Joseph Who Was Imprisoned (Gen. 40:1-23)
If you believe in God, all problems will not be a problem. People have a hard time understanding the gospel, meaning you don’t understand Jesus. If you don’t understand Jesus, you don’t understand slavery and prison. What do you think was the problem of Adam and Eve?
Adam – Eve
Without knowing this, you’ll only know it as a story and it will be hard to understand. What was the problem of Adam and Eve in the Bible? You need to find the answer through the Bible. In order to find the answer, you need to know the problem. The solution to that problem is the gospel. Proclaiming the gospel in America means you are giving the answer to the problem. If this gospel is not being relayed, it means the problems of America are continuing to increase; the number of shootings continue to increase, drug usage continues to increase, right? Homicides and gun violence continue to increase, why is that? It’s because the gospel is the answer to the problem, but Christians are not relaying that gospel. If they’re not relaying the gospel, it means they do not know the problem or the answer. You must be able to understand the gospel to understand the Bible and your present reality.
Then, you need to understand the problem of Adam and Eve to understand the solution to the problem, the gospel. That is why God has revealed the problem of Adam and Eve from thousands of years ago through the Bible.
Genesis 3:15
If you don’t know the problem, this isn’t an answer for you. In today’s terms, Jesus Christ is the answer, but if you don’t know what the problem of the age is, Jesus is just a theory to you, then your problems will continue to increase. For nonbelievers, of course it’s going to continuously increase, do you understand? Then, what is the problem of Adam and Eve? If you’re studying the Bible or reading or learning the Bible but you don’t know this, this is just a story to you and it won’t work. You shouldn’t just go to church to learn stories. Inside of this, you need to realize why was this a problem for Adam and Eve and why Gen. 3:15 is the answer. That is what you must find through the Bible. That is how you will realize what your problems are. You will realize why Jesus Christ is the answer. If you don’t understand this, you’ll hear the same words again and it’s just theory. We say Jesus Christ is the solution to all problems and it sounds so nice to hear, but if you don’t know the meaning of that in the Bible and you just want your problems to be solved so you hold onto Jesus Christ, but you still face your problems then you’ll get confused. Jesus Christ is the solution to all problems, but you get more and more problems? Then you say, “I’ll just give it three more years,” and you wait 3 more years, but even if you wait 30 years, you won’t get the answer.
Later on, you’re so exhausted, you’ll just complain. “I held onto Jesus Christ because He’s the solution to all problems, but my problems aren’t solved, I just get more problems.” Are any of you understanding in this way? That’s why it doesn’t matter how many years or times you’ve heard this, but understand and believe the accurate Word. What was the problem of Adam and Eve? Know this in the Bible words, not just your summarizing.
Problem
Don’t live an introductory life, but go into the main point. You work so diligently and hard, but if you don’t know the essence of what God is saying as your answer, your life will repeat in this way. What was the problem of Adam and Eve? You must be able to tell this to other people. If you’re not able to tell this to other people, you cannot relay the gospel. No matter how much you talk about Jesus, if you don’t give the accurate problem, they won’t take the answer. What does the Bible say is the problem for Adam and Eve?
Covenant Word (Gen. 2:17)
Satan
If I’m holding onto God’s Word, Satan has no effect on me. Satan doesn’t work randomly. If you have disbelief regarding God’s Word, then he works. Then, that individual agrees with Satan’s deception. That’s how they’re separated from God.
Separation
You don’t understand and that’s why your problems aren’t being solved, meaning you don’t know what the real problem is. Do you understand? You must not memorize this with your brain, but understand what it means. What is your problem right now? It is leaving God’s Word, do you understand? Who makes you leave God’s Word? The invisible devil plows into your thoughts and makes you leave God’s Word, then what happens? You follow something else instead, and as you follow something else, you get a visible problem. Do you understand? People don’t know the problem that is invisible, they look at the visible problem and say, “Jesus Christ is the solution to this and that,” and they have ritualistic chants, “Christ, Christ, Christ,” to solve the problem they see. But the devil knows that and seizes them. The demons say, “I know Jesus and Paul I know about, but who are you?” and then jump you. You’re saying this without knowing the meaning of Christ, you’re just chanting.
