Do Not Dispute (1 Cor. 3:18-21)
Everyone asserts themselves as correct, but when does this go away? Even between friends, there are disputes. Even when you get married, there will be conflicts. There’s conflicts at your job, then it’s tiring. Is it right that you are right? We think if this is correct, then it’s correct, but do you think it is really correct? Think to yourselves, I’m giving you the chance to think now because you don’t do meditation prayer when you go home. Do you think that you, thinking that you are right, are really right?
If you think that, me being right is not right, it means you believe something else is right.
God – Word (Truth)
Life (Problem – Thoughts | Answer – (Word)
Future – Unknown (Me) (Word)
Past – Scar X (My)
Answer – Word
The Word we receive is worship. Every time you come to worship, you must receive God’s Word, answer, and strength. Let’s say you come to worship but your thoughts are still alive? You’ve failed in worship.
Depression – Feeling (Emotion), God
If your walk of faith goes well, everything will be restored, but if you live your walk of faith incorrectly, you will face all sorts of problems, not just your depression, you’ll face a lot of different problems like mental problems and bipolar disorder, and the longer you live, the more you’ll have them. Even though you go to church, you’ll have even more problems. “Even though I believe in Jesus Christ as a saved child of God, I still have problems.” The reason is because you’re still your own standard, it’s a problem from your perspective, so you say you believe in God, but not really. Instead, you keep holding it against the standard of your disbelief so it’s still a problem to you.
Word – Blessing
The standard is not me, but it is God’s Word, and I pray for what God desires. Inside of this problem, what is the word of God that is still the answer? We are the people who follow after that. When this is imprint, root, and have the nature inside of us. Let’s say, for example, we’re single and I really like her. What does the world tell us? “Because I have such good emotions for you, let’s date.” You cannot deceive your emotions. Then you get married, but what happens when the emotions go away? You’ll want a divorce. Emotions are not the standard. You may have the emotions to like someone else, but you must confirm this with God’s Word.
I’m giving you an example with problems you actually have. It’s like a practice question. You guys get so wrapped up in your emotions, but you shouldn’t be so full of your emotions. Yes, God did give us emotions, but we must confirm it in God’s Word first. All of our standards is the standard of God, His Word. The Word God gave to this person and the Word God gave to me must be aligned. What is that Word? There’s a Word God gave to you as He created the family, and the vision God gave to each of you must be aligned. Then, this family will not be carried forth on your emotions but on God’s covenant, then this becomes a family God guides forward. I’m telling you something very important but nobody teaches you that. You guys watch movies and read books and it tells you to follow your emotions and to get married.
In Gen. 6, they married whomever they wanted, the sons of God married the daughters of men because they were beautiful, and it was a disaster. God said all their thoughts and inclinations were only evil all the time. There’s not a single person in the world who says it is evil for me to marry who I want to marry. Only God says that’s evil, why? Because there’s no Word of God there, so you’re just living however your emotions dictate. Let’s say this person feels offended. Just looking at her makes me offended. They’re filled with their emotions so they cannot escape from themselves. No matter how much that person succeeds, they cannot escape from themselves.
It’s not about my plans or emotions, but God’s plan. Find this in every meeting. I tell you this because I lived a harsh life as a nonbeliever. If someone made a sour expression at me, I didn’t even want to talk to them because unbelievers are self-centered. “I use my previous experiences so I already hate that person.” That’s what it means to be seized and dragged by Satan. We’re liberated, it means we overcome. It doesn’t matter how well-educated you are, you cannot overcome this. You can only overcome when you stand on the side of God. Then God’s Word comes to me.
It’s easy, isn’t it? Pray the prayer that receives answers. Stop praying for God to take these people out of your life. Pray and you’ll receive answers, do you understand? Receiving answers to prayer is simple, even today, “What is the Word that You desire today?” Then the Holy Spirit will work, it’s simple. Kids worry about what to study in the future, and yes, you should worry but you can’t keep worrying. Pray to God and receive answers, it’s easy, but instead, we struggle and worry in a difficult way. It’s because you love your thoughts too much.
