Ep 658 - The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World Part 6
The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World - August 14, 2022
Key Points
What is the difference between God and Satan? God’s center is always completely living for the sake of His object partner, and He is always public. On the contrary, Satan is always completely self-centered and private.
For a martyr to die, not for the will of God, but in order to go to heaven is the same as suicide.
Those with self-centered motives cannot enter heaven. Their motivation must be pure and for others. You must not just believe in order to go to heaven.
The motive for the whole is always protected and nurtured by Heaven.
Unification Church members are not people who gather to go to Heaven but to build Heaven and save and liberate the sorrowful God and humankind.
To enter the kingdom of heaven, we must remove fallen nature, pay unimaginable indemnity, meet the Messiah, receive blessings, establish an ideal family, and complete the Heavenly Tribal Messiah mission.
You enter Heaven with filial piety.
To love God and your neighbor “... with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind” means you need to invest your utmost sincerity for them and be ready to die for them no matter what.
Our heart is alive and our faith real if we long for God and others and are ambitious to fulfill God’s will.
An attribute of true love is a longing heart.
In the world of faith, I have to treat myself as God’s belonging and cherish the people closest to me, to succeed in the Cain - Abel relationship, to unite with my spouse, and to become a couple that can touch even Satan’s heart.
The age of believing and proclaiming is over. The present age is the age of the fruits of love that models a true family, church and tribe. People should testify that they see in us a couple, family, church and tribe in which God lives and works. We need to show that God is alive and working.
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.♦
Finally I arrived in Korea safely. Thank you for your prayers. I am so excited to see our True Mother very soon! Today I will attend the International Leadership Conference at the Lotte Hotel.
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.
In view of the historical facts that innocent people have been accused in the name of religion, and that bloody wars have broken out in the name of God, we realize that if religions cannot unite, the world representing the internal aspect of humanity cannot become one. A peaceful world on earth will grow more and more distant. In light of this, the fact that organizations bringing together world religions have been inaugurated this year is a grand, historic undertaking. In addition, the fact of the matter is that the League of Nations and the United Nations, which were formed to resolve the problems that arose after the First and Second World Wars, have been inadequate. There remain many serious problems that have not been addressed in the past forty years of the era of the Cold War, which can be said to have been the Third World War. Matters such as the resolution of racial and cultural conflicts, closing the severe gap between the rich and the poor, the conservation of nature, and the establishment of true ethical values are the challenges that need to be newly tackled and resolved on a global scale in this present age. Based on this viewpoint, the founding of a new international organization called the Federation for World Peace, focused on the new philosophy of Godism and true love, brings forth substantial new opportunities.
Taking it a step further, the Interreligious Federation for World Peace and the Federation for World Peace, which represent the mind and body of humankind, have embraced the common goal of world peace and together have built a mutual foundation upon which they can cooperate with one another, suggesting the imminent construction of world peace. Reverend Sun Myung Moon has already prepared, in the environment of the real world, all the important preconditions for world peace. Most esteemed women representatives of Japan, now the time has come for you to be the people who practice true love by living for the sake of Asia and the world. Today we are ushering in a great, historic transition. It will emerge as an important opportunity for Japan and Asia to play an active role in the world.
I hope that you will broaden your consciousness and way of life so that Japan will stand clearly as the mother of Asia and the mother of the world, and thereby stand at the forefront of constructing a new Asia and a new world. This is the destined mission that history has placed in your hands to fulfill today. When Asia embraces the true love of God, the future of Asia is boundlessly bright. Furthermore, this world promises a future of hope in which the eternal order of peace can be firmly established. I pray that you will devote yourselves earnestly for peace in the new Asia and for the future of the world. Thank you.
True Father said that the ideal world is like a world with united mind and body. But while saying that religion represents the mind, and politics represents the body, Father also said that when the Interreligious Federation for World Peace, representing religion, and the Federation for World Peace, representing the body, become one and work together, we can create the world of Heaven that God and mankind idealize.
Now, the Interreligious Federation for World Peace has changed its name to the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development (IAPD) and the World Peace Federation has been renamed the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) and are being active.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 62 - Heaven and Hell (1)
• It is not God who decides whether a person's spirit enters heaven or 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 regarding heaven and hell.
The People who Can go to Heaven and Those who Cannot
<41-355> If you go to the spirit world, you will see that there are some martyred believers who thought, “I can only go to Heaven if I become a martyr.” However, those people could not go to Heaven. On the other hand, there are people who thought, “Heavenly Father walked a path of suffering and shed blood to find me. I will go wherever I need to in order to repay that favor. I am so grateful for the opportunity and the honor to be able to repay this grace.” Those are the people who, without a doubt, went to Heaven when they died. Who did those people die for? Was it for them or was it for others? They died for Heaven. When you say, “If I die while being faithful, I will go to Heaven,” who are you dying for? (Yourself). You are dying for yourself. Fallen humans who insist on putting themselves first absolutely cannot enter Heaven
What is the difference between God and Satan? God’s center is always completely living for the sake of His object partner, and He is always public. On the contrary, Satan is always completely self-centered. And he is always private. He always tries to comfort himself first.
