Integrated Camp Training Lecture 1 – Basic Camp Training – With
From the beginning, the Bible talks about Camp Training, “I will be with you.” We are enjoying the fact that God is with us. The Bible verse we are most familiar with is Matthew 16:13-20. Jesus asked, “Who do people say that I am?” It’s at this time that Simon Peter replies, “You are the Christ, the son of the living God.”
Speaker Rev. Ryu Kwang Su | Interpreter Missionary Esther Chang
You’ve been receiving the camp training until now, and as a result of that, we’ve had much revival and growth, and many disciples have arisen. There are even some people who think, “How come that person has received so much training, but they’re not changing? But you should not listen to words like that. Perhaps if that person had not received training, they might have committed suicide. We have to proclaim the gospel because there are people in the field who need salvation, but there are those who cannot overcome their spiritual problems, and being in the field, having listened to God’s Word and not having listened to God’s Words is the difference between heaven and earth.
Some people are rash and say, “How come that person isn’t changing? How come things aren’t going so well for our church?” but if we don’t have the Word, then everything will crumble. Because of this COVID-19 pandemic, they said first of all that camp training was impossible, but I received that as an answer. I thought at this opportunity, we could use it for the integrated camp training and do it online. So, we’ll have an overall review of the four different camp trainings and then receive your answers.
One thing you must keep in mind is that the Three Organizations are vibrantly active. However, we have God’s Word; we have something that can surpass all of them, and that’s why we must move forward with this. Countless remnants are participating in the training, and when they are by themselves, they need to be able to pray. Once they finish with the first level camp training, they need to think, “Oh, this is how I am going to pray?” and people with countless spiritual problems come to training, but after receiving training, they have to receive the answer of, “This is how I am going to deal with my spiritual problems.”
With “Basic Camp Training” (Matthew 16:13-20)
From the beginning, the Bible talks about Camp Training, “I will be with you.” That is camp training. We are enjoying the fact that God is with us. In our terms, we might say, “First Level Camp Training.” Today I’ll speak about the things we must hold to regarding our basic camp training, so you must keep that in mind. As soon as we go into camp training, the Bible verse we are most familiar with is Matthew 16:13-20. Jesus asked, “Who do people say that I am?” He wanted to confirm and hear the correct confession. So they say, “Jeremiah or Elijah or one of the prophets,” and then He asks, “Who do you say that I am?” It’s at this time that Simon Peter replies, “You are the Christ, the son of the living God.” So, there are some important things first.
Introduction – Thing to See First “Field”
In the past, it was a condition that if you wanted to receive camp training, you had to be running a few Darakbang trainings, and what’s the reason for that? Now it’s kind of fallen to the wayside, but at the beginning, why did we say that, “Even though you’re not very familiar with the Darakbang meetings, you have to run at least 10 Darakbang meetings”? Because there is a field you must see first. The confession, “You are the Christ, the son of the living God,” is a great guidepost that divides the things that happened in the first half and the second half. Jesus asked this question after doing something very important, and you have to quickly catch onto that.
Prior to that, Jesus performed many miracles and even healed the sick and even revealed His power, but here in Caesarea Philippi, He asks, and what that means is that afterward, He wanted to speak about something important, and after this incident, very important things did take place. Enjoying this is Camp Training, so then you have to see the field first. What that means is that, when I used to do discipleship training in the past, I didn’t tell them to evangelize, but I just took them to the field. There are some kids who are facing mental illnesses and they’re all gathered together. Not that I’m going to struggle with those kids, but when I have a heart of love for them and I meet with them, I’ll see great things.
If I hear that someone committed suicide, I take these people to that field. There was even a time when I took the kids I was training to a certain region, and there was a region called Tangapdong in Busan, and right now it’s disappeared, but back then it was quite a place. In some ways, it was a unique shantytown in Busan, it was that one place where they would cremate bodies, so it was a funeral home where instead of burying the bodies, they would cremate the bodies. So, in Busan, when people said, “That person went to Tangapdong,” it meant they were cremated, and so in Busan, if you say, “Tangapdong,” it was a place where people went to die. There was even a church in that region that took the name of the city but they changed their name because of the negative connotations with that name, so there are very strange names in Busan.
