Ep 769 - Opening, Inheriting, and Fulfilling the Era of the Victory, Liberation and Completion of the True Parents Part 11
Opening, Inheriting and Fulfilling the Era of the Victory, Liberation and Completion of the True Parents - December 3, 2022
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Key Points
Even though human beings fell and committed all kinds of sin, as our parent God felt that he had to be responsible for us.
The Women’s Federation for World Peace should unite women all over the world through the “mother's heart network” and instill hope and a vision that we can purify this world into a beautiful world of peace where Heavenly Parent's ideal of creation is realized.
If we strive for this with sincere devotion and prayer and if we practice and exemplify the way of a true mother, true wife, true daughter and true woman leader in our own lives, then Heavenly Parent's absolute authority and great protection and blessings of the spirit world will be with us.
If we have absolute faith and a determination to know Heavenly Parent's will, to receive the blessing, to walk the path of His will, and never to lose to Satan nor be controlled by him, then we can overcome any trials and will not prolong the providence.
Our portion of responsibility is to get rid of our bad habits and fallen nature through the words of Heavenly Parent. Heaven cannot do this for us.
Humans are responsible to plow the field, to pick up rocks and to create a fertile field, then to sow the seeds, to protect and care for them and to harvest the fruit.
This means we must remove all of our fallen nature, receive the word, and overcome the horizontal environment and temptations so that we will not be trampled on or taken away by Satan. God cannot help with this.
Heavenly Parent causes the seed to take root and sprout, provides sun, air, sweet rain and a climate suitable for the seed so that it can grow and bear beautiful fruit.
This means God provides his word and a nourishing environment in which we can flourish, and he resurrects our heart.
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.♦
(Response to sharing) When I studied Father’s word, I was really touched by his explanation of God’s heart. He said, “Although in the fall human beings made a mistake, God always felt a parental heart. ‘If I had not created Adam and Eve, ,,, If Adam and Eve had not fallen, none of their descendants would have had to go through all kinds of suffering.’ God felt as the creator and the parent of humankind, ‘No matter what, I have to be responsible for them.’ That is God’s heart.
“Even though human beings committed all kinds of sin, he still (felt that he) had to be responsible for them. This is amazing. (It is) unconditional love and sacrifice. That is the heart of God. Because he is my father and your father, no matter what, the parent’s heart is always responsible for children. Without such a parental heart and (sense of) responsibility for children, how could he restore each human being?”
I really admire Father’s explanation.♦
I (just) came to Chicago. (It is) a beautiful city. We are going to have an ACLC breakfast prayer meeting very soon.
Today I’d like to talk about “Opening, Inheriting and Fulfilling the Era of the Victory, Liberation and Completion of the True Parents” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given at the Assembly for Inheritance and Accomplishment in the Age of Liberation Opened by the Victory of the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind held on March 4, 2012 at the Daejeon Convention Center in Daejeon, Korea> Even though the world of today is filled with confusion and chaos, the women's peace movement of this federation, united under God's vision of true love, will soar up to a whole new level based on our achievements of the past twenty years. We need to strengthen our network with global women leaders for the expansion of the worldwide women's peace movement and dedicate ourselves with the conviction that we can purify this world into a beautiful haven of peace wherein God's ideal of creation is realized. If we can do so, God's absolute authority and the divine protection and great blessings of the spiritual world will be with us.
Let us all walk the path of the true mother, true wife, true daughter and true woman leader, who can construct a united world overflowing with true freedom, peace and happiness. Thank you for listening attentively, and may God’s blessings be with you and your families in all of your endeavors. Thank you.
From now on, we must strengthen the networking with world-class women leaders to spread the Women's Peace Movement. It should become a women's federation that unites women all over the world through "mother's heart network' and instills hope and vision throughout the world.
And the most important thing is to have the vision and conviction that we can purify this world into a beautiful world of peace where Heavenly Parent's ideal of creation is realized.
