Ep 617 - Expand The Environment For Witnessing Part 2

Expand the Environment for Witnessing - July 4, 2022

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Today I am wearing a very beautiful necktie (American flag tie).

Today July 4 is Independence Day for America. This nation is the elder son nation as the chosen country. It has to be filial toward God and our True Parents. As you know, I love America so much! I have become a true American now! I try to love America and Americans more than any other (nation and people). That is my wish and my goal.

Yesterday, we had a special Sunday Service to give awards to the members who (have) read 1 hour DP 100 times. 223 Clifton church members are determined to read 1 hour DP, and so far, 46 members have completed 100 times.

We invited Mr. Chaen, Hoon Dok Champion from Japan, (to speak), and he shared a beautiful testimony about his Hoon Dok life. He is having a meeting with members in each subregion very soon. 

As you know I am the Korean national messiah for Dominica. Chaen was also one of the Dominican missionaries. The Dominica Missionary Group donated $30,000 for the New Clifton church building. I think I and our Dominican missionaries need to initiate first in order to build our new headquarters centering on our new Clifton Church members.

Some members gave their testimonies regarding 1 hour DP 100 times reading, and President Naokimi gave them a beautiful message. We gave them certificates. The numbers are increasing more now.

Then, we had a witnessing group meeting. Last May about 70 people gathered, but this time about 100 members gathered together. It was a beautiful meeting. Now at the Clifton church something very strange in a good way (is happening). Now many members in the Clifton Church are becoming involved in witnessing. I really appreciate all of them.

 I emphasized the importance of witnessing and having three spiritual children based on the Divine Principle and True Parents’ formula course. 

 We heard testimonies from Takayo, director of CARP New Jersey, and some members who recently had spiritual children and had the ACLC clergy finish 40 day separation and 3 day ceremony. It was a beautiful living testimony.

 Then, Mr. Chaen shared his testimony about his Hoon Dok life. We had a Q&A session as well. 

(We took a) beautiful group photo.

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

I am not sure if you recite the Family Pledge every day, What is part three of the Family Pledge? Don't you pledge that you will realize the realm of the royal family? You say this every day; yet, do you practice it, or not? You have received blessings that are difficult even to cope with; yet, the more you share them, the greater they become. If you think of your blessings as being just for you, that is where they will end. If you share them with the people around you, your environment will become broader. You all need to grow. Growing can also be described as fulfilling your portion of responsibility. How wide and how deep your roots grow depends on whether you fulfill your tribal messiah responsibility or fail to fulfill it. That means you must witness. You must expand the scope of your environment. 

The root of an individual or that of a family can shake with the wind. However, if the roots of a tribe that centers on you grow down together those roots will not budge even if a powerful tsunami were to pass over them. The remainder of your life should be dedicated to witnessing. You should become model people in thought and action and be able to change the mind-set of the people your age in your surroundings, in Japan, Asia and the world. (2015.03.18, Cheon Jeong Gung) 

I have said that we should create a good environment. Once a good environment has been created, even if I say only one thing, people will be able to figure out its meaning from ten different angles. When God created Adam and Eve in the beginning, could they communicate with God or not? They could ask Him questions and receive answers. It can be the same now. If the blessed families can create such an environment, there is no reason you cannot successfully witness with even a little effort. Now you are living here on the earth. What kind of title will you receive when you arrive in heaven after investing your life for God's Will on the earth? You will be called a loyal subject or a filial child. (2013.02.10, Cheon Jeong Gung) 

The realm of the royal family in verse 3 of the family pledge is the last responsibility of the family that has achieved the four great realms of heart and the three great kingships. 

The realm of the royal family is to acquire citizenship as a member of the royal family in the kingdom of God. This is possible only when registered in the CheonBo Won through the Heavenly Tribal Messiah mission. 

That is why Mother is talking about Family Pledge #3.

The realm of the royal family is to extend the blessing I have received to 430 families, centering on my tribe. When all the blessed families complete the mission of Heavenly Tribal Messiah, Heaven’s environmental realm will gradually expand, and eventually, the kingdom of God, Cheon Il Guk, will be established substantially. 