There was one place called Sasang because they happened to be above the sand, but if you think of the Sasang Church, it is a church built on the sand, so there were churches who changed their names, “We don’t want those names anymore,” so they changed it to a different name. In this sense, it was that kind of neighborhood, and I even took those people there. Looking at things like that, they really sensed a lot. So, understand well what I’m speaking about today, the introduction, main theme, and conclusion. Only then will change and revival take place, and answers will come as well.
Until now, there have been many people who have received first, second, third, and fourth level camp training just as a program, then they’re going to lose hold of many things. Now is the opportunity. I’m going to tell you what’s in the Bible, so you have to look at the Bible well. You have to envision what I speak about in the Bible. One other thing you must keep in mind is that, I’m not explaining a lot because I have a lot of Bible knowledge, but I’m just explaining what I saw in the Bible and what I saw in the field. If that is so, this point is very important. Camp training is important, but what happens before camp training is very important, isn’t that so?
When people come to worship, those who come thinking, “Today, I’m going to hold onto the covenant that’s worth staking my life on,” and a person who just comes to service, they’re going to be different. Those who attend this integrated camp thinking, “I’m going to find my life answer,” and those who are just thinking, “Let’s see what they’re going to say,” it’s going to be different, and that’s why this is very important. There is a need for us to look at the field where Jesus taught until then.
- Matthew 4:19. ”Come follow Me and I will make you fishers of men.” Why was that? Because Jesus went to the field of the fishermen. I’m not saying you shouldn’t teach students, but I’m saying he went to the fishing ground and He said, “Instead of fishing for fish, you’re going to fish for men.”
- Matthew 5:1-7:12. Then He took them up to the mountainside, and He gave a tremendous message here in Matthew 5-7. “Do you know what real blessings are?” That’s what He explained in Matthew 5. “Do you know what the state of the nation is? Do you know what situation we’re in right now? We’re colonized by Rome. The people who have these many occupations and are doing well for themselves, is that truly a blessing?” That’s what He asked. “It’s the poor who are blessed,” and not regarding material wealth, but “those who are poor in spirit.” Then, what kind of situation are we in right now? “Now is a time when those who mourn are blessed,” that’s what He was saying. He completely set things in the opposite way, then whose words are right? That’ why we have to keep on going into the field. What the Pharisees rejoiced over and said “Hallelujah” about, Jesus was now telling them that that was not a blessing.
Right now, you’re receiving the camp training, so don’t just listen to the lecture, but see the field. The prayers you’ve been praying until now, are they real prayers? That’s not prayer. Praying is not just some sort of chant you do in front of people; that’s not prayer. “Even if you don’t pray, God knows it all. That’s something that even the Gentiles do. That’s what He was saying.” So seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Why do you just take God’s Word and even though you’ve got so many wrongdoings, you judge and criticize others? That’s chapter 7.
- Matthew 10:1-42. He gave this tremendous message, and once again, Jesus paired His disciples off and sent them into the field. Right now, we’re gathered together for the camp training, so we can’t go into the field; however, you do need to possess a field through which you can receive grace. If you don’t have any, think of your home as your field. Your problem? That’s your field, and the worries you have right now is your field. Are you sick right now? That is your field, so we have to surely hold onto this, and at this time, what happens? What Jesus taught truly is the answer. “Come follow Me.” He didn’t tell them to do anything; He said, “Come, follow Me.” What else did He say? “Right now, the blessings and the prayers you’re talking about aren’t blessings and they’re not prayer. You’re judging others, criticizing others using God’s Word? That’s not the walk of faith; go to the field.” And He sent them out to the field that way.
- Matthew 13:1-58. Once they returned from the field, He talked about the parables of heaven, and I’m sure you remember. Even if your faith is as small as a mustard seed, it will grow into a great tree. Even though you may seem just like a merchant, you have the pearl of great price. It will seem as if you have this great field of treasure, and explain that this is God’s life and power.
- Matthew 14:1-21. What kind of field did Jesus explain and show them? It’s in Matthew 14. Who was this? John the Baptist is executed, it’s this field. With no fault of his own, John the Baptist is put to death, and there is something very important that Jesus does at this time.
- Field – Dying. Right now, what kind of field is Jesus showing them? He walks on water, and that was the field of the disciples. He heals the blind, the lame, and the deaf. With just a small amount of food, He feeds 5000 and 7000 people. When the Canaanite woman came, it may seem as if He was criticizing her, but rather, He was confirming her faith. That’s how far He took it. Simply put, what is the field? The field that is dying because they completely lack the gospel, so we’re not being critical, but we have to see accurately. We’re not negatively viewing the world, but we’re seeing it accurately.
