2016. 09. 19. Monday.
Mystery of only(Acts 1:8)
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #162 I Serve a Risen Savior(#151 in previous version)
We live our lives constantly pressed for time. And within this hectic schedule, we often forget to look to God. We hear so many words and yet, we fail to hear God’s voice. We do so much work, and yet, we live a life that cannot share the Gospel of God. There is a time that all of us who are living this kind of life need. It is the earnest time to concentrate on God and the happy time for us to gain God- given strength and discover God's mission. At this time, we will arise as the ones who have the three mysteries that are contained in ‘Only.’
1. The ‘only’ that I must discover
There are so many times when we live our lives, foolishly holding on to the wrong things. But God has granted us everything within only Gospel. Only Jesus Christ, only God’s kingdom and only the filling of the Holy Spirit that begins from the Gospel must become our everything. We must have the mystery to discover and enjoy the blessing of only in all of the situations and moments of our lives. This is the blessing of ‘only’ that I must discover.
2. The ‘only’ that we must discover in the church
There are times when we get disheartened at church or feel pressed for time because of the things we see before our eyes. These things prevent us from seeing what we must absolutely do in the church. This is the reason why we must discard all other things and concentrate on the Gospel that God has given us. There is also something that we must devote ourselves to, and that is to help the church and all of the believers gain strength and the answer through only Gospel. Then, the church can become one, and we will come across the time schedule of answers that God has granted.
3. The ‘only’ that we must discover in the field
God has placed everything inside the Gospel. That is why we can make the conclusion that if we see everything through the eyes of the Gospel, it is more than enough. The Gospel is the one and only answer for the field that is dying. Satan knows this fact all too well, and for this reason, he gives us everything else while stripping us of the Gospel. There is something that all of us who know this must do. The field is dying because the Gospel is disappearing, so we must live the life of the evangelist to save the field by the power God gives to us.
[Prayer of the Evangelist] Creator God! Help us to discover the blessing of only Jesus Christ, only God’s kingdom, and only the filling of the Holy Spirit in all the places to which we go. Help us to live a life of testifying of this blessing.
Core Training Message / 2016. 06. 04.
[Bible Reading] Amos 7.
[Gospel Memory Verse] She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins(Matthew 1:21).