Ep 666 - The Unity of the World and Humankind Responsibility Part 4
The Unity of the World and Humankind's Responsibility - August 22, 2022
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Key Points
True Parents who came to this earth as the Messiah must first clearly reveal the relationship between God and human beings, and then fully disclose Satan’s crimes which caused the human Fall.
Many are unaware of how great Satan's unseen sabotage is. The enemy of enemies is the invisible Satan behind the scene rather than the enemy in front of me. Many people become Satan’s tools and are multiplying evil without realizing it.
The ideal of Heaven is the completion of the Four Position Foundation achieved through the members of the family: the parents, the couples, and children.
The substantial Kingdom of Heaven begins when … my last grandson and granddaughter receive the Blessing.
Heaven is a concrete world of true love that must be achieved centered on the family.
Then what kind of act live for the sake of God, True Parents, humankind, and others the most? It is witnessing.
Witnessing is not just for the sake of others. It saves my (own) life. Through witnessing I can grow day by day and experience resurrection every day.
You always need to find some object partner to have give-and-take with, an Abel vertically, or (a Cain as) an object partner (horizontally). You always need to find someone to relate to and communicate with heartistically.
You need to really challenge yourself centered on a time period. It is not easy to overcome six months. … Once you are determined, this becomes your first motivation, … When you do this, you can establish very good habits.
If there is no Abel around me, I must become an Abel by finding an object partner whom I can love, a spiritual child.
In order to transcend all habits, traditions, and concepts and have a life of faith full of joy, my shimjeong must spring from the depths of my heart.
I am so happy to join you live!
Today I’d like to talk about “The Unity of the World and Humankind's Responsibility ” from True Mother’s Anthology 2.”
There were many things that Adam did not understand, however, because he was still young at the time. In the Last Days, the restored and completed Adam will come and make all this information known. He will reveal the sins committed by Satan through the course of history. When he comes, it will finally be possible to expel Satan from this world. For the first time, human beings will be able to make a fundamental change in direction toward a world of hope, peace, happiness and freedom. In order for humankind to make a total break from the false love, false life and false lineage that derive from Satan as their false parent, it is necessary that we be grafted onto the true olive tree. That is, all people need to be grafted onto God and True Parents in order to recover true love, true life and true lineage. This will make it possible for us to build heaven on earth as well as in the spirit world. This, in fact, is the final purpose of God's providence of salvation, restoration and re-creation. Thus, the appearance of the True Parents is an event of the most historic importance. They represent the conclusion and final fruit of human history. The True Parents have ushered in the completion stage of human cultural history. They signify the victory of religion and philosophy within history.
Prior to the emergence of True Parents, however, there is required a period of restoration through indemnity, that is, a period of re-creation. I would like to speak for a while about this historical period based on the biblical record to illustrate what a difficult process it has been. By understanding this, we can understand how important it is that we fulfill our responsibility today. In the record of the Old Testament, history was a course of indemnification— an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth and a life for a life. The responsibility for the Fall passed from Eve to Adam, with Satan at the center. If we look from the standpoint of Eve who received the seed of false life, the Fall occurred when Satan took over God's position as Eve's father and became one with her to bear Adam. In the course of the Fall, Eve placed the archangel in the position of her father and Adam in the position of her son. Consequently, women who, in the course of the history of restoration through indemnity, have come to stand in the position of Eve have risked their lives, when necessary, in order to ensure that God's Will is passed on to the next generation.
True Parents who came to this earth as the Messiah must first clearly reveal the relationship between God and human beings, and then fully disclose Satan’s crimes which caused the human Fall. In Korea, there is a proverb that says, “If you know your enemy and yourself you can fight 100 battles and win 100 battles.”
In order for our life to be victorious, we have to clearly know ourselves. We have to clearly know what kind of relationship God and I have, who my enemy is, and what kind of relationship True Parents and I have
Many are unaware of how great Satan's unseen sabotage is. For example, if I have some enemy, know that Satan is definitely behind them. If you know this, you will come to realize that the enemy of enemies is the invisible Satan behind the scene rather than the enemy in front of me. Many people become Satan’s tools and are multiplying evil without realizing it.