To broaden the realm of the environment means that we must witness. However, our blessed families can be shaken by the wind when we have no foundation around us and take root as an individual family. Therefore, 430 families become a shield that protects us. 

Therefore, True Mother emphasizes that the only way for us to survive is through witnessing. 

That is why we need to start with 3 spiritual children and increase to 12 and then 36, 72, 124. Finally we need to reach 430 couples. That is our important portion of responsibility. 

When we complete our Heavenly Tribal Messiah mission vertically and horizontally, including ancestor liberation and blessing ceremonies, then we need to register in the CheonBo Won. When we register in the CheonBo Won, we become heavenly citizens, which is (members) of the royal family. 

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.

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

When your hearts form an eternal common base with God, you will be able to be with God and God will have dominion over your hearts, just like God and Jesus’ hearts are one. In this present day, you must enter a position of oneness in heart with Jesus and form a relationship of oneness with God. If you cannot stand in that position, conditions for Satan to accuse you will remain. 

Human beings were originally meant to have their hearts live according to heaven’s goal and uphold God’s principles, thereby becoming second gods. However, due to the Fall, human beings are left having to search for their original mind and walk a path destined for sorrow. 

God’s Hope in Sending Jesus 

<1-124> What did God hope to accomplish through Jesus Christ, whom He sent after 4,000 years of preparation? Because God had no one throughout 4,000 years of history, His desire was for human beings to come back to Him through Jesus. 

For this reason, Jesus was sent as a completed person who was one with God. In relation to the human world, Jesus represented the heart of humanity and the external form of God’s heart; in relation to the incorporeal and corporeal worlds, he was sent as the one who could have dominion over all of creation. 

True Father said that we can possess God only when our hearts form an eternal standard of a reciprocal relationship with God. Then, how can we establish an eternal relative standard with God? 

We must first work to control the body. Because our physical desires are stronger than our spiritual desires, it is absolutely impossible with just our own strength and ability. Therefore, I need to add more strength to my spiritual mind. That means we have to borrow power from somewhere else. 

So where can you borrow that power? You must borrow strength from God and the spirit world. How, then, can you borrow such power? The first (way) is prayer and jeongseong. If I lead a consistent life with prayer and jeongseong, my heart will open, become a channel for the spirit world to come down, and receive an opportunity for God to intervene. 

Second, we must be armed with the Word of God. When I meditate on the Word of God and receive stimulation through it, the Word becomes the love of God, giving me infinite stimulation and strength.

Therefore, the vertical responsibility is prayer and jeongseong, and the horizontal responsibility is to always be stimulated by the Word and practice it. 

Finally, we must go to the front line and practice a life of living for the sake of others. No matter how much you pray, offer jeongseong, and receive the stimulation of the Word, if you do not practice a life for others, there will be no change in your heart. We must serve the world, serve people, and serve Cain. There is no way other than these three methods. 

If the above three points are not practiced, it is impossible to subjugate one's body, and conditions for Satan's accusation remain. 

If there is one more thing to add, it is the path of inheritance by setting Jesus or True Parents’ formula course of subjugating Satan as a model for your life and absolutely following that path. 

TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Be the Body of Harmony and Circular Motion 

1. Today, as we look back on the past, we often become aware that we have lost opportunities. It becomes a sorrow and remains as regret and han. Now, we must live a life of overcoming by understanding which fields we are ignorant of. It is necessary to check in which field we missed an opportunity—no intellect, no emotion, or no will. So, I need to understand my personality well and know what my relationships are like. If I am often dominated by the secular environment, then I need to re-create myself with a smooth personality and restore myself. While serving the people around me well and nurturing spiritual children, I must make round my angular character. I should have a harmonious temperament that everyone likes. 

The weakness of fallen human beings is that most people are governed by the environment and secularized. Salt seems to lose its value when it is dissolved in water, but it gives the water a salty taste. What good is salt when it loses its saltiness? 

Fallen humans live under the control of the environment of reality. Therefore, the issue of reality becomes more of a subject than faith. So, the reality that you face always comes first. God and one's faith becomes second and third. As a result, as time goes by, we lose opportunities and become commonplace in (habituated to?) the world, and we regret and lament so much. 

