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2016.10.23_Understand the Holy Day

October 24, 2016/in 2016 Lord's Day, Ki Dong Kim /by Suna IHM

Senior Overseer Ki-Dong Kim

Outline

[Mark 2:23-28]

God
is only one.
He
created the world for His Son (He 1:2)
and set their appointed seasons and times,
so that mankind might search for Him and find Him (Ac 17:26-27).
God appointed the seventh day as the Sabbath (Ge 2:1-3)
when He created the world,
for on that day He rested from all His work of creation.
The way for man to live is
to be with God just as He commanded (Ge 2:17).
However, the Lord’s Day is not a day of rest.
If we were to call the Sabbath a day for the flesh,
then the Lord’s Day is a divine and spiritual day (Re 1:10).
It is a day we rest from physical labor, and instead
work diligently for our spirit; a day to focus on our spiritual life.
If we believe God and obey this,
God will truly love us.
Jesus is the Lord of both the Sabbath
and the Lord’s Day (Mk 2:28).
Since we have been born again into a spiritual body,
it is life and blessing for us to be with Jesus.
○The man of the Holy Spirit
should live by the Holy Spirit.
○The Sabbath is a fleshly ordinance;
the Lord’s Day is a spiritual ordinance.
Thus every Lord’s Day ought to be like the Day of Pentecost.
○The person who longs for the kingdom of God
observes the Lord’s Day (He 10:25).
So be holy in the flesh and spiritually filled.
※For keeping the Lord’s Day is like
the commandment of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
let us not ignore it but obey,
and walk with Jesus Christ.

Summary

The one and only God and the commandment of Sabbath

God is one and only one. The first four commandments, which are directly related to our relationship with God, underlie the fact that God is the only One. The first Commandment tells us that we shall have no other gods before Him. It emphasizes the fact that, unlike other gods, He is the only God. The second Commandment tells us that we shall not make idols to worship them. God is the only one that has His own image. If an image is given to a god, that is an idol. The third Commandment tells us that we shall not misuse the name of God. No one can see or touch Him with hands. We can worship Him only by kneeling down before His name.

The fourth Commandment tells us that we shall remember the Sabbath by keeping it holy. You can only obey this Commandment when you have kept the first three because it is the outcome of the first three, which are directly related to our relationship with God. As the seventh day, the Sabbath is kept on the Saturdays. God created all things during the first six days and rested on the seventh day. Keeping the Sabbath means partaking in God’s rest and keeping yourself from any form of work.

The Sabbath that we must keep for our own Soul

When Israel continuously suffered from curses, the scholars strived to find the cause. They concluded that their ancestors, for a long time, had despised the Sabbath and that it caused those curses to fall on them. They started to repent and endeavor to keep the Sabbath thoroughly.

It happened around the time when people reached the peak of keeping the Sabbath most thoroughly, when Jesus’s disciples picked and ate some heads of grains as they went through the grain fields. The Pharisees argued that they are breaking the Sabbath. To this, Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”

One of many misunderstandings of people regarding the holy day is that they exist for the holy day. A man who missed a Lord’s Day service says, “Pastor, I am sorry that I missed the last service.” In the context of his apology, there is the mindset that he exists for the holy day. However, in fact, we do not exist for the holy day, but the holy day for us. Keeping the holy day is solely for the good of our own souls, nothing else.

Some people think that to do no work at all, as if the people under the Law, is the way of keeping the holy day. We must understand that the Law, as the regulations of the body, is like a mirror that reflects what is to come. So is the Keeping the Sabbath. As the eighth day, keeping the Lord’s Day that fulfilled the Sabbath is not a metaphor but fact. Leviticus 23:36 says, “For seven days present offerings made to the Lord by fire, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly”. It is the prophecy that the eighth day should become the Holy day. The Christian’s holy day is the Lord’s Day. Although God rested on the Sabbath, on the Lord’s Day, He worked. We must work on the Lord’s Day for our soul.

The holy day that brings peace and gifts

On the Lord’s Day, which was the first day after the Sabbath, Jesus had resurrected. The disciples had gathered and secured the door when Jesus was suddenly present amidst them. They thought it was a ghost when they saw Jesus; however, He let them touch His body and asked for food to eat. If He was a spirit, they could not have touched Him nor could He eat any food. After the resurrection, for the first time, Jesus said, “Peace be with you!” Proclaiming the peace before His disciples on the first day after the Sabbath is the core of the Lord’s Day. On the holy day, God gives us peace.

