Lifestyle of the Evangelist – 21 Life Points
Intro
1. Bartizan à Gen. 3 – Me; 6 – My Things – Physical; 11 – My Success
Living for myself and my things and my success, how can I break this down? Only God can break it down. That’s why God’s bartizan must be placed inside of me. The very first thing is, Jesus is the Christ.
Jesus Christ
You can’t do it with your own strength.
Sin, Curse / Satan / Separation
If this bartizan of Jesus Christ is not placed in me, I have no choice but to revert to Gen. 3. You live with your idols. It’s not that you don’t go to church, but the gospel is vague so you worship idols and it just becomes a religion. The devil isn’t afraid of religion or idols, the devil is only afraid of Christ. What does it mean to be afraid of Christ? It means Christ has finished everything on the cross and this Christ is within me, and He is with me as my Lord and Master.
Triune God – With
Without Christ, you live a life centered on yourself. There’s a characteristic of religious people. In Exodus 20:3-4, God tells us to not worship idols for ourselves. We can’t do what we desire or what we want, living for ourselves. What is that? That is placing an idol in our hearts. We talk about idols so they think it’s some form or image, but you need to get rid of greed. Does it just go away? This won’t go away unless you turn to God. There are so many monks who end up living a selfless life, trying to get rid of greed by selling their houses and living in the portions given to them, but if you don’t go in the direction of God, that greed cannot go away. Even if you get rid of all your physical things and sell everything, you still have this nature. It’s something that can’t be rid of through transcendental meditation. If you do transcendental meditation, it leads to possession of evil spirits. Try emptying yourself, what comes in? Try filling yourself with something else; that’s the work of Satan and if you haven’t concluded in the gospel, you can’t live a life with God. God is with you but you can’t live with God.
We believe in the incident of the cross by His grace, and we need to completely believe in this cross, but we believe vaguely so we can’t live a life with God. What does it mean when I say we can’t live a life with God? In the face of problems, you don’t live a life with God but you only worry about yourself, so that’s why you shake because of your fear and worries. It needs to be finished with the gospel, and as evidence of that, God is with you. This isn’t just a theory. If you just teach the kids that God is with them, they’re in trouble. Teach them how God is with them.
Teach them how God is with them in the midst of crises, problems, and incidences.
Word, Salvation, Power
In June, there’s the general assembly in America and it’s scheduled from Monday to Thursday, they meet in one place and for me, I thought it wasn’t practical, but that was my thoughts. I was going to register but I didn’t have the heart to go, but it’s not right for the chairperson to not go. Do I just go to save face? But I have a Gen. 3, 6, and 11 that denies and rejects that. My Gen. 3 is doing what I want to do without concern of others. I continued to think about it, and it left a sour taste in my mouth. “Why do I need to go?” In my thoughts, I don’t want to go, but I live a life with God so I ask, “Why do I need to go there?” If I don’t ask, I end it with my own thoughts.
Last Thursday, I was the last person to register. What did I think such that I decided to go? God brought the general assembly together to pray, but I didn’t want to go because I didn’t see how it would benefit me. I was weighing the options and seeing what benefit it would be for me, I didn’t go. God works through oneness but I didn’t want to partake in that. Once I had that thought, I immediately sent a message saying I would attend. One of my bartizans ended up breaking down.
All of these are answers. These are theories but we must overcome our daily lives with it. I wouldn’t go to these kinds of things before, but this time around, it was different. We try to add experience to our gospel, we calculate, “Will this benefit me?” We calculate, “There’s a flight fee, my money and my time,” and I become seized by that. Because God gave me this Word, I was able to overcome. In the church, I give without holding back, but these were my thoughts that held me back.
A life lived with God, don’t just tell the children God is with them, but how God is living with them. That’s what it means to live a life, not needing my own thoughts. Even if you have your own thoughts, they are not correct. If you continue to hold onto that and pray and ask God for that, God will give you power through His Word. That will be connected to the evangelism and missions of salvation, unseen to the eyes. In other words, it could be worship, or it could be a meeting within the church. Or it could be a para-meeting between different churches. If we live our lives with our own experiences and thoughts, we won’t be able to experience God, but if you practice this, you will overcome your Gen. 3 bartizans.