When you accurately see your home, in one way, you won’t be resentful and you won’t be critical. You will see it accurately, that that’s why God sent the Christ. In places like America, there are many remnants where their parents have gotten a divorce. Most people receive scars from them, but if you, too, receive scars from them, you’ll turn out the same way when you get married. When you get married, I don’t know where you picked up this strange person, but you’re going to marry a strange person, and the same hardship your mother faced, you will face. We see almost 100% of the cases are like that. Do you know why? Because you did not accurately see the field. If you accurately see the field, there’s no reason to have any scars. You understand your mother and father, more importantly, you can understand the spiritual things and you can see what Satan is trying to do, then you gain a sense of mission. Only then can you properly live your life. But first of all, not having accurately seen the field, you may talk about Christ, but it’s just a story.
When I look back on my life, it wasn’t that I faced some great, pathetic situation and I thought I had to believe in Christ, and the most important reason is that I didn’t know why I needed to live my life and why I needed to do this, so I didn’t go anywhere; I just had fun. I didn’t know why I needed to be doing this, but most people just diligently live their lives. It’s not a bad thing, and my next door neighbor and their child were faithfully loyal and go to their work, but because my mother was so frustrated, she would say, “Look at him, look at how well he was living his life,” she wanted me to live like him.
I’m not telling you to earn money, but back then, my mother’s words were right, so I called him and I asked, “What work do you do?” He told me what he does, so I asked, “Can I go with you?” He said, “Oh yeah, we’re looking for workers, come with me.” I replied, “Well, not immediately, let me think about it today and I’ll let you know tomorrow.” He said, “Okay, let’s do that.” The next day, he immediately said to me, “Let’s go,” and for the first time in my life, I went and got a job in a factory, and I remember saying this before, we were making these kinds of things where we had to stamp an image on it, and you crank this thing and it puts the stamp on it.
My job was to put the thing inside, crank the wheel, and take it out. After doing that for three days, I couldn’t do it anymore. I would pull the lever, and if it came out incorrect, I would put it on one side, but if it was correct, I would put it on the other side. The third day, I told the president, “I couldn’t do this anymore.” They were doing well because they needed workers, but I told them, “I can’t do this.” He asked, “Why not? What’s so hard about this? All you have to do is put it in, pull the lever, and take it out. What’s so hard about that?” I said, “That’s not what I meant, it’s so hard for me to do it.” He asked, “Is the lever too hard for you to pull?” I said, “Either way, I want to quit.” “Okay fine, on the day we give out the pay, you worked at least two days, so we’ll give you pay.” I said, “I don’t need it.”
In the eyes of a normal person, I’m the crazy one. In the eyes of that president, I really had no hope. “You can’t just sit there and pull on that lever?” Perhaps my mother might be frustrated with me, “You can’t even do that? What are you going to do with your life?” But they incorrectly saw the field. God had called me, but there was no one who accurately explained the gospel to me, so there was no reason for me to go to church, and no one was telling me the gospel, so I had no reason to go to church, and people were always fighting inside the church, so why would I have to go there? So rather, I went because of my mother, because if I didn’t go, she’d get worried. That’s why one day, I told my mother, “I can’t go to church anymore,” and she asked me, “Why not?” “I don’t want to go to church at all; don’t worry about it too much.”
She asked me, “Is there a problem?” I said, “No, I don’t have problems.” She said, “What’s wrong?” “I need to go with faith, but I don’t find this believable.” “Do you not find this believable?” I said, “No, I don’t.” Because I’ve never heard the gospel, and we’d go to church where people are fighting with each other, so what am I supposed to believe in? My mother is really something, she says amen to everything, she just believes in everything and even goes to Early Morning Prayer Service for that, so that’s how I went astray, so bigger problems came. So, even if you don’t want to, you should at least stay in church, but my life completely failed because I left the church, and then I came to realize the gospel. From the moment I realized the gospel, amazing things began to appear. That’s why Jesus asks.
So the key point is Matthew 16:16, but what comes before that is important. This field did not match with me, I thought that this field was wrong, but the church can’t think that way, either. Then, how can I receive salvation? In my life when I was young, I wandered so much, and life was pretty evident. I became very negative, I became very harsh. Think about it, it wasn’t that I wasn’t smart; I was smart, but because things were not working out for me, I became very sensitive, and it was the same situation. You need to be able to see this. So, right now, this is the field of life.
