The Bartizan that Establishes the Kingdom of God by the Holy Spirit’s Strength (Mt. 12:22-37)
Let us bless the people next to us, “Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God.” May the Lord of our life be Jesus Christ today, then God’s Kingdom is bound to be established and the answers will follow. That is the content of today’s entire message. The title of today’s message is, “The Bartizan that Establishes the Kingdom of God by the Holy Spirit’s Strength.” We live and work so hard on this earth, but there is another world. There is another world, but if we live our lives without knowing this, then there will be something we will be lacking in our life, or problems will keep finding us in our life.
1. Field
1) Demon-possessed (Mt. 12:22)
(1) Blind man (Mt. 12:22)
(2) Mute man (Mt. 12:22)
In today’s scripture, we see there is a person who is blind and mute because they do not know Jesus, they are demon-possessed. People ask, “Are there demon-possessed people in this world?” I think there are many, you can just see them outside, so even now, things like this are still happening. The fact that this person was blind and mute was a result of their demon-possession. These are not things that happen for another reason; this person is blind and mute because he is possessed by a demon, and even right now, that demon is working.
How is this revealed today? You can just understand it like this: no one knows the reason or the cause, but we keep suffering. That is the invisible cause which is demons. If you find that cause, then that is the cause. But in today’s Bible verse, no one knows the cause or the reason for his blindness and muteness. There are some people who suffer from headaches for no reason, there is no reason for it. That is this problem. You have to know what that problem is to solve it.
There are many things like that. The problems that cannot be diagnosed even if you go to a hospital, most of those problems are the result of demons. The problems that keep repeating in your life and are the pattern of your life and your family line, that is this problem. It is constantly finding you in the same way. That is this problem. It is the same pattern that happens regardless of what we want. There is a pattern of shootings that is continuously happening in America. That is this problem, and that is why politicians cannot solve it.
Even if America becomes an even stronger superpower nation, they cannot solve this problem. Especially for elites, they have gone all into success ever since they were young, but their internal problems cannot be resolved. That’s why they do expensive drugs. There’s a lot of drugs coming into America because there are a lot of sales of drugs. If there was no one in America who was buying drugs, they wouldn’t be able to bring more drugs into America. The fact that there are very expensive or high class drugs being imported into America means that the people who are buying it have a high income. These are problems that are not visible; they are invisible.
(3) Jesus healed him (Mt. 12:22)
Jesus Christ did not come to earth to fix or heal this. Jesus Christ Himself is God, and Jesus Christ is taking His rightful place as the ruler, reigning with authority, and demons are cast out, so the healing is a natural result. There are people who live their walk of faith only for the result, but that is the same as a religion and an idol. Even the kids who are very good at studying are different. If someone is really good at business or working out, they all have the same principle. They are concentrating their energy on something else so that the result follows naturally.
Because they are focusing on this, the result has no choice but to come. But the characteristic of people who cannot do anything is that they do not know this principle; they only focus on the things they can see with their eyes. They say, “It’s not working out for me,” but of course it’s not working. There’s another principle that allows it to take place naturally, but people are living their walk of faith to get the visible results. That’s the same as a student who is bad at studying. But instead, we must focus our attention on the principal source that causes the blindness or the muteness to be healed naturally, and that is concentrating on, not myself, but on Jesus Christ, ruling and reigning, and then the result will be revealed in various different ways.
If you guys go into religion or idolatry, you will fail. You need to focus on solving the cause of your alcohol addiction. It doesn’t matter how much you try to change the pattern of your life to stop your addiction; it will not stop, because there is something inside of you that is stronger, moving you. You just need to focus on the opposite thing. People who cannot do anything will only focus on the result. It’s the same thing for Chinese chess. People who are bad at playing the game will only focus on eating their opponent’s pieces in front of them, but the people who are really good at chess will station their pieces so they have no choice but to eat many of the opponent’s pieces. That is the content of today’s message. If you understand this correctly, then even if you don’t ask for answers, they will come. Even if you don’t ask for your problems to be solved, they will be solved.
