’s absolute reason.
It may seem like we are living foolishly and are at loss, but that is not true. These are the ways of the spiritual summit that enjoys God’s things and the heavenly things.
- Jesus firsthand became the model during this passion week and showed us what a true summit is.
1) Holy Communion. It is to remember that we have been freed through Him who lowered Himself and gave us His life.
He did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many (verse 28). To be a ransom means that he died and received suffering in place of us. Now, I who have been freed should be used to free those who are bound by the forces of darkness through the authority of Christ (Acts 10:38). We just need to tell them what spiritual deliverance is. This is true evangelism and what the true summit must do.
2) The event in which Jesus washed the feet of the disciples after the communion.
He said to go and wash each other’s feet as well. The feet can easily get dirty even after a shower. It is the hidden scars. He meant for us to embrace and help each other’s scars. This is Christ’s heart (Philippians 2:5), and the true summit’s heart. The healing of the 237 and 5,000 people groups (tribes) comes from this.
3) He entered Jerusalem on a donkey. He was someone who had everything, yet One who could lower Himself the most. It is true humility. This is the posture of a true summit. This could not be done by the Devil (Ezekiel 28:14-17). It is at this time that in which you can go to empty places, abandoned places, and even dying places.
Conclusion – The true summit who can serve like Christ, this is a world in which our families, church, and world need this summit.
Christ, the Summit Who Came to Serve (Matthew 20:20-28) Matthew 20:20-28The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC: 3/21/2021
Esther, the Victor of the Summit Battle (Esther 4:13-17)
The summit war in other words is a spiritual battle. Summits are those who have a different power even in the world. Where does the power unbelievers hold come from? It is from Satan in Ephesians 6:12. It says that he is the spirit that moves the rulers and authorities and darkness. What status they have and what kind of success they have are not important. People crumble because they fall into three things. First, it is spiritual ignorance. The spirit of a life that has not met God is being controlled by Satan (6 states of an unbeliever). Despite living a zealous and good life, they do not know why their life is difficult and crumbling. Nothing works out how they want it to. They are oblivious to how Satan is stealing their life (John 10:10). That is spiritual ignorance. Second, it is the spiritual problem that comes from spiritual ignorance. The greed, rage, despair, and violence in me do not get resolved. Although they know they should not go down that path, they keep going. They do not know the spiritual things even if they attend church (Atlanta shooting last week). Third, this spiritual problem creates a fatal spiritual failure. They do works that bound them for continuous failure and destruction. They do so without knowing what they are doing. They are already bound by Satan. If these individuals are in important positions, massacres and wars are unavoidable as they move politics and the economy (conflict in Hong Kong, Myanmar). There are two main characters in the book of Esther. Satan’s summit, Haman, who was used for evil works, and Esther, the remnant summit who triumphed over him. Haman was originally from the Amalek tribe. This was the nation that persistently blocked the Israelites from entering Canaan until the end. It was the nation that was completely destroyed in the Lord’s battle (Exodus 17:14). An Amalek descendant had now become the governor of Persia which had conquered the world (Esther 3:1). After he noticed that Mordecai who would not kneel before him was a Jew, he plotted to destroy all the Jews. He moved the king’s heart by giving him ten thousand talents of silver (Esther 3:9). He was a summit who completely controlled politics and the economy. The figure that God raised in that time was a remnant named Esther, the spiritual summit who would be used as a victor of this summit battle.
- Remnant, God’s method that was prepared for the summit battle.
There are two most important words to God. The words Gospel and Remnant. The gospel signifies Christ which is God’s method to save all people. The remnant is the person of God that is saved in Christ to be used for that. What are the five standards for remnants whom God uses to save the age?
1) They are those who are chosen by God. The standard for selection is grace (Romans 11:5).
Esther is a descendant of a nation that perished. Her parents died early, and she is an orphan. God chose this Esther. Do not give any excuses. Stand before the grace of God that has chosen me who is nothing but inadequate (1 Corinthians 1:26-29).
2) God’s seed of life was planted the moment they were saved in Christ. They are called the Holy Seed (Isaiah 6:13).
Everything does not change instantly. This seed of life must grow in me. It is the spiritual DNA that has been planted in me. He waits for this DNA to grow in worship, word, and prayer. A day where fruit bears will come (John 15:8).
3) They cannot perish under any circumstances. They are God’s remaining ones (Revelations 12:17).
They become those who will remain, those who remain, and those who will leave behind. Haman attempted to kill the people of God but instead, he and his ten sons are executed (Esther 8:10, 9:13, Genesis 12:3).
4) They were enslaved and taken captive and thought they would be scattered, but it was a diaspora sent by God.
It says that they would be used as ones who will share the blessing of salvation to the Gentiles and all nations and the ends of the earth as a light (Isaiah 49:6). This is God’s reason that has allowed us to study, work and live in the United States, the powerful nation of this age.
5) God will raise them as true summits who will be bound to save the world. This is the spiritual summit (Isaiah 60:21-22).
God led Esther to become the queen of that nation and blessed this remnant’s every move and everything. A spiritual summit is not one to merely work hard and succeed. They are those who have received God’s blessing.
- Three things that God blessed to raise Esther who was in the remnant covenant as a witness.
1) The meeting between Mordecai that God granted to Esther. Mordecai is Esther’s cousin.
Regardless of having parents and cousins, they will be unable to help beyond that level if they are unbelievers. It is invaluable if a parent can play that role. However, God attached Mordecai who possessed the self-esteem of God’s covenant and true faith to help her (Esther 3:4). To have spiritual mentors who pray for me and help me is the beginning of blessings and evidence (blessing of meetings).
2) This was Esther’s charm that could not help but attract the King’s heart. God gave her this blessing.
It says that the king was attracted to Esther and won his favor at first sight (Esther 2:17). He was pleased with her even when she was simply standing (Esther 5:2).
① What is charm? It is something that cannot be missing in leadership.
Where does this charm come from? It does not come from merely impressive education or appearance. Even Jesus did not have that (Isaiah 53:2). It is something that comes like an aroma (1 Corinthians 2:15). It includes the person’s air (image), language, character, and everything else.
② This is another aspect that comes from a believer’s spirituality.
It is a spiritual charm that comes when we know God, love God, and enjoy God. There is different image or impression. This is the blessing that humans originally possessed (Genesis 1:27). This comes forth when the saved person receives the filling of the Holy Spirit inside worship, word, and prayer all the time (1 Peter 1:9).
③ People want to grow close to those who have this charm (proximity). They want to learn something (similarity).
The 7 remnants enjoyed this blessing (Joseph who a save, David, and Esther from the passage).
3) The blessing that had Esther be used by God. She resolved, “If I perish, I perish,” and fasted for three days.
The Holy Spirit works in someone’s devotion and prayer when there are crises in the family, workplace, and age and when important things must be done. God had Esther set this resolution. The prayer of a watchman, the power of the throne, and the power that transcends time and space come from this.
① He had her hold to the spiritual reason why she must stake her life, devote and pray in this important time.
It was not a crisis of all the Jews having to be killed. She saw what Satan was doing. That is why she prayed.
② He let her realize the power of the gospel. God said He would do it because we cannot (Romans 1:16).
That is why Mordecai said that the deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from another place even if she would remain silent. That is why he began another three days of fasting.
③ He let her see the accurate time schedule that sought to use me in problems and crises.
She saw God’s time schedule when she heard, “and who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” It is the works of the Holy Spirit to have the heart to stand, even just by myself, before God right now; that is the time schedule.
Conclusion – Words such as summit and spiritual battle are not mentioned in the book of Esther. However, the evidence is revealed in Esther’s life. May we and our remnants stand as witnesses in all fields in these evil days.
