The Wise Person Who Saves Lives (Rom. 16:17-20)
Let us bless and greet one another, “Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” May you confirm the unprecedented and never-repeated works of God today. The title of today’s message is, “The Wise Person Who Saves Lives.” This title is based on the Word that says, “I hope that you will be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.” This is not the “wisdom” the world talks about. This is a “wisdom” the world cannot know. 1 Cor. says that even the wisest of the earth is more foolish than the foolishness of God, and the people who will save others through the life of Christ will receive wisdom. Then, they will receive a wisdom that the world cannot know. So, for all of us, if we decide that we must save ourselves and save other people, then God’s wisdom will be upon us, and all wisdom is hidden within Christ. Then, when the life of Christ comes within us, all of His wisdom comes too. Then, even if I am not well-educated in the world, if I am living my life to spread the life of Christ, God’s wisdom comes upon me. Of the many people in the Bible, they did not save other people through the wisdom of the world, they saved people through the wisdom of God. That is because the source of God’s wisdom is Jesus Christ, in Whom all wisdom is hidden.
1. The one who knows the stream of the gospel
1) Those who stray from the essence of the gospel
(1) Watch out and keep away (Rom. 16:17)
(2) Cause divisions (Rom. 16:17)
(3) Put obstacles in your way (Rom. 16:17)
Last week, we received the Word of “The Community Church that is Centered on the Field,” and through today’s scripture, Paul is letting the people of Rome know that there are people in the church who will go against that. Because these people will break up the unity of the church, you must be careful and keep away from them. Then, how can we discern who those people are? This is the way that the world is living, and people who are of the devil, from the world, come into the church and they do not have salvation, then they are deceived by the devil and they are trying to break down the church. So, we must discern who these people are, and in order to do that, we must see how they are contrary to the gospel. In other words, there are people who are outside of the essence of the gospel. Instead of talking about the essence of the gospel, they talk about something else. It says, “Be careful of them and keep away from them,” because they will cause division, and they will cause obstacles for people. Their goal is not the gospel; they have a different goal.
2) Non-gospel
(1) Not serving Christ as their Lord (Rom. 16:18)
(2) Serving their own appetites (Rom. 16:18)
(3) Me-centered words (Rom. 16:18)
Rom. 16:18 says these people do not serve Christ as their Lord. If you believe in Jesus, it means you believe in Him as your Lord; however, these people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. What does it mean to serve one’s own appetite? It means they are inside of the church with their own physical motives and their own greed. That is why all of their words are centered on themselves. They are not centered on the Word of God; they are centered on their own words.
3) Flow of Satan
Why is that? You must know the stream with which Satan drags this world. We cannot see Satan with our eyes. Do you think that the only works of demons are from Shamans? Satan is controlling the entire culture of the world and dragging it, and without knowing that, I am dragged along with it. I have to come out of that myself, but how do I discern that?
(1) Me-centeredness (Gen. 3)
In Genesis 3, Satan finds Adam and Eve and gives them disbelief so that they leave God’s Word. Instead of talking about the main essence or core of God’s Word, he talks about the side periphery, or not-important details. Instead of Satan directly saying, “Did God tell you not to eat the fruit of knowledge of good and evil?” he talks about the vague words that are outliers. So, if you don’t hold onto God’s Word, you’ll be deceived by what Satan says. What does he say? He ultimately says, “You can be like God, knowing good and evil.” The most extreme words he tempts us with is that he will lift us up to the top of the mountains, and he gives us words that make us think that we are the center of the world, and we are hooked by that.
That is the beginning of all problems. Whatever problem you are facing, the fundamental problem is that you are centered on yourself. The way to solve the fundamental problem is to come out from being fundamentally centered on yourself. You may say that your problem is financial or addiction or a mental problem, but that’s not the fundamental problem. You might think that you have continuous problems in your relationships with people, but that’s not fundamental. The fundamental problem is that I am the center of my universe. You need to quickly change that. If you don’t change the most fundamental problem, then the other problems will continue to repeat. The moment we go to being centered on ourselves, humans have fear because humans are spiritual beings. The moment a baby is separated from his mother, he is filled with fear. The moment we are separated from the Word of God, we are filled with a fear we are not even aware of. We don’t know that we have it, but when we face a circumstance, that’s when the fear reveals itself. Because we don’t know the method to solve this feeling, we try to overcome it with alcohol, or we try to overcome it with drugs and substances. That means we do not know what the fundamental problem is yet.
