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The Bible enables us to be wise for salvation (2 Ti 3:15). Let us learn the true will of God from it.

The Scent of Christ and the Scent of Mother

Now, every Zion that preaches Mother and Her love is making a gracious progress in the gospel of God. As we preach the truth about Mother, many souls stream to Zion from Samaria and the ends of the earth. What do you think the reason is? It is because there is the scent of Mother in Zion. The Bible compares God’s people visibly to light and gustatorily to salt (Mt 5:13–16), and olfactorily it describes the smell of the knowledge of Christ as the “aroma of Christ” spreading throughout the world. So, God’s people in this age of the Holy Spirit are the fragrance of Christ, who proclaim the Spirit and the Bride—God the Father and God the Mother. What…

The Sabbath of the New Covenant

God, who wrote the Bible for our salvation, warned against adding to or subtracting from His words at the conclusion of Revelation; this allows us to understand how much authority the word of God has. To receive God’s promise of salvation, we should cherish each and every word of the Bible without missing a single verse. There are many regulations in the New Covenant: the Passover, the Sabbath, the feasts, the veil, and baptism. Among the regulations of the New Covenant, let us study about God’s will through the Sabbath. The Sabbath Was Established at the Creation The Sabbath is the commemoration day of the Creator, which originated from the day God rested after He created all things in the…

The Sabbath and God’s Salvation

We will discover many precious things if we take a moment and look around us. However, because they are always next to us, we often disregard and take them for granted. Likewise, we may neglect the precious truth of the Sabbath because we have grown accustomed to keeping it. When God created all things in the beginning, He worked for six days, rested on the seventh day, and made it holy. God proclaimed the Ten Commandments 3,500 years ago and wrote on the stone tablets, “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” Since God inscribed this command with His own hand, there is no doubt that the Sabbath is essential for our salvation. Even though the Sabbath is very…

The Way to Love God

It is natural to express your feelings to the person you love. Nevertheless, what if you express love in your own way without considering that person’s feelings? You may even end up doing something the person dislikes. Can we call this true love? Then, how should we express our love toward God? If we truly love God, we should not insist on our own thoughts and opinions. God says, “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isa 55:9). So we should express our love toward God in accordance with God’s ways which are described in the Bible. God says, “If you love me, you will…

God’s Salvation

While the Israelites are trembling in fear for the overwhelming military strength of the Philistines, Jonathan son of Saul is heading towards the Philistines with a young man bearing his armor, without telling his father. “Come, let’s go over to them. God will surely deliver a victory to us. Nothing can hinder God from saving, whether by many or by few.” “Go ahead; I will follow you.” “If they say to us, ‘Wait there until we come to you,’ we will stay where we are and not go up to them. But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ we will climb up, because that will be our sign that God has given them into our hands.” As Jonathan and…

Wear Wedding Clothes

There are many things that we have to prepare in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. One of them is “wedding clothes.” The Bible says that wedding clothes stand for the righteous acts of the saints (Rev 19:8). We may wear sports clothes or short pants at home. But if we are invited to the official residence such as Cheongwadae (the Blue House: the presidential residence of the Republic of Korea) or the White House, can we go there in such informal clothes? The person who has no suit will immediately prepare one. In the same way, those who will go to the kingdom of God must not wear the clothes that only belong to worldly people. God’s people…

Global Leaders Who Save the World

We can watch the World Cup held in Africa live on TV at home. With just one click of a button, we can access real-time news from every part of the world. One sneeze from an infected person can spread a virus to people on the opposite side of the world. If a powerful nation’s financial markets are unstable, it can cause chaos in global financial markets. The 21st century we are living in is truly a global age. National borders are gradually becoming meaningless, and people all around the world are easily able to get together. At this point in time, the world is looking for a supranational leader who is suitable for the global age. A narrow world,…

“Be Considerate of Others”—A Teaching of Mother

We are walking the path of faith, looking forward to the everlasting kingdom of heaven. So we need to examine our daily life and check whether or not we are living a worthy life in God’s eyes. There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven (Ecc 3:1). If we want to be able to confidently say that we have lived a life of no regrets when we arrive at the gate of heaven after our earthly life, we must give thanks and glory to our Elohim and obey Their teachings every day. Mother has given all the good teachings to Her children. Among the teachings of Mother, let us think about “being considerate of…

Love Among the Members of the Heavenly Family

Family is related by blood, bound to each other with love. Home is the place where the members of a family live together; it is the place where they learn to love. Just as the sanctuary established on the earth in the days of Moses was a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary (Heb 8:5), the earthly family is also a copy and shadow of the heavenly family. So we call God our Father and our Mother, and the Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children (Mt 6:9; Gal 4:26; Ro 8:12–16). Through the earthly family, Heavenly Father and Mother have allowed us to realize that there is the spiritual family and to be members…

Collective Intelligence, Wisdom Learned from Insects

An ant colony marches in an orderly manner, carrying crumbs. A line of ants quickly connects the starting and ending points as if they know the precise route. The sweets which are dozens of times bigger than the ants disappear in a flash in the movement of the swarm of ants moving in perfect order. However, when you watch an ant moving alone, it moves in all directions desultorily, awkwardly avoiding whatever is blocking its way; it doesn’t look that smart. However, when these ants gather together, they collect food at once. It is amazing. Ant, an excellent mathematician The intellectual ability that is gained through cooperating or competing is called collective intelligence, which exerts tremendous power far beyond the…

