October 7th 2009 Wednesday
Message by Joshua Jung
Summary by Will Yeh

Scriptures: 1 Samuel 16:7, Song of Songs 6:10

This world is truly valuable, but the kingdom of heaven is so much more precious and valuable. This world cannot even be compared to it. God created woman because man cannot live without woman, it is the same with a woman and a man too. Just as a man and a woman are both precious in their own ways, the body and the spirit are also precious in their own ways.
When the body dies, the spirit leaves. This is how much the body needs the spirit. But if the body dies, the spirit must leave because it can no longer live in this world. In this way, they both need each other in order to sustain life. The body and the spirit are truly precious and indispensible to each other. God created human beings in this way.

When you look at yourself, look at the center. God and Jesus handle people looking at the core, the center. The center/core in relation to the body means the heart or deep thoughts. You can’t tell these things while simply looking at a person’s outer appearance. The center of a person is their heart and mind. In terms of objects, it is the quality of the object that matters. For example, with food, even though it looks good, but if it tastes bad, then you won’t buy it again.
Adam and Even lost the balance in the garden of Eden, tilted their balance, and were cut off. Satan makes us lose our balance and go towards the world. To human beings, the mind is the center and the spirit is the center. If you lose these things to satan, you will lose. This is why we must entrust our bodies to the Lord. Live a life of entrusting yourselves to Jesus.

Children rejoice by what’s on the outside while adults rejoice by what’s on the inside. The body is what is on the outside and the spirit is what is on the inside. The body is like a bank account and the spirit is like the money that is inside the account. Is the money or the account more important? It is clearly the money. In this way, the spirit is more important than the body.

People who do things physically are people who do things centered on themselves and do things based on their own thoughts. In every area, you must do the work centering on your spirit, because that is centering it on Jesus’ mentality.
The body is a vessel that contains the spirit. Don’t just live taking care of the body. Don’t just take care of the bank account, but check your balance often. Be careful in case someone knows your bank account number and then steals your money. Satan does this. He makes you weak and ultimately takes your spirit away.

Look at Jesus through the spirit. Realize and know the things that are eternal. If you live through the body, then you will only know as much as the body. Heaven in the spiritual world is dazzling. You must look through the spirit and then you will feel it.

You must look through the spirit in order for the joy to be eternal and for you to treasure it every day. If you look at something through your physical eyes, then you will quickly get sick of it like you treat everything else in the world.

We must live constantly and completely connected with Jesus. You must be connected with Jesus constantly during the day and the night. If you can’t wake the predawn hours then think of the day as the predawn hours and constantly seek Jesus. Jesus will treat everyone with gladness regardless of any kind of status, mission, etc.

Work hard on retaining the Holy Spirit’s fire. Hope is Jesus. Don’t be discouraged if your worldly hopes have been dashed. Jesus is our eternal hope. Only those who absolutely center on the Lord and the Spirit and put the Lord first will take up wings of righteousness and fly in the air. We must put the Lord first.

After hearing the word, you must take action. When we live according to this world, satan will not infiltrate us and drag our bodies away. Be the Lord’s spiritual people. We must become completely changed this year. We must bear lots of spiritual fruits.