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Power - Anniversary Sunday Evening |
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Speaker |
Rev. Jaerock Lee |
Bible |
Psalm 37:6 |
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2009-10-11 |
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Passage
[Psalm 37:6]
He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday.
Introduction
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Let us give all thanks and glory to God the Father who established Manmin Central Church and has been with us with His unchanging grace and love.
I give heartfelt thanks to all the honored guests from all over the world who came here to celebrate together, and I welcome you all in the name of the Lord.
I welcome all the family members and relatives of our church members who are here.
I give thanks to all of Manmin's pastors, missionaries, full time workers and all the church members who have been dedicating yourselves daily for the kingdom of God all this time.
Today is a day of festivity that God gave to us.
On this happy day, I pray in the name of the Lord that you will be filled with the grace and happiness coming from above.
Main
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, and honored guests, Manmin Central Church is a church that has created something out of nothing.
Since the opening 27 years ago until now, God has been making the impossible possible and guiding us.
The first worship service was offered with just 9 adults and 4 children in a sanctuary that was about 33 m².
In the 27 years since then, the church has become a great denomination with more than 9,000 branch churches around the globe.
We are also preaching the gospel of holiness through broadcasting to all nations.
Between the years 2000 and 2006 in particular, we had 12 mega sized crusades in various countries.
In every crusade numerous people met God through His power.
They experienced the works of the Holy Spirit and accepted the Lord.
From hundreds of thousands to even millions of people gathered in the crusades, and we cannot begin to imagine the number of people who participated in those crusades via live television broadcasting.
In case of the crusade in Israel, which was held this past September, it was broadcast to 220 countries around the world.
The efforts that we have been putting in for last 27 years are bearing this kind of abundant fruit.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, and honored guests, what is the motivating power that drove our church to be able to have borne these fruits?
It is the Gospel of Holiness and the power to confirm the word of God.
John 4:48 says, "So Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe."
When the apostles were testifying to the name of the Lord, God confirmed their word by the signs and wonders that followed.
You church members have witnessed countless works of power so that you have been able to have firm faith and fulfill your duty in the Lord.
Even months or years wouldn't be enough to talk about all the works of power that have taken place in this church.
But let us briefly review the powerful works that God has shown to us.
The work of God's power that you can experience most easily is the works of divine healing.
God can cure even incurable diseases, for He can do anything.
Various cancers, AIDS, rare diseases, and newly found diseases have also been healed.
Lung tuberculosis, herniated discs, depression, Alzheimer's disease, public health hazard diseases, drug addiction, atopic dermatitis, impetigo, tropical fever, Harada's disease, Celiac disease, and so many other serious diseases and illnesses were healed.
That's not all! People who would have been disabled for the remainder of their lives were made whole by the power of God.
Blind eyes were opened and deaf ears came to hear. The lame stood up and leaped.
So many people threw away their eye-glasses, hearing aids, crutches, and wheelchairs. If we had collected all of them, we would have a big pile like a mountain.
Those who were receiving works of the evil spirits were also made whole.
Those who were at the threshold of death due to onset digestive choking, carbon monoxide poisoning, and other poisonings fully recovered from the effects.
They recovered without having any disabilities or after effects.
There were people who were carried to the church who were unconscious, even brought by ambulances.
But they stood up and were made whole through prayer.
From other countries, countless people were healed transcending space and time, just by receiving the prayers on their photos in Korea.
For those who had severe burns, the heat went away through prayer and they were healed completely without leaving any scars.
There are so many married couples who were infertile for many years, even for decades, but came to have babies.
These works of power are taking place through the handkerchiefs and through Muan sweet water, too.
Also, how many wonders have we seen? We see circular rainbows around the sun or other shapes of rainbows almost every week, and especially whenever we have a special event.
Every time, we are reminded of the word of promise that God is with us.
Many times, when we prayed for a big crusade or a church event, the typhoons and hurricanes turned their courses or disappeared.
When there was scorching sunshine, clouds came from all four directions and brought shade to us.
Even in hot summer days, in the locations where we had summer retreats or other events, we had such cool weather that we were even feeling somewhat cold.
