Measure of Faith(1) - Fleshly Faith and Spiritual Faith

 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,we who have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior have been forgiven of our sins and received salvation.

By faith we are able to understand that God, who is spirit, is living and also that there is heaven and hell in the life to come.

It is also by faith that we receive salvation and go to the kingdom of heaven and that we receive answers to our prayers. Likewise, faith is a very important thing. But while many people confess their faith in God, the magnitude of experiencing God's works is all different according to each one's faith.

Some have great faith and receive answers to anything they ask. Also when they pray for others, God's works take place. On the other hand, some say they believe in God, but when they have problems, they cannot receive the answer of God. There are others who do not even think to rely on God in the first place.

Some think they are saved, but have no true assurance of salvation in their heart, so they have fear of the life to come. Also, they think they truly believe, but have questions because they do not receive the answers as written in the Bible.

Therefore, for you to lead a life-filled Christian life, you first have to understand what faith is. Also, you should understand each one has a different measure of faith and experience a different magnitude of God's works, although everybody says he has faith. Therefore, from today, I will preach the message covering the measure of faith in Sunday morning services.

Through the messages of the "Measure of Faith", I will explain about Spiritual Faith with which we can receive salvation and answers to problems, and how we can have greater faith.

I hope you will check your faith through the upcoming messages and have spiritual faith and great faith.

I pray in the name of the Lord that you will be able to experience the works of the living God everyday.


Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, this is the first session on the measure of faith, and I will first talk to you about 'fleshly faith' and 'spiritual faith'. Faith is the most precious treasure of treasures and the key to solve all life problems.

Almighty God the Creator can do things that cannot be done by human power or ability. The Bible tells us about impossible things becoming possible such as stopping the sun and the moon from moving, parting the Red Sea into two, winning the victories in battles, and reviving the dead.

Likewise God is omnipotent and omniscient, and thus, only if we have faith, there will be no difficulty in receiving healing to diseases and infirmities and answers to various problems.

The important thing is that we must have true faith. No matter how much we call God the Father with our lips and pray, "Lord, I believe!", if we do not have true faith, we cannot experience works of God.

Today, there are many churchgoers but many of them do not even know the meaning of faith. They say they 'believe', but don't even have the assurance of salvation. They suffer from diseases and go through tests and trials just like the worldly people. They also can't receive the answers to their prayers.

Jesus said in Mark 9:23, "And Jesus said to him, "'If You can!' All things are possible to him who believes.'" Also, Matthew 8:13 says, ". . .let it be done to you as you have believed."

The words recorded in the Bible are 100% true. If God says nothing is impossible for he who believes, it actually means nothing is impossible. Also, if we pray with faith, there must be the answer to the prayer.

If we do not receive the answer though we pray with faith, we should check whether our faith is really true faith or not. Psalm 37:4 says, "Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart."

Also, Hebrews 11:6 says that we cannot please God without faith. Only if you please God with faith, God will answer whatever you desire, and the way to please God is through faith.

Here, this faith must be true faith that can be acknowledged by God.

The reason why many people do not see the work of God although they profess they believe is that they do not have faith that can be acknowledged by God.

In faith, there is the true, spiritual faith, that God can acknowledge. There is also fleshly faith that God cannot acknowledge.


Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, then, what is fleshly faith and what is spiritual faith? Let us first look into fleshly faith.

Fleshly faith, first of all, is the faith with which you believe what you can check with your eyes and the things that agree with your thoughts and knowledge. But even the worldly people can have this kind of faith that has nothing to do with salvation.

For example, if I say, 'This towel is white in color,' those who see that it is white will believe what I say. If I say, 'we can make chairs with wood,' you can believe that too. It is because it agrees with your knowledge that you have learned since your birth.

But let us suppose that one of you has been taught that the color of this towel is not white but black.

Then, if I say it is white, that person cannot believe it at all. It is because it does not agree with the knowledge.

Likewise, depending on what kind of knowledge you've accepted, you may think something true is false or vice versa. But it is a fact that not everything that you have been learning is true.

There are things in the world that people think they are true but there are also things that change over time. Also, the standards and ways of thinking are very different in different countries, races, and even among individuals.

Only the word of God is the absolute and ultimate truth that never changes.

For example, a long time ago, people learned that the earth was not round but flat. They learned that the sun revolved around earth, not that the earth revolves around the sun.

At that time, people thought it was true, but nobody today believes it as the truth. Similarly, many parts of the knowledge you have right now are not true.

But people just believe whatever they have been taught as the truth. In this condition, even though somebody tells them the truth, they think that truth is untruth if it does not agree with their own knowledge.

Many people do not believe in God the Creator even after hearing the gospel for this kind of a reason. Because they have been learning that the false theory called "Darwinism" is true, they do not believe in creationism, which is actually the real truth.

Darwinism is not the truth but a false theory completely formed by human thoughts.
Even after millions of billions of years, fish can never become animals on the ground, or apes. But those who have been learning it firmly believe evolutionism is the truth.

