Ep 616 - Expand The Environment For Witnessing Part 1

Expand the Environment for Witnessing - July 3, 2022

PDF Printable Text and Images + Testimony John Davis

Last night, there was a 2-way (call?) for a Special Sunday Service to Launch a 40-Day Devotion for the 10th Anniversary of True Father's Seonghwa centered on True Mother. I hope that each sub-region will also have a lot of devotion, jeongseong and prayers from you as directed by the International Headquarters. As soon as we receive True Mother's words from headquarters, we will send them to you.

It was very beautiful. True Mother’s words really encouraged us to go forward. Now True Mother is really serious to establish unity between North and South Korea. She asked us to (invest) our heart based on our True Father’s tenth Seonghwa anniversary.

Today I’d like to talk about “Expand the environment for witnessing” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.

Up until now, we could not create a significant environment for witnessing, for Heaven and for Father. I often speak about “Creating an environment.” Reflecting on the past, we are lacking so much in front of Heavenly Parent and our descendants. This is surely true. Our earthly life that remains is shorter than that which we have lived. I think we should become the ones who can respond to heavenly grace and love, accomplishing in the rest of our life what we could not do in the past. Father especially proclaimed that Korea is the fatherland of our Heavenly Parent. We should not leave his words unfulfilled. This nation should be the substantial Cheon Il Guk that we can offer to Heaven. What do we have to do for that sake? If this nation were governed by heavenly law which reaches beyond national law, it would be easier to restore the rest of the world. It is true that we have many restrictions on our activities in many countries. 

But in this era of Cheon Il Guk that Heaven has opened, when you bring the results which you have assembled after working with me for 10 years, 20 years or 39 years, Heavenly Parent will say to you “You are great. You did it!” when you return to our Heavenly Parent. That is the hope I have for you.Think big like that in order that such a day will come in your earthly life. Do you understand? Then I hope you will be ready to do your best without listening to me any further. In this era, the words “life-or-death resolve, investing oneself completely” must become a tasty dish that you want to have every day. I have said you need to lead a life of gratitude, haven't I? When we think about what grace we have received from Heaven, we realize how much we have fallen short. When you deal with all things with a sincere gratitude, peace, freedom and happiness will come to you. Unification can take place. Hoping you will do your best, I will observe you with gratitude. 

When we offer this nation to Heaven, I think we will be able to fulfill Father’s wish. Father accomplished a great many things internally and externally, and I want to fine-tune them and put them into order and establish the heavenly tradition. I will make it perfect so that nobody would even want to change it later. All of you are happy people. You are happy people since I am here. Do you know that? (2013.03.20, Cheon Jeong Gung) 

True Mother said, “Father especially proclaimed that Korea is the fatherland of our Heavenly Parent. We should not leave his words unfulfilled. This nation should be the substantial Cheon Il Guk that we can offer to Heaven.” 

Next month will be the 10th anniversary of True Father's Seonghwa. The number 10 means returning to the origin and starting anew. I hope that this 10th anniversary of True Father's Seonghwa will serve as a new turning point for the providence of the Korean Peninsula. 

That is why International Headquarters has asked us to do a 40-day Jeongseong condition for the tenth anniversary of Father’s Seonghwa. Let’s participate in this 40-day jeongseong condition.

True Mother has set a goal (for) 2027, when the 2nd 7-year Cheon Il-guk course ends, and is fighting a serious battle every day. We should all strive to become one with True Mother and help God’s fatherland as the elder son nation so that Cheon Il Guk can be achieved centered on Korea. 

International Headquarters is preparing very seriously for True Father’s tenth Seonghwa anniversary... Now UPF in America is preparing to bring really great people to Korea to support the Korean Peninsula providence. Let’s pray especially for Tom McDevitt and Dr. Jenkins. They are working very hard to bring more people to Korea.

LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 56 - The Position of Human Beings in the Cosmos (Owners of Creation)

• First, God created human beings to be the rulers of the universe.

• The universe does not of itself have internal sensibility toward God. Hence, God does not govern the universe directly. Rather, God endowed human beings with sensibilities to all things in the universe and gave them the mandate to rule over the universe directly.

• Human beings, composed of flesh, which can dominate the corporeal world, and spirit, which can dominate the incorporeal world, likewise have the potential to rule both worlds.

Historical Destiny and Responsibility

<11-119> That is why if we fail to fulfill our responsibility, we will lose dominion over all of heaven, and if we lose the original heaven, we will completely lose the desire of all creation. Accordingly, if we cannot fulfill the responsibility that has replaced historical destiny through our lifestyle and through our lives, we will not be able to stand before God and we will not be able to appear before all things as the lords of creation. 

In order for a human to become the lord of creation, (first,) he must know that he cannot rule all things on the basis of perfecting his individuality centered on his individual self. 

Second, since everything in the creation is a pair system, in order to become the lord of creation, it is necessary for Adam and Eve to establish a pair standard. 

Third, the fact that a couple should form a pair means that human beings must go beyond the top of the growth stage and enter God's direct dominion. 

Therefore, it should be understood that the lord of creation does not refer to the standard of one perfected individual – many people misunderstand this point, even our members – but the standard of a true couple. Therefore, unless you receive the Blessing and become a true couple, you cannot have dominion over all things. 

Becoming the lord of all things is based on couples, not on the individual standard. We need to understand this point. Do you understand what I am talking about? True Father’s sharing about this is incredible!

Therefore, if humans fail to fulfill the responsibility of passing through God’s indirect dominion, they lose dominion over all of heaven. At the same time, we lose the standard that original heaven desires, and we completely lose the desire of all creation. 

Adam alone cannot become the lord of creation. Nor can Eve. Both of them as father, mother, parental figures as the pair standard need to become the owner of all things. Wow! Beautiful!

If we do not fulfill our responsibility for this historic destiny on behalf of all our ancestors and the present human race, we will not be able to stand before God, nor will we be able to appear before all things as the lords of creation. 

If you Break Free of Satan’s Accusation, You can be with God

 <1-122> What must we as human beings do in this present day? First, we must break free of Satan’s accusation. Consequently, we must welcome the day where we can receive evidence together with Jesus that, “He is indeed the son of God. He has the qualification to be with God and is one with God as His son.” You must all know that if you cannot restore this day, you will not be able to stand before God as the owners of creation.

Due to the Fall, human beings lost both God and their original nature at the same time. What you must depend on is your mind. If you cannot control your own mind as you wish, you will be unable to be with God and God will also be unable to form a relationship with you. 

In order for us humans to become the protagonists(?subjects?) of all things, just as Satan testified that Jesus was the Son of God, we need to get rid of Satan’s accusations and Satan should be able to testify that we are the sons of God. 

Satan must be able to testify about us to the whole universe and to God, saying “They are indeed the sons and daughters of God. They have the qualification to be with God and are one with God as His sons and daughters.” 

Human beings can only obtain the qualification to rule all things when they break free from Satan's accusations and testify that they are children of God. 

Through the fall, human beings lost God and at the same time lost their original created nature. Therefore, human beings must unify their body and mind to reach a position (in which) they completely dominate their body. The fact that Satan still accuses me proves that I still have fallen nature.

TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Changing the Heart is the Most Difficult Task

Changing the heart is, indeed, the most difficult task. This is our final destiny (that) we need to (follow), right?

1. In Jesus’ lifetime, there were some poor people who had nothing to eat, but Jesus wanted to find more people who were poor in spirit than those who were physically hungry. Jesus wanted those he healed through external miracles and wonders to change their hearts more internally, but when their external problems were resolved, their bitter sorrow ended there. When their illness and their body was healed, they thought that they were relieved of bitter sorrow and left the Lord's bosom. When you see this, you realize that it is difficult to change internally, and try to find out who the person who healed you through external events is. Even the leaders and pastors of our Unification Church today are moved by the Word at first, and then go out and are dominated by external circumstances along the way, so they cannot go deeper internally. 