Esther, the Victor of the Summit Battle (Esther 4:13-17) Esther 4:13-17The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC: 3/14/2021
Daniel, the Summit Who Set a Resolution (Daniel 1:8-16)
When an individual resolves to do something very important, great power forms in that person, and people who share the same resolution gather around him. Those people change history and the world. It goes beyond that when saved believers set a resolution while holding onto the God-given covenant. When our resolution is fixed with God’s direction and the word, God will help with works that transcend time and space. The Bible surely said that heavenly armies and angels will be mobilized and help us. These angels are called ministering spirits who help the saved children of God (Hebrews 1:14). They are beings who work to fulfill God’s word (Psalms 103:20-21). The forces of Satan who are corrupted spirits will bring curses and suffering to the whole world in the final days and attack the people of God, but these angels will fight for us (Revelations 1:4,20). God helps us through the Holy Spirit, and the angels He sends to us will appear in various forms. There are times where God moves and sends anointed servants of the Lord, attaches random people to help you with crucial matters, and even uses those who move policy and change the law. He changes my everything (studies, work, suffering, even failure) to evidence. Save me, my family, the church, and all the 237 nations with that evidence. Daniel from the passage enjoyed that blessing. What was the start of that? Verse 8 says that Daniel set a resolution. You may set several resolutions throughout your life. Setting a resolution that leaves God with no choice but to work is important.
- Think about what God desires from me and for this earth right now. Faith is what comes from this (Hebrews 11:1-2).
We must think about this when making important decisions, choices, before crises and problems, and during hard times like this. Then, the CVDIP that you must hold onto in your usual every day, every worship, and prayer will become apparent.
1) C stands for Covenant. God has given us the covenant of Christ. We were delivered eternally, and became as the children of God to be able to victory in all problems(Ephesians 1:3-5)).
2) V stands for Vision. It is God’s future. God wants to save the world through us who are in Christ.
That is the world evangelization. The multiethnic and 237 is in that (Acts 11:19-21). Hold onto this vision and do anything. You live a life that has a reason and become happy.
3) D stands for dream of God. God will give all evidences and raise us as the witness (Joels 2:28-29, Acts1:8). Believing this is the experiencing the work of Holy Spirit.
Then, courage, hope, and assurance form.
4) I stands for Image. It is the picture that God draws in my prayer.
Paul prayed, “I shall also see Rome,” and God gave him an accurate picture of “you shall stand before Caesar” (Acts 27:24). Thus, there is no reason to feel urgent or be shaken.
5) P stands for practice. It is saying that God will fulfill (Isaiah 60:22, Philippians 2:13).
God give strength to be able to challenge at that time. Because God helps and blesses me, the rightful and small things I do now connect to the real blessings that are to come. Hence, there is no reason to be discouraged because things are not working out a bit or become conceited because things are going well, and some answers have come right now. It is because something greater (John 14:12), greater and unsearchable things that I do not know of (Jeremiah 33:3), and eternal things prepared by God will come.
- With this faith, Daniel saw the three realities of himself, his nation, and the entire world and set a resolution.
1) He saw the spiritual reality and set a spiritual resolution.
He refused to eat the food served by the king. In a worldly matter, it was the best opportunity. He rejected that. Why?
① The food served by the Babylonian King was the same food that was served to the idols he worshiped.
The King did this so that he could show his authority as the representative of the gods. This is the authority and evangelism of unbelievers. He mocked and oppressed Israel with this authority and power. This is how the church and believers look like in the eyes of unbelievers.
② Promptly restore the correct faith and self-esteem concerning the unique Christ we believe in.
He was born of the virgin as promised (Isaiah 7:14) and died and resurrected for us as promised (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). He who is the Son of God destroyed all the works of the devil (1John 3:8) and promised to be with us forever through the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-18). Unbelievers look down on us because we lose hold of this covenant and constantly live with fear, worry, anxiety, and humanism.
③ Unbeliever summits like the Babylonian King are still moving the spiritual things of this world.
They are leading the transcendental meditation movements, chi movements, and supernatural power movements. They have people experience the power of demons and even Satan worship has emerged. The best enterprises and religious organizations are pushing this and are raising their gifted individuals (remnants of Satan). Daniel knew the spiritual meaning behind the food he needed to eat and receiving the King’s help (1 Corinthians 10:20). God works with power that transcends time and space when one sees this spiritual reality and knows God’s heart (Matthew 28:18-20).
2) He saw the reality of that age and set a resolution to save the age.
Since Satan is leading and controlling those who are bound by idols and darkness who move the world, what would happen to the world?
① There are continuous problems of Genesis 3,6,11 in the world. There are continuous endless corruption, mental problems, and spiritual problems.
Genesis 3, everything is self-centered and self-greed. Genesis 6 Nephilim Age, everything is centered on materials visible. Genesis 11, obtaining success through any means is what only matters. Satan grants this (Matthew 4:9, Ephesians 6:11) and then destroys it. The heart and thoughts are completely crushed, despite being successful, people are afflicted even more and eventually go to hell, and even their posterity perish.
② Daniel was not simply refusing food that had been served to idols. He was really praying (spiritual watchman’s prayer).
He began ten days of concentrated prayer. Train this prayer lifelong and do everything through the power of prayer. When doing important things, during the most difficult times, make it so that this becomes your usual life (Daniel 6:10). It said he only ate water and vegetables before much power and his face glowed differently. His usual daily life became evidence.
3) He saw the reality of the future and set a resolution to save the future.
① The future will grow more difficult, and it is said that the believers and church will especially face much tribulation and persecution.
Daniel knew the reality of this future. This is the same for our future.
② The one person who sets a resolution at this time and resolves to live as an evangelist and disciple is important. The three friends were attached to him there.
That is where the evidence was revealed, and later on, Israel would be restored, and Christ would come. The answers that he received as he began to pray while seeing the future are the content of Daniel 9 -12. It is called the Revelations of the Old Testament.
③ This gospel will be proclaimed to the end of the earth, and then the end will come(Matthew 24:14).
We were called to be used as the evangelists.
That’s why the power of the throne will work upon us who are lacking then, and we will be used as spiritual doctors who save people (Mark 16:17-20).
Conclusion – May you become the one who possesses God’s will, one who holds onto God’s will, and summits who are used for God’s will.
Daniel, the Summit Who Set a Resolution (Daniel 1:8-16) Daniel 1:8-16The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC: 3/7/2021
Obadiah, the Church Officer of Spiritual Summit (1 Kings 18:1-4)
Although numerous curses and disasters will come in the final days, Satan’s last target is the church (Revelations 12:17). It said that he will use many tricks. Externally, various tribulations and persecutions will come, and internally, the church will drift towards what is physical and worldly and give up on gathering together (Hebrews 10:25). As a result, they will lose their spirituality (godliness) (2 Timothy 3:5). Many false prophets will arise through that opportunity. God needs to save this church and save all the 237 nations and the world. Who will be used for this work? First, it is the pastors, and then the church officers who will help the pastors and be devoted together. A representative church officer was raised at every age. There were church officers like Aaron by Moses, and Hur and the 70 elders, and Caleb by Joshua. There were also church officers of Romans 16 in the early church, and the church officer Obadiah in the age of Elijah and Elisha from the passage. Future church officers like them need to be trained among remnants from now on, and we need to actually raise church officers in our church after the pandemic. We must pray for church officers whom God blesses and uses to arise. We are examining Obadiah as our model. We added the title summit church officer. What kind of person is a summit church officer? Verse 3 said that “Obadiah feared the Lord greatly.” Obadiah confesses in verse 12, “I have worshiped the Lord since my youth.” Hence, we must give church officer training during the remnant period. The King James Version used the word “fear” but the NIV used the phrase “devout believer.” They are both the same meaning. He loved God and gave his true devotion there. It is a word that applies to everything. Devotion is possible because of love. We will consider the three kinds of love and three devotions that Obadiah possessed.
