Title Again 1907 (Descent of the Holy Spirit)
Content Again 1907 (Descent of the Holy Spirit)
The event of the filling of the Holy Spirit in the early church (Acts 2:1-13) was told by 120 disciples, “Believe firmly in Jesus' promise that he will send you the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, when I go ( John 16:7), and join together in Mark's upper room. I woke up when I prayed. The early church members who received the Holy Spirit changed.
The cowardly disciples turned into powerful and courageous Christians, and the proud and supreme Peter turned into a humble servant. It became a topic of discussion all over the world, there were various miracles, and he became a soldier of the cross who risked his life to preach the gospel. As a result, the Early Church was born. It was filled with the Holy Spirit, overflowing with love and fellowship, and became a church that was praised for sharing wealth and evangelism. So it became a church where the number of saved people increases every day.
This incident of the descent of the Holy Spirit came like a fire in 1907, and the great Pyongyang revival movement began. Before the Russo-Japanese War of 1904, the Treaty of Eulsa Protection in 1905, and the national crisis just three years before Japan became a colony in 1910, Pyongyang was like Sodom and Gomorrah with gambling and alcohol. The situation of the Korean church was very poor, just a few years after the gospel was introduced through Missionary Thomas. It was at this time that the Pentecost of the Holy Spirit was given. Why? It is to protect and evangelize the nation through the church even if it becomes a Japanese colony in the future.
What are the results of this great Pyongyang revival movement?
First, the church and the Christian have the power to reform society.
second. It has achieved remarkable growth of the church that is hard to find in the history of the world church.
Third, the church united movement was formed. Transcending denominations and denominations, they strived for national evangelization.
Fourth, early morning prayer has become an inculturation.
Again 1907, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Pentecost of the Holy Spirit that began in Pyongyang in 1907, we are longing for the Holy Spirit once again. In 1907, when the country was at its most difficult, the amazing event of the Pentecost of the Holy Spirit occurred. It is similar to the situation in Korea today. Worldwide, the abortion rate is second, the divorce rate is increasing, the unemployment rate is increasing, political ideology is confused, the church has lost its light and taste, the society is condemned, and it is no longer growing and getting sick.
It is only through the work of the Holy Spirit that a new country, family, and church will be established.
The incident of the coming of the Holy Spirit has one thing in common: it happened when we earnestly long for the Holy Spirit and repent thoroughly. Let's repent of idolatry, love of money more than God, honor and power, pride, greed, corruption, adultery, sexual corruption, theft, hatred, envy, jealousy, division, and disobeying our parents!
The events of the descent of the Holy Spirit appear individually, and sometimes come upon many groups at the same time. The fire of the Holy Spirit continues to burn, as if a fire is being ignited. Where will the fire of the Holy Spirit burn again and overthrow Korea? So, how can we give hope to the nation? Let's repent thoroughly, pray earnestly, and wait for the power of the Holy Spirit!