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Title |
Providence - 27th Anniversary |
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Speaker |
Rev. Jaerock Lee |
Bible |
Amos 3:7 |
Date |
2009-10-11 |
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Passage
[Amos 3:7]
Surely the LORD God does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the prophets.
Introduction
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Today is the 27th anniversary of the Manmin Central Church.
Let us give all thanks and glory to God the Father who has been with us all the time during the past 27 years.
I give thanks to all the church members who have participated in the joys and shared the sorrows as a family since the opening of this church.
We have Manmin church of today, and Manmin and I can fulfill the providence of God because of your presence in this church.
I also give thanks to the honored guests who came here to celebrate this 27th anniversary together with your love for our church and me.
In the name of the Lord I give thanks to and welcome all the relatives of our church members and everyone who is present here.
Especially today, we have many honored guests from different countries.
I hope you will have peaceful and happy moments during your stay in Korea with Manmin.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, and honored guests, the title of today's message that God gave to us for our 27th anniversary is 'Providence'.
'Providence' is the order and grace with which God controls all things in the universe and guides us in His plan.
In other words, it means God the almighty who rules over all things fulfills everything in His plan without any error.
People often use the word 'coincidence' but there is no coincidence in the Lord.
Everything is run precisely according to the rules of the spiritual realm that is established by God's justice and love.
All things are done without any error in the providence of God.
God created this world, prepared the way of salvation through Jesus Christ, and fulfills the amazing works of salvation through the Holy Spirit during these final days. All this is the providence of God.
We can see that the whole process of the sons of Israel coming out of Egypt and settling down in Canaan was the providence of God guiding them to the land of blessings.
Even up to this 27th anniversary, this church has also been guided by the providence of God the Father.
When the time came, God gave me a calling and established this church at the most appropriate moment.
And from that time He began to reveal the secrets of the spiritual realm one by one.
He refined us from time to time to let the church and the members grow up in spirit.
He guided us to the way of blessings to set us high above all nations.
All these things were not done by men's strength, but only within the providence of God.
Now, let us review the providence of God that He wants to fulfill through our church in three aspects.
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, and honored guests, the first providence that God shows through this church is to spread the holiness gospel to many souls.
In Luke 18:8 latter part Jesus said, "When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"
Amos 8:11 says, "Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD God, "When I will send a famine on the land, not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD."
The above two verses refer to our time today. People may reason and have questions like the following.
"There are many churches and the word of God is preached in so many places. There are many believers, too. Then, why is it that there is a famine for hearing the words of the LORD, and why is it that it is difficult to find faith on the earth?"
But even though there are many churches and many people preach the word of God, it is not easy to find people who really preach the true will of God.
Even though many people cry, 'Lord, Lord,' there are not many people who have true faith to really receive salvation.
How can I be so sure about it?
These are not only my words, but it is something that so many people agree upon if they are leading a true Christian life preparing themselves for the second coming of the Lord.
It is not easy to find people who really live by the word of God, even though they may say they believe in the Lord.
Also, the evidence of loving the Lord is to keep His commandments. But it is difficult to find those who really keep the commandments, though they say they love the Lord. They just compromise with the world and change the word of God.
Rather than preaching the spiritual message of God, they just preach messages of men.
Namely, rather than preaching the true heart and will of God, they just preach what the people will listen to or want to hear.
So many signs and wonders that took place in the times of the Old Testament and the early churches have disappeared, and only the literal word as knowledge remains.
The spiritual realm is becoming like fictional accounts that exist only in the Bible.
So many believers have been wandering around, lost their way, and have been going back to the world.
What we really need at this time is the Gospel of Holiness.
The word that preaches the true heart and true will of God; the word that helps us have true hearts and perfect faith that keeps us marching towards Heaven; the word that causes us to cast off all forms of evil and become sanctified and to become true children of God;
the word that makes our soul prosper and allows us to live in health and blessings; the word that lets us experience the numerous signs and wonders and power of God written in the Bible – this is the time that we need this kind of word and the Gospel of Holiness is the answer to it.
In reality, numerous souls who are listening to the Holiness Gospel are going through amazing life changes.
Many profess that their fleshly faith that was only knowledge became true, spiritual faith.
Many people are now really marching towards Heaven because they have found the true way of salvation.
God put His providence for this holiness gospel to be spread to all nations through Manmin church for this kind of works of life and change.
Since the year 2000, we scattered the seeds of the Holiness Gospel around the world through the 12 mega sized crusades.
Where I couldn't go, we sent other pastors to have handkerchief crusades and conferences to spread the Holiness Gospel.
Also through the broadcasting ministry that we have been conducting for several years, we are constantly supplying the world with the Holiness Gospel.
Publications are also another very important means of spreading this Holiness Gospel.
We will try our best until the very last moments to spread this Holiness Gospel to each corner of the world and allow for more souls to hear the Word.
Isaiah 11:9 latter part says, "...the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea." As recorded, I pray in the name of the Lord that the Holiness Gospel will spread to fill the whole world through all of us.
The second providence that God will show through our church is to greatly add to the number of believers by manifesting amazing power of God.
When the power of God is manifested many people are able to possess true faith by seeing, hearing, and experiencing the works of the living God.
Of course, John 20:29 says, "Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed." The person who can believe without seeing is really blessed.
But in reality, it is difficult to find such a person.
