Ep 533 - Hyo-Jin Nim And Heung-Jin Nim Set A Good Example Part 1
Hyo-Jin Nim and Heung-Jin Nim Set a Good Example 168-13-14-40-533 - April 11, 2022
PDF Printable Text and Images + Takao’s Campus Witnessing Testimony, Part 3
Yesterday, I had an incredible experience. I attended the (Belvedere) Sunday Service and I gave a message after listening to the testimonies from the members at the Belvedere church. So many members came, and we needed to prepare an overflow room. I appreciate all our brothers and sisters who attended yesterday’s Sunday service.
Miilhan is doing a great job as a District Pastor. Resfred (Secretary General) gave a beautiful national goals presentation. Justin as the Belvedere Pastor is doing a great job.
(We had a) group photo.
Then, I had a lunch meeting with young leaders and had a Q and A session. … I understood more through their questions and what they are struggling with. It was a beautiful time.
(We took a) group photo.
Then, I had a meeting with the Japanese Kodan members, and we had a Q and A session. I am so sorry I did not have much time to talk with them one by one. I made (some) short remarks and heard their questions. It was a good time to see our beautiful Kodan Japanese members.
(We took a) group photo. Our Rev. Inose’s couple is always there.
Then, I had a meeting with the Il Shim participants at the White House and blessed the house as the Youth Center. I did not know how many young kids there are! But I was happy to see our blessed children.
(We took a) group photo.
Today I’d like to talk about “Hyo-jin nim and Heung-jin nim set a good example” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
You should exhibit the talents you were born with in every field. If you can thus bear beautiful fruits in the culture of the Unification Church, my meeting and talking with you today will have been more than worthwhile. You need to know the heart of our Heavenly Parent, who has sought after His lost children for 6,000 years. I hope you will be a source of comfort to me. The elder brothers you should establish at your center are Hyo-jin and Heung- jin. Heung-jin passed away first. He was the son who took a risk at such a young age to protect True Father in the time of the Cold War. He was the son who more than anyone else tried to protect True Parents. In the Cold War era, Korea faced the threat of becoming communized.
At the time, True Father held a National Victory Over Communism Rally to protect the country. On the last day of the rally, there were many members who had been offering devotions and prayers, and they said to True Father, “True Father, it is very dangerous. The communists have made a plan, so you should not speak at the rally.” However, did True Father ever compromise with the world? I should share a secret with you. When True Father delivered the speech, he had a diamond pin on his neck-tie, but he lost it. I guess Satan was not satisfied with that. Heung-jin, who was in America at the time, was in a car accident. Since he was the one driving, there was a way for him to survive that accident. However, he thought of the second generation member sitting next to him, so he turned the steering wheel the other way.
Through this spontaneous action of a mere moment, he saved a brother, and that is why he is now working in the spirit world as its commander-in-chief. You have two proud elder brothers before you. You need to fulfill your responsibility in your respective fields to finish what they could not realize on earth, and stay healthy and become beacons to the world. You need to light up the world. You are the pure water born for the first time in 6,000 years. Pure water must not become muddy water. In order not to become muddy water, you need to keep on flowing. By flowing, I mean that you need to keep on developing. In this way, you need to not only stay healthy, but also grow in every aspect, including in your heart and in your faith. (2015.05.10, Hilton Hotel, Vienna, Austria)
True Mother said: “The elder brothers you should establish at your center are Hyo-jin and Heung- jin. Heung-jin passed away first. He was the son who took a risk at such a young age to protect True Father in the time of the Cold War. He was the son who more than anyone else tried to protect True Parents.”
When Heung-Jin got into an accident, because he turned the steering wheel the other way to protect a second generation, he had no choice but to die.
In an environment where everyone has no choice but to die together, we instinctively try to protect ourselves first. So, in a position where one can save people in the same situation from a certain death situation, you quickly see whether he is a person who lives for the sake of others or someone who tries to save themselves first. We must always live modeling Heungjin-nim, who went as a sacrifice for True Parents.
You have two proud elder brothers before you. You need to fulfill your responsibility in your respective fields to finish what they could not realize on earth, and stay healthy and become beacons to the world. You need to light up the world.
Whenever I hear Heung-jin nim’s and Hyo-jin nim’s story, wow!
Now True Parents officially recognize them as (in) the restored elder son and second son position, as Cain and Abel. True Mother clearly set up the system at Cheong Pyeong. All of our movement needs to follow True Mother’s direction.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 30 - God’s Third Blessing: Perfection of Dominion - Completion of Dominion and Life
Let’s study EDP content first.
1. The meaning of God’s third blessing is the perfection of a human being’s dominion over the natural world; to fulfill this blessing, human beings and the natural world should become completely one, thereby establishing a God-centered four-position foundation of dominion.
