Ep 534 - Hyo-Jin Nim And Heung-Jin Nim Set A Good Example Part 2
Hyo-Jin Nim and Heung-Jin Nim Set a Good Example 169-14-14-40-534 - April 12, 2022
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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.
Heung-jin had a masculine side as he grew up but he was also meticulous. He would understand his Parents' heart and did whatever he could to make them more comfortable. For example, first of all, Heung-jin fulfilled his duty of sacrifice in front of his parents. Second, he established harmony among his siblings. Furthermore, as the younger brother, he completely loved his older brother. He fulfilled Abel's responsibility. Heung-jin was 17 years old, 18 years old in Korean age, but he had become a saint. Heung-jin was a man who had developed fully, both mentally and physically. There was a reason God allowed Heung-jin to develop so quickly. Jesus left this earth without fulfilling the mission of True Parents, but Heung-jin was able to perfect Jesus' position through the True Parents. (1984.01.03, Belvedere Training Center)
I know that you are very worried about the True Children. From the time he was born, your eldest brother, Hyo-jin, grew up saying all the time, “The position of filial son is mine!” He said he would give his mother everything she needs, and let her enjoy wealth and prosperity. That was how he was from a young age. In the 1960s, the Unification Church was rather poor, and he thought that his mother should have certain things, and yet she had nothing, so he wanted to give his mother everything she didn't have. He practiced filial piety not only with words alone. In carrying out the providence in America, True Parents went through a difficult time. Until as late as the 1970s, Europeans did not have a high opinion of Asians. In a word, Americans called us Chinese. It means a person from China, but it was also used as a disparaging term to refer to anybody from Asia.
Hyo-jin, who was very proud, could not stand that. Such was the environment of the time. At that time, American families were breaking down, serious juvenile problems were on the rise, and the people were becoming more influenced by communist ideas. That is why True Father went on a speaking tour of the 50 states, saying, “I came to America as a doctor and a firefighter,” and the people of the leading class who were worried about the country all welcomed him.
Because of True Father, however, the communists were about to lose the prize they had almost had in their grasp, so they followed him wherever he went to try to eliminate him when the opportunity presented itself. At the time, Hyo-jin was also traveling with True Father, and he saw them. He was so hot-blooded that he could not sit still and watch. This small boy, barely in his teens, said he wanted to fight against adults. Such was the environment he grew up in. (2015.03.18, Cheon Jeong Gung)
What kind of people do True Mother see Heung-jin nim and Hyo-jin nim as?
Heung-jin nim would understand his parents' heart and did whatever he could to make them more comfortable.
He fulfilled his duty of sacrifice in front of his parents.
He established harmony among his siblings. As the younger brother, he completely loved his older brother. He fulfilled Abel's responsibility.
Heung-jin him was able to perfect Jesus' position through the True Parents.
Hyo-jin nim also had a heart of filial piety from the time he was born. He practiced filial piety not only with words alone.
Even though he was only about 10 years old, he tried to protect True Father from the communists by following him wherever he gave speeches.
Our True Mother clearly announced (that) our Hyo-Jin Nim and Heung-jin nim are our eternal elder brothers. Hyo Jin Nim stands in the eternal elder brother’s position, and Heung-jin nim stands in the younger brother’s position. They are our good example. That is why True Mother put their photos in Cheong Pyeong. We need to follow their beautiful tradition of how to serve God and love and protect their parents. They are really our good example.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 30 - God’s Third Blessing: Perfection of Dominion - Completion of Dominion and Life
Today we will focus on True Father’s word.
Seek First His Kingdom and His Righteousness
<115-300> God even feeds the baby ants. Doesn’t it even say so in the Bible? In Matthews it says, ‘do not worry on what you shall eat or what you shall wear. For the pagans run after all these things, seek first his kingdom and his righteousness’, these are God’s words. I never thought of making money for me to eat. I never thought of becoming successful. As I poured my efforts to seek His kingdom and His righteousness, I ended up becoming famous. I am the model.
Those who worry about what to eat, what to drink, and what to wear are not yet at the spiritual level at which they can dominate all things.
Those who go beyond dominion over all things are those who strive only for the kingdom of God and righteousness. Wherever such a person goes, they will be protected by God and become famous.
Even though Father speaks like that, we live in the fallen world. We have not yet overcome our fallen nature. We have not yet reached the top of the growth stage. We are really struggling with how to adjust, what to eat, what to drink, what to wear all the time.
I was also struggling about these points, too. After I joined the church, when I was young everything was ok. I did not not have to worry about what to drink, what to wear, what to eat. However, when I started family and became a missionary, going here and there, traveling to many countries and continents, I really struggled. I did not have much money to spend for my own family. I really struggled how to adjust to that and to settle my family.
One day I seriously thought, “Should I struggle with this matter continuously? How long should I do that?” Father’s word always reminded me: do not worry about what to eat, what to drink, what to wear. We need to think about God’s nation first, God’s righteousness first.
I knew that intellectually, but one day I read this bible verse and was completely liberated. Since that time I have focused more on internal things and have left this job to heaven. Wow! I had such beautiful experiences! So many blessing came. I don’t know if I can say that, but I was a little liberated from that kind of worry, that kind of situation.
