Category: Eight Great Textbooks

You Are to Be Recognized and Confirmed by the Absolute Being

What is the purpose for which you came here? You did not come to solve some external problem.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 715

    Once born, we must eventually die. That is the formula. Then after death, where do we go? All Unification Church members know they have a spirit self. This spirit self must grow.
    What will become an issue for you in the future is that one day you will have to write your autobiography. Such a time will come. The question is what you have done since joining the Unification Church and what will be contained in that record. If you worked at a company as an employee, it is not a valuable condition and such a record will not be helpful at all. It will be shameful to have worked at a company after joining the church. Such a time will come.
    In the future, a process known as registration will be established. When North and South Korea are reunified, you must be registered. The term tribal messiah is not the issue. The contents and facts associated with that term are what matters. From now on, the content of the term will become indemnity conditions for you to walk on your own eternal path of life. When you go to the other world, what matters is how much effort you made to have experiences in your heart, walking such paths, and even more so, to what extent you brought substantial results.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1580   

    Beloved Heavenly Father! Today is October 5, 1998, which is also Chuseok in Korea, a day of celebration on which the people honor their ancestors. You have worked endlessly to establish the realm of liberation for the Old, New and Completed Testament ages in history to ease Your grief over not having seen this world become a settlement of love, in which all forms of creation, all people in the spirit world, countless believers, and all things created with love and living on earth would have lived together with You. Today, before heaven and earth, Cheongpyeong in Korea, and the people gathered here in São Paulo in the western world, please bring to an end the sorrowful history that You have had to endure. Continue reading “You Are to Be Recognized and Confirmed by the Absolute Being”

We Should Have the Relationships of Brothers and Sisters Under the Same Parents

We should directly inherit the way of life, habits, and traditions of the parents.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1617

    If you unite with the righteousness of the original love, you can then embody God’s original characteristics, be His representative, and God’s full object partner. When God created His object partners with His original nature, He also endowed them with creativity – that is, absolute, unique, unchanging and eternal creativity. He placed in that partner an absolute creativity based on love. In order to create, one needs the attributes of a subject partner. God thus intends His object partner to resemble Him. (303- 260, 1999.9.9)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1731

    Who on earth are Adam and Eve? Theirs is the position where the harmonization of humanity based on their horizontal ideal love is supposed to take place, the right angle set, and the focal point set up. That position would intersect the lines drawn from above to below, left to right, and front to back. What does this mean? Since God is the Subject with dual characteristics, and will enter the mind of Adam and Eve when they conform to the focal point of love, the wedding of these ancestors of humankind who have not fallen would be His wedding as well. (223-267, 1991.11.12)

Richard:  And thus we can know the significance of the Blessing, to return to this original ideal from our fallen state. Continue reading “We Should Have the Relationships of Brothers and Sisters Under the Same Parents”

God Allows Satan’s Side to Strike First

But in the end, he has to return everything, after adding to it some original goodness that is in him.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 375

    What must you do to become a global figure? You cannot become one merely on the basis of human morality or just by making people your central concern. If your central concern relates to human beings, you will not be able to go beyond the national level. It is that which is of heaven that will enable you to step beyond the national level. Without a philosophy that embraces heaven and earth, you cannot transcend the nation. (38-260, 1971.1.8)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1611

    Until now I have not told you to obey my words absolutely. We need to follow faithfully this historic course, the providential course of history for the sake of God. I have not taught you the course of the providence of restoration for the sake of Rev. Moon of the Unification Church.
    I too am following this path, marching forward towards the ultimate goal of God, our Lord, and the goal of humankind, which stands as the object. Since these two goals failed to culminate at one point, it is the aim of the Divine Principle and Unification Thought to bring this matter to a conclusion. (71-64, 1974.4.28)

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon 

Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 3

Worship Service and Etiquette in Church Life

Summary:
A strong life of faith is defined by a heart that feels a constant, powerful drive to serve the world and follow God’s will. When you focus on selfless love and sacrifice, you are training yourself for your true spiritual home, whereas being self-centered pushes God away. Even though it might seem like the “evil” side wins by being aggressive first, God’s way is to allow the “good” side to be struck and then eventually reclaim everything with even more blessings added. Because of this, you should treat every moment as a precious, irreplaceable opportunity to show your devotion, staying determined to give your best and live for others even when it is difficult.
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You Should Invest, Invest Again, and Forget

To make you into a person who can receive God’s love and the love of humankind, you will be asked to sacrifice yourself, go through difficulties.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1027

    You may want to say on Sunday, “Where in the Bible shall we read from? Break out the hymns! Break out the Holy Songs!” Do not do this. This is not what you should do. Center your words on your knowledge of people; use real life resources and relate them to comparable passages in the Bible. Give an interesting sermon that compares personal experiences with the content of the Bible. Then the mind of that listener will be completely blown away. When he hears about his own experiences, he will like it. Do not attempt to do it by looking at books. Books come from people as well. You must know that people themselves are the original books. (46-284, 1971.8.17)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 938

    The words of Divine Principle are a record of the victorious battles I fought to discover everything about the spirit world. I confronted these issues since the time of my youth. I am not saying anything vague or obscure. Even Lee Sang-hun did not have complete faith in me during his time on earth. When I said, “The True Parent has the responsibility to grasp the spirit world with his right hand, and grasp the earth with his left, and change them around,” he questioned what I meant. (302-156, 1999.6.13)

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon 

Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 3

Worship Service and Etiquette in Church Life

Summary:
The heart of the Unification Church is the commitment to live for the sake of others, just as God lives for the sake of His creation. To become someone truly worthy of God’s love, you are encouraged to embrace sacrifice and endure hardships with a grateful heart, even when things are difficult or your physical needs are barely met. By staying patient, serving others selflessly, and prioritizing the world’s needs over your own, you protect yourself from negative influences and align your spirit with the universe. Ultimately, the goal is to keep giving and investing your love without keeping track of your sacrifices, trusting that this path of service and endurance is the true way to bring joy to God and create a better world.
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The Path of True Love is Paved through Dedication, Service and Sacrifice

This means it is the course of re-creation. You must make sacrifices on this course of re-creation.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 2082

The current goal is the unification of North and South Korea. God is hoping for a base in your families, the nation, and the world from which He can enter into His Sabbath by unifying North and South Korea. This is the only way to attend God. The unification of North and South Korea, the integration of Eastern and Western cultures, and liberation of heaven and hell will come about when we create an environment centering on love greater than that for our father and mother, husband or wife, and children, and are willing to build a sacrificial altar centering on that love. It can never be solved without love. Love is the key. (170-103, 1987.11.8)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 2211

    Jesus said that no matter what kind of difficult circumstances we encounter we have to have endurance in order to overcome. He said that we have to have more loyalty and filial piety for God’s will than sinners show towards evil. This is the basis of the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit which is taught in Christianity. If you live a life of love, then happiness and peace will arise; and through endurance, mercy and goodness will arise; and through a life of loyalty, gentleness and humility will arise. Continue reading “The Path of True Love is Paved through Dedication, Service and Sacrifice”