- Obadiah loved God and he gave his devotion to God with that.
1) How was Obadiah able to love God? It is the same for us.
Because God loved us first, those who have received his love can love (Romans 5:8, 1 John 4:8). How did He love us? He loved us by giving us His Son as a sacrifice for our sins and curses. The word sacrifice has the same definition as devotion. This is why I must realize and experience the cross of Calvary. I need to experience this for the Mount of Olives experience (Kingdom of God) and the Mark’s Upper Room experience (power of the Holy Spirit) to follow. Experience this within my weaknesses, failure, and problems I face. That is why Christ became my sacrifice offering in my place, and I have been delivered and become a Child of God there.
2) Five assurances will come from here. With this faith, do not be afraid and shaken in any circumstances.
Assurance of salvation (1 Corinthians 12:3, 1 John 5:11-12, Romans 8:1-2), assurance of answers (John 14:12-14), assurance of forgiveness (1 John 1:9), assurance of victory (1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Corinthians 15:57), and assurance of guidance (John 14:16-18, Proverbs 3:5-6).
3) The true devotion to God that comes from this.
You begin to love God, follow the word of the covenant that He gives, and love the church He raised through the price of His blood. That is where worship (Romans 12:1-2), thanksgiving, and prayer come from. This is the blessing of the spiritual summit. When you have this center is when you connect with God, the throne, and the world that He desires to save.
- He connected with the world because He connected with God. He could love the world and devoted.
What does it mean to connect with the world? It does not mean to be deceived by the physical things of the world and living in that (1 John 2:15). It is seeing what the world needs and seeing the spiritual problem within that. It is seeing the empty places that don’t have the gospel, abandoned places, and the places that are dying from corruption and darkness.
1) Although King Ahab worshipped idols, Obadiah helped as his servant and received his trust.
Although he was a king who worshipped idols, he took compassion of his soul and desired to live as God’s witness. Do this first in my school, workplace, and business. This is the start of evangelism.
2) How long would he have prayed there? That is the prayer of the watchman of the spiritual network.
Pray for forces of darkness and doors of evangelism to open in my workplace, school, and region even just by myself. Eventually, there was a time for King Ahab to repent before God before his death (1Kings 21:27-29). Although Elijah gave a message that gave him no choice but to repent, there was Obadiah’s prayer behind that.
3)All evidence that came to Elisha while fighting those who worshipped idols did not just come to him.
Obadiah played a role in connecting the king and Elijah. How much would he have prayed for the Lord’s servant? Works that transcends time and space had to take place in Elijah’s ministry that was being helped by Obadiah.
- To save the world like this, He devoted for the church in secret. He loved the church and devoted.
The church needs to be strengthened for the church to do works to save the world and raise future spiritual leaders.
1) He helped all of the errands of the Lord’s servant Elijah.
He called Elijah “my lord” (1 Kings 18:7), and called himself a servant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:12). He was someone who helped Elisha become Elisha. He did works like Paul’s patron, coworker, and host of Romans 16. This is why the Lord said if you welcome a prophet as a prophet you will receive the award of a prophet. You will not lose reward if you give a cup of cold water as a disciple (Matthew 10:41-42).
2) He helped 100 prophets from behind.
He was prepared for death during those difficulties and divided the 100 prophets into 50 hid them in a cave and gave them something to eat. God knew his heart, protected him, and gave him all the blessing to manage all of that. Even the small thing I do will become evidence if I enjoy the blessing of the spiritual summit. It follows.
3) This devotion of Elijah and Obadiah opened the age of Elisha and created the works of Dothan (Remnant Age, RUTC Age).
All the devotions that we do in Christ’s name will move the flow of the next age and even the future (culture summit). Then we stand before God. Our true devotion will remain in our posterity and eternity.
Conclusion – Hold onto the love of God in Christ first. Look upon His power and authority. First, become the spiritual summit who connects with God. Then, you will connect with the world, church, and future. The church and the world have hope when church officers and future church officers come forth. Amy you hold onto the covenant of the church officer summit and enjoy the blessing of true devotion.
Obadiah, the Church Officer of Spiritual Summit (1 Kings 18:1-4) 1 Kings 18:1-4The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC: 2/28/2021
Elisha, the Spiritual Summit Who Enjoyed the Double Portion of the Spirit (2 Kings 2:7-14)
There is no hope but despair for the world’s future. Endless calamities and suffering will continue (mutated virus, higher prices, inflation, threats of war). This was not caused by God. They are rightful works as a result of man’s greed and corruption. They are necessary works to judge all human’s evilness and Satan behind those works. It is said that God’s judgment will come after all these events. That judgment is not the end either. After God ends all of this, there is absolute work of God to create a new heaven and earth. We are waiting for Christ to return for this reason. What do we really need during these last days where suffering and despair continue? That is the blessing of the spiritual summit. We are those who have been delivered from all calamities and judgment and will be victorious. We go forth with the covenant that will save the world (covenant journey). Therefore, there is a separate answer and blessing we who hold onto the covenant will enjoy. That is the blessing of the 237, healing and summit. God needs to make our everything into evidence in these last days for this (Acts 1:8). We will examine Elisha, another witness from the old testament who enjoyed and was used for this blessing. There was only one thing that he requested from Elijah who anointed and led him. It was the double portion of the Spirit that Elijah enjoyed.
- Why was this blessing so important?
It is the mystery to survive, be victorious and live as a witness in this age that is growing more evil. The age of Elisha was much more difficult compared to Elijah’s. People died from the ceaseless war with Aram and there were events where children were being eaten due to starvation in Samaria where the King resided (2 Kings 6:28-29).
1) God sent Christ who is the absolute answer in the last days (Hebrews 1:2).
Hold onto the conclusion that Christ had finished all problems (John 19:30). Only look upon Christ (Hebrews 12:1-2). Experience how Christ takes responsibility, guide and work with our lives (Ephesians 3:19-21). Save the 237, church, and posterity with that blessing.
2) Christ sent the Holy Spirit to fulfill this blessing (John 14:16-18).
This is the blessing of the double portion of the Spirit that Elisha enjoyed. This work of the Holy Spirit was upon special people only temporarily in the Old Testament. After Christ came, that Holy Spirit is with all those who believe eternally. This is the event of the Passover in Mark’s Upper Room. He promised the five powers (spiritual power, intellectual power, physical power, financial power, manpower) to save me, the church, age, and posterity (future).
3) Seek this blessing of the filling of the Holy Spirit in every moment, scheduled worship, and scheduled prayer (Ephesians 5:15-21).
He needed to receive God’s wisdom because evil days will continue. Drunkenness only leads to debauchery so seek the filling of the Holy Spirit. That is when praise, thanksgiving, and true love to serve each other are formed. The blessing of the throne and works that transcend time and space will take place and the answers of 237, healing, and summit will come when one enjoys the filling of the Holy Spirit.
- How did God have him enjoy this blessing?
He had Elisha follow Elijah until the moment he was called by God. Then, God had Elisha enjoy that answer from Gilgal, Bethel, Jericho, and lastly the Jordan river. We must hold onto three spiritual meanings.
1) The relationship with a spiritual leader. You must make them into those who really bless you.
