July 29, 2018_The Definition of the Theocentric Faith
/in 2018 Lord’s Day, Uncategorized /by 홍성호Overseer Kidong Kim
[Ephesians 1:15-23]
God
is the One and Only.
He
gave to the world faith in the Trinity through his Word.
This faith is an eternal Rock(Mt 16:16-17).
The Church does not refer to a building but to the congregation.
The congregation is the Church,
and the Church is the Body of Jesus Christ(Ep 1:21-23).
Jesus Christ did not come to the world according to His own will(Jn 12:49),
but came to fulfill the will of God the Father(Jn 6:38-39).
The will of God the Father is that the world may be saved
through the Son, whom He has sent (Jn 3:16).
Those who are saved will be taken up to heaven(Jn 14:1-3)
so that they too may receive glory along with the Son of God,
and remain before the throne of heaven forever.
They will be superior even to angels in heaven(Rm 8:16-17).
The congregational church does not refer to a democracy.
It only refers to theocentricism.
The Church serves Jesus Christ as its Head and thus becomes His Body.
Anthropocentricism can suggest greater respect and become the head of a church.
But the Holy Spirit guides His Church even today(Ac 2:28).
◌ Doctrine teaches a conviction based on anthropocentricism.
However, faith seeks only theocentricism.
It follows God’s will alone.
◌ The Church is not a democracy.
Only God’s will is the truth.
Only Jesus Christ is the life.
◌ Through democracy, which is anthropocentricism,
those who belong to the world speak only of the world, and the world listens to them.
Those who belong to God hear only the truth.
※ Sungrak Church stands on the Rock of faith, which is theocentricism.
This is the Church of Jesus Christ
which the gates of Hades can never prevail against.
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Please understand the things that I am telling you with the authority as the founder and Senior Overseer of the church. The Christian church is not founded on the accumulated gathering of people’s opinions. All things that have been done by the will of man are buried by baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. All things that have been done by the will of man have proven to be sin, which is opposed to God. In this way, all souls are destined to perish. However, by Jesus Christ’s mercy and his sacrifice on the cross, we have been saved. Therefore, what we believe is not from man, but it is what God has defined for us. God existed before all man, as the eternal being, but created man and the created universe, giving them free will. In other words, He let us make a choice: to follow the will of nature, or to follow the will of the Creator. He makes those who follow the will of nature perish and takes those who follow the will of the Creator to heaven. Therefore, all religions have emerged on their own, while the Christian church was chosen by God, not emerging out of nature. Man did not create faith, but man only follows the faith that God has chosen for him. For this reason, God commanded the world to possess this faith, in the likeness of the relationship between a shepherd and his sheep. The Lord Jesus is our shepherd and those who were purchased by His blood are His sheep. God completely preserves this relationship. Therefore, true faith is that we all kneel down before the name of Jesus and follow Him. This is the fulfillment of the Scripture (John 17:10-13). After the Lord Jesus went up to heaven, the Holy Spirit came and appointed a shepherd whom everyone can see, so that he, as the Overseer of the church, may take care of the sheep that were purchased by the blood of God. The Overseer is, therefore, the one who fulfills God’s will with the fullness of the joy of the Holy Spirit and of His blood. My beloved Sungrak people! The Christian church is not an assembly where people gather their opinions to decide matters. Man’s will can only be used to seek God’s help and receive his answer (Matthew 6:33), and no more than that. In the church, there exists only God’s will, that is, His own purpose. Jesus Christ is God’s will (that is, the Picture of God’s Will). The Overseer is the one who has authority to lead the sheep with the inspiration of the shepherd. Therefore, if the Overseer loses this authority, he cannot gain God’s inspiration. From now on, take control of your emotions. Understand that all the thoughts of the flesh cannot please God, but only opposes Him. Please repent and turn your hearts to Him. Let us all repent and return to Jesus. Senior Overseer Kidong Kim
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Outline translated by Sarah Lee
Letter translated by John Kim
Interpretations by Daniel Hong
Korean Summary by Ki-Taek Lee