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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.

For Him Who Believes

Jesus’ disciples tried to heal a demon-possessed boy, but they could not. When they were arguing with the teachers of the law about this, they saw Jesus and ran to Him. The crowd also gathered around Him. “What are you arguing with them about?” Then a man in the crowd answered. “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit.” From childhood, the boy’s life had been in danger many times; the spirit had often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. The boy’s father asked Jesus’ disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not. So he begged Jesus. “If you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” “ ‘If…

Light and All Creation

Seeing is a process to perceive the shapes and colors of objects with the eyes. This has been a great curiosity for many people since ancient times. Empedocles, an ancient Greek philosopher, thought that we can see objects as beams are emitted by the eyes, and Aristotle thought that colors exist in objects. Descartes said that when light touches an object, it is transformed into color and enters our eyes. It wasn’t until the 16th century when people finally figured out that we recognize an object as the light reflected on the object comes into our eyes. Like this, light is absolute in perceiving objects. Without light, our eyes can perceive neither the shape of an object nor its color.…

Be All the More Eager to Make Your Calling and Election Sure

A farmer is plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. Prophet Elijah, who received God’s command and has arrived there, goes up to the farmer and throws his cloak around the farmer, meaning that the farmer should respond to God’s calling. The farmer takes his yoke of oxen and slaughters them. He burns the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gives it to the people. Then he sets out to follow Elijah. The farmer’s name is Elisha, and he is recorded as God’s prophet in the Bible. Elisha, who strictly followed God’s will without hesitation when he was called to be a prophet, later inherited a double portion of the spirit that Elijah had and performed the will of God…

Power of Cleaning

Everyone prefers a clean and tidy place to a filthy one. However, no place can be clean by itself. Dust piles up silently even though nobody brings it in, and trash is left from whatever we do. That’s why we clean. Throwing away, wiping down, and organizing . . . Cleaning does not seem so important, but the power of cleaning is even more amazing than we think. Broken Window Theory After we clean up, we feel refreshed though tired a bit. In fact, cleaning can affect not only our mood but also our mind and behavior. This is proven true by the “Broken Window Theory.” Philip Zimbardo, an American psychologist, conducted an experiment: He put two cars with the…

Soil, the Earth’s Skin

On August 1, 2013, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] released images from the Mars rover Curiosity. Mars has a more Earth-like environment than any other planet in our solar system, so it is dubbed the second Earth and is considered the best candidate for human settlement. However, the images of Mars just showed a barren wasteland covered with vast expanses of sand, dust and rock, unlike the blue planet Earth. Birth of living soil One of the reasons Earth can become a beautiful planet that has life is that soil covers most of its land surface. Topsoil is the upper, outermost layer of soil. It is usually the top 30 cm [12 in]. On Mars, however, there is…

Heavenly Blessings Sold for Thirty Silver Coins

Before the Passover, Judas Iscariot goes to the chief priests. “What are you willing to give me if I hand Jesus over to you?” As the chief priests have been plotting to arrest in some sly way and kill Jesus of Nazareth who is an eyesore to them, they count out for Judas thirty silver coins. From then on, Judas watches for an opportunity to hand Him over. Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus’ twelve disciples with Peter, John, and Matthew. He gained enough trust to be the keeper of the money bag. And he witnessed the miraculous works of Jesus right beside Him. It was a life that many Christians today dream of. Nevertheless, Judas abandoned the responsibilities of…

Protein, Material of Life

You grope around to turn off the loud alarm, and drag your feet to the bathroom. You brush your teeth, wash up with soap contained in various containers, and dry your hair with a hair dryer. After a quick breakfast, you get dressed, and leave the house, carrying your purse and cell phone. When we take a look at the items that are used while getting ready to leave for work, most of them are made of plastic. Starting with watches, toothbrushes, detergent bottles, hair dryers, utensils, cooking utensils, functional fabrics, bags, and cell phone display stands—all these would not have been around us if we did not have plastic. The 21st century is worth being defined as the “age…

Express Spiritual Truths in Spiritual Words

God is holy and spiritual. Whether He is in spirit or in the flesh, there is no change to this fact. So the word holy is used as an adjective whenever God is being described. It is for the same reason that the Spirit of God is called the Holy Spirit. Everything that has to do with God is spiritual. Yet because people do not express spiritual truths in spiritual words, they commit the foolishness of relying on their own thoughts and experiences to judge what God is accomplishing. So we should be able to discern what belongs to the spiritual world with a spiritual perspective through the teachings of the Bible. Those Who Express Spiritual Truths in Sinful Words…

Knowing or Believing in the Prophecy

When Jesus was born, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem. “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.” When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them, “Where is the Christ to be born?” “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: ‘for out of Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of Israel.’” Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the…

The Righteous Who Walk in the Ways of God

The Bible teaches us the way of God as a book useful for training in righteousness (2 Ti 3:16). Furthermore, a great deal is written in the Bible concerning those who are righteous and those who are wicked. In the Bible, the wicked refer to those who neither revere God nor obey God’s commands, decrees, and laws. The wicked, who abandon God are to be judged and punished in the last days (2 Th 1:7–9). In the last days, the Age of the Holy Spirit, God Himself came to this earth again to teach mankind the ways of God. He did this so that those who were on the side of the wicked could live as righteous people by taking…

