Manmin N ews No. 591 May 13, 2018 “We Deliver the Lord’s Love through Charity and Good Deeds!” The Practice of Love for the Poor and Neglected

Manmin Central Church has helped Province with monthly living expense. around 220 elderly members get Ms. Insoon Cho, age 77, said, “Who dental implants by supporting them would do this for me? My children financially. Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock cannot even do it for me. Thank you felt sorry for those who did not for helping me.” receive proper dental treatment and has prepared to help them for Support for students and several years. The church’s churches in overseas Charity Association, World countries Christian Doctors Network, Dr. Lee has given pastors, District, Sub- scholarships to students in district, and Cell leaders need through the Charity all worked together for Association. Additionally, this work in unity. he has supported students Sister Soonhwa with finance for music Kim, age 61 said with lessons, transportation a thankful heart, “My fees, allowances, and teeth are rotten, so I other urgent matters. can’t chew food well. Through his support I try to chew food they have been able but just swallow it. to devote themselves It has often caused more to study and indigestion problems faith and try harder to for me. But, the achieve their dreams. day I will be able to Brother Jaeha Lee, a chew and eat well is sixth grader, used to get coming!” poor grades on math tests in school, but after he went Charitable work to a private academy with for 1,000 households, the scholarship given by the North Korean refugees, church, his grades improved public offices, and Welfare dramatically. Sister Jiwoo Lee, Centers a 12th grader, has been receiving Proverbs 19:17 reads, “One who scholarships and a monthly allowance is gracious to a poor man lends to the since she was a 9th grader. She now LORD, and He will repay him for his lives a diligent Christian life and good deed.” Many parts of the Bible was even healed of her problem with say how pleased God is with charitable chronic ear infections. work. In the Early Church, people Dr. Lee has also financially did not claim that anything belonging supported the ministry of Israeli to them was their own, but all things households in need including the supports the Lord’s Love Mission churches that were under social were common property to them. child heads of families and the elderly which is supportive of a group of North oppression. Pastor Shlomy Abramov, ‘Charitable work’ is an everyday living alone with living expenses and Korean refugees by providing living a Jewish pastor, said, “The churches prayer title of Manmin Central supplementary side dishes. Deaconess expenses, rice, and supplementary of Messianic Jews have experienced Church. Before he met the Lord, Youngnam Cho, age 46, received the side dishes. Deaconess Sungok Hong, revival. It has been possible because Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee had living expense support and rice every President of the mission, age 67, said, of Dr. Jaerock Lee’s unsparing support suffered from many kinds of diseases month for five years. She said, “My “I survived the life-or-death crisis and love for Israel.” and from poverty for seven years. But, parents heard that I had received help to come to , but I felt Since its opening in July 1982, after he met God he was set free from from the church. They said to me ostracized and my life was unstable. has practiced all the problems. Since that time and that the Senior Pastor is better than But the church has consistently helped the love of the Lord in various continuing after the opening of the they are since they had not helped me me every month. I am so thankful and ways such as a program for sharing church, he has practiced the love of though I had many diffi culties raising my faith has been increasing.” Korean charcoal briquets for heating the Lord in prayers for the sick and my children alone. They started to The church also sends 70 and cooking, sharing kimchi, the helping the poor and neglected. attend church.” She received so many gunnysacks of rice to six public Condolence Committee’s support for The church’s charitable work was blessings after she lived by the Word offi ces including Shindaebang-2-dong funeral arrangements, Rehabilitation expanded by organizing the church’s of God that she is now helping others Community Service Center and two Mission’s support for inmates, Hair Charity Association. It has provided in need. welfare centers, and helps 15 people in Designers’ service, and other such support to approximately 1,000 The Charity Association also Nam-myeon Jangseong-gun, Jeonnam support programs. 2 The Word of Life