What is the dream and vision of our American Women's Federation? The vision and dream of this American Women's Federation are not only necessary for the members of the United Women's Federation, but all of us American unificationist members should have the same interest, sincere devotion, and prayer.
True Parents say that if you do that, Heavenly Parent's absolute authority and great protection and blessings of the spirit world will be with you.
The external activities of the Women's Federation are important, but first our Women's Federation members must become models and show the way of a true mother, true wife, true daughter and true woman leader.
This is the way our ... Women’s Federation for World Peace (should go). We need to show the way of True Mother , how we can become True Mother, a true wife..., a true daughter, a true woman leader. This is a really fundamental goal. Of course, we need to do all kinds of activities, but this is our internal goal. That is God’s ideal.
If our Women's Federation has shown Heavenly Parent's ideal and vision to women all over the world, now is the time to show the model of practice in our lives.
We must show Heavenly Parent who lives and works through the life of the model example. If we only teach and educate without showing an example, the movement will eventually disappear no matter how good the theory.
We must keep in mind that this is an era in which no one will follow if we do not show it and do not become the model.
Now the time has come for us to show the model, our ideal, how we are really realizing God’s ideal and dream in our daily life, especially in the family. That is an important point.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 10 - The Motivation and Process of the Fall
The motivation of the human fall lay within the angel. Therefore, before we can know the motivation and process of the fall, we must first learn about the angel.
• Angels were created by God prior to any other creation.
• God created angels to be His retainers (Heb. 1:14), "servants," (Rev. 22:9) and "ministering spirits,” (Heb. 1:14) who would assist Him in creating and sustaining the universe.
• Because God created us human beings as His children and gave us dominion over all creation, we are meant to rule over the angels as well.
Let’s study Father’s word.
Adam Should Have Resisted the Temptation of the Archangel
<4-32> Adam, who was to take the place of God, would not have fallen if he had dominated Eve and the Archangel with a strong resolution that he would never disobey the commandment no matter who tempted him to do so. Adam would not have died if he had not listened to fallen Eve even when she tried to seduce him. If Adam had not fallen, Eve could have been created again (restored).
If any one of Adam, Eve and the archangel had an absolute standard for their own responsibility and self-control, Heavenly Parent's providence of restoration would not have been prolonged like this.
Adam said, “Eve, even though you have fallen, I can never fall. If there was a determination and faith that I could never betray God, God's providence would have already ended in Adam's family.
If even one person had an absolute standard for the will and the spirit of ownership, God's providence would not have been extended any longer.
Therefore, we need a resolution to know Heavenly Parent's will, receive the blessing, and walk the path of His will. We must be determined to keep the absolute standards for ourselves and families, even if everyone else goes wrong or collapses along the way.
We need a strong determination and pledge, “Even if you fall down and give up while going, I will never fall, and I will survive and fulfill God's will!”
Father said, “If I say, ‘I am so tired, I’m so exhausted. So I had better rest and for the time being, I will give up,’ if you heard me say such a thing, how many of you, no matter what, even though your father had given up and collapsed, would say, “I will never give up; I will never fall down; I can still go forward.” How many Unification members can have that sense of ownership and determination?
As you walk the path of God's will, your spouse may go wrong, your children may fall, and your Abel may betray God. However, I must resolve to become a person who will never betray God and True Parents.
Aren't there some of us who are disappointed because of our spouse and give up on God's will?
Are there also people who are disappointed because their children are wrong and give up on God's will? Aren't there some people who are disappointed with their Abel or leaders and give up on the path of God's will? You shouldn't.
I must go with absolute conviction that even if I alone survive, I will save them again and fulfill God's will. Don't be disappointed. Go out with the conviction that I will take responsibility for everything and save them no matter what.
Adam needed to have that kind of faith even though Eve fell.
We must go out with the same faith as True Father. If God does not exist, there is no way to save this world, so we need absolute conviction and determination to save this world even if we make God exist.
