May 9, 2020 (Sat.)
Renewal Toward Experience and Evangelism
Acts 1:8 │ “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
♬Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #498 Rescue the Perishing (Unified Hymn #275)
[Message Video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC05NZCnzhw&list=PLOCBKggOTU7yqOj4BUIgI_1Yx-MldYCO-&index=18
God has given you, His child, the power of the Gospel. He has also granted eternal blessings called evangelism and missions that others cannot fathom. How can your heart and mind be connected to His covenant to experience true evangelism and renewal?
1. Mark’s Upper Room and the Experience of the Gospel
In the Early Church, 3,000 disciples arose in Mark’s upper room(Acts 2:41). Even in the midst of great persecution, the Word movement spread throughout all regions of Jerusalem through church officers(Acts 6:7). Doors of evangelism were opened in Samaria, and even the Ethiopian eunuch received salvation(Acts 8:4~34). The field was revived through a female disciple named Tabitha(Acts 9:36~43), and great disciple movements of experiencing the Gospel spread in every region.
2. The Antioch Church and the Renewal of Evangelism
If you are within the true evangelism movement, then even persecutions become great blessings(Acts 11:19). If you face crises when relaying the Gospel, greater opportunities of answers will emerge(Acts 12:1~25). You must solely hold onto “only Gospel” to solve the problems that nobody can solve(Acts 13, 16, and 19). This is the reason why Saul the persecutor of Christians was renewed as Missionary Paul who boldly went to Rome(Acts 19:21, 23:11, and 27:24).
God has called you as an evangelist, Satan will have no choice but to kneel down before the feet of those(patrons, fellow workers, and host) who experience the Gospel and renew for the sake of true evangelism(Romans 16:17~20). The covenantal blessing that has been prepared for long ages past will be revealed as eternal answers. If you just renew yourself for the sake of the biblical evangelism movement, God will open great doors of evangelism.
[Covenantal Prayer] Dear God, may this be the day when I renew myself for the sake of evangelism and missions of experiencing the correct Gospel. In Jesus Christ’s name I pray. Amen.
Regional Evangelism Disciple Training Message / December 26, 2019
[Deep Questions] Q. What Is the One and Only Experience?
I went to a church in Busan as an associate pastor. Nearby, there was a building with a front yard. That building was the Sam Hwa dormitory. But what was going on? Not a single person from the dormitory attended church.
I somehow happened to sit in the residential office of the dormitory. I preached the Gospel on the microphone. Over three hundred people wanted to do Bible study. Among those who had gathered, I met numerous young adults who possessed pure faith.
It’s fine not to receive any answers at all. Just once in your life, experience the real evangelism movement where God works!
“And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.” Acts 13:48