The Holy Spirit came on the Lord’s Day, as well. The Old Testament people worshiped God with their body whereas the New Testament people worship God with the Holy Spirit. We pray in the Holy Spirit, worship in the Holy Spirit, praise in the Holy Spirit, testify in the Holy Spirit and volunteer in the Holy Spirit. Without the moving touch of the Holy Spirit, one cannot become a Christian. That is why Jesus urged His disciples to receive the Holy Spirit. After Jesus’s ascension, the Holy Spirit came to them, and many powers and gifts have manifested through them. Likewise, the fullness of the Holy Sprit’s gifts come on the Lord’s Day.

Let us dwell in Jesus by keeping the holy day

Preparing for offering is one of the most important processes in keeping the Lord’s Day holy. Many people misunderstand that the offerings are for the churches, but actually, it is for the good of a person who give offerings. Paul said that we must not appear empty-handed on the Lord’s Day but always prepare offerings; moreover, he said that whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously (2Cor. 16:1~2). In Greek, the word “Offering” has a meaning of “Blessing”. Thus, people who give offerings grudgingly testify to themselves that they have no blessing. In Matthew 6:20 says, “But store up for yours treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.” Some of us may ascend to heaven empty-handed, for the Lord repays for what we have done.

The church is the body of Christ. Gathering as the church and keeping the Lord’s Day means entering into Jesus. Jesus Christ is the substance of the tabernacle, which the Old Testament people enter into to worship God. In the tabernacle, the first thing you would see is the altar. It is the place where the priest kills a lamb and sprinkles its blood. It represents the forgiveness of sins. Behind the altar, there is the basin, which was made from the mirrors of the women who served at the tabernacle. Just as a man adjusts his outfit as he looks into a mirror, the priest reflects himself through the mirror and washes his hands and feet. In the New Testament, it refers to this as ‘washing of rebirth’ (Titus 3:5). Even if you have killed a lamb and shed its blood, without washing at the basin, you cannot enter the tabernacle. Once you pass the altar and the basin, you can enter into the holy place, where the lampstand, consecrated bread and golden altar of incense were, and worship God. Overall, unless we are in Jesus, we cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit nor dedicate ourselves to God nor our prayers be heard. Once you are born again by the blood of Jesus, it is time that you serve God by keeping the Lord’s Day holy. The courtyard is freely open, but the holy place is not. We must not just wonder around the courtyard, instead, we must enter into the holy place.

The Lord’s Day is the Blessing that God has given to us. We should not reject it but enjoy it. The prophet Isaiah said that we must not do as we please, quarrel, or speak idle words on the holy day. Again, we must revere and cherish the holy day as we keep it. To those who keep the holy day, God will abundantly lavish His peace.

Semuon’s Letter

Gossip from political parties has been revealed and has caused confusion in the world. Although the leader of a country is to be respected, the leaders of Korea have already lost respect as leaders. They totally forget that by criticizing others’ weak points the people in the country who support those leaders become ashamed too.

God already proclaimed that mankind is unrighteous. The crucifixion is the mirror that reveals the reality of mankind, who condemned a sinless person as a sinner and led him to be killed. If I entered politics today, I would be killed. I am not righteous, an empty bottle that has nothing to be proud of, and a miserable man. Although I have revealed all of my weakness through my essays, I have to confess that I have more shameful things than that. Before Jesus, I have no right to claim to be righteous. Thus, I just confess, ‘I am a sinner. I am a dead sinner,’ defending myself with excuses. With this confession, my heart is in peace and happy.

Instead, the reason I am bold is because I am relying on the merits of Jesus and testifying based on His righteousness. So, before someone makes me feel ashamed, I confess that I am a person who has nothing to be proud of, to live the rest of my life humbly. Seen from the secular point of view, my attitude would make me suffer a loss, but in spite of that, I want to enjoy freedom in the Lord.

I am a sinner with many flaws. However, I want to be proud of the merits of Jesus Christ and the righteousness of His resurrection. So, being an expert of knowing Jesus, I will actively testify Jesus Christ before any kind of person and under any circumstance, which is the way I live and the great work that I am doing.