2) Reaction
(1) Son of David (Mt. 12:23)
There are two reactions to Jesus Christ’s healing, and there was one person who said, “This is the Son of David, He is the Messiah.”
(2) Power of Beelzebub – Drives out demons (Mt. 12:24)
(3) Pharisees’s thoughts (Mt. 12:25)
But the Pharisees who already had resentment against Jesus Christ thought something to themselves. Because they are elites, they cannot speak their thoughts out loud, but inside they are thinking, “He is doing this by the power of demons.”
3) Jesus’s response
(1) Every kingdom, city, household divided against itself – Will not stand (Mt. 12:25)
Then in Mt. 12:25, it says, “Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself cannot stand,’” meaning if there is a demon cast against another demon, then how can there be works of healing? By the power of the Holy Spirit, the demons are cast out and the Kingdom of God is established. How could a demon establish this work against another demon? In fact, when a demon casts out another demon, there are just more works of division and conflict.
(2) Satan – Drives out Satan: Divided (Mt. 12:26)
What is the reason there is constant division, conflict, and separation inside of your family, your company, and the people who are in your life? If you tell them it’s because of demon-possession, people will say, “No.” But the reason why there is division and separation inside of people is because of the very strong thing that Satan has placed inside of us–these ideologies and values.
(3) By whom do you drive them out? (Mt. 12:27)
Then Jesus Christ asks, “Who are you casting demons out in the name of?” Then He explains about the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is the place where God is reigning and controlling.
2. Kingdom of God
1) Jesus’s kingdom
(1) From dominion of darkness to Kingdom of the Son (Col. 1:13)
In Col. 1:13, it says the Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of Jesus, His Son. He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the Kingdom of the Son He loves.
(2) Kingdom of God has come near (Mk. 1:15)
The very fact that Jesus Christ came to earth means that the Kingdom of God has come near.
(3) Kingdom of God – Within you, in your midst (Lk. 17:21)
The Kingdom of God is neither here nor there, within you, in your midst. The Kingdom of God must be established within us in order for us to receive answers. The Kingdom of God must be established today in our midst for us to receive answers, so we need to concentrate on the Kingdom of God that is bound to receive answers. But if you do not concentrate on this and you only focus on the result, you will not receive those answers.
2) Kingdom of God established
(1) By the Spirit of God drive out demons (Mt. 12:28)
(2) Kingdom of God established (Mt. 12:28)
Then, how is the Kingdom of God established? It says in Mt. 12:28, “If it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you,” so this is something we can never accomplish or establish by our efforts or hard work. God must reign. God must reign within you. But it’s difficult because we’re living our lives in the complete opposite way.
(3) First bind the strong man (Mt. 12:29)
(4) Then plunder the strong man’s house (Mt. 12:29)
In Mt. 12:29, it says we must first tie up the strong man. Let’s say there are hostages tied up and held inside someone’s house. In order to bring the hostages back out, we have to first tie up the strong man who is holding them hostage. The Kingdom of God is already inside of you, but why are these answers not coming to us? Because of the very strong imprints, roots, and nature inside of us that Satan placed into us before we believed in Jesus Christ, and that’s what is moving us very strongly.
Even though the Kingdom of God has come upon us, we are not receiving the reign and ruling of the Kingdom of God; we are going back to our old ways. So, even though we have been set free from the authority of Satan, he continues to tempt us and deceive us with the things of the past, so we cannot enjoy the blessings of the Kingdom of God, and he makes us so that we become slaves of the strong man.
The Israelites were slaves to Egypt for 400 years, and they escaped from Egypt by the blood of the Passover lamb. Once they escaped from Egypt, they should go back to Canaan, which is the Kingdom of God, but these people did not want to head to the land of Canaan; they wanted to go back to Egypt. Why is that? Because even though they have been set free, the things of their past are holding onto them so strongly inside of them, that they want to go back. They are seized and enslaved by the things of their past, like what they ate, what they wore, their success, and everything for themselves. These are the things with which Satan controls the world. I hope you will pray for the Kingdom of God to be established within yourself because this is impossible with your own mental abilities.
