Words of the Bible

How to Not Repeat  the Same Mistakes That Lead to Regrets 

In September 2019, a bus suddenly stopped in downtown Seoul. The driver who stopped the bus asked the passengers to excuse him, and ran outside. It was to save a woman in her 60s who had fallen in the street. The woman had not recovered her consciousness although some other passersby had been trying to help her. The bus driver immediately started CPR on her. After a few minutes, she recovered her consciousness and started breathing again. Then the bus driver asked one of the passersby there to stay with her until the ambulance arrived, and he returned to his bus. The passengers were moved by the act of the driver who saved the woman’s life with quick thinking. The…

Our Future

Everyone wants to know how their future will be. Have you ever thought about what you will look like or how much you will change after 10 years? There is a saying in Korea: “Even rivers and mountains change in 10 years.” When we look around, we can see how much change the flow of time has brought about; high-rise buildings have been built in the area that used to be a wild plain before. It is a surprise to see how the mountains and rivers have changed. How much more surprising and wonderful it will be to see what we will look like in the future—how our lives will change in God? Wisdom to think about the future A…

It is said that Christmas, celebrated throughout the world on December 25, is not the birthday of Jesus. Is that true?

It is a widely accepted opinion that December 25 has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus. This is a fact that has already been known publicly through church history and mass media. Then, how come the day, which has nothing to do with Jesus, has been changed to the birthday of Jesus? Now, let's trace its origin. Origin of Christmas December 25 was originally the Roman winter solstice to celebrate the birth of the sun. At that time, sun worshipers—followers of Mithraism which was widespread in Rome—believed that the sun was born on the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. Since the solstice marks the turning point when the days begin to grow longer, they thought…

Ecological Balance Maintained by the Invisible Hand

A baby king penguin was under attack by a southern giant petrel. This is a scene from a documentary that brought suspense and broke the hearts of many viewers. When the giant petrel, which had been looking for an opportunity, attacked the baby king penguins, one of the baby king penguins ran up to the cameraman as if it was asking for help. Trembling with fear, it held the camera stand with its wings and begged him. But the camera crew couldn’t do anything but keep watching the situation, because as observers they couldn’t go against the ecosystem, the great law of nature. The giant petrel attacked baby penguins for a reason: they had their young waiting in their nest.…

God Helps

There has been no one who achieved a great work alone without help from others. In the case of the forefathers of faith, too, none of them became great by themselves without someone’s help. We may receive help from men. However, the greatest help comes from God who made and governs all things in the universe. The help of man may lead us to failure or destruction. But God’s help always leads us to success and eternal salvation. Nothing fails if it is done with God’s help. The person whom God helps is the strongest one This is what happened when the Han dynasty was founded in China. After the great unification, the first emperor of the Han dynasty enjoyed…

Christmas Is Not the Birthday of Jesus?

As soon as December comes, Christmas trees are everywhere and shops display Christmas presents. People look very excited. Brother Question, you know that Christmas is not the birthday of Jesus, don’t you? Yes. That was even on TV. But people don’t regard Christmas as a religious day. It’s more like a holiday when everybody enjoys together. That’s right. However, December 25 is the sun-god’s birthday. Commemorating such a day is clearly an act of worshiping a pagan god. I was surprised when I first heard that. What happened? How did people come to celebrate the birthday of Jesus on the birthday of the sun-god? As Christianity spread beyond Judea to other countries, a church was established in Rome. At first,…

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Nowadays, Christianity is the world’s largest religion in terms of the number of followers, but I am told that the Christian Church was severely persecuted in the time of the early Church. Why was it so persecuted? And how did the early Christians keep their faith in the midst of such severe persecution?

First of all, we must understand that persecution and hardship always accompany God''s people, who hope for heaven and live a sincere life of faith, regardless of era (Ro 8:17). 2,000 years ago, Satan persecuted the Christian Church that followed the truth, by using the power of the world, especially with the support of Judaism that held vested rights and of Rome which dominated Israel at that time. However, the early Christians began to boldly preach the gospel through the power of the Holy Spirit which Jesus had poured out upon them at Pentecost after His resurrection and ascension. The more they were persecuted, the faster the gospel spread even to the Gentile nations, giving off a stronger fragrance of…

Spiritual Gravitation

All things created by God are attracted to each other by a force. This force is called “gravity.” There exists an attractive force between people and any two objects—for example, between a pencil and an eraser on the desk and between a book and a computer—even though we cannot feel the force because it is so weak. Newton, one of the greatest scientists, discovered the “law of gravitation”; according to the law of gravitation, the force of gravity between two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Newton understood just a little bit of the principles made by God, but God already revealed those principles of…

The Secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven and the Mystery of God

God is a treasure to us who believe in Him, but to those who do not believe He is a stone that causes them to stumble and a rock that makes them fall and He is also a trap and a snare to them. At Jesus’ first coming, there were the people like Thomas who blindly doubted what they did not see with their own eyes, and some people kept doubting even until just before Jesus ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives; they were present there with a doubtful mind. However, we can also see the disciples like Peter, John and James in the Bible who recognized the light of the glory of Christ and followed Him till…

Jesus definitely said on the cross, “It is finished.” If then, we don’t need to keep the regulations such as the Sabbath and the Passover any longer, do we?