To Bear Abundant Fruit as God Promised

The God of love presents His promise of blessing army. If the Israelites had not crossed the Jordan “God is not a man, to all people through the sixty-six books of the River, although the river stopped flowing when the that He should lie, nor a son of man, Bible. But some people receive the blessings priests stepped in it, they could not have entered that He should repent; has He said, while others don’t. Among those who receive the the land of Canaan (Exodus 14:21-30; Joshua 3:14- and will He not do it? blessings, some receive much while others a little. 17). Although God promised to give us a blessing Or has He spoken, What, then, should we do to bear abundant fruit and you confessed your faith in it occurring, it’s according to God’s promise of blessing? only when you show your faith by works that you and will He not make it good?” can enjoy the blessing. (Numbers 23:19) First, we should please God with faith. God opened the way of blessing for us by Jesus Hebrews 11:6 reads, “And without faith it is Christ and allowed for many ways for us to enjoy impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God blessings recorded in the Bible. The methods were must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of written in the way that He told us to do, not to those who seek Him.” This God-pleasing faith is do, abstain from, and keep things. 1 John 3:21- the faith to completely believe all the words of God 22 reads, “Beloved, if our heart does not condemn recorded in the Bible. us, we have confidence before God; and whatever It is spiritual faith pleasing to God in which we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His we completely believe in something that seems commandments and do the things that are pleasing impossible or that seems to be far from the reality in His sight.” of a situation. Jeremiah 32:27 says, “Behold, I am If you truly believe the Bible, you will act upon the LORD, the God of all flesh; is anything too the Word in it, cast away sin and evil quickly and difficult for Me?” If you believe that God created do your God-given duties earnestly and faithfully. heavens, the earth, and all things in them with His However, some people seek worldly pleasure word and controls human history including life, though they say they love God. It is because they death, fortune, and misfortune, then no matter what do not truly believe the Bible. It is not perfect faith, the word of God is, you will be able to completely so they burst into anger, hold ill feelings against Dr. Jaerock Lee, believe every word of God. others, and compromise with untruth for their own Senior Pastor of Manmin Central Church When I opened the church in 1982, the promise benefits.

■ Chairman, The United Holiness Church of God sounded impossible in reality, but I Without the act of casting off sin and evil and the of Jesus Christ was assured that everything He said would be works of deeds of faith you cannot reap the fruit of fulfilled just as He said. He told us that we would blessing God promises. If you sincerely believe the ■ Permanent President, The World accomplish the world mission and we would build God-given vision and promise, you must pray and Christianity Revival Mission Association the Grand Sanctuary where all people of all nations ask God to fulfill His promise (Ezekiel 36:37). And ■ Founder & Board Chairman, Global would come before and glorify God. I believed when you pray fervently, you will understand what Christian Network every word of His without any doubt. you have to do to fulfill His promise. ■ Founder & Board Chairman, World At that time, thirteen people including the Manmin Central Church believes God does not Christian Doctors Network children offered up the Opening Service in a lie nor does He have need of regret, but He fulfills ■ Founder & Board Chairman, Manmin sanctuary of approximately 33 square-meters that His promise without the slightest error. So, we International Seminary had no windows set in it yet. We started it with have practiced what we should do to fulfill the ■ Founder & Board Chairman, The just seven dollars. There was no fan though it promise of God. We have trained many pastors. We Alliance Holiness Theological Seminary was scorching hot and there was no microphone have also trained dancers and singers and formed ■ Doctorate of Ministry, and Honorary or piano. But I relied only on God. I only prayed the Nissi Orchestra because we were aware of Doctorate of Divinity earnestly to God with my church members. I was so the importance of the Christian performing arts ■ His sermons were broadcast by the happy whenever God answered. God gave whatever culture. We were also aware of the importance of Far East Broadcasting Company and the we asked for with faith. broadcasting ministry, so we have made investment Asia Broadcast Station. When you engrave the Word of God in your in the broadcasting ministry. ■ His Christian columns appear in heart and completely believe everything regardless To accomplish all of these things, a tremendous , The JoongAng Daily, of the reality, such faith becomes the way to amount of finance, devotion, and sacrifice were The Dong-A Ilbo, The Hankook Ilbo, blessing. Only through such spiritual faith can you needed. Initially we had no finances and no human The Shinmun, The Hankyoreh experience the work of God and receive the blessing resources. In fact, they were not in urgent need at Shinmun, The , The God promised. Moreover, if you have seen, heard, that time. However, we prepared ourselves to fulfill Korea Economic Daily, The Shisa News, and experienced evidences of God the Almighty, the Word of God with faith because we believed and The Christian Press. then how could you not completely believe the that our church would accomplish the world mission ■ He conducted crusades in Word of God written in the Bible! according to the God-given word and it would be City, Washington D. C., Baltimore, done before long. What if we had said, “We can’t do Maryland, Los Angeles, and in Hawaii Second, we should perfect our faith by deeds. it now since we don’t have the resources. Let’s do it of the USA; Japan; India; Pakistan; the The spiritual faith that pleases God should be later”? What if we had just said, “God, we believe accompanied with works as James 2:22 says, “You You will achieve it” and then we had done nothing? Philippines; Argentina; Honduras; Peru; see that faith was working with his works, and as a If we had, we could not have accomplished the Russia; Germany; Kenya; Tanzania; result of the works, faith was perfected.” world mission to the extent that we’ve managed to Uganda; the Democratic Republic of the If the Israelites had not crossed the Red Sea accomplish today. Congo; of Israel; and Estonia. following , though Moses had parted the sea, We have overcome any kind of hardship with faith they would have been overtaken by the Egyptian and tried our best to accomplish the world mission,

