Father God's Heart
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October 29, 2017 |
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 Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee
"This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:5).
During the last 35 years, God has been showing us a picture of leading all people of all nations to salvation. He is drawing the picture on a white canvas, and He has almost finished this picture. Let's delve into the heart of God embedded in the history of Manmin.
First of all, God's heart, shown through this church, is love.
Unbelievers sometimes ask Christians the following questions: "God says He is love, so why did He make such a horrible place as hell?" or "Why did God make the tree of the knowledge of good and evil so that men would sin?" Furthermore, they consider God as a god that creates disasters, punishment, and fear. But we Manmin members can confidently say that God is truly love. It's because we have experienced His abundant love that has been shown in this church for the last 35 years.
God of love moved us from death to life and from despair to hope. He made the sick healthy and the poor rich. He gave peace to unhappy families. Above all, we could experience God's love through the words that were revealed in the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Since the opening of the church, God gave us the messages on 'heaven and hell', 'why Jesus is the only Savior', and 'why God made the tree of the knowledge of good and evil', all of which contain the heart of God who wants to gain true children.
Through the messages on heaven, we could feel the love of God who wants us to eternally enjoy good things in heaven. Through the messages on hell, God guided many souls to turn from their sins and lead a good Christian life.
These messages also embed the love of God who wants His beloved children to receive blessings and answers during their lives on this earth. When we kept the words of God, He blessed us with material blessing, health, and divine healing as in Deuteronomy Chapter 28.
In order to show this love of God to numerous souls around the world, this church and I have been endeavoring in world evangelism. We are spreading the holiness gospel through overseas crusades and pastors' seminars, through GCN that currently covers more than 170 countries and through books that have been translated into many languages. The book The Message of the Cross is published in 59 languages, Heaven I in 34, Heaven II in 26, and Hell in 35 languages. And more than 100 titles among these messages were translated and published in 61 languages all over the world. They are leading countless souls to the way of salvation. Through these publications, many pastors will be awakened, and many souls will come back to the Lord and experience the love of God.
The heart of the Father, secondly, is goodness.
God is Light itself and He is only full of goodness and love (1 John 1:5). He has no evil at all; He hates evil very much. Thus, I hope you beloved children of God will have no evil in your hearts at all. Proverbs 8:13 says, "The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverted mouth, I hate."
For this reason, God has chosen this church and led its members to cast away evil and accomplish the goodness of God. Namely, He has been bringing about children who are sanctified.
To become holy, we must have prayers as well as the word of God (1 Timothy 4:5). So, our church has never let the fire of prayer go out ever since its opening. Through these fervent prayers, the people discover their sins and evil and cast them away. They didn't just cast away big sins that are easily noticed, but minute forms of evil as well.
Our prayer meetings are broadcast on GCN and on the Internet so branch and associative churches all around the world partake together. Many pastors and believers from other churches expressed their amazement saying, "Manmin's members are great," and "They are like the Early Church members that prayed every day." At this end time, the flame of prayer is being put out worldwide. But Manmin members are changed by the baptism of fire of the Holy Spirit through prayers and they will become beautiful and sanctified souls.
The Father's heart, thirdly, is the power.
There have always been so many works of power in this church. Explosive power of God that transcends space and time is manifested all over the world. Particularly, the power to control weather conditions was prominent during this year. It was shown to control the temperature and stop such natural disasters as typhoons and drought.
With regard to controlling the temperature, Manmin Summer Retreat 2017 was a great example. While extremely hot weather was predominant all over the country, we Manmin had very cool weather at the retreat. The temperature was 25 or 26 degrees, so we had the retreat with the optimal weather conditions. Just like the land of Goshen was protected from the Ten Plagues, only Muju, our retreat location, was exempted from the hot weather warnings issued by the government over all parts of South Korea.
The power to control the weather conditions is working more and more powerfully and swiftly. Through my prayers, typhoons changed their course or lost strength. High waves calmed down and dry places had rain. At other times rain was stopped accordingly. Before this past summer retreat, the fifth seasonal typhoon, Noru, was coming up toward Korea, so I prayed that it wouldn't have any effect on our retreat. It changed its course eastward as soon as I prayed. When I prayed once more, it went about 100km further east from the previously projected course.
Such an amazing work of power did not stop there. By the request of missionaries, believers, and a multiple number of pastors in the United States, I prayed concerning hurricane Irma at 7:45 PM on September 8. Hurricane Irma changed its course, and it weakened, and at 9 PM on the 11th, Korean time, it dissipated to a tropical storm.
There are scores of typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones that I've driven away through prayers. There are also many other powerful works such as solving problems in the aftermath of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and of deliverance and divine healings of all kinds of diseases and infirmities.
Why would God show such great power? It is to proclaim to the whole world that our God is great enough to be glorified. He is the Creator worthy to be honored and the Master of all things. Some worldly people openly say there is no God, and as time goes by, an increasingly greater number of people disgrace and despise God's name. But our church has been showing and will show God's power more and more greatly and prove that God is alive. We will lead all those who call on the name of the Lord in this sinful world.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, God gave me the name of this church, "Manmin", with His vision to accomplish the world mission and the providence for all people of all nations in the name. Today, this vision is being actualized through us of Manmin. The goodness, love, and power of God unfolded in the past will not be comparable to what will be unfolded before all peoples soon. Let us give all thanks and glory to our living God!
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