Challenge of a person with the Gospel
Deuteronomy 6:4~9 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. (7~8) Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #368 Heart Longings (#486 in previous version) Close your eyes and ask yourself for just 10 seconds: Who am I? Do you see yourself as being weak? Do you see yourself as a worthless person? Do you see that you are so busy and gasping for breath? If so, you need to restore your identity today. If you accepted and believe in Jesus Christ, you are a child of God. Jesus has hidden people who have reached the conclusion of ‘only Christ’ and scattered them all over the world to raise onto the summit in this age. The only thing left to do is to challenge toward this while holding on to His covenant. How must we make this challenge?
1. Challenge for prayer
You must make the challenge toward prayer while possessing the identity as a child of God. Because you may not be acclimated to living in prayer, it may be difficult to determine a time to pray. But you need to challenge yourself to make scheduled prayer a reality for the duration of your life. During this time, you must discover your identity and restore the power of Jesus Christ. You need to be able to receive the strength that will enable you to run for the rest of your life in order to enjoy the blessing of a person that Christ needs and has left behind to relay the Gospel to the world.
2. Challenge of today
Your hopes are not in a far-off place. When you prepare bit by bit, you will see the future God has prepared. Do not make excuses that no one is helping you; rather, if you rise to the challenge of making everything possible today solely through God, you will receive the blessing of uniqueness. The answers of uniqueness do not come because you have aspired to be the best at something. It comes when you discover each day’s specific blessing within Christ who is the unique solution
3. Challenge of spiritual fight
Spiritual fight is a mystery foreign to those without salvation and those who cannot enjoy their own salvation. But because Jesus came to destroy the work of the devil, He has given you the power to expel evil spirits. You need to fight the spiritual battle against the forces of darkness that bring deep-seated scars to your family and attack the culture and schools. When you challenge for spiritual battle, you will verify that Christ has already fought and won the battle.
Meditate on the word ‘Christ’ which is the single most important word in the Bible. When children of God are able to pray within Christ, they will be given everything. Challenge toward doing the most important thing today. World Remnant Conference Lecture 3 / 2012. 8. 3