I want to receive the Lord’s love and God’s blessings. My flesh has become totally worn out now that I have lost the sense of taste. Whatever I eat, I am not enjoying the taste but eating for my body to survive. But now, I know the pleasure and taste of living for the Lord, and I realize that my flesh is nothing and it cannot threaten me at all. Recently I am preaching the sermon, but I am doing it at the risk of my life. I am running for the hope deep inside of my heart that Jesus spoke of while He ascended.

I am not a person who loves my flesh, and I am willing to love my soul and to make myself be filled with the Lord’s word, His blood, and the Holy Spirit that He has sent. The Lord broadens His arms on the MOST-HIGH throne, to receive my soul…….

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2016.10.16_The Lord’s Flesh and Blood

Overseer Sung-Hyun Kim

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[John 6:52-59]

God
gave us His word as a blessing,
in order that we may be well.
Jesus Christ gave His own flesh and blood
to save us from death and despair,
and embraces us in His arms (Jn 6:54-56).
The Holy Spirit
dwells in each one of us,
testifying to the power of Christ’s flesh and blood (Jn 15:26)
and advocating His sovereignty (1 Co 6:19),
and helps us to overcome the world.
In this way, He is leading us
so that we may enter the glorious kingdom of heaven
after we, the church of Christ,
have fulfilled the will of the merciful God
as one body (1 Pet 3:18).
We have God’s word
in our hearts, minds and lives,
and thus, as one, we are the body of the great Lord Jesus
and God’s holy temples (1 Co 3:16).
We are the holy members of God’s body
who rescue our neighbors from sin, death and destruction,
and lead them to the kingdom of heaven (Eph 4:15-16).
○ Let us cherish and obey
the words God gave us.
○ Let us receive the message preached during worship
as the word of God.
○ Let us honor and confess
the power of the Lord’s blood within us.
※ Let us remember that God’s word
is the power that brings victory
and together rejoice and give thanks.

Summary

Eat the Lord’s flesh and blood

The Lord said, ‘Eat my flesh and drink my blood, then you will live.’ This word can be the most implicative word of the truth of God. The world which we will face in the future is included in this word.

God wanted to give His flesh and blood to humanity. In fact, Jesus came to this land and gave us His flesh and blood instructing us to ‘eat the flesh and blood of mine’. Like Him, we have had the biggest benefit when we just take and eat the flesh and blood.

Most people think about food first as the meaning of eating. It is a natural reaction but also, it is a reaction that shows us the limitation of man who has body. However, the bigger problem is that the soul must be dead like the body. There must be something for the soul in order to live, not food. It is Jesus Christ. Human can live by eating the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ.

There is a problem which we have to think about. Why did God use the word ‘Eat’ when referring to our faith? In fact, the word ‘Eat’ is a spiritual word. In the view of mankind, eating the flesh and blood of Jesus is understood as a metaphor. However, in the view of God, it is truth. The meaning of the concept of ‘Eat’ has already been used in Bible. Ezekiel 3:1~3 says, ‘Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” Also Matthew 4:4 says, ‘Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

The scene where Jesus has the last supper with His disciples clearly shows us the meaning of word of ‘Eat’. Jesus told the disciples, ‘Take and eat, this is my body. This is my blood, which means, it is the blood of covenant so take and eat.’ The words of ‘Take and eat my blood’ mean ‘I will be dead for you’. And the words of ‘Take and eat my flesh’ mean ‘I will resurrect for you.’ In other words, it means ‘God loved you.’ Today, we have life inside of us because Jesus died for us, and we have eternal life because Jesus resurrected from the dead. The Lord has experienced the difficult process which is dead and resurrection in order to give real food and drink to us as the will of God that loves us.

The Lord’s Supper is what can make us remember that fact. It helps each other confirm the death and resurrection of the Lord by partaking in the Lord’s Supper. Baptism by immersion is related to eating the blood and flesh of Jesus as well. A complete immersion under water is joining the death of Jesus and that is related to drinking the blood of Jesus. Also, coming out of water is participating in the resurrection of the Lord, and we start preparing for the day of resurrection from the day of baptism. This is closely related to eating the flesh of the Lord.

The way to eat the flesh and blood of the Lord

So how could we eat the flesh and blood of Jesus in reality? The blood is related to the forgiveness of sins. We, who never knew about Jesus, have been forgiven, relying on the works of Christ who shed the blood, and received life. After that, we are far from sin by repenting day by day. Being forgiven of sins and repenting are a way to drink the blood of Jesus.