English The Confession of Faith Manmin N ews Published by Manmin Central Church 1. Manmin Central Church believes that the Bible is God-breathed Word that the redeeming blood of Jesus Christ. is perfect and flawless. 4. Manmin Central Church believes in the resurrection and ascension of Jesus 29, Digital-ro 26-gil, Guro-gu, Seoul, Korea (postal code 08389) 2. Manmin Central Church believes in the unity and the work of God the Christ, His Second Advent, the Millennium, and the eternal heaven. Tel: 82-2-818-7047 Fax: 82-2-818-7048 Trinity: God the Holy Father, God the Holy Son, and God the Holy Spirit. 5. Members of Manmin Central Church confess their faith through “The Apostles’ http://www.manmin.org/english 3. Manmin Central Church believes that we are forgiven of our sins only by Creed” each time they come together and believe in its content verbatim. www.manminnews.com E-mail: [email protected] “[God] Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things.” (Acts 17:25) Publisher: Dr. Jaerock Lee “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12) Managing Editor: Geumsun Vin No. 591 May 13, 2018 Manmin N ews 3 and we will accomplish the providence of God lives. We must unchangingly sow with faith and the church members increased their faith, with approximately 11,000 branch and associate deeds until the end just as Jacob did not let the received blessings both in spirit and body, and churches. It was the power of God that could angel sent by God go until he blessed him even got more strength to accomplish the word of the stop the Jordan River, but it was the Israelites though the socket of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated promise given to the church. If we had given up that had to show the act of stepping in the River (Genesis 32:24-32). Only then can we reap the in the middle of the tests and lost heart even for and crossing it. In the same manner, we have fruit. a moment, we could not become what we are prepared ourselves in actions to please God with James 1:6-7 says, “But he must ask in faith now. faith in His Word, and now have become capable without any doubting, for the one who doubts When God told the Israelites to conquer the of doing everything in the Lord. is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by land of Canaan, they could not enter the land the wind. For that man ought not to expect that immediately. They had to cross the Red Sea Third, we should stay patient and show he will receive anything from the Lord.” Some and the Jordan River and then conquer the city deeds of unchanging faith until we reap. people seem to pray with faith, but when an of Jericho by circling it as well. In the same Galatians 6:9 reads, “Let us not lose heart in answer is not received, they may eventually stop manner, only when we unchangingly act to doing good, for in due time we will reap if we asking. They forget the promise of God given achieve the promise of God with perfect belief do not grow weary.” God has allowed us to reap to them. When things seem to get worse and go in the promise can we reap the fruit and glorify what we sow with faith. But we should remember against their prayers, they may lose heart and God. that we should keep patient and unchangingly complain and thereby turn what they piled up show the deeds of faith until the end. into nothing. If you give up in the middle, you Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the Let’s think about what God said to Joshua at cannot reap fruit no matter how diligently you almighty God can accomplish His providence the time the Israelites were conquering the land have sown. transcending human thought and ability though of Canaan. He told them to march around the Manmin Central Church has consistently it seems impossible in the sight of humans. If city of Jericho to conquer it. He told them to experienced revival and developed year by year God is willing He can bless anybody no matter circle it once for six days and seven times on the as we believed and acted upon the promise of what a difficult situation they are in. Sometimes seventh day and to shout with a great shout. blessing. In the course of the growth, however, the answer seems to be delayed, but it is just In all common sense, such an impregnable we have also met with tests that God allowed because the prayer title is important and major. city would not fall just by people’s circling it. to us. At times it seemed as if the church would That is why it takes more time than expected. Moreover, the people were not trained soldiers. fall. The church’s reputation was defamed and If you are acting in faith, though nothing It could be very dangerous for such unarmed the church members were persecuted due to seems to be happening, God is working in people to march around the city. But they did evil people’s slander and libel. It seemed as if reality. When His appointed time comes, not complain but only obeyed what Joshua said. everything that the church had achieved would everything will be done in an instant. Although Since they believed God, they followed the fall in an instant. They were seemingly very nothing is seen today, the answer could come Word and acted upon it. God caused the city to desperate situations. However, we only gave tomorrow. What we need to do until we receive fall when they finished circling it 13 times then thanks to and praised God with joy. It is because the answer is to completely believe, act, and reap shouting in complete obedience to Him (Joshua we believed that God never changes His promise. unchangingly. 6:1-21). Every time we go through the tests practicing I urge you to believe the faithful God, rely God could have let it fall at once, but watched truth, God allowed us to dramatically overcome on His promise, and act upon it. I pray in the over their faith until the last point. The city every crisis and give great glory to Him. And name of the Lord that by doing so what you sow would have not been destroyed without the indeed, we overcame every kind of hardship with faith will come out as abundant blessings people’s perfect faith and their united hearts. with faith and joy and eventually revealed His and you will bear fruit as rewards in the eternal The same is applicable to every matter in our great glory because we believed Him. Meantime, heaven.

