Title: The Church Becoming a Spiritual Watchman
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Text: Isaiah 60:1-3
Machiavelli, a proponent of the monarchism, said, “The scariest thing in this world is not poverty, disease, or disaster, but the atheist who says ‘there is no God’. The representative idea of ‘there is no God’ is communism, and the leader of communism is the Kim Jong-il group. They starve our people to death and live a life less than a beast, but still failing to give up their ambition to invade the South, they are concentrating their efforts on strengthening the armed forces such as developing nuclear weapons, developing biological and chemical weapons, and digging tunnels to invade the South, causing war to spread on the Korean Peninsula. Recently, they are talking about national cooperation, and they are saying that the South and the North will unite against the United States and unify to create an independent state. This is to communize South Korea, and we must beware of the evil devil's ideology that is trying to annihilate Christians from this land.
Korea ranks first in the world in terms of church growth and second in dispatch of overseas missionaries after the United States. In 1980, there were fewer than 100, but now, 20 years later, 140 missionaries are sending 9,000 (official count) missionaries to 170 countries. The devil's plan is clear. This is to prevent the evangelization of the world by communizing this land. We Christians should not fall into our own interests and feelings, nationalism and impure thoughts, but have the spiritual discernment through ‘God first’ and ‘God first’. In our present reality, it is time to take on the mission of a watchman at this time of spiritual turmoil.
Today's text also says, "Arise, shine . . . … I will come in your light.”
Following the prayer meeting in front of Seoul City Hall on January 11th and 19th, on the 3.1th verse, there will be a prayer meeting for salvation in front of Seoul City Hall and Gwanghwamun. We will do it too. In each age, God wants a spiritual watchman who will enlighten the age. Isaiah 62:6-7 says that we can save that nation only when we cry out to God and pray without ceasing day and night, without being silent.
Then why is there no day of peace in the world? In a word, the devil is constantly working to rule the world. This is because God's judgment is near.
Matthew 24:3 speaks of the signs of the end of the world. ① In the church, the spirit of the Antichrist appears, and ② in the world, there are riots, wars, famines, earthquakes, lawlessness and tribulation. What is our reality now? Believers are getting rich and falling into complacency, the heat of faith is cooling down, heretical ideology infiltrates seminaries, denying the cross and the divinity and resurrection of Jesus, and there is a movement to neutralize Christianity in the name of inculturation of faith. The world is in a state of terror due to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack by the United States, and the energy of World War III is lingering. In addition, there is nothing comfortable about the depletion of underground resources, the destruction of the ecosystem, environmental pollution, the destruction of the ozone layer and the rise of the water level due to the melting of the glacier.
Just as Noah's ark had to enter the ark before it floated on the water, we must blow the trumpet of the gospel with all our might to awaken and save our souls.
1. The devil has two main ways to destroy humans.
① It is to kill and destroy people cruelly and miserably through war.
② It is sexual depravity and lewdness.
2. It is the same when the devil destroys the church.
① Destroy the church through atheism, communism, and pagan religions.
② The church itself is indolent, not praying, and falling into complacency.
Statistics show that there are currently 60,000 churches in Korea and 12 million members. But now we are in danger of being eaten by the evil devil's ideas, communism. North Korea is now talking about developing nuclear weapons, declaring its withdrawal from the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation), expelling nuclear inspectors, mobilizing all young people aged 19-25, and extorting beasts from its residents in the name of preparing for war. In addition, it is said that he purchased 300,000 Korean military uniforms from Hong Kong and 40 state-of-the-art fighters from the Soviet Union. What is this preparation for?
In these situations, we are very calm. Some are proud of our economy. But this is stupid. Without domestic and foreign capital, the economy collapses overnight. There is an uproar that a tunnel has been discovered in the vicinity of Suwon, but the Ministry of National Defense and the Blue House are only obstructing the truth without finding out the truth. What happened? Who is this government for?
Now, the church must be a spiritual watchman by blowing the trumpet of the soul and fervently praying to save the nation and satisfaction like Mordecai and Esther.
Let's wake up and pray.
Now rise up and shout, let's be watchmen of our country and our contentment. Hallelujah!!