Sermons
This is to help you meditate day and night on God’s words that revive your soul.
Sarah’s Laughter and Zion
In the Bible, Abraham represents God the Father (Lk 16:19–31). Isaac, who inherited his estate, represents us, God’s children—the children of promise (Gal 4:28). And Sarah, Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother, stands for our Mother who is the reality of the new covenant (Gal 4:21–26). Since God has established Zion—the city of truth—in this dark and heartless world, the power of Satan is gradually fading away, while Zion is overflowing with joy and gladness, thanksgiving and the sound of singing every day (Isa 51:3). We have met our Heavenly Father and Mother in Zion. So, we should always be joyful and make our Heavenly Mother happy just as Sarah was so happy to have her own son Isaac that she…
God Is Visible Only Through Faith
When we preach God’s word, we often meet people who say they will believe in God if we show them God. They say, “How can I believe in the unseen. I only believe what I can see.” There is a saying that goes: “Seeing is believing.” Once a man said, “Show me God. Since it is said that seeing is believing, I will believe in God if I can see Him.” What do you think God said to him? “Believe in Me, and you will see Me.” God did not say, “Seeing is believing,” but said, “If you believe, you will see everything.” Just as the Bible says, “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of…
Those Who Have the Desires of the Spirit and Those Who Have the Desires of the Flesh
God has told us to always have the desires of the Spirit. Since the Spirit is God, the desires of the Spirit are the desires God gives us, which come from the same heart as God. On the contrary, the desires of the flesh are the desires Satan tries to instill in us to divert us away from spiritual things. When Satan tempted Jesus at the beginning of His public ministry, he also used the desires of the flesh; he attempted to entice Jesus with the riches and honors of the world. However, Jesus answered all the temptations of Satan by using the words of God, which awaken the desires of the Spirit (Mt 4:1–10). Now, let’s see in detail…
Overcome Temptation
When we look into what happened to the Israelites in the desert, we can find the wisdom to overcome temptations. The Israelites had suffered all kinds of hardships in Egypt for 430 years, and by the grace of God they were released from slavery in Egypt and proceeded toward the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey. As God’s chosen people, they celebrated the Passover and received the Ten Commandments—the words of the covenant—and many other decrees, laws and regulations from God. Although they were God’s chosen people who were given the covenant of God, most of them failed to reach the land of Canaan and were destroyed in the desert. It was because they did not overcome the…
Be Joyful Always
What a joyful and happy place the kingdom of heaven we are going to must be! The Bible tells us that the things of this earth are a copy and shadow of the things in heaven (Heb 8:5). So, if we carefully examine the feelings of joy which God has given us human beings, we can realize the true joy and happiness that we will enjoy in heaven. The joy and pleasure we feel are expressed through a smile or laughter. In everyday conversations, when we talk about gloomy and heavy topics or negative things, we feel uncomfortable and our faces get stiff. On the contrary, when we talk about something funny or pleasant, it brings a smile or laugher…
God Saw That It Was Good
We are walking the path of faith towards the goal of entering the eternal heavenly kingdom. In the desert of faith, some walk the path of faith in a manner pleasing to people, and others live the life of faith in a way pleasing to God. In the history of the early Church, we can see that the apostles and the saints were trying to walk the path of faith in a God-pleasing direction, saying, “Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God?” (Gal 1:10). It is the same with us in this age. The reason we are trying to participate in the divine nature and always live a life full of smiles just as…
The Throne of Judgment & the Record of Actions
In Revelation, we see that a book, which contains a record of the actions that each person has done in his or her life, is opened before the throne of judgment when the time comes for God to judge human beings. According to what is written in the book, God will examine the whole course of our lives on this earth—whether we have done right or wrong and whether we have done good in obedience to God’s will or we have done evil, and He will judge each of us according to our deeds. So, every moment given to us each day is very important. As for those whose record of actions is filled with evil deeds, God will judge…
Preaching, a Conversation for Salvation
We have many conversations with people around us every day. Sometimes we have business conversations at work, sometimes we have pleasant conversations with our family members, and we also say the words of blessing to our brothers and sisters whenever we greet them. Come to think of it, conversations are a huge part of our everyday lives. It is because without conversations we can hardly communicate and understand each other. So, conversations are an essential part of our lives. There are empty and useless conversations and also bad conversations that bring forth evil (Mt 12:34–37). So, God has taught us how to have a good, beautiful conversation. That is preaching. Preaching is a conversation that we have with a mind…
Jonah’s Ship and Paul’s Ship
When the human life comes to an end, judgment follows (Heb 9:27). Judgment is the process of making the final decision on whether a defendant is guilty or not and what the nature of the crime is if the defendant is guilty. It is the same for judgment in the spiritual world. The people, who do not know how horrible the pain of hell is, waste their time on this earth, and they will meet a situation where they will have regrets at the end of their lives. Since God knows what happens at the end of human life, He came to this earth in the flesh. He established the new covenant by offering Himself as a sacrifice for our…
Preparing for the Eternal World
The Bible says, “As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field” (Ps 103:15). This shows how short and vain human life is. However, there is a new kind of life after our life on this earth; we are to return to the place we came from. When this life is over, everyone must go to the afterlife. Now, let us take some time to think about how much time and effort we are putting into preparing for the kingdom of heaven we are going to. A servant’s advice Once upon a time, there was a royal servant who won the king’s favor. The servant was good and faithful, and he was also…
Do You Love God?
