CHILDREN OF LIGHT

This hour we will learn with the title, ‘Children of Light.’ Psalms 27:1 says, [The Lord is my light,] and John 1:5 says, [God is light and there is no darkness with Him.] So our Father, our Real Daddy is light. As He appeared on the mount of Transfiguration, He was full of light. Matthew 17:5.

Reader: While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him.”

Speaker: When our Daddy appeared on the mount of Transfiguration, a dazzling light covered the whole mountain. Is our Father truly light? His Son Jesus is also light. John 8:12.

Reader: Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

Speaker: [Jesus spoke to them saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life.] John 12:46.

Reader: I have come as a light into the world, that whoever abides in Me should not abide in darkness.

Speaker: Yes. He said that He has [come as a light into the world.] So hundred of years before His birth, Jesus already came.

There was a prophecy about Him in Matthew 4:16 saying that [the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.] It says here that people saw a great light. When Apostle Paul saw the light of Jesus on the way to Damascus, he became blind because the dazzling glory appeared before him all of a sudden. The light of Jesus was brighter than the light of the sun that’s why Apostle Paul became blind. Is Jesus truly light? The Holy Spirit is also light.

In Acts 2:3, it says that [there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.] The fire here represents light. When they were in the night of misery, agony, sorrow, and distress, they received this light. This light, this fire of heaven descended upon the foreheads of each one of them. When Stephen was stoned to death, his countenance was full of great light because our Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit were abiding in his heart. That’s why light overflowed from his countenance. Since we are His children, we must be also light. As the King of the Stone Kingdom is a rock, a stone, the people of the Stone Kingdom must be the same. So we as children of God must be light. Only when we become light, we can be children of light, of our Father.

In Psalms 119:105 it says, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” So His word, His word is the very light. The word that comes out from our Father’s mouth is the very light to our heart, when we are in darkness.

Proverbs 6:23 says that [the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; reproofs of instruction are the way of life.]

Ephesians 5:13 says that [all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.]

So, our Father’s commandment is light. His law is light, even his reproofs are light. Everything that comes from our Father is light. Only light comes from our Father.

In Isaiah 50:10, it says [Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light?] Our Father’s name is also light. When we are in darkness, when we are in distress, or in despair, if anybody talks to us about our Father’s love, our darkness completely turns into light.

1John 2:9 also says that love is light. Please read 1 John 2:9~10.

Reader: He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

Speaker: So [he who loves his brother abides in the light,] because love is light.

John 3:21 says [he who does the truth comes to the light] because truth is also light.

Psalms 37:6 says [He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.] Righteousness is also light.

John 17:3 says that eternal life is also light.

John 1:4 says [In Him was life, and the life was the light of men]

1John 1:5 says [that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.] That’s why everything that comes out from our Father is light. All the words that come out from our Father are light. His commandments, His righteousness, even His reproofs are also light. If you only accept His reproof gladly, it is also light.

His name is also light. When we hear our Father’s voice, when we hear our Daddy’s name, in time of distress, we receive light from Him.

James 1:17 says [Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights.] He is the Father of light. So our Father’s another name is the Father of light. Only light comes out from Him and He produces only light. He bears only children of light. If you are in darkness, you are not a child of God. You all must be children of light because He is the light. If we are God’s children, we must be children of light. So, all gifts come from our Father. His first gift is Jesus who is also a light. As our Father’s gift to the world, we must go out to the world as light and give light to them. 

That’s why John 12:46 says [I have come as a light into the world; and whoever believes in me should not abide in darkness.]

John 12:35~36.

Reader: Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you, he walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.

Speaker: Since our Father is light, in order to be His real children- prince and princesses- what should we be? We must become light. Jesus said, “A little while longer the light is with you. So walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you.” This light will not abide with us forever. It will disappear. Spring light will be taken away soon. Summer light will also be withdrawn soon. Very soon, darkness comes night after night. When the light is with us, we must receive the light diligently. That’s the only way for us to produce fruits. All the trees who refuse to receive light from the sun can never produce fruits. They, themselves even die. So when the light is with us we must quickly and diligently receive the light. The time is coming soon for the light to be withdrawn away. Even if you want to receive the light then, you will not be able to receive it anymore.

