Ep 820 - The Providential History Of Salvation From The Viewpoint Of The Principle Part 7
The Providential History of Salvation from the Viewpoint of the Principle - January 23, 2023
Key Points
The most precious responsibility of parents is not only to rear their children externally, but to offer them life elements of true love that can bring their spirituality to complete fruition. This is why the family is so valuable.
Completion of the family is children who have grown in true love become filial sons and daughters and excel beyond their parents.
The ultimate purpose of life and creation is to become true parents who offer such love.
Those who are influenced by evil spirits to reject True Mother or to try to separate True Parents, commit the unforgivable sin of blasphemy against the substantial Holy Spirit. They deny the center, and as a result money, property, power, and inheritance become their center.
Anxiety, fear, selfishness and seeking pleasure at others’ expense are proof that evil spirits are at work.
When we sacrifice and live for, invest in, and serve others for the greater good, good spirits care about us and we become the center of love because that is why we were created.
We blessed families should cherish our families as the place where all of God’s will is fulfilled.
In order to create an ideal family, we should become one with God vertically, then fulfill God's will horizontally in our family.
In order to be happy we should live centered on and attending our subject partners: God, our mind, our parents and Abel.
In order to lead a vertical life we should attend God and attend everyone as if they were God.
It is difficult to serve our juniors as if they were our seniors.
A person with God’s love, cares for his juniors. True Mother sets a powerful example for us in her care for the second and third generations.
We can know the quality of a person’s love by how well he cares for his juniors.
A life of conscience is centered on our relationship with God, parents, superiors, spouse, children and others. Conscience does not exist apart from relationships, nor does it sever them.
In order to establish a vertical standard of conscience, we need training to serve the person above us as if he were God. If we attend parents, Abel or our subject well, we can grow.
God's purpose of creation and the purpose of human life are only fulfilled through relationships. God cannot exist and fulfill His will without a relationship.
Human growth, development and the realization of love must be accomplished through vertical and horizontal relationships. We cannot become perfect alone.
Heart and love unite a relationship. So, we should cherish God and others.
We must deny ourself and live a life that regards reciprocal relationships as life.
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 is my last day in Australia. I recorded Morning Devotion for the 24th and 25th because it will take two days to get to the USA. I will see you soon in America! I am excited to see our dear brothers and sisters. I had a great time here, met many VIPs and deeply connected to each of my family members. We set up goals and vision and discussed how to (accomplish them?). I had an incredible time here with my family. Thank you so much for your incredible support and prayer.
Today I’d like to talk about “The Providential History of Salvation from the Viewpoint of the Principle” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon between July 20 and October 29 on a speaking tour for Koreans residing in the United States.> The most precious responsibility of parents is not only to rear their children externally, it is also to offer them life elements of true love that can bring their spirituality to complete fruition. This is why the family is so valuable. The daily experience of the heart of true children, true brothers and sisters, true spouses and true parents cannot be acquired in any place other than a true family. If Adam and Eve had become a couple of true love centered upon God, God could have dwelt in them as His substantial body. Adam and Eve thus would have become True Parents who substantially embodied God, and thereby could have become the origin of the love of goodness, a life of goodness and a lineage of goodness. Due to the Fall however, Adam and Eve became the substantial body of Satan and ended up becoming the original fallen couple, fallen parents and fallen ancestors. Their union became the root of fallen love, fallen life and fallen lineage. Because human beings originated from this root, humankind has descended from the adulterous Satan, who is the enemy of God, and inherited this lineage of fallen parents.
The most precious responsibility of parents is not only to rear their children externally, it is also to offer them life elements of true love that can bring their spirituality to complete fruition. This is why the family is so valuable.
The daily experience of the heart of true children, true brothers and sisters, true spouses and true parents cannot be acquired in any place other than a true family. If Adam and Eve had become a couple of true love centered upon God, God could have dwelt in them as His substantial body.
The completion of a family is achieved when the children receive a lot of their parents' love and grow into filial sons and daughters who are better than their parents. Therefore, the ultimate purpose of life is to become true parents.
Yesterday I emphasized that becoming True Parents is the greatest goal of the Four Great Realms of Heart. In that sense becoming True Parents is the purpose of creation. In order to become True Parents, we need to fulfill our own goal. What is our own goal? To raise our children as filial sons and daughters. Our children should be better than we are. Our children’s commitment should be stronger than ours. Then our job is already successful.
That is why I came here, even though my mission is busy. I brought each couple and member of my family and talked with them and listened to them because most of my time I am not here. So I need to really focus and spend time with them, having a meal, discussing this and that. I had a really beautiful time. I realized that if I do not manage my family well, my continental director mission does not make any sense.
That is why I emphasize to each of you that the family is our final destination. If we cannot raise our family members very well, it is difficult for us to testify to outside people and have them follow us. So, I am grateful that God has given me this time.
