Manmin N ews No. 432 March 29, 2015 GCN Broadcasting Ministry Created Out of Nothing Good and Happy Frequencies Renew Viewers’ Lives

GCN’s life-filled programs spread the light on viewers’ souls and spread God the Creator and Jesus Christ to over 170 countries. (Photo, upper, the cross-shaped light that appeared over Empire State Building on the first day of broadcasting in City, USA; middle, from left, Dr. Jaerock ’s Uganda Holy Gospel Crusade reported by CNN (Cable News Network); GCN’s founding and opening ceremony; Israel United Crusade; bottom, NRB International Christian Media Convention.

GCN (President: Elder Boaz J. Lee) participated many people and made connections with people who produce new programs with God-given contents in the annual NRB International Christian Media would help publicize Dr. Jaerock Lee’s overseas and made a new start in the viewers’ great love and Convention again this year, 2015, as always. crusades and they succeeded in publicizing the interests. GCN’s differentiated programs have created The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) was crusades throughout the world. From July 2000, a positive sensation and brought change and life to established to protect the rights and interest of GCN broadcasted Dr. Lee’s overseas crusades live viewers in the world. Christian broadcasters and annually holds the and thereby extended the experience to many people A broadcaster of TBN Russia (President: Pastor convention so that they can exchange technologies who could not attend in person, the same grace and Igor Nikitin) said, “TBN Russia’s viewers send and programs and build up fellowship with other powerful works via TV screens. In particular, the thousands of testimonies and thanksgiving letters Christian broadcasters. Uganda Holy Gospel Crusade 2000 was reported by every month, and we heard about their touching In 2015, the convention was held in Gaylord CNN and the Russia United Crusade 2003 was aired stories about their experiences of God’s works Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, via TBN Russia, which made Manmin TV known to through Dr. Lee’s prayer for the sick, his words of TN, USA from February 23 to 26. GCN (www.gcntv. the world. life, and the powerful works manifested.” In addition, org) exhibited its various contents and producing In 2004, many leaders of Christian broadcasters Enlace TV, covering Latin America, has received technologies, had good fellowship with NRB leaders in the world visited and thanks letters from people who were healed and and influential Christian broadcasters, and signed with them GCN (Global Christian Network) was set. blessed through GCN’s programs, and many of them partnership with eight organizations of fi ve countries. In 2005, GCN established a local corporation and have registered in Manmin’s branch churches in Latin Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee is GCN’s Founder started to air the programs as a public TV channel America or as Manmin Central Church’s members. & Board Chairman, and from the church opening, in New York from the transmitter in Empire State GCN is now broadcasting its programs and he believed broadcasting ministry an effective way Building in . the church’s worship services in more than 170 to spread the gospel and God’s powerful works. He Afterwards, by broadcasting crusades through countries through partnerships with many leading prayed for it, and fi nally on January 1 in 2000, when satellite and the internet, GCN played an important broadcasters of the world. So the church’s overseas a new millennium opened, he started Manmin TV role in Dr. Jaerock Lee’s crusades in DR Congo, New branch churches can join the central church’s worship (currently GCN). York of the U.S., Israel, and Estonia. In September services through live broadcasting (or some with Elder Johnny J. Kim, Director of GCN heard 2009, especially, the Israel United Crusade held in the a recorded broadcast due to time differences). By about the NRB Convention and in February 2000 International Convention Center, was aired doing so, they ride on the same fl ow of spirit with the he took part in the exhibition. There he found in more than 220 countries through 33 broadcasters. central church. unlimited possibilities for the broadcasting ministry’s Pastor Heejin Lee was appointed as General GCN will continue to clearly show the Bible’s development and met people who would cooperate Director in October 2013. Since then they have authenticity and the living God to people who are with GCN. consolidated the spiritual organizational power living in this end time and thereby fulfi ll the Lord’s At the NRB Convention, members of GCN met and the unity with love. Moreover, they started to great commission magnifi cently. 2 The Word of Life - A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey (8) No. 432 March 29, 2015 Manmin N ews

