2017.04.10.Monday_Restoration of the Gospel for my sake(Matthew 24:14)

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2017. 04. 10. Monday.

Restoration of the Gospel for my sake(Matthew 24:14)

  And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #516 We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nations(#265 in previous version)

  The Bible prophesies that wars, earthquakes, diseases, and more will come in the end times. However, Jesus said that the end will come after the Gospel is testified. This means that the only thing that can solve problems is the Gospel. This is the reason why we must restore the Gospel. The one God sent for this reason is the Christ who is the true prophet, true priest, and true king. Satan who knows this spiritual fact is hindering us even now not to restore the Gospel. What are the strategies of Satan that we need to know in order to restore the Gospel?

1. Strategy of deception

  Satan deceives us into thinking that we can achieve what we want with our own efforts even if we do not believe in God(Genesis 3:4~5). Furthermore, he deceives us so that we chase after only money(Genesis 6:4~5) and success in the world(Genesis 11:1~8). He is also making us fall into sorcery(Acts 13:1~12), fortunetelling(Acts 16:16~18) and idolatry(Acts 19:8~20) in order to spiritually seize the entire world. As a result, we have come to have no choice but to face destruction inside the destiny that Satan has given to us. This is Satan’s hidden strategy, and the only one who has solved all of these problems is Christ(1 John 3:8).

2. Final strategy

  The final strategy of Satan who is trying to drag the world down the road to destruction is to tear down the church that has the Gospel. This is because Satan fears only the Gospel of Christ. This is the reason that we who have been called in this age in which the Gospel is disappearing need to restore the Gospel like the 7 Remnants(Joseph, Moses, Samuel, David, Elisha, Isaiah, Paul) The moment we hold on to the Gospel like they did, God will give us all the answers He has promised to us.

3. Eternal strategy

  Satan has an eternal strategy. It is taking down the Remnants. It is taking away the Gospel from the Remnants and imprinting other things in them. That is why there is something that the Remnants must remember. It is the fact that all problems in the family, nation, and church are paths toward the restoration of the Gospel. Satan hinders the Remnants so that they may not realize the Gospel inside the problems like captivity, colonization, and persecution. However, if we realize the Gospel correctly, all problems will become platforms of blessings that God has planned.

[Prayer of the Evangelist] God! Let today be an important day in which the doors of heaven are opened. Let Your work of the forces of Satan being completely broken down come upon my church, family, and field through me.

Southeast Asia(Singapore) Evangelism Conference Lecture 1 / 2016. 12. 06.

[Bible Reading] Zechariah 1.

[Gospel Memory Verse] For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places(Ephesians 6:12).