The Mission of All Who Have Received the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 61:1-11)
(Isaiah 61:1-11)
“The
Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to
preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of
the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of
the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn,
to console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the
oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting
of the Lord, that He may be glorified. And they shall rebuild the old
ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair
the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. Strangers shall
stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the foreigner shall be your
plowmen and your vinedressers. But you shall be named the priests of
the Lord, they shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the
riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory you shall boast. Instead of
your shame you shall have double honor, and instead of confusion they
shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall
possess double; everlasting joy shall be theirs. For I, the Lord, love
justice; I hate robbery for burnt offering; I will direct their work in
truth, and will make with them an everlasting covenant. Their
descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among
the people. All who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the
posterity whom the Lord has blessed. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the
garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns
herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings forth its bud, as the
garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the
Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all
the nations.”
What is the mission of those who receive the Holy Spirit?
It is to preach the gospel of the water and the Spirit to all the people of the world.
It is to preach the gospel of the water and the Spirit to all the people of the world.
What
should a person who has received the Holy Spirit do? He should preach
the gospel of the water and the Spirit to all people. God entrusted the
beautiful gospel of being born again of water and the Spirit to those
who have received the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Those who were
forgiven for their sins before God receive the Holy Spirit. Then why do
you think God grant the gift of the Holy Spirit to them?
To
give them the final guarantee that He has made them His children, He
gifts them the Holy Spirit. He also wishes to help them overcome Satan.
He makes those who have been forgiven for their sins and who have
received the indwelling of the Holy Spirit do the following:
He makes them preach good tidings to the poor
What
is the good news for the poor? It is the gospel of the water and the
Spirit. God ordered those who received the indwelling of the Holy Spirit
to preach the beautiful gospel to the poor. Those who received the Holy
Spirit, since they have the hope of Heaven, are never satisfied with
things on earth.
God
granted the gospel of the water and the Spirit to the poor and forgave
them for their sins. He then granted the indwelling of the Holy Spirit
to them and let them into the eternal world. God commanded the righteous
to preach the gospel of the water and the Spirit to the poor. He also
persuaded them to spread the belief in God and Jesus. The reason that
God gave us the Holy Spirit was to preach the beautiful news abundantly
to the poor of the world.
He sends us to heal the brokenhearted
How
does our Lord heal our minds? He heals the brokenhearted with the
gospel of the water and the Spirit. There are many people with broken
hearts. To them, life is worthless, and their own righteousness is
wrecked. They have humble and painful lives because of their sins.
Therefore, they are occasionally tormented by their doubts about life.
All men wish to live gracefully and want to enjoy prosperity in their
body and soul, but this does not happen easily in the same way as when
people have been robbed of all their possessions by burglars.
Likewise,
those with sin in their heart are continuously robbed of all their
righteousness, and at last, go to hell because of their sins. That’s why
the Lord, pitying the brokenhearted, commanded us to preach the
beautiful gospel to them. With what words did God heal them? He did so
with the beautiful gospel of the water and the Spirit. He healed the
brokenhearted and also granted them eternal life.
He proclaims liberty to the captives of sin
He
grants freedom to the captives. What does this mean? It means that God
has freed the souls of people from all the sins of the world. He has
given this mission only to those who received the Holy Spirit, and they
can free others from their sins.
Man
has a body and a soul. And his body and soul lives, being bound by the
curse of sin and the law. He can’t do anything but to live as a captive
of sin, regardless of whether or not he believes in God. Born with sin,
he can’t help but sin. Thus, he is destined to live as a captive of sin
throughout his life. He lives in this way and is destined to destroy in
the end.
This
is why he lives this unavoidable life while indulging in self-pity
regarding his weakness which has put him in this position. God sent the
Holy Spirit to those who can’t but sin and are destined to die, so that
they could preach the beautiful gospel to the inmates of sin, and give
the captives the freedom from all their sin.
He comforts all who mourn
What
did God give to those who mourn? Giving them the gospel of forgiveness,
God comforts all the people of the world who mourn. He sent Jesus
Christ into this world to forgive mankind for their sins. And to pass
all the sins of the world onto Him, He had Him baptized by John and die
on the Cross. That’s how God purified us of our sins. Thus, God saved us
from all the sins of the world.
Our
Lord comforts all who mourn by informing them of the beautiful gospel
of the water and the Spirit. By doing so, He blesses those who suffer
from an incomplete faith. He leads only those who have the Holy Spirit
to preach this beautiful gospel, to heal the brokenhearted and to free
the captives to sin.
The
purpose of our existence in this world is to be forgiven by our Lord
and then to preach the beautiful gospel to those who are bound to sin
and need comfort to be freed from sin. God tells us that though our
lives are short, they are not worthless at all. That God prepared the
remission of sin and marvelous blessings for mankind is proof of this
fact.
Our
Lord also bequeathed all who mourn with a crown of glory. This means
that sinners are forgiven for their sins thanks to Jesus’ baptism and
can thus enter the Kingdom of Heaven. If one is forgiven for his sins,
he is refreshed in his mind and comes to appreciate this marvelous
blessing. Our Lord crowns him with glory. He gave sinners the gospel of
the water and the Spirit and made those who believe in it His children.
