15. October. 2019. Tuesday Prayer Journal
The People Who Saved the World
Acts 1:14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
♬Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #488 My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less (#539 in the previous version)
[Message Video] https://youtu.be/4HPFNfVL-v8
Regardless of how great a person is, if he does not receive salvation, he will be held captive by Satan, do his works, and eventually die. However, a child of God who has been saved will fulfill God’s will at the decisive moment and then, go to heaven. God calls you who will save the world as the “stump” or Remnant. Through your life, he will also raise the Remnant who will save the age. This “stump” grows into a tree and eventually forms a forest with other trees. This is called world evangelization. Through the Remnant, God will heal the age that has broken down because of spiritual problems and disasters. What are three key points that you must not lose hold of in order to do this work?
1. Power
The Early Church enjoyed the power that came from above. God has given this power to you, too, who know and have held onto His covenant. The Early Church realistically enjoyed the works of the Three Feasts. God completely fulfilled the covenant of Christ who finished everything and the answer of His Kingdom that He gave on the Mt. of Olives in Mark’s upper room. Conversely, if you do not enjoy Christ, God’s Kingdom, and the filling of the Holy Spirit, you cannot save the world. God only uses those who have this strength for His work.
2. A Message - Strength
When you receive God’s covenant as your message, you can experience the strength that God gives. The believers who held onto the His covenant as their message and gathered in the Early Church were witnesses(Acts 1:14). And, according to the covenant, the power like fire and wind that nobody could block was revealed(Acts 2:1~4). At that time, God’s Word began to be fulfilled(Acts 2:14~17). In other words, those disciples saw the future that God would lead them to.
3. Change – God’s Kingdom
When you enjoy the power from above and receive God’s covenant as your message, the age will change through you. If God’s Kingdom comes upon your field, everything will change. After receiving the mission of God’s Kingdom, the believers of the Early Church had no other excuses or reasons not to go “all in” concerning Christ, God’s Kingdom, and only Holy Spirit. They knew the real reason which was to go “all out” and save those outside the Gospel. As a result, they began to heal the world. Finally, they possessed a different reason to save Rome which was “all change.” Likewise, when God’s reason becomes yours, the age will be saved through your life.
[Prayer of the Evangelist] Dear God, fill me with Your power from above and let Your Word become my message in order to make me a person of power.
Hong Kong Evangelism Conference, Lecture 1 / June 6, 2019
[Bible Reading] 1 Peter 3
[Gospel Memory Verse] Jeremiah 33:2~3
Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it—the LORD is his name: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
The People Who Saved the World
Acts 1:14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
♬Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #488 My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less (#539 in the previous version)
[Message Video] https://youtu.be/4HPFNfVL-v8
Regardless of how great a person is, if he does not receive salvation, he will be held captive by Satan, do his works, and eventually die. However, a child of God who has been saved will fulfill God’s will at the decisive moment and then, go to heaven. God calls you who will save the world as the “stump” or Remnant. Through your life, he will also raise the Remnant who will save the age. This “stump” grows into a tree and eventually forms a forest with other trees. This is called world evangelization. Through the Remnant, God will heal the age that has broken down because of spiritual problems and disasters. What are three key points that you must not lose hold of in order to do this work?
1. Power
The Early Church enjoyed the power that came from above. God has given this power to you, too, who know and have held onto His covenant. The Early Church realistically enjoyed the works of the Three Feasts. God completely fulfilled the covenant of Christ who finished everything and the answer of His Kingdom that He gave on the Mt. of Olives in Mark’s upper room. Conversely, if you do not enjoy Christ, God’s Kingdom, and the filling of the Holy Spirit, you cannot save the world. God only uses those who have this strength for His work.
2. A Message - Strength
When you receive God’s covenant as your message, you can experience the strength that God gives. The believers who held onto the His covenant as their message and gathered in the Early Church were witnesses(Acts 1:14). And, according to the covenant, the power like fire and wind that nobody could block was revealed(Acts 2:1~4). At that time, God’s Word began to be fulfilled(Acts 2:14~17). In other words, those disciples saw the future that God would lead them to.
3. Change – God’s Kingdom
When you enjoy the power from above and receive God’s covenant as your message, the age will change through you. If God’s Kingdom comes upon your field, everything will change. After receiving the mission of God’s Kingdom, the believers of the Early Church had no other excuses or reasons not to go “all in” concerning Christ, God’s Kingdom, and only Holy Spirit. They knew the real reason which was to go “all out” and save those outside the Gospel. As a result, they began to heal the world. Finally, they possessed a different reason to save Rome which was “all change.” Likewise, when God’s reason becomes yours, the age will be saved through your life.
[Prayer of the Evangelist] Dear God, fill me with Your power from above and let Your Word become my message in order to make me a person of power.
Hong Kong Evangelism Conference, Lecture 1 / June 6, 2019
[Bible Reading] 1 Peter 3
[Gospel Memory Verse] Jeremiah 33:2~3
Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it—the LORD is his name: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.