You see many things in the church, there’s youth evangelism and business people meetings, why don’t you come? It’s a loss to you, it’s a waste of time, you should be resting, it’s the same Gen. 3 and you remain at that level, unable to overcome. I’m not telling you to partake in all these things but if it’s necessary for you, you partake in God’s answers. I’m just giving one example. You need to know what it means for you to live with God. I have no fear, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death because God is with me, that is how the problems of America will be solved. Even though you went to church for a long time, you haven’t concluded in the gospel so you keep coming up. Then, everything else cannot follow. The most important thing is, conclude and come to the answer of the gospel. Just like Abraham, come to the answer. Nothing is a problem to you because you have that.
If you die, it means God is with you, living with you, so it’s not a loss to you but God desires something within that. You need to constantly hold onto this, then you’ll constantly have the evidence. This bartizan needs to be within you since you’re young. Let’s take a look, it must realistically and practically be taking place, but it’s not. It just becomes theological knowledge where the church talks about being with God, but if you really enjoy a life being with God, that’s relayed to others, and the other person will continue to be nurtured. If you aren’t able to enjoy this life of “with,” then the person who is listening says, “Why do you say the same things over and over again? You’re not enjoying it yourself,” so you need to have this kind of bartizan.
God’s Kingdom
This is our goal. We are within God’s Kingdom, so we don’t live for the kingdom of the world. You’re not living for the kingdom of Satan, either, but you live for what God desires, and God’s Kingdom must be placed within me as my mission. The kingdom where God is reigning over.
Holy Spirit
When God’s Kingdom comes and is established, the forces of darkness are broken and God’s Word is power. God’s Kingdom is not a matter of talk, but it’s about peace, joy, and righteousness. Without this, God’s Kingdom cannot be established. We have this Gen. 3 bartizan within us, but holding onto the mission, God is continually within us.
Power of the throne, it’s from the throne and a blessing and power comes from there. Where is He? On the throne and also within us. It’s not a specific place; it’s the place where God rules. Is there a specific place for that? God is everywhere especially within me. God’s power must come within me because we’re weak and Satan’s bartizan is within us. We have the DNA that comes from our family line. The kids also have the bartizan of America. Look at the children and how they act, they’re so free. But if there’s God’s will, even when uncomfortable, you seek God’s will and follow, but they don’t because it’s uncomfortable. It’s evidence that they are very weak.
What does it mean for someone to be strong in faith? Even if it’s uncomfortable, because God has a plan and desires within that, you follow.
Power (5 Authority, Ruler of the Kingdom of the Air, CVDIP) à End of the Earth
God will lead you along this path and journey, that’s the path the remnants take. You will go along the path of the 10 mysteries. Even if you’re alone and no one helps you, you’re okay even if you face wrongdoing, why? Because I’m not by myself; God is with me. You’re bound to walk this path. It’s not something you’ve memorized, you walk this path and can see the spiritual fact. You’ll win without competition. You don’t need to compete because you already possess this. Have you seen Joseph compete? No, he didn’t need to because the work I’m doing is to save the 237 nations, then why do you need to compete? “God, give me the Word so I’m able to do this work,” and this must be my imprint, root, and nature. You can’t just know this theologically, you’ll be afflicted. It’s not that these kids haven’t learned these words on Sunday but they haven’t experienced the gospel. They need the imprint, root, and nature of the gospel through the 66 books of the Bible but it’s just vague. They know all this and have heard all this, but you need to be a witness.
When time comes, you’ll overcome and be victorious. This is the truth, because if you live a walk of faith without holding onto God’s promise, it won’t work out. The ten platforms, the Triune God is the most basic platform. God’s absolute sovereignty, God’s method, Jesus Christ, God’s power, only the Holy Spirit. You must begin your foundation with that. If you don’t believe in God, it means you don’t believe in God’s absolute sovereignty in the midst of your circumstance.
If
It comes out in books, but it’s not correct. God’s absolute sovereignty. “If only COVID didn’t happen,” but God gave us COVID and leads us in His blessings. “If only I didn’t try and fail,” but through your failure, God is helping you to understand the gospel and leads you in that way. No “if” because it’s all under God’s absolute sovereignty. Did you face something unfair? Joseph. He faced unfairness but it was fair to God. People who live a life with God end it with unfairness. There’s God’s plan within that but they don’t want to see this, but you need to overcome this.