Why has God raised servants of the Lord and church officers? He blessed the believers through them. What did Elisha call out to Elijah who was leaving? He called out twice, “My father!” and “The chariots and horseman of Israel” (verse 12). He acknowledged him as the closest and most precious to him.
2) This was why he went through Gilgal, Bethel, and Jericho. Discard what must be discarded. It is a fight with three obsessions.
Gilgal is the place where the Israelites were circumcised and ended the reproach of Egypt (Joshua 5:9). It is an obsession with the world. Bethel is the place where Jacob resolved to end all greed and humanism (Genesis 35:7). It is the obsession with my old self. Jericho was the strongest city among the Canaanites. Jericho was destroyed through Joshua and those who rebuilt this city would perish by generation (Joshua 6:26). It is the obsession with Satan’s wall(deceptions) that lead our lives into failure.
3) He let us know what we needed to concentrate on instead of our obsession.
Only Christ, only the kingdom of God, and only the power of the Holy Spirit are within the phrase “double portion of the Spirit.” Make time where you can absolutely concentrate (scheduled prayer). It can be only 10 minutes a day. That will connect to 24, 25, and eternity.
- What works did God do through Elisha? He fulfilled the works of 237, healing and summit of that age.
1) He even saved the nation of Aram who brought that much difficulty to Israel. That is the mystery to save the 237 nations.
① All of Aram’s military strategies to destroy Israel failed. God had Elisha to know ahead and prepare.
They would no longer be able to invade Israel as long as Elisha was there (2 Kings 6:23).
② That is the blessing of the watchman who enjoys the blessing of the throne. Angel armies move when we pray (Isaiah 62:6-7, Revelations 8:1-3).
Spiritual prayer is praying with knowing this. We must train and experience what this spiritual prayer is.
2)He healed Israel who was in despair within continuous wars and even healed the leprosy of commander Naaman of Aram.
① He didn’t have him do anything special. Elisha had him remove his clothes and bathe in the Jordan River. It meant to lay down everything that cannot be done with my strength and stand before God. That is the gospel. Then, he had him follow the word.
② This is why Jesus shared the gospel with his disciples and had them share the word (Mark 16:17-20).
They became spiritual doctors who heal empty, abandoned, and crumbling lives when they shared Christ and the word.
3) Many spiritual summits arose through Elisha.
① Numerous servants of the Lord and workers to save the age arose in Elisha’s age. That is the Dothan movement.
Elisha opened the spiritual eyes of the servant who was afraid of the Aram army through prayer at Dothan. (2 Kings 6:17).
② This is the prayer and ministry that all parents, pastors, and church officers should do for their children and remnants (mission, internship, forum).
The mission lets us know the “why” (reason to study, make money, succeed, Matthew 28:18-20). An internship is training together (2 Timothy 2:1-4). It is helping them with what I have while training together. Forum is receiving important answers and blessings and leading them to confess that everything was by His grace (1 Corinthians 15:10).
Conclusion – God promised us to enjoy the blessing of “the summit who enjoyed the double portion of the Spirit” that Elisha enjoyed in this age.
Elisha, the Spiritual Summit Who Enjoyed the Double Portion of the Spirit (2 Kings 2:7-14) 2 Kings 2:7-14The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
Elijah, the Spiritual Summit Who Prepared the Future (1 Kings 19:8-18) 2/21/2021
We hear more bad news as time goes on (mutated virus, inflation, dangers of inflation, etc.) There will be personal hardships. People experience depression because of financial difficulty and lack of outdoor activities. How should we live? Hold onto God’s absolute covenant, then we will see what God has prepared in the future. God has given us who are saved in Christ the absolute covenant. Especially the covenant of 237, healing and summit are the final (conclusion) covenants we must enjoy. This was already given during the time of Abraham who is called the ancestor of faith. “You will be a source of blessings and I will make into a great nation, and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis 12:1-3). This covenant was confirmed once again through Christ’s ascension (Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:17-20, Acts 1:8). All you have to do is believe because the covenant will be surely fulfilled. Then you will see in advance, have in advance, enjoy in advance, experience in advance everything and see what you must do in advance (CVDIP). The unbelieving summits of this world experienced this similarly despite not having the gospel. Their start and conclusion were Genesis 3 (self-centeredness), Genesis 6 (material centeredness), Genesis 11 (world centeredness). They created the Nephilim Age (an age that is controlled by darkness) and Babylon Age (age with great confusion and suffering). A virtual age like this will most likely advance the 4th Industrial Revolution Age quickly. Everything will be created by supercomputers, artificial intelligence, robots, and 3D printing. At an extreme level, humans will no longer be needed and as a result, an age of mental problems and great suffering due to spiritual problems will come. Hence, God promised us the blessing of the spiritual summit that will save, heal and lead the 237 nations. Believers can enjoy the blessing of the spiritual summit regardless of having nothing. God is with me, God blesses me, and He uses me. We will enjoy the blessing of the skill summit where small things we do become a masterpiece and eventually, we will enjoy the blessing of the culture summit where we change the flow of the age. Elijah from the passage is a model who enjoyed this blessing of the spiritual summit.
- Let us first look at the difficulties of Elijah’s age. There were already empty places, abandoned places, and dying places in that age.
There is nothing new under the sun. The appearance of problems is different by age, but the answer is the same because the cause of all is the same. We must see the empty place, abandoned place, and dying places that we must go to with the power and authority of Christ.
1) During the age of Elijah, King Ahab fell into idol worship and the people were bound by darkness (1 Kings 16:29-33).
How few answers did the king have to have worshipped idols? The word idol means “empty” or “void.” That is the work of demons (Genesis 1:2). They may show great power and strength immediately. That is why many people have fallen in this in the world of summits that move the world. It is more serious that these will be the ones who lead the 4th industrial revolution. There is no one who will give them the answer through the accurate Christ. Thus, it is an empty place. We who has the mystery of the gospel must go. They are the Remnants.
2) What is the result of idol worship? There were various disasters such as drought and continuous war with Aram (1 Kings 17:1-7).
This is the content of Revelations. There is an intense spiritual battle going on while there are great curses and calamities on earth. Forms of abandoned people and an abandoned world continue in different places.
3) Elijah got exhausted while fighting with these idol forces (1 Kings 19:1-7).
Believers and the church may get exhausted from problems and sufferings of the world continue. It is a spiritual field that is dying because there is no gospel.
- God gave him an answer during that time. Go to Mt. Horeb. That mount was called the “Mountain of God” (verse 8).
1) Why was it called the mountain of God? It is not simply a location. It was an important time and location where God gives the answer.
① When in hardship, we need Mount Horeb all the more. A time and place to concentrate on God are needed.
The mountains and rivers that the people of God in the Bible found during hardships all carried this meaning. It is an age where unbelievers concentrate on only their internal world, have a spiritual experience, and lead the world (transcendental meditation, chi movement).
② This is why we must train to concentrate on God for at least 5, 10 minutes a day (spiritual summit training).
It is the filling of the Holy Spirit that we enjoy then, and experience the five spiritual powers (spiritual power, intellectual power, physical power, manpower, financial power).
2) We are not merely concentrating. We are concentrating on at least two things.
① It is a concentration on the covenant.
Mount Horeb was where Moses met God before liberating the Israelites from Egypt and received the promise of the Canaan conquest (Exodus 3). What is the covenant we must hold onto? We are no longer lives that should be enslaved to sin, the world, and darkness. We have been liberated. Now we must stand as those who will save others like me and save the world. That is the covenant of 237, healing and summit. The blessing of the spiritual summit begins when this covenant becomes imprint, root, and nature.
② It is a concentration on God’s word.