(2) Centered on material possessions (Gen. 6)
Then, the world drags us into being centered on material things. Because my life is centered on “me,” I want to do what I want. The devil is dragging us in that direction, but we don’t know that because the devil just lets us do what we want to do, but we must live how God wants us to. For us, we must follow God’s Word, not our own thoughts. If we live that way, then we will be seized by the Nephilim, that’s why we face disasters. Humans don’t face disasters because we’re something different, that’s just what happens when we are outside of the fundamental things of God.
(3) Centered on success (Gen. 11)
We also move in the direction that shows off our own greatness. People get so excited to show off their own power and ability, but we don’t realize that these are all the ways that Satan drags us. Satan holds onto this and uses people. Worldly success, that makes us so excited, then we have no choice but to be seized. Later on, we fall and crumble; that was the curse of the Tower of Babel. Young adults ask the question, “What about nonbelievers in the world who are successful?” It’s not only one or two people asking that question; many people ask that. That means this person is not centered on the gospel; they are centered on the visible things of the world. They don’t yet know what the gospel really is. They keep thinking the gospel equals material and worldly success, then there’s no reason to believe in Jesus. If you’re building the Tower of Babel, then why do you need Jesus for that? In Genesis 11, the people raised the Tower of Babel on their own, they built it with their own capabilities. There’s no reason to believe in Jesus to build the Tower of Babel. Why would you believe in Jesus? You need to know that.
2. The one who knows the reason for “only gospel”
1) Problem of mankind
(1) Fundamental problem of mankind (Gen. 12:1)
Only the one who knows the reason for “only Jesus Christ” is wise for saving lives. Not just believing in Jesus; why must we believe in “only Jesus”? The most fundamental problem of our lives, we cannot escape from that fundamental problem by the efforts of mankind. This problem is eternal, it will never go away. As long as we are living in our physical human bodies, that fundamental problem does not go away. We call that the fundamental problem. When you face a problem, you need to escape from the source of the real problem. But instead, whenever you face a problem, you try to solve that problem. Then, there’s no need for God. Or, you’ll just use God to solve your problems, but God allowed that problem. You need to instead look at God’s plan and will in allowing that problem. But, because we revert back to me-centeredness, we want the problem to go away. No, because God allowed this problem at this time, and He allowed it perfectly, for me. Then, we must find what He wants. Once we find that, then it’s not a problem for us. A problem is only a problem because you haven’t found the answer. The most fundamental problem is Gen. 3, centered on me. We must escape from that.
God told Abraham to leave his father, his father’s household, and his nation. All peoples are stuck in Original Sin. We believe in ourselves, instead of God. The moment we are born, we are born influenced by the nation we are born in, the land, the people, and our family. I happened to be born in Mongolia? Then I’m going to be influenced by the shamanism and culture of Mongolia. I just happened to be born in America, and now I’m influenced by the democracy and individualism of America. But honestly, whether I was born in America or Mongolia, it’s the same. If anything, America seizes and controls people in a more subtle way. American ideology makes it seem like they accept all religions but prevent us from holding onto only the gospel. That’s what it means when the devil is subtle in the superpower nation. At least in Mongolia, when people have the gospel, they are pointed out and called an idol. They can identify the idols but America is more subtle. They make you acknowledge all religions and churches, but they say, “You are the center.”
If you’re not able to see this ideology, then even as you believe in Jesus, you’ll be centered on yourself. Because you are centered on yourself, you must be centered on money. Because you are centered on yourself, you must prioritize your freedom. Because you are centered on yourself, you must be centered on your authority. These words sound so right, but they make us so that we can’t hold onto Christ, which is very confusing. That’s why there are so many churches and people who go to church for a long time, but no one knows how dangerous this ideology is. This ideology actually opposes the Word of God, that I prioritize the individual, that’s the New Age ideology, that’s exactly the ideology Satan gives in Genesis 3. That’s why there are more and more mental patients in America all the time. .It’s not because people don’t go to church, it’s not because they don’t study the Bible.