2. Ideal human beings receive stimulation from the natural world. Sensing their own internal nature and external form displayed throughout the creation, they feel immense joy.
3. God also feels joy when He experiences the stimulation of His original internal nature and original external form from the universe that has become his third object partner through the harmonious union of human beings and the natural world.
4. Therefore, when human beings realize God’s third blessing, the entire universe becomes yet another good object partner giving joy to God.
5. Had God’s purpose of creation been realized in this way, an ideal world without even a trace of sin would have been established on earth. We call this world the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.
6. When life in the kingdom of heaven on earth comes to a close, people are to enter the spirit world and naturally enjoy eternal life in the kingdom of heaven there.
7. In the kingdom of heaven, God’s direction will be conveyed to all his children through the True Parents of humankind, guiding everyone to live as one.
Based on this EDP content, let’s study Father’s word.
Manage Creation Publicly
<31-248> The sun is the origin of life and holds infinite value. We are receiving the suns light for free. Have you seen a person who prepares money to buy the sun’s light? Also, have you seen anyone give even a single cent for having received sunlight? If sunlight would be sold, would you buy it or not? You’d buy it even if you gave your body. Water, air, light, all these natural objects do not belong to any individual. Anyone who thinks creation belongs to himself is a thief.
Treat all things as God's. Manage all things as all people’s. Know of all things as public. Sin is thinking of all possessions as one's own and then mistreating them.
When you deal with each item of all things, you need to think that they have already been touched by God’s hands. Now I am dealing with them. When Father touches something and someone gives it to you, how precious it is! If Jesus’ clothes still remained and you (had) kept them, how precious they would be. When we touch any (item of) all things, we should always think that this was touched by God’s hand. I will manage it very well. Everything is actually God’s belonging. Everything is public. All people need to have this attitude as the owner of all things. Then you have the qualification to have dominion over all things.
Therefore, through the Word of (the) Principle, it is necessary to thoroughly educate fallen humans with a view of all things and life centered on God. The air, the sun, and the water are like God's love for man. You cannot live for a moment without them.
How grateful are we to our heavenly parents who gave us these things? People who are not grateful for everything, take everything that exists for granted.
That is why we always need to appreciate (them). We wake up: “Wow! Fresh air! I can have a meal! Many people cannot have a meal, but I can have a meal. I can walk. I can deal with this and that.” We are so grateful to our Heavenly Parent for everything.
If we have that heart of appreciation in whatever we do, our life is rich, powerful and inspiring and we can overcome any trial.
That’s why in our daily life one of the important things is how to appreciate and not take (things) for granted.
To Receive the Cooperation of the Spirit World and God
<84-166> What do you have to do to receive God’s co-operation? If human beings had become complete, we would have ruled over the archangel and all creation. After ruling over the archangel and creation, then for the first time God takes dominion. God interferes. Isn’t it so? This is the principle. Therefore for the Unification Church believers to receive the cooperation of the spirit world, you have to stand in the position to receive respect from the angelic world and all creation. When becoming like that, then for the first time God rules, and can interfere. This is the principle.
What do you have to do to receive God’s cooperation? If human beings had become complete, we would have ruled over the archangel and all creation.
When human beings overcome the archangel’s test at the completion stage, they are given the authority to rule over the archangel and rule over all things.
When human beings have the ability to rule the archangel and to rule over all things, they enter into the realm of God’s direct dominion.
Therefore for the Unification Church believers to receive the cooperation of the spirit world, you have to stand in the position to receive respect from the angelic world and all creation.
If anyone goes beyond the top of the growth stage and stands in control of angels and all things, no matter where he goes, the spirit world will appear first, testify and cooperate.
Here is the main point. When Adam and Eve grew and passed through formation and growth stages, when they reached the top of the growth stage, absolutely the archangel will test them. When your children grow and reach 13 or 14 (years old), that is a sensitive age. When they are 17 or 18 years old many temptations will come.
As human beings when Adam and Eve reached the top of the growth stage, they needed to overcome that kind of archangel’s test. God never gave responsibility to the archangel. Only human beings have a portion of responsibility. We are the ones who need to overcome the archangel test. Anyone who cannot overcome Chapter Two, especially if you do not know how to handle your physical desires, then you do not have the qualification to control the archangel. At the same time, you cannot control all things.
In order to have the authority to control all things, your portion of responsibility is to overcome the archangel’s temptation.
Without overcoming the temptation of love, you have no qualification to control all things. As the owner of all things, your spiritual level should be better than (that of) all things. All things’ level is the top of the growth stage. In order to rule over the archangel and all things, as the son of God your position needs to surpass more than the archangel. Otherwise, how can you become the owner of all things?
