9 Streams
Introduction – Salvation
( Sin, Satan, Separation ) Liberation
Finished -> Assurance
Problem, Crisis, Incident – Blessing
-> Word, Answer, Plan
10 Mysteries
Trinity – With
10 Platforms -> Absolute Sovereignty
5 Assurances
Finished, Remnant
Spiritual Flow
Information
Job; Width, Height, Depth
Relationships; Above, Below, Beside
Have this training, because if you don’t learn this, it will be difficult wherever you go. It’s about enduring, enduring the people above you. It means they are right. You have to acknowledge and respect God’s authority. You have to truly love and take care of the person below you. It is for evangelism. But it is because these relationships above, below, and beside are broken apart, evangelism doesn’t take place.
Is it like that for you? Let’s say you’re a nonbeliever, you’re in your workplace or school field, and you’re Christian in a nonbeliever world, then what will you do to change the stream? Will you rebel against your superiors to evangelize? That’s impossible. You have people beside you as your coworkers and colleagues but if you try to step above others, it’s difficult.
Why is evangelism difficult? You evangelize to people, but you have broken relationships, then who would accept evangelism? The gospel is great but they don’t like this person, so God uses a different person. So, in order to change the stream with the Spirit of God, you must not be caught up in knowledge. Let’s say you’re sent on an errand. You have to do research to know how to carry out that errand so you have to study like this.
Environment, Incident, Person
Past, present, and future
Let’s say there’s a gangster in the church, but another person joined the church, and the newcomer who came to church will question, “The gangster isn’t behaving like a Christian,” the identity of the gangster has changed but they still act like one. So, the member who joins the church later on will think the church is strange and think everyone is like a gangster.
You have to look at their past, look at their present, and not only the present but also the future. You have to look at these three things at the same time and talk to them to know the accurate thing. You look at their present state. You say correct things but are they truly correct? People will say, “That’s incorrect.” You cannot change the stream that way.
Take for example, Gospel. I know her past, her translation is incredible, but you don’t know that by looking at her. She went to UC Irvine, and she went here and there, so her being here is a miracle. People who don’t know her will talk about her with their own thoughts. But I know not only her past but also her entire family background. She has a personal history but there is also the background of her family line. I know the stream of her father, her uncle and grandfather and also her mother. I’m looking at that but also I’m looking at her.
It’s okay if she’s a little late or a little lazy. She’s gotten a lot better. If you don’t know that, then even if she does something a little bit? This is just one example. She’s a very cool person. No one dislikes her, this is her advantage. A lot of people are placed with her, everyone likes speaking with her. People don’t really know her good points. No one says they dislike her. God will use her strengths for His glory, then what will happen in the future? There’s a stream in the past and the present, but what will happen in the future? That is what you must see at the same time.
Why do we study the stream? People who do not study history cannot predict the future because they only look at the present. That’s why we study about people. You have to study the history of Karen to see the past, present, and future of the Karen person. We met this precious person named Naysay. You have to study Naysay’s past and community. But without that studying, if you just look at his present state in America, you will say incorrect things. You have to study his family background, and then you’ll look at him and understand.
What will happen in the future? We’re talking about this. If you’re not able to see this, it will seem like you’re saying the correct things but they’re actually incorrect. You have to actually look at these nine things at the same time.
When you drive, you have to look before, behind, and around at the same time. Women aren’t able to look at multiple things, so they crash. It’s the same with us. Without looking at these nine streams, you’ll crash here or say incorrect words and then crash, because you only see one side. Even in politics, there is a majority and a minority but people usually talk about the side that they like. You cannot change that person’s stream. They try to get along with people they like, but they fight with people they dislike. You have to be able to look at both perspectives to see what’s truly good and truly bad. You have to continue to see these nine things all at the same time.
That’s why remnants go about in the world, doing their jobs, but find it so difficult. Who could help Joseph? Who could help Daniel? How were they able to change the stream? They knew this and entered in. But you think evangelism is such a simple thing so you’re unable to evangelize in the workplace. You can evangelize in the streets but in the place I am in, we’re not even able to give a business card to someone. We have to drag people to the stream of God’s Kingdom to bring them here. Inside of this is contained the gospel and the content of the gospel. So, the remnants should prepare this. Then, it’s simple to evangelize. If this doesn’t take place, even though the gospel is good, people won’t want to hear from you. They say, “Jesus Christ is good but I don’t like you,” why? You’re unable to change the stream.