When the light goes away, we will be overtaken by all kinds of germs and bacteria. All the trees and every living thing will die. Oh, how thankful we are supposed to be to this light. If there is no light, everything under heaven will die. Not a single grain of wheat, not a single grain of rice, not a single fruit will be produced. No tree in the world will be able to produce a fruit without light. Imagine the world without light. Can there be any leaves, can there be any flower, or fruits? We cannot express, we can never express our gratitude to this light. We must be thankful to this.

That’s why apart from Jesus who is light, nobody in the world can be regenerated or sanctified, can bear fruits of regeneration and sanctification. Do you think you can make those chestnut trees and fruit trees bear fruits without sunlight by giving them electric light? Do you think you can make them bear fruits by giving them artificial light? Even if you try to do it, probably you have to spend tremendous amount of money. And how can we make all the trees in the world bear fruits without sunlight? Without sunlight, all the living things on this earth will have disease. Everything will be invaded by germs, bacteria, and fungus. Everything, both men and animals and all living things will die completely. Without sunlight, everything will come to end.

So have you seen a little plant which grew under the shade? They grow so slowly, so weak and they eventually die. But all the trees and plants under the direct sunlight grow so strongly and produce leaves and fruits.

Light is also a remedy. It not only causes trees to produce fruits but also heals them. It is known that sunlight heals over 150 kinds of diseases. Not only 150 but even thousand kinds of diseases. Sunlight heals all kinds of diseases.

When I was young, one day I went to the sea with one of my friends to swim. While swimming in the water I got caught by an oyster. You know oyster shell is too sharp. So I was caught on my knee. Blood was coming out so my friend took me to the shore and made me sit down on the sand with my knee facing the sun. Just a few minutes later it was completely healed. It was just for a few minutes. I did not know that before, it was the first time I found out that the sun gives a strong remedy. Even if there comes only a tiny sunbeam into one room, all the germs inside the room are destroyed. Sun is very strong remedy.

We must be thankful for this physical light and this spiritual light that came into our life. Without physical and spiritual light, nobody can live. Everything must be given us both physically and spiritually. They are so essential. So nothing under heaven can survive without sunlight. Men and animals cannot live without light. With the light, everybody can be healed and bear fruits. Now no matter how beautiful you may be, no matter how nice clothes you are wearing, if there is no light, can anybody say you are beautiful? Only when there is light, there are beautiful people. You must be thankful to the light of the sun. Because of sunlight you can display your beauty; you can display your clothes. Without light nobody can be beautiful.

Likewise if our Father had not us given the spiritual light into our heart, how could we have such a beautiful face like angels? How could our soul produce fruits of regeneration and sanctification? How could we produce leaves of regeneration and flowers of sanctification? We all would have become corrupt and die away completely. Both physical and spiritual lights revive us. It revives us from death. This special light of our soul gives us eternal life. Our Father gave us this light of our soul as a gift. He kept this so precious that’s why He did not tell anybody. He did not ask anybody to introduce this life to the world because this light is so precious, so valuable. This light is Jesus. He did not tell anybody to bear witness of Jesus. Not all people can testify of Jesus. Unless one is acknowledged by heaven, unless one is recognized by God, he cannot testify of Jesus. He cannot and He should not. John 1:6.

Reader: There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of the Light.

Speaker: [There was a man sent from God, whose name was John,] John the Baptist. This man came to bear witness of the light. He came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, the Son of God, that all through this light might believe. So that all may know, may listen to the witness of the light; so that all people may believe in that Light and see His crucifixion on the cross and live by Him. So he came as a witness of the light. Because the light is so precious, God did not tell anybody to bear witness of Him. Do you know how precious the light is in the sight of God? The value of Jesus is unfathomable. John said, “I am not that Light. Although God sent me, I am not that Light. I only came as a witness. I came as a witness of that Light.” Now, what is light? John 1:9~13.

