“We Deliver the Lord's Love Through Charity and Good Deeds!”
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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 Lee 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 South Korea, 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. Manmin Central Church 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.