“They Have Transgressed My Covenant”

selected among the men of Zabdi their city gates wide open. At this Joshua did not just continue to march (Joshua 7:16-18). moment, the Israelites who were in in conquest of the rest of the Canaan As a result of the selection process ambush rose up and easily conquered Land, but instead, he built an altar God had accurately selected this one the empty city. They achieved a great before God together with the people. man, Achan of the tribe of Judah, who victory (Joshua 8:10-29). Since they had gone through a defeat had committed the sin. Achan had because of the sin of Achan, Joshua taken a beautiful mantle, two hundred 3. The Bitter Lessons Learned must have felt the need once again to Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee shekels of silver and a bar of gold from the Battles to Conquer Ai teach the people God’s Law that had weighing fifty shekels and concealed been delivered to them by . them in the earth inside his tent. On 1) We have to know the will of At the center of the Canaan Land, “So the LORD said to Joshua, ‘Rise up! account of the sin of this one person’s God in everything there were two mountains, Gerizim Why is it that you have fallen on your disobedience, it caused God to leave They shouldn’t have just thought, and Ebal. Joshua built the altar, divided face? Israel has sinned, and they have Israel as a whole. “Two or three thousand soldiers are the nation of Israel into two, and had also transgressed My covenant which I Through this, we have to remember enough because it’s a small city” one group stand before Mount Gerizim commanded them…’’’ (Joshua 7:10-11) that God was not with the entire (Joshua 7:2-4), but they should have and the other before Mount Ebal. Then nation of Israel because of the sin of asked God what to do. the Levites began to proclaim the one person. In Ecclesiastes 9:18, the Just because they had conquered Law of God to the people with a loud ●●● latter part says, “…but one sinner the impregnable city of Jericho, they voice. When the words of blessing destroys much good.” Because of this, should not have been so careless were proclaimed, those people of the Joshua and the Israelites went up God could not help but to turn His as to try to conquer the city of Ai tribes who were standing at Mount to the city of Ai after conquering face from them and the people were with human strength. Until they had Gerizim responded with “Amen,” and the city of Jericho. Ai was a small defeated in Ai. conquered all the lands in Canaan, at the curses, the people of the tribes at city compared to Jericho, so they What God wanted was complete they had to ask for God’s power with Mount Ebal responded with “Amen” thought they could easily win, but sanctification of all Israel and their humble hearts and minds. (Deuteronomy 27:12-13). they were defeated. Now let’s look complete obedience. But one person Essentially, when we plan something Those who attended this solemn into the reason they were defeated at sinned and broke the covenant and try to accomplish it at home, in ceremony probably remembered the Ai and what we should learn from this with God, which had dreadful business, and in our workplaces, we commands of God and had no desire incident. consequences. fi rst have to hear the voice of the Holy to violate them ‘until their deaths’, Spirit and be guided by Him through especially since they had experienced 1. The defeat at Ai because of 2. The City of Ai Conquered fervent prayers to discern the will of so clearly through the defeat at Ai Achan’s sin In the following verses of Joshua God. what kind of blessings and curses they In the battle of Ai, the Israelites 7:24, Joshua told them to take Achan would experience according to their suffered casualties without actually with the silver, the mantle, and the 2) We have to cast off sins obedience or disobedience to the Word conquering the small city. It was a bar of gold that he had taken along and evil completely and become of God. great shock to Joshua. He tore his with his family, animals, and all his sanctifi ed They were taught the Word of God clothes and fell to the earth on his possessions to the valley of Achor. All The reason why Israel lost at Ai the so many times by Moses, and now face before the ark of the LORD until Israel stoned him and all the things first time was because God was not Joshua would speak it once again. God evening, both he and the elders of with him and burned them. They with them due to the sin of Achan. had made it so dramatic this time that Israel; and they put dust on their heads raised over him a great heap of stones. Only after they removed this sin from the people would now keep the Law and pleaded with God (Joshua 7:6-9). Only after Israel solved the problem of Israel could they win by the help of deep in their hearts. Then, God told Joshua the reason sin did God tell them in detail how to God. Even though they learned the Law of for Israel’s defeat. God had told the attack the city of Ai. Here, we should realize that only God again and again, they sometimes Israelites to offer to God everything The strategy given to Israel by God when we cast off sins and evil can we left God and committed sins and they gained from Jericho, the fi rst city was essentially for Israel to feign being confi dently ask before God. If a person consequently suffered from famine, they conquered, but among the sons defeated and retreat while still engaged commits a sin and tries to conceal it, wars, and suppression from other of Israel somebody disobeyed (Joshua in the fi ghting so that they could draw or if someone pretends to be holy but countries. 7:10-12). the enemy force out of the city of Ai. his heart is full of evil, nothing can be Time and time again they repented God meant that He would not be Then, other Israelite soldiers who were hidden from God and God will not be and sought God in times of hardship, with Israel until they solved this hiding in ambush near the city were with him. but when they had peace, they violated problem. Here, God did not tell them to enter into the city, conquer it, and John 8:29 reads, “And He who the Law again. What God desires from directly who that person was, but He burn it. The soldiers in two different sent Me is with Me; He has not left His children is not forced belief just told them to find him by a system of groups attacked the soldiers of Ai and Me alone, for I always do the things to avoid sufferings or calamities. He drawing lots. Joshua conveyed the destroyed them completely (Joshua that are pleasing to Him.” As written, wants true children who understand command of God to the people and 8:1-7). when we remove sins and evil from His heart, keep His commands with told them to consecrate themselves Joshua followed the Word of God. our hearts and live by the Word of joy and thanks for His love, and (Joshua 7:13-15). With some soldiers waiting in ambush, God, God is with us. He lets all things sanctify themselves to resemble God That next morning when they cast Joshua led another group of soldiers prosper and shows us the evidence of Himself. lots among all the tribes of Israel the to join with him in the attack, but then His presence. tribe of Judah was selected. Next, soon they began their retreat. Since the I pray in the name of the Lord that among the tribe of Judah, the family of people in Ai had already won a victory, 4. Proclamation on Mount you will engrave the Word of God on Zerahites was selected, and from them, they were careless enough to pursue Gerizim and Mount Ebal your hearts, obey Him, and become the men of Zabdi. Finally, Achan was the retreating Israelite soldiers leaving From Joshua 8:30 we learn that His true children.

