2023.06.17 Core - God’s Kingdom That Has Come Upon Me (Acts 1:3)
After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
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The Age of Friday, Saturday, & Sunday + Core + Church + WRC
We need to connect our age of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with Core Training. And now, we need to receive the actual answer of gathering in your church so that you can do forum. This will connect with the World Remnant Conference. Thus, we’ll tour churches and have worship in places that can be the center of Core Training and hold WRC. Remnant-centered praise should be prepared as much as possible. And we need forum time for businesspeople,
church officers, and pastors to participate and strengthen them.
「God's Kingdom That Has Come Upon Me」 (Acts 1:3) 〔25〕
What answer should we receive? This is the best answer and the fundamental of answers. Receiving various answers is essential, but “God's kingdom that has come upon me” is more important. God’s Kingdom is the most vital blessing for the church officers' businesses. This isn’t someone's story; it's not my story; it's what Jesus said. Jesus said this from the beginning. Someone asked, "How can we pray?"
Jesus replied, "May Your Kingdom come." He also left these (Acts 1:3) words behind at the end. He explained the works pertaining to God’s Kingdom for 40 days. Well then, why should we enjoy the age of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and these blessings?
▣ Introduction_ Mystery = [The Throne] = [Prayer] = The Kingdom
There’s a mystery no one teaches you. This world can't teach these. These are “The Throne’s Blessing and Power.”
Hence, we know prayer when we know this part. Help Remnants know what prayer is. For that, church officers must receive this blessing first during the age of Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday. Well, this doesn't mean, "We must experience it." Instead, "It’s essential." That's because all of you aren’t only God's children but also the main figures of this movement in this age. So, you must receive this blessing rightfully. Let the posterity know this. Today, the parents ofRLS and RGS praised together. It was amazing. I received grace. It was good enough to perform at The Seoul Arts Center. I received so much grace. Prayer and meetings must occur in your church's Core Training service. If so, when this prayer to enjoy the throne turns into my answer, we call it "The Kingdom." Isn't that so? Then, we need to confirm it.
1. The Kingdom That God Has Given
What is the background of the kingdom given by God?
1) Genesis 1:27
It’s to restore this first: God's image. Well, we call this a human. If this part doesn’t exist, it’s an animal. Animals don't have God's image. Therefore, if those who don't know God and prayer succeed, they’ll unconditionally behave like animals. There’s no exception. So, you don't need to feel sad about wars breaking out worldwide or what politicians do. They don't have a choice. Everybody becomes like that.
Food, clothing, and shelter are everything to them. They need to make a living. It’ll get worse later. People become like animals. They’ll be ugly because they’re like animals.
What is a human? A human is the one with the image of God.
2) Genesis 1:28
Receive this blessing and enjoy the blessing of conquering and ruling. This is the kingdom that God has given.
3) Genesis 2:7 (Infinity)
And God gives unlimited and unimaginable power to me.
It's slightly different but still crucial. In fact, they’re the same in the end. God gave humans this (infinity). If God works upon me, infinite works will arise. There’s something that doctors without the Gospel don’t know. Because they don’t have the Gospel. There are many doctors like that.
They don’t understand the spiritual power that has come upon us which can save our bodies and everything else.
Infinite power exists there. It’ll appear when it goes into our Remnants.
4) Acts 2:17-18
From that moment, this will be restored. Even though it has been stolen, it’ll be restored because Jesus resolved the problem.
2. The Kingdom of Satan
There’s the kingdom made by Satan, as well. We should catch onto this quickly.
1) Genesis 3:4-5
This began here. This started here because man fell into temptation here.
2) Genesis 6:4-5
And as you know, this happened.
3) Genesis 11:1-8
Three remarkable events happened on earth: the Garden of Eden, the Flood of Noah, and the Tower of Babel.
(Now)
More importantly, this is ongoing. So, we need to teach how to defeat this and enjoy blessings.
3. The Three Kingdoms
For that, we must know it hasn't gone away. It came to appear as the three kingdoms.
1) The Kingdom of The World
It’s the kingdom of the world.