Jesus wanted to find more people who were poor in spirit than those who were physically hungry. Although Jesus performed so many external miracles and wonders, he wanted to change the hearts of those whom he healed more internally. 

However, when their illnesses or wishes were resolved, their bitter sorrows ended there. Seeing this, we know that no one wanted to know who the person who healed them through miracles and wonders was and what kind of wishes he had. If you look at this, you can see how difficult it is for fallen human beings to have an internal transformation. 

So many people were cured by Jesus, but no one came to Jesus (to ask), “Jesus, who are you? How come you healed my sickness? Who are you? Are you the son of God? What are your wishes? What are you asking me to do?” Nobody came to Jesus and asked this kind of question. That was Jesus’ sorrow.

Today, even the leaders and pastors of our Unification Church go on the path of faith after being moved by the Word. However, if you are dominated by the external environment along the way, you will not be able to enter the stage of knowing God's heart more internally.

You know God’s providence starts from the external, (then goes to) internal and to more internal, but fallen man always stops on the way. He cannot go further internally. That is the problem. However, we know God’s providence very clearly: (it passes from) external to internal, internal to more internal. From environmental restoration (it) becomes more internal and more deeply internal. We need to know about God’s restoration.

The purpose of our faith is to go through three major transformations. I would like to remind you again. First, you need to be blessed and change your lineage. Next, you need to change everything you own (through) a Total Living Offering. Finally, the goal of transformation is to change your heart. This is our final destiny. To change the heart, you must experience the heart of God and True Parents and inherit their hearts. 

This is a really difficult task. Many people could not reach this level of transformation. The goal of transformation is what? To change our heart. Our heart should be God’s heart. God’s heart should be our heart. Nobody has reached that level. Many give up on the way and become just external and exhausted, stopping on the way. (They) could not reach a more internal level which is God’s heart. That is our limitation.

When you receive the Blessing, that is an external experience of transformation (by) changing your blood lineage. After that, Father asks us to offer the Total Living Offering. That is one of the course(?). What is the final one? The final one is changing our heart. That is why (there is the) Foundation of Faith, then the Foundation of Substance, and finally the foundation of heart and love. That is the final one. You need to know that your final destination is to change your heart.

 2. There is no difference between those who left Jesus because they resolved their Han(bitter sorrow) after being healed of their sickness and Unification Church pastors today who do not experience resurrection in their hearts and are controlled by the external environment. This is truly a pity in the eyes of God. If you stay in your self-centered Han (bitter sorrow), your direction will eventually change. Even if you have Han, you should not mistakenly think it has been relieved within your environment centered on yourself. Today's Christianity could not discover Jesus’ Han because their faith was too externally biased. They often just gave thanks to the Lord when Jesus took away their sins and burdens. 

God’s Han for humans is that almost all of them cannot reach the stage of realizing change in the heart. This is truly unfortunate in the sight of God. 

Any human being who stays in their self-centered Han will eventually go in a direction different from God’s. Even if you have Han, you should not mistakenly think it has been relieved within your environment centered on yourself. Even if external Han or wishes are fulfilled, the internal heart must change.

Today's religion emphasizes only faith, faith, faith. (If) you believe in God and Jesus, you can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (It) emphasizes faith so much! It wants miracles and wonders, and simply sees the Lord as only giving blessings. So, they could not become more internal, and could not discover Han, sorrow, and desires of God and Jesus. This is a problem.

Most Christians end up with a basic faith of being thankful to the Lord when Jesus takes away their sins and heavy burdens. In other words, it is difficult to find a Hyojeong that tries to know the heart and wishes of parents in the religious faith. That is their limitation.

