Church mission
Acts 1:8~8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (8).
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #210 Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken (#245 in previous version)
The world is facing suffering in the midst of unending disasters and curses that draw near. In the midst of this, many people are living with dim spiritual eyes and are experiencing hardships. There is no other method to save this kind of world other than through Christ. God has given the church the commission to save the world, and He has called us who have received salvation to the church. We must save the world with the blessings God has given. What must we do to be able to handle the church mission?
1. Individual healing
Children of God must absolutely restore at least 10 minutes daily of looking to God. If you pray grabbing hold of the pulpit message God has given, and if the time of meditation to look to God is restored, your spiritual state that has become desolate will be restored. All you have to do in the face of problems or incidents is to make them into the opportunity that God has given you to enjoy the filling of the Holy Spirit and enter into deep prayer. Children of God must become trained to become people of a level where no matter where they are, they can stand alone, concentrate and look to God.
2. Church healing
If children of God are healed, the church absolutely has no choice but to be healed. Also, in order to heal the church, it must receive the answer of oneness. For the sake of the church saving the field, the pastors, church lay leaders and believers must form oneness in prayer. Also, if they enjoy the mystery of prayer, they are bound to receive answers, and even if it is a small answer, they can share it with other people and relay it. Starting from this moment on, the believers in the church will be revived and the church also rightfully comes to life.
3. Field healing
The evangelism movement that the Early Church carried out was simply people who experienced prayer answers changing the atmosphere of the field and finding the disciples hidden in the field. When a church that heals people in all fields and regional churches that save others arise, the field will be revived. This evangelism movement heals and saves even the culture that has been covered with darkness. If the church establishes an evangelism system that heals the field and culture through the believers who pray, the answer of world evangelization will be pulled forward.
- What kind of prayer am I praying for the church and the believers who are living their walk of faith? Also, how must I devote myself for the sake of the churches that must save the world? Try meditating upon this deeply.
Oceania Conference Lecture 2 / 2011.9.14