Dear Overseer Sung-Hyun Kim,

Hello, Overseer, I pray that God’s happiness and joy are abundant in you and your wife. You have shared your life with us in flesh and blood, allowing our personalities to meet yours, and enabling us to have the heart of God. Despite the slow pace of our growth, we strive to achieve completeness under your guidance!

Overseer, thanks to your teachings, we were able to have a proper understanding of the church. Previously, we prioritized healing the sick and casting out demons. And such an attitude seemed to imply that everyone was connecting directly with God as if there were no church or shepherd to guide us. This led to constant disputes among us, causing pain not only to me but also to the saints, as we struggled to understand why we behaved in such a manner.

Through your sermons, Overseer, we realized that we lacked the Word within us. Previously, we treated the Word as mere knowledge, and we were busy judging each other with pride and self-centered attitudes. However, after listening to your sermons, we have come to have personal fellowship with you, and your heart has touched ours. Now, we no longer treat the Word as mere knowledge.

In the past, I thought that the ability to cast out demons and heal the sick was a sign of being spiritual and full of the Holy Spirit. When I first read Matthew 7:21-23, I was afraid. ‘Why would the Lord say He does not know me, even though I preached, drove out demons, and performed miracles and healings in His name?’ That was my question. At that time, I tried to reassure myself, thinking, ‘Oh, that must not be a message to the Bereans, but to other religious people.’ Now I understand that the individuals the Lord assert He does not know are those who exploit God for their own purposes, resist surrender to the Lord, uphold a self-centered faith, fail to elevate the Lord, and believe that they are directly connected to Jesus, as if they did not need a shepherd to guide them.

I have now come to understand. I hope that my faith will not be merely a slogan, and that repentance and transformation into the likeness of the Lord will follow upon receiving the Word. I have realized that if there is no change, there is no faith. If we are one with the Lord, how could we possibly think and act differently from Him?

Thank you to Overseer, who truly loves us. In you, I see the likeness of the Lord. I am moved by your character, full of faithfulness, humility, and compassion, and I too wish to resemble these personalities. Hallelujah!

Lord, please protect our mother church, Sungrak Church, like the church of Jerusalem, on its spiritual journey. Make all our enemies flee in shame. Let all the Bereans around the world follow Your authority and prevent them from becoming those without a Master. Keep us from becoming those whom You do not recognize.

Reverse our circumstances so that our mother church may be restored. Bring comfort to our overseer’s heart. Accomplish Your will in surprising ways beyond human imagination! Hallelujah!

Evangelist Wang from China
December 26, 2023