Let’s read that beautiful Bible verse, Jesus’ word.
Luke 12: 22-34 Do Not Worry
22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.
23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?
26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27 “Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!
29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.
30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
These words of Jesus saved me. I was really liberated from my struggle. I decided to really focus on God’s will, this kind of struggle -- what to eat, what to drink, what to wear, when can we buy a house to settle down in -- to leave this to God. Then I really focused on God’s will without worrying at all about it. When I reached that kind of mindset and attitude, my heart was freer. I could receive incredible spiritual blessing from Heavenly Parent. Really I was free from that moment on. It is really, really true.
I have only a little faith.(?) … I do not really believe in God that much.(?) My job is to focus on God’s will. I need to focus on how to establish God’s kingdom of heaven on earth. The other job is God’s portion of responsibility. So, as long as I focus on my job, am concerned more with God’s will, how to save people, how to live for the sake of others, the rest is God’s job. Jesus promised this to us. If it is not the real truth, then something is wrong.
Absolutely believe in Jesus! Why is he saying that? “Do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them.” Believe in that. Practice it.
Wow! I was really liberated. Many blessings came. Of course, we are still very fallen, but my heart is really free. I can offer my pure heart for the sake of God’s will.
Why did I not know this kind of thing earlier? Why didn’t I have this kind of faith earlier? So much wasted time! So much struggle in the past! Jesus said, “Seek his kingdom and these things will be given to you as well.” As long as you focus on God’s will, on establishing God’s nation, don’t worry. I will be responsible for the rest for you. Don’t worry about your own job.
The last sentence #34 (of the Bible verse) is very clear: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Where is my heart? Am I still centering on what to eat, what to wear, what to drink? Or is my heart really seriously, purely focused on his righteousness and his kingdom? This is incredible!
When we overcome formation and growth stage, and especially at the top of the growth stage (when we) overcome many kinds of horizontal temptations, including sexual temptation, material temptations, when we really overcome these -- I realize I am still far away, at least we try to overcome these -- I realized that many kinds of incredible blessings come to us.
Even if we have little faith(?), Jesus’ word is truth. Father’s word is truth. They are not telling a lie. Absolutely believe in that. Does this work or not?
An Ordinary Growing Process
<3-127> What do you think is the enemy? It is the evil mind that makes you think the materials you own are only for yourself. Therefore, when you have even once slice of bread, you have to be able to substitute God’s heart of desiring to share it with all of humanity. If you have something to eat, before eating it, you must have the heart of giving it to your family, and the heart to give it to the society, race, nation and world. Through possessing such a heart, human beings can pass through an ordinary growing process to reach completion, but most people today continue living while having lost sight of this fact. You must regret this fact and at the same time understand that this is the position of the fall.
What do you think is the enemy? It is the evil mind that makes you think the materials you own are only for yourself.
Therefore, when you dominate all things, when you have even one slice of bread, you have to be able to substitute God’s heart of desiring to share it with all of humanity.
Whenever I have a meal, every morning or at lunch time, I feel so ashamed because so many people still do not have enough food. Many people die because of starvation. I sometimes feel very sorry, but at the same time I am so grateful. (For) this kind of unworthy person God is providing every meal without missing (any). Thank God! Just eating. God has prepared them (the meals) and given (them) to me. Wow! I am so grateful.
I need to share this grateful heart with brothers and sisters. Somewhere in Africa or India (people) do not have enough food. Who are they? They are my own brothers and sisters.
That is why Father really thinks about such poor people in miserable situations. He thought about how fish powder can help them to survive. They are the parents of all humankind. This is one reason he started the Ocean Providence, to support such miserable people. I really feel (that) our True Father, True Mother are really the parents of all humankind. How can we deny that? How much time Father spends for the ocean, thinking about poor people, thinking about miserable people, thinking about the future of all humankind!
If you have something to eat, before eating it, you must have the heart of giving it to your family, and the heart to give it to the society, race, nation and world. Only when you have this heart can you truly dominate all things.
Route of Fortune and Misfortune Through Materials
<3-127> Through what does the enemy come to find us? It comes through materialistic conditions. However, God’s blessing also comes through materials. You have to know clearly that through materials both God and our enemies come to us at the same time and you have to become a person who can establish a firm central faith through materials.
Through what does the enemy come to find us? It comes through materialistic conditions.
Matter can be a blessing or an enemy. If you treat material things as God's and use them more publicly, you will be blessed. Conversely, if you first have the mind to possess them as your own, they will become misfortune. It is up to me. Can I handle all material things very well as God’s? Or as my own? They can become an enemy or a blessing.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: One-on-One DP Education
I have recently spoken continuously about one-on-one education. Let’s study Father’s word first.
Read the Principle Every Day
When you read the Principle words, have you ever shed tears through a sleepless night? What was great about former president Eu is that he would write notes to every part of the Principle and in every page he would shed tears hundreds of times. He, as an intellectual, an intelligent person who graduated from college, fell down out of exhaustion when he was searching for the truth, so when he came to know such a deep world, he shed tears not in drops but like a waterfall. When he came to work with it, he felt so much awe before the truth that he could not continue writing without shedding tears. I heard how it took him one week to write one page.