“I have to think proper thoughts,” that’s impossible. “I just have to meet the right important person,” that’s not going to do it. There is something very strong, inside of me, that is holding onto me and leading me, and without me even realizing it, I’m going in that direction, even after I’ve received salvation. That’s why after you receive salvation, you have to concentrate for the Kingdom of God to reign and rule over you. Even the 12 apostles and 70 workers that Jesus Christ personally trained could not do it without this, they were all afraid and ran away. They could not understand the Kingdom of God. They were under the misconception that, “God is going to help me succeed on this earth and get what I want on this earth,” and that’s why those people were seized by things that are visible.
Do you know what is the focal point that the devil in America works upon? I’m sure there are many ways in which Satan attacks, but his very strongest point is that he attacks the young children, the future generations. For the adults, he can just leave them alone and they will leave this earth, so he focuses on the young children. After I got out of the military, I worked in Gangnam in a financial office. My office was on the 10th floor, and across, there was another building, and on the roof of that building, there was a billboard for Sprite, and I didn’t know what that was. But during my break times, I would go out for a smoke, and I’d look at this billboard on the rooftop across from me, and that’s all I would see.
During those times, people worked in the mornings on Saturdays, and I was a bachelor, so I didn’t have any other plans, so I’d read this economic journal called “Fortune,” and I would read about the marketing strategies of Sprite. What did it say? It said the marketing strategy of Sprite in Korea was not targeting the adults, but the young children. Because the adult generation had already been imprinted with Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Cider, and Fanta, that’s what they would grab whenever they’d go into a supermarket, and no matter how much you tell the adults, they would not buy Sprite, so they were advertising, targeting the young children, and these young children would become young adults, and that’s when they would buy Sprite.
I was just a worker or employee, so I thought, “Oh, that’s how the companies strategize their marketing.” Where is Satan holding onto in America? He is holding onto your young children, how? They say, “In America, you can do anything.” That’s how Satan seizes them. “No matter what you want, you can do it; anything is possible.” It is the same message Satan gave in Gen. 3:5 that said, “Without God, you can still do whatever you want,” and that’s how Satan holds onto the young children, invisibly.
In underdeveloped nations in Asia and Africa, Satan doesn’t work that way. Because the nation is poor and the kids know they cannot do whatever they want, Satan attacks them in the form of religion and idols, so they have to beg for what they want. So the way he attacks the superpower nations and the underdeveloped nations is different. So, how is transcendental meditation being so well absorbed by the elites in America? Because they worked hard to accomplish everything, but inside, they are still not satisfied. In America, they do everything they can to physically succeed, but there’s no way to touch their internal problems. Even if they go to a religious organization, they cannot solve it; when they go to church, they cannot solve it, so they go to the transcendental meditation centers.
Then, through transcendental meditation, they discover the true and new self. The deception says, “The ‘you’ you know is not the real ‘you,’ there is another real ‘you,’ and you need to discover that true ‘you.’ You are suffering right now because you’re holding onto something that is fake. The true ‘you’ is the same as the universe, and through transcendental meditation, you can discover the true ‘you.’” These are such high class words that even the churches cannot imitate, so they receive healing through transcendental meditation. But what are the churches doing? The churches are actually higher than that, but they don’t talk about that.
The churches need to be telling people about the invisible parts of the world, but instead, they are telling them about the visible results and tell people to pray for that. So, they are not able to save the future generations of America, and that’s why the children do not come to church. That’s why the elites are bound to go towards transcendental meditation. The accurate gospel must be proclaimed in order for the children and future generations to be saved. The non-elites do not go there because they’ve just given up on life. They are racing in life to get visible results, but they say, “I can’t do it,” so they give up. That is the image of America today.
3) Jesus Christ
(1) Whoever is not with me – Against me (Mt. 12:30)
Then, what do you think God desires through today’s Bible passage? How is the Kingdom of God established? He solved that fundamental problem. In today’s Bible scripture, it says, “Whoever is not with me is against me.” If you do not understand these words, then you are against Christ.
(2) Whoever does not gather with me – Scatters (Mt. 12:30)
Jesus says, “Whoever does not gather with me, scatters.” He went to that extent.