We must listen to God’s voice and receive god’s guidance every moment. He gives us the word for this reason. Elijah stood mountain and God caused a great and powerful wind, an earthquake, and a fire after the earthquake, but God was not there (verse 11-12). However, God’s gentle whisper came after all these. A time of listening and meditating on God’s word daily and during a quiet time is more important than experiencing a mystical power and work.
3) What was the answer that God gave at that time? It was to know and prepare in advance three things that were bound to happen (verses 15-18).
This is the blessing of the spiritual summit. It is seeing, having, enjoying, experiencing, and challenging in advance the future that has God prepared. We will see the mission we must hold onto during these difficult times. There was one person who cooperated in this work. It was church officer Obadiah (1 Kings 18:3-4). He was an important servant of King Ahab (summit), and a coworker and disciple to Elijah (spiritual summit).
① He would change the king of Aram who brought so much difficulty to the Israelites and King Ahab who fell into idol worship.
Our personal problems and the problems of this age are all in God’s hands. Completely entrust it to God (Acts 1:6-7).
② He was to find and raise the spiritual leader who will lead the next age. It was Elisha.
We must pray for the pastors and evangelists who will lead the next age with spiritual power that is only becoming more difficult and devote ourselves.
③ He was to discover the 7,000 disciples that God had left behind. That is the ministry we must find that will save all 237 nations.
The answer that transcends time and space will follow at that time. That prepared person may be right by me, in my school or workplace.
Conclusion – Hold onto the accurate covenant and see the accurate future even amidst hardship. May you enjoy this blessing of the spiritual summit.
Elijah, the Spiritual Summit Who Prepared the Future (1 Kings 19:8-18) 2/21/2021 February 21, 2021The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
David, the Summit Who Enjoyed Spiritual Victory (1 Samuel 17:41-47) 2/14/2021
The saved people of God can become a spiritual summit albeit lacking in other things (academics, power, specialty, worldly status). The spiritual summit is our original form (Genesis 1:26-28), although we lost everything, it is a blessing that we restored the moment we were saved. This is the covenant that was given to the Israelites who were saved first (Deuteronomy 33:29). It says, “Happy are you!” and that God will be their shield and sword and help them. No matter how small or difficult, it is over when God helps. Our enemies will surrender, and we will tread on their heights. What kind of person is a spiritual summit? We’re not talking about someone who is merely smart, rich and has high status. It is someone who has received God’s blessing. It is someone who receives God’s help. It is someone who enjoys God’s power and victory. What does God want to do lastly? He wants to raise them as those who will proclaim who God is to the world (evangelism disciple). We have received the identity and authority to enjoy this blessing when we were saved. David from the passage is the model of this blessing. Goliath who possessed many things of this world mocked young David, but David stood with this blessing of the spiritual summit. The miracle would be Goliath not being defeated. People say the opposite and say that Goliath falling was the miracle. That is because they do not know the blessing of the spiritual summit.
- David enjoyed the blessing that God had given to him(Blessing of Salvation)
1) David is the model of all blessings. He was a person whom God had chosen, loved, and used.
David was a man of God’s heart (Acts 13:22). He hadn’t learned much, but he was someone who knew God’s heart. The poems he wrote while praying became the book of Psalms. The people loved and accepted him even when he became king. The most important blessing was that Christ came through his descendants.
2) There was something David enjoyed first for his life to be used like this way.
① He held onto the covenant that God chose him, loved him, and will use him and enjoyed it.
Romans 5:1 says, “Therefore since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” To “have (enjoy)” means that hold it precious, give thanks, and be happy.
② God gave His Son’s life because He loves me. Within that, He saved me and made me His child.
It is rightful that my whole heart goes to Him now that I know His love. When you meet the person you love, is enjoying your love for each other work and suffering? This is why David repeatedly confessed in Psalms, “I give thanks to God, I only love God, and only look upon God.”
③ This is where the skill summit and cultural summit follows. The works I do become a masterpiece and creates works that change the flow.
In Psalms 78:70-72, it says that David’s heart was faithful and everything he did with his hands was blessed.
- David enjoyed the most important blessing among all the blessings he received from God. It is the blessing of spiritual victory.
David’s whole life was a blessing of a victor. God desired to use David, so who would be offended or angry the most? Who was it that brought unjust persecution or temptation to make him fall? God led David into victory amidst all these circumstances and raised him as the spiritual summit who will save the world.
1) Evil spirits who worked upon King Saul knew ahead and fled when David played his instrument before him (1 Samuel 16:23).
If we truly know Christ and enjoy Him, the devil will know this first and flee. Later on, summits who have high status on the outside but are struggling internally will come to you (1 Samuel 16:22).
2) The fight with Goliath from the passage is a model that shows us the spiritual victory we will enjoy in our field (academia, workplace, world).
Unbelievers and those who do evil may have more possessions, much power, money, and status and mock us. David was not discouraged or frustrated by that. King Saul and others did. What was different about David?
① He went forth with the authority of the Lord’s name (verse 45). It is the assurance of the power of the throne.
This is what it means for Christ to have all the authority of heaven and earth (Matthew 28:18). Try to do everything with the authority of the Lord’s name (when praying, before problems, doing important work). He will work because you are doing it in His name, and Satan who interrupts will have no choice but to crumble.
② He went forth with the assurance that God will give Goliath into his hands (verse 46). It is the assurance of victory.
It cannot be done with my strength. However, the power that transcends time and space will take place if God allows it and works. Restore this faith and enjoy it. No trials or problems that come will matter (1 Corinthians 10:13, 15:57, Romans 16:20).
③ He said that all the earth and all those gathered will see that the Lord saves (verse 47). It is the assurance of evangelism and mission.
It is the faith that God will work because He will reveal His glory through me and save all 237 nations. To what extent did David hold onto God’s desire for evangelism, mission, and the 237 nations? His prayer and vision in his most difficult moments were this (Psalms 57:9-11 “I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.”) This is the reason for the authority of the throne and the power that transcends time and space to take place. Hold onto the covenant of spiritual victory and be triumphant in the spiritual battle. There were times of failure for David. God gave him Solomon when he repented and started anew and relays that blessing (2 Samuel 12:1-25).
- It was God’s method to train David.
1) It was the training through his father, Jesse. We must know the importance of discipline through parents.
Joseph received the absolute influence of his father Jacob (Genesis 37:11, 45:28). Samuel received absolute support from his mother Hannah. This was why the king asked David, “Whose son are you?” after David brought down Goliath (1 Samuel 17:58). It’s okay even if only one of the parents holds onto the covenant and prays. Wisdom to how to raise a child will come. The reason David came to the battlefield was because of his father Jesse’s errand (1 Samuel 17:17-18). That was God’s plan. Jesse is the grandson of Ruth who only looked upon God and held onto the covenant at a place where she had lost everything (Ruth 4:17).
2) It was the training through the Lord’s servant, Samuel. This is why the role of the Lord’s servants and church officers in the church are important.
Samuel gave worship in Jesse’s house and anointed David. The works of the Holy Spirit was upon David from that moment (1 Samuel 16:13). From then on, Samuel became David’s spiritual mentor and prayer supporter. Remnants, make it so that my parents, church officers, and the Lord’s servants will have no choice but to pray for me (Isaiah 62:6-7).
Conclusion – May you stand as the true spiritual summit who enjoys spiritual victory in this world that is filled with darkness in these last days.