[ Caesarea Philippi ]
Jesus came to the neighborhood of the name of Caesarea Philippi, Caesar and King Philip together. That wasn’t the original name, but that’s what they named it later on, and He asked Peter. Almost everyone gave the incorrect answer, but it’s the confession of faith that Peter gave at that time, “You are the Christ, the son of the living God.”
- 1 Corinthians 12:3. If it is not by the Holy Spirit, you cannot confess that Jesus is Lord.
- Shock. When this message came out, it was a shock. It was the very first confession since the creation of the earth. It’s a tremendous thing. I don’t know how well Peter knew what he was saying, but the Bible accurately says, “If it is not by the Holy Spirit, you cannot confess Jesus as Lord.” Who had the greatest shock? It was Satan, Satan was greatly shocked by this. You, too, were shocked by this. When I explained, “Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God,” you were all shocked by that. That’s how they were able come to this. That’s an amazing thing.
So, these words, “You are the Christ” are not your average words. It was a shocking message. “You are the One Who solved Genesis 3, You are the Main Figure of Genesis 3:15. When they were completely enslaved, He is the Main Figure of Exodus 3:18, “You are the One who brought liberation, and You are the very One who broke Satan’s authority.” That is amazing. “Simon, son of Jonah, blessed are you for this was not revealed to you by flesh, but by My Father in heaven,” and He gives him an amazing message, “You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of Hades will not prevail against you. I give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.” An amazing message was given. It’s what happened afterwards. - Matthew 16:20 [We would] widely proclaim this fact, but He says, “Don’t tell anyone,” and there’s a tremendous key here. You should widely proclaim this fact to all nations and all people, but why did He tell them not to tell anyone? You have to catch onto these words.
Main – Absolute Plan
Let’s enter into the main theme. It’s not about what you do, you have to see God’s absolute plan, and there are five things. These are what you have to enjoy starting now. It’s already finished, and because it’s finished, you are sitting here right now. Your past is not important at all, your problem is not a problem at all. He finished it. Christ finished it all on the cross and He came as the Christ. If that is so, we see the five absolute things of God.
- Matthew 17:1-9 “Mount of Transfiguration Camp Training”. As soon as he made the confession, He took them out there. We call this the Mount of Transfiguration Camp Training, and this is what you’ve lost hold of. It’s finished, Christ is the solution to all problems, but what is God’s absolute plan? It is the Camp Training on the Mount of Transfiguration. What happened on the Mount of Transfiguration?
1) Renewal. The renewal that the Israelites could not do at all, that’s what He changed, then tremendous answers are bound to come. When you renew, amazing answers come. Taking them up to the Mount of Transfiguration, they had renewal, and that’s what the Israelites were able to do the least. Don’t be discouraged, if there are certain areas in your life where things aren’t working, then the answer is simple. You need renewal. What do we mean?
2) Old Ideologies,Theories, Mystics, Law. They were still holding onto their old ideologies, and the day you break this down, all the works arise. What else? They got rid of all the old theories. This is camp training. So, this camp training on the Mount of Transfiguration was amazing. Without even knowing this, Peter goes out and tells other about that? That’s foolish, and Peter couldn’t even go out; even if he did, it still wouldn’t work, so this is Israel’s tremendous problem. “You’re like Elijah and Moses.” Elijah is not the Savior; Moses is not the Savior. The Law shows us the Way, but it is not Salvation. They’re lost in the ways of the old things, so on the Mount of Transfiguration, only Christ was left.
3) Need X. What that means is that you don’t need anything else, so think about this during the camp training and find it. If you really hold to the covenant of Christ, you really don’t need anything else. What do I mean by, “You don’t need anything else”? David confessed, “I shall not want,” that’s what it means to be saved. That’s a person who receives answers. We’re talking about that camp training. Think well. All the things that King Saul loved his whole life, David said he didn’t need those things. He won. Today, even if you just grab hold of the message, answers will come. What is your worry? You don’t need that. “What if a problem comes?” If it comes, it comes. It’s not necessary. These were the people who knew. What’s the common characteristic of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Daniel, and Esther? In this situation where the nation was disappeared and everything was destroyed, the fact that I’m in this position and can sit here and enjoy it, I don’t need that. Only Christ is left. This is what Satan fears. If you hold onto something else, Satan doesn’t fear that at all. When you truly have the answer of only Christ, darkness will crumble.