Love God, love God’s Word. That is prayer. It’s easy. Same thing when you study. “I’m going to work hard”? Everybody works hard, and they’re destroyed because of that. We must study to fulfill God’s plan and God’s power comes upon me, so I study while praying with that, and God gives me the power. You don’t do this so it’s hard to study. As soon as you try to study, you get stressed out, because you’re too full of yourself, it’s because you love yourself too much. You need to love God. You study to fulfill God’s will and plan, you need to always think about this. Then, God will give you strength because God needs to fulfill it. You should be challenged to study and it should be joyful to you; it doesn’t mean it’s easy, but aren’t you curious about God’s plan?
“I wonder how God will work upon my studies today.” Aren’t you curious? People should have hope. But instead, our studies beat us half to death. Same with your job. You may face difficulties, but you’re so full of yourself, “this is hard for me,” don’t you? You’re too full of yourself, right? That’s being deceived. God knows you’re doing difficult things but through this, God fulfills His plan and that is why God has to give you the answer. Then if you face something difficult? You’re challenging so that God’s power is upon you. This is talking about application, about things you should apply back at home.
You need to have the mystery that allows you to overcome all situations. Everyone thinks their difficulties are hard, why? “I think it’s hard,” but it’s not about my work. It’s about the work that fulfills God’s plan and will. Ask God to give you the power that He has. In that way, you work and study. That is why you call that field your “mission field.” Going to another nation is not the only missions; your field every day is missions. As you do that mission field, you go to another missions field. You do missions and go on missions, your field is a missions field. No one else can go into your field, it must be you. You go in there with the things of God. You cannot do it with your own things; you’d die. Do it with the things of God to fulfill God’s plan. Starting from today, I hope you will change your thoughts.
Why do people keep fighting? It is because they are so full of themselves. Jesus Christ says, “If you want to follow me, you have to reject yourself. It’s not a problem but this is our walk of faith now. If you ekep failing, you lose the ability to challenge. If you have some kind of trauma, it’s hard to do things and you suffer because of it, you fail multiple times, and you don’t have the strength to bring yourself back up. That’s not right. You must challenge.
Me (Gen. 3) -> Triune God
My Things ß– God’s Things
My Success Things that Save
Healing
You are overcoming your own level to the level of God. That is how we become the very summit. You need to have healing. The summit means you’re at the highest position where you can save and heal other people, so you need to be healed first. What healing? It is the healing that changes the “me” that was clustered inside from Gen. 3 into God. You do that through prayer. Try praying. Instead of God’s Word being the standard, I have something else as my standard. Through this prayer, I change myself.
If the software changes, you change. Let’s say you bought a 30-year-old car. Imagine how rotten it is. But if you change the internal engine, it’s a new car. If you change yourself to the things of God, you’re a new creation, it is the “me” that saves, that does America and world evangelization. If you’re not saved from self-centeredness, you’ll believe that. “I can’t do this,” you use words that are correct, you don’t care what’s right in that person’s perspective, you only say what you think is correct in your mind. You think you’re the only one who is right. At least you should listen to the correct words of the other person as well, but you won’t. Some people fight wherever they go, their “me” is too strong, and their standard is their failure. “I can’t do it,” because their failure is their truth. They love themselves too much. That’s why.
You do this prayer while doing deep breathing. This is the introduction to yesterday’s message. Do deep breathing right now. If you want to, breathe in deeply and exhale slowly. Doing this, it will be different. Don’t just sit here when you worship at Sunday message. Just do that, inhale very long and deep, then exhale very long. When you inhale for a long time, do this prayer, “May the power of the Triune God be upon me.” As you exhale, pray for the Kingdom of God to be established and the forces of darkness to be broken in your fields, that is God’s work. It is no longer me, but I’m changing to the things of God. When the Kingdom of God is established and the forces of darkness are broken down in your fields, you see answers. You move everything through prayer.