A Letter from Abroad Dear Dr. Jaerock Lee

I am Soraya Gonzales in Tandil, Argentina. I am studying at the small intestine) and chronic anemia. I was not Latin University of Theology and learned about Manmin through feeling well and often sick. I was always tired Pastor Martin Alvarez who is Rector for the Southern Cone of Latin and cold. When I walked, my heartbeat University of Theology. I had to stay in Buenos Aires because my became fast and I quickly got tired. I daughter was hospitalized there. So, I offered up Sunday Worship took iron pills and folic acid pills Services in the church ministered to by Pastor Alvarez. and received intravenous injections, On January 14, 2018, I visited the church and Pastor Alvarez but there was no improvement. For three months testified to me about his healing. After he received bladder before I went to the church, I could not take the pills due surgery, it was not perfectly healed and his urine leaked out to financial difficulty and because I had to take care of Tandil from the defective area. While he was suffering from it, he my daughter who was sick. It was in this situation and received Dr. Jaerock Lee’s prayer on Enlace TV and it was then condition that I attended the Sunday Service. that he was completely healed. After the prayer he had no In the service, I listened to Dr. Lee’s sermon ‘The problem at all. Message of the Cross’ and I received a lot of grace. After the He said that Dr. Lee is a pastor of love who delivers God the sermon, I received the prayer for the sick. After that, the symptoms Creator and Jesus Christ, proves the authenticity of the Bible were all gone, and when I had a regular check-up on January 19th, through powerful works of God, and thereby leads countless souls to the result showed that I was normal. Hallelujah! the bosom of the Lord. I heard that many people all around the world I give thanks to Dr. Jaerock Lee who glorifies God in the name were healed of their diseases through his prayer and came to have of the Lord, and his delivering the word of life so that I was able to faith that I would be healed by the prayer. receive healing by faith. At that time, I was suffering from celiac disease (a serious My most sincere thanks, autoimmune disorder that can occur to people who have no enzyme Sister Soraya Gonzales from Argentina to digest gluten and the ingestion of gluten leads to damage in the January 23, 2018

Enlace TV is a leading TV station for Spanish-speaking people that is headquartered in Costa Rica. The station transmits their programs in approximately 60 countries around the world including North America, Latin America, and Europe via satellites, cable, and pubic broadcasters. Since 2007, it has aired the GCN’s sermon program “Dr. Jaerock Lee’s Word of Life” for an hour every week. Countless people around the world have been renewed by the word of life in the program and received blessings and healing. Many testimonies have been overflowing. 4 Testimonies No. 591 May 13, 2018 Manmin N ews

“God has guided me to the true blessing!”