If you can relay this to your kids, it’s over. But you think you should live a smart, nonbeliever life, so this sounds stupid, so start by raising this bartizan. Then, you will walk this journey,
2. Journey
And you can embrace everything and not get caught in that. In 1 Cor. 9, Paul says, “I will act as if I have legalism to save those who are legalistic. I pretend to live without the law to save those without the law.” That was Paul’s wisdom of the gospel. Nobody could be an obstacle to him. If you have people as an obstacle to you, you will fall, but no one in the church must be an obstacle to you, even in your field, no one must be an obstacle to you. As evidence that you have strength, you can accommodate them. You need to overcome them.
When a mother has a newborn baby, she plays peekaboo and accommodates the child, but she doesn’t live a life like a baby. She needs to surpass that and see God’s plan. Walking the path of the pilgrim means you can transcend and rule over. Otherwise you’ll constantly fall. You need to have this message to understand what it means to embrace.
3. Guidepost
Absolute Bartizan
The absolute disciples who will not fall in Corinth and Asia and Macedonia. How do you raise this? If you’re within the absolute bartizan, it will automatically take place. But if I’m constantly shaking, how can I raise someone else who will not shake? If I’m within this, then I can relay this to others, and that’s discipleship training. But because I don’t have this, I just have this in theory, so disciples who shake continue to arise instead. In other words, our children constantly shake and waver, but they stumble and fall because of other people. That’s the life of a failure. It won’t work out, even if they’re the president, because even if they’re the president, they will try to live their own life and it will be stressful to them. You need to be a president who does the will and work of God. That’s why, even if people become president, they become so weary and burdened.
In Korea, there was a president who committed suicide, and during his tenure, he had depression. Depression can lead to suicide, but in the past, I thought some embarrassing thing happened to him and he committed suicide, but he just had depression. He became the president and had no strength to continue so it led to the end of his life. That’s why it doesn’t work out. There are so many future generations who live without hearing this, so even for me, as an nonbeliever, I had depression without realizing it, I faced powerlessness, and after seeing a movie, I was very sad, almost depressed. So, they just live that kind of sad life on their own, and later on, I faced the fear of death. I encountered all these things in my 20s, no matter what job I had. Don’t do that, there’s a way not to do this. You need to live this life and relay it to the 237 nations.
Even if you prepare the temple, if this bartizan is not raised in you, you just built a great church building but you don’t have 237 in your hearts, so it’s not aligned with God. That’s why within me, the temple, the bartizan of the 237, healing, and summit, the future generation must be raised. You need to continuously plant this bartizan within you through prayer. Then, you will walk this path.
Acts 1:1 Christ
If you know Christ in a theoretical way, you’ll be in big trouble. You need to be crucified on the cross, meaning you no longer have your standards. Christ lives within you, so Christ is your standard. This must be in you to really enjoy that Christ has finished everything.
(Sin, Satan Hell)
People don’t know the true meaning of this. He doesn’t use “sin” anymore, he uses curses. And instead of Satan, it’s the work of evil spirits. He thought people don’t understand hell, so he talks about the background of hell, so without Christ, we cannot be liberated from this. You need to have this answer.
Finished
Acts 1:3 God’s Kingdom
Acts 1:8 Only the Holy Spirit
Experience this.
(John 19:30)
Know the meaning of Jesus Christ dying on the cross and resurrecting. To finish this problem, God has come within me as life and Spirit, and that’s when God’s Kingdom is established. To establish God’s Kingdom, God gives you only the power of the Holy Spirit.
Mt. 16:16
In the age of Rome, this confession of faith came out.
John 14:6
1 John 3:8
It wasn’t just the devil, it was the devil’s work. What is the work the devil does, what is the work that God does? You need to know that. If you don’t know this, the authority of Satan will continue to be there. This authority keeps making us sin, separated from God. Satan works to separate us from God. What is the way to destroy the devil’s work? You need to die on the cross because of your sin in order to overcome Satan. If you come to life because you’re a sinner, Satan will work with his authority. But if you have died for the ransom of sin, Satan has no authority over you. Overcome the authority of the devil. How can we overcome the devil? When I die on the cross with Christ in Gal. 2:20, the devil no longer has any authority over me. This is what the disciples must experience.
Mark 10:45
If you know this as the Word, you can relay this as the Word. That’s why all ministers must relay the words of God as witnesses, not your own words. If you say, “In my experience, it happened this way,” but that’s just your experience, not God’s Word. In Mark and Luke, when the two disciples were on the road to Emmaus, they were only able to understand and their hearts burned when the Holy Spirit worked upon them, so you must constantly have the Word of God within you, so we go over these verses.