Of course, many people who profess their faith in the Lord can say that they believe without seeing.
But if they face any hardship or difficulty, their profession of faith soon disappears.
It's because they only have faith as knowledge in the head.
Because Jesus knows this very well, He said in John 4:48, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe."
Mark 16:20 also says, "And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed."
As said, to confirm the word of God to be true beyond any doubt, we must follow with showing signs as the evidence.
Then, those who hear can believe from the heart that the word preached is really true.
They can believe in Heaven and Hell, the life to come, and the Judgment.
They can live by the Word of God only when they really believe in these facts from the heart.
When they live according to the Word of God this way, they can be acknowledged as children of God.
That is why God is showing us so many works of His power in this church in order to gain true children who truly believe in God from heart in these final days.
Even though it is not understandable with men's thoughts and knowledge He has manifested many signs and powerful works that are recorded in the Bible.
Incurable diseases have been healed. Just by praying from the pulpit, so many people were healed around the world transcending space and time.
Through prayer even the weather conditions have been controlled.
God opened the spiritual space to show us the various kinds of rainbows and sent dragonflies so we could feel the spiritual realm as if touching it.
Nobody can deny these works, and not only Manmin members here but so many other people around the world have been witnesses to them.
But this kind of power did not come overnight.
The spiritual realm is run according to strict justice, and to receive such power, we have to pay the price accordingly.
That price is holiness and cultivation of the heart of the Lord.
It is the countless prayers with all the energy, heart and the sacrifice for the kingdom of God.
It is the love for God and the souls, and the greatest love that goes beyond justice.
There were so many tests brought upon us by the enemy devil and Satan, but Manmin and I always overcame all those tests with love and faith.
We proved that we had the qualifications to receive the power of God.
That is why the enemy devil and Satan cannot object to it even when great power has been given to us.
And the range of this power is getting broader and broader.
At the same time, the range of the power that is manifested in places where they are connected with Manmin is also becoming broader.
The power embedded in the handkerchiefs is getting greater. Many pastors, leaders and believers around the world are experiencing greater dimensions of power than experienced before.
Through these works, so many people are experiencing the living God and coming to have true faith.
These amazing works of God's power are in the providence of God allowed to Manmin to save many souls in this end time when, being full of sins, people do not want to believe in the Lord at all.
The third providence that God is showing through our church is the fulfillment of the will of God towards our church at the end time.
Brothers and sisters, God the Father planned human cultivation from a time before time began and He has been fulfilling it until this very moment.
Then, how do you think He planned to wrap up this human cultivation?
God did not plan for the end haphazardly.
This human cultivation is like a piece of art that God made with the plan to gain true children.
Obviously He must have planned for the final touches completing a work of art!
Of course, this world is just so full of sins and He cannot save each and every person.
But God has prepared a way so that many people can be saved in His providence.
Also, He has prepared a way for His true children, the best fruits of the human cultivation, to reveal the glory of God to the fullest extent.
God has chosen His instrument to beautifully end this human cultivation.
A church where the members struggle against and cast away sins to the point of shedding blood; where they devote themselves completely for the kingdom of God; where they love God first; where they obey the will of God only with an 'Yes' and 'Amen'; where they believe the 66 books of the Bible completely and obey it as it is;
Where the signs and wonders and power of God recorded in the Bible are manifested; where they cry out to God day and night fervently to accomplish the kingdom of God; where they can give glory to God by showing the singing and dancing of Heaven on this earth;
Where they communicate with the spiritual realm and clearly proclaim the heart and will of God; where they evangelize the world with the holiness gospel; where there are so many true children whom God really wants; where they can reveal the glory of God and beautifully wrap up the human cultivation by constructing the Grand Sanctuary.
God knows what kind of church He has to choose in order to fulfill all these things above.
We of Manmin have been running and marching on to fulfill this duty for last 27 years.
We have accomplished many things until now, but we still have more things to accomplish.
But it won't take long to fulfill everything. It's not something difficult either.
God the Father has been leading us without the slightest error and He will also guide our way through to the end.
The providence of God the Father will certainly be fulfilled.
You have witnessed so many things that have been fulfilled through our church just as God the Father had spoken.
From this point as well, all the providence of God the Father towards Manmin will be fulfilled completely.
Let us gather our strength and fulfill it all together!
For those honored guests who are here, I ask for your prayers and support and encouragement.
Conclusion
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, and honored guests, Psalm 136:8-9 says, "The sun to rule by day, for His lovingkindness is everlasting, the moon and stars to rule by night, for His lovingkindness is everlasting."
God controls not only the sun, moon, and the stars but also this universe and everything in it.
God has been guiding Manmin to become what we are today.
I confess that all this was the grace of God the Father and His blessings.
And until the Lord comes back again, we Manmin will keep on marching, with the grace, love, and blessings of God the Father.
Today's passage Amos 3:7 says, "Surely the LORD God does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets."
As spoken, God the Father has clearly shown us the vision and let us know of the things that we have to fulfill.
We will certainly accomplish it.
Today is a new beginning to do this.
I hope Manmin's work will make the new history of human cultivation.
I urge Manmin and all of you to keep marching on without stopping for the glory of God the Father and the souls that are bought by the blood of the Lord.
I pray in the name of the Lord that Manmin will fulfill all the providence of God the Father towards us as His precious instruments.
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