2) The Kingdom of Satan (John 16:11-14, 1 Corinthians 4:4-5)
It’s the kingdom of Satan.
3) God’s Kingdom
And, it’s God's Kingdom. These three co-exist now.
Initially, there was only God’s Kingdom. Thus, we need to pray by knowing the principle. Initially, there was only the Kingdom, but the kingdom of Satan began to work before you were born. Those who know this can't have self-assertions because they originated from "myself." They thought it was theirs, but they became the Nephilim. And, they felt that they had succeeded, but it was the Tower of Babel. They are still doing it. This is Satan's goal. It continues because Satan's unseen goal is to destroy you. Thus, the kingdom of the world only cares about food, clothing, and shelter. Yes, they’re only concerned about the necessities of life. But in John 16:11-14, there’s a dreadful explanation.
Satan pretends to be the king of the world. 1 Corinthians 4:4-5 doesn't state, "god." Instead, it states, "The god of this age."
Three kingdoms co-exist like this. Well, that's why God gave us a meaningful answer. And that's why Jesus spoke about God's Kingdom for 40 days. He didn't mention it in passing.
He said it again in Matthew 6:10. In Matthew 10:7, again,
He states, "What is evangelism? Preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near,'" when He sent the disciples. And in Acts 1:3 and 1:8, He explained this again in His last pulpit.
That wasn’t the end. According to Revelations 21:1-22:21, it’s the prepared background toward the perfect throne where we’ll go someday. It’s this battle.
▣ Main_ The Establishment of the Disciples’ Identities
Once experienced, the person becomes a disciple, and the person's identity is established. It’s enough to experience it once. If you experience it when you’re young, God's work will begin throughout your life, like David. He experienced this in childhood. He experienced the power of God's Kingdom. So, he had no fear. You must do this. Do this in church. It's an opportunity. Other dominations must do this, but they may not do it. It's not that they don't, but they won't be able to. If they do, it's better. Whether others do it or not isn’t the problem. We now must do something that’s the most important in the Bible. What has happened until now is the introduction. Now the main point has begun. Even until Jesus was crucified, it was the introduction. He was resurrected and said. In my spiritual eyes, most believers end up wandering in the introduction. Isn't that so? When the main part began, they lost everything. Most trained people are the same. If you look at people who don't do well, there’s a characteristic that they start with in the introduction and ends it all, and they can't get into the main part. It’s spiritually vital. The Pharisees reacted with great disapproval to Jesus' words. Why? Why did they show such a negative attitude? It’s because they didn't know it. They had different souls. They didn't know it. Jesus said, "God's Kingdom." They had no idea what it meant. So, they began to act desperately.
However, Rome evangelization took place no matter how desperate the Pharisees were.God’s Kingdom That Has Come Upon Me [25]
That's why I used the term "25." This is another level. Our Remnants must experience it. If so, everything, including studying, will be resolved. It’s the establishment of the disciple's identity.
1. Nothing to Fear
At this time, there’s nothing to fear for disciples. People may fear, right? "Oh my! What if my business goes wrong?"
Yes, they fear. "What should I do if something happens to the company?" Yes, it’s scary. "I’m not good at studying. What shall I do?" Yes, it's dreadful. However, fear is no longer needed. From the moment you enjoy this blessing, you’ll begin to see it clearly. If you can see it, you don't need to fear. You fear when you can't see anything. We feel anxious if we can't see the road because of the fog when we ride in a car. “Accidents can happen anywhere.” But, you just go where you can see the road. This is particularly important.
The characteristics of the disciples after seeing this, the disciples had never been shaken. You should be just like this, not because they were great but because they could see.
What do you see?
1) Matthew 28:16-20
You can see this. What is it? You’ll realize what the authority in Heaven and on earth is; who possesses it; to whom God gave it, and you can see the transcendence of time and space. "Go and make disciples of all nations." You can do this through prayer. Therefore, I plan to give you 8 lessons during Leader Retreat. Eight lessons will be divided into four lecture times. I’ll try to talk about everything once I can. Of course, God must work first if you’re able to pray.
