Words of the Bible
The Bible enables us to be wise for salvation (2 Ti 3:15). Let us learn the true will of God from it.
Why did Jesus come in the human form though He is Almighty God?
God can surely appear in the human form if He wants. God is omnipotent and omniscient. God has the power to choose to be or not to be in the flesh. Then, why did God Himself come to the earth as a fragile baby and son? We can easily understand…
There are many people in the world who claim to follow Jesus. Why is it, then, that they do not keep the new covenant Jesus established?
The purpose of Jesus’ coming to this earth is to give eternal life to human beings who are destined to die because of their sins. In order to lead us to salvation, Jesus established the new covenant on the day of the Passover and became a sin offering for us,…
The Biblical Sabbath Is Saturday. Then, Why Do Most Churches Worship on Sunday?
It is clear that the Biblical Sabbath is Saturday, the seventh day of the week. The early Church kept the Sabbath day holy according to the teachings of the Bible (Ac 17:2; 18:4). Then, why do most churches today worship on Sunday? Let's find out the reason. Sunday and Roman…
Passover
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.”Jn 6:53 The Passover that makes “disasters pass over” is celebrated at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month in…
The Gospel Can Only Be Accomplished Through Blessings
While retracing all of our steps in the gospel, I found a shared commonality among all of the churches that obtained good results: Although each of them was in unfavorable circumstances, they moved God through their mindset and actions, which were deserving of God’s blessings. If we fail to receive God’s blessings, we cannot take even one step forward in the gospel. This is because the work of salvation can only be achieved by Heavenly Father and Mother, who are the source of all blessings. There is nothing that can be done without Them. I am sure that a blissful future will unfold before us, under the blessings of Heavenly Mother. Let us learn what we should do in order…
You Have the Words of Eternal Life
Jesus lets five thousand people have enough to eat with the pieces of the five loaves and two fish across the Sea of Tiberias. The people get amazed and follow Jesus even to Capernaum by boat. “Rabbi, when did You get here?” “You are looking for me, because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life.” “What must we do to do the works God requires?” “Believe in Me.” At the words of Jesus, the crowd asks Him for a sign through which they can believe in Him. “Our forefathers ate the manna given from heaven in the desert. If You show us the same…
The Path of Life and Heavenly Mother
A path naturally appears as the result of someone consistently walking the same way toward their destination. Originally, there was no path; however, once someone begins to continually walk the same way without swerving to the right or to the left, a path is gradually created, enabling many other people to travel on it. It is the same spiritually. There are only two paths our souls can choose between and follow. One of these paths is the path to Heaven, which has been made by God’s journey between Heaven and Earth for our salvation. The other path is the path to hell, which has been paved by Satan and his followers dragging many souls to hell, after coming to this…
Gospel Preaching and the Salvation of Mankind
God has come to this earth to save all of His lost children from Heaven. He does not want anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance and salvation. God has told His beloved children to preach the gospel to the entire world, in order for everyone in the world to have an opportunity to receive salvation. Our brothers and sisters in Zion throughout the world are firmly determined to preach God’s word to all people in obedience to God’s holy will. They are working hard together with one mind toward this goal. It is certainly not easy to preach the gospel to everyone in the world. Throughout the process, we may encounter numerous obstacles and a variety of…
My Family Is My Strength
“Though others said I couldn’t make it, my family believed me.” “The secret of my victory? It’s my family’s support!” “Without my family, I couldn’t have achieved a great success that people admire.” These comments are from the interviews with athletes who did a better job than expected even in poor surroundings, or successful figures in society. They say that they could overcome difficult times and reap the fruits of their efforts because they had their families beside them. Their stories bring smiles to our lips. Support From Family In February 2014, the Winter Olympic Games was held in Sochi, Russia. At that time, South Korean women's short track speed skaters brought joyful news to their country by winning gold…
The Greatest Work