That is why if somebody says that God created heaven and earth with His word, they think it is not true. But there are also some people who say they believe in the Almighty God but do not believe the Bible completely but only the parts that agree with their theories and knowledge.

But if you want to use only worldly theories and knowledge to explain the world, there are so many unbelievable things in the Bible.

In the world, there must material existing to make a product. But the Bible says that the heaven and earth were created from nothingness by the word of God. So, they cannot believe it.

Also, they cannot understand the powerful works that are impossible by men's ability.
So, when they read about signs and wonders, they think it did not really take place but it is just a parable or symbolization. If it says Peter walked on water, they interpret that he walked on a shallow part.

If somebody says his disease was healed by taking medicine and a surgery, they believe. But when they hear somebody is healed just by prayer, they doubt that there must be something else. Or, they think such things might have happened long ago, but not any more.

But this kind of faith has nothing to do with God. It is not spiritual faith with which we can receive salvation. True faith is to believe all of the words of the Bible are God's word and absolute truth regardless of what kind of knowledge we have.


Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, next, faith that changes is also fleshly faith. With changing faith we cannot receive the answer from God.

Some people pray hard, worship God diligently and lead an enthusiastic Christian life to receive the answer to the desires in their heart. But if they do not receive the answer quickly enough, they begin to doubt.

"Is God really living? Does He really listen to my prayers?" If they begin to doubt like this, they lose the grace. So, they think even the answers they received before or the testimonies of other people receiving the answers were coincidence.

James 1:6-7 says, "But let him ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,"

We cannot say this kind of faith that changes is true faith.

Mark 11:24 says, "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they shall be [granted] you."

It doesn't say that by believing you will receive them, but you that have already received them.

It is the same with problems of diseases. The second half of 1 Peter 2:24 says, ". . .for by His wounds you were healed."

About 2,000 years ago, Jesus suffered and redeemed us from all our sins and curses, and we who believe in this are healed. Therefore, if you receive prayer with faith, you will not have pains in your life any more but be joyful and thankful being filled with hope.

Also, only when your faith does not change although you don't have the visible evidences right now, your faith can be recognized as true faith.


Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, next, it is dead faith to just know in our head what faith is and not have the accompanying actions. Knowing the word of God and believing it are two different things.

We should believe God's word not in our head but in our deepest heart, and only then will our deeds follow according to the word.

But if you know it only as knowledge your deeds will not follow. This kind of faith as just knowledge cannot be recognized by God as spiritual faith. With this faith, you cannot harvest the fruit of faith.

For example, God says that He will let you reap what you sow. This is the rule of the spiritual realm that applies to everything, including health and wealth.

The widow in Zarepath obeyed God's command with faith and gave her last food to Elijah during the long famine.

With human thoughts, that food was same as life to her and she couldn't have given it away. But she obeyed with action because she believed.

As a result, she received a blessing in such a way that the bin of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty.

She experienced God's works of blessing on her 30, 60, and 100 hundred times more (than given).

On the contrary, those who have fleshly faith know this fact in their head but when they are in difficulties, they cannot act. If they are short of living expenses, they sometimes cannot give proper tithes and become stingy about giving various offerings.

If they truly believe God will pay them back with blessings for whatever they sow before God, they will never be stingy. But, because they know it only as knowledge, their deeds do not follow.

Therefore, even though they pray saying, "I believe you will give me blessings," they cannot reap the fruit of their prayers.
For another example, it is the same with the problem of diseases. Let us say you have cancer, and that your father is the best cancer specialist in the world and he has the ability to heal you.

If you really trust your father's skills, you will go to your father. You will not go to other doctors.

In the same way, if you truly believe that God is truly omnipotent and omniscient, you can ask God when you have a disease. Why should you use worldly methods?

People rely on other people and use the worldly methods because, although they know the power of God in their brain, they do not believe in their heart. How much will our God be saddened looking at these faithless deeds?

2 Kings 16:12-13 talks about King Asa's disease and his death. It says, "And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa became diseased in his feet. His disease was severe, yet even in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but the physicians. So Asa slept with his fathers, having died in the forty-first year of his reign."
God left this record in the Bible to let us realize how much we disappoint God if we rely on the world while saying that we believe in Him.

It's the same in all other cases. The Bible tells us to rejoice always, give thanks in all circumstances, pray without ceasing, love our enemies, and have peace with everybody. Even if we memorize all these verses, those who do not act upon them have only fleshly faith, and they cannot experience the works of God.

James 2:26 says, "For just as the body without [the] spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead."

With dead faith we cannot receive either the answers or the blessings. We might even fall away from salvation. Please, remember this fact and have faith accompanied with deeds.


Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Then, what is spiritual faith? Spiritual faith can be explained as the opposite of the fleshly faith I just explained.

Even though word of God does not agree with your personal thoughts and knowledge, if you can still believe every word of God, then that is spiritual faith. Once you believe in this way, your faith never changes, and you obey with deeds in action according to God's word.