Also, we have to clearly understand why we need such beings called True Parents. All of humankind must transform from false love, false life, and false lineage centered on the parent Satan to true love, true life, and true lineage by True Parents and then realize the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth and in Heaven.”
Thus, the appearance of the True Parents is so great and an event of the most historic importance. They represent the conclusion and final fruit of human history. The True Parents have ushered in the completion stage of human cultural history. They signify the victory of religion and philosophy within history.
Living Divine Principle : The Principle of Creation 63 - Heaven and Hell (2)
• 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.
In the Heavenly Kingdom, 3 generations Must Become One
<21-54> What kind of a world is the Kingdom of Heaven? As it is the original world, individuals, families and tribes accused by Satan cannot go there. To enter heaven, these must all become one—in other words, three generations must become one. In Adam’s family, Adam was the first generation, Cain and Abel the second and their children the third. These three generations were to become one. From God’s standpoint, He was the first generation, Adam and Eve were the second and Cain and Abel were the third
The Kingdom of Heaven is a world where three generations enter after becoming one. Then why do three generations have to become one to enter the Kingdom of Heaven? It is because the ideal of Heaven is the completion of the Four Position Foundation and the completion of the Four Position Foundation is achieved through the members of the family: the parents, the couples, and children.
The substantial Kingdom of Heaven begins when three generations centered on God, three generations centered on True Parents, and three generations centered on my own couple are realized. I have to experience the Four Great Realms of the heart and the Three Great Kingships until the blood lineage born through my last grandson and granddaughter receives the Blessing, and then go to the spirit world.
In this way, the Kingdom of Heaven is not a vague Heaven. Heaven is a concrete world of true love that must be achieved centered on the family. How vague was the heaven that religious people believed in so far!
Divine Principle is very clear about what the substantial kingdom of heaven is. Many people(?) have different concepts, understandings and theories about it, but their theories are very vague. What we learned from the Divine Principle about the kingdom of heaven is very clear centering on three generations and an experience of the four great realms of heart and the three great kingships. So far, who teaches so clearly? That is why we really need to appreciate our True Parents.
If You Want to go to Heaven, You Must Suffer
<49-303>Those who wish to enter heaven must live, die and depart miserably. Are these good words or bad words? Are they good or bad? (They are good words). So when I tell you to go out and witness to the point of death, are those good words or bad words? (They are good words). So why aren’t you going? You must throw away your life for the sake of others. If you die, not for yourselves, but for others, for the world and the universe, you will be raised up as masters of the great universe
The witnessing of the Blessing in our Unification Church is eternally (reaching out to those?) have no choice but to die. That is why there is nothing more precious than witnessing.
True Parents are teaching us the philosophy of always living for the sake of others. Then what kind of act live for the sake of God, True Parents, humankind, and others the most? It is witnessing.
Many of my friends ask me, “Dr. Yong, you are already 65 years old. After you retire what are you going to do? What is your plan? For me there is no need to worry about retirement. As long as I can breathe, I want to save even one person’s soul. Even if I become 80 or 90 years old, even 100 years old, while I can still breathe, I will try to save even one person’s soul. That is our job, and that is the most beautiful mission. Witnessing is the very thing for truly living for the sake of others.
Of course, you can give away something, you can encourage and console and comfort others and help them with whatever they need. But what is the greatest way to live for the sake of others? To save people’s eternal life.
True Father is teaching us to throw away our life for the sake of witnessing. Then, he said that God will raise us as masters of the great universe.
