Ep 805 - The True Family and I Part 8
The True Family and I - January 8, 2023
PDF Printable Text and Images + Testimony Rev. Michael Hentrich, Colorado Family Church, Denver, Three-Day Winter Workshop
Key Points
• God needs love and recognition.
• All God wants is for human beings to be the object of his love, to live with him, giving and receiving forever. So, we should live and love God more than anyone else as God's absolute object partners.
• The place where such object partners of love are found is the family.
• Satan led us to the Fall, made us afraid (and still does), built the wall of fear around us, drove us to the seat of death, caused us to lose God, our parent, trampled on us, used us, and left us with arrows of han, pain, and sorrow.
• We must develop our shimjeong and character through the Word, thoroughly uncover the identity of Satan and his mignons and fight him ceaselessly on behalf of God with the shimjeong of righteous indignation, resolving to deny our body, cling to the word and risk our life, emulating True Parents while guided by our conscience.
• To defeat Satan, we need to know clearly about the four beings: God, Satan, True Parents and ourself.
• Anyone who listens to the Divine Principle knows that God exists, that Satan is the devil, that we need True Parents, that we need to know who we are, where we should go and what we should do, and what the purpose of life is.
• If we know the identity of Satan, we will know how to overcome him.
• True Parents emphasize the Original Substance of the Divine Principle because they want us to be resurrected and truly live by the Principle.
• If we only understand the Principle with our head without practicing it, we risk judging each other based on the Principle and becoming cold-hearted enemies – even as blessed couples.
• If we put the Word into practice, we always become stronger internally and become a person who is heartistic, who serves and lives for others.
• Have we become substantial beings of the heart who really know the Principle and put it into practice? Has our character changed?
• Restoration means returning to the origin of creation before the fall, as the original substance of the Principle centering on the heart.
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.♦
Today I’d like to talk about “The True Family and I” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon between September 14 and October 26, 1995 during speaking tours to Japanese cities and Korean universities. > The question is: what does God need? We call God the King of Love or the Owner of Love. If God is the King of Love this means that God needs a queen. This is an absolute principle. Then who can be the absolute God's object partner of love? A true human being! Ladies and gentlemen, you need money. You need knowledge and you need power. However, if you do not have a spouse, all of that will be useless. A husband needs a wife and children. A wife needs a husband and children. The place where those object partners of love are found is the family. My husband and I serve God, the subject partner of love, as His object partners of love who completely satisfy the ambition of His conscience. The family where man and woman unite as object partners of God's love, and where children live happily, centered on the true love of God, is the foundation of the kingdom of heaven on earth.
The question is: what does God need? We call God the King of Love or the Owner of Love. If God is the King of Love this means that God needs a queen. This is an absolute principle.
Then who can be the absolute God's object partner of love? A true human being! You need money, you need knowledge, and you need power. However, if you do not have a spouse, all of that will be useless.
A husband needs a wife and children. A wife needs a husband and children. The place where those object partners of love are found is the family.
After all, what is the purpose of God creating human beings? It's not money, it's not power, it's not fame, and it's not knowledge. There is something God cannot have even with money, power, fame, and knowledge, and that is love.
Everyone, ask God. “Heavenly God, what is your greatest wish for me?” Then God will answer like this.” I don't need anything, I have everything. I just want you to be the object of my love. So, I want to live with you, giving and receiving forever.”
However, because love must come through the other person, even God cannot possess that love unless it is for the other person. Love only comes from the object partner. Even though God has everything, without the object partner of love, he cannot feel love. Then who is the object partner of love for God? That is human beings. That is why God also hoped for a true human being (to be) his object partner.
Therefore, human beings must live and love God more than anyone else as God's absolute object partner.
That is why God needs what? An object partner. What kind of thing does he need through the object partner? Love. Nothing else. No money. No material. Nothing else. He only needs love through human beings. He needs our love. He wants to be recognized by us. He does not just give and give and sacrifice. He also needs love, give-and-take action. He needs our love and recognition as well. What should we do for God? We need to love God more than knowledge, (all) things, money, power and fame. That is our job. (We need to) create an eternal relationship between subject and object partners, between parents and children. That is why Jesus said, “The greatest commandment is to love the lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind.”
True Father explained Jesus’ commandment. Many outside people say, “God is selfish! He asks human beings to love him with all their heart, and with all their soul, with all their mind.” True Father explained very clearly: God is the parent of humankind. He showed the way already. That is why Jesus said, “We need to resemble God.”