If you have this spiritual faith, you can create something from nothing, and as said in Matthew 17:20, you will command this mountain to move from here to there, and it will move, and there will be nothing impossible for you. You can receive answers to any kind of problem in your family, work place, business, or health, and you can accomplish the kingdom of God with His power.

But, though you possess spiritual faith, the measure of each one's faith is all different.

Those with great spiritual faith having a full measure of faith will receive answers by simply having the desire in their heart, while those with a small measure of faith have to pray for many days for the same desire.

But if men can have all the spiritual faith they want, everybody would want to have greater faith. But we cannot possess spiritual faith just because we want to have it. It can only be given by God.

Then, how can we receive spiritual faith? If you know the way to receive spiritual love, the gate of answers and blessings will be opened wide for the desires of your heart.

I will explain to you how to receive spiritual faith.


Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, did you check whether your faith is fleshly faith or spiritual faith through today's message?

Of course, none of you would say, "I have 100% spiritual faith." But at the same time, your faith is not all fleshly faith.

Many of you have spiritual faith, but you have different measures of that faith. You are still on the way of accomplishing the perfection in spiritual faith.

The messages that you will hear in Sunday morning services will be about the different measures of spiritual faith, how to grow from small faith to great faith, and how to change our faith into spiritual faith.

Through the messages, you should be able to find yourself and have spiritual faith so that you can obey the words you hear with action. You will believe even though it does not agree with your thoughts, knowledge, and theories. And, your faith will never change in any circumstances.

Then, as said, "nothing is impossible for him who believes," God's promises will be realized in your life and you will experience such amazing works that are recorded in the Bible.

You will be able to overcome any kind of hardship with faith, receive answers to your prayers, and show the evidence of the living God to the worldly people who do not believe.

I pray in the name of the Lord that you will quickly accomplish spiritual faith, please God, and experience the works of God everyday.

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Lecture on Genesis Ver.2(32) - The Seed of Life (4)

 

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ.

