Ep 653 - The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World Part 1
The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World - August 9, 2022
PDF Printable Text and Images - Testimony Young Joo Sharf
Key Points
Atheism or any thought, ideology, philosophy, and materialism that keeps God away will always be destroyed because to deny the existence of God is to ignore the origin, and in the end, it is to ignore the laws of the universe. This can be learned from history.
Put loving God first and second, serving our neighbors with the heart of serving God, then you are bound to receive unimaginable blessings. Only in this way can our individuals, families, society and nation be prosperous.
Couples should not use birth control while they live on earth.
Considering one's own economic situation before having a child is not the way to receive blessings.
The more children you have, the more deeply you can feel the heart of God.
Think that God is nurturing your children as you raise them.
There is no greater treasure in the spiritual world than to have many physical and spiritual children.
Time comes to bless me to grow well and bear the fruits of true love. The moment blesses me and prepares everything for the fruit of my love.
We must prepare early to meet the coming time, not just meet it.
Moments come to fill each life so that it can be sustained, grow and multiply. Moments come to bless us with the fruit of life and love.
God always gives us moments of time and asks us to bear fruit and multiply. That is why we need to catch the right moment and right time.
Time and moments exist in order for us to bring incredible substantial results of joy and happiness and return them to God.
Those who prepare in advance to welcome the right time always receive great blessings. Prepare and put into practice all responsibilities ahead of time.
A life of preparing and offering sincere devotion in advance is truly valuable and rewarding every day.
After you prepare thoroughly when you take action, you have a completely empty mind and God can really intervene.
If you prepare ahead, you have time to help others like Father in Heungnam Prison. Those who take responsibility ahead of time can bring beautiful results.
Preparation is 70% or 80% of the time. The real practice time is very short. Preparation is jeongseong and prayer.
Our life on earth is a period of preparation for the eternal world.
Transcripts from November 3, 2021 to the present, personal notes from November 11, 2020 until November 2, 2021 and slides from August 29, 2021 to the present are available at MD.Hoondok.com as PDF files.♦
I really appreciate all of you participating every day in Morning Devotion. Of course, this is our continental-level condition. But even though it is a continental condition, it is not easy to participate without missing a single day. For me also it is really challenging to give it every day. It is really not simple. I have no time to relax. The whole day, whole month, whole year – it will soon be two years.
I really appreciate all our brothers and sisters, your incredible jeongseong and devotion. Because of the continental- level devotion and jeongseong, I think Heavenly Father will send the Holy Spirit to us. I think surely our American movement can revive and many good phenomena will appear soon.
Today I’d like to talk about “The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
Up to now, we have completed all the hoondok explanations for the first volume of True Mother’s Anthology collection, and from today we move on to the second volume of the Anthology. Until now, we have finished explaining all of Mother’s memoir, and Volume 1 of True Mother's Anthology. Today is the first day to introduce our True Mother’s Anthology, Volume Two.
(This speech was given at the founding assembly of the Women's Federation for Peace in Asia, held on September, 17, 1991 at the Tokyo Bay Hotel, in Tokyo Japan) Distinguished president of the rally, members of the Women's Federation for Peace in Asia, and my fellow women leaders who have gathered here from all parts of Japan: Today we stand at a turning point on the road marking great and historic changes. I offer my heartfelt congratulations to the Women's Federation for Peace in Asia for its rapid growth in the five years since its inauguration to the point that you are now able to host this splendid rally. In little more than forty years since you emerged from the ruins of a devastating war, your nation, Japan, has accomplished the greatest economic turnaround in the world. This feat, which may well be termed a miracle of modern times, is now the envy of people throughout the world. More laudable still is the fact that, even while achieving such amazing industrial developments, Japan has endeavored to sustain the traditional values particular to the East and has shown a great commitment and effort in family and social education.
Underlying such wonderful success is the efforts you women have made, as kind and self-sacrificing mothers and devoted wives. It is you, more than anyone else, who made your families healthy and strong while you nurtured and watched over them. Since it is your work as women that stands as the basis of this success, I as a woman also feel proud. Leaders of the Women's Federation for Peace in Asia! The world is now on the brink of a great historic transition period. The wartime policies of communism caused bloodshed ravaging millions of human beings. In the seventy years since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, communism came to rule more than half of the world, plunging all humanity into the pits of fear and anguish. New leaders finally have lowered that red flag, and we are watching it disappear into the mists of history. This shows that the worldview based on atheism, with state policies that deny God, has come to ruin. The philosophy of conflict, struggle and hatred has revealed its limits, and the one-party dictatorial structure of communism is now facing its own demise. However, this event leads to an important realization: The downfall of communism does not mean the victory of the free democratic world.