Deacon Sungil Lee, age 40, Parish 19, Manmin Central Church

When I went to high school, my father’s signed a contract exclusively with a famous in consideration of my wife who, otherwise, company went bankrupt. While poor in spirit, home shopping firm and even exported our would have taken care of three children. After I was guided to Manmin Central Church by instruments to other countries. Daniel Prayer Meeting, I took my children my school friend when I was an 11th grader in home and came back to church and offered 1995. I realized the love of God who was with up Special Prayer Meeting for the devotional I was born into a Christian family, but I me in trials. service. had not experienced God before. But when I But I soon began to pursue the wealth that Though I had to drive to church and home listened to Senior Pastor’s word of life and was in front of me and did not live by the for four hours a day, I was so grateful for witnessed his powerful works, I came to be truth. Then, a great trial came upon me. As giving me the duty to take care of souls and I assured of the living God and Jesus Christ as my business grew for a short while, many of was happy because I have my Father God who my Savior. I even experienced healing work shops and companies in the same field were knows my heart. My wife recently said to me of God; my left eardrum ruptured, so noise jealous of me. I was subjected to investigation that she was happy because I became a new like a speaker’s loud blast was heard in the by the Korea Customs Service and National person. I realized that I had given her a hard ear, but I was healed of it by Senior Pastor’s Tax Service. I asked Senior Pastor to pray time and felt sorry about it. I became thankful prayer. for me and he prayed for my family and my for the ways she supports me. company. The way of blessing was opened as I For two and a half years from 2011, police My heart offered up to God became the chose the truth. inspected, searched, and seized my company. passage to the blessing. In May 1999, I went to the church right Prosecutors investigated my case. The TV On March 25, it was the devotional service. away when I saw the trailer of a program that news made a report on my company as if After I received Senior Pastor’s prayer of made false reports on my church. we had done something terribly wrong. blessing, something amazing happened again. I was not leading a proper Christian life at But Senior Pastor always appeared in my In fact, I could not look after my company that time. I was enjoying free college life. But dream the day before something happened. since I devoted my time to the service. But when I saw the fabricated false report, I could In a dream before I went to prosecutors’ God gave blessing to my business. not stand it. I wanted to guard my church investigation, he appeared and showed me the March is usually off-season, but the and my shepherd, so I began to lead a proper prosecutor’s face. He let me know that every sales was 10% higher than the sum of sales Christian life. I took care of other souls and misunderstanding would be cleared up. in January and February. Many schools, was where I had to be. I thought it was my It felt like a long and hard period of time. national organizations, and centers chose duty as a man. When everything was done and it turned out our instruments as recommended ones, and The report turned out to be false and the that I was innocent, I could not stop shedding even customers promoted our products that incident was finished. Afterwards, my family tears. I felt deeply thankful to Senior Pastor we import on their SNS accounts and online. received a great financial blessing. Several because it was he who made me a place for me Hallelujah! famous singers visited my parents’ musical to work and protected it. Moreover, on the evening of the devotional instrument shop and they became regular While leading my Christian life, I service, my parents asked me to live in their customers, and we received blessings through sometimes stopped attending church due to my house located in Apgujeong-dong. In fact, them. attachment to the world and suddenly skipped I had wanted to be a cell leader in the area After I got married in 2006, I began to help Sunday Services on the excuse of things that because there had been no cell leader there my parents. I also developed a new musical were happening around me. However, Senior though many new comers were from there instrument. I gave the one that I made for Pastor unchangingly showed his boundless since early 2018. So, the suggestion of my the first time to Senior Pastor and played the love and sacrifice to souls. As I saw his love, parents surprised me. I also received a seven- Manmin Praise “Dragonflies” with it for him. I was determined to repay his grace and came seater car that I had wanted for visitation to He joyfully received it and prayed for my to lead a diligent Christian life. souls. I experienced great love of God in that blessing. As I prepared for District, Sub-district, way. Then, something miraculous happened. and Cell Leaders’ Devotional Service 2018, When I think of the grace I have received, Some celebrities began to give the I experienced many changes. As a vice cell my deeds were just nothing. But God has instruments that I made to each other as a gift leader, I offered up my heart and devotion cherished me and blessed me. I give all thanks and they even preordered them. Many musical with finance and time. When I came to church glory to God. I also extend my thanks to my instrument shops ordered the instruments to practice the special praise, I finished my Senior Pastor who has been leading me to the and we started to sell whole sales. We also work early and took my two sons to church way of life and blessing.

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