(3) Speaks against the Holy Spirit – Will not be forgiven (Mt. 12:32)
Then, Jesus Christ says, “You will not receive forgiveness by the Holy Spirit,” because there’s only two choices: do you have the Holy Spirit or an evil spirit? Is that a soul receiving the influence of the Holy Spirit or an evil spirit? Those are the only two options.
(4) A tree is recognized by its fruit (Mt. 12:33)
Then in Mt. 12:33, Jesus says, “You can tell whether a tree is good or bad based on its fruit. He is saying that, “Because this person’s eyes were opened to see the Word of God, that is a good tree that has borne the good fruits.” However, if the Kingdom of God is not established and you’re under the kingdom of Satan, how could you bear those fruits? You do not live your walk of faith by your thoughts. When your spiritual state is receiving God’s Word and God’s grace, that spiritual state will result in God’s fruits. But the people who are only looking for fruits will get impatient or hasty, and because they are hasty, they use many different methods, and it’s not going to work like that.
The Kingdom of God must be established inside of the person, and that is why in today’s main scripture, it says, “Whatever is inside of you will come out of your mouth through your words.” If you always say, “I can’t do this,” or, “It’s not working,” then the Kingdom of God is not established in you. Someone who is always negative or critical, the Kingdom of God has not been established inside of them, because whatever comes out of you through your words. Even if someone says, “It’s going to work,” and it’s working, when the Kingdom of God is not inside of them, then that’s a problem as well. We need to say, “Only the things God allows will take place,” and what are we saying will take place?
We are saying, “The Kingdom of God will take place, that’s what we need to say. Then the very strong things Satan was ruling with will be broken down and God’s Kingdom will be established,” that’s what we need to say. The problems inside of you that cannot be resolved no matter what you try, they will not be solved. God needs to resolve it, and people say, “I’ve prayed so much, but it’s still not resolved.” You did the same thing as praying to a stone, that’s the same as praying to the sun or a tree. Yes, you did pray, but you’re doing the same thing that they’re doing.
You need to pray for the sovereign reign of God to be in you, but you’re relentlessly holding onto your own sovereignty, just telling God how to work? That’s the same as praying to a rock. Something will happen, but that is Satan moving. The spiritual things are working and moving even now. God is invisible now, your spirit is invisible, but it exists. That state of your spirit is healthy or unhealthy, but it is there. You must concentrate within the sovereignty of God being upon your spirit.
3. Covenant of the Mount of Olives (Ac. 1:3)
In order for us to correctly understand and speak about the Kingdom of God, we need to know that Jesus Christ spoke about the Kingdom of God for forty days after He resurrected.
1) Mount Calvary – Jesus Christ
That Jesus Christ Who is saying these words, what did He do when He died on the cross? If you do not understand what Jesus did on the cross, you cannot understand the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is very easy but it’s impossible without this.
(1) Covenant that it is finished (Jn. 19:30)
On Mount Calvary, Jesus Christ died on the cross, and that was the incident that solved all the problems of mankind. Through His death and resurrection, all the problems of our past, present, and future are solved, that’s what it means when He said, “It is finished,” there is nothing else for us to do. The Lord has finished everything. Until you go to heaven, He has finished everything completely. That message needs to go into you. If you know Jesus Christ, but this message hasn’t gone into you, then you are knowing Him very vaguely. When the accurate gospel goes into you, then Satan will be broken down, but if you hold onto this inaccurate gospel, the devil will continue to work inside of you. He has completely finished the authority of sin, Satan, and death.
(2) Sin – Death (Past problem) (Eph. 2:1)
You can look at this in the Bible. In Eph. 2:1, it says, “You were dead in your transgressions and sins,” What is that sin? It is talking about Original Sin. When you think you can live without God, that is sin, and because of that sin, we’re separated from God and now we’re in a state of death. That problem has been finished and Christ has saved us.
(3) Ruler of the kingdom of the air – Gratifying the cravings of the flesh (Present problem) (Eph. 2:2-3)
In Eph. 2:2, it says, “In which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,” so the problem of the present has been finished. “The spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient,” so the way Satan works is making us gratify the cravings of our sinful nature and follow its desires and thoughts. That problem has been crucified on the cross and now we follow after God. Not following our greed, but following God’s plan, that’s why nothing is a problem.