This is the 32nd Lecture on Genesis, 'The Seed of Life' part IV.
So far, I explained 3 phenomena that take place when the body is managed in the spiritual dimension.
I also explained through an example of my testimonies that the blessing of all things going well will come as you come into the spirit and whole spirit.
Now, does that mean that you can't receive blessings in health and finance until you come into the spirit?
I said there is a secret to enjoy such blessings even if you haven't come into the spirit yet.
First, it is possible when you receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
The fullness of the Holy Spirit is the status of the Holy Spirit helping each individual feel the spiritual space through the truth in your heart.
He helps you feel the spiritual space which doesn't have flesh or sin at all, but only peace, joy and thanks.
For example, say someone has cultivated his heart into the spirit by only 10%.
When he receives the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit fills the remaining 90% of his heart with the spirit.
Then, he feels that his heart has no flesh at all, but that it is filled only with the spirit for the given moment.
He generally has to think and work according to the desire of the flesh which fills 90% of his heart.
It is so because his heart is managed by the flesh most of the time.
When he receives the fullness of the Holy Spirit, however, the spirit takes the initiative in his heart.
Let's say the heart which is 10% filled with the spirit is a child, and the heart that is 90% filled with flesh is an adult.
IF this child and the adult play tug-of-war, the adult will surely win the game.
Now, if a very strong man helps the child to play the game, what is going to happen?
Of course, the child will win the game.
When you receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit helps and strengthens the heart of spirit.
Then, there are no fleshly thoughts or doubts that will sneak into your heart.
Then, you will come to have faith that you can do even the things that are impossible by human power.
Even in a real life situation in which you cannot rejoice joy comes upon you from Heaven.
Even when you come across something for which you cannot give thanks, the thanks doesn't disappear from your heart.
As you become full of the Holy Spirit in this way, the same phenomena can happen which takes place only when you cultivate your heart into the spirit and whole spirit.
When you are full of the Holy Spirit, your body is managed in the spiritual dimension.
It's like that all the functions of the body is controlled and managed in the spiritual dimension as you come into the spirit and whole spirit.
It is possible because the body is controlled in the spiritual dimension by the power of the Holy Spirit when you are full of the Holy Spirit.
As the seed of life awakens and the spirit grows to be bigger than the nucleus that is in the center of the body, the right to control the body is transferred to the spirit.
Since the functions of the body are controlled in the dimension of the spirit, instead of the body aging, it may become younger.
The same thing can place when you receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Let's suppose the size of your spirit is big enough to cover the half of the nucleus, which is the focal of body function.
Now, when you receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit covers the other half of the nucleus.
As a result, the nucleus, that is the focal of the body's functioning, comes under the control of the spirit.
This can explain why those who have managed a good believing life from the time they were young are much healthier and functionally younger than the worldly people of the same age.
Even though they haven't come into the spirit, if they have managed their believing life well, there is a better chance that they have received the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Even though they become aged according to the flow of the flesh while they are of the flesh, for the periods that they were full of the Holy Spirit, they didn't age.
Moreover, when you are full of the Holy Spirit, you don't feel fatigue at all even when you do physically hard work.
After I was healed, I used to pray from midnight till 4 in the morning even when I did a job as a labor worker.
Since I did physically hard work for all day long, I should have been tired and sleepy.
But as I fervently cried out in my prayers for 20 or 30 minutes, I received the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Then the fatigue disappeared; I felt refreshed and I could continue to fervently pray for hours.
My wife gave praises to God to receive grace and inspiration before she prayed.
Then, she was also able to receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit and prayed all night together with me.
I believe all the Manmin members have experienced this fullness during the Daniel Prayer meeting or Friday All Night Service.
In the fleshly sense, you should feel great fatigue all the more because you drag your tired body here and sit for hours.
Once you receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit, however, you become full of energy since your body is controlled in the spiritual dimension.
Even if you are utterly worn out, once you fervently pray and give praises, you become refreshed.
Even though you felt tired and exhausted, you soon become refreshed.
When you are full of the Holy Spirit all the time, there are no germs or diseases can infect you.
However, if you lose the fullness of the Holy Spirit, your body is managed in the fleshly dimension again, and chances are that germs and diseases can strike you.
Then, what should you do to receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit all the time?
First of all, you should have no wall of sin before God.
And you should always pray; you should cry out in your prayer.
At the 1st and 2nd levels of faith, chances are that you can easily lose the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
When you don't live by the word of God, but commit sin, the fullness of the Holy Spirit disappears.
By the way, if you commit one of the sins leading to death as written in 1 John 5:16, you cannot break down the wall of sin because the spirit of repentance does not come upon you.
No matter how hard you cry out in your prayers, you cannot receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Then, your body will become aged according to the flow of flesh, and you will become weak.
When a disease strikes you, you cannot overcome it, and thus you will suffer from the pain that the disease brings to you.
Therefore, you should never commit a sin leading to death.
Even if you didn't commit such a sin leading to death, please confess and repent before God immediately.
I urge you to live a healthy life both in spirit and flesh always by always being in the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Dear brothers and sisters.
The second secret to enjoy the blessing in the dimension of the spirit even before you come into the spirit is to make use of Muan Sweet Water and the handkerchief that has received my prayer on it.
God the Father put the light of His power of creation in to the Muan Sweet Water and the handkerchief that I prayed on.
This light of His power of creation is the original light that worked during the Creation.
When you use them by faith, the power of the light of creation contained in the Muan Sweet Water and the handkerchief will also work for you.
When you receive my prayer on the handkerchief, I pray like this.
"Whenever this handkerchief is used, let the enemy devil and Satan go away, demons go away, let faith and life be given, and let the work of repentance from the depth of heart take place. Please bless with the inspiration, communication, and fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Let the signs and wonders follow. Be glorified through the healing works. Please save many souls, protect them, be with them, and bless them.
Surround them with the original light of creation; give them the most high power of creation so that even the dead come back to life when they walk by faith. Be glorified, Father God!"
Therefore, if you use the handkerchief by faith, such works can take place just as I pray.
Once the light of God's power contained in the handkerchief enters into the body, the body is controlled in the spiritual dimension.
The power of God which is contained in the light of His power will revive the dead cells and make them function normally.
It also regenerates the degenerated parts; it makes the whole body become normal.
Dear brothers and sisters.
There is a limit when your body is controlled in the spiritual dimension only through the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the Muan Sweet Water, or the handkerchief that I prayed on.
The body is controlled in the spiritual dimension only temporarily.
It is not permanent, and it's not continuous.
In other words, only when you are full of the Holy Spirit, only when you drink or apply the Muan Sweet Water, only when you received the handkerchief prayer by faith, can your body be controlled in the spiritual dimension.
Once you come into the spirit and whole spirit, however, your body is always controlled in the spiritual dimension.
Among those are disabled as a result of polio or accidents, there are some who don't receive healing even though they receive prayer all the time.
And I always tell them that it will be done once they come into the spirit.
Once they come into the spirit, from that moment on, their bodies are controlled in the spiritual dimension, and their infirmity can become normal.
Dead cells can revive, and parts of the body that lost ability to function can be regenerated.
They will receive new strength; they will stand up and walk all by themselves.
What about those who are healed even before they enter the spirit?
It is possible because the light of God's power of creation enters their body and works through the prayer of a servant of God's power.
For that moment, their body is controlled in the spiritual dimension thanks to the light of God's power of creation.
In the 28th Lecture on Genesis, I explained the principle by which burns are healed, shortened legs are lengthened, and dead cells revive through the light of God's power of creation.
To make new cells in the burnt part or in the short leg, DNA in the nucleus has to begin to work.
Then, the light of God's power of creation operates DNA just as an electric appliance is turned on.
In addition, the space which is surrounded by the light of God's power of creation rides on the spiritual time flow so that things can become normal and whole in a short period of time.
This work, which is done by the light of power of creation, is mentioned in Malachi 4:2.
It reads, "But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall."
Then, why some people get healed even before they come into the spirit, while others get healed only after they come into the sprit?
