Author: Richard Urban

Witnessing Should be Done Effectively

Now you should go fully prepared. You should offer devotion when you go witnessing. You must be different from the past.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 553

    People in today’s world who flaunt their pedigrees and parade their degrees as marks of social distinction, are unaware that their births were spiritually sullied. They do not know that they were born with the love, life and lineage of Satan; God’s enemy. This is a serious problem.
    Due to the Fall, people have been born from Satan’s love which was passed down to their parents. Satan’s blood has made its way down through the lives of our mothers and fathers to us in the present day. The fruit of those three then, is you. As such, you all belong to the satanic lineage. In other words, Satan’s blood is running through your veins. Therefore, he automatically bears his ideal fruit while God strives to redeem those very men and women and transform them into originally pure and perfect people. You all began from Satan’s love and are born from his lineage.
    Since your start was all wrong, you must return to the original point. As we originated from false parents, we need to return and start anew from true parents. How serious is this? It is imperative to inherit God’s love, life and lineage afresh.
    That is why, when you receive the Blessing, you undergo the ceremony for changing the lineage. You must believe in this more than your own life. Just because it is a Unification Church ceremony, you should not think of it as some ordinary ritual. It is like a wonder drug, an antidote, to restore the dead back to life.
    Our ancestors committed an error so grave that countless people fell victim to its aftereffects throughout the course of human history. Knowing this, we cannot tread that same path again ever again! We paid a ghastly price throughout history for having perpetuated illicit love in the fallen spiritual and physical worlds, with far-reaching consequences for individuals, families, societies, nations and the world. (216-109, 1991.3.9) Continue reading “Witnessing Should be Done Effectively”

The Only Missing Thing in Spirit World would Be a True Person

Have you ever wailed and prayed through the night for the sake of a new guest?

Cheon Seong Gyeong 2108  

    What is the method to bring about unification? Living for the sake of others. Then, in uniting the North and South, should we do what Kim Il-sung says? We are not doing what Kim Il-sung says. Everywhere love dwells is good and desirable, and if we stand in this good position of being able to give eternally, the North and South will be united. Now, if we just establish an eternal foundation on which to give at a level higher than the current living standards of the people in the North, then communist propaganda will have no affect. If South Korea excels in all fields including economics, living standard and education, and stands in the position of giving eternally, the North Koreans will unite with us even if they are told not to. (36-76, 1970.11.15)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1348

    After restoring the people, we need to restore the land. I toured forty nations around the world to establish holy grounds. I was able to do this because I had established the standard existing prior to the Fall in Korea. I established holy grounds in 105 places in forty nations around the world. The 120 Couples symbolize 120 nations. From this day forward, we need to establish 120 holy grounds. (16-7, 1963.12.21)

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selected Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon 

Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 3

Worship Service and Etiquette in Church Life

Summary:
In the spirit world, the most valuable thing you can offer is the fact that you helped others become true, good people. Because of this, “witnessing”—or sharing your faith with others—is the most important thing you can do, and it requires your total heart and devotion rather than money or material things. You are encouraged to love people so deeply that you would sacrifice anything for them, even losing sleep or crying for their sake as if they were your own family. To succeed, you must study people’s feelings and stay focused on them with an unchanging heart, no matter how much time or effort it takes. By giving your life and love completely to help save others, you fulfill your spiritual purpose and receive that same love back in return. Continue reading “The Only Missing Thing in Spirit World would Be a True Person”

Witnessing Is Creating My Second Self

When you have the living experience that God is alive, then you will go out witnessing even if people tell you not to do so.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 380

    There are three kinds of birds’ songs. First, there is a song expressing hunger; second, a song sung in expressing love for a mate; and third, a song sung in time of danger. These are all different. We ordinary people do not know this, but they know in their own world. When they call out of hunger, all of the other birds already know. But around what does their daily life revolve? Hunger is taken care of simply by eating, and they are not facing danger every day, either. Most of their singing goes back and forth in the give and take relationship with their partner. (137-211, 1986.1.3)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1542

    Christ at his Second Advent is coming to save humanity. Once the heavenly standard has been established, God is ready to strike. He takes the offensive. That does not mean that He kills His foes by executing them in the style of Stalin; instead, He makes them surrender at once. He must make Satan submit to Him, firstly through His ideology, secondly through His citizenry, thirdly through His sovereignty, and fourthly through His territory. Everyone desires to have ideals, friends, power, and money, and these four items represent the four that have been listed above. (12-169, 1963.3.16)

Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 3

Worship Service and Etiquette in Church Life

Summary:
Witnessing is the act of showing others how to return to God, which is the most important task a person can do. It requires hard work and sacrifice, but by eliminating evil and loving God above all else, you open yourself up to receiving His love in return. This practice isn’t just a temporary job; it is a way to grow spiritually and find true joy, even when life is difficult. Ultimately, the people you help lead to God are your only real “assets” because, in the afterlife, your earthly money and power won’t matter—only the lives you changed will last forever. Continue reading “Witnessing Is Creating My Second Self”

Blessed Families Report in Their Own Names

The blessed families who received the Blessing from True Parents are not just regular families. They are different from those in the satanic world.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1474   

As an absolute being with an absolute ideal for His creation, God pursues beings who can relate to Him with absolute value. This is something that cannot be exchanged for anything in this world. A being that can relate to God has a value that is greater than that of God Himself. The term “the value of one’s counterpart” seems difficult to comprehend. The value of a partner, of any being as a counterpart, is so great that it cannot be exchanged for anything or anyone, even for God. God cannot exchange it with Himself, for if He did, He would be left alone as a result. He would be left all by Himself.
    This is why God invests Himself and exhausts His own strength and His own energy. He is engaged in a war of attrition. The forms of existence thus created with relational value that cannot be exchanged for God Himself are human beings. The form of existence with absolute value is none other than humankind. God created people as beings of value with such an idea. (68-134, 1973.7.29)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 783

    What kinds of people live with the hope of God? They are those who can cross joyfully over the valley of death that brings sorrow to humankind. Those are the people who hold on to the hope of God. Therefore, you should not become someone who, in the face of death, resents and laments over all the affairs of this world. Instead, you should become someone who can stand before Heaven with joy and be proud of the value of your death. We should know that God is looking for those sons and daughters of hope. God cannot help loving a person who feels the joy of Heaven in such a situation. He cannot help answering the cry of the group of people who cry out to Him from such a position. (6-54, 1959.3.22)

Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 3

Worship Service and Etiquette in Church Life

Section 6. God Accepts Prayers for the Public Purpose

6.2. Praying in the name of the True Parent

Summary
This text explains that in the Unification movement, the way people pray has changed over time to reflect different stages of spiritual growth. Originally, followers moved away from praying in the name of Jesus to praying in the name of the “True Parents,” who represent a holy, restored version of the original parents of humanity. However, as of 2001, followers are instructed to pray in their own names as members of a “blessed central family.” This change signifies that these families have successfully separated themselves from a fallen world and have reached a high level of spiritual maturity where they no longer need to ask for things through a middleman. Instead of traditional prayer, they are encouraged to “report” their daily actions directly to God, living as perfected families who understand God’s heart and goals.

    When you pray, you pray in the name of the True Parents. What are the parents? Do not think of this word only with regard to myself and True Mother; rather, think of the level of the True Parents in terms of the mother and father who can embrace the world at a higher level and truly love all people as one by transcending racial or national feelings. This is why I also pray in the name of the True Parents. (33-143, 1970.8.11) Continue reading “Blessed Families Report in Their Own Names”

Blessings Come According to the State of Your Heart

For what do you pray and offer devotion?

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1484

    No one knew that within oneself is a great teacher. The original mind stands in the stead of the great mother and father. The counsel of the mother and father is never contrary to the original mind. Whenever it counsels you, just as your mother or father would do, you should learn to obey. An orderly life requires a moral standard that can serve as its original reference. Such a formula based on the original mind has yet to be formed. You should not torment your mind. Do any of you like having a dual personality? The original mind stands in the stead of the teacher, parents, and God. There is no teacher who can teach the mind. (207-266, 1990.11.11)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1181

    As Eve was created through Adam, Mother had to come from a position where she did not know anything. She was not supposed to have many relatives. It wouldn’t work if she had three generations trailing along with her. She could not have had any vertical relationships within her family. She could not have come from an ordinary kind of family. In fact, True Mother satisfies this criterion, isn’t that so? She had no elder brother or father. There were just the two of them, mother and daughter. Her mother was a representative figure among Koreans when it came to offering devotions for the Second Coming of the Lord. Such were the followers of the “Inside the Belly” Church, who believed that the Lord would come in the flesh. After I came to know Mother, she received the blessing of the women elders who represented the history of Korea in the providence, and who had fulfilled every responsibility related to Eve. (184-293, 1989.1.1)

Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 3

Worship Service and Etiquette in Church Life

Section 6. God Accepts Prayers for the Public Purpose

6.1. Greetings require protocol

    When you pray, you should first pray for the nation, then pray for the world, and then pray for the liberation of God. Do you think God is in a comfortable situation? Yet, without knowing what they should do and how the fortune of this world is changing, many people are just asking, “O Lord, please send me to heaven.” (14-65, 1964.5.3) Continue reading “Blessings Come According to the State of Your Heart”