True Father said that by the grace of God, he has traveled to every part of the spirit world, that there is no part he has not been to. But there was one shocking thing when he went to the world of Hell. Because there, he found many martyrs who said they died for Jesus.
Then why did they go to Hell? It was because they died with the self-centered motivation: “I can only go to Heaven if I become a martyr.” In the end, the motivation for their death was not because they died for the will of God, but because they died to go to heaven. Father said that this is the same as suicide. What is Satan? It is a fact that anyone who is self-centered becomes Satan.
Those with self-centered motives cannot enter heaven. The motive must be pure. The motivation must be for others.
Heaven is a world you cannot enter unless you deny yourself. You have to completely beat yourself up.
Therefore, you must not just believe in order to go to heaven. Motivation is important. The motive for the whole is always protected and nurtured by Heaven.
Once again, we Unification Church members are not people who gathered to go to Heaven but we gathered to build Heaven and save and liberate the sorrowful God and humankind.
Wow! True Parents’ guidance is incredible and amazing! We are not people who try to go to the Kingdom of Heaven. We are the people to build the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. This is the important issue.
The Things That Must Be Fulfilled in Order to go to Heaven
<198-259> Ladies and gentlemen, please raise your hands if you want to go to Heaven. Do the members of established churches go to Heaven? They bring the Bible to church; and listen to a sermon once a week. Do you think that will bring them to Heaven? There is no way. It is not as cheap as that. The Bible says, “The first commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” What is the second commandment? It says, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” The person who loves God first and their neighbor second is the person who can become the filial son. Do you understand?
We must know clearly that it is not a cheap Kingdom of Heaven we can go to just because we believe in Jesus, pay our tithing, and attend Sunday worship services. To enter the kingdom of heaven, we must remove fallen nature, pay unimaginable indemnity, meet the Messiah, receive blessings, establish an ideal family, and go further and complete the Heavenly Tribal Messiah mission. You should know that entering heaven is not that simple.
The Bible says to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” What does it mean? “... With all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind” means what? You need to die for God. Die!... Love God with all your heart, soul and mind no matter what kind of circumstances and situations. You need to die for God.
Who enters Heaven? The filial child enters at the risk of his life. He can die any time for his parents with his whole heart, soul and mind. You enter Heaven with filial piety. If you have a heart of filial piety, Heaven works.
It is to vertically love God more than anyone else and to horizontally love people more than anyone else at risk of your life. Even living for the sake of your neighbor. Jesus said “with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This means you need to die for your neighbor. To love God and your neighbor is not a simple matter.
With all your heart 100%. With all your soul 100%. With all your mind 100%. Whatever your circumstances and situation you need to (be ready to) die. You need to (invest) your utmost sincerity for heaven and for your neighbor. This is really incredible guidance from True Father and Jesus.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Are we Really People of Faith?
This title is very important. Please listen carefully, and then you need to think (about) what your life of faith (is).
1. We live as if we are believers. However, you must check whether you are living deceiving yourself. Do I really have longing? Am I really ambitious about the Will? Do I really have affection for people? This is the problem. When there is longing, attachment to the Will, and enthusiasm, one can bear fruit and grow. But if that's not the case, God is concerned. There are rumors that the Unification Church is a religion that realizes ideal families, but is that really true when you look at the members? We need to think about whether Heaven worries about us or not. Then where should the heart come from? One’s heart must be evoked from one’s present position. Many secular people have a lot of anxiety, fear and dissatisfaction inside, but they live pretending they do not and look good externally.
How can we tell if our hearts are alive or dead? And how can we tell if my faith is real faith or fake faith? You can easily check that.
Longing accompanies anyone who has a heart and love. Then do I really have longing for God? Do I really have longing for True Parents? Do I or do I not have longing for brothers and sisters around me? Secondly, how much affection do I have for the Will? How much affection do I have for people?
Revelation 3:1 says, “You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.” One who does not love people but despises them is dead. People who hate or have a lot of dissatisfaction have very dry and barren hearts.
Secondly, people whose hearts are dead do not have attachment to live for the sake of the will or others. People with dead hearts always work habitually, eat habitually, and meet people habitually.
We live as if we are believers. However, you must check whether you are living deceiving yourself. Do I really have longing?
Am I really ambitious about God’s Will? Do I really have affection for people? This is the problem. When there is longing, attachment to the Will, and enthusiasm, one can bear fruit and grow.
Then where should the heart come from? One’s heart must be evoked from one’s present position. One’s heart must be evoked from one’s position which one is responsible for and from people one has relationships with.