You have to go to work early and leave late to change the stream. Why is it that we work harder than we need to make money? We have to change the stream. If there’s a child of God who only knows themselves and is focused on success, they don’t study and they have no knowledge, and when they face an incident or see someone, they look incorrectly. They are a tremendous child of God but this is not in effect. That is why Israel was completely dragged into the stream of Babylon. Israel should have dragged Babylon to the stream but that was David’s age. He exerted influence.
You have a business? Follow along with what others are saying, but you have difficult relationships with people. If an incident arises, you don’t know how to interpret it, so you can’t influence. You’re not able to change the stream. That’s why this simple thing, evangelism, is not able to take place, regardless of this. It doesn’t take place. Especially for church layleaders who run a business, be within these nine streams to change the stream.
You must continuously study. You must not be blocked in the area you work, isn’t that right? If what you know is wrong, the opposing person will attack you, and you’re not changing the stream but you enter into that person’s stream. We’re talking about the nine streams to give influence, and it’s simple. The remnants are studying basic knowledge right now, centuries of information gathered in a book. The amount of information will increase, and you study information that will be collected for hundreds of years in class, but that information isn’t taught in class, but it keeps coming to me. Then, the children will think the book learning they’re doing is the only studying they can do. But if you don’t know book learning from classes, you won’t be able to follow the new knowledge. Then what happens is that you’re always in second place to another person. Even though you have this information, you don’t know the extent of the breadth of this information.
You have to know this but you don’t and you evangelize, then you cannot give influence. It’s the same for pastors. Do you think I just give sermons? I listen to other sermons and see who the good preachers are. It’s not just enough with giving a sermon and scriptures. You have to see what the people say regarding the scripture, so you have to know it.
Even though you’re lacking, you must know this, otherwise you won’t have success. Having success means we are either going in the correct stream or we establish the incorrect stream. I hope the remnants especially will write these blessings down and enjoy them every day.
I went to Hawaii recently, I didn’t know much about it, but I told them a little bit and they asked, “Have you lived in Hawaii?” If you want to do America evangelism, Hawaii is part of America, so you have to study about Hawaii. There’s a leper colony, and Hawaii would quarantine them onto one island. Hawaii is a diverse population of Americans, Koreans, Japanese, etc., and they say they’re very strong because as they’re an island, they have a strong, tight-knit community as they only know each other. That is the characteristic of an island person. They live together as a community and reject foreign things.
It was in World War II where Japanese people participated as American soldiers. There was Pearl Harbor and I think it was during that time where Japanese POWs were taken. I learned this history and told this to a Hawaiian native, so you have to study. You have to study the history of African Americans. How? You have to study Caucasians, the white people. You have to study Irish history, when they came to America, what their relationship with Russia and Ukraine is, and if you don’t know this, you cannot have conversations with Irish people.
Why are there so many Spanish-speaking people in California? If you don’t know this, you have to study this at school if not elsewhere. You have to study the history of America, the original 13 colonies, what made the colonists go west, and if you don’t know this, you don’t know America. Why is there a straight border between America and Canada? You have to know that to have a conversation with Canadians. You have to study why there are French speakers in Quebec. You have to know why Canada has two national languages, French and English. You won’t be able to have a conversation with Canadians without these facts.
Why is South America split into 30 nations? If you don’t study, it’s not possible, so why do I keep saying this? I’m saying studies at your school is very basic, so you have to excel in it. When you start a business, you have to study regarding that region. How can you run a business if you don’t know that region? This has to happen. You can’t just say, “I majored in this,” but you have to be able to have a conversation. I’m not just telling you to disregard worship and study during worship, but it has to become a studying habit where you know the information widely, highly, and deeply.
It’s nice nowadays, you have YouTube, you can research it and it’s right there. When I went to the Karen community in the summer, I spoke more to the students and it seemed like I knew more about their home country than they did. Someone else studied Myanmar, and that Muslim community within Myanmar, and why they were persecuted. We then evangelized to that group. You have to know about UK politics and the region and the history to recognize and understand the fighting and conflicts that happen within politics right now.
I’m giving all these as examples. You have to know this because you’re going to evangelize in the work you’re doing at your business, you have to continuously study. I hope we become people who are able to see the 9 streams all at once.
Prayer
Dear Father God, thank You. Holding onto the covenant of Christ, which You have completed everything on the cross, let us hold onto the 9 streams, have the imprint, root, and nature changed. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray, amen.