But I’ll stand as a witness anyway. That's not because I’m great. That's what other level religions do. For us, it doesn't matter how great I am. I just saw it. People tend to behave at an unbeliever's level. "The Pharisees vs. people gathered in Mark's upper room. Who’s greater?" If someone asks that,
the Pharisees are better. You can't lead your walk of faith like that. The Pharisees hadn’t seen this. It wasn’t, "I use weak people," but "I saw it although I’m weak." Paul was a well-educated person, but he hadn't known this. He saw it later. He never shook from that moment. Jesus could’ve said, "All power in Heaven and on earth..." Instead, He said, "All authority in Heaven and on earth has been given to me."
2) Mark 16:15-20
He also explained the method. He said, "In my name." He gave us the key. “Cast out evil spirits in my name." "Cure patients in my name." When we pray in His name,” when they drink deadly poison“ means, "I’ll protect you." That's what He said.
3) Acts 1:8
And, He explained the power and showed the future.
Once power is revealed, you can see the future. “Jerusalem”:
Save the church first. “Judea”: Save your neighborhood first. “Samaria”: Save people who’ve fallen into the wrong places.
“To the ends of the earth”: Go to Rome. Everything came out as written. You must experience these. You need to make up your mind. Church officers are more important. You must decide, “Right. I should receive this blessing, rightfully.”
Why? Because you aren’t unbelievers. It’s said, "We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us."
When Paul said that, what was the previous story? He asked, "Where is the wise man in this world?" And he asked, "Is he wiser than God?" He asked, "Where is the scholar?" And he said, "God called us that we may understand what God has freely given us."
2. You've Received Everything
Now, disciples don’t seek any profit because you know that you've received everything. This is important. You don't need any profit if you’ve received real answers. Why?
You've already received everything. When I see this world evangelization, works occur wherever I go. Some pastors may feel the same way. You've got it all. There’s nothing to worry about. You don't need to worry about money. You've got it all. Now our Remnants should become like that. You have no fear wherever you go. Why? You know what authority is. You already know the future. A 100 percent of unbelievers are fighting for their profit. We shouldn't be at that level. We've already achieved it. So, Jesus said.
1) Matthew 6:10 (Prayer)
This is prayer. You've got it all.
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2) Matthew 10:7 (Evangelism)
As I told you before, this is evangelism. I'm telling you this.
I'm telling you that God’s Kingdom has come. Therefore, you've got it all.
3) Acts 1:3 (Mission), Acts 19:8
This is a mission. Hold onto this if you can see, and wait if this doesn't come. Run if you can see this. Challenge when you can see this but are in a tough situation. Paul understood these words. Acts 19:8 states, "He spoke boldly arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God." He'd received it all. Absolutely, this isn’t an illusion. You must be like this. If it starts with the answer of “25,” there will be a lot of people who can't understand me, honestly. They can't understand. It isn’t even fun. Indeed, it isn’t fun because they can't understand. Well, let me ask you something. "Should the sermon touch my heart or not?" This question needs to be corrected. Moses' sermon didn't touch the Israelites at all. Isn't that so? That's why you make mistakes. You should realize what God wants. Right? You must figure out what God has given to you. Perceiving what touches your heart is wrong. Then, you have to be touched by it according to your level and doctrine. It makes no sense. That in itself is wrong from the start. It’s hard to understand, isn't it? My sermon is difficult, but I can't make it easier. Why? It’s because I can't lie. Jesus' words were difficult. Not a single Pharisee could understand. The Pharisees, who had studied so much, couldn't understand, but Paul did. All you have to do is to understand it. You can trust God’s Word. The Holy Spirit will help you understand.
3. Much More Still Remains
Disciples refrain from jumping to conclusions. They know that much more still remains. Right?
1) Acts 11:19
After the persecution, they gathered and established the Church at Antioch because they had already known something and because more remained. Those Pharisees weren’t wise, so they thought it was over. “Ah, those people...now it's over.” However, it was just the beginning.
