Renewal
Acts 2:17 In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. (17)
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #330 Work, for the Night is Coming
For a child of God, the Gospel and renewal are most important. If renewal does not happen, even if evangelism happens, continuation does not and the number of church members does not grow. Satan makes it so that children of God cannot renew themselves. No matter how much you meditate, you will succeed if you renew yourself well, but even if your academic achievements are high and renowned, you will become an unnecessary person if you cannot renew yourself.
1. A person of the covenant
All people who have received the covenant are people of renewal. The Gospel precisely is renewal, and renewal is precisely the Gospel. As the Gospel is what fundamentally changes humankind, the Gospel changes people. If you just have renewal well, the work of the Holy Spirit arises. Renewal has an important relationship with the time schedule. Possessing God’s special plan, Joseph knew that it was a time schedule to spend as a slave or in prison, and saw the time schedule of renewal. Paul completely renewed himself through the Gospel to the point that he said it was good whether he had or did not have. Although the Early Church was weak, they renewed themselves well. Many people are not able to renew themselves well inside their ideologies, faith, and experiences. The Israelites in the wilderness and the Jewish people were not able to renew themselves until the end, so they were people who failed.
2. The 4 renewals that go towards blessings
You must enter into renewal, Gospel renewal, prayer renewal and evangelism renewal in which new blessings are prepared. You must renew your life itself. I must renew the fundamentals, basics and foundations of my lifestyle. In fact, I have died and Jesus in me is living, and I am living inside my faith in Him. You must renew yourself to the point that if you know the Gospel there is nothing else needed other than the Gospel (Gospel renewal). Prayer makes all things possible (prayer renewal). Evangelism is the way that saves all things (evangelism renewal). If that is so, the door of great answers is open.
3. The renewal of lifestyle
A sense of specialty is not doing something well but doing things properly, even if it is just one thing. David was raising sheep and he did not lose even one of them. This is a sense of specialty. If you work with a sense of specialty, it becomes specialization. As you have the Gospel, if you go towards uniqueness, a person with the Gospel succeeds if he just has the answer of renewal.
- Problems are the time schedule for renewal. Answers and problems are the time schedule of renewal towards God’s greater plan. Meditate upon what you must renew.
Specialized Missions Department Message / 2011.6.21