Colossians 1:13
Phil 3:1-20 – Law, Academics
Everything I thought was good was actually rubbish. It means he knew a lot about the Bible and the laws; it’s the same in Iran, democracy wants to take over, but they have a religious ruler so if you know a lot about the law, you’re in a high position. He was also in a position where he taught others. He thought this was everything, and because he thought it was everything, the more he knew, the more he succeeded.
Gospel
He knew about the law diligently and his characteristic was diligence. “I need to keep the Word of God,” so he thinks he’s not a sinner. Through the law, we’re supposed to humble ourselves but we grow prideful; the more we abide by the law, the more we succeed. The things you held onto are now considered rubbish. I became prideful because of this, so I wasn’t able to know the gospel, and this is when he faced his limitations. The Lord Who is the Gospel appeared before Paul. Do you know this just as a theory? The Holy Spirit works and you’re able to realize.
Some people don’t understand no matter how many times you tell them, they know “gospel” but they’re caught within legalism. Without the working of the Holy Spirit, you’re never able to understand this. That’s why all the things you’ve known and understood before are not…
Money, Success, People
Religion, Transcendental meditation
If you don’t know the gospel, even if you go to church, you don’t know if you’re within this or not, why? Because if you’re in the gospel, you can discern this. See this with the eyes of the gospel in order to see it. You need to see the field of America; if you know the gospel, you’re able to see it. But because you don’t have the gospel and it’s very vague to you, if you’re not able to see the field, you automatically say, “I’m living a good life, my kids are studying well,” but that family will crumble until this gospel clearly pierces through them. Until I know this, I have resolved in my heart. It doesn’t mean you don’t need anything else; it means everything is contained within Christ and I will race towards what Christ has taken hold of me. That’s what it means to know Christ. It’s correct, the meaning is being relayed, but it’s not taking place in our lives. They don’t grow in it because you’re not growing. It’s the same for pastors. Have you not heard about Christ? You have, but you say, “They’re saying the same thing again,” you’re not being moved, and even in the field, people say the same thing. This Christ contains height, width, and depth; it is unlimited, and this is the Christ we must relay. Then, that’s when the darkness and forces of evil are broken down.
You know about the gospel a little and a little about the world, so you’re caught in the middle and Satan blinds you so you can’t discern. “Yes, the gospel is important but also the world,” and it’s not wrong; of course the world is important, but you think the world isn’t as important as it should be. You don’t hear what follows after, “The world follows you,” but there are actually parents like this who worries about one parent said, “”pastor Ryu in his businesspeople message said it’s important to study,” they don’t know spiritual things and walk that kind of path. There’s nothing we can do about it. Hear this gospel, then you will know the meaning and you will be able to respond to that. If your child says something and you don’t know how to respond, you wander together. You’re bound to wander together. I hope all of you are able to raise your bartizan within this and God will do the work.
God is someone who can do 100 years of work in one day.
Every single week, we’d gone over the 21 lifestyles of the evangelist, for 8-9 years. We continuously did it so it became our imprint, root, and nature. It becomes different as we do it every week, so it’s rooted. We say the same thing but it’s different, our field changes all the time so we receive the Word of the gospel, and we hear the same words but it seems different. If I’m sick of it, I wouldn’t be able to say this to you because it would pierce my conscience. “You’re going over the same thing again? I can listen once or twice but I can’t actively say this to you,” but it’s not the same so I can speak about it so boldly. I hope your imprint, root, and nature is within the seven bartizans and the 21 lifestyles. Wait until this becomes your imprint, root, and nature because God will work when his time schedule comes and the masterpiece forms. If I come to life, all people will come to life. Nothing is a problem. If I come to life, I can save my pastor. Why do you think you need to be influenced by the pastor? If you come to life, you can help the pastor in his weakness. So you can’t surpass the pastor, because God has placed me above you but it wouldn’t happen in my family. God is a God of order and gives you grace so you cannot surpass. I’m sure it’s just a joke but if you can receive this grace, your children have no choice but to obey before the spiritual authority. No matter what they say, they have no choice but to follow. That is how God leads them. Enjoy this blessing.
Prayer
Father God, we thank You. May the life of the evangelist become my imprint, root, and nature. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray, amen.