How beautiful it is. That is why witnessing is everything. Witnessing is not just for the sake of others. It saves my (own) life. Through witnessing I can grow day by day and experience resurrection every day. How beautiful it is! Are you really doing witnessing? Or not? If you have a passion to witness, even if you are getting older and become 60 or 70 or 80, it does not matter. When you really focus on witnessing in order to save people’s lives, that is the most beautiful thing in our life of faith.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Preserving the First Love is Your Own Responsibility
1. People or churches that lose their first love will face many internal or spiritual difficulties. Is the passion of your first love that loved God’s Will after joining the church still alive? Is our church still maintaining the atmosphere of first love like in the early days? Therefore, I must examine what kind of person I am today. We must also check where our church is going. Preserving your first love cannot be done by anyone else because this is your own responsibility. If my way of thinking is this way or that way or my heart is often fickle, even God cannot do anything for me. If I cannot distinguish good from evil and think carelessly and become secularized by the world, who will guide me? Isn't this really embarrassing? Even so, if you have an Abel whom you respect or people around you to serve, there is a way to improve yourself.
You must take responsibility for the growth of your spirit self and nurture it. Some people do not nurture the growth of their spirit self. To do this, we must always regard the standard of first love with God as life.
If I were to lose my first love and first motivation and my life (were not to) have much joy or gratitude, I (would) need to deeply reflect on myself and see where I messed up. Where did I lose (out)? You need to check. You need to reflect on that.
People or churches that lose their first love will face many internal or spiritual difficulties. Since such people cannot distinguish between good and evil and only live according to the environment, they are said to be living but actually, it is like they are dead.
When I come to church and see people, I immediately recognize whether he or she has lost their first love or not. I can feel that.
People who lose their first love must first check themselves in their surroundings and find an Abel of faith who can be concerned for them. Then, they must always give and receive with that Abel. It can never be solved alone. When I am faced with hardships, I need an Abel who can deal with me
That’s why you always need to find some object partner to have give-and-take with, an Abel vertically, or an object partner (horizontally). You always need to find someone to relate to and communicate with heartistically. Otherwise, your spirit has no way to survive. You need to have give-and-take vertically and horizontally very well. If you give up a relationship with people, you completely give up your spiritual life and spiritual growth.
To Restore the First Love, We Must Make Effort Greater than the Number 3
2. Many people do not have an Abel figure whom they can respect or people to serve in their surrounding. If even relationships have been cut off like this, the person's faith is very difficult. How would you go about doing this? It is difficult to light the fire of first love, but it is even more difficult to light the extinguished light again. Therefore, today, if we destroy the first motivation and first love of faith, we must make at least 3 times more effort. Once the standard of first love is broken, it takes effort greater than the number 3. Effort greater than the number 3 means it can be restored in a period of 3 months or 3 years. But how about you all today? If you still react according to the environment or the other person’s emotions, aren’t you not yourself? Then it is very difficult to restore the first love. Aren’t you all the kind to get angry when others get angry or become careless when others are careless? If you know that you are such a passive self, you have to worry a lot about yourself.
If people who are determined to live a life of faith do not have an Abel figure whom they can respect or people to serve in their surrounding, they are bound to become failures on the way. If you lose your first love, you must first enter the restoration of relationships. It is restoration of the relationship with God, restoration of the relationship with Abel, and restoration of the relationship with people around you
It is difficult to light the fire of first love, but it is even more difficult to light the extinguished light again. Therefore, today, if we destroy the first motivation and first love of faith, we must make at least three times more effort. Once the standard of first love is broken, it takes effort greater than the number three
If there is something you make a new determination for, you should make an effort for a minimum of three months for it to become a habit. However, most people fail at the fallen number six. If you overcome six months and go onto seven months, you enter a safe period of keeping your first motivation and first determination. However, in order to establish a firm foundation which even Satan cannot accuse, you must pass through three years.
That’s why when you have (been a member of) the church for more than three years, your life of faith becomes more stable, but those who have (been a member) for (less than) six months, you need to see whether that guy can (get past) six months or not. If he (keeps going) for six months after joining the church, then we can see whether he can (keep going until) 21 months. If he (makes it for) 21 months, then we need to see if he can (keep going) for three years or not. If anyone (stays) for three years, then God trusts him. Of course, even after three years someone can change their heart and mind, but the important thing is, in order to stabilize your life of faith, you need to go through the number three: three months and three years, right? This is very important.