Do the words, “It is finished” (Jn 19:30), which Jesus said before He died on the cross mean that we don’t need to do anything? Jesus’ words mean that what He had to do on the earth at His first coming was finished, not what we had to do was finished. If we study what Jesus fulfilled, we can understand that God’s people must keep His laws such as the Sabbath and the Passover more holy. Jesus was sacrificed as a ransom One of the important works, which Jesus had to do on the earth, was to give His life as a ransom for the sinners who were given the punishment of hell and were destined to die because of…

Trial and Hope

Everyone tends to judge and understand things based on their own experiences. Since they only know what they have experienced, their knowledge is so limited that many of them fail to believe in the prophecies of the Bible. People in the world would not believe or understand the prophecies of the resurrection and transfiguration and the glory that will be given to God’s people in the future, because they have not experienced it. What they have experienced until now is not everything in the world. They should not blindly deny something that they have not experienced; they must accept and believe the true word of God instead of blindly denying it. I hope that our brothers and sisters in Zion…

The Bible says, “Love God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.” Is there any specific way to practice it?

The Pharisees tested Jesus with this question: “Which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “ ‘Love God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.” Saying, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” Jesus said that all the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments (Mt 22:35-41). Through this, Jesus meant that the most important core of the Law established by God is love, and that the ultimate goal why God established the Law of the Old Testament and that of the New Testament and commanded us to keep them is also love. We cannot keep the first commandment that Jesus taught us when…

Why Should We Keep the Passover?

Our Church of God celebrates the Passover every year. Some people say, “Faith is more important than formalities in the life of faith.” Can you tell me why I should keep the Passover? We keep the Passover because we believe in God. Let me give you an example. What if a patient does not do what the doctor says though he says he trusts the doctor? If the patient trusts the doctor, he will follow the doctor’s prescription. Likewise, if we who are sinners believe in God the Savior, it is natural for us to obey the law of the forgiveness of sins which God commanded us to keep. You mean because we believe in God, we must obey the…

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The Kingdom of Heaven with Only Father and the Kingdom of Heaven with Both Father and Mother

Recently, many people have been asking us about God the Mother after seeing press releases or watching videos which introduce the Church of God. We are also hearing news about people from all around the world who are coming into the way of truth, although they had previously misunderstood the Church of God or did not know about the church fully. A member, who wanted to preach about God the Mother, met with one of his friends and asked, “Do you want to go to Heaven?” Then his friend answered, “Yes, of course, I do.” He asked his friend again, “If you want to go to the Kingdom of Heaven, would you rather be where there is only Father or…

Letters from Prison

Jawaharlal Nehru fought for India’s independence together with Mahatma Gandhi, and later became India’s first prime minister. During the time when India was under British rule, he was imprisoned many times for resisting the colonial rule. Since he was imprisoned in Naini Prison, he wrote letters to his only daughter, Indira. He sent her about 190 letters for three years. Then what did he desperately want to say to his beloved daughter? “On your birthday you have been in the habit of receiving presents and good wishes. Good wishes you will still have in full measure, but what present can I send you from Naini Prison? My presents cannot be very material or solid.” Nehru made every endeavor in the…

The Bible says that Jesus will come in clouds or in blazing fire when He comes to this earth again. Does it mean that He will come in clouds and judge the world with fire?

Most Christians think that the day of the Last Judgment is the day when Jesus, who came as the Savior 2,000 years ago, comes to this earth again. They commonly imagine the scene where Jesus comes on the clouds floating in the sky and execute judgment by fire immediately and the saved people enter the kingdom of heaven. However, the Bible does not teach that. Jesus’ coming in clouds and His coming in blazing fire The appearance of Jesus who comes on the clouds is different from that of Jesus who appears in blazing fire. So, the time and purpose of His first coming is also different from those of His second coming. “At that time the sign of the…

Listen to Whatever Sarah Tells You

3,500 years ago, God descended on Mount Sinai and proclaimed the Ten Commandments with His majestic voice and then engraved the words on stone tablets. All the words of God’s commandments were codified and became the basis of the Old Testament. And everything Jesus said and practiced and all the teachings He gave His disciples, when He came to this earth in the flesh 2,000 years ago, were also recorded in the Bible and became the backbone of the New Testament. We find many events and incidents in the New Testament, which deeply move us who are walking the path of faith today; Peter, John and James followed Jesus faithfully, Jesus gave His most famous sermon to people on the…

Metamorphosis, the Beginning of a New Life

“Now you are merely underwater nymphs. When you become adults, you will have beautiful transparent wings so you can fly freely in the sky. With the wings you can freely fly, traveling from flower to flower.” The frog in the story tells the nymphs about the beautiful world that he saw while traveling. However, the nymphs don’t believe what the frog said about the outer world, because they have only lived in the pond ever since they were born. Then one day, one of the nymphs undergoes a transformation. The dragonfly nymph climbs up a plant stem out of the water and splits its skin. Just like the frog said, it has been transformed into a dragonfly that can fly…

Each religion has a different point of view on the afterlife. What does the Bible say about it?

People have wanted to know about the afterlife for a long time, but there has been no way to know about it clearly. So, they have imagined the afterlife in their own way and have created countless religions. Confucianism insists that the human soul temporarily survives after death and then perishes. Buddhism insists that people transmigrate in the Six Realms when they die. Islam imitates Christianity and insists that there is a heaven and hell. However, that is it—they cannot give any evidence to support their insistence. Then, what does the Bible tell us? Through numerous prophecies and their fulfillments, God has clearly testified that the Bible is fact, and based upon the foundation of His testimony He has clearly…

Because They Feared God

Since the descendants of Jacob lived in Egypt, the Israelites have increased in number as time passes by, and have become more than Egyptians. At this, the king of Egypt feels threatened and gives a strict order to the Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah. “When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” If they disobey the royal order, they cannot avoid death. However, the midwives who fear God do not do what the king told them to do and let the boys live. Hearing this, the king of Egypt gets very angry and summons Shiphrah and Puah.…