David, the Summit Who Enjoyed Spiritual Victory (1 Samuel 17:41-47) 2/14/2021 February 13, 2021The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
Samuel, the Summit Who Saved the Church (1 Samuel 2:18-21) 2/07/2021
What is the first evidence that arises through the person who realizes the gospel and enjoys it? They are raised as ones who save the church (Matthew 16:18). We become the church (1 Corinthians 3:16), strengthen the sanctuary church, and become the ones who raise a church in my field. Satan will bring suffering in the world with many curses and disasters in the final days, but what is he really trying to do? He is attempting to destroy the church of Christ. All that is needed is for the church to lose hold of the gospel. 2 Timothy 3 says that believers will only love themselves, fall into division, like the things of the world, and lose hold of spiritual power. The works to raise spiritual summits whom God will use to save all 237 nations and heal them is God’s conclusion, the gospel’s conclusion, and our life’s conclusion. We must become the platform of that blessing and the church is where the platform should be. The spiritual summit that can save the church—this is the covenant that we must hold onto this week. Samuel is our model.
- What kind of works took place in the church of that age when a spiritual summit like Samuel arose?
1) We know how spiritually dark the church and spiritual leaders were when Samuel arose.
There was prophet Eli and other Levites as helpers, but they were spiritually dark, and the children were extremely corrupted (1 Samuel 2:9-30). It said that God no longer gave them the word (1 Samuel 3:1). What was the result of that? The Israelites were always oppressed by the Philistines, fell into their idols, and later on even had the Lord’s Ark captured away.
2) God chose and raised Samuel then.
God said, “I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind.” (1 Samuel 2:35). The Mizpah movement that Samuel started changed the history of Israel. Through this Samuel, a politician like David who is pleasing to God’s heart comes forth. The world will change when the church, the servants of the Lord and church officers live.
- Pay attention to Samuel’s growth process. What we must hold onto and what we must do for our posterity will be revealed in this.
“Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.” (verse 18). Pay attention to two spiritual facts.
1) Being “clothed with a linen ephod” didn’t merely mean he wore priestly clothing.
① The clothes important people wear signify their identity, power, and authority (why judges, doctors, and pastors wear gowns).
Therefore, the important thing is that those who have been baptized in Christ’s name “have clothed themselves with Christ” (Galatians 3:27). It means we are those who have been granted Christ’s authority (2 Corinthians 5:20, 1 Peter 2:9).
② The moment we believe in Christ’s name and are baptized, we have become ones with the identity and authority of a summit who can save, recreate and rule the world.
I need to first restore this identity and plant it into the Remnants. No problems and hardships become relevant to believers who have realized this identity. They are in the middle of summit training and are on the summit journey. Joseph’s life from last week was like this and today, Samuel is on that journey.
2) “Ministering before the Lord” signifies a deep relationship with God.
① He already learned how to enjoy a deep relationship with God from a young age.
What is the beginning and end to enjoying a relationship with God? Worship. Worship is the time to exalt God, look upon God, realize the deep things of God, and enjoy the grace, strength, and vision only God can give. Thus, believers must discover and enjoy everything in worship. How will you live in this world full of evil and suffering if you cannot enjoy this blessing? You will die only suffering. Hence, successful worship is success in everything, and failing worship is the failure of everything.
② What was the result of Samuel’s life who knew his identity and learned how to deeply enjoy God since he was young?
It said that Samuel grew in favor with God and other people (1 Samuel 2:26). God said that He would raise His house through Samuel (1 Samuel 2:35). God was with Samuel and none of his words fell to the ground (1 Samuel 3:19). If we and our posterity enjoy these three blessings, the life of the summit will actually come to life and evidence will come forth.
- It is the lifelong covenantal contract that Samuel and his parents held onto.
1) A covenantal contract means to privately sign on the covenant that God has given to me.
It was a resolution to place the God-given covenant deep in my heart and prayer, hold onto that, and live before God. That is called my gospel, my covenant, my oath, my mission. Examine whether I have this or not. It doesn’t matter what problems may come, neither does it matter if everything is taken or yielded. There are a separate absolute answer and absolute blessing that we will enjoy(Mark10:29-30).
2) Deeply meditate on three things while praying and form my covenantal contract before God.
① Look at the problems of this age and form my covenantal contract before God.
It’s a very difficult age. More importantly, it is an age where the gospel has been taken away. There are too many people who are suffering, afflicted, and suffering under mental illnesses even while attending church. The start is mostly from one’s own scars but eventually, there surely is Satan’s works. This is what Christ did (Isaiah 61:1). This is the reason he came as the Son of God (1 John 3:8). What is even more serious is that churches are closing down. What is my heart like before this reality? How about God’s heart? All I, who is lacking, needs is the centered heart that I will save the church and do evangelism and mission with the mystery of the unique Christ. All I need is the prayer that at least my lacking self and my child will devote ourselves to fulfill God’s will (Hannah’s vow).
② Form a covenantal contract in everything I do before God.
In my workplace, my business, hold onto the absolute reason for Christ’s power and authority that transcends time and space to take place. You can be honest and stake your life even in the smallest task. Do it before God (Coram Deo). You’re not doing it to merely succeed or compete. It is only for God’s glory (Soli Deo Gloria). There is no reason to be stressed in anything you do, and you become bold. It is because God will help you with the power that transcends time and space.
③ Form my covenantal contract with God in my failure, pain, and problem.
It is the resolution that I will only look upon God because I fail, feel pain and no one can help me. It is the resolution that I will devote myself to save others like me if the evidence is given to me. This is what was wanted from Peter who had failed (Luke 22:31-32). With this centered heart, Paul confessed that he shared the gospel with a heart that was obligated to all people (Romans 1:14).
Conclusion – Examine my identity, my worship, and my covenantal contract. May we and our posterity stand as the true summit that God has raised so that our church may go towards the 237 nations, healing, and the blessing and mission of the summit.
Samuel, the Summit Who Saved the Church (1 Samuel 2:18-21) 2/07/2021 February 6, 2021The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
Joseph, the Summit Who Recreated the Field (Genesis 39:1-5) 1/31/2021
Why do we give messages concerning the summit? It is not to simply say that we must be successful. It is because God’s interest is in the Summit. One may think, isn’t God’s interest saving all nations and all people? Yes. However, the person God raises to save all nations and all people is the summit. The Bible calls them the spiritual summit, disciple, and evangelist. Therefore, the summit the Bible discusses is not someone who is merely smart, attends a good university, or is in a high position. First, receive strength. There were more people who hadn’t gotten education than those who did and a lot more people who did not have good backgrounds or high positions (1 Corinthians 1:26-29). God raised these people as the summits of that age. Then, what was different about the summits that God raised? We will think about that, one by one, starting this week. The message this week is, “Joseph, the Summit Who Recreated the Field.” The field is the environment I live in. Joseph lived in an environment that was harder and more painful than anyone else where he couldn’t die or live. His family environment was difficult. The job he acquired in the world was a slave. He was falsely accused and went to prison. What does our environment look like? It is a world that is so corrupted and full of suffering. This is why recreation to save the field is needed. How God created Joseph into this summit is important. God is making us into one even now.
- God planted God’s absolute plan and absolute covenant in Joseph.
1) God spoke in many ways but in the last days, God spoke through Christ (Hebrews 1:1-2).
① How did He speak to Joseph? There was no recorded Word and because it was before Christ came to earth, God spoke directly through a dream (Genesis 37:5-11).
② How does He speak to us now? He speaks to us through the recorded Bible. Christ came to this earth and spoke to us and gave us a promise. That is called the covenant. Thus, we must have time to listen to the word, hold onto the world, and meditate on the word. It was God who planted the word, but we must be the ones to imprint it. We must train our thoughts centered on the covenant and the word before problems in our day-to-day life. That is the imprint training.
