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4.2. Home Church is the place where the providence is finally settled
The fact I have declared such an event, is a gigantic leap in providential history. If you are victorious in Home Church, what will that make you? When that time comes, you will be messiahs. You will become tribal messiahs, and from there you will be the persons responsible to face the people and save them.
How do you reach perfection? All of you have parents, children, and things of creation. Home Church is the place to develop these things. Because Adam fell, he lost these three things. We must find these three things and offer them to God. We should find what was lost and offer it through the True Parents to God. We need to go through God. We have to find the things that were lost, offer them up to God, and inherit them again from Him, as our parents. You should know that if you offer everything to God, your house will be built and your world will come about. The foundation for that is Home Church. This is a sacrifice. This is an altar, a place where you present your three offerings. (101-338, 1978.11.12)
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By fulfilling your own portion of responsibility, the realms of indirect and direct dominion are linked, and the Kingdom of Heaven on earth and in the spirit world are connected; without this, everything is cut off. Thus, we must each become the substance and embodiment of love who has fulfilled our portion of responsibility and we have to love God, the whole universe, and our family. Only such people will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. This is the formula for entering the Kingdom. (149-318, 1986.12.21)
Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 2
Etiquette for Attending True Parents
Section 3. The Manner in Which We Attend True Parents
3.1. The law in the age of justification by attendance is the highest law
In Korean society, during the three-year mourning period after their parents have passed away, the children offer meals to the departed spirits of their parents every morning and evening. Also, whenever they go out or return home, they give a greeting towards the altar of their parents. Aren’t there such traditions in Korean society? You have to do better than that. Does what you do now precisely fulfill the formalities of Heaven from the viewpoint of God’s will? It does not. Far from it. (31-275, 1970.6.4)
The quickest way to establish the heavenly tradition in a family is to do it during my lifetime. Originally you were supposed to bathe every morning to purify yourself and walk 10 ri to offer bows to me. Without establishing such a tradition, the path of your descendants will be blocked. (21-88, 1968.11.3)
Amongst the church members, some say that they can go to the movies because I often go to the movies. They don’t understand. In the past, I never even went in front of a movie theater. It is not a problem now, since I went through so much training and equipped myself with such self control that no matter where I go, I am not infected or dominated by those places.
Yet, there are some silly people who say that they will just do as I do – following me when I go down to the country or using crude language because I do…. I have lived a life of attendance to God, and even served and bowed respectfully to young children until the time came that I could speak without using honorific language. After knowing God’s will, people feel awkward to such an extent that when I speak to them in respectful language they cannot respond with their faces raised. Imagine how awkward it would be if I had to treat you so politely. (57-277, 1972.6.4)
3.2. Ethics and morality give value to human beings
Today, most laws in this world find their basis in Roman law. However, morality is based on conscience rather than law. The foundation of conscience is goodness. The standard of conscience is the standard of goodness. When you move away from goodness and do wrong, your conscience tries to correct your error. If people tried to create a universal social system in accordance with the conscience, they would still need laws. Where is morality rooted? It is rooted in the heavenly law. (33-44, 1970.8.2)
Ethics are formed on the basis of the emotions of love, aren’t they? In the relationships between family members, the idea of morality, order, the social system and so forth are based upon deep emotional factors. People express their respect to the one who can show the deep emotion of a long-lasting or consistent love. You should know that. The motivation for the establishment of ethics lies in the emotion of love. Ethics begin from the point of parents loving their children. True human relationships are established when children love their parents. (64-124, 1972.10.29)
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Daily Inspiration Discussion Forum
What can we learn from the Korean tradition of filial piety toward parents? How does this apply to our relationship with True Father and True Parents?
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