What do you need? We’re to the extent where people don’t acknowledge us and we get upset over that. We don’t need that, that has nothing to do with answers. Are you holding onto something that has nothing to do with answers? That’s why these other things come to you. There are some people who think that others make them feel bad so they don’t go to church. No, you don’t need that. That’s how most people live their walk of faith, even church officers, even if your opinion doesn’t get through, you get upset about that. Change does not take place at all, so what’s the most important camp training? It’s the training on the Mount of Transfiguration. “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” as soon as that’s said, He blessed him and immediately takes them onto the Mount of Transfiguration. Why did He tell them not to talk about this? What’s the use of proclaiming this if you don’t know all of that? Then what? God’s absolute plan is left ahead of us.
- Matthew 28:1-20 “Mount Calvary Camp Training”. Think about it, Peter makes that confession without seeing this yet? It’s amazing. He’s not saying you shouldn’t talk about it, but there are still things left ahead of you, there are so many answers left ahead of you. On the mount of transfiguration, get rid of all the things that bring destruction.
1) Resurrection (Habakkuk). It’s the resurrection of Jesus Christ. You might not find the resurrection believable, but it is most scientific. In the future, all the people, regardless of whether they are believers are not, are going to be resurrected. That’s talking about the end times, the last days of the earth. You will be transformed into a body that goes to heaven or a body that goes to hell, and the firstfruit of that is Christ, 1 Corinthians 15:20. He is the firstfruit. More importantly? The resurrected Christ, unseen to our eyes, is accurately with us from the Throne of Heaven. What else? This covenant of Calvary is amazing, what is it?
2) Evidence
(1) All Authority. He gave us all authority in heaven and on earth. Why do we not need the previous things? Because He is with us with all authority. Experiencing this through the Word is camp training. What else? It’s already prepared.
(2) Discipleship. Even now, He is at work, “Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
(3) Establish in the Church. “Teaching them to obey everything I have taught you.”
(4) Evangelization. It’s also reproduction. You’re holding onto this. What was the last promise?
3) Promise (Matthew 28:20). I am with you always until the end of the age. This is how He is working, and we’ve got amazing camp trainings left ahead of us. - John 21:15-19 “Healing Camp Training”. Having done all that, Peter runs away. During the situation of Jesus being executed on the cross, he ran away, then what is John 21? We need healing camp training so we can correct our personality and character. This healing camp training isn’t just talking about our physical diseases, but what is this?
1) Spiritual State. He was healing Peter’s spiritual state. What’s important? He didn’t ask about his wrongdoings at all. What did He say?
2) Love. “Do you love Me?” That’s what He asks. We need this blessing. There are many forms of the word “love,” but He used them together at this time, “Do you love Me?” Peter confessed that he did love Him, and what came at this time?
3) Mission. He gave him a mission, “Feed my lambs. Tend my lambs.” So, you need to see the answers that are left ahead of you. What’s the key? No matter how much you send your church members to the camp training, it doesn’t matter. They have to see those answers. Then what do we see next? To those holding onto the covenant, He sent them to Acts 1:1-8. - Acts 1:1-8 “Mount of Olives Camp Training”. Now you know the reason why Jesus told them not to say anything. Mount of Olives Camp Training is amazing.
1) Genesis 3, 6, 11 Christ. They have been completely taken care of because Christ did it. This was the field that verified that. Genesis 3, 6, 11 have completely been resolved for you, then we see a very important covenant given there. We see three things. What did He give?
2) Works of the Kingdom of God, Assurance, Mission. This is the answer you will receive. It’s not a matter of whether you like this or not, but wherever you go, the Kingdom of God will come. This is what you must hold to, and everywhere you go, the forces of darkness will be broken. Jesus said, “When Satan is bound and the Holy Spirit comes, then the Kingdom of God has come.” What else is here? They gained assurance, “Oh, that’s what it is.” It’s the assurance of finding your life answer, this is the Mount of Olives Camp Training. What else? He gave them a mission. When you raise up all the church officers, when possible, give them a mission as you raise them. Anyone can go around and do church work, that’s not what I’m talking about, but a mission that the person can enjoy for the rest of their lives. That’s what Jesus explained for 40 days. So, all of you at this camp training, what you must think about is, “What is my lifelong absolute plan?” Begin to ask that, and the answer can come quickly or it may come slowly, it doesn’t matter, but you need to hold to this.