Reader: That was the true Light which gives light to every man who comes into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God; even to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Speaker: Our Father sent someone first, who is to bear witness of the light. Eventually, He sent the Light Himself. Then He said, [That was the true Light which gives light to every man who comes into the world.] Just as the sunlight gives light to every tree, everything on the surface of the ground, this light of heaven also gives light to every person on the ground, on the surface of the earth. He was the true light who gives light to every man who came into the world.

[He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God.]

Is it easy to become children of God? If you only receive Jesus, who is light, you become children of light. It is so easy to become His children. [Even to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.] He said that those who walk in darkness do not know where they are going. So, while the light is with you, follow the light, believe in the light, then you will be children of light.

Just as the sun gives light to every grain, tree, and flower as if the sun exists only for that single tree, likewise, the light of God -Jesus- came from heaven only for you. So does this light shine? 2Corinthians 4:6.

Reader: For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Speaker: Yes. [God who commanded light to shine out of darkness.] [He has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.] Now, do you know what light is? The knowledge of God, that is the very light. Jesus came and gave light to us which is the knowledge of God. So the knowledge of God is light. Acts 9:15.

Reader: But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.

Speaker: Although the Son of God is only one -He is the only begotten who came as a light - but He also sent many people to bear this light.  God sent Apostle Paul and sent him to the world as a light also because he received this light from heaven. But although he wrote many books of the Bible, he was not the Light himself, he was not the source of Light, he was only a channel of the Light, conveyor of the Light, carrier of the Light. He was only a vessel of the light. There is only one who is the Light, only Jesus. Acts 13:47.

Reader: For so the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’

Speaker: 1Peter 2:9.

Reader: But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Speaker: Yes. This is our Father calling us today saying, [You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people.] You are special people of God who is light. He has chosen you as His special people, [that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.] He has called you out of darkness so that you may be brought into light, so that you may also proclaim this light into the world of darkness.

So, what is our position, what is our mission? Is our mission to be light on our own or to be witnesses of the light? We came as people who are to carry this light to the world, not as a Light, just like John. Lucifer tried to be light himself, that’s why he was destroyed and was forsaken.

No matter how many electric bulbs there are, if they are not connected to the power plant they have no light in themselves even for a single moment. But if there is only one very small electric bulb, if it is only connected to the power, then it can give light. But no matter how big bulb it maybe, if he says, “I can give light by myself. I don’t need to be connected to the power plant,” can he give light? No, he is just dead.

You have seen also many opponents who rebelled against this message, who left this message, who betrayed this message. As they remained here, as they remained in our Daddy’s bosom, they could give so beautiful light to others, they could give light to the world and to people in the world. But as they disconnected themselves from our Daddy, and depart from here, what happened to them? They became so dark, they cannot even lead the family worship. Why? Because they disconnected themselves from the power plant, from the light, which is Jesus. So the only way for us to become Elijah is to testify for the Son of God who is the Light by exalting Him. That’s the only way for Elijahs to receive power, the only way for us to be children of light and be righteous. We must accept the Son of God who is Light, and exalt Him. But if there is anybody who tries to exalt himself saying, “Please follow me, follow me,” then God does not give light to him. God does not give power to him at all. He even takes away the power that was given him, and he only becomes unrighteous and dies a sinner.

No matter how big and nice bulb one maybe, and no matter how big and nice cable he is connected with, if he is disconnected from the power plant, the very source of power, he could not give light at all. But no matter how one little lamp one maybe, only when he is connected to the power plant which is the source of light, he can give light. So, no matter how big lamp it may be, if he is not connected to the power plant, we should throw it away. John 7:18.

Reader: He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of the One who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Speaker: Yes. [He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory but he who seeks the glory of the One who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.] It is