I met many VIP members and talked to them about how the Oceania providence is connected to America as well.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 19: The Works of Good Spirits and Evil Spirits
• We use "good spirits" as a general term for God, spirits on the side of God, and good angels.
• The general term for Satan and spirits on his side is "evil spirits."
• The works of good spirits and evil spirits have a similar appearance at the outset but pursue contrary purposes.
• Over time, the works of good spirits will increase a person's sense of peace and righteousness and even improves his health. On the contrary, the works of evil spirits, will gradually lead to an increase in anxiety, fear and selfishness and cause his health to deteriorate.
Let’s study more in detail.
How can we Distinguish the Works of Evil Spirits?
The Bible says, “truly I tell you, all of people’s sins and every slander they utter can be forgiven. However, those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”(Mark. 3:28-29) So, if we don’t clearly know the works of good spirits and of evil spirits, you go against the holy spirit and heavenly way.
The blockage of the works of evil spirits is not confined to spiritualists. People who have this understanding and engage in activities on the earth must always observe their mind. What you feel in your mind is the result of the works of good spirits or evil spirits.
When a heart of stability, peace, sacrifice and service are established, good spirits are working. On the other hand, when anxiety, fear and selfishness are established, evil spirits are working. Simply put, the position in which you experience the pangs of conscience is where the evil spirits are working.
The Bible says, “Truly I tell you, all of people’s sins and every slander they utter can be forgiven. However, those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”(Mark. 3:28-29)
Who is the substantial body of the Holy Spirit? True Mother is the substantial body of the Holy Spirit. In the substantial construction of Cheon Il Guk, Satan will lastly try to separate us through the works of good and evil spirits. In the final era of finding and establishing Cheon Il Guk, the act of rejecting True Mother without being able to distinguish between the works of good and evil spirits (is) the sin of blaspheming against the Holy Spirit (which), as the Bible says, will never be forgiven.
True Mother is really the last one to settle everything. If there are any mistakes under Father’s leadership, we still have a chance to be forgiven by True Mother. But True Mother is really the last central figure. If we cannot unite with Mother, then where can we go? Can you imagine that? That is why Mother asked us to really unite with her.
The blockage of the works of evil spirits is not confined to spiritualists. One of the big problems is the various sect activities centered on True Mother. The works of good spirits always try to attend the center in any situation. They do not try to separate True Parents.
On the other hand, the work of evil spirits appears with its own desire and self-centeredness. Money, property, power, and inheritance become the center. Also, (those who are influenced by such spirits) deny the center and try to put themselves at the center. As anxiety, fear, and selfishness take hold, if we try to gain our own pleasure at the expense of others, it is proof that evil spirits are at work.
We need to know centering on the current era, what a good spirit is and what an evil spirit is. We are not just talking about the Christian era. We are now living centering on True Mother. We need to know (about good and evil spirits?) very clearly. We need to know how to distinguish good spirits from evil ones. This is very important.
Let’s read Father’s word.
What do Good Spirits and Evil Spirits Fight for?
<57-24> What is the center of the fight between good spirits and evil spirits? You must know that the center is love. If you sacrifice yourself for others and the greater good, good spirits will care about you. Conversely, if you sacrifice others for yourself and love yourself, evil spirits will govern you. They can be sharply divided in this way. Today, people cannot divide them. The person who says, “I was born for myself and you were born for me,” is a goblin. It is a goblin haunting in broad daylight.
Originally, human beings were supposed to be born for others. We were born to sacrifice ourselves for others. When you sacrifice yourself for others, what happens? You not only establish the tradition of love, but also become the center of love. What would you become? Surely, you would become the center of love.
We must know that the center of the fight between evil spirits and good spirits is ultimately love. Therefore, when we sacrifice, invest, and serve others for the greater good, good spirits care about us. On the other hand, if we sacrifice others centering on ourself and love ourself, evil spirits will control us.
If we say, “I was born for me, and you were born for me,” we are an evil spirit. Originally, human beings were created to live for the sake of others. Therefore, if we sa cri fice for others and live for others, we will establish a tradition of love, and we will become the center of love.
Who can become the center of love. One who lives for others more than anyone else will surely become the center of love.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: God’s Purpose of Creation is to Realize Ideal Families
1. God’s purpose of creation is ultimately to realize ideal families. Therefore, you must cherish your family so that God's will is fulfilled. If you value your family, God will protect it. Whose wish is to realize a true family? Before it is our wish, we must know well that it is God's wish and the purpose of creation. Until now we thought we needed a family. That was wrongful thinking. Because of that wrong thinking, my relationship with God was severed. Therefore, in order to restore our relationship with God, we must know that our family is the place where God’s ultimate purpose of creation is realized. This is our value for the will.