If you want to solve the problem of your family, disease, and the problems of your life, and you hear Jesus Christ is the solution to all problems, it sounds good but you don’t know what the real problem is. You’re still holding onto what you want. You’re serving an idol without realizing it. In other words, you’re worshiping demons but you don’t realize it, and the spiritual problems continue to come in. If that’s how the remnants grow up understanding, later on, they will leave the church because the gospel didn’t go into them correctly, people just shoved the gospel down their throats. They get so exhausted, “No more worship,” but if you know this correctly, you’ll receive the answers of worship and want to keep worshiping longer. If you have the correct beginning, the more time passes, the more it will be like this. People blabber with a vague idea of Christ without knowing or relaying the real answer, then it will be a big problem.
Adam’s problem, and our problem, the Bible tells us, is this.
Me – Be Like God
This is why you’re angry when things don’t turn out the way you want. Do you understand or not? If you don’t, then you will die. It’s okay even if you get low grades in school but if you get low grades in this, you’ll be deceived by lies. There’s an answer to your problem, but you think there isn’t, so you fall deeper and deeper into your problems, so then you have to do everything you can to solve that problem. If that’s what your parents do, that’s what you learn from them, then no matter how much you go to church, you’re not going to have an answer.
Fear
Gen. 3:15
Offspring of the Woman
What does it mean for the offspring of the woman to crush the head of the serpent? We draw pictures of Satna with big horns and make Satan into something he’s not. What do kids think of Satan? He’s black color and has horns? That’s not how you should know Satan because Satan is disguised as an angel of light. Yes, it may be necessary to depict him like this, but you must know the real thing.
Satan’s Authority
Satan is spiritual, he doesn’t have a physical body, but because people don’t understand, we draw cartoons to show people physically but we must understand spiritually. It’s not his head; it’s his authority. President Biden has his authority, right? What authority does he have? He has the executive command over the American military, and he has the executive ability to command the Chief of Staff, and because he is the president, he has authority.
But Satan has authority in a bad way. There’s no one who can budge against the authority of Satan, that’s why the offspring of the woman must come to break the authority of Satan. To break the authority of Satan means Satan’s authority is powerless, and now, he is unable to move with his authority.
You need spiritual bravery to overcome Satan. You need to stand so that Satan and demons and darkness will flee. You must not fall asleep; that means, you’re weak, do you understand? It is connected to the spiritual things. God allows us to worship so we can hear His Word, and I’m trying to explain in a way you can understand. The way to overcome is through Jesus Christ, the offspring of the woman. Believe in this Christ to be set free from the problem, and before Jesus Christ, the authority of the devil is powerless, do you understand? The answer God gave us is the offspring of the woman.
He said to Satan, “You will strike His heel,” which is Jesus’ crucifixion on the cross. Even if someone hits you on the heel, you can just keep walking. For us, it didn’t seem like a big deal for the offspring of the woman to be crucified, but it was a big deal, do you understand? Otherwise you’ll always be dragged around by fear.
Excuses
We have our own standards and we’re being dragged around by the devil, so we always make excuses. We don’t lie because we want to; we have no choice but to. If you know someone who chronically lies, you must realize it’s connected to spiritual things. They kept lying and made excuses. They blamed each other and the snake, so God punishes the snake. Women are punished with child-bearing, and for men, God cursed the earth so he must labor. If we go into God’s plan, we work within God’s rest. It’s hard to study and work, isn’t it? If you don’t understand the gospel, your entire life is destroyed.
Financial, Children, Murder
How can someone kill someone else if they believe in God? They listen to whomever they want. Raise your hand if you have no problems. You all have problems, right? You won’t be able to nurture those who accept Jesus. After I accepted Jesus Christ, I had so many problems and I was unable to give anyone the answer to that. Being a slave is not the answer, but you know the reason why you’re a slave. Therefore, people just hear what they want to hear. Even if you have a problem, it’s not a problem because you have an answer. Wait and believe in God. You need to believe in God’s absolute sovereignty and time schedule, but you are your own god in your timing, then that’s not really believing in God. Timing is in God’s hands. You are your own God.
If you’re the owner, it’s problematic, but wait for God’s time schedule to establish God’s Kingdom. It’s the most important thing, if you don’t understand the gospel, through the 66 books, Find the answer to your sickness through God’s Word. Stop asking God to solve the problem, If you have a spiritual disease or illness, it means you have no spiritual strength, so you must receive physical health from the doctor but you need spiritual eyes. Angry people have shallow, quick breaths and have no choice but to have problems with their brain, you need to have deep, long breathing for spiritual strength. While you do that, exercise and receive help from others. May you have victory.