It is because the measure of the spirit is assigned to each one according to justice is different.
For the case when people can be healed only after they enter the spirit, they are to accomplish a significant measure according to the justice.
For example, chances are that diseases strike them due to grave sin such as long years of idol worshiping by their ancestors or the results of murder.
The sources of diseases can also be found in their family that they are attached to by a spiritual string.
In these cases, the entire family should have faith together and show the evidence that they truly love God.
If someone has so much evil in his heart, it may also the case that he can get healed only after he enters the spirit.
He may lead a believing life for awhile when he is healed by the grace of God.
But, since he has so much evil in his heart, he can easily indulge in sin again as time passes by, and eventually he cannot even receive salvation.
Since the salvation of his spirit is more important than his physical health, he is rather blessed when he is not healed quickly.
By the way, no matter what case you may fall into, once you enter the spirit, you have nothing to do with the flesh.
It is because you become the true child of God.
Then, the wall of sin before God disappears, and spiritual string that tied you to your family is gone.
Since your body becomes controlled in the spiritual dimension, your body becomes normal and sound.
Even if you are affected by a genetic infirmity, it will not concern you once you enter into the spirit.
Say, someone carries a genetic trait for a form of asthma.
If he lives in a bad environment that is prone to asthma, he will eventually have asthma.
However, when he enters the spirit, his body begins to be controlled in the spiritual dimension.
The DNA that has something to do with asthma trait is controlled in the spiritual dimension and he will not have asthma.
It is the same with the fact that the descendants of Adam in the Garden of Eden are under the influence of the breath of life so that their body grows up assuming the optimum status.
Dear brothers and sisters.
I told you that the seed of life is the original light that God gives you.
Once you receive the Holy Spirit, the seed of life awakens; as you eat and drink the flesh and the blood of the Son of man, and your spirit grows, you can eventually become the man of the spirit and of the whole spirit.
Therefore, the spiritual light that shines from the man of the spirit and of the whole spirit shares the same attributes with the original light of God.
Only its brightness is different.
The light that shines from the man of spirit and of whole spirit cannot defeat the forces of darkness.
Therefore, they cannot manifest the work of re-creation.
The work of re-creation can be done by the original light of God; by the light of God's power of creation.
That's why I said even a man of whole spirit can receive the "power of God" only when he has piled up fervent prayers.
When those who have entered the spirit pray for the sick, more amazing work can take place when they pray with the handkerchief than without it.
IT is because the light of God's power from the handkerchief is stronger than the spiritual light from the man of the spirit.
A certain degree of work can take place when the man of the spirit prays for the sick.
It is just as written in James 5:16, which reads, "Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much."
However, it is not that the spiritual light comes out of the man of the spirit and heals the sick.
God listens to the prayer of the man of the spirit, and manifests the healing work.
However, when he prays with the handkerchief, the light of God's power contained in the handkerchief directly goes into the body of the sick.
And this light manifests the works of healing and re-creation.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ.
Now let me summarize the seed of life that I have explained so far.
God made Adam of dust from the ground, and as He breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, Adam became a living being.
"The breath of life" is the power of God contained in the original light. It was automatically inherited to the descendants of Adam in the Garden of Eden.
In the Garden of Eden, which is a spiritual space, people are under the influence of the breath of life from the moment of their conception, and thus only the healthy children are born.
After they are born, their body is controlled in the spiritual dimension so that they grow up healthy and beautiful.
They grow until they just pass the age of a young man, and then they don't get older, but they stay as they are eternally.
Adam and Even committed the sin of disobedience and they were driven to this earth and then the whole situation changed.
God took most of the breath of life from Adam and Eve, and left just the trace of it; this trace-like bit of breath is the "seed of life."
The descendants of Adam and Eve on this earth cannot inherit the seed of life.
Therefore, at the 6th month of conception of a baby, God puts the seed of life into the spirit and plants it into a nucleus in the heart which is at the center of the body.
I gave an example of a buoy in the sea to explain the situation that the spirit that contains the seed if life is planted in the body that belongs to the flesh.
Even if the cell that is located in the center of the body changes, the place where the seed of life is planted is fixed.
Just as the blood pumps out of the heart and travels to the entire body, the spiritual energy spreads from a cell of the heart to the entire body and controls all cells.
The seed of life that is planted in a man is like a seed inside a hard shell; it stays without moving.
Then, as he accepts the Lord Jesus Christ, is forgiven and receives the Holy Spirit, then finally the seed of life awakens.
Once the seed sprouts, it must be provided with water and sunlight to grow up.
By the same token, after the seed of life awakens, it must be provide with spiritual water and light, and then the spirit can grow.
In other words, he must make bread from the word of God, which is spiritual water, and live by the word of God who is spiritual light; only then can his spirit grow up well.
When the spirit grows up to be big enough to cover the nucleus in the center of the body, he becomes the man of the spirit; if the spirit grows much bigger, then he becomes the man of the whole spirit.
I compare the size of the spirit and the nucleus not to measure their physical size, but to help you understand better whether the control of the body is done by the spirit or by the flesh.
As the size of the spirit is big enough to cover the nucleus, the body will no longer ride on the fleshly flow.
As it becomes the whole spirit, the control over the body is completely managed in the spiritual dimension.
By the way, as the spirit can control the body, it is also true that the spirit can control the soul.
Since the spirit controls the soul, there will be thoughts of the truth, but not the fleshly thoughts or the thoughts the untruth.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ.
I explained the phenomena that take place in 3 categories as the control of the body is managed in the spiritual dimension.
First, all the parts of the body function normally.
All of the various organs and the intestines recover the best condition and maintain it.
Even if you sleep the minimal number of hours, and even if you eat the least amount of food, there will be no trouble in the body. You will be healthy.
I gave you the examples of Daniel and his 3 friends, and John the Baptist.
Second, no germs or diseases infect you, and even if you drink poison, it will not harm you.
I testified that I have never caught a cold since I accepted the Lord, and I also cited an example of Apostle Paul who was bitten by a viper.
Third, you will not become aged, but you may rather recover your youth.
And you can change your body shape as you please.
As for examples of rejuvenation, I talked about Abraham and Job, and I also testified how I controlled my body shape as I pleased.
So far, these are the blessing of health that you can receive as your spirit and soul prosper. As your spirit and soul prosper, the blessing of "all things going well" also come upon you.
As Job entered the spirit and the whole spirit through the refinements, he became two-fold richer than before he underwent refinements.
I myself also received amazing financial blessing as I entered the spirit through the 3 years of refinement after I met God.
As I entered the whole spirit after I armed myself with the word of God, I received the power of God, which is a great spiritual blessing.
Now, I told you that there is a chance to have your body controlled in the spiritual dimension even before you enter the spirit.
First, it is to receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Second, it is to make use of Muan Sweet Water and the handkerchief that contain the light of God's power of creation.
However, these are temporary and limited.
In order to have your body permanently controlled in the spiritual dimension, you should eventually come into spirit and the whole spirit.
Additionally, I explained the cases when you can be healed only when you come into the spirit and the cases when you can be healed even before you come into the spirit relating to the spiritual justice.
I also explained the difference between the spiritual light that shines from the man of the spirit and the original light.
I said they share the same original attributes, but that their brightness is different.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ.
God plants the seed of life into every person who is spiritually cultivated on this earth.
For the weak souls who cannot wake up the seed of life by themselves, God sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
God also created the environment for growth by supplying the word of God which is the spiritual water so that the spirit can grow up well.
God the Father took care of everything so that His children who went through the long and rough journey of human cultivation can come back to Father with glory.
Moreover, this church has more things that God the Father cared for specially.
As the shepherd of this church, I wish none of you will become poor and that none of you will become sick.
God the Father who knows my wish has clearly shown you the way of blessing.
He also told you not only how to avoid diseases but also how to live young until the Lord comes back.
Therefore, I now believe that none of you will say, "I'm getting old. What should I do?"
1 Thessalonians 5:23 says, "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
I urge you according to this word to quickly accomplish the whole spirit and preserve it, and to be faithful all the more fervently with your sound body.
May you receive praise, honor, and glory before God and the Lord on that day, in the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ, I pray!

