What a person of God must do
Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. (42)
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #90 I’ve Found a Friend (#98 in previous version)
There is nothing that is in vain within true evangelism of testifying the Gospel. For God’s Word is accurate, if you share the Gospel with a pure heart, you will bear fruit. Although great nations like Egypt, Palestine, Babylon, and Rome killed and persecuted evangelists, people of God who truly evangelized left disciples and eventually enjoyed the answer of world evangelization.
1. Answer of the age of exodus
Pharaoh thought the Israelites will be quiet if he only seized Moses, but Moses relayed the covenant of the sacrificial offering to the elders of Israel, and through these elders the Word of the covenant was relayed to the entire people and they were able to come together as one in the Word. The commission that elders and believers must hold on to is delivering God’s Word. If you relay the Gospel to other people, great works like the Exodus will begin.
2. Answer of coming out of Babylon
When Babylon won the war and was capturing Israelites as captives, there were people of the covenant among them. After time passed by, the ones with the covenant were raised as the skilled individuals to surpass Babylon’s skill and culture. What God desires from us is to relay the covenant of the Gospel to the future generations. Through the person of the covenant and his descendants, the works of changing the age and culture will arise.
3. Answer of the age of exiting Rome
Judaism and the powerful Rome did not know how powerful the people of the covenant who have the power of the Gospel and mystery of the Word were. They were disciples who were armed with answers by holding on to the covenant of God’s kingdom and world evangelization, sharing grace through apostles’ teachings, and having fellowship of the breaking of bread. Later, skilled Remnants arose and fulfilled the work of world evangelization due to the prayer of the disciples who did the Word movement in the field and through the devotion of the Early Church believers. Rome was evangelized through the Remnants who were raised as important figures in each area.
- It is most important to hold on to the Word, meditate and receive strength, and to relay the covenant to the next generation. This is the start of world evangelization.
Core Training Message / 2011. 8. 20