What is the strategy of the devil? They place into the deepest part of our ideology that the individual is the most important. Then people are imprinted, rooted, and their ideology becomes their nature, then one day, they come to church and everything they believe in is centered on “me.” That doesn’t change, so they become easily devoured by Satan. If the things deep inside of them don’t change, then the mental problems and the mental ideologies don’t change, so then they’re going to run away to transcendental meditation, because they didn’t receive the answer from the church, but they did receive an answer through transcendental meditation. They were already centered on themselves, but meditation tells them, “You are the center, you can be Buddha,” then it goes right into them. That’s why America is swept over by meditation. I meet a lot of Caucasian people, and almost all of them practice meditation. Yes, they’ve heard of the Christian ideology, but not really.
What is meditation? Meditation says that my greed is causing my suffering, so I must empty myself. If I empty myself, I will realize that there is a great and tremendous being in me already. Buddhism calls that either “Enlightenment,” or “Nirvana.” Meditation tells you that if you empty all of the greed inside of you, you will realize you are always a divine or righteous being. Or, another type of meditation says that you must receive the chi or energy inside of you. Do you know why Americans love that? Because Satan has already laid down the foundation of individualism for such a long time that this ideology matches perfectly. That’s why everywhere you go, people meditate. Then, they also force people to meditate in schools because they say it improves children’s brains, so whether you are in school or your company, everywhere you go, there is meditation. Then what happens? Matthew 12:42-45 says that seven stronger demons will come in. You must be able to discern this. If you’re not able to discern this, you will be tempted by it and you will enter it. In schools, they have kids meditate and they’ll turn on music, and their goal is so that it will calm the students down so they can concentrate on studying, but if the Word of God is not inside of us, then evil spirits will work inside of us. If you live with a blank mind, that’s not the answer. You cannot live by your own thoughts either. You must live with the Word of God, then the Word of God begins to work.
(3) Family background (Gen. 12:1)
The most fundamental problem goes through our family line. God told Abraham to leave his father’s household. He said, “Leave your people and your father’s household.” That doesn’t just mean for Abraham to leave his family physically, but the evil spirits are working through the background of the nation, the region, the family line. You must know that in order to leave it.
(2) Background of family line (Gen. 12:1)
We have no choice, because this “me-centeredness” comes into us through our family line, or through a specific religion or idol. Or, each family has their own education, and that becomes an ideology that digs into us. But with that, you can never overcome the devil; if anything, you will be devoured by the devil. You must escape from that background, how?
2) Only Christ
(1) I died and the Lord of resurrection lives (Gal. 2:20)
There’s no other way than “Only Christ.” Why must it be “Only Christ”? Because my problems can only be solved if I die on the cross with Christ. If you keep saying, “me, me, me,” you will only create problems, you can’t solve problems because you’re still alive. “I’ve died on the cross with Christ,” but it’s not enough to die. The resurrected Christ must come and live inside of me as my Lord. All of my scars must be crucified on the cross, all of my family line background is crucified on the cross, and now, the life of Christ becomes my center. Now, everything comes from the life of Christ. Even if you die, you are not really dying. It might feel like you are dying, but actually, you have come to life because the spirit of the creator, the spirit of Christ, is with me. Then, no matter what problem comes, it doesn’t matter, because the life is with me, the life saves and gives life. Even if the physical body dies, the life lives.
(2) Satan is crushed
When you face a crisis, life changes that into a greater opportunity for blessings, but the devil prevents us from physically focusing on the life by focusing on yourself. Then you get stuck in your limitations. The reason you tremble before problems is because you’re stuck in your limitations, but holding onto the life of Christ allows you to overcome your limitations; you hold onto the unlimited power. That is the way to save yourself.
(3) Disasters are broken down
Whenever that happens, the forces of darkness are broken and the disasters are blocked.
3) Only Word
(1) Your obedience (Rom. 16:19)
(2) Everyone has heard (Rom. 16:19)
Rom. 16:19, “Everyone has heard about your obedience,” and “obedience” is talking about obedience to God’s Word. There are many people who think of God’s Word as a joke, there are many people who think of God’s Word as just a nice book to read. But, what sets us apart from every religion is that the Word of God is fulfilled, no matter what. No other religion has their word fulfilled because those are the words of people. There are over 7,000 prophecies in the Old Testament that have already been fulfilled. Not only that, but the Word that God gives us every week is fulfilled every week that we live. But the devil just makes you keep the Word of God as a side reference, and he makes you think that going to worship means, “Yes, I’ve heard the Word of God,” but in reality, whether you listen to God’s Word or not, it doesn’t make a difference to you. Or people say, “I’ve received grace from the Word,” but everything is centered on “me.” If you want to escape from being centered on yourself, how can you have victory in worship? It doesn’t have you to do with me; it’s the Word that God is giving to me, and I hold onto that promise. Then, the Word God gives me is going to be fulfilled throughout the rest of the week.