The important thing here is that atheism – individuals, families, and groups that deny God – will be destroyed. True Parents have always told us that thought, ideology, philosophy, and materialism that keep God away will always be destroyed because to deny the existence of God is to ignore the origin, and in the end, it is to ignore the laws of the universe.
There is only one way we, too, can survive and receive blessings in our lives. It is to acknowledge and serve the God who created the universe and humankind. The vision and goal that keeps God away will surely go down the road of destruction. This can be learned from history.
What do you prioritize in your life? Is it money? Is it material? Is it property? Power? Position? Sex? If you serve anything more than God, it will surely perish. The spirit world and heaven will not let it go. Any thought that reverses the way of heaven will surely come to an end. Therefore, those who have realized this early are truly blessed.
Matthew 22:37-40 of the Bible says, “Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”
As Jesus mentioned, if you put loving God first, you are bound to receive unimaginable blessings. And if we serve our neighbors with the heart of serving God, we will be completed with love. Apart from this law, no one can survive.
That’s why (if there is) anything (else that) you put as a top priority – money, material, power or position – surely you will decline in the end. We learned this throughout human history. What is the best way? We need to put God as our first priority. Anyone who does this will not perish. (He will) always prosper, always receive the blessing.
Why did God blessed America in such a short historical time period – 300 or 400 years? Because our ancestors put God as their first priority. However, if their descendants put God as their secondary priority or ignore him or don’t believe in him, American surely will decline. We learned (this) through human history. God definitely does exists. We need to absolutely follow heavenly law. We need to love God first, and we need to love our neighbor the same as we love God. Only in this way our individuals, families, society and nation can be prosperous. This is really sure.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 60 - The Development, Perfection, and Features of the Spirit Self
• It is not God who decides whether a person's spirit enters heavenor hell upon his death; it is decided by the spirit himself.
• Humans are created so that once they reach perfection they will fully breathe the love of God. Those who committed sinful deeds while on earth become crippled spirits who are incapable of fully breathing in the love of God. They find it agonizing to stand before God, the center of true love, and choose to dwell in hell of their own will.
• Since the human spirit can grow only in the soil of the physical self, the multiplication of human spirits takes place at the same time that the multiplication of physical selves occurs: during earthly life.
Let’s study Father’s word.
Don’t use Birth Control
<201-133> The spirit world is a limitless place. That is why I’m telling you not to use birth control. Even if you starve to death, every single person goes to the spirit world. Even if you starve to death, if you die believing in the Unification Church, if you die in love, you will go to Heaven. Do you understand? That’s why the Satanic world tells you to use birth control, and the Unification Church tells you not to use birth control, keep having kids, that’s what I keep saying. (Laugh, applause) If you suffer for the sake of the will…did I starve to death while suffering for the will? (No) Even if we come close to starving to death, we can live. That’s the way discipline works.
The Path That can be Commended by the Heavenly World
<202-40> Even if one person had 100 children, the heavenly kingdom is so wide, it can never be overpopulated. It is a world that can accommodate an endless amount of people. So, do you need birth control, or don’t you? The thing that matters when you go to the spirit world is how good of a person you were, and how good of a leader you were. You need to understand that the amount of sons and daughters you bring with you becomes the standard of value that decides your rank in the spirit world.
True Father emphasizes that the spirit world is an infinite world and that couples should not use birth control while they live on earth. There is a Korean proverb that when children are born into this world from their mother's womb, each one is born with Heaven’s material blessing. That’s why you don’t need to worry. When they are born, they already have a heavenly blessing.
True Father says that calculating humanistically and considering one's own economic situation before having a child is not the way to receive blessings. He said that the more children you have, the more deeply you can feel the heart of God.
True Parents said that there are only two ways to receive blessings from God. The first is to have and raise as many children as possible. Don't think you are the one raising your children. Think that God is nurturing them as you raise them. The second is to have many spiritual children. True Father said that there is nothing more to be proud of and no greater treasure or wealth than these two things in the spirit world.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Know the Right Time and Welcome it Wisely
This is very precious content.