2) Acts 13:1-4
Well, how could this happen? At last, what happened?
They should've been enslaved, but they didn't need to be.
Why were they taken prisoners and colonized? It was because they didn't do missions’ work. That's why they became like that. It seems like bygones, so we may say, "Oh, I guess so."
But this was a shocking scene. Simply put, it was the first time after God proclaimed His Word. Everything else was forced to go. You must have this experience.
3) Acts 16:6-10
Therefore, a closing door opens up more opportunities for you. "I prayed, but no answer." No. The best thing takes place at that time. It’s the transcendence of time and space.
While you are praying here, God is bound to work in your workplace...the transcendence of time and space. If you don't believe in this, you’ll never know what intercessory prayer is. You’re sitting in church without doing anything, but God works in your workplace by sending the heavenly army. While King Hezekiah was praying, God sent an angel who annihilated 185,000 soldiers in the camp of the Assyrian king. How scientific is it? When God calls people,
He calls in that manner: everyone is called by God. God also called Herod that way. You must enjoy the answer. So, true disciples who see that never jump to conclusions. "Oh no! It must be persecution. We’re in trouble!" No. "What? All doors for evangelism are closed." No. The real one is still left. A man in Paul's vision begged Paul, "...to Macedonia." This is the answer that you’ll receive.
4) The Synagogue
So, it’s the significant synagogue.
5) Rome
It was the more important target: to Rome. Things were done like this. So, this is extremely important. Let them understand prayer properly. Let them receive answers to prayer. Let them know what prayer is. Then, God's works are bound to be fulfilled.
▣ Conclusion_ 〔The Things of God〕
This is the conclusion. What I possess doesn't help you because you must receive greater answers. Why? Mine doesn't help. My thoughts don't help. "By the things of God." This must be realized. If so, all churches in the world can stop fighting. If not, they’ll fight until the Second Coming. There’s a way to avoid fighting. Closing the doors of churches is a solution. That's why so many churches are closing. I’ll tell you more details in tomorrow's worship regarding the completion of the church building, but it’s so messed up out there. Seoul is full of pastors who don't carry out pastoral duties. What kind of crime should this be? What crime is this? It's weird. What if the president always goes hiking without carrying out his presidential duties? What is a soldier doesn’t guard the army and just deserts his post?
What kind of crime should that be? Seriously, this becomes serious. Because it's so hard, countless pastors work as couriers and drivers. A pastor was working as a courier and went in with a package and left it there. He could’ve just left it in front of the door, but somehow the door opened.
He encountered this church member. The pastor came with a delivery package. I understand. How frustrating would it have been to have done such a thing? It's a mess right now. Because financial difficulties are so severe, pastors join pyramid-scam organizations, which are like swindlers.
This is a crime that’ll shake the entire world. Right? We must teach the correct Gospel and prayer. Isn't that so?
How tragic this is! There are countless people to be saved.
They’re waiting for salvation, but the church doesn't work.
This isn’t something to be taken lightly. You really need to receive answers for this. These are also the recipients who need to be saved. We argue about everything and fight in church. It's all because of "my things." That's because it's my level. We must free ourselves from our own levels. What’s
the difference between believers and unbelievers? We must follow God's level. Right? My level is Buddhism. I become Buddha. Your level is a religion. You cultivate yourself religiously. Your level is the 3 organizations...the Nephilim, but we aren’t. We must do everything by God's power, God's
level, and God's standard. This is the conclusion of prayer.
What is the conclusion of prayer? It’s the things of God. If you believe in it, God will work. Jesus said, "It will be done just as you believed it would." Thus, I’ll try to speak about something really important during the Leader Retreat, but I don't know how much God will open the door. I can do
nothing if you don't understand, even if I explain. I won’t teach or explain. I’ll stand as a witness and speak, but our Remnants must gain the real power of prayer this time.
Let’s pray.
Prayer
Dear God, we give thanksgiving to You. Help us to see the both things that belong to You and Your power to save the world. In Jesus Christ's name, we pray. Amen.