Eating the flesh of Jesus is obeying the words of God. This includes evangelizing souls, bringing them up, and taking care of them. In another view this is the work of the church, obeying the work of the church is a way to eat the flesh of Jesus. The Lord left a word of eternity in the Bible. The Holy Spirit makes us remember the word. The church has a responsibility, it is leading saints so that they can obey the word.

God strived immensely in order to achieve the impossible work that is giving His flesh and blood to humans. In the process, God thought it may be a problem if humans would not be able to fulfill the duties. A person who appeared in the process is Abraham.

We can know what kind of person Abraham was through the incidents written in the Bible. The Lord has said to Abram, ‘Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. (Genesis 12:1~3) At that time, leaving your hometown was a very dangerous task, but Abraham trusted in God’s word and left his hometown.

When Abraham became ninety years old, God told him He would give a son through his wife, Sarah. It is difficult to accept His word because common sense would know that Sarah’s period has already ceased. However, Abraham believed the word of God. Then as a result, he got a son. The test of God was not been finished at that time. God told him to offer his son, Isaac, who Abraham got at the age of a hundred, as a burnt offering. Isaac surely had to be living in order to achieve the covenant given to Abraham by God. So it was so hard to understand why he had tooffer Isaac as a burnt offering. However, Abraham even obeyed that word. This faith of Abraham has continued through his lineage and through this way of faith ws prepared so that we can receive the flesh and blood of God.

King Saul was opposite of Abraham. He didn’t obey the word of God. God not only told Saul to hit Amalek,to but also destroy all of the animals as well as the people. However, Saul disobeyed the order and took the good cows and lambs. He thought God will be pleased if he gives an offering with them. But disobeying the word of God, we can’t please God. The reason why God was glad in Abraham is because he obeyed with only the sense of God, not the common sense of human.

The forefathers of faith prepared the achievement of the covenant by obeying the word of God, overcoming all kinds of hardships. Jesus Christ said, pointing the temple of Jerusalem, ‘Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” (John 2:19) It means that ‘I will be dead for you. But I will be raised from the dead.’ The Lord did achieve that word. Now the Lord says to us, ‘Bury the old man. From now you will be a church that eats and lives the word of God.’

The duty of those who eat the flesh and blood of the Lord

We who eat the flesh and blood of Jesus are a part of Him, a church. As all parts of a body move as one, every member of the church has to move as one. On the night before leaving Egypt, all of Israel should catch a sheep and eat it with its bones. That was the order from God. That might not be easy. There was probably a person who disobeyed, however, only those who obeyed the word were able to come out of Egypt. Now is the same as well. God is pleased with those who obey His word even though it can’t be understood. We have to have faith to be able to obey the works of the church without worry. When Jesus told his disciples to eat bread, they didn’t worry at all. Like that, a saint has to immediately start working.

The new commandment is like the biggest piece of flesh given by God. Obeying the word can’t be done overnight. We have to discipline and train ourselves sternly in order to obey the word, drinking the blood of the Lord because we have already gotten great love from the Lord. So we have to make our church successful by obeying the commandment of loving each other from now on. A person who wants to beat an illness and also who wants a family to be good has to work hard for the church. If the Lord has victory in us, He will take care of our life.

We are the body of the Lord. Therefore, we have to make the Lord use us as His will. Let us offer ourselves for the church. First of all, let all of the time of service be the time that God works in us. The time of the sermon has to be the time that God speaks. That can’t be possible only with the effort of a pastor. It can be achieved when we give our heart to the flesh and blood of God as one. Let us make a complete body of the Lord by eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the Lord together.

Semuon’s Letter

It has already been eighty years since I started my life, and I had many spiritual experiences, life experiences, sad and pleasurable things. But what is more precious is that I have learned a lot from many people. However since I do not have much time left, I will not remember what happened in the world when I pass away. If I come to remember what happened in the world even in paradise, where I am will not be paradise. Like waking up to reality after dreaming, I will wait for resurrection in paradise, and I will not sense how the time passes by.

As I think it is time to wrap up all the work in the world, I come to look back on the past more often. I am so troubled in my heart that I did not serve my father well. In my deeds, my score is ‘zero’. I could not control my temper, but lost it very easily. I hated often and disliked many things.