Then, in order to see God’s Word being fulfilled, what must I do? I only followed that Word as my standard, whatever circumstance is not that important. The Word of God is more important. My problem is not that important; the Word of God is more important, because the Word of God is the Word of God, that’s what’s more important. We shouldn’t change the problem into the Word, you hold onto the Word of God and you go into prayer, but it’s hard for us to pray. If you lose hold of God’s Word, then how can you pray? You just think nonsense, you just only think of your thoughts. All throughout the week, you hold onto and follow the Word God gave you as a promise, and you talk about that Word, you make your plans based on that Word, you apply that word into your circumstances. When you face a problem, you think of the Word God gave you first, and as time passes, you see the Word being fulfilled. You must live like this in order to have discernment; you cannot keep the Word of God as a side reference. You must obey and follow the words of absolute truth. That is when the background of your family line will break down. Otherwise, you’ll just say, “I went to church today, I listened to God’s Word,” but the problems will continue to repeat.
(3) Brings people joy (Rom. 16:19)
And it also brings people joy. We cannot see God with our eyes, but you might tell people, “Yes, I believe in God,” but what’s your evidence for believing? You say you believe in Jesus, but what is your evidence or basis of faith? There are some people who talk about when they accepted Jesus 20 years ago. Then, did God die 20 years ago and is not alive today? Most people want to know how God is working right now, not the God of the past, but the God right now. And God wants you to know how He will work in the future. That’s God’s Word, the Word that He is giving you right now. The God Who is fulfilling the Word He is giving you right now. God wants you to be a witness of that, but we lose hold of the present, we just talk about the grace we have received in the past, just the occasional grace we’ve received. There is only one thing. A lot of people talk about the grace they received one time, 20-30 years ago, and that’s great; God gave you the grace of fire and wind, so He gave you that grace when you came to life from the dead, but after that, there’s nothing that you say. You worship every single week, but there’s nothing more for you to say? Then that means you are just living a religious life that is based on your knowledge, that means you are not living or believing in the God who is living and active now. That is how Satan will completely seize you with knowledge and theory.
Yes, you might believe God is alive, but you are not a witness of how He is working and living now. God wants you to be a witness of how He is working and living right now. Ask all the Christians in your field, “How is God working right now?” Most people will not have a response. Then what happens? Then, it’s a God that is trapped in your own thoughts. They cannot be a witness of the God who is working right now. If you receive the Word that God wants you to receive right now, without a doubt, you will have the evidence without a doubt, it will be evidence, and that is the person who is wise in saving lives. People do so many Bible studies and talk about methods; there is no witness. There are Jehovah’s Witnesses who are wandering around, but they’re witnesses of lies. They say that Jesus isn’t God, and people are swept up by that lie. He is the Triune God, even right now, God is giving us His Word and fulfilling His Word, and when you hold onto His Word and pray, God answers you, and the God right now is leading us towards missions, evangelism, and saving lives. That is the Holy Trinity God, that is my absolute bartizan in me. No matter what, you can never compromise that. There is no one who can overcome God. If I simply hold onto that God, He is on my side. There are many Christians, and they’ll get into business and fight, but whose side does God have to take? He takes the side of the one holding onto His Word. He doesn’t just decide based on who goes to church. God is on the side of the person who holds onto His Word and fulfills that Word. But everyone is just holding onto knowledge, and it just becomes fossilized in their heads. He is life, He is working right now. The Word of God is the Word of Life, and the Word is living and active. The Word of God is not a dead text for you to memorize; He is living and active now, and God wants you to be a witness of that God.
3. The one who knows the reason for world evangelization
These are the people who know the reason for world evangelization. Because they know the fundamental problem, they’re able to see not only the problem of their family line, but every family in the world has the same problem. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. All people are centered on themselves and do not look for God. Nation by nation, family by family, they might look different, but the problem is the same. The one who gives the answer to this problem is the one who is wise in what is good. The Bible tells us that there is a foolishness in evangelism. People of the world think that proclaiming the gospel is foolish. God’s method might seem foolish to the eyes of the world, but that method reveals all of His wisdom. It might seem like I’m proclaiming the gospel with my mouth, but in the words of the gospel, the Holy Spirit works and forces the evil spirits to break down. The Bible says that when the disciples went out to preach the gospel, the Lord Who is seated at the throne of God was with them. What does it mean that He was with them? It means that He is on my side. When I hold onto the gospel, God is on my side. If your business is used to save lives through missions and evangelism, God is on your side. But if you were running your business of your greed and your ambition, God cannot be on your side. Then, people will lie, saying, “Oh, I’ve tried praying and God didn’t answer.” God doesn’t give you answers to prayer that fill your greed. God works upon the business that is used to save lives, so just start anew, because God can work one time and give the answer of 100 years as He did for Isaac.