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The Message of the Cross(7) - Why Jesus is our Savior (2)

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, viewing audiences, for the mankind who are sinners to receive salvation, there must be the Savior who can redeem them from their sins. And to become the Savior, he must have the qualifications.

I told you the first condition to be the savior is that He has to be a man. By the law of the redemption of the land, only a relative of Adam, a man, is qualified to redeem mankind from their sins.

The history testifies to Jesus being born as a man, and He is qualified for the first condition.
What was the second condition?

I told you that He must not be a descendant of Adam. Because all Adam's descendants are sinners, they cannot redeem the sins of other sinners. I explained to you up to this point in the last session.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, why then are all Adam's descendants sinners? It is because Adam's descendants receive Adam's sin from their birth.

Let me elaborate on this. When God created men, He gave Adam and Eve the seed of life.
Briefly, God permits a new life be conceived by the combination of man's sperm and woman's egg.

The life energy of parents is contained in the sperm and egg. The characteristics, personalities, dispositions, and appearances of parents are contained in them.

So, the children who are born by union of the sperm and egg resemble their parents in the face, body shapes, personalities, and even habits. If the parents are hot-tempered, it is more likely that the children will be also hot-tempered. If the parents are mild and meek, usually their children are also mild.

In some cases, the father passes away when his child is very young. But as this child grows up, he may display the walking posture, sleeping habits, and tastes of the dead father.

The children resemble not only their parents, but also their grandparents.
Likewise, the characteristics of the ancestors are passed down to their descendants and show up in succeeding generations.
The characteristics, habits, and personalities are passed down to the descendants through the sperms and eggs of the parents.

