We must know the solution to the problems of the past




2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!




Hymn for Scheduled Worship: Korean/English Hymnal #186 ‘I Hear Thy Welcome Voice’ 




 
 Why do problems continue to come even as we live our Christian walks? Problems come because we have failed to properly solve the problems in our past. To solve the problems of the past, the Early Church emphasized only Jesus and only the Gospel even as they were mocked and became the target for conspiracies. What was the solution to the problems of the past that the Early Church knew?





1. Why did the Early Church emphasize only Jesus?
 Unless we enter into the complete Gospel, our past problems will never be solved. No matter how diligent we may be in our Christian walk, if our past problems are not solved, we will fall prey to the past that only we ourselves are aware of and consequently, disasters will befall us. The only way to prevent disaster is through the Gospel. What''s more, each person has their own spiritual state. Spiritual states are not visible to the naked eye, but are very important. Because Satan works in the background, unless it is by only Jesus, we will never receive the solution to our past problems. And if we fail to solve the problems of our past, problems will not only come to us, they will continue to stalk us.





2. The answer that the Early Church possessed
 Wherever the members of the Early Church went, they went with the answer of only Jesus and only the Gospel by which the forces of darkness were bound and disasters were completely shattered. God’s interest lies solely upon the evangelist who will save the world with the mystery of Jesus. Because the members of the Early Church possessed this mystery, they were able to emerge triumphant no matter what crises or persecution came their way.






3. The evidence possessed by the Early Church
 Joseph, who held onto the covenant of only the Gospel, was the product of the family line of Abraham. Even after waiting 400 years after Joseph’s death, not a single person who held only to the Gospel emerged, plunging the Israelites into disaster. About 400 years later, Moses, who knew the covenant of the blood, emerged. After Moses, however, the covenant of the Gospel once again became very ambiguous to the Israelites, and they were completely trampled by the forces of darkness. They became captives to the neighboring superpower nations. Every time several figures who held firmly onto the Gospel emerged, the Israelites were liberated from Babylon. We refer to those who held firmly onto the Gospel and saved an entire age as ‘Remnants.’ 700 years after this, there was again no one who could relay the blood covenant to the next generation. Through the Early Church, the covenant of only Christ and only the Gospel was restored. It is the same even now. Every time only the Gospel and only Christ were not emphasized and it became weakened and vague, the forces of darkness shrouded the entire world. We must truly restore only the Gospel. The only name that completely overcame Satan, the forces of darkness and curses and disasters is Jesus Christ. God will give the greatest blessings to the evangelist who possesses this mystery.






● Forum Topic - Meditate deeply on the reason we must possess the mystery of only Jesus and only the Gospel.





The 13th World Missions Convention, Lecture 1 / 2009.8.31