There are a variety of different types of tasks and jobs around the world. Among all of them, there have been many great works which benefit people, awaken the spirit of the age within them, and deserve to be recorded in history for all time. Then, what is the greatest type of work? God is indeed great. Everything that our great God manages and conducts is definitely great as well. God has entrusted us with one of His greatest works. It is to “preach the gospel to all nations of the world” (Mt 24:14). Everything in this world has its own meaning and value; however, all of its splendor only lasts for a little while before it vanishes forever. On…
God Is With Us Wherever We Go
Our brothers and sisters are now bringing the joyful news that many souls are returning to the arms of God. This spiritual victory is being accomplished wherever they shine the light of Jerusalem’s glory, believing that the gospel of the kingdom will surely be preached to all people in the world. When we are obedient to God’s holy will, He helps us in everything we do, and prepares the path of glory for us, enabling us to be victorious. God has promised to be with us wherever we go, and He has told us to preach the gospel fully and fearlessly. I hope you will all bear abundant fruit by quickly preaching the gospel to Samaria and even to the…
World Evangelism and Mother’s Support
We all miss our spiritual home Heaven and long to go there, because it is a place full of happiness. In order to go to Heaven, we need to walk on the right path during our life on this earth. The Israelites were only able to reach Canaan after walking for forty years in the wilderness. In the same way, we can only reach Heaven after walking the path of faith in the spiritual desert. This is the same path that Father has walked and that Mother is still walking to this day. We have been cast down to this earth because of our sins. God allows us to go through a process called “preaching” on our journey back to…
The Easy Path and the Right Path
We must all face the choice between the easy path and the right path while living in this world. During the Japanese colonial rule over Korea, some people chose to live an easy, comfortable life, but some chose the right path and devoted their whole life to the struggle for their country’s independence. According to their choices, they lived completely different lives and ended up with totally different outcomes; the former were branded as traitors, and the latter were hailed as the Korean independence activists, with their names honored for future generations. It is the same for our life of faith. We have the choice to follow the easy path or the right path. Until now, we have chosen to…
Rediscovery of Human Hands
Charles Bell, a British surgeon, said, “We must confess that it is in this that we have the consummation of all perfection as an instrument.” Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, regarded this as a visible part of brain, and Jacob Bronowski, a British mathematician, biologist, and historian of science, highly praised this as the “cutting edge of the mind.” What on earth is this? This is the human hand. Actually, as the hand is very close to us as a part of our body, it is not getting much attention. However, if we just put on mittens, it is inconvenient to use the fingers for most activities and then we feel the importance of the hand. The world with no…
According to My Will and According to Father’s Will
People are under the impression that they can do everything by themselves. In actuality, they can do nothing without God’s help. If God does not give us rain when the farmland is parched and cracked like a turtle’s shell, who on earth can provide such a huge amount of water to all of the mountains and fields? Although a man may have much knowledge, skill and experience in farming, he cannot grow a single crop if it doesn’t rain. Considering this fact, we can realize yet again that our God is truly great because He has created every kind of plant and tree, while simultaneously providing everything they need in order to grow. It seems that we have taken the…
The Tears of Mary
In Matthew, God is described as “our Father” (Mt 6:9). In Galatians, God is referred to as “our Mother” (Gal 4:26). In 2 Corinthians, we are called God’s sons and daughters (2 Co 6:18). When we put all of these words in the Bible together, we can see that we are the children of Heaven and members of the heavenly family who have God as our Father and Mother. Unfortunately, we do not remember this fact because we have been cast down to this earth as a result of committing sin in Heaven. It is very difficult for us to remember what happened in the spiritual world because we are living in a three-dimensional world. The words “our Father and…
Jesus Testified About Himself Through the Bible
On the day when Jesus rose from death, He appeared to two of His disciples as they were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus. Although Jesus was walking right beside them, they did not recognize Him. “What are you discussing together?” At Jesus’ question, they stood still with their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?” “What things?” He asked. “About Jesus! He was a great prophet. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem…