Be a Person who Welcomes the Moment and Bears Fruit
1. Time is always flowing. Therefore, I must be aware that I am responsible for not missing the moment and bearing fruit in accordance with the time. Those who do not miss the approaching time, hold onto it well and bear fruit, can grow with enthusiasm and hope every day. But we know from experience that when we miss the moment or mishandle it, we are chased out, become confused, impatient, and lose motivation. Our life is short. In this short life, those who live happy and make it worthwhile at any time can always look forward to a hopeful future and can enthusiastically fill each day. But the person who misses the moment will welcome the time with a feeling of emptiness. Not only that, but the coming moment is rather terrifying to them. Without the power of hope, they daydream, and waste time in meaninglessness.
Time comes to me not to be missed, but to bless me to grow well and bear the fruits of true love. The moment blesses me and prepares everything for the fruit of my love and prepares for the four seasons. Therefore, we need to welcome the time that come every day with enthusiasm and hope.
Therefore, we must prepare early to meet the coming time, not just meet it. Do you greet with a heart ready to meet the rising sun in the morning? I personally made a determination to get up earlier than the sun and prepare my heart for the rest of my life. Do you rise before the sun? Or does the sun rise before you?
Those who do not prepare will flow away. Those who welcome the time without preparation will eventually flow away. And no one can beat the one who prepares. Therefore, if one rises before the sun and prepares for the time, the sun will worship them.
The sun says, “You are my true owner because you always wake up before me. You always welcome me. Thank you so much, my owner.” The sun can tell you this.
The sun will greet you saying, “You are truly my master.” He who rises early in the morning and overcomes the morning wins the day. And whoever wins a day wins a month, whoever wins a month wins a year, and whoever wins a year wins a lifetime.
But we know from experience that if we miss the time or handle it wrong, we will be chased out, become confused, impatient, and lose motivation. A person who misses the time will meet it with a feeling of emptiness. Not only that, but the coming moment is rather terrifying to them. Without the power of hope, they daydream, and waste time in meaninglessness.
Moments Come to Bless us with Life
2. The moment will absolutely come, like it did yesterday and today. Therefore, I cannot deny that I must also welcome the moment. I must grow well in relation with the time given by Heaven. We are the ones who need to seize the moment that comes to us and grow and bear fruit. We must catch the moment, gain what we need to gain, then let go of the moment. Moments pass, but I need to seize them well and be replenished with eternal life force for my spirit body to grow. In this way, moments do not come just for nothing, but to give something not only to me but to all living beings. Moments come to fill each life so that it can be sustained, grow and multiply. Moments come to bless us with life. Therefore, if we know how to handle that time well, and if we welcome and spend it worthwhile and well, we will receive tremendous blessings from it. It is like a farmer who sows seeds at the right time, and at the end reaps a great harvest.
The moment will absolutely come to bless me, as it did yesterday and today. So I have to welcome the time well. We need to establish a good relationship with time when Heaven blesses us and grow well.
You can miss sowing seeds in the spring for a day or two, but if you wait too long, you have to wait until next year. Everything has a time. There is a time to sow, a time to grow, and a time to bear fruit. Once a moment passes, it will never come back.
I need to seize the time that comes with blessings well and be replenished with eternal life force for my spirit body to grow. Moments come to fill each life so that it can be sustained, grow and multiply. Moments come to bless us with the fruit of life and love.
Therefore, if we know how to handle that time well, and if we welcome and spend it (in a) worthwhile (way) and well, we will receive tremendous blessings from it.
That’s why we need to appreciate (that) God always gives us the moments of time. Why? (He) asks us to bear fruit and multiply. That is why we need to catch the right moment and right time. Once time goes away, it never comes back again. That’s why every single moment, every day, every week, every month is so precious. Time tries to give us the blessing. We need to capture (it) at the right time and bear fruit. This is incredible. We need to know why time and moments exist. In order to ask us to really bear fruit and to bring incredible substantial results of joy and happiness and return them to God.
Be a Person who Prepares Today for the Future
3. Those who find the right time and welcome it will long and yearn for the future and wait for the outcome of the hope they prepared for in the present. True Father prepared everything ahead of time and said, “Hurry up to the age of 40.” Because True Father prepared everything and laid the groundwork, he waited for reality to pass quickly and the time of the prepared future to come sooner. True Father lived his life looking to the future like this. He realized the future that much ahead of time and prepared for it. Those who prepare today for the future then wait for the right time. Those who know how to welcome the right time do not only take responsibility for today, but also for the future. If you look at True Father's life in prison, he got up two or three hours before others woke up, prepared everything with prayer and devotion, and devoted the rest of his time for others with a relaxed mind.