So, we do not know how many tears he has shed. The truth that can connect to the original heart has the power to explode love over and over, and its activities have taken shape through history. (141-70)
Have you ever cried through a sleepless night when you read the Divine Principle words?
Like former president Eu, who recorded the Divine Principle, have you ever experienced being unable to read the Principle without tears because you were in awe of the truth after encountering it?
How much do you live feeling the fact that the Principle can touch your original heart and has the power to explode and re-explode love?
Father seriously educates us in the value of God’s eternal truth, which is the Divine Principle. So many people die without realizing the value of their own life. No one has taught them. They don’t have the truth.
Many people do know and understand the Divine Principle. How many (of them) can gain eternal life? That is why Father asked us to reflect on that: how you deal with the Divine Principle. It is really eternal truth. Father said we need to wake up and remind ourselves again of the value of the original Divine Principle.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Divine Principle is a fearsome book. There are many people who belittle it just because President Eu wrote it. If it was I who wrote it, then what do you think will happen? All will face the accusation. Without an exception, all will immediately face accusations. You go to the spirit world and see. Even if it was written with mistakes in it, you will be accused if you belittle it. You have to understand the reason why it is written that way. Do you understand what I am saying?
The scriptures are something that should be considered as absolute. It seems obviously wrong, and there are people who ask why I wrote it that way. It is because it is intended to be written that way when viewed as a whole. You should know that there were other circumstances to have to write that way, and there were some contents that had to make a leap forward. You should think like that. You do not understand it and think that what you don't know is wrong. However, the Principle does not change even after a thousand years. (33-101)
The Divine Principle is a scary book. There are many people who despise the Divine Principle because the former president of Family Federation wrote it. Try going to the spirit realm! Then it is possible to know whether these words were recorded wrongly!
The scriptures should be considered as absolute. The Principle does not change even after a thousand years.
Even though Rev. Eu helped Father to settle the Divine Principle. Father (received) confirmation sentence by sentence and word by word. Father is a very principled man. If there is something wrong, Father knows immediately that this is wrong. Do you know who Father is? He is an incredible man! He knows how to conquer Satan. He knows how to melt God’s heart. He knows how to solve the problems of human beings. We cannot ignore the value of the Divine Principle.
The Divine Principle is the storage where the words of life are kept. When you listen to the Principle, it is just like connecting a big rubber hose to the storage and being supplied with the water of life. Once you come to know the taste of this water of life, you will become crazy about that taste so that no matter how hard you try, you cannot take your mouth off the hose. When you try to take your mouth off, it is more likely for the mouth to break off from you than for it to come off the hose. This is just like how when a bee is sucking on honey and you pull its hind parts off, even if this breaks off the rest of its body, it won't take its mouth off. Similarly, within the Principle, you can find something that is sweeter than honey. (90-199)
Method to Apply One-on-One DP Education
1. Prepare two textbooks and have them read first, and they will understand the basic contents by reading them. And the one that teaches explains in more detail after the guest reads it.
2. For those who are in the introductory course, if you read too much or explain too long, the guest may become bored or lose interest, so you need to manage time very well.
3. So when do you stop reading and look at diagrams and add explanations? The instructor may stop reading according to a paragraph, depending on the figure in the diagram, or according to the interrelated parts. For example, if you have read about the four position foundation, you can stop at that point, show the diagram of the four position foundation and explain it so that the picture remains in their head.
4. No matter how much you read and explain the chart according to the intellectual level of the guest, there may be guests who still cannot understand. In such a case, it is important to lead through dialogue and questions.
5. Some guests interrupt progress by asking too many questions during the lecture. In such a case, it is better to act wisely. During the lecture, it is good to have them first write their questions on a paper and to have a question and answer period after one lecture.
6. In a country with diverse ethnic groups such as the United States, heartistic exchanges between lecturer and trainee may not be smooth due to language barriers. In such a case, it is a good idea to have an interpreter explain well for each language.
7. It is impossible to save a life without maximum effort, investment, and passion. When a guest does not know English well, they are very moved and thankful when a church member does their best to interpret for them.
They see our members' hearts and attitude. Even though their translation is not so great, they can see our sincerity and heart and are moved by our members' sincere heart and attitude.
8. Whenever there is a video corresponding to a chapter of the Divine Principle, it is more effective to screen it at the end according to the content. For example, after teaching about the Human Fall, it is good to show a video of the Pure Love movement or the Blessing movement.
9. For example, if you teach the chapter about the Messiah, then showing various nondenominational activities such as the activities of the clergy in the United States and the Israeli march, will increase the effectiveness of the lecture by confirming that we are working in the field not only in theory but in reality.
We are now learning how to apply one-on-one Divine Principle education.
Now it is time to invite Takayo again. She has exemplary CARP activity at Columbia University in New York. We have time to study together about campus witnessing and the one-on-one Divine Principle witnessing method.
(Takayo’s fourth witnessing testimony)
Wow! Thank you, Takayo, for your beautiful sharing. Step by step, it is good to learn what you are doing.♦
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