What we mean by “Let's live centered on the will” is to first live a life centered on the vertical relationship. A horizontal life separate from God is the fall, and a vertical life centered on God is a life centered on the will. When you look at it like this, it’s this simple. From the time we were born, we were created to live by valuing vertical relationships as life. We were never created to live a life centered on ourselves. If you live centered on yourself, you will become an unhappy person.
God’s purpose of creation is ultimately to realize ideal families. Therefore, we must cherish our family so that God's will is fulfilled. However, we blessed families do not realize that all of God's will is realized through our family.
The family is the frontline. No matter how well we work outside, if we neglect our family, everything will fall apart. Therefore, if we value our family, God will protect it. Noah obeyed God's command and succeeded in building a ship for 120 years and offering it as a sacrifice to God, but he did not know the importance of his family. If he had known the value of his family, loved his wife more, and educated his children daily, what results would have come about?
We must know that God's will is the purpose of creation, and that purpose of creation is fulfilled in our family. Therefore, we must understand well that the wish to establish a true family is God's wish and the purpose of creation before it is our wish.
What we mean by “Let's live centered on the will” is to first live a life centered on vertical relationships. A horizontal life separate from God is the fall, and a vertical life centered on God is a life centered on the will. When we look at it like this, it’s this simple.
First, (we should) establish our relationship with God vertically, and then fulfill God's will horizontally in our family. Just as we treat God vertically, we must serve our family in a vertical relationship and realize an ideal family.
What Kind of Person Is Happy or Unhappy?
2. If you assert yourself and live a life centered on yourself, you will surely become an unhappy person. However, if you live centered on your subject partner, you will be happy. Therefore, the body must live with the mind as the subject, the parents must be served as the subject in the family, and Abel must be served as the subject in the life of faith to be happy. It makes you happy when you show filial piety to your parents. Also, if you value your relatives and younger siblings extremely, you will be valued as well. In order for you to be valued, you have to value your juniors first. In fact, you should value your relationship with your juniors more than your relationship with your seniors. If you want to know how much of God's love a person has, you can see by how much he loves his juniors. Everyone tries to have a formal relationship with their seniors.
If we assert ourself and live a life centered on ourself, we will surely become an unhappy person. However, if we live centered on our subject partner, we will be happy. Therefore, the body must live with the mind as the subject, the parents must be served as the subject in the family, and Abel must be served as the subject in the life of faith to be happy.
To say that human beings lead a vertical life means that they have a heart to attend God and live by attending everyone as if he or she were God. It is important to serve superiors, but we must live while serving the juniors. In fact, it is the most difficult to serve people below us as if they were our superiors. It is difficult to live attending our children as if they were our superiors.
If we want to be valued, we must value our children in our family and value our juniors in our social life. In fact, we should value our relationship with our juniors more than our relationship with our seniors. If we want to know how much a person has God's love, we can see by how much he loves his juniors. Everyone tries to have a formal relationship with their seniors.
When I was at the Korean UTS, Rev. Yo Han Lee taught me that we really need to love our juniors. He asked me to become the leader of young high school students. Every Saturday and Sunday I went to one church and led the student members. I had a very beautiful relationship with them. We played together, and I taught them the Divine Principle as well. It was an incredible time.
Those who are arrogant, very self-centered externally relate well with their seniors but do not have the proper relationship with juniors. It is easy to ignore (them). That is why those who do not have a proper relationship with their own children cannot love their juniors very well. Yo Han Lee asked how we can know how much a person loves. We need to check how much that person loves and respects his juniors and pays attention to raising juniors and young people. This is important.
Our first generation members in America, let’s focus on our youth groups, our second generation and third generation. They are our promising future. That is why I love True Mother’s guidance to really focus on our second generation, third generation and youth groups. How much attention she pays to them! All American members, let’s really encourage our junior members.
Live a Life of Conscience Centered on Relationships
3. We must always live a life of conscience centered on relationships. In the process of growing up, I don't know what my conscience is. So, in the family, you must live knowing your parents as your own conscience. As a couple, you should live thinking that your partner is your conscience. Just because you are told to live centered on your conscience does not mean that your conscience has left relationships. There can be no conscience apart from a relationship. You should know this well.
The conscience should be used to establish good relationships, not to keep alone where no one is. Is there a conscience that has left their relationship with God? Is there a conscience that has left their parents? Can there be a conscience that has left one’s partner? Can there be a conscience that has left one’s relationship with their children? A conscience that has left a relationship is not a conscience. The reason Adam and Eve fell was because they had a conscience that left their relationship with God. Therefore, no matter what you do, there can be no conscience apart from relationships.
We must always live a life of conscience centered on relationships – the relationship with God, with my spouse, with my parents, with my children.