The final point is how can I overcome my physical desires? If you can control and dominate your physical desires very well and become the owner of love, then you have the qualification to become the owner of all things. Father said that (at that point) automatically the spiritual world will cooperate with you, always helping you. Wherever you go, the spiritual world will be able to testify who you are.
Human Beings Have to Become Divine Spirits
<86-175> Up until now in the fallen world, your mind has been the archangel level(under completion of growth stage). But after entering the Unification Church, did you feel a powerful force which you yourself could not comprehend? Before the fall of man, it was possible to see angels and God, so have you had such experiences? You have to be able to enter such a world now. For this, what must be done? You have to be able to love this world. The conclusion that you have to be able to dominate all creation and even the angelic world comes out.(human beings have to become divine spirit)
The positions of people in the fallen world are all below the archangel level. “Wow! You are a such a famous professor. You received the Nobel prize. Wow! You are at such a high moral level!”
However, no matter how famous a person in the fallen world is, all (fallen people) are below the archangel level, below the top of the growth stage. That is, it is at a level below the level of the top of the growth stage.
Before Adam and Eve fell, they could see angels and God and could communicate with him. However, unless humans experience spiritual rebirth after the Fall, they cannot enter the world where they can feel God, have give and take with him, and see angels.
So how do we enter that world? First, we must protect and love all things more than anyone else, and love the world and people more than anyone else. That is, our spirits must become Divine Spirits.
What is our final goal? How to become a divine spirit, not a form spirit, not a life spirit. Our final goal is (to become a) divine spirit. Then all things will bow down to you. Even the archangel will bow down to you saying, “You are my owner and master. In terms of spiritual quality and external position, you deserve to receive my respect. You are truly my owner -- not by force but because of true love.”
How can we reach that level of the divine spirit?
In the formation stage we are a form spirit. In the growth stage we are a life spirit. When we reach perfection, it is what? Divine spirit.
When can we complete our divine spirit? Not alone. When you completely establish the ideal family, when you experience the four great realms of heart and the three great kingships, and at the same time your spirit becomes a divine spirit, at the same time your family reaches perfection. You cannot become a divine spirit alone. You need help from your brothers and sisters, from your children, from your siblings and from your parents. Then we can reach (the level of) Divine Spirit.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: One-on-One DP Education
Let’s study Father’s word.
Read the Principle Every Day
I want to ask you how much you love the Principle. It is something that I have spent my life to find, melting my bone marrow. Even if you were to memorize it hundreds and thousands of times there is no way to pay back for its contents, yet you just put it on a shelf and read a novel instead. Do you get involved in the trivial affairs of the neighboring villages? Do you go around and have a good time? I have not walked such a path. Before heaven, there is nothing that I am doing now that goes against my conscience, and because I am in the position to do such things, I am doing them. Yet, those who are unworthy and immature, can they do their mission only after doing all the things that please them first? Never! You have to understand that you need to be trained and educated. (68-181)
The Word of the Divine Principle is the content of eternal truth found for the first time in 6,000 years. So, reading and re-reading, reading a hundred times and a thousand times, is not enough, Father said.
In order to discover the Divine Principle how much indemnity Heavenly Father paid, and our True Father went through incredible sacrifice and indemnity conditions. How preciously do you treat the Divine Principle?
Without giving life to the Word, there is no way to resurrect our hearts. To what extent do you study the Divine Principle? How many times have you read it?
We have to return to the Word. We have to go back to the place where we missed the Word and received grace when we joined the movement.
Through the Word, we have known God and True Parents, the spirit world and Satan, and our life. I joined the Unification Church because of the Word. You, also.
Why do we need to read the Word of Principle more than a hundred times, a thousand times? Because principles are not just eternal truths, but principles are God's love, life, and eternal nourishment.
Therefore, the more you read the Word of (the) Principle, the more you will consume God's love. As most people always eat the same meal three times a day, it is always the same word for our spirit body, but we have to continue to consume it thinking it is God's love.
Those who value and love the Word must pass it on to those around them.
Although you claim that you have learned the Principle, you throw it away in the back room, and go on your way, your life and the Principle totally separate from each other... They have not become one. Isn't this so? Do you think that you can do witnessing in the present state? It won't work, it won't. Because God is not with you, what you are doing is fake. You have to do it according to the Principle.
Ladies and gentlemen, when you look at the Principle book, there you can find the heart of God of the six thousand years. You can find the history of my conflict in which I have shed blood all of my life. There is an abundant amount of contents that you are not aware of.
As you flip through each page of the Principle book with such background, have you ever memorized it with the mind-set that there you can find some ladder that can connect you to find the heart of God? Underlining them, have you ever thought about what kind of history lies behind each phrase?