(4) Seated in the Heavenly realms (Future problem) (Eph. 2:6)
Now, the problem of the future, Eph. 2:6, it says you are now seated with Christ in the heavenly realms. People who are going to hell in the future will shake in fear and suffering while on earth because that person’s spirit knows what is going to happen to them in the future. So they’re always living life under the fear of death. That problem of the future has changed into heaven for us. So, the problem of our past, present, and future have been finished on the cross and now He is with us. You need to receive this perfect and complete gospel inside of you with an “amen,” if this goes into you inaccurately or vaguely, then Satan is going to use the strong things he has already planted in you to move you whoever he wants. We’re shaking in fear before problems that have already been finished, how frustrating is that? It’s not even a problem. Why do we shake in fear inside the problem? It’s because you are not dead, you are still alive, I was crucified on the cross with Christ, but I refuse that fact, and that is why our original nature of being seized by Satan comes back. By that level or ability, I see problems as a problem, and that’s why even after receiving salvation, we suffer in problems.
The problem isn’t a problem; why would it be a problem? “I have died on the cross with Christ, and Christ now lives within me. The life I live in the flesh is a life I live by faith in Christ, and then things that look like problems will come into our life, but that’s not mine, I’m already dead. Christ is going to use that to, with His answers and plan, then, you will receive answers. We have received this perfect gospel but we don’t understand it, so we worry whenever we face problems, and even if we don’t have any problems, we make problems for ourselves, but what is the cause of that problem? You are your own god, in other words, you’ve gone back into the state of sin, you’ve gone back to the state that is seized by Satan.
You’ve created your own kingdom. “This is a problem, that is a problem,” you are reigning your own kingdom, and that needs to be broken down. The Kingdom where God is reigning needs to be established, there are no problems there. All of those problems change into the blessing and solution of God’s plan. This is not something you can just skim over. A lot of people who have believed for a long time think they know the gospel, but I bet they don’t. As evidence, you shake in the face of problems, you immediately use humanism because you’re your own master, so you’re not able to apply the gospel. I hope that everyone, without exception, will be able to apply this gospel as your own.
2) Mount of Olives – Kingdom of God
(1) Kingdom of God (Ac. 1:3)
You need to understand this in order for you to understand the Kingdom of God. Christ must become my Lord for Him to reign over me, that is the Kingdom of God. Because that Christ has reigned over me, I receive those answers. This is a crisis to me, but it’s not a crisis to God. The reason you say that it’s a crisis is because you are your own master, isn’t that right? It’s not a crisis to God. Christ inside of me is living, and from that Christ’s perspective, it is not a crisis; it is an opportunity. If you’re facing a crisis, you have to change yourself because you have strong standards inside of you, and God is telling you to break down those strong standards.
Because we were looking at people with very strong standards and ideologies that we learned from Gen. 3 and Satan, you look at this person and say, “I don’t like them.” The reason you don’t like that person is because you have thresholds and standards you’ve made for yourself. That cannot be solved until the Lord’s second coming. You need to change yourself, you need to break down your incorrect standards. Then, one day, it’s no longer a problem, and you’re not conflicted, even if you don’t see them. “I thought God is going to do everything!” God is doing everything, He is giving you the Word to change yourself. “Why do I have to change myself, I thought God is going to do everything?” Are you a robot? But you don’t want to be a robot either. You want your free will and you want to make your own decisions, right? But the way they think about God is someone who controls them and make them do whatever He wants, and they do whatever they want, so their logic doesn’t match up.
God gave us a personality, God made it so we can decide what is good and what is evil. People in the field are very interesting, they say, “Why did God make the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? If God hadn’t made the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, none of this would have happened.” God gave us a personality and the freedom of choice, God gave us the personality such that we can choose God or to go against God. Satan knows this, and that is when he attacks. We just need to get rid of the strong and incorrect things within us. “I’m a Korean, and I need to eat soup, and I need the church to only serve soup,” you need to change yourself; you can go buy soup outside. “The church needs to give really good lunches,” you can buy food outside or make it yourself at home. What am I saying? You keep moving with your very strong standards, and that’s why you’re always conflicted.