God loves us. He chose us before the creation of the world with love, cared about our safety even until the last moment when He breathed His last breath on the cross, and loves us constantly, even at this very moment. Do we truly love God? Although we are now walking the path of faith in God, let us take some time to think again about whether we truly love God. The Bible says, “May those who love you [Jerusalem] be secure” (Ps 122:6), and, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” (1 Co 2:9). In this spiritual Jubilee year, I want us all to cherish…
Preaching Without Fear
Lately, many of our heavenly family members have been returning to Zion, and God allows us to establish Zion everywhere in the world. The whole world is being filled with the message of the gospel as prophesied in the Bible (Hab 2:14; Mt 24:14). At this present time, when the whole world is being filled with the word of God, let us think about how loud we are raising our voices to preach the gospel. We must not hesitate to preach the gospel; if we are hesitant, we will regret it forever. There is an element of risk in preaching with fear, which can cause us to lose God’s blessings, but preaching without fear brings forth great blessings. Let us…
Words and Salvation
Words are very important in people’s lives. There is a breakdown in trust between people because of the words they say; they can lose all trust in an instant. This is a common occurrence in the world. We cannot live without speaking. When we talk to others, we need to be careful about what we say, being considerate of their feelings; we should think about how they will think, how it will affect their faith, and what result it will bring forth. The words spoken thoughtlessly or the words that have snowballed in the process of being transmitted from people to people can create discord and misunderstanding among people. In this physical world, words are very important. In faith, the…
The Life by Choice
Let us take some time to consider how blessed we are to live the life we have chosen according to God’s word in our journey of faith, so that we can go to heaven by obeying God’s word and making the choices that please Father and Mother all the time. When we look at the lives of our forefathers in faith—from Moses, Abraham, Noah, Adam, and Eve to Jesus’ disciples such as Peter, John, and James, they all lived their lives by choice. During the journey of the Israelites in the desert, the Israelites wasted their time by making unfavorable choices every moment of their lives. It is the same with our lives. Life is a series of choices. Every…
God the Mother, Eternal Life
Scientists have been curious about the origin and nature of life and have repeatedly studied it for a long time. As a result, they have recently discovered that the characteristics of all living organisms and their life spans are determined by the genes they inherit from their parents. However, there are still many unsolved questions regarding life. The Bible testifies about God who is the Creator of life and is eternal life itself. It contains the mysteries of life that scientists have not yet been able to solve. Now, let’s discover the mysteries in the Bible that have been kept hidden since the creation of the world. God has eternal life God, whom we believe in and preach, is the…
When We Are Called by God
When God calls us, we tend to examine our abilities first, thinking, ‘Am I qualified?’ ‘Do I have the ability to do it?’ If we think about whether or not we will be able to do what God has called us to do with our own abilities, we will all end up saying that we can’t do it. When God calls us, all we have to do is follow God’s calling, saying, “Amen!” Then the work of salvation will steadily proceed through the power of God. God’s calling us doesn’t mean that God will fulfill His work by using our abilities, but it shows His intention to help and guide us with His power to carry out His work, based…
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…