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Pass the Trials and Be Wheat-like Believers

Plants withstand rain, wind, strong sunshine, and thereby bear good quality fruit. In the same way, we endure trials with faith to become wheat-like believers. Furthermore, in the process we can become God’s true children. We should not have the fleshly thoughts that something is just too hard or that we are afraid. We must believe and have hope in everything with love. Then we can overcome any kind of trial. A test is a blessing and it’s in the love of God. Let’s look into the specific ways to become wheat-like believers through tests and trials.

First, believe in the love of God until the end!

1 Peter 1:7 reads, “So that the proof of your be patient in many things. We also must live by complain. Thus, we should engrave the love of faith, being more precious than gold which is the Word of God without compromising with the God in our hearts once again and be patient. perishable, even though tested by fire, may be world. In the meantime we may suffer unjustly. James 1:4 says, “And let endurance have its found to result in praise and glory and honor at At such moments we must just believe the love perfect result, so that you may be perfect and the revelation of Jesus Christ.” of God and give thanks for His special love with complete, lacking in nothing.” If you believe the At times God allows for tests and trials for which He has led us to a better dwelling place in love of God and endure until the end, you will believers because He wants them to possess faith Heaven. become a perfect person. We need to realize that that is like gold through the process, through Moreover, we must believe in the love of God a test is driven from the love of God who helps which He eagerly wants to give them praise, until the end. We must not doubt His love when us with His care, then we can perfectly endure glory and honor in Heaven. the test is lengthened thinking, ‘Why isn’t God and bear precious fruit with faith. To have such faith, the faith that is like pure helping me? Does He really love me?’ If you gold, we have to cast off evil. Then, we have to doubt you may want to give up, fi nd blame, and

Secondly, believe they are the shortcut to achieving hope!