③ How many covenants of the summit has God given to us? It is the covenant given to us during creation (Genesis 1:27-28). The covenant that God gave to His saved people (Deuteronomy 33:29). The covenant God gave to the Israelites in the place they were taken captive (Isaiah 60:22). As Jesus resurrected and ascended, He gave an even more specific covenant of the summit. (Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-20, Acts 1:8).
2) We must discover our identity in this.
① There are so many perfectly normal people who live with a beggar and slave identity (Story of the Eaglet in Aesop’s Fable). The environment does not create my identity. The covenant that God has given to me is my identity (Ephesians 2:12).
② The answer to the problems and events we face comes out of this. Everything becomes a platform for the one who has the covenant. Nothing needs to become a scar Everything becomes a scar because you are bound by the thought that I am an unhappy person and a person who always get scarred. Why did Joseph’s mom have to pass away so early? Why did he have to be sold as a slave by his brothers and go to prison? All of that was to fulfill the covenant of the summit that God had given to Joseph (Genesis 45:8). This is called the covenant journey.
- Joseph held onto this covenant and deeply communicated with God in all environments, problems, and events.
1) There are three important verses. He overcame the environment, changed the environment, and stood as a witness there.
“And the Lord was with Joseph” (verse 2), this is “with.” “And his master saw that the Lord was with him” (verse 3), this is “Immanuel.” “The Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake” (verse 5), this is “oneness.”
2) It starts from “God is with me.”
① The important thing is, was God only with Joseph? Then why doesn’t the next thing happen to us?
It is a matter of whether I am trained to communicate with God who has given me this covenant in all my environments, problems, and events. Joseph was trained when he was young and in his youth and did this deeply in his most lonely and despairing times.
② There is no other reason for our lonely and difficult time. It is for you to enjoy deep time with God.
It is a time to imprint the faith that believers in the covenant, God’s absolute plan, God’s absolute power deep in my soul. This is why we must have deep time (scheduled prayer, time of concentrated prayer).
3) God’s absolute power, the power of the throne, that transcends time and space will be revealed in that time. The works of recreation come forth from that.
God sent Joseph before a king in God’s time schedule. The king acknowledged his spiritual depth (Genesis 41:38). Joseph was sold as a slave at the age of 17, and he was 30 years old here. This is why middle and high school, and the young adult period is important.
- Joseph’s decision in problems and incidents. The life of a summit and the 62 points of the life of an evangelist is what comes from this.
A time to decide will always come in the field we live in. Joseph could have chosen despair while living as a slave. He could have chosen the temptation of Potiphar’s wife. He could have used humanism and be freed from prison much earlier.
1) Train the ten standards of making decisions as a summit. This is the preparation of our vessels to place the blessings of the summit.
Look only upon God and stand alone. Stand before the absolute fact. Break the frame of one’s thoughts. Create a synergy of being together. Choose a crisis and make it into an opportunity. Yield and be triumphant, challenge to the summit, enjoy the wilderness and always seek God’s will.
2) Because we are people who need to receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit, do not be urgent or hasty but wait in faith (Hebrews 6:12).
Holding onto God’s promise and waiting until you are sure that is God’s permission is faith. People become urgent because they try to earn money quickly, be successful quickly, and solve problems quickly. However, they are being deceived by Satan.
3) Whatever you do, first choose the time to receive spiritual strength. My nature will change when I have strength from God.
The time of worship, listening to the message, and receive training is important. The commonality is that it is all times to receive spiritual strength. Wait for the works of the Holy Spirit at that time and pray for the filling of the Holy Spirit. The filling of the Holy Spirit is everything. It is promised (Acts 1:8). I get deceived by myself, by the world, and by the devil if I do not have spiritual strength.
Conclusion – The God who chose Joseph, trained him, and raised him as the summit who recreated the field is our God. We are people who will be used as the true summit and spiritual summit who need to make works of recreation happen in all our environments and fields.
Joseph, the Summit Who Recreated the Field (Genesis 39:1-5) 1/31/2021 January 31, 2021The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
The Empty Places of the Summit of Me and Us (Acts 27:20-25) 1/24/2021
What does summit mean? A king or president who represents and leads a country or a commissioned ambassador from a foreign country is called a summit. There is tremendous meaning when we are called ambassadors for Christ in 2 Corinthians 5:20. Various thoughts went through my head while watching the inauguration of the 46th president. It was probably slightly depressing watching that there needed to be a presence of protection of more than 20,000 soldiers during the presidential inauguration. How anxious would the people being inaugurated have felt? Does perfect reign truly exist in a world ruled by humans? Hence, it made me think that we must pray and evangelize for the kingdom of God to truly take place (Matthew 24:14). On one part, it also made me think that politicians should come forth among remnants and stand in those places like remnant Joseph and David or be raised like Abraham Lincoln as politicians who possess God’s answer.
- God’s interest is in these summits.
Why? Because they move the world and the people of God need to live in that world. However, the problem is that Satan is moving the rulers and authorities of this world and the world of darkness (Ephesians 6:12). This is why it says to pray for the rulers and people in high positions. It is because that is how we can live our walk of faith peacefully (1 Timothy 2:2).
1) Why did Paul face a storm on his way to Rome evangelism?
Evangelist Paul knew that this ship should not have set sail. However, no one listened to him (verse 10-11). The owner of the ship (significant businessman), captain (specialist), and a Roman centurion (significant man of power) would not listen to Paul who was a prisoner. In the same matter, all people will suffer if the summits who hold positions and power are wrongly chosen.
2) What did the end of King Saul, who was internally afflicted and sought to protect his authority rather than God’s will, look like?
How many people of God, including David and Samuel, suffer at that time? How much did Elijah and all the people suffer because of King Ahab and his wife, Isabel, who worshipped idols? They went through severe famine because it did not rain for 3 years and 6 months (1 Kings 18). Elijah was exhausted from fighting (1 Kings 19). It is recorded that when Paul evangelized, a sorcerer moved the deputy of a country (Acts 13). If a politician does not listen to God and the people and listens to a sorcerer, what would happen to that nation and people?
3) God wants us who have the gospel to pray for them and give them the answer.
That is the role of a spiritual watchman. God surely works when we pray (Isaiah 62:6-7). What would happen to the world if we who have the light fails to shine it? Think of a street without streetlights or a harbor without a lighthouse. This is why we should evangelize and raise gifted remnant individuals and prepare for the future.
- With what power and strength can we save them?
It is the spiritual power and authority that God has given to us. The moment I accept Christ, His power and authority are with me (Matthew 28:18-20). We already have this blessing.
1) This is why we are called a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9).
① Spirits of darkness may move the world, but we are a spiritual king who is triumphant in the fight against them with the prayer that holds onto the authority of Christ’s name.
We are spiritual priests who can share the gospel with people who hide their affliction, heal them, and deliver them. We are spiritual prophets who can tell them the way to meet God and what the kingdom of God is.
② This is where I discover what I should live for and how I should live my life.
People live according to their identity. If a person is held by thoughts that think “I’m poor,” or “I’m unhappy,” then that person will live in that level. “God has blessed me.” “I have everything” (2 Corinthians 6:9-10). There is nothing to envy in the world and no reason to follow it.
2) God has also given us the lifelong answer.
① God has freed us from all curses, suffering, and fate in Christ (Romans 8:1-2).
God will surely change our life into a life of blessing and witness (Romans 8:28). Thus, it is only Christ.
② God has given us the heavenly background.
We live in this world but we don’t belong to it. Satan tries to lead us into failure and suffering, but we simply need to fight the spiritual battle (Matthew 12:28). Thus, it is only the kingdom of God.