“Why is it that last week they didn’t serve the food that I want and the church keeps serving food like this?” You need to change yourself. There are more than 200 nationalities that are living in LA, and you’re saying words that aren’t aligned with that, because if you’re thinking that, you’re essentially saying, “I’m the only person and everyone else is like animals, they have to eat exactly like me.” You need to change yourself for that conflict to go away. When you go to your company, there are people you hate even if they don’t say anything. When you just look at the things they do, they haven’t even done anything, but you hate them. Or you look at the way they talk or they look just like your dad, who gave you a big scar, so you hate them. Change yourself, why are you killing other people because of that? We create these conflicts by ourselves. But instead of that, we keep bossing God around, “God, why are you bringing this person into my life, get rid of them.” I hope you will make these conflicts into an opportunity to change yourself.
(2) To all nations, all people, ends of the earth (Mt. 28:18, Lk. 16:15, Ac. 1:8)
When the Kingdom of God is established within me, I’m bound to receive the answer to spread this kingdom to the ends of the earth. There are some people who feel very burdened when we talk about our mission, and it’s because they don’t know very well. There’s this TV show in Japan where there’s a monkey given a backpack and is given orders or errands to run by the owner. They give this monkey a little map and a destination to go pick something up and come back. The monkey doesn’t go straight there, it takes him a long time, and the owner is just hiding in the background, looking at the monkey, because he knows the monkey will not do a good job.
When God gives us a mission, it’s the exact same. “Yes, you might be the one doing the mission, but I’m with you with all authority in heaven and on earth, and I will guide you,” that’s what He’s saying, and that’s why He promised to be with us for eternity. That’s what this means, but if you’re stressed out about this, that means you don’t know something. This mission is a blessing, but you’ve changed it into a curse. When we say, “I hope you will raise up the bartizan,” it means that God will raise up the bartizan, and God has prepared all the time and people for you to raise that up. But your response is, “I can’t do that.” Then that person is still their own master. Without a doubt, they will struggle a lot in the face of problems because they are their own master and they have to solve their own problems. I realized that person must have a lot of conflicts because they are so strong, and when this person faces a crisis, they’re going to fall into despair, I can see it all.
(3) Not eating or drinking, Righteousness, Peace, Joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom. 14:17)
“Go and make disciples of all nations,” that is a blessing. God’s Kingdom is not about eating or drinking; it is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. You cannot buy these things with money. The righteousness, peace, and joy must be within us, and that’s only possible when the Kingdom of God is established, then even your external shape will change. Without that, no matter how many good songs you listen to or how much good food you eat, your internal state will never change.
3) Mark’s upper room – Kingdom of God established
(1) Only the Holy Spirit (Ac. 1:8)
God gives us the covenant of the Kingdom of God, and how does He establish that Kingdom? It is with no other method, only the Holy Spirit must be within you. The Holy Spirit is already inside of us, but what does it mean for the Holy Spirit to be established within us? It means the Holy Spirit must completely seize and control us. We need to pray for the Holy Spirit to completely control my thoughts, emotion, my spirit, and every part of my life. That is the filling of the Holy Spirit. Joseph is a witness of that, he went in as a slave at the age of 17, and he knew the gospel and the covenant. He heard the covenant of Gen. 3:15 from Abraham. He knew the Messiah to come, and that finished it. Now he’s going to Egypt to evangelize to Egypt and the whole world. How does he do that?
In Gen. 41:38, the Pharaoh said, “Who can we find who is filled with the Spirit of God like this man?” Because the Kingdom of God was established upon Joseph, everywhere he went, the field was completely changed. Your abilities are just your hard work and diligence, then it’s the same for a nonbeliever. That’s why it’s not going to work, because your hard work and diligence are good words, but it’s not enough. We need to go beyond that and establish God’s Kingdom in our fields, because the Kingdom of God must be established in order for darkness and curses to be broken down. We need to enjoy that.
