Title: God-given strength Acts 1:12-14
Contents Even if there is only one person who communicates with God, God works to save the age. When a person like Joseph, Samuel, or David appeared, God did something. Even in the early church, there were some people who communicated with God, and God's work took place. In particular, the weak early church gathered together for 10 days to pray, and the work of saving the times arose. What did the early church do to make this great work happen?
1. The Complete Gospel
The gospel is the complete work of God. The early church went into the perfect gospel for 10 days, but the answers of the times were given. The early church was well aware of the content of Christ, the Messiah promised in the Old Testament, and the results and conclusions of those who confessed Christ. They gave up all their motives and excuses and went into the perfect gospel, but on that day they were filled with the Holy Spirit. The early church, which gained the strength God gave, conquered the world. Even if there is only one person who knows Christ, abandons motives and excuses, and holds on to the perfect gospel, the forces of darkness will be broken and God's work will take place.
2. Prayer of the Early Church
3. Thinking ahead
Another reason that the early church was able to conquer the world was because the people who gathered in the early church had an idea ahead of the Pharisees. When the Pharisees spoke of the ideology of the chosen people and nationalism, the early church looked to the world. The Pharisees were central to the church, but the early church dominated the field. Also, Paul had the world in his arms with the mystery of being filled with the Holy Spirit. They were in a position to conquer the world with the power God gave them.
[Forum Topic] Pray that your thoughts, prayers, and life will enter into the perfect gospel today.
With a heart waiting for one soul
People around the world say that if you do good to others, you will be blessed by living sincere and hardworking. But I lived my life hard and diligently, but nothing went well. I vaguely say that good days will come in my life, but my heart is empty and frustrated. Then I saw a ray of light. At first, the Word of God was not understood, prayed, or applied to life. However, as I longed for worship and listened to the sermon tapes every day, I felt the word sweet without realizing it, and now I even want to preach. Even if no one is preaching the gospel, we are earnestly praying to God to make us an evangelist who preaches the gospel.
I came to realize that evangelism can take place while the three beats of 'Pulpit Word, Prayer Handbook, and Field' are being met. I have come to know that God will assign people to be saved as much as I am prepared. Spiritual strength is my greatest blessing. I realized that this power could not be exchanged for anything. It seems I did it, but looking back now, I think that God loved me so much that he protected and guided my thoughts and heart.
Even today, with a heart waiting for one soul, we are praying to listen to God's word in the field and gain strength so that we can stand as those who are ready to please God. Jesus, who freed me from fate, betrayal, and Satan's schemes, is the Christ, the Son of the living God.