I always talk about the longing heart. Do you really love your children or grandchildren? Then what kind of phenomenon appears? You always have a longing heart. If you really love someone, that means you always have a longing heart, right? This is an important point. One of the important attributes of true love is what? A longing heart. When you wake up and open your eyes and pray to God “Heavenly Father,” your longing heart for God immediately comes out, thank God. How often do you cry because you miss True Father? Do you really have that kind of love and heart for True Father, longing for him?
This is Father’s tenth Seong Hwa anniversary. It has already been ten years!... “I miss you.” I think all our brothers and sisters miss him terribly because we love him.
Do you miss Jesus? Even though we could never see him, I often think about him. I always appreciate him. Whenever I think about his crucifixion and his sacrifice for all humankind, I am extremely grateful to him.
I am also extremely grateful to True Father. Do you know why? Because of True Father I met God, and I came to understand who God is and that he has a sorrowful heart. Wow! True Father taught me many things. Since I joined church, how much I have cultivated my heart from (that of) a fallen man. On a daily basis I have resurrected again and again and am growing and cultivating my heart and growing closer to God and to True Parents. I cannot deny (this). I really appreciate True Parents, especially because they have taught me who God is.
What we Need to do
2. Even though the world is on the verge of death on the inside, it has hope on the outside, and puts itself forward as if it were living for the purpose of the nation and the public position more than anyone else. The secular world is a world of death. Even though their couple is at odds with each other, a person pretends to live for society. In the end, the secular world starts with the motivation to fill one's own blessings first. Therefore, the world of faith must be the opposite of this. In the world of faith, you must first value the person closest to you. And you must have a heart that regards yourself as God’s. The next important thing is Cain and Abel. We must drive out Satan through Cain and Abel becoming one. Then, we must drive him out through the harmony between brothers and sisters. Next, the couple must become one and move even Satan. It is our task to make this a reality.
Since secular people live without knowing God and the Word, their outside and inside are always different. Secular people are always external and try to save face, in the end, their own advantage becomes their motivation and they deal with people (with that mindset). And the people closest to them become enemies, and they have conflicts (with them). As a result, the further they go, the closer they are to the world of death.
On the other hand, in the world of faith, I have to treat myself as God’s belonging. And I have to cherish the people closest to me. I should treat the people closest to me like God. The reason most people have a blowout in relationships is because they ignore the people closest to them.
The next important thing is the Cain and Abel relationship. How many people suffer a blow and are frustrated due to Cain and Abel? And the last challenge is the couple becoming one. The final battle is for the husband and wife to become one and become a couple that can touch even Satan’s heart. These are the tasks we must realize.
The Difference Between the Secular World and the World of Faith
3. The secular world is anguish and worry itself. Even though siblings are at odds with each other, they don't try to resolve it and leave it as is. The relationship between parent and child is also problematic and left as is. The secular world has the feelings of romantic love at first, but sooner or later, the first love is lost. Even if the world is like that, the Kingdom of Heaven must be the opposite. In the world of faith, you must first serve yourself as God's. Next, in the Cain-Abel relationship, we must give and receive while serving each other vertically like we serve God. To build a family on that foundation, for the couple to serve each other as if they were God, and live respecting and longing for each other—that is the Purpose of Creation.
Now Is the Age of the Fruits of Love
4. The Second Advent of the Messiah also came to this earth to create an ideal family. Otherwise, he would be ostracized by the world. If True Parents were to marry many people according to the secular world's standards, how would they be called the Messiah? The present age is the age of the fruits of love. The age of the fruits of love is the age of showing others. It is the age that shows the image of true children, true brothers and sisters, true couples, true parents, true families, and true churches. If we know the Principle and live attending True Parents yet cannot achieve this, we will receive much condemnation from the world. The age to proclaim is over. It is time to show the fruits of true love through our lives.
The present age is the age of the fruits of love. The age of the fruits of love is the age of showing others. It is the age that shows the image of true children, true brothers and sisters, true couples, true parents, true families, and true churches and true tribal Messiahship.
Are you ones that people can look at and testify that it was as if they had seen God? Have you ever heard others testify that when they look at your couple, they see a couple in which God lives and works? Were there people who wanted to resemble your family by seeing your family and saying that they also want to be a model family like yours? Were there people who saw your church and testified that it is a church where the Holy Spirit of God works directly and a church where God lives and works?
Now, the age of believing is over. The age to proclaim is over as well. We need to know that it is the age of fruits of love that no one will follow unless we show that God is alive, God is a living God and is working. This is a very important point.
Of course, True Mother still asks us to proclaim True Parents and to teach all humankind who True Parents are. That is important. But just proclaiming without showing who True Parents are, who God is makes no sense. We need to remember now is the age of the fruit of love. We need to bear fruit. We need to show.
Today we have learned very beautiful things from Father’s guidance.♦
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