Of course, even from the same parents, children inherit some characteristics more than other characteristics. There are slight differences, but originally, they all receive the life energy of their parents. And in this life energy are contained the sinful natures.

Since the fall of the first man Adam, the sinful natures of the ancestors are passed down to the descendants. This is the original sin.

Therefore, all descendants of Adam are sinners who have inherited the sinful nature of Adam from birth.

Romans 5:12 says, "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned"

It explains to us that by the sin of one person, namely Adam, death came to all men.

If I say men are born as sinners, some might wonder thinking, "Newborn babies are so clean and pure. What sins do they have?" But if you look at them carefully, even little babies have evil in them.

For example, even newborn babies, if their parents are hot-tempered, have anger to a great extent. When they are hungry, if they are not nursed quickly enough, they cry so much, with their faces turning red.
In that case, even if the mother gives her breast to the baby to nurse, the baby does not even try to suck it but only cries with nervousness.

They are trying to say, "Why do you nurse me so late? I am so angry that I don't even want to take the milk now."
Who taught anger and nervousness to these newborn babies who cannot even communicate?

It is not that somebody taught them or planted evil in them but they were born with the sinful nature from their parents. Let me give you another example. What will happen if a mother nurses another baby in front of her own baby?

Most babies do not like it, and they try to pull that baby apart from their mother.

Their feelings are hurt with a mind that says, "Why is another baby in the bosom of my mother and loved, taking my mother's milk?"

If the baby cannot pull the other baby away from his mother, he gets angry at his mother and sometimes even hits her. If that still doesn't work, he will burst into tears.

If the child has no sin but only goodness and a clean heart, he will never show this kind of reaction.

The truth is to share good things with others, so if another baby shares his own mother's milk, he should be happy about it rather than disliking it. The reason he dislikes it is because he has envy and jealousy, and the greed that tells him that he alone should take the milk of his mother.

Then, who planted sins such as jealousy, envy, greed, irritation into this child?
It is not planted by anybody but the child is born with the original sinful nature coming down from Adam. That is why David says in Psalm 51:5, "Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me."

Likewise, all men are Adam's descendants and are born with original sin, so nobody that is a human being can become the Savior.
Only one, Jesus, is a man but not a descendant of Adam.

How is that Jesus is not Adam's descendant and is a man? Jesus, in the physical genealogy, is a descendant of David, and His parents were Joseph and Mary.

But Matthew 1:20 says, "What is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit," and Matthew 1:23 prophecies, "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel."

The reason why men are born with the original sin is that they inherit the sinful nature of their parents through their sperms and eggs.

But Jesus was not conceived by the sperm of Joseph or the egg of Mary, but only by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The almighty God could conceive Jesus with the power of the Holy Spirit, without the union of the sperm and egg of man. Both Joseph and Mary are Adam's descendants, but Jesus only borrowed the body of Mary. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, so He did not receive any life energy of the sinners.

Thus, Jesus is not Adam's descendant and has no original sin.
Among all men on earth, the only one who was conceived by the Holy Spirit is Jesus.

Even the great men in this world are descendants of Adam and sinners, so they can never become the Savior.
Therefore, only Jesus can become the Savior for mankind.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, here, there is one more thing you should remember.

Although the Virgin Mary had Jesus, she can never become the mother of Jesus. Let us say we plant the fertilized egg into a machine and raise it for 10 months. Then, does the baby have to call this machine mother? Of course not!

Of course, Mary was such a good and loving woman that she could be chosen by God to bear Jesus.

But still, Mary is just a creature, and she can never become Jesus' mother.

Therefore, in the Bible, there is not a single occasion in which Jesus calls Mary 'mother'. Sometimes, His disciples wrote 'mother of Jesus' but it was just from the viewpoint of the disciples.

For example, John 19:26 says, "When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, 'Dear woman, here is your son.'" Here, the phrase 'his mother' was written by John, and Jesus called Mary, 'woman'.

In John 2:4, at the wedding banquet of Cana, Jesus said, '"Dear woman, why do you involve me?' Jesus replied. 'My time has not yet come.'"

But some people call Mary 'holy mother' and even bow down to her and pray to her only because she gave birth to Jesus.
But Jesus is the Son of God, and the object of our worship and prayers must be only to God the Trinity.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the third condition for the Savior is that he must have the power to win over the enemy devil and Satan.
If you want to rescue prisoners of war in a battle, you must have the strength to bring them back from the enemy.

Spiritually, to save those who belong to the enemy devil, we must have the strength to win over the enemy devil and bring those people back. But even very strong men who have strong bodies cannot win over the enemy devil.

Here, the power to win over the enemy devil is not physical but spiritual power.

The power in spiritual realm comes from having no sin. Just as the darkness goes away when light comes, those who dwell in light completely without any darkness have the power to win over the evil spirits that belong to darkness.

There are two kinds of sins: original sin and self-committed sins. The original sin, as I already explained, refers to the sinful nature coming down from Adam.