God already showed (us) the model. He loved human beings, each human being, with all his heart, with all his soul and with all his mind... He loves each human being in that way. That is why we need to return to God. Jesus said in order to return to God, what is the best way? We need to know the greatest commandment: “Love the lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.”
Wow! Give-and-take action. God loved us that way; he was expecting something through that way. That’s why God needs love. He wants to live with us forever – every minute, every second. He wants to see through our own eyes; he wants to touch through our own hands. He wants to walk using our feet. He wants to feel through our senses and feelings. He wants to stay with us. That is God’s desire. As the object partner of God, we need to return (love to him) with this kind of action of love, right?
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 16: The Consequences of the Human Fall
Section 4: The Consequences of the Human Fall
• What were the consequences of the spiritual and physical fall of Adam and Eve for the entire universe, including humankind and the angels?
• Satan is the name given to the Archangel Lucifer after he fell.
• When the first human ancestors fell, they bound themselves in blood ties with Lucifer. They formed a four position foundation yoked to Satan, and thus all humanity became the children of Satan.
• This is why Jesus said to the people, "You are of your father the devil," (John 8:44) and called them a "brood of vipers" (Matt. 12:34; Matt. 23:33).
• Also in Rom 8:23, St. Paul wrote, "Not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons." This indicates that no one belongs to the lineage of God, instead human beings are of the lineage of Satan.
• Adam and Eve fell while they were still immature and they formed a four position foundation centering on Satan. Consequently, this world has come under Satan's sovereignty.
• Hence, the Bible calls Satan "the ruler of this world" (John 12:31) and "the god of this world" (II Cor. 4:4).
• Furthermore, it is written in Rom. 8:19-22, "the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God..." These verses describe the agony of the creation as it longs for the appearance of unfallen people who have perfected their original nature and who will vanquish Satan and rule it with love.
Let’s study Father’s word.
Who Led us to the Fall?
<12-86>We must know who led us to the fall. Did Adam fall alone? Did God make it like that? There was no choice but for it to happen at that time. It was because of the devil. It was due to the devil, the head of the evil. Satan is the one who had made us frightened, piled up the walls of fear around us, drove us to the position of death and made us lose God, violated and exploited us. We must have a strong conviction that we will seek for such Satan and penetrate his heart with an arrow of all the hearts’ burnings, agony and sadness. God has never taken a rest even one day for there remain the enemy and the process of the fights against him. That’s why we, ourselves also must have an idea that we will fight against the enemy without seizing even though we are going to lose everything. As the one who has been pioneering this path is following that way, I myself also must do that way, then make a strong resolution and take an action on it. Otherwise you will become away from the center.
The Reason to Participate in Workshops
<12-86> One reason to participate in workshops is to be disconnected from the enemy and become liberated from him. And the other is in order for you to be victorious after having been developing the resentments on the enemy. This unification church is the place where you can learn how to fight against Satan and how to win over him. Therefore you must make a strong resolution that you will become a soldier of victory and participate in workshops with the resolution. And by participating in workshops, you should develop your heart and personality through God’s words. In order to do so, you must deny your body. As your inner self is not changed by the external conditions like hunger and cold etc. you must learn the way you can completely deny your outer self then become a winner by putting up your conscience at the most positive position.
Let’s summarize what Father is talking about.
Who Led Us to the Fall?
Who led us to the Fall?
Who makes us afraid?
Who built the wall of fear around us?
Who drove us to the seat of death?
Who caused us to lose God, our parent?
Who is the one who has trampled on us, used us, and left us with arrows of han, pain, and sorrow?
It was the satanic devil, the archangel Lucifer.
We need to know the identity of Satan, who Satan is. I think without knowing the Divine Principle, no one understands his identity. The Divine Principle is very great because it teaches who Satan is.
What Attitude Must We Have Against our Enemy, the Devil?
1. We must thoroughly uncover the identity of such devils.
2. We must have the conviction that we will concentrate all our hans, pains, and sorrows into one arrow and pierce it into the heart of the enemy, the devil.
3. We must have the heart to fight on behalf of God, who has been fighting this enemy until now without a day's rest.
4. We must fight the enemy with the shimjeong of righteous indignation ceaselessly even if we lose everything.
5. Just like True Parents, who pioneered and paved the way for the Will while fighting Satan, we must resolve to walk that path and put it into practice accordingly.
6. We must know that if we don't have the shimjeong of righteous indignation to fight against Satan like True Parents, we will become an existence irrelevant to God and True Parents.
