From The Record of the Night Prayer Service in Medan
Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 12:26-27
12:26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven."
12:27 Now this, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
The situation that we face nowadays is the physical and spiritual shaking.
Why does God it to happen in our life? To make the difference between those things that are being shaken (ones who will be destroyed and ruined) and the things which cannot be shaken (ones who endure until God comes a second time).
If there is no shaking, ones who endure and do not cannot be seen. Enduring means that we live in calm and peace, whatever the condition may come. We must keep calm. Do not be shaken.
Isaiah 32:17
32:17 The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
The peace means as follows:
We must live in righteousness. The righteousness is the prayer of the righteous man. It is like the prayer of Elijah.
James 5: 14-18
5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
5:15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
5:17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
The prayer of the righteous man means as follows:
The result is that we experience the power of God that works in our life.
At least there are three kinds of power from the righteous man's prayer as follows:
God blesses us.
Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 12:26-27
12:26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven."
12:27 Now this, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
The situation that we face nowadays is the physical and spiritual shaking.
Why does God it to happen in our life? To make the difference between those things that are being shaken (ones who will be destroyed and ruined) and the things which cannot be shaken (ones who endure until God comes a second time).
If there is no shaking, ones who endure and do not cannot be seen. Enduring means that we live in calm and peace, whatever the condition may come. We must keep calm. Do not be shaken.
Isaiah 32:17
32:17 The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
The peace means as follows:
- "The work of righteousness will be peace"refers to living in righteousness or not sinning. If there is sin, we cannot be calm.
How to remove the sin? We reconcile to God and others by the encouragement of the sword of the Word. We can confess and forgive each other. When we are wrong, we confess it. After we are forgiven, do not sin anymore. When we are right, we forgive and forget other's sin.
As a result, the blood of Jesus cleanses our sins and we can live in righteousness. It makes us feel the peace. If there is something that is not right, we will not feel the peace but shaking. - Living in quietness. We control ourselves, so there are no doubt, anxiety, proud, fear, et cetera. We believe and hope to God. We can pray to God.
1 Peter 4:7
4:7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
We must live in righteousness. The righteousness is the prayer of the righteous man. It is like the prayer of Elijah.
James 5: 14-18
5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
5:15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
5:17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
The prayer of the righteous man means as follows:
- The prayer of men who live in righteousness or finish the sin.
- The prayer of men who live in calm.
- The fervent prayer. When the prayer is not answered yet, we must keep on persevering.
- The prayer with faith. We only believe and hope to God.
The result is that we experience the power of God that works in our life.
At least there are three kinds of power from the righteous man's prayer as follows:
- Verse 14-16 is the power of healing or the help and salvation.
God will help, save, and forgive our sins. If it is only healing without salvation, it will be useless. The physical illness as well as the one in the marriage and economy will be healed and saved. - Verse 17 is the power of protection and caring of God that starts from now in the midst of the difficulties in the world up to the days of the Antichrist who reigns on earth for three and a half years.
At the age of Israel, they lived in the wilderness on which it was hard to sow and reap. At the age of Jesus, it was harder to live like changing the stone to become bread. It is impossible. Nowadays, it is harder and more impossible to live until the Antichrist reigns on earth. But God is the One who cares us. When the Antichrist reigns on earth, we will be flown to the wilderness with the power of the two wings of a great eagle. We are far from the eyes of the Antichrist. We are protected and cared by God directly through the teaching Word and the Holy Communion. - Verse 18 is the power of life renewal from carnal man to spiritual one like Jesus. It means bearing fruit or life renewal.
We become the new creature just like the beginning one.
Ecclesiastes 7:29
7:29 Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes."
Let us pray for the power of life renewal, namely the honesty. If yes, we say yes, if no, we say no. Being honest is the same as the house of prayer. If we can honest, the spiritual miracle will happen as well as the physical one. It is from nothing to something, the impossible thing becomes possible, the stench becomes fragrant, and the ruin becomes good. The power of God will work in our prayer.
It continues until God comes a second time. We are changed to become as perfect as He is and to be worthy to greet His second coming on the glorious clouds. We enter the New Jerusalem in which everything is new.
Revelation 21: 5
21:5 Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful."
God blesses us.