The Love of God

God has taught us to “be joyful always” and “give thanks in all circumstances.” The reason why we should be joyful always and give thanks in all circumstances, despite the reality that our society becomes bleak as the times change and things develop, is because God loves us endlessly without forsaking us, sinners, and renews us every day by cleaning us from our sins and transgressions. There are people who do not feel joyful or thankful even though they are living a life of faith, and there are those who feel greatly joyful even for small things and give thanks for everything. What causes this difference between them is whether or not they understand God’s love. It must be so…

The Work of the Holy Spirit & the Work of Evil Spirits

The Protestant churches regard healing illnesses or speaking in tongues as the proof of receiving the Holy Spirit. Not only the Protestant churches but also the Catholic Church say that the shedding of tears from the Virgin Mary statue or curing the sick is the work of the Holy Spirit and they evaluate the performance of miracles when they select a saint. Are all miracles and wonders the work of the Holy Spirit? How can we distinguish the work of the Holy Spirit from the work of evil spirits? Let’s find the Biblical answers about this. Jesus asked us not to be deluded by miracles Those who insist that miracles are the work of the Holy Spirit give their reasons…

The Heavenly Family and Love

Among so much wisdom and knowledge that are essential for our life, the most valuable and gracious teachings are contained in the Bible which is the word of God. The Bible says that it is really important to know God, to have strong faith in Him and to foster beautiful and eternal hope, and that what we need the most is the virtue of love. It is love that we need more than anything else in our life of faith as well as in our earthly life. Christ came to this earth to seek His children and endured the suffering of the cross. The basic motive for Him to do so also came from love. It says in the Bible…

The Greatest of All Is Love

People say that love is the most beautiful thing in the world and there is nothing stronger than love. Considering the Biblical teachings and the nature of things, nothing is impossible for love. We know this theoretically. However, sometimes we fail to practice love because of our clumsy expression. Let us put love into practice wholeheartedly as the children of heaven in obedience to the new command of God, “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” The age when love grows cold God foretold that many people’s love would grow cold and they would become selfish rather than considerate of others in the last days. However, God really wants us to practice sincere love for…

Those Who Live for the Moment and Those Who Live for Eternity

The Bible testifies that God’s children, who will inherit salvation, are citizens of heaven (Php 3:20). As heavenly citizens, we must set our minds on things in heaven rather than things on earth. God does not want us, His children, to be bound to our physical life alone. So God teaches us to live for eternal things that we will enjoy when we return to heaven. As everyone has certain rights and duties as a citizen of a country on this earth, so each and every one of us has certain rights and duties as a citizen of heaven. Let’s find out what our life on this earth means to us and what we should do now for eternal life…

Passover, the Law of Freedom

None of the sixty-six books of the Bible are the individual opinions or philosophies of the prophets; rather, they are the records of God’s teachings given for the salvation of mankind. With the hope of salvation, we should firmly believe this and diligently study the word of God. The Bible refers to our Mother, Jerusalem, as the “free woman.” Furthermore, it says that we are no longer slaves to sin but have been set free by Christ (Gal 4:26; Jn 8:32–36). As we believe in God the Father and God the Mother who are free, we too, as Their children, are free. Now, let us take some time to study the Bible and give thanks to God for granting us…

The Relationship Between God and Us

The fact that God calls us “My people” and “My children” has significant meaning. Let us suppose there is a wise and generous fish capable of leading many other fish. No matter how talented, honored, or respected that fish might be as a leader in the fish world, it would be insignificant from a human perspective. Likewise, from the perspective of the Most High God, no matter how generous, talented, or knowledgeable a person may be, it is all insignificant unless that person has the relationship with God. Although we were like worms, God took pity on us and made us His children through His covenants, laws, and regulations. Since God has granted us salvation and eternal life, we must…

Why Shouldn’t I Be Baptized?

“Go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” Taking instruction from the angel of God, Philip arrived at the desert. In the solitary place, he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship and on his way home was sitting in his chariot, reading the Scripture. As the Spirit told Philip, he went to that chariot and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” “How can I,” the eunuch answered, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so he did…

What Is Baptism?

Marriage is the beginning of a new life for a couple. At the wedding ceremony, they vow to share joys and sorrows as husband and wife for the rest of their lives. Likewise, baptism is the first step in coming to God and the ceremony for making a covenant with God. Through baptism, God forgives all our sins, and we promise to turn away from our sinful ways of life. We also promise to live as God’s people serving Him faithfully for the rest of our lives. Baptism is the turning point of our life because all our past sins and transgressions are forgiven. After baptism, we should follow the teachings of God until we go to Heaven. This is…

Where Did We Humans Come From and Where Are We Going?

Ever since human beings came to inhabit the earth, civilization has been continuously improving. However, there are still innumerable mysteries that humans have not been able to solve. Among them, it is the truth of the human soul that so many people throughout all ages and countries have been most curious to know: Where were we before we were born on this earth? Is death the end of everything or is there another world after death? Unable to find the answers to all these questions of life, they are vaguely afraid of death; since they do not know where they are going, they are not sure what the future holds for them. God took pity on those human beings who…