Self-committed sins are the sins that you commit yourself in your life.
People commit many kinds of big and small sins in their lives.

Not only those who commit grave sins, but those who commit negligible sins are also sinners. James 2:10 says, "For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it."
If you violate just one of the many laws, you are already a sinner.

Furthermore, the worldly people do not consider it sin unless it is shown as action, but spiritually, just by having a sin in one's heart, although it is not shown as action, he is already a sinner.
1 John 3:15 says, "Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him."
Only if you hate your brother in your heart, you are a sinner just like a person who murders his brother out of his hatred.

Also, Matthew 5:28 says, "But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart," so if you just have the greed in your heart, you are a sinner just like a thief. Likewise, a person who has committed a sin even once in their heart or in action does not have the power to redeem mankind from their sins.

Everyone born after Adam is a sinner who has the original sin, and everyone commits sins themselves. There is nobody who can boldly say, "I have never committed a sin either in action or in heart."
Thus, nobody has the qualification to become the Savior. Only Jesus has neither original sin nor self-committed sins, so He has met this condition to become the Savior.

Jesus is not Adam's descendant, so He has no original sin. He does not have any self-committed sins either because He kept all the law of God completely from His birth through His crucifixion.

Starting from being circumcised on the eighth day, He never did anything that was not truth in His heart and action. Therefore, Hebrews 7:26 refers to Jesus, "Such a high priest meets our need--one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens."

Also, 1 Peter 2:22 says, "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth."
Only Jesus is holy and has no evil, and He is the only one who committed no sins.

Because Jesus had no sin at all, He had the power to save mankind from the enemy devil and Satan, and He was not subject to the curse of the law that dictates, "the wages of sin is death."

That is why, even though He died on the cross, He could break the authority of death and resurrect.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, because Jesus had no sin, He could break the authority of death, save the sinners, and rule over everything with His spiritual authority. Not only the enemy devil and Satan but also diseases, germs, and infirmities submitted to Him.

When those who were suffering from evil spirits came before Jesus, He commanded the evil spirit to go away. Then, the evil spirit had to leave obeying His word.

When Jesus commanded, even diseases and germs left.
The blind, deaf, mute, and the lame recovered healthy bodies by the command of Jesus.
Also, all things of the heaven and earth obeyed before the authority of Jesus, who had no sin.

When Jesus rebuked the wind and commanded the sea to calm down and be still, the wind stopped and the sea calmed down.

This law in the spiritual realm applies to not only Jesus but also to all God's children who believe in Jesus.

1 John 5:18 says, "We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him."

Namely, those children who are born of God are protected by the one who is born of God, namely the Lord, so that the enemy devil and Satan cannot harm them.

But you must have the spiritual power by not committing sins so that the evil spirits will not dare to harm you. No matter how long you have believed in God and led a Christian life and you have many titles in church, you do not have spiritual power if you still live in sins.

Even if you pray to drive away evil spirits in the name of Jesus Christ, tests and trials do not leave.

Just as insects gather around dirty pools, the enemy devil keeps on working and giving hard times to people.

But even a small child, if he loves God and lives according to God's Word, he too has spiritual power. If that child commands in the name of Jesus Christ, the enemy devil obeys and goes away.

If you truly live in the truth and accomplish a holy heart accompanied with deeds, darkness will go away from your life, and even when you pray for other people, God's work will be manifested.

I experience this kind of thing countless times. Before I believe in God, not only my self, but also my children constantly suffered from disease, so we had to spend so much money on hospital bills and medications.

But after I accepted the Lord, until this day, I have always dwelled in God's Word and lived a life outside of sins, so diseases and infirmities left not only myself but also my family members as well.

Since we accepted God, none of our family members have been to the hospital or taken any medicine. Even before I became a minister, I prayed on my children when they got sick, then the disease left them immediately and they were healed completely. Also, in the case of those who are demon-possessed, they recognize people with spiritual power more accurately than ordinary people.

When those who are demon-possessed make a fuss, they tremble with fear and just calm down when I approach them.

Once, I experienced that from the moment I left my home to drive away the demon from a person at some other place, the demon calmed down and was afraid.

When a sinless person prays in the name of Jesus Christ, not only diseases, germs, and evil spirits, but also lifeless things obey him.

Just as the Lord calmed down the wind and the sea, by praying in the name of the Lord, we can stop the pouring rain or change the weather, or when we pray for those who are poisoned by carbon mon-oxide, the lifeless gas obeys the command and leaves.

When I pray for those with burns, I first pray for the burning sensation to go away, and at this time, the heat obeys the prayer and leaves the body, so there is no more pain.

Most of our members are witnesses who have seen, heard, and experienced these things.

Just by seeing these works, we can realize that spiritual power and authority comes from having no sin.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I explained the second and third conditions to be the Savior. The Savior must not be Adam's descendant, and He must have the power to win over the enemy devil and Satan.

The last and fourth condition is that he must have the love even to sacrifice his own life.

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