Dimensions

They say “Dimensions are different” when something goes beyond their expectancy or when something is not understandable. In such cases, a dimension means a particular aspect of something or a way of considering it. However, there is another definition of dimension. In the mathematical sense, it refers to spaces like a two-dimensional plane or a three-dimensional cube. Interestingly, however, in terms of recognizing dimensions, we can say that we are in a “low dimension.” Just as the beings in the two-dimensional world cannot know the three-dimensional world accurately, we cannot perceive the higher-dimensional worlds in the three-dimensional world that we see. Then how many dimensions are there in the universe? There can be a new dimension in the universe that…

In Search of Heavenly Mother

Wherever the gospel of the new covenant is preached, our spiritual brothers and sisters are returning to Zion one after another. Many people from all over the world, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, or race, come to Zion because they have seen the light of Heavenly Jerusalem Mother and heard Her voice. God has united a mother and a child into one body. From the beginning, a mother's body and the body of her child are connected as one through the umbilical cord. Since they are originally one body, a mother gives unconditional love to her children, not based on any logical or rational judgment. In fact, we can see that whenever children find themselves in a difficult situation, they long…

The Reason We Came to This Earth

When you go to another country, the first person you meet at the airport is a Customs and Border Protection officer. There is something the officer never forgets to ask visitors. They ask them what is the purpose of their visit. Whether you are visiting for a sightseeing or a business trip, you need to give a clear answer for the purpose of your visit in order to pass the screening process and achieve your goal in the country. If someone asks us the reason for coming to this earth, what should we answer? We were the people of heaven. Therefore, there is definitely a reason we have come to this earth. If we live, only chasing worldly desires, not…

Now I See

As Jesus went along, He saw a man blind from the birth. “This happens so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.” Having said this, Jesus spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” He told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam.” So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked how his eyes were opened. “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.” The Pharisees and the…

Plants’ Active and Intelligent Pollination Strategy

Black locust which spreads fragrance along the spring wind, pink royal azalea all over the mountains, and a bunch of red roses . . . The charming and colorful flowers attract people’s attention, giving out the taste of late spring. Whom are these beautiful and fragrant flowers for? There are cryptogams which have no flowers like moss or bracken, but most plants bloom flowers, make seeds, and leave offspring in the world. In order for seeds to be made, pollen which is made in a stamen needs to be in contact with a stigma; this process is called pollination. Since plants cannot move by themselves, they receive help from other things like insects, birds, water, and wind. Colorful flowers and…

The Way to Heaven

It has been a couple of years since everyone was under the cloud of worry due to COVID-19. Despite people’s efforts to stop this unheard-of virus, it has spread throughout the world. As a result, our daily lives has stopped in an instant, and various fields of industry, including national economies, culture, and the arts, have fallen into recession for a long time. In this situation where it is impossible to see the future, many people are confused and have lost their direction and purpose in life. When people are lost and wandering aimlessly, what is needed the most? Those who are wandering need the word of God. Through the teachings of the Bible, let us find out that the…

People Who Preach the Light

The Bible says that God is light. God’s children are called sons of light or children of light (1 Th 5:5; Eph 5:8). Light is an essential element for living things to exist. God began His creation by making light (Ge 1:1–5). Studying the Bible, let us understand what is the light God has shone on us and what mission He has entrusted to us. God Came as the Light in the Dark World All things were created by the will of God (Rev 4:11). When God created light, God embedded His profound providence inside the light He created. Light assists our eyes, helping us recognize and discern various objects. In pitch-black darkness, we cannot discern what is right in…

Secret to Happiness and Heaven

Since the coronavirus pandemic, our lives have drastically changed. On the one hand, people came to realize the importance of daily life; on the other, the number of people has increased who feel frustrated or depressed due to the limitations of communication and activities. As we hear the news of increasing economic hardships and intensifying social conflicts, many people are worried about the gloomy and unfortunate future due to various obstacles in front of them, and they feel depressed. However, there are also people who find greater happiness even in the midst of hardships and difficulties. They are the people who live with the hope of heaven in the truth of the new covenant. Let us, all of the members…

God Is My Strength

The action of making oneself move or the ability to make something else move is considered as the force or strength exerted. Where then does strength come from? Some people say that strength comes from our muscles, and thus they have to make their muscles grow in order for them to become strong. Some say that strong bones are the source of strength. Others say that a balanced diet gives them maximum strength, so they try their best to eat healthy foods and even herbal medicines. If this is how our bodies can gain strength, where does our spiritual strength come from? Our strength does not come from anyone else other than God. When a person encounters a difficult problem…

It Must Happen in This Way As the Scriptures Say

At night, Jesus goes with His disciples to Gethsemane. Finishing His prayer, He comes to His disciples who have fallen asleep. “Rise! Here comes my betrayer!” While he is still speaking, Judas Iscariot appears with a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders. Judas kisses Jesus as he has arranged a signal with the soldiers. “Friend, do what you came for.” Then, the soldiers step forward and seize Jesus, whereat Peter, one of Jesus’ disciples, draws his sword and cuts off the ear of a servant of the high priest. Jesus scolds him. “Put your sword back in its place! Do you think I cannot call on My Father, and He will…