Most of our life when we think of our past life, how much we regret and lament!

Why are Christianity and all religions today obsolete and going downhill? This is because Christianity and all religions, including us, who need to reform the world, have become secularized by the world. They (have) completely lost the ability to conquer the world. 

This is because Christianity and other religions are not leading the world, but the world has come to lead Christianity and other religions. The tables (have been) completely turned and reversed. This applies not only to Christianity but also to the lives of our blessed families. 

Therefore, if you want to dominate the world environment, you must put your relationship with God first and regard it as life. Otherwise, everything is controlled by the secular world. In order to overcome the environment, we must first take good care of our body as a representative of the environment. Controlling the environment starts with taking control of our body. 

That is why we always need to really seriously think how to govern our body. If we cannot govern our body, surely (we will be) influenced by the secular environment. Then our reality becomes No. 1, more than God. If we control our body very well, then our reality becomes secondary. The body of anyone who cannot control his body very well is surely controlled by the environment. 

Why are all religions and religious people, including Christians and our church people, declining? What is the main reason? Why are we easily influenced by the secular world and the environment? It begins with our body. If you do properly govern your body, surely your reality becomes No. 1. God becomes secondary... This is the issue. 

We worry and worry that our second generation is very much influenced by the secular world. (But that is) because we do not show that kind of standard as a family, as a father or a mother, really show unity between husband and wife (nor do we show that) we know how to govern our body very well. (If we do,) then each child (will) really respect his mother and father: “Wow! What he says (we should do) is what he (himself) is doing.” We need to show this.

If we cannot control our physical body, then the secular world becomes our reality. This is a problem.

2. You must have the ability to harmonize the relationship between Cain and Abel, who are easily enemies. That is the practical theology and practical faith we try to pursue today. You must have the ability to reconcile conflict and opposition well. If you are always self-centered in your life of faith, you are too heartless. That person is too indifferent to others. I must nurture my heartistically dry personality well and try to transform my heartless self into a person with a lot of heart and the ability to do circular movements well with people around me. Aren't we believers today all trying to improve ourselves? If so, we must go one step further and become people capable of circular and spherical motions. 

In order to overcome the reality and circumstances we are in, we must first value our relationship with God as life and put our life of faith above all else. The next step is to develop good relationships with those around us. 

Through the foundation of faith, the next step is to build solid faith and have the ability to harmonize well (in) the relationship between Cain and Abel, who are easily enemies. That is the practical theology and practical faith we try to pursue today. 

After I graduated (from) the Korean UTS, I worked wtth Yo Han Lee and took care of many UTS students in Korea. I realized that UTS was not just teaching theology. Any professor, any teacher teaching his own students... Anyone who graduates from UTS, what should the outcome be? He controls his physical body more than before. That is why all theologians should be a model how to control their physical body. (They) not only have a teaching responsibility. A real theologian needs to teach how to govern the physical body. Otherwise, what is the purpose to enter UTS? Do you just want to learn theology and philosophy? That is not God’s expectation. In the Korean and American UTS, all the professor figures(?), religious figures, even our citizens... 

When you graduate from UTS, you become a really powerful boy or girl. You can manage your physical body very well. That is why we talk about practical theology and practical faith (which) we try to practice(?) today.

If you are always self-centered in your life of faith, you are too heartless. In order to overcome one's heartless nature, one must pay attention to others and serve. In order to nurture my heartistically dry personality well and transform my heartless self into a person with a lot of heart, I must have the ability to do circular movements well with people around me. 

You must have convictions, saying “I can love anyone,” and “I can forgive, embrace, and love even my enemies.” The more I love my enemies, the more my heart expands and the vessel of my heart grows bigger and bigger. 

 3) What does circular movement mean? It can be said that it is the heart that knows how to value the person closest to me more than myself. In other words, circular movement means that just as a father values his children more than himself when dealing with his children, in my life, I have a heart that knows how to value those close to me more than myself with the heart of parents. You should not ignore someone who is lower than you or treat them lightly. Regardless of your age or position, you should value the other person more than yourself. Parents treat their children like the way they serve their own parents. In other words, it is the same as saying that parents regard their children as the Messiah.