③ It does not matter even if we have no power.
God promised us His power (Acts 1:8). Thus, it is only the power of the Holy Spirit. The 62 points of the life of an evangelist are what comes from this. He has given us the answer to saving myself and the world.
3) But why does it not work for us? Why are we always conflicted, in failure, and discouraged?
① There isn’t a time to concentrate on this given identity, authority, and lifelong answer.
There is no time to change the scars, worldly and physical roots, habits, and nature set up for failure in me.
② Works will arise if you take even just 10 minutes after waking up and 10 minutes before bed to concentrate on God.
There must be a time to confirm my identity, covenant, and pulpit message, receive strength and discover my mission. It will continuously be difficult without time or strength to concentrate. Living a hectic life is not God’s will. Train until it becomes a habit, routine, and system. That is why physical training is of some value but godliness has value for all things and holds promise for both the present life and the life to come (1 Timothy 4:8).
③ Train three concentrations.
A timely concentration that makes my own quiet time (peaceful time, time of leisure), actual/realistic concentration that enjoys God’s grace and power before important works on an average day or problems (deep time, and concentration for the future in which you meditate with your CVDIP (time of seeing the future in advance, holding onto it, and enjoying it).
- We must make summits as we look into the future and commission them into the world.
The more important the work will be, we must prepare them from a young age. The remnant ministry and RUTC ministry is what we do for this.
1) We must conduct three balanced leader training from a young age. The church must do it as well but the start should be in the family.
Talen training (Romans 12:3, there surely is a God-given talent). Spirituality training (1 Corinthians 12:10-12, training to enjoy the deep things of God), and personality training (Luke 2:52, Acts 6:3, it is being loved and appreciated by people). David of Psalm 78:70-72 is a representative figure who grew up like this.
2) Keep in mind the six tools to raise a gifted individual and continue. (leverage, content, transmission, platform, masterpiece, outsourcing).
Conclusion – Why is it called empty places? It is a place that does not have the gospel. It is an answer only us who have the gospel can give and a work only we can do. We are spiritual ambassadors for Christ. May you become believers who find me, my blessing, and my mission.
The Empty Places of the Summit of Me and Us (Acts 27:20-25) 1/24/2021 January 23, 2021The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
My and Our 237 and Healing (Mark 16:15-20) 1/17/2021
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the word “healing” has become an urgent matter. What is worse than the disease itself is the fact that there are many people who suffer and lost their lives without having the change to be healed. Not only physical diseases, but also mental diseases becoming so much more prevalent. Where do endless anxiety, loneliness, and disputes come from? They come from mental illnesses, but in a deeper sense, they are spiritual problems. King Saul from the Bible is a representative case. He suffered on his own and later took his own life during the war.
- Who can fundamentally heal our lives’ suffering and diseases? It is God himself.
1) He created life, and the absolute sovereignty over our life and death belongs to Him.
① All of mankind’s diseases began when we became separated from God. Only the Bible reveals this to us.
Before Adam’s fall, there was no such thing as a disease. Diseases do not exist in heaven (Revelations 21:4).
② Mankind separated from God and began committing sins, and the result of those sins are the pain of diseases.
That is why it says that when we realize our sins, repent, and pray a true prayer of faith, our illnesses will be healed (James 5:15-16).
③ The Bible says that in the background of it all, Satan is working to drag mankind into such suffering.
Of course, there are accidents, stress, and genetic diseases. A little bit of consolidation, hope, and medication can bring healing. But in the Bible, when Peter’s mother-in-law became ill, Jesus rebuked the fever as he healed her (Luke 4:39). This indicates that there are spirits of darkness working inside illnesses. Demons can directly work and possess someone, and sometimes that can manifest as different sicknesses. Bible records that Jesus healed a mute who was possessed by demons (Luke 11:14) and a lady who could not straighten her back for 18 years from demon possession (Luke 13:10-13). The person who recorded these cases in detail in the book of Luke was a doctor named Luke. He was a doctor whose spiritual eyes were open.
2) The reason God sent Christ was to give us this blessing of healing.
① The reason Christ died on the cross was to heal us (Isaiah 53:5).
He bore our transgressions and sins (healing of the soul), gave peace to our troubled and suffering hearts (healing of the heart), and died to heal all the diseases that come with all our problems (physical healing).
② Long-imbedded scars of our hearts can bring depression, addiction, and other mental illnesses. Christ came to heal those hearts that are hurt (Isaiah 61:1).
That is why Jesus called himself the doctor that heals lives (Luke 5:31-32).
- God has entrusted the work of healing diseased lives and the world to us, who know and enjoy this Christ.
The world is filled with problems that are unsolvable without Christ. He will use us as spiritual doctors.
1) When Jesus sent his 12 disciples, he gave them this authority (Matthew 10:8).
He also gave this power when he sent 70 lay-people disciples (Luke 10:9, 19). He sent them to give the gospel, heal the wounded, and drive out demons. With what authority? Christ’s authority (1Peter 2:9).
2) What signs did the passage say will follow those who believe in this authority?
Do not doubt, but just go and give the accurate answer of Christ. Demons will flee, our words will show power, even if we drink deadly poison, we will not be harmed, and when we pray for the sick, there will be works of healing. The covenant must become our imprint, root, and nature until this authority and power of Christ can be revealed through us.
3) That is when God will give His accurate word. Meditate and organize that word of God and share it. The word will work (Hebrews 4:12).
Why? It is because the Word is God himself, and that word became flesh and made his dwelling among us (John 1:1, 14). That is why when the disciples went out and shared this word, Christ was with them and gave them evidence through the signs that followed (19-20).
- How will we heal 237 nations and its people?
1) First, heal yourself and receive evidence to stand as a witness. Challenge toward your own life’s healing.
① What sickness of your spirit, heart, body, or habits do you have? In this evil world, there is no choice for us but to go through illnesses.
Even evangelist Paul had a thorn of his own. Because he was weak, he looked to Christ even deeper (2 Corinthians 12:8-9).
② Because we are weak, we must be in 24. Experiencing God’s power is 25. We are looking to the authority and power of the throne (eternity).
It is an opportunity. We may experience that the disease disappears, or we overcome it with ease. That will become evidence.
③ We must hold onto the reason and build up our health in our everyday lives.
We must establish balance and routine in our lives so God can use us (prayer, food, breathing, exercise).
2) We must heal the church and receive strength to do healing ministry.
① A church that has spiritual strength – it is our prayer (Matthew 18:18-20).
② A church that the authority and power of the throne undoubtedly works upon – it is our evangelism and missions (Matthew 28:19-20).
③ A church in which the Word is living and active – it is up to us to correctly hold onto the word (1Thessalonians 2:!3).
3) Us as individuals and us as the church will stand firm and heal this age.
This is God’s conclusion. When Christ returns, this is the blessing that will be fulfilled in the new heaven and earth (Revelations 22:1-2).
① The 7 remnants healed the age with the answer.
It may seem like Joseph was sold as a slave, but God sent Joseph as the healer of Egypt. David’s praise and psalms he wrote in meditation was used to heal the king and the age.
② May we pray for remnant healing training, healing concentration training, healing mission home, and healing center.
We must have specialists in every field arise (meditation, breathing, food, exercise, medical specialist). Even just one remnant like the “beloved doctor Luke” (Colossians 4:14) can heal this age.
Conclusion – Only Christ can heal all creation and life, and he desires to heal us to heal the world. May we enjoy this blessing of healing first and be used as spiritual doctors in the empty fields that are in need of the gospel.
My and Our 237 and Healing (Mark 16:15-20) 1/17/2021 January 16, 2021