All of you, just put the Principle book on your shelves, and.... Do you read the Principle book everyday? Those of you who read it every. day, please raise your hand. You, all of you are a group of hooligans. So, you complain that God is not helping you? For this reason, I have no choice but to make a new system. From now on, you have to reform all of your ways. This shows that you do not realize how sacred the works of clergymen who live for God are. (68-101)
The reason our spirit body cannot grow today is because we only know the principles conceptually and superficially. Some people know the principles only in their head and only intellectually.
If you truly know and understand the principle, your life will change. An unimaginable feeling of gratitude floods in. Seeing no change and no growth in my life so far, I can conclude that it is because I know the principle only superficially, externally.
If you truly know and understand the principles, you will inevitably grow, develop, and multiply. God's heart for 6,000 years is contained in the principle. As you read the Divine Principle, you must know God’s heart and feel God’s shimjeong.
How much do you believe in the Divine Principle? Do you believe it is the eternal truth? If you truly understand the Divine Principle, what is the outcome? First of all, absolutely your life will be changed. If the Divine Principle does not work in my heart and spirit, then my understanding of the Divine Principle is lacking something. I only understand it intellectually or conceptually.
If The Divine Principle is really God’s eternal truth, God’s love, God’s heart, then the entire life of anyone who listens to the Divine Principle should be changed. That is why anyone who listens to the Divine Principle, those who are really thirsty searching for truth and want to find the purpose of their life (can realize that) this is really eternal truth. Everybody without exception can have a life-changing experience. Not only a life changing experience, surely we can grow very well.
That’s why we always need to think how we can apply the Divine Principle. How can it become part of my life? We need to seriously think about that.
One-on-One DP Education Application Method 1
Of course, there are many ways (to study the Divine Principle).
1. The first method is to have time to study the 1-Hour Manual of the EDP.
If you can read the original book or the ten hour lecture manual, it will take a long time. I think first of all everyone can use the one-hour EDP manual.
2. Before going to bed and when waking up in the morning, pray for a witnessing guest.
3. Pray specifically about who you will meet today or tomorrow, at what time, on what days, and under a certain subject.
4. Before studying the Divine Principle, it is good to show a video introducing the entire Unification Movement.
This is important. To explain the entire content of the Divine Principle takes a long time. But they want to see an overview of what the Unification Movement is.
5. The reason for showing the introduction video of the church is to show once again how vast and great what True Parents are doing is.
6. If the witnessing guest engraves the image of True Parents in their hearts, they can experience meeting True Parents in a dream or spiritually while studying the Principle together.
God sent True Parents after going through 6,000 years of indemnity. That is why all of their ancestors are really concerned about who the messiah is, who the True Parents are. Through showing the video they can see who True Parents are. Then they can imagine something about True Parents’ faces. Then our members, the spiritual father and mother, pray for him and let his ancestors mobilize and help him. (This approach) really works.
7. By introducing True Parents' Family Saving Movement, World Mission, World Peace Movement, and Interreligious Movement, a consensus can be formed so that they can study the Principles.
8. I will introduce ways to study the DP. The method of connecting online and studying through DP lecturer, the method of directly listening to the DP with a PowerPoint, the method of studying the DP one-on-one with the DP textbook.
9. If you teach a witnessing guest while reading the DP one-on-one, when that guest joins the church, they will teach their witnessing guest in the same way they learned from their spiritual parent.
10. Occasionally, the witnessing guest may come from someone with a high social status or with knowledge and virtue. According to the experiences of those who have been through one-on-one DP education, they say that they hardly met a person who refused.
Most people have time to study.
11. You will experience all people being obedient under the authority of True Parents, who are the saviors recognized by the spirit world and God. And it tells us that the method of one-on-one DP education is the method suggested by the founder, Sun Myung Moon. Then you will have more authority.
When you witness to your own professor or your own teacher, someone in a position higher than you, when you suggest “Let’s study Divine Principle education,” maybe you hesitate. At that time you need to use, “Our founder, Sun Myung Moon, is a famous man, religious leader. He is the one who suggested this kind of one-on-one Divine Principle education. Using True Father’s name, True Parents’ name, you can have more authority to convince your guest.
Today let’s again invite Takayo, who has exemplary CARP activity at Columbia University in New York. She gave a very beautiful presentation the past two days. I was inspired and received many responses from here and there. Many people appreciated our Takayo’s clear explanation in detail, and we can have time to study together about campus witnessing and one-on-one DP witnessing methods.
(Takayo on Campus Witnessing)
She gave a beautiful presentation, simple but very clear. Thank you!♦
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