(2) To you – Within me, field (Ac. 1:8)
May the Holy Spirit work within me and work within my field. Then, it doesn’t matter if you’re weak. It’s okay even if you have nothing because God has everything. It’s okay even if you don’t know something because God knows everything and that’s why God is able to use the foolish and the wise. God uses the slaves as well as the kings. He uses everyone, why? Because God’s Kingdom is established. If anything, He uses the weak people more because He knows they are lacking and they concentrate on the Kingdom of God more.
Do you have depression? May the Holy Spirit of the Lord control me and my depression. Is there a repetitive habit that is controlling your life? “May the Holy Spirit control me, in this aspect of my life.” Do you have physical suffering that has no reason? “May the Holy Spirit control that part.” And if you pray for that, you’re bound to receive answers. You need to have the prayer that is centered on the fundamental things like this. Stop praying for God to fix this problem, but concentrate in prayer on the fundamental reason that leaves you no choice but to have problems.
The Kingdom of God needs to be established even in your business, what happens if it’s not? Satna works through people, so it doesn’t matter how well you do. When Satan works through the people around you, you have no other option. If your coworkers are striking against you, you have no choice in that. If someone comes into your company with an ulterior motive, you cannot do anything about that. That darkness must be broken down. You need to have the fundamental success, stop having fake success that is bound to crumble. When that Holy Spirit is established within me, then over time, I will have eternal change.
My daughter this week was looking very tired and weak, and I said, “Are you going to have depression again?” and she said, “I think so,” so I told her to pray. I said, “You’re lucky to have your parents because even if you’re a pastor, if you don’t know the spiritual things, then even pastors’ children can commit suicide. That depression is caused by demons, so pray. It’s not solved by medication because she would just be staying still but she’d get depressed, and I could tell by her expression. She doesn’t talk back, she’ll just listen then. For her, depression is a blessing because through her depression, she’s able to experience the power of Christ and the gospel.
(3) Authority, witness – Save me, church, field (Ac. 1:8)
It’s not a problem, God changes problems into blessings. But if you don’t know this, then that’s a big problem. That is a person who is completely irrelevant to the gospel. When the authority of the Kingdom of God is established within you, the forces of darkness will flee and you will stand as a witness.
Conclusion
1. Only prayer (Ac. 1:14)
That’s why the members of the Early Church concentrated only on this, in Acts 1:14. I hope you will pray in the name of Jesus Christ.
2. Filling, working of the Holy Spirit (Ac. 2:1-4)
May the Holy Spirit work within me and within my field. That’s all you have to pray for. When the Kingdom of God is established, it’s game over.
3. Open doors of evangelism, business (Ac. 2:9-11)
When the Kingdom of God is established like this and the forces of darkness are cast out, then in Acts 2, the doors of evangelism open. Whatever you open will be closed. By the working of the Holy Spirit of God, the doors of your business will open with the doors of evangelism. I hope you will enjoy this blessing today, in your field, every day.
4. Antioch church – Raise the bartizan in every nation, city, family (Ac. 13,16,19,27, Rom. 16)
The Antioch church played the role of raising this bartizan even beyond the family, in every nation and city, because it’s all the same Holy Spirit, and they received the same mission. We need to pray and raise up the Kingdom of God in every nation and every city, and that is connected with your business. May you be the bartizan who enjoys and testifies of this blessing throughout the week.
Message Prayer
Let us pray together with the Word we have received. May the Kingdom of God be established within me. May the Kingdom of God be established in every aspect of my life. Let us pray.
Offering Prayer and Newcomer Prayer
God, we thank You. We have returned Your materials as offering. May everywhere this offering is spent break down the forces of darkness and curses and disasters and establish the Kingdom of God. May the dying souls be saved and the doors to missions and evangelism be opened. We pray that You will bless the hands that have given this offering. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray, amen.
Benediction
Now may the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the unending love of our Father God, and the indwelling, working, guidance, and communion of the Holy Spirit, be upon all the heads of people of God, the people of all nations, and the remnants who desire to raise up the bartizan that establishes God’s Kingdom with the power of the Holy Spirit be from now until forevermore always, amen.