That is so powerful. Tiger Pak shared a beautiful testimony.
If you are not the Messiah, we will help you become the true Messiah. If you are not the true father, we will help you become the true father. Of course, Father is True Father. If you are not a true mother – of course, True Mother is really True Mother – we will help you become a true mother.
We need absolute faith in True Parents no matter what circumstances come our way.
Although my wife and husband still do not understand God's will, I will definitely restore them. Although my children do not yet know the will of God and True Parents, I will make them understand the will someday. We need this kind of faith and conviction. Aju?
Father said, a perfect plus can create a perfect minus. As long as you have that kind of absolute conviction and faith, you can finally create an absolute minus. As long as you keep that absolute standard, your child will come back, your wife, husband and Abel will come back. We need to have that kind of absolute faith. I remind you, a perfect plus can create a perfect minus.
If Adam had had that kind of attitude, even though Eve had gone the wrong way, if Adam had kept that kind of absolute standard of ownership, he could have created a perfect minus.
Therefore, in order to overcome all the trials and difficult environment around us, we must first make an inner determination to never lose to Satan and not be controlled by him.
If our inner determination is strong, it will take over our body. (But) we will fall in an external fight if we have a weak internal determination.
Therefore, we must have absolute faith in Heavenly Parent and His will. As long as we have absolute faith, we can overcome any trials.
Divine Principle is the absolute eternal Divine Principle. I have no doubt, I have absolute conviction about the Divine Principle. If someone is wrong(about it?), the Divine Principle is still the absolute standard.
God definitely exists even if you deny it.
Even if you deny Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han Moon are the True Parents or if you doubt them, I am telling you, you need to have confirmation from the spiritual world that they are True Parents. As long as you have absolute faith toward God, toward True Parents, I am telling you, you can solve any issue, you c an overcome any trials. Do you have that kind of absolute faith? Even if the whole world collapses, ... my conviction and principle never will collapse; I will never doubt. We need that kind of absolute conviction and faith; then we can create a perfect minus. As long as I stand in front of God as a perfect plus, I can create a perfect mnus. I can change my family, my nation, all humankind, the universe.
Heavenly Parent and True Parents ask us for this kind of faith and conviction.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Making a Field of Fertile Soil is My Responsibility
This is important content. Let’s study.
Removing my Fallen Nature is My Portion
of Responsibility
1. We must take care of and decorate ourselves well. And we always need to live a life of observing and reflecting on ourselves. That is our own portion of responsibility. In other words, it means that my portion of responsibility is to make the Word become my heart, get rid of my bad habits to this day, and remove my fallen nature. God cannot remove my bad habits or fallen nature. If God could remove human beings’ fallen nature instantaneously, God’s providence of restoration would have already ended. If you cannot remove your own fallen nature, there is no one who can help you. God can intervene in anything else besides this human portion of responsibility and help.
Until now, believers have tried to rely on Heavenly Parent even for their portion of responsibility. If Heavenly Parent had been able to intervene and help, there would not have been the Fall, and the providence of restoration would not have been prolonged until now, right?
Therefore, what we need to know clearly is that Heavenly Parent has areas that can be done as God, and humans have areas of responsibility that must be done by themselves.
Our portion of responsibility is to get rid of our bad habits and fallen nature through the words of Heavenly Parent. It is impossible for Heavenly Parent to get rid of one's bad habits and one's own fallen nature.
If we don't get rid of our own fallen nature, no one will help us. If God could have helped with our fallen nature, his providence would already be complete. You need to know very clearly what is God’s portion of responsibility and what is ours.
One of the great points the Divine Principle talks about is responsibility.