You cannot do this while running on your feet; you have to move through prayer, so in this location, you save everything through prayer while doing deep breathing. While you exhale, pray for the working of the Holy Spirit to establish God’s Kingdom and to so that even when I sit here, the works of God are taking place in the field. This is when you can see answers. Let’ say you never do this and you go into school or work? Prayer is allowing God to work. You think your work is hard? The more you succeed the harder it becomes because when you succeed, you’re not just hanging around but you need to use your brain
Let’s say you keep asking your friend to hang out, and maybe after 10 times, they’ll say yes. At first, they’ll always say no but one day, everything changes. It’s the time schedule as Anna was saying. You don’t even need money.
Reason for Fighting
1) People
You’re not following a person; each person has a role, so as God is doing His work, we use it, but we shouldn’t follow a person. We follow Christ and God does His work through people. If you keep following people, then in the church, you’ll say, “I’m on this person’s side,” or “I’m on that person’s side.” What about when you go to work? “I like this leader or that leader,” but that’s not right. All people are necessary for the company to work; because I met with that person, I’m able to do things for the company as well. Because they’re their own god, they only like the people connected with them; everyone else is wrong. Then we’re down to be split into smaller groups. That happens in the church as well, I follow a pastor or Assistant Pastor or a teacher, you’re all following people.
God is the One Who does God’s work. Paul planted the seed because he planted the gospel and Apollo nourished them. Everyone has their own role, but let’s say this person gave me the gospel for God allowed for this work to take place through Paul, and God allowed people to be nourished through append there are some people who say, “I follow Cephas,” the first disciple. It’s the same in the gospel. People who follow people are foolish. It is God, through this person, to me, so we follow Christ and everybody becomes one. You need to be someone who can make everybody “one,” if you’re not able to do this, you always have to take sides. Then is your walk of faith is working out, you’ll have oneness at your job. The power of all power is to make everybody one.
We have parachurch meetings, but you also must be centered on God. Some people are not able to do that, so they ultimately face their limitations, because its’ “me,” but you have oneness together. These are very deep topics. If you don’t understand, we’ll keep talking about 1 Corinthians.
2) Wisdom
You shouldn’t move with the wisdom of man because if you do, you cannot receive God’s guidance. Because you follow the wisdom of man, people are divided. It is the wisdom of God. People follow those with power, then you will not take sides. You know. Moses had nothing but a staff. Studying a lot is not the issue; receive answers, why else should you study? Even that is the person will continue working and graduate.
Joyce said she’d go to finish and to give the answer in the field. You’re constantly studying meaning you need to continue.
3) Power
It’s so high level, it won’t be in your textbook? Then do that study.
4) Physical
People are deceived by physical appearances. You need to see what is inside of this person, are they filled with the Word of God? People are always in conflicts and disputes.
5) Work of Man
Your life will be futile until you interact with them. Why would people give you money? If you spend your entire life working for people? You are entrusted with the mystery of God. Believing Jesus Christ That’s why we do worldly work so that’s God is not somebody who doesn’t give you such things.
Talent, Specialty
First, they see if a person has a specialty or not. If they have a specialization, they can make money naturally. If I were skilled then money would follow me. Without that, then I don’t have money and because I have to make money, I have to lie, and I have to keep telling other people these words. But that is not how God created us. Without a doubt, God has given me a talent and the answers. Can I just live however I want? God did not make you like that. Just because your parents tell you to do this or that, don’t listen to them, either. I’m not saying to not listen to your parents, but don’t follow them. Most parents tell their kids to do something they couldn’t do themselves, then for you?
Field
On Saturday, we have Youth Evangelism School and we have specialized professionals lectures. Find your own talent. Or, you can read a book and it will align with your inner talent or nature, “This is what I have to do,” so you shouldn’t hold onto this and lose hope. There is a talent God has given to each of you, it will be discovered early or late. It’s not too late, use your talent and make it into a specialization, It’s not too late. Even right now, you can prepare, then one day, you will do the work of God that saves lives.
If you think you’re just barely going to go through school and life, you’re seized. May you enjoy this specialization. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray, amen.