True Parents came to earth and taught us God’s wishes, God’s han and God’s sorrow. (They) are the ones who have showed us the exemplary life, always crying and wailing. I am so grateful for True Parents. They are the ones who show God’s real reality. We need to understand God’s reality, how sorrowful he was, how sorrowful Jesus was. We (need to) really understand their inner heart and wishes. If we understand their han, wishes and heart, then we can understand where to go, what we should focus on.

 3. Fallen man cannot reach a deeper level and find the unspeakable Han of the One who seeks to save them. Therefore, when people reach a level they like, they settle there. Some people settle down in their work life, while others settle down when they take on certain responsibilities. They cannot achieve a deeper, more internal level. They need to change more heartistically but can't. This is the human limit. There was a time in Japan when they fundraised with the “Dabotap tower.” However, I have heard testimonies that it is most difficult for those who bought the Dabotap Tower to go one step further and convert to a faith centered on God’s providence and the Messiah. 

Fallen man cannot reach a deeper level and find the unspeakable bitter Han of the One who seeks to save them. In short, it is almost impossible to expect filial piety from fallen humans. 

When most people reach a level they like, they settle there. Some people settle down in their work life, while others settle down when they take on certain responsibilities. 

Fallen human beings are unable to enter a deeper and more internal level in their environment and cannot change heartistically. What should we do? Not a single disciple of Jesus even went to the stage of knowing Jesus’ bitter Han, wishes, and heart. This is the limit of fallen human beings. 

It is even more difficult to go further and reach the stage of comforting God by knowing His bitter Han, wishes, and heart. The Cheon Il Guk faith must eventually change in heart and go to the stage of comforting poor God and True Parents, taking responsibility for them and liberating them.

Wow! That is why our Family Federation is the last organization. We are talking about God’s han and his wishes. Our original standard should be that much, very high. We talk about God’s han and sorrow, how to release God’s han, how to comfort and console God and True Parents. Wow! In order to (do) that, Mother always emphasizes we need to have a heart of hyojeong, filial heart.

 4. Our Unification Church members also joined the church and could lift off their heavy burden after their life and family problems were resolved. However, it is not easy to go beyond that stage and change one's heart by knowing God's providence and experiencing God's heart. Even after entering the Unification Church, we go forward obeying True Parents' words. But it is the most difficult task to understand the bitter pain, sorrow and heart of God and True Parents and to reach the stage where we can comfort them. Whatever we do, the final step is to experience God's heart and transform our hearts to become filial sons and daughters. 

Our Unification Church members also like the word of the Principle, so they join the church and go the path of the will, but how many blessed families know God's providence and experience God's heart, and have gone to the stage where they change in heart? 

Although we have been blessed, internally, our hearts are still at the level of servant or adopted son. We couldn't get to the level of the heart of true filial sons and daughters. 

Even after entering the Unification Movement, we go forward obeying True Parents' words. However, it is the most difficult task to understand the bitter Han, sorrow and heart of God and True Parents and to reach the stage where we can comfort them.

Whatever we do, the final step is to experience God's heart and transform our hearts to become filial sons and daughters.

LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living 

Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible

(Testimony of John Davis.)♦

(Response to sharing) What should we do during the time period of the Foundation of Faith and Foundation of Substance? (We should) completely separate from Satan. That is why the number 40 is the completion of separation from Satan. After completely separating from Satan, finally we enter the realm of God’s direct dominion. Now our 2075 couples are already in the era to enter God’s direct dominion. So, really (you are at a) completely different stage, a different level from now on. So all the 2075 couples are entering God’s direct dominion. What (is the) most important (thing) you should do? Transform your heart. Now (there is) no more Foundation of Faith, no more Foundation of Substance. Now you need to establish a foundation of love and heart. You (need) a transformation experience to really understand God’s and True Parents’ heart and (to) console and comfort them.♦

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