7. We must develop our shimjeong and character through the Word and resolve to become victorious warriors to fight against Satan.
8. Since Satan's stronghold is the body, we must deny our body thoroughly.
9. We must become the champion who puts our conscience in the highest positive position in order to fight and overcome Satan.
10. To defeat Satan, we need to know clearly about the 4 beings.
How can we win over Satan? We need to know the four beings clearly.
> First is God:
We need to know (about) God clearly and about our relationship with him. Without knowing God we cannot go back to his bosom.
> Second is Satan:
We need to know who disturbs us the most. We need to know the identity of Satan.
> Third is True Parents:
They need to come as the savior. Human beings cannot be saved alone. We need a doctor; we are a patient. True Parents come as doctors.
> And fourth is ourselves:
We need to know who we are.
We need to understand very clearly these four beings. That is why when we teach the Divine Principle, we need to teach centering on these four points. We need to teach clearly who God is – not just his existence, dual characteristics, plus or minus, man or women, male or female – not like this. We need to know very clearly (about) God’s incredible, sorrowful heart. We need to share about God’s hope and will and about our relationship with him.
Secondly, who made human beings fall?... When we try to go back to God, who is the number one enemy? Satan. Many people talk about God, Jesus and the Bible, but they seldom talk about Satan. Of course, Christianity talks about Satan and about evil, but (Christians) do not know very clearly the identity of Satan. That is why we need to teach the identity of Satan. If we know the identity of Satan, we will know how to overcome him.
We don’t only talk about God and Satan but about who saves us. We need to teach very clearly the identity of Jesus and True Parents, who was the first Adam, who was the second Adam, why the second coming needs (to happen). We need to teach about True Parents.
Finally, one of the most important points is who we are, what our relationships with God, Satan and True Parents are. We need to teach who we are. Many people do not know. Where do we come from? Where should we go (to go back to God)? What is our purpose of life? Many people do not know....
Our Divine Principle is very clear. Anyone who listens to the Divine Principle from the Introduction to The Second Coming (knows) clearly that God exists, that Satan is the devil, that we need True Parents, that we need to know who we are, where we should go and what we should do, and what the purpose of life is. This is very important.
Without knowing these four beings, we cannot go back to God’s bosom.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Meaning of True Restoration
The Meaning of the Original Substance of the Divine Principle
1. True Parents spoke a lot about the meaning of the Original Substance of Divine Principle until right before his ascension. We must clearly know what True Parents mean by the Original Substance of the Divine Principle and reflect on ourselves. When God and True Parents look upon us, have we ourselves and our families really become the original substance of the Principle? It means to discover what kind of person I am through the Principle. Am I really someone who is principled or not? Are we really reborn through true love? It means to realize whether I really resemble God and True Parents and whether I am becoming the original substance of the Divine Principle through the words of the Principle. Listening to OSDP lectures itself is not important but it is to truly rediscover and reflect on oneself through the principle. It doesn’t mean anything if you just listen to OSDP lectures and go back. What is the point if you just listen to the lecture and go back to the way you were before?
Why did True Parents put so much emphasis on the Original Substance of Divine Principle?
I listened to it a few times.
When God and True Parents look upon us, have we ourselves and our families really become the original substance of the Principle? True Parents want to ask how much we have become the original substance of the Divine Principle rather than the lecture on the principle itself.
I must discover what kind of person I am through the Principle. Am I really someone who is principled or not?
It means that we should be seriously aware of whether we are truly living and resurrected through the words of the principle.
What is the point if we just listen to the lecture and go back to the way we were before? Now is the age of love, we must focus on changing ourselves.
If We Do Not Practice the Word, What Kind of Results Does It Bring?
2. When it is Sunday, we go to church and attend worship. Being on time for church and listening to the sermon are important, too, but when we go back home from church, do we really live with the same heart that was touched during worship? No matter how much worship you attend, what do you do? What has changed between before and after attending the service? If you do not change even after hearing the Word, you easily become a person who keeps up their appearance just like members of established churches. If we do not change even after hearing the Word, what kind of results will that family bring? No matter how much you know the Principle intellectually, if people do not change, the family becomes very cold.
3. Look at the reality of Christianity today. Look at how they became divided into many denominations and fight because of the Bible. Look at how they regard the Unification Church as an enemy because of the Bible. Our Unification church blessed families heard the Principle and became blessed couples, but if we do not put it into practice, the husband and wife can become enemies of each other. If we judge each other based on the Principle that each knows, that is, the principle the wife knows and the principle that the husband knows, then they become enemies. And in the relationship with the church members, there is no heart, no longing, and no heart to cherish each other.