The most common mistake we make in our life of faith is that we tend to ignore the person we are closest to at work or school. To be good at circular movement is to know how to value the person closest to you more than yourself. 

In my life, when I have the heart to value those close to me more than myself, regardless of their rank and level, just (as) parents treat their children, then I can grow my inner person. 

You should not ignore someone who is lower than you or treat him lightly. Regardless of your age or position, you should value the other person more than yourself. If I serve and accept the people around me like my Messiahs, I can maintain and grow my faith in any situation. This is the secret of faith that feeds and fattens my inner self. 

I really regret, I need to repent, when I was (at) UTS working with Rev. Yo Han Lee in a senior position, mostly in administration but sometimes also giving the life of faith, I was very arrogant. I treated (students) as my juniors. This kind of attitude was really wrong. That is why I could not grow well. It does not matter if you are a senior or a professor or in a parent’s position, when you see junior people, treat them so well. Treat them (as if) “You are my messiah.”

As first generation if you do not appreciate and raise second generation and third generation very well, then there is no hope. That person is still very arrogant. 

In our movement how can we treat our second generation, young generation well? (Think), “They are much, much better than I am. They are my hope, my future, my messiah.”

I am so sorry to personally mention someone’s name: Anyone who graduates from UTS really respects Dr. Ward so much because of his personality. He loves the younger generation so much. 

How can we judge a person’s personality? (By) how he treats junior people. Immediately we know that. If as a leader, one does not respect the younger generation and junior, that person is still very arrogant. He has a lot of fallen nature.

That is why our hope is where? Our future generations. Even if someone is lower than I am, I treat him as better than I am and really respect him and love him. Then we can see hope in each other.

 4) The parental heart is not expressed well between siblings. Even so, you have to keep trying to look from a parent’s standpoint. Even though it is difficult for siblings to have a parental heart, a true older brother must have the heart to treat his younger brother like his parents. He should not regard his younger brother as his own but treat him with respect as he treats his parents. What is our final destination? It is the family. The family is the place God’s dual characteristics meets as husband and wife. If the circular movement does not lead to a successful family, the result of God's blessing will not come to fruition. Family means reaching the final destination of love. However, most of the time, there are side effects. 

One of the biggest problems in the family is conflict between siblings. It is really hard to see one's siblings from a parent’s standpoint. The reason many people fail in sibling relationships is because they see each other horizontally. 

In order to have a good, healthy sibling relationship, one must view and serve one's own siblings vertically. It means to serve my brothers and sisters as my own parents.

You need to see your own brothers and sisters vertically, not horizontally. 

 It means serving my brothers and sisters with the heart of a parent serving their child. 

Even though it is difficult for siblings to have a parental heart, a true older brother must have the heart to treat his younger brother like his parents. He should not regard his younger brother as his own, but treat him with respect as he treats his parents. 

What is our final destination? It is the family. The first is to build a good relationship between parents and children, the second, to build a good relationship with siblings, and the third, to build a good relationship between husband and wife and go up to the position of True Parents. In that sense, to be a family is to reach the final destination of love. 

Today we learned very important things, right? Let’s really love our younger generation. If someone works under us, we cannot judge them according to our position. If you really love someone... Everyone can love their own Abel, those who are higher than they are. (From that) we cannot judge whether you are a really good guy or a bad guy. But we can immediately judge you (depending on) how you much love your juniors, those who work under you. They can easily be ignored, right? When you (deal with) young people, your spouse or someone in a position lower than you, (if) you easily ignore them or are easily angry with them, this is a problem. With our younger sibling, already we have preconceptions. That is why we cannot improve our relationship (with him). We need to treat our own siblings in a vertical way, treat our younger brother or sister as our own parents. Wow! Then our younger brother or sister will automatically respect us so much! 

Let’s improve our relationship wtih brothers and sisters.

Today is July 4, the happy Independence Day of America. Don’t just enjoy it; let’s think about what the role of this nation America is. 

LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible

(Testimony of Kimie Stana, Dallas Texas, campus witnessing)♦

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