Although I have had many troubles, I also have received great love from many others. I will not forget the grace. As I surely want to repay the grace through my prayer, I am sincerely praying, and I am sure that God will bless them in the way I have been blessed.

After I knew the Lord Jesus, I have never doubted Him, not even once. I consider Him my staff and my way. I wonder if there would be anyone who has been greatly loved by the Lord as I have. The testimony that I am being loved by the Lord is that I love Him. Since I became His friend, I have experienced ‘persecution’ which is peculiar, but I have never regarded it as shameful. Now, I do not have anything that I am ashamed of before heaven, as a poet said. I am giving thanks to the Lord for giving me such a yoke to bear.

For the last sixty years I have been persecuted and ignored without any comforting for a single day, but I really appreciate it. How have I stood it? As a human being, I was no different to a person given the death penalty, but I am still breathing. What I can do for the rest of my life is to exert myself all the more and withstand it. Although I have been persecuted for my whole life, the more I was persecuted, the more God’s will I longed for and respected. I have endeavored to preach the gospel through every word that I speak. It would be due to my sincerity and true love that the Lord loves me.

For the last precious sixty years, I have been happy since God was with me, forgiving me of my sin and loving me dearly. I have received blessing a hundred-fold from the Lord. By myself I have accomplished the work that even one hundred people can hardly do even if they try their best. That is my testimony. Amen.

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2016.10.09_Receive the Comfort of the Holy Spirit

October 10, 2016/in 2016 Lord's Day, Ki Dong Kim /by Suna IHM

Senior Overseer Ki-Dong Kim

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[Acts 9:26-31]

God
does not rest.
He
created the world and governs it,
sent the Word to the world and commanded His blessing
to fulfill it, and hence His blessing cannot be rejected (Nu 23:20).
He keeps those saved by the blood of Jesus (Ac 20:28),
and sent them the Paraclete Holy Spirit
to keep them forever (2 Co 1:21-22).
Thus
individuals, families, and the Church are edified
when they receive the encouragement of the Holy Spirit (Ac 9:31).
The Holy Spirit never leaves us (Jn 14:16).
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth (Jn 16:13).
He is not man but spirit.
He does not die nor ever change.
The Church of Jesus Christ
started through the Holy Spirit (Ac 1:8).
The Holy Spirit
is a great gift of God (Ac 2:38).
We need to receive the support of the Holy Spirit.
○ God’s great gift to us
is Jesus Christ,
our Savior.
○ Jesus’ great gift to us
is the Holy Spirit,
the Paraclete who comforts us.
○ Heavenly power is a great gift;
the Holy Spirit gives us various gifts.
Power refers to heavenly spirits.
※ He who receives God’s love
will receive His gift;
the Church and families must have a revival.

Summary

The word of God is our Eternal Life

God never rests from his work. We are nothing but dust before God. Worshiping God means letting God do His own work (Isaiah 62:6~7). As long as we rely on God, He will let us partake in His work. What a tremendous grace! Nevertheless, if the people hinder God’s work by ignoring it, will they be able to have the hope or come to know the true value of their lives?

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light, He said, “Let there be a vault,” and there was the vault.” God’s word is accomplished in full. The fulfillment of His word is in progress in this very moment, as well. Even heaven and earth will change, but the word of God never changes, not even a stroke of a letter. On the other hand, the world constantly changes. Depending on the era, things including languages, cultures, knowledge, the way of living etc. are changing and change faster than ever. We need to keep up with the changes in order to be part of the world; however, we must remember that, even if we manage ourselves well to be part of the world, it does not provide us with eternal life. Because the Devil, the ruler of the kingdom of the air, is at work in this world, nothing of this world can help us in attaining eternal life (Eph. 2:1~3).

When Jesus said, “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day,” many followers could not understand his word and left him. But Peter confessed, “Lord, to whom shall we go?” (John 6:68). Faith is to follow forever the unchanging word of God. It is the word that gives us eternal life.

Jesus Christ, the way of eternal life

What has the word of God made known to us? Languages express man’s thoughts, feelings, knowledge and wisdom. Jesus Christ is God’s word that is manifested in flesh. In other words, Jesus Christ is the image of God that reveals everything of God. By manifesting God’s Will during his public life, he enabled man to meet God.

Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Son of Man. He surely came to the earth as a man. If he had not come to the earth as a man, but only manifested instantly to the world as God, we would have never been able to meet God. In 1John 4:2~3, it reads that every spirit that does not acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. Jesus was born through a woman’s body and grew up as a man. The only difference was that there was no sin in him.

In fact, the truth that Jesus is the Son of Man gives us hope. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die, and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25~26). Because Jesus, who is without sin, has surpassed death and was resurrected, whoever believes in Him becomes without sin and lives forever. Moreover, just as Jesus sat on his glorious throne by obedience, we, too, will ascend before the glorious throne with Jesus if we obey God’s word after we are cleansed by the blood of Jesus.

Jesus said, “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these,” (John 14:12). It was said by the One who had been like us; who knows so-well of our weaknesses. We must believe this word. Jesus Christ is our role model. We must repent of our disobedience, due to our sinful desires, and begin to obey God’s word. Likewise, God will exalt those who believe in Jesus, that he is the image of God and follow him.

Let us follow Jesus by the Holy Spirit

After the ascension, He sent us the Holy Spirit. John 16:13~14 says, “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.” Although Jesus has ascended to heaven, the Holy Spirit, whom he has sent, manifests the word and the works of Jesus to us. The Holy Spirit does not work apart from Jesus Christ, and he reflects the image of God into our souls. Thus, everyone who has received the Holy Spirit ought to reflect Jesus in all ways.

Our faith is to believe in Jesus, about whom the Holy Spirit teaches, in Jesus, whom the Holy Spirit speaks of, and in Jesus, whom the Holy Spirit shows us. This is how to live like Jesus: live with the Holy Spirit (John 14:16~20). Those who live their faith life in the Holy Spirit are not wavered by the worldly circumstances or conditions. Jesus knows very well that we are full of frailty, so he has sent the Holy Spirit to help us. The Holy Spirit confirms that Jesus is in us. Just as Jesus was resurrected by the Holy Spirit, we who live in the Holy Spirit will experience the resurrection at last.

In obedience to Jesus who said, “Receive the Holy Spirit,” the disciples gathered and prayed in Mark’s attic and they received the Holy Spirit. That was the first church on the earth. Now, our Lord Jesus wants us to follow the Holy Spirit. The church must rely on, obey, and work in the Holy Spirit. Only through that way can the church do the work that Jesus Christ has left for us to fulfill.

Semuon’s Letter

I have lived nearly for eighty years, and ministered for fifty-five years. So far I have met numerous people and had fellowship with them, but they have changed from the start, causing harm in my life. All of them have deceived me and greatly disappointed me. I did not doubt even one of them, but trusted them all. However, that became a serious problem for me.

People have complained to me, “Pastor, you are too innocent, and you believe all kinds of people.” Deceiving me has become a great threat to me, not because I have to keep honor only for myself as a special position, but because honor is for all the dispersed, faithful believers. That is why I have been so very worried. I do not know if I will pass away today or tomorrow, and I have something to finish—being whole before the Lord.

I have lived like a foolish and ignorant person. Even if I have much money, what does that do for me, or even if I have greed, what does that mean to me? What I desire yet is to maintain the work I have started and have done, even after I die. However, I see that some who are before me have their own desires and seek their own share first, so I feel grieved.

I have done only the Lord’s work, and I want to be martyred at the last moment. We all will finally stand before the Lord for sure, and I am certain that the Lord will separate those who have deceived others from those who have only been deceived. I appreciate that I have never deceived others, even though I have been deceived a lot. If I have deceived even one, I would not be like a person of this world.

Some think that I have deceive others, but what did I do to deceive others? To whom have I lied? If anyone tells me, I will repent immediately, and reconcile with him or her. Even though I have not always been deceived and there have been those who have helped and walked with me, I have been deceived more than that, leaving me great damage. I do not have a long way to go. I want to prepare for the best faith for the sake of the very day before my eyes. If I am given money, I want to build a church again. This is because I believe in God and am full of hope of heaven.

Dear my dear friends! What I want from you is to believe in God. Surely, believe in Him. Paradise is before us, and we can see God’s house. Let us live eternally with great joy. I believe in Jesus Christ. Therefore, I strongly rely on His words, more than any kind of science and knowledge. Amen.

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