Do you know why we become cold with each other, flow externally and lose heart? It is because we only understand the Word with our heads and (do) not put it into practice. If we hear the Word, we should put it into practice and change, but we do not do that.
We need to really focus on changing our life, on our spiritual growth and on changing our character and personality.
If we do not change even after hearing the Word, we easily become a person who keeps up his appearance just like members of established churches. If you don't change after hearing the Word, it's easy to spread it into a theoretical war with the Word. So in the end, the denominations diverge and think of each other as enemies and become cold-hearted.
Look at the reality of Christianity today. Look at how they became divided into many denominations and fight because of the Bible. Look at how they regard the Unification Church as an enemy because of the Bible.
Our Unification church blessed families heard the Principle and became blessed couples, but if we do not put it into practice, the husband and wife can become enemies of each other.
If we judge each other based on the Principle that each knows, that is, the principle the wife knows and the principle that the husband knows, then they become enemies.
And in the relationship with the church members, there is no heart, no longing, and no heart to cherish each other. However, if you put the Word into practice, you always become stronger internally, and become a person who is heartistic, who serves others and lives for others.
Anyone who has a substantial and real experience of God’s heart and understands the heart of Jesus, realizes, “Wow! God is my parent, I am a child of God. How can I fight with other churches or religions, with white, black or yellow people?”
Father said anyone who really experiences God’s heart, the Holy Spirit, and True Parents’ heart (cannot) fight. They realize that “We are one.” But without practicing, without an experience of God’s heart and (with) only understanding intellectually, (people) become very theoretical (and) external: “According to tradition, (to) the Divine Principle or (to) the Bible, it is (only) like that.” (They) just judge, curse and blame each other, then create another denomination.
Without practicing (the Divine Principle) and without experiencing God’s heart, (we do) not come from the heart but (act) in a very intellectual, theoretical way. Then (we) become very dry and cold, (and we) judge easily. That is the reason we have created so many denominations and have fought each other and become enemies.
We need to really focus on practice(?), on how much our life has changed (because) of God’s word beyond denomination or any theory. Even though the Divine Principle is great, if we do not practice (it), we (become) the same as existing church members. That is why practice is so important.
The Meaning of True Restoration
4. If we hadn't known the Principle, there might not have been a standard for judging others. If you cannot show the Bible or Principle by putting it into practice, it is worse than not knowing it. Just like how many denominations were created and ministers and church members fight each other because of the Bible, if we do not practice the Word even while knowing it, we could bring the same consequences. It is the same as knowing the knowledge of the Bible and becoming a believer through the Bible, yet we cannot find genuine, true believers. Although we Unificationists also heard the Principle and received the Blessing, we need to reflect on whether we really became original substances of the Principle.
The Meaning of True Restoration
5. Also, we need to look back on ourselves on whether we are substantial beings of the heart who really know the Principle and put it into practice. If I really know the original substance of the Divine Principle, I must become someone who is reborn and resurrected. What is restoration? It means returning to the origin of creation before falling and returning as the original substance of the Principle centering on the heart. It is important whether or not we have truly become original substances of the Divine Principle that the original world of creation requires, rather than just listening to OSDP lectures just because we were told to.
Just (as) how many denominations were created and ministers and church members fight each other because of the Bible, if we do not practice the Word even while knowing it, we could bring the same consequences. It is the same as knowing the knowledge of the Bible and becoming a believer through the Bible, yet we cannot find genuine, true believers.
Although we Unificationists also heard the Principle and received the Blessing, we need to reflect on whether we really became original substances of the Principle. If we hadn't known the Principle, there might not have been a standard for judging others.
Although we Unificationists also heard the Principle and received the Blessing, we need to reflect on whether we really became original substances of the Principle. Also, we need to look back on ourselves on whether we are substantial beings of the heart who really know the Principle and put it into practice. If I really know the original substance of the Divine Principle, I must become someone who is reborn and resurrected.
How much have we changed since we joined the Unification Church? How about our character? How about our personality? How about our relationship with the church? How about our relationship with our Abel and God? Is it improving? Growing? Really developing? Is it better day by day? This is important.
What is restoration? It means returning to the origin of creation before falling and returning as the original substance of the Principle centering on the heart.
Today I have spoken about "The Meaning of True Restoration."
(Testimony Rev. Michael Hentrich, Colorado Family Church, Denver, Three-Day Winter Workshop)♦
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