In the process of growing up, we don't know what our conscience is. Therefore, in order to establish a vertical standard of conscience, we need training to serve the person above us as if they were God. So, in the family, we must live knowing our parents as our own conscience.
When we serve our father and mother very well, our conscience can develop, can know how to distinguish good and evil.
As a couple, we should live thinking that our partner is our conscience. In the original world of God’s creation, your conscience and my conscience (would have had) the same standard. God’s conscience had to be True Parents’ conscience; True Parents’ conscience should be my conscience, my conscience should be my children’s conscience. We (would) have (had) the same standard, the same law.
What we need to know clearly is that there can be no conscience apart from relationships. We should know this well. The conscience should be used to establish good relationships, not to keep alone where no one is.
Many people misunderstand the conscience (as having) nothing to do with relationships. They think that they keep alone (with their) conscience. No! Our conscience relates to God, to our parents, to our spouse, to our children and to our own brothers and sisters. This is a really important point. Why did Adam and Eve fall? Because their conscience did not relate to God....
Is there a conscience that has left the relationship with God? Is there a conscience that has left parents? Can there be a conscience that has left one’s partner? Can there be a conscience that has left one’s relationship with their children? A conscience that has left a relationship is not a conscience.
Our conscience is always connected to God. God’s conscience should be our conscience. True Parents’ conscience should be our conscience. Everybody should have the same standard.
When God feels sad, then I immediately can feel so sad. If God says, “This is good,” then our conscience should absolutely agree: “This is good.” If God says, “This is wrong,” then our conscience says, “This is wrong.” We should have the same standard as God, as True Parents. (There should be) the same standard between husband and wife, and between parents and children.
Even though we have different characters, we need to have the same standards, the same law, the same mindset, the same mind as God. That is why conscience is always related to relationship; it is not just alone.
Many people talk about “my conscience,” but they never think about the relationship with others.
Everyone Has Truth
4. A person who values relationships has no trace of self-centeredness. A mother who raises her children completely forgets about herself and invests. Does the mother who gave her life to raise her child assert her own existence as the mother? Is there a mother who raises a child well with conditions like a merchant, saying that she should make a profit? No mother is like that. That is why True Father said that seeing a mother breast feeding her baby is true love itself. People see a mother selling kimbap while carrying her baby on her back and say that she is really having a difficult time, but in fact, that mother gets the strength to run her kimbap business because of her baby. Children showing filial piety to their parents is truth. If we see such things, there is a truth that is real within us. Everyone has a truth like this. So, things are difficult if the self-assertion and self-concept of ‘I’ is placed ahead of everything, but everything is easy if you deny yourself. Therefore, you must deny yourself and live a life that always regards relationships as precious as life.
We must know for sure that God's purpose of creation and the purpose of human life are fulfilled through relationships in the end. We must know that the purpose of creation cannot be fulfilled alone without a relationship between the subject and the object, you and me. God's purpose of creation cannot be fulfilled without human relationships.
This is very powerful. I think Christian doctrine does not understand this.
If God alone could fulfill the purpose of creation, why (would) He (have) created human beings? We must know that human growth, development, and the realization of love must be accomplished through vertical and horizontal relationships.
People who study theology today don't know how important this relational theology is.
How can we become a perfect being? We cannot become perfect alone, but only through relationships centering on three generations and the Four Great Realms of Heart. Everything is relationship.
There are many theologians who think of God and human beings as separate beings. However, what is clear is that God cannot exist and fulfill His will without a relationship.
Then, what kind of relationship should we have? What kind of relationship is the most ideal and makes it possible to become one? We cannot become completely one in such a relationship without establishing a relationship of love, that is, a relationship of heart.
Without love and heart, we can never unite and achieve the will. In conclusion, the only factor that unites a relationship is love and heart. Therefore, we must value God vertically and value people horizontally. A person who cherishes other people has no trace of self-centeredness.
A mother completely forgets about her existence and invests in raising her child. Does the mother who gave her life to raise her child assert her own existence as the mother? Therefore, we must deny ourself and live a life that always regards relationships as life.
Relationships. Reciprocal relationships. How can we grow? Through reciprocal relationships with God, with our parents, our children, brothers and sisters, Cain and Abel.
If we ignore (someone), (if we say), “I don’t like this guy; I don’t like that girl; I don’t like my children; I don’t like my Abel,” then we have already given up growing up. Relationships are very important.
Today I spoke about “Everyone has truth.”
(Testimony Joy Ashada, The GPA Experience)
(Response to testimony) How can the first generation teach our children the identity of True Parents? (We teach them True Parents’) hard work, their achievements and many things, but we (especially) need to teach them clearly the identity of True Parents, who they are. Many people join our church because of this identity. If this identity is very clear and we believe in it, I think we can overcome many trials and tests. Why are all of the first generation still surviving? Because they know who True Parents are.♦
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