Those who prepare in advance to welcome the right time always receive great blessings. Even at school, students who do well in school always study ahead of time. Likewise, in our lives, we need to prepare thoroughly in order to welcome the right time. Those who live a life of preparing in advance miss and yearn for the future and wait for the results of the hopes they prepared for in the present.
True Father's life has always been a life of preparation for a future time. He prepared and put into practice all his responsibilities ahead of time. That is why he waited for reality to pass quickly and the time of the prepared future to come sooner. In this way, True Father lived his life looking to the future. He realized the future that much ahead of time and prepared for it.
Those who prepare today for the future, wait for it. Those who know how to welcome the right time do not only take responsibility for today, but also for the future. A life of preparing and offering sincere devotion in advance is truly valuable and rewarding every day. They don't worry if tomorrow comes. It’s because they have already prepared everything ahead in advance.
That is preparation. In order to greet the morning sunshine, prepare 2 or 3 hours before. Kneel down and pray and meet God. Then wait for the sunrise. That kind of preparation is a life of preparation. If you have a lot of preparation, based on that foundation God can really intervene. After you prepare thoroughly when you take action, you have a completely empty mind. “Already I have done my job. I have prepared everything. Let God talk through my mouth, and work through my hands and feet.”
Preparation is really important. If you prepare ahead, your heart is freer and relaxed, you have time to help others. If you do not do your own portion of responsibility, how can you help others?
This Moment Today Is Connected With Eternity
4. True Father gained joy when he helped others with their assigned labor jobs in Heungnam Prison, giving them unforgettable impressions and inspirations. In this way, he fulfilled his portion of responsibility in advance and helped others. A person who knows the time in this way fulfills their responsibilities in advance and helps others with peace of mind. In view of these things, you should know that those who take responsibility ahead of time can have beautiful results, but otherwise they will miss the time and be sad. Therefore, we must know what to do when the time comes to us. You must know that today is not here just for today, but that it is for the future. This one moment today connects with eternity, it is not a moment that exists only for today and then disappears.
If you prepare ahead of time so as not to miss the time and practice it in advance, you will have more room to help others. So True Father helped others with their assigned labor in Heungnam Prison, giving them an unforgettable impression and joy, giving them joy.
A person who knows the time in this way sets up his or her responsibilities in advance and helps others with peace of mind. In view of these things, you should know that those who take responsibility ahead of time can bring beautiful results, but those who don’t do (this) will miss the time and be sad.
It is no exaggeration to say that our whole life is a process of preparation. The baby in the mother's womb prepares for 10 months for life on earth. And human beings born from their mother's womb reach about 100 years old, a period of preparation for the eternal world.
If we haven't been able to live our life of faith so far and have missed the right time, we should do our best from now on and take responsibility for what we haven't been able to do in the past. Once a moment passes, it will never come back. So know the right time and welcome it with pleasure
That is why I am talking about how each moment, each second is so precious. To catch the right time, you need to prepare early in advance. This is very important. Preparation is 70% or 80% of the time. The real practice time is very short. Preparation is really important.
Preparation is jeongseong. You have to prepare a lot for tomorrow, for the day after tomorrow, a week in advance for the next week, for next month, for two or three years later. Prepare in advance. Then you will never miss your time. You will surely bear fruit, and God will help you. That is why I say that preparation is jeongseong and prayer.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
(Testimony of Young Joo Sharf, Sacramento, California CARP)♦
(Response to sharing) When I was young, I realized this point: each moment, each second is so precious. I really regret when I was young – of course, I did my best – if I had realized the value of time, I (would have) created more results, I would have had more achievements. When I am getting old, I again and again realize that each moment of time is really so precious. Even now I realize this, so I am really happy about that.
(Response to second sharing) It is already great jeongseong to go out for witnessing.♦
NOTE: This text and the PowerPoint slides from this speech are available as a link at the top of this text. Transcripts from November 3, 2021 to the present, personal notes from November 11, 2020 until November 2, 2021 and slides from August 29, 2021 to the present are available at MD.Hoondok.com as PDF files. Books of the transcripts and notes are available as PDFs at MDBooks.Hoondok.com.
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