There is a great difference between those who hold onto this mission and those who don’t. I held to mine very easily. The reason is because the number of seminaries continues to grow but the churches are shrinking. More and more missionaries are being sent out, but missions is not taking place. There are many seminaries, it’s almost like a job now, there are so many out there. So, when I was in school, I was part of 622 other cohorts, and I didn’t even know who they were because there were so many. It wasn’t just my seminary, but there were so many seminaries out there, and almost like a factory producing some kind of merchandise, these seminaries were producing these pastors.
“Why must I become a pastor?” I asked that. “There are so many renowned pastors out there, why must I, too, become a pastor?” This place seemed like it as just giving licenses to become a pastor, and that seemed right, but why are the church members diminishing and problems arising? That’s when I held to this. I don’t need popularity, money, and fame, I must proclaim only the gospel, and God sent me to a church where I could proclaim only the gospel. I held to that missions, so you need to hold to it this way. Don’t just hold to it. Right now, you are very important. It has to be the mission within the absolute plan, so it’s over if you do that, isn’t that so?
Think about it, if really good woman gets married to a very good man who happens to own a conglomerate, then she doesn’t have to worry about food. Think about it, this really great woman gets married to a really great guy who happens to be the president, then she doesn’t have to worry. “How am I going to make a living?” She doesn’t have to worry about that. Spiritually, this is what happens. The moment you grab hold of the mission within God’s absolute plan, that’s it. To what extent?
3) Acts 1:14. That’s how they came down from the Mount of Olives to Mark’s Upper Room. If you go there, you would die, but regardless, they went. That’s how we should live. “It will be greatly to your loss if you go there,” it didn’t matter. They could even die, it didn’t matter. Look at the situation back then, it’s not the situation you’re in right now. You’re so blessed to be able to go to church right now, but if you went there, you could be put to death, but it’s to this extent that we have to have the sure answer. It’s these people who overturned the world. Simply put, it’s through these people that God worked, and all the forces of darkness unseen to our eyes are broken down at this time. The forces of darkness that try to destroy your posterity to the very end will be broken down at this time. One more.
- Acts 2:1-47 “Mark’s Upper Room Camp Training”. For Camp Training, there are five tremendous meetings. It’s Acts2, what is this? It is the camp training in Mark’s Upper Room. Going that far is our basic camp training, do you understand. You have to organize God’s Word regarding our basic camp training. You know this very well, so let me just point out the important things.
1) Prophesized Promise. It was a prophesized promise, and they participated in this camp training.
(1) Joel 2:28. In the ends times, I will pour out My Spirit like water.
(2) Zechariah 4:6. During the times of difficulties, He promised: changing this age will not be by might nor by power but by My Spirit, says the Lord.
(3) Acts 1:8. Jesus promised on the Mount of Olives, and He didn’t just say, “When the Holy Spirit comes on you,” “But when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will receive power and be My witnesses in Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria until the ends of the earth.” There are some who may experience this, or you may not, but all you have to do is hold to the covenant now. What’s important is how accurately you hold to the covenant. Whether you have some change in you is not important. You must remember, there are some people, as soon as they receive the filling of the Holy Spirit, they receive chills throughout their body. It’s not a bad thing. I received the filling of the Holy Spirit, but I didn’t receive any chills through my body. Which one is more normal? Not experiencing anything. Don’t put your standards on the physical things. That person had chills throughout their body, perhaps that person had some kind of disease, so it’s not a problem at all. Believe this exactly, it’s a prophesized promise. You are realistically within that time schedule.
2) That Time Schedule. The day of Pentecost had come, and it’s a tremendous camp training. From this point on, what happens?
3) Filling of the Holy Spirit. You receive the answer of the filling of the Holy Spirit. This is what was promised, this was the goal. Being filled with the Holy Spirit means you become the spiritual summit. The filling of the Holy Spirit means that God’s power has now come upon you. But living the walk of faith having lost hold of all this is very difficult for the church officers. Taking it that far is basic camp training. From here, let me talk about the important conclusion.
Conclusion
[ Prayer Camp Training ]
What’s the important conclusion? You have to realistically have prayer camp training. Of those who are listening to the message, there are many elders doing this Word Movement, and also Sunday School teachers who are teaching young children. You don’t have to take it that far; think about yourself. I found this [Prayer Camp Training]. Taking it that far, you have to find it at this time. You have to find this to be able to save the Three Organizations. What’s the best way to do that? Those who listen to the message, try this at least once. When you gather together with people or children, or when you’re by yourself, the best thing for me was when I was with the kids, I did this with them.
