Representative church
3 John 1:2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #210 Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken (#245 in previous version)
There are times when we live our walk of faith and think that prayer is not working, we cannot receive answers, and nothing is working out well. However, that is a deception of Satan. We are children of God who have received salvation. We, who live in the world, must always make the important choice between unbelief and faith. A choice of faith changes and revives everything. The united church of the children of God who have been saved and will save the world is important. What must we do to make a representative church?
1. Representative blessings
All we have to do is enjoy God’s representative blessings. God has called us as witnesses because we are first to experience His answers. However, when we look at our weak areas, it seems like things will not work out well and we think that we cannot receive answers. We cannot be deceived by this deception of Satan. God has prepared all things and called us. No matter how powerless we are and what hardships find us, if we have faith, we can enjoy this blessing. God is in the midst of the footsteps of those who have faith.
2. Representative church
In the Gospel, we have received representative blessings, and it is God’s plan for the church we are affiliated with as people who are saved to be established as representative churches. Because God has given us evidence and raised us as witnesses, we must follow the covenant with faith. Because Moses found the plan of God in front of the Red Sea, he was able to receive answers. Now, we must prepare to receive answers to the extent that we can save the individual, church, region, nation, as well as the world. We must prepare a large vessel at the level of embracing the world.
3. Unique method
Children of God must live by the power of God. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses…to the ends of the earth.” If we receive this answer, we can yield in all problems and conflicts. Also, when we discover the prepared door of evangelism in today’s schedule, everything becomes an opportunity. We will taste the answer of being able to restore everything that we were losing hold of.
- If you are perhaps worried because of a certain problem, sincerely give yourself to God before God’s calling. Also, look to God’s plan. Meditate deeply on the covenant to become a witness of representative blessings.
Hong Kong Evangelism Conference Lecture 1 / 2010.12.14