1) Wise about what is good
(1) Relay the answer of the gospel (Acts 16:14-15)
(2) Healing through the Word (Heb. 4:12)
Quickly, change your spiritual state. If you keep going to church but you don’t change your spiritual state, the problems in your life will repeat. Healing takes place through God’s Word. Healing is not our goal; our goal is Christ. People have mental problems or problems of addiction, but through that, God wants you to know Christ. If someone has a mental problem in their family, then their parents suffer. They say, “What can we do about this?” and their whole goal in life is to solve that problem. You need to change their direction. Do not place your goal in solving that problem, place your goal in going to Christ. Why do you think God placed this problem in your family? So, that through this problem, you will look to only Christ. But people are so stuck in solving their problems, that’s why they keep on suffering. But God wants to bless you, the problem is not the problem. If you didn’t have this problem, you would not look to “Only Christ,” until one person arises in the family like that. Then the light of Christ will shine in that family. “Wow, God allowed this problem so we could have only Christ.” Your mental illness, your problem with addiction, you cannot solve it. Even if you do solve that problem, you cannot solve the spiritual problem. As you look in the field of America, God wants you to see “only Christ.” You pray to God in the name of Jesus Christ to solve your problem? That’s not what God wants; He wants you to change that problem into a complete blessing, so the parents start first. Do you know why God is touching your children? Because the parents are not changing. So, God uses your children to force the parents to turn to Christ, so that you go into the steam of “only world evangelization.” This is the reason God allowed the problem, and the goal for which God gives healing. Healing is just a tool for you to know Christ and go into the stream of world evangelization, but if people are so focused on receiving healing, there’s no Christ there. Then, they’ll never be healed. Through the problem, focus on Christ, “Oh wow, I used to focus on only solving my problem, but now I need to focus on Christ,” then God begins to work. That’s the work that God does.
(3) Forces of darkness broken down through prayer (Mt. 12:28-29)
When these people pray, the forces of darkness are bound. When the people who know the mystery of the gospel pray, the forces of darkness are broken down and the Kingdom of God is established. People don’t know the darkness. If you just stay still, you’re just filled with disbelief, aren’t you? You received grace on Sunday, but as soon as Monday hits, you lose your senses. Have you ever asked why? Have you ever wondered why you’re able to receive grace on Sunday, but as soon as Monday hits, you’re spiritually down and you think other thoughts? That’s not just a natural thing. That is the forces of darkness working so that you cannot go into God’s absolute Word. You cannot be deceived. You must receive God’s Word, then the darkness flees. That’s what I’m saying. That’s how you have victory. That is the darkness working in your family, and it works in the same way on your kids. If you have victory, then that victory will be relayed so if one person arises, they will shine the light to their whole family. Demons don’t only work on shamans. There’s a force of darkness that is preventing you from focusing on today’s worship right now. You might be listening to the Word of God, but your thoughts are elsewhere; that’s the darkness. Then our children are even worse. That force of darkness must be broken down, and when that force of darkness is broken down, light comes into your family.
2) Innocent about what is evil
(1) Break away from killing other people’s spirits
(2) Break away from being centered on “me,” material possessions, success
It says to be innocent about evil. People say the words that are correct, but they kill people spiritually. If you go out into the world and keep talking about the correct things of the world, you’ll kill the people around you. If you listen to the words of the teachers at school, your spirit dies. That’s why you have to listen to your class lectures while you are holding onto the Word of God, because the only thing that saves is the Spirit; the physical body cannot save, the physical body cannot save the spirit. You’re running your business in the world? That cannot save your business. You can run your business and have success in the world, but your spirit has collapsed. You need to save your spirit. You hold onto the Word of God as you run your business, but the business is not the standard, the Word of God is. Your studies are not the standard, the Word of God is. Then the forces of darkness will break down, and God’s Kingdom is established. That is what it means to be wise about what is good.