- Visual Aid. After finishing the messages, using some kind of visual aid, and so I showed them a video regarding prayer.
- Theme. Showing them that, or afterwards, taking a theme and giving them the Word regarding that.
1) Quiet Time. If our children could have this quiet time, works would arise. Think carefully about this, this is taking place the least in the church. Especially for you and the remnants, it’s taking place the least. Even if you just make this quiet time for ourselves, works will arise. In this short time, you see a video, and there’s a lot of visual aids out there, so you can select one and show them the video.
2) Breathing. So to really have peace within your body and spirit, you can breathe. For those who are doing this for the first time, it’s very difficult to do prayer and breathe at the same time, but really having this deep and peaceful time.
3) Breathing Prayer. If you can comfortably breathe and pray at the same time, it would be very good. Because you’ve never once had this time, you’ll lose to the Three Organizations. Think about it, elders when you go someplace and meet with some kids, after listening to the message, make this time for yourself. - Confession – Filling of the Holy Spirit. What’s important is that, at this time, after you give them this, they give their confession. It doesn’t matter if it’s 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, or an hour. If I were to give you one topic, “Lord, give me the filling of the Holy Spirit now,” why? That’s what Jesus said. This is the key to basic camp training. In Mark’s Upper Room, they didn’t pray a lot of prayers; they asked for the filling of the Holy Spirit, isn’t that so? They weren’t giving out prayer topics, they prayed for the filling of the Holy Spirit. Don’t just hear this in passing, but what are the religious organizations doing? The way I see it, it’s very dangerous.
For over an hour, they repeat the same words over and over again. That’s what they do through transcendental meditation. They say, “Thank you. Thank you.” They do that for an hour. Then, two things form from that. Tremendous change takes place, but tremendous problems come, think carefully about this. You go to the shaman and they perform these rituals for three hours. How dangerous is this? Absolutely, power is revealed, but that’s the work of evil spirits, and in this way, we’re losing hold of everything. So, those coming to camp training today, if you understand a little bit, tremendous things will happen. Absolutely, seek this out. You don’t even have to ask God for answers; it’s bound to come. Power will be revealed. Jesus promised that. True power is given. Power is given to enable you to go to the ends of the earth, and you stand as a witness enough to go to the ends of the earth.
The smarter a person is, the more spiritual problems they will absolutely have, that’s why you must do this. But there aren’t any leaders doing this for the people. Kids from smart homes, in one way, the parents might not know, but half those kids are suffering from depression. My grandson attended a very good school and asked me a question. It’s a very good school with very smart kids, but half the kids are taking anti-depressants, so my grandson asked me, “What can I do to help them?” It’s really frustrating. If there’s anyone who can just give the gospel and do camp training for 10-20 minutes with them, tremendous change would take place for them, so find your answer at this year’s camp training.
I’ll give you four messages. Basic camp training, team camp training, field camp training, and specialized field camp training. Four messages, and everything is in that. Why is it camp training? Because God promised to be with us, and even now, He is working upon us through the Counselor, the Holy Spirit. But most of the times when you’re with the kids or when we’re by ourselves, we don’t know what to do, and instead of making this [quiet] time for ourselves, we can’t have this deep time, so we have to seek this out.
(Deep Time)
In my case, I had to go very deeply into prayer in the morning and in the evening. I don’t even have a prayer topic, I don’t need any prayer topics, but may the Holy Spirit come upon my thoughts and my soul, and in my body and all my organs, may the Holy Spirit work. May the Holy Spirit fill my thoughts and my mind as I deeply breathe. If there’s a conference that day, then in the conference location, and the Holy Spirit will come upon those who are praying at that time, so depending on the Word, you can pick, but the theme of the basic camp training is the filling of the Holy Spirit.
If you take these words lightly, we’re in an age of mental illness and we won’t be able to block that. You just do this a little bit for the kids, and truly change will take place, but people don’t do this. So, in America, whenever our members called the elite kids, they were all afflicted but they wouldn’t tell their parents, but when they get a little older, they’ll do drugs. And it’s easier to do that, not knowing it will kill them. So, gathering those kids together, that person did that [Prayer Camp Training] with them, and with one time, change took place. Kids are like that. Because it was so good for them, they brought their friends, and these friends began to change. So, all that person did was proclaim the gospel and do that [Prayer Camp Training] with them, they accepted Jesus Christ and made that time for themselves. Because the kids were so happy to do that, they told their parents, and their parents were so surprised, “You were like that?” “Every night, this is how I was,” and they told their parents about their difficulties. The more amazing fact? The parents confessed to their children, “I’m like that, too.”