For example, if you really want to have a life of appreciation, you want to write ten or five points of appreciation, how long can you keep doing it? Three days? If you pass three days, then 21 days, then … six months. Then your life of appreciation has become a good habit.
That’s why you need to really challenge yourself centered on a time period. It is not easy to overcome six months. When you do something, it is not easy to overcome the number six, six months, right? So, once you are determined, this becomes your first motivation, first love, first resolution. You need to always be aware, “I need to overcome the number three -- three months, six months, three years. When you are aware of this kind of challenge number, you can have very good habits.
We Today Are All Pioneers
3.If you are always controlled by the other person’s words and are up and down depending on the environment, you must think seriously about yourself. “Am I really someone who can go on and voluntarily grow my spirit with this kind of self?” Considering your age now, if you are not motivated and are lagging behind despite continuing to listen to the Word, you are still ignorant of what kind of person you are. My shimjeong must spring from the depths of my heart. People who move according to the environment are people who easily tumble depending on whether the environment is good or bad. We today are all pioneers. People who will guide me are not always around me. It is not like there is always someone shining a light on my heart. Therefore, each one must preserve their own fire well.
How Can I Take the First Step in a Life of Faith?
4.Then in the life of faith, with what kind of self am I determined to start off as? First, you must know right and wrong centering on the Word. And you must discern fallen nature and original nature. Despite this, there are times when I may not get motivated from the heart. In this case, I must analyze myself well while asking “Why am I like this?” “God’s circumstances and heart are this way, but why am I like this?” When your heart does not well up or when you are not voluntary, you must each know yourself how it became that way. You must clearly know what caused you to become secularized and why your heart feels so uneasy. When we are hungry, we should long for food and food should taste good. But just like someone who is hungry but does not taste anything already has a problem with their health, it is the same with our spirit’s condition. In this case, you must analyze it level-headedly and be victorious in the battle between mind and body.
What we have to clearly remember and practice is that people who will guide me are not always around me. If there is no Abel around me, I must become an Abel who can guide an object partner. I must find and set up an object partner whom I can love on my own. This is creating a spiritual child.
And in order to transcend all habits, traditions, and concepts and have a life of faith full of joy, my shimjeong must spring from the depths of my heart. People who move according to environment are people who easily tumble depending on whether the environment is good or bad
Then what should I do? While always living centering on the Word, I must always receive stimulation coming from the Word. And I must make an object partner of longing and create an environment of giving all the time. Then, I must become a subject partner of heart and subject partner of love. Therefore, we must always fulfill our mission as a light that shines on the people around us.
This is a very important point. To keep your first motivation, you need to have an object partner for give-and-take all the time. That is why I constantly emphasize that you need to have an Abel figure. Of course, we believe in God, but he is invisible. Sometimes you need substantial give and take. You need to have substantial Abel figures. If you cannot find any substantial Abel figure because of some distance or this or that, some situation, then you need to become an Abel figure (yourself). In order to become an Abel figure, you need to find some object partners (with whom) you can have give-and-take all the time. They are your spiritual children, your object partners. Then at least you can give and receive love. So, find an object partner with whom you can have give-and-take. Without finding an object partner centered on Abel or your Cain, there is no way to grow yourself and keep your first motivation. No matter what, you need to find an object partner (with whom) to have give-and-take. Otherwise, how can we relate to Heavenly Parent and raise your spirit body? Our destiny is that we need to have give-and-take vertically and horizontally with my brothers and sisters, my Abel. Human relationships are very crucial. We cannot ignore and give up human relationships. We can only grow up and become a perfect being through give-and-take action in human relationships.
Today I spoke on the title, “Preserving the first love is your own responsibility.”
I am so happy to join you live and have give-and-take with you.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
(Testimony of Pastor Sara Divotti, ACLC, Georgia)
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