Making a Field of Fertile Soil is My Responsibility
2. If human beings sow the seeds, God will make them take root and make them sprout. However, plowing the field, picking out the rocks, and making a field of fertile soil is my responsibility. God says to people: “First, plow the field. Then, sow the seeds. Then, I will help with the rest.” God will send down sunlight, air, and timely rain. When the autumn harvest comes, He will not send down the monsoon rain that He usually sends in summer because if that happens, it will ruin all the crops. According to the season, God will make beautiful fruits be produced through the right climate. After that, God sets the standards of us having done everything and tells us to harvest. In fact, after God has done everything, He sets the standard for me having done everything.
Making the Heart Resurrect is Done By God
3. God says to us, “You plow the field and sow the seeds. I will do everything else. This is human beings’ 5% portion of responsibility and God’s 95% portion of responsibility. My 5% portion of responsibility is to sow the seeds and harvest the crops, and God will bring down the climate, sunlight, air, and rain according to the season. I must be the one to fulfill my 5% portion of responsibility of sowing the seeds. I must sow the seeds of the Word. Next, until they take root and sprout, being careful and protecting those seeds so that they will not be stepped on by animals is also my responsibility. For that, there must be jeongseong for me to cultivate and raise them well. They must not be trampled on or snatched by others. Protecting and taking care of them well amid horizontal circumstances and difficulties are things I must do. If we have this kind of foundation, making the heart resurrect will be done by God.
This is very clear. Let’s summarize.
Human Responsibility in the Parable of the Sower
1. The primary responsibility of humans is to plow the fields and pick up rocks to create fertile fields for farming.
That is our portion of responsibility . If we do not plow the field, how can we plant the seeds? Any seeds that drop on the path, the birds will come and eat it. That is why your portion of responsibility is to plow the field and remove the rocks. There are a lot of rocks in the field, right? That is why you need to get rid of your fallen nature, your worries. You need to pick up the rocks and fertilize the field for farming. This is your portion of responsibility.
2. The second responsibility is to sow the seeds. After sowing, it is their responsibility to protect them from being stepped on by animals and taking good care of the seeds so that they can flourish. And finally, they are to directly harvest the fruits.
3. After all, the 5% human portion of responsibility is to sow the seeds. And only when the seeds are protected and nurtured can they sprout into fruit that can be harvested.
You need to protect the fruit for a certain time period.
4. In order to sow a seed and nurture it in an environment that Heavenly Parent has provided, blood, sweat, effort, and sincerity are required.
You need to put in your jeongseong in order to take care of the seed and for it to grow properly. You need to put in your effort and sincerity. Otherwise you cannot bear fruit, right. That is your portion of responsibility.
5. First, in order to create good soil, you must remove all of your fallen nature. And after receiving the grace of the word, you must overcome the horizontal environment and temptations well so that you will not be trampled on or taken away by Satan.
6. It is your duty to protect the word of grace and manage your heart in any difficult environment. Heavenly Parent can never help you with this.
Because this is your portion of responsibility.
Then what is God’s portion of responsibility?
God's Responsibility in the Parable of the Sower
1. After man sows the seed, Heavenly Parent causes it to take root and sprout.
Human beings cannot do this. According to natural law, this is God’s responsibility.
2. When the seed is sown, Heavenly Parent causes it to take root and sprout. Then He provides sun, air, sweet rain and a climate suitable for the seed so that they can grow and bear beautiful fruits.
Human beings cannot create sun, air, sleet and rain. This is God’s portion of responsibility. No matter how great you are, you cannot create sun, air, sleet and rain.
3. Even though Heavenly Parent has done more than 95% for human beings, He sets a standard for us that we have done everything and tells us to harvest.
4. If human beings sow the seeds, protect them well and create a foundation to nurture them well it is ultimately Heavenly Parent who resurrects our hearts on that foundation.
If we do our part, Heavenly Parent can resurrect our heart based on that foundation.
I love this parable of the sower. We can clearly understand what the human portion of responsibility is and what God’s portion of responsibility is, right?
Today I talked about “Making a Field of Fertile Soil is My Responsibility.”
(Testimony Pastor EJ Rapada, Leadership Conferences)♦
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