The elites don’t just become elites; they have to do everything they can to do well in their studies, they don’t just become that way. When you go to church, there are some people who have the gospel, but they’re not the elite and cannot understand these words. That’s why it’s so frustrating when you go to church, you think, “This person is an elite but they don’t have the gospel.” Those who are saying, “Only the gospel,” their lifestyles are lagging behind. These two conflicts are clashing inside the church, so what about the children growing up within that? So, there are kids who are gifted and kids who have problems, so make this time for them.
So, a few things you must keep in mind are, explain to them who Christ is and explain to them the filling of the Holy Spirit. The reason why I’m explaining deep breathing is because it’s been verified scientifically. Great healing takes place through that and you gain energy. People say, “Unbelievers do that,” but we are people of the Holy Spirit, so it doesn’t matter. There was a time when you were blocked from wearing jeans to church, and they would make announcements, “Don’t wear jeans to church,” why was that? Because in the very beginning, it was the bullies and gangs who would wear jeans, so that’s why they told people not to wear that to church, but which one was wrong? The church announcement was wrong. Jeans is just clothing; why can’t you wear that? Jeans are so comfortable, but it wasn’t the churchgoers who wore them first, but it was the bullies.
The reason I’m talking about breathing is because it’s the most important thing but the unbelievers have taken it away. It doesn’t matter because we are the people of the Holy Spirit. The moment you confess Christ, the Holy Spirit is bound to work upon you, so now you have to make them experience this, that is camp training. But you just listen to the message and go back again. Then, after you finish everything, even if it’s just for a moment, very comfortably tell the kids to close their eyes and pray. At this time, read to them some very important prayers. Help them through prayer with words that the Holy Spirit may come upon them and in all the important places in their lives, and help the kids so they can do it. In one way, it becomes repetitive, but you’re not repeating the same thing, and great works of healing will take place. If you participate in this camp training, through what you make at this time for yourselves, absolutely, works will arise.
Trinity
The Triune God, unseen to our eyes, will work.
Status, Heaven, Angels
Your status is a child of God, and in this way, you have this tremendous background of heaven. You’ve got this background, and every time you pray, God sends His angels.
Authority, Satan, Hell
Ultimately, He has given you amazing authority. He has given you authority, and this authority is an authority to overcome Satan and to overcome the background of hell. It’s tremendous. You have to enjoy this, you don’t need any other prayer topics. So, when I wake up in the morning, I enter into deep prayer with that. It’s okay even as I move around, and even at night, I do deep prayer. Throughout the day, as if it’s a conversation, I continue to pray. In my case, it’s become almost a part of my life, but the majority of believers don’t do this. The majority of remnants lose hold of this. I’m sure your children are losing hold of this as well. Then, honestly, it’s really to their loss. This tremendous mystery, God said He will be with us. How? In that way [Trinity, Status, Authority], it’s a sure thing. Unseen to our eyes, God by His Spirit is accurately with us.
But disregarding these words, so many mental patients are arising in America, but disregarding these words, the Three Organizations are continuing to hold onto them. May this be the greatest opportunity of your lives. Tomorrow, I’ll explain to you what Team Camp Training is. Today, I spoke about the important things about the basic camp training. Pastors, there are parts you have been in charge of, so gather them together and do this with them. Friday night vigil service is a golden opportunity for this. Friday night vigil prayer, crying out to the Lord three times and praying is meaningless. A lot of people make programs and run it, but I’m not saying it’s wrong, but it’s not going to work for the individual. We can’t go on that way. According to the words of the Bible, hold onto them a little bit, and change will take place. I’m sure amazing answers will come to you, and the conclusion of basic camp training is prayer camp training, and God will give you the strength to move all things.
We’re talking about the answers within God’s absolute plan when we refer to basic camp training. So this week, as we have these four lectures, may we receive the most important answers starting now.
Prayer
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ who is the solution to all problems, and the great love of God, and the working of the Holy Spirit, upon all the servants of the Lord who come to this camp training, upon all the remnants and especially the church officers, be both now and always forevermore, amen.