Mission of the age
Acts 1:8 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.
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #430 ‘Tis So Sweet to Walk with Jesus (#456 in previous version)
At the present time when many churches do not have strength and are unable to handle their commission, heresies and other religions are constantly arising and making the world chaotic. Like the countless evidences in the Bible, problems and sufferings simply continue if you do not know evangelism and lose hold of the Gospel. The answers of saving the church and saving the age are received when the accurate Gospel is restored. God has restored the Gospel each age by age through us who have the correct Gospel. What must we start in order for us to enter into these answers?
1. We must receive answers in our work inside the power of the Gospel and prayer.
For us, simply studying well, going to a good college, and equipping ourselves with outstanding skill is not the true answer. The most important answer is to pray inside the power and prayer of the Gospel, and equip ourselves with skill. When we prepare all things in the Gospel and prayer, we taste and experience the power of God that is incomparable with the world. All problems and incidents become channels of answers for the people who possess this mystery. Because God will not lose hold of us who have the Gospel and is always guiding us, we can confess that we lack nothing.
2. The prepared blessing of God
For the sake of saving the entire world, God has prepared all of us who possess the Gospel as the ‘scattered ones,’ the ‘remaining ones,’ and the ‘hidden ones.’ For us who have grabbed hold of this covenant and are preparing ourselves in the power and prayer of the Gospel, God will raise us to the seat of the summit all across the world in all walks of life and all fields. The reason is because of the covenant of God that restores the Gospel movement through us. As people who have grabbed hold of this covenant, we must be able to find and enjoy all the answers and blessings God has prepared in order to restore the Gospel movement.
3. People who restore the future descendents through the Gospel
For the sake of the Gospel movement, we must absolutely relay the covenant of God to our children and the future generations. God must absolutely raise up the evangelists who will relay the covenant for the sake of raising up the future generations who will please God. When the evangelists who do the evangelism movement properly arise and raise the future generations, God will open the door of answers to the point where it becomes a testimony to the church and the world. Not only that, God will be with all the evangelists who possess and pray with a personal contract for the sake of the future generations and will bestow on them amazing blessings. The reason is because we must raise up the future generations who will share the Gospel in order to be able to save the world.
- As a Remnant who will save the world, what covenant am I holding to and praying with today? Also, for the sake of raising up the Remnants, with what personal contract am I making a challenge of faith?
Oceania Conference Lecture 3 / 2011.9.14