Those who believe in this beautiful gospel are made to feel joy instead
of sadness.
Just
as all men are born and die with a cry, joy is momentary, and their
minds are mostly full of sadness. However, God met them and caused them
to be born again with hope and delight. Likewise, those who are born
again by believing in the beautiful gospel live a new life and have new
work. In addition, they are able to do what God wants, and that is to
preach the gospel of the water and the Spirit to all the sinners of the
world, drive out all sadness from their hearts and let them enjoy all
manner of delights and happiness instead.
Those
who are forgiven for their sins by God give glory to Him. He told the
righteous to preach the beautiful gospel. He told them to preach who He
is, what gospel He gave us, and how glorious is the Kingdom of Heaven He
prepared for us. We can see the glory of God in those forgiven by Him.
Those who mourned in their life before being filled with the Holy Spirit
now delight in happiness, those who were bound to sin now feel the
pleasure of freedom, and those who lived a worthless life now live a
righteous life. These all reflect the glory of God. God referred to the
righteous as those who would rebuild the old ruins, raise the former
desolations, and repair the ruined cities.
In
fact, this beautiful gospel of the water and the Spirit was the gospel
preached by the Apostles in the days of the early church. Jesus was sent
into the world about two thousand years ago. The beautiful gospel of
the water and the Spirit had been preached in this world until AD 300.
The gospel preached by the righteous today is the same gospel of the
Holy Spirit, which the Apostles preached at that time. However, in the
days of the early 4th century Roman Empire, when Rome made Christianity a
state religion and gave its citizens freedom of religion, the gospel of
Jesus’ baptism was tarnished and gradually disappeared. It was after
this, when Christianity as the established religion became more and more
prosperous, that the very people who preached the true gospel vanished.
Why
was the faith of those who believed and preached the true Christianity
and the true gospel changed? After Christianity had become a state
religion of Roman Empire, Christians became liberated from various
restrictions and came to enjoy the same privileges as the Roman citizen.
Christians were then able to marry Roman nobles, and could also enter
government service. Because of this privilege, their faith was reduced
from a faith of resurrection to a mere religion. From then on, the
beautiful gospel of the water and the Spirit disappeared, and a
diminished form of the secularized Christianity began to flourish.
God
commands us the last Christians at the time of His immanent return to
preach the beautiful gospel of the water and the Spirit which was cast
into ruin for such a long time, and thus save mankind from their sins.
He will revive the beautiful gospel of the water and the Spirit that was
preached in the days of the Apostles. The gospel in the days of the
Apostles was the beautiful gospel of Jesus’ baptism and His blood on the
Cross. He calls us the men who repair ruined cities. He made us learn
and believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, and made us
farmers of His vineyard.
God
gave us the same mission He did through the Apostles. He made you and
me preach this original gospel of the water and the Spirit. “The Spirit
of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach
good tidings to the poor.” God made those who had already received the
Holy Spirit preach the gospel and gave us the Holy Spirit.
God
crowned us with flowers, removed all sadness, and put the garment of
praise on us by inspiring delight in us. Those who have the Holy Spirit
in their hearts sow the seeds of this beautiful gospel for others to
receive Him. Then they will also accept the gospel given by our Lord, be
forgiven, and at last receive the Holy Spirit.
We
have become God’s workers. You and I are blessed with glory of the
Kingdom of Heaven. However, God made those who don’t have the Holy
Spirit blind so that they cannot know, see, or understand this beautiful
gospel. They may be able to make others believe in Jesus nominally, but
can never make them receive the Holy Spirit.
The
Lord has done the following things through those who have the Holy
Spirit. He made them preach the beautiful news to the poor and heal the
brokenhearted with the gospel of the water and the Spirit. He also
presented the captives to sin with the true freedom of salvation and
comforted all those who mourn with the beautiful gospel of the water and
the Spirit. He set free those who are bound to sin because of their
weaknesses, presented them with joy and hope and then ascended to
Heaven.
Following
this, the Holy Spirit who dwells in us made us preach the gospel of the
water and the Spirit to all people. Jesus Christ told those who are
forgiven and have the Holy Spirit within them to save all sinners from
their sins. The Lord empowered those who have the indwelling of the Holy
Spirit to be in charge of what He planned to do. He made all righteous
people do His work. We are His workers, the ones who were appointed as
stewards in His vineyard, God’s church. We are His servants. God has
given us these amazing blessings.
We
realize our weaknesses when we look at our flesh, but since God works
with us, we believe in Him and have become His servants by faith. We
believe God will do many great works through us and spread His dominion
over us.
God
decided to rebuild the desolate fortress of the gospel in the ruined
cities. He promised that He would raise the former desolations and
repair the ruined cities. I believe there will be a revival of the
gospel once again throughout the world!
This
however is not my will. I believe it because God said it would be so.
Our Lord made those who have the Holy Spirit preach this beautiful
gospel to the whole world. He sent His Son into this world and fulfilled
the gospel, and I believe He is achieving His will again through those
of us who have the Holy Spirit. Those who believe in this beautiful
gospel will see the glory of God. Hallelujah!
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