The Commemoration Day of the Creator and the Commemoration Day of the Redeemer
You can easily know which country a person belongs to, when you see the kind of days that the person commemorates. If that person celebrates Independence Day on August 15 and observes Hangul Day [Korean Alphabet Day] on October 9, what country is that person from? If someone celebrates Independence Day on July 4, which country does that person belong to? We can easily figure out that the former is Korean and the latter is American. Likewise, we can easily tell what kind of people belong to the Kingdom of God, through the commemoration days God has established. Nowadays, there are numerous churches like the sand on the seashore. We need to find out if they observe the commemoration day…
The Trumpet Sound of Prophecy
The Bible has already predicted how the gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven will make progress and be accomplished. God has written everything in the Bible, including the things that are to take place in this age and the processes that we must pass through until we go to Heaven. When we examine them one by one, we can find God’s predestined will that is wonderful. Then, what prophecy remains to be fulfilled and what should we do now? Father Ahnsahnghong said, “Soldiers move to the sound of the trumpet, and believers move to the sound of prophecy.” Keeping the words of Father deep in mind, we should pay attention to the trumpet sound of prophecy and put God’s laws…
Making the Best Use of Our Good Mind
In a hospital room, two aged men are writing down something on a piece of paper. ‘Skydiving, helping strangers, climbing the Himalayas . . .’ It is so-called a bucket list—things to do before you die. While doing things that they haven’t experienced all their life, they look back upon the past. Life is but a dream The movie The Bucket List is a story about how two terminally-ill cancer patients find the meaning of their lives. As they don’t have many days to live, even a trifle thing seem to have a special meaning to them. People usually take pity on a terminally-ill patient like the two men in the movie. Technically, however, every single person in the world…
The Meaning of the Day of Atonement
The Sabbath and the Seven Feasts in Three Times hold great significance for the salvation of mankind; they are not simply part of the Old Testament law. God saves the people of Zion who keep the feasts; He calls the people, who made a covenant with Him by sacrifice (worship) at the feasts, His consecrated ones (Isa 33:20–24; Ps 50:1–5). In the last days, God will gather His children who endure hardships in order to keep the feasts. They will be given praise and honor among all the peoples of the earth (Zep 3:14–20). Those who keep the feasts of God, cherishing God’s laws, decrees, and regulations, will receive blessings and glory according to God’s promises in the Bible. Among…
The Passover and the Blood of Christ
The Passover is a joyful feast where we receive the forgiveness of sins and eternal life as well as the promise of being the children of God. On the other hand, however, it is a day to commemorate the death of Christ. Since Christ died for us, sinners, we have been freed from the agony of death and received life. So, the Passover is a feast of joy and sorrow as well. We have been saved through the sacrifice of God who shed His blood, carrying our sins on our behalf. As God’s children, we must not think lightly of God’s saving grace that we have received freely, but we should keep in mind again the meaning of God’s holy…
Seek Me
God told people to “seek me.” To seek God, we must know about Him. Through all the clues from the Bible, we need to find out where God dwells and what truth He brings when He comes to this earth. Only then can we find God and receive Him properly. God has come to this earth, but many churches in the world do not yet know God or seek Him. If the Bible says God dwells in Zion, we must find out what Zion refers to, and if the Bible says God proclaims the truth of the New Covenant in Zion, we must find the One who establishes the New Covenant (Isa 33:20–22; Mic 4:1–2). If the Bible tells us…
God Wants Us to Be Blessed in the End
In our life of faith, we are carrying out many commandments and teachings God has given us. It’s because we believe that every path God leads us on is a path of blessing for us. In the Bible, there are things God commands us to do and there are also things God tells us not to do. When God commands us to do something, we must do it, and when God tells us not to do something, we must not do it. This is the way for us to be blessed, right? We may not fully understand it now, but if we follow God obediently, we can receive all the blessings God has prepared for us. Let’s examine the will…