In overseas crusades, if that country was having a drought, God gave them the sweet rain of His grace during the crusade.
On the other hand however, during the rainy seasons, God stopped the rain during the crusade so we wouldn't have a problem.
God also sent countless dragonflies to the places where our church members were so we could experience what spiritual space is like.
As the evidence that these dragonflies were sent by God, they came to the church members and interacted and were so friendly to them.
Also, there are many people who were protected in accidents by being in the spiritual space.
For example, in big fires in the city or in forest fire, the houses of our church members were protected.
Even in collapsing buildings, when they fell from high places, and in big traffic accidents, we see that our church members were not injured.
If we tell all these things to the unbelievers, they would probably not believe any of it.
And you church members are experiencing such unbelievable works everyday, and how can your faith not grow up?
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, honored guests, the power that God shows in this church is not just some gift of the Spirit.
It is the work to manifest the spiritual space in which God the Creator existed as the light and voice before the time began.
This space is the heart of God itself, which contains the love for the souls.
This power is the expression of God's love that He is giving to those people who are spiritually thirsty or dying without any hope at the end time.
This love of God is so great, but God cannot give this power just to anybody and allow it to be manifested randomly all around the world.
Today's reading passage Psalm 37:6 says, "He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday."
As said, God gives His power to a person who is righteous and qualified by the justice to shine God's light to the whole world.
And how did this church fulfill the measure of justice so that we have been able to see these great works of God's power?
First, we received all the trials with thanks and joy.
Romans 5:3-4 says, "And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope."
There are both small and great hardships when we try to accomplish the kingdom of God. Through those trials, we can bear the fruit of hope.
In the history of our church also, there were many times of trials that we can't describe with words.
Just like the apostle Paul said, "We were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life," we were in such great difficulties many times.
But we never complained or resented our situations.
We only overcame everything with thanks and joy by trusting in God who is with us.
Every time, God turned all the situations around.
Through despairing situations, God let us glorify Him, and He let us manifest greater power.
Second, we never forsook our faith in any kind of situation.
In our Christian life, sometimes we may not be able to see the way through even when we do something by faith in God.
We should be prosperous for we acted according to the word, but it seems that instead, we are facing an even more difficult situation.
But in any kind of case, we trusted God until the end and did not waver in our faith.
Joseph was sold as a slave and he was even jailed, but he trusted God until the end holding on to his dreams.
Only when we act with unchanging faith as above, we can receive the power in that truthfulness.
Third, we obeyed God completely. God guided us so delicately to the extent that we obeyed with faith.
In the case of the twelve mega sized crusades, for example, we didn't go to the countries we wanted to go, but only by following the command of God.
There were even some countries that prohibited having such a public meeting by law.
There were threats of terrorism or arrest.
But we only obeyed with 'Yes' and 'Amen' when God commanded us.
Every time we obeyed, God showed us even greater power.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, without faith, and without complete obedience, we cannot manifest the power of God.
Faith is not just saying that we leave everything to God and go through life having a very comfortable and leisurely mind.
If we have true faith, we have to bear the fruit.
We had to put in all our energy every moment in our march of faith to completely obey the will of God.
When we had one overseas crusade, we asked for the works of God by praying all night.
Because we have spent the times to fulfill the will of God even by exchanging our own lives, the power of God manifested became greater and greater.
Conclusion
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, and honored guests, John 5:17 says, "But He answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working."
The Lord is still praying for the souls without having a break, fulfilling the will of God even today.
Since the opening until now, that is for last 27 years, our church has also been working without a break.
We have become an instrument of God who works without ceasing, and we have continually marching on.
We have manifested many works through the God-given power and glorified Him greatly.
But compared with the things that we have to do from now, all these works are only a beginning.
We will never stop until we stand before the Lord who is coming again.
We will accomplish the kingdom of God with even greater power of God and fulfill our duties.
Please keep watch over this body of Manmin and those works with high expectations and love.
I also ask you to pray for us, strengthen us, and participate in the works of fulfilling the providence of God and giving glory to Him at this end time.
In doing so, I pray in the name of the Lord that we will all be able to praise God together in the most glorious place, the city of New Jerusalem that God prepared in Heaven.
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