(3) Break away from conflicts and divisions
Then, you’ll escape from division and conflict. Do you know why people fight? Because they think they’re right, but they don’t fight when they have God’s Word. If you both have God’s Word, why would you fight? People fight because “I think I’m right and they think they’re right,” but if you have the Word of God, then you can just proclaim the Word of God, whether they listen or not. And there’s no need to persuade them because there’s no way for them to understand unless the Holy Spirit works upon them. Then, you’ll escape from conflicts and division.
3) Satan
(1) Will be crushed under your feet (Rom. 16:20)
(2) God of peace (Rom. 16:20)
Then the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet. That Satan will be crushed under the feet of those who hold onto the Word of God. The Lord Jesus already crushed Satan’s head on the cross, but Satan is still alive and moving. Who will Satan be crushed under? Everywhere the person who is wise in saving lives goes, the darkness will be crushed. If you go to your job and the darkness is being crushed, then what’s the point of working so hard? That’s not what God wants. What God wants is for His Kingdom to be established, and for Christ to be established as the Lord of your job or your studies. If Christ is not the Lord, then you are trying to show off your own authority to be the king. Even if you do establish that, you’ll still fall because your kingdom is not firm; it is the Tower of Babel, and the Tower of Babel is bound to collapse. There is no glory or greatness of mankind that is eternal; it is bound to crumble. Only the name of Christ, only His Kingdom will stand eternally.
(3) God’s Kingdom (Rom. 14:17)
The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet. Not just God, but the God of peace. If Christ has established that inside of me, then that is the Kingdom of God, and when I move holding onto God’s Word, then God’s Kingdom is established and the darkness is broken down. Everything else follows. When the king moves in His Kingdom, everything else has to follow. Wisdom, material possessions, everything you need, follows. Wherever the president goes, the National Guard follows, and whatever the president says is fulfilled. Because based on those words, businesses will move and all the organizations will react. God has entrusted His Word to us, that’s why He gives us His Word on Sunday worship, and he is giving it to you to relay to people in your field throughout the week. Everything will follow when doing this.
Conclusion
1. Only gospel
In conclusion, only the gospel. It cannot be the gospel, it must be only the gospel. Always the gospel, then what happens? God’s Word comes upon you.
2. Worship – Word, prayer
Then I will only hold onto that Word and pray. You don’t have to worry about how you should pray; just hold onto the Word God gives you throughout the week, think about it, meditate on it, and go to work and school with it. Even one Word of God is God. People try to make these long complex sentences, even if it’s just one phrase, that is God. So hold onto one word, one phrase, throughout the week. That Word is fulfilled and that Word brings healing. The light of that Word breaks down the darkness.
3. Field – Work, studies, answer of 300% – World evangelization
Then, you will give the answer to the world and you will receive the answer of 300% in your business. First, you will receive the specialization in the work you are doing. But no matter how specialized you are, if you don’t know the field, you cannot use your talents. So, God gives you the answer to know the field as well. God gives you the answer so you can continue this in the future. God is bound to give you the answer of 300% in your studies and business because world evangelization must take place. So, our next generation, your studies must align with saving the entire world, the 237 nations and 5000 unreached tribes because Jesus told us to make disciples of all nations, so even your studies are included in that. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that you may enjoy and testify of these blessings throughout the week.
Message Prayer
Let us begin praying holding onto the Word we’ve received today as our covenant.
Offering Prayer and Newcomer Blessing
God, we thank You. Though we were dead in our sins and our transgressions, we thank You for saving us with the life of Christ. We have no choice but to live centered on ourselves, but we thank you for giving us the grace to live, centered on the Word of God. Through our problems and circumstances, allow us to stand as witnesses of the Lord. Allow us to go into the stream of world evangelization. May our businesses and studies be used for world evangelization. May our problems of our past be the footstool to save the world. We believe You will give us the evidence to use the problems we are facing in our families now to save all of the families in America and the world.
We have returned Your materials as offering. Everywhere it is used, we pray that lives will be saved and that You will work with the blessing of the economy of light that breaks down the darkness. In Jesus Christ’s name we pray, amen.
Benediction
Now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the unending love of God, and the indwelling, working, guidance, and fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be upon the heads of all the people of God, the people of all nations, and the remnants who desire to do the work of saving lives, upon all of their businesses and their studies, be with them now until forevermore and always, amen.