Romans 5:3-4 states, “And not only this, perfect children who resemble Him. deal with it. You should endure the situation with but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing Therefore, we must not avoid a test but try to hope and try to forgive and understand him. Then that tribulation brings about perseverance; and pass it when it comes. Humans generally want to by the grace of God you can be changed. perseverance, proven character; and proven take a way that is comfortable and easy. But if one A test or tribulation can serve as a stepping character, hope.” As said, a test or tribulation avoids a test it will take him or her more time to stone or a shortcut to hope. If you really want serves as a shortcut to achieving hope. Some get to his or her hoped for destination. to be God’s true child, when you are under a of you may think that you have been changed Suppose a person around you tries to find trial, just consider it to be a shortcut and endure too slowly. But through tribulations, we can be fault with you in every matter and every case. everything joyfully and boldly and advance with changed more quickly and to the extent that we You might not want to see him, but even in this faith towards hope. are changed and renewed we can become God’s situation you should not avoid him but actively

Thirdly, think only in goodness and act only in goodness!

Some people may blame God or complain moment of the very end when he entered the lions’ law is to overcome evil with goodness. Romans against Him because they think, “Why isn’t God den, God sent angels and shut the lions’ mouths. 12:21 reads, “Do not be overcome by evil, but working for me and why hasn’t my situation God protected him so that no harm at all came overcome evil with good.” changed though I have practiced His Word?’ They to him. Rather the evil people who made the evil If unbelieving family members persecute you, might seem to work faithfully and pray earnestly, scheme became food for the lions. you have to act in goodness toward them with but because they still have evil in their hearts Of course, it may seem foolish to treat evil faith. Then they will stop persecuting you and there is no change in their situation. Thus, as trials people with goodness, but if you know the may even be evangelized. On the contrary, if you come, we need to think and act only in goodness. spiritual rule, acting only in goodness is the wisest think that they are so evil and just try to persuade Daniel did not compromise with the world and way to receive blessings. them with words and force them to believe, the he lived by the Word of God, but he was put in the Some tests or tribulations may appear to trial may become more serious and lengthened. lions’ den because of evil men’s schemes. But he come from other people around you or certain So you should pray for them with love first, did not blame God nor did he feel discouraged. circumstances. But it is actually brought by the serve them in the Lord, and try to move their Furthermore, he did not blame the king nor did he enemy devil and Satan. To overcome all trials with hearts. And you also need to think in goodness and groan. Daniel also did not react with evil toward faith we need to win the battle with the enemy profess faith in any situation. Then God will drive the evil people who had made the evil plan against devil and Satan, not with people. out the enemy devil and Satan, move the family him. To achieve victory in a spiritual battle, we members’ hearts, and lead them in all matters and As Daniel acted only in goodness until the should fight according to the spiritual law. The answers at a proper time. 4 Testimonies No. 432 March 29, 2015 Manmin N ews

Brother Puneet, age 18, Delhi Manmin Church, India

From the age of five, I lived in pain One day, my father said he had had a dream. He due to epilepsy and suffered from a saw all of us being taken up into the air and he found heavy headache and dizziness. I took himself left alone. He called out, “Lord! Lord” and some medicine, but nothing worked. cried. He woke up from the dream. He looked back My family went to Hindu temples for upon his past life, recalling the messages he had ▲ FFrFromom lleft,efft PPuneet’suneet’t s firstfirst yoyoungerunger sisisteristter my hlibhealing but my symptoms just got worse. heard. He repented that he had felt uncomfortable for Aarti, father Banwali Lal, mother Vimla, Puneet, and his second younger sister To make matters worse, in March of 2012 my his family after discord with them over money and Bulbul father, who had worked as an engineer for a factory, property matters. He repented of the hatred in him. was found to have tuberculous spondylitis and had In February 2013, my father received the prayer of surgery for it. However, the operation went wrong, the handkerchief again. Then it was amazing that his which paralyzed my father from waist down. He was dead nerves were regenerated! He got back sensation going to have to live lying on the bed for the rest of in his lower body and became able to move it. And he his life with his disabled body. We were faced with attended the church. When he saw the painting of the fi nancial problems, and my mother started to work for rapture on the altar, he was astounded because he had a clothing shop as a clerk for a living. seen it in the dream. In the meantime, she learned about Delhi Manmin In November 2014, my father was completely Church from our neighbor. She asked Pastor John healed when he received Senior Pastor’s prayer for S. Kim of the church, to visit our place. With him the sick via GCN live broadcasting on Sunday. He ▲ PuPuneetneet waswas healedhealed of heavyheavy we offered a worship service to God. At that time, now has no diffi culty walking at all. He even drives headaches while reading the book The Message of the Cross aloud for he showed us the video that presents the powerful a delivery tricycle named ‘tempo’. He volunteers for his father who was paralyzed from ministry of Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee. I was the church with driving. waist down amazed. I was healed of epilepsy as well. I used to remain In June, 2012, my family members accepted the in the lower ranks in school, but recently my school fact that God is the only one true Deity and we grades have improved. I even received a scholarship. accepted the Lord Jesus. We started to attend the I play the drums in church as a volunteer worker. church, but since my father couldn’t go to church, Additionally, my sister was healed of a high fever, and Pastor Kim gave him Dr. Lee’s book The Message of my mother recovered from pain over her whole body. the Cross in Hindi and helped him to have faith. He My family all converted to Christianity from visited my father regularly and prayed for him with Hinduism. All of the intertwined problems including the handkerchief on which Dr. Lee had prayed (Acts diseases were unraveled. Our neighbors heard about ▲ ThThee MRMRII bbebeforeffore BawariralBawariirall waswas healed: thoracic vertebrae 2 and 3 19:11-12). our testimonies and came to church. I give all thanks were damaged due to tuberculous While reading The Message of the Cross aloud for and glory to God who is the only true living Deity. spondylit him, I felt my heavy headaches go away little by little. Hallelujah!

Deaconess Kyungae Lee, age 47, Daegu Manmin Church, Seventeen years ago, I had a car accident. I was in a grace God had given me and worked faithfully for 12-passenger van. Its tire went fl at on the expressway His kingdom. But I forgot His grace and saw only the and it turned over. It hit the median strip and spun reality I was facing. From then on I went to Daniel two and a half times out of control. At that time, I Prayer Meeting, repented, and asked for the help of was two months pregnant with my third baby. I was the Holy Spirit. I repented that I had got irritated and bounced out and through the window. I landed on the bothered my husband and children. I also repented ground far from the vehicle. that I had done my duty with a sense of duty. At the moment, however, I felt an angel catch me At the right time, Southern Pohang Manmin and hold me up in the air and place me on the ground. Church was to have its anniversary service with That evening I received Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Pastor Heesun Lee, Manmin World Guidance Pastor, Lee’s prayer. The next day, I had a check-up in the Her youngest son Brother Joonchae Nah was protected and the Fullness of the Holy Spirit Prayer Meeting maternity hospital. It showed that I had no problem by God in a car accident when he was in her mother’s on November 30 in 2014. I went there and received at all. Several months later I delivered a healthy boy womb. From left, Brother Nah, her husband Deacon her prayer of the handkerchief (Acts 19:11-12). Soon Byunghak Nah, her daughter Yoonhee Nah, Deaconess and gave glory to God. Kyungae Lee, and her eldest son Kwangchae Nah I felt something strange in my stomach. I went to the Time passed, and I became a churchgoer who restroom, and dark red clot of blood came out. And attended church only on Sunday without praying, went to hospital. The X-ray scan showed that there another clot of blood came out again after the dinner. with the excuse of being too busy. As I lived with were stone-like things in my bladder and hematuria A week later, I went to hospital again and had a re- such lukewarm faith and with a heavy heart, there was found in the urine test. The doctor told me to exam. The doctor told me that there was no hematuria arose a problem in me. Something went wrong with take medicine for the following week and have a test and no stones. Nothing wrong! Hallelujah! Through my body. Just a few years before that, I’d had pain in again. this, my Christian life has been renewed and I came my lower abdomen and had diffi culty urinating. As I went out of the hospital and came home, I to work joyfully for God’s kingdom. I give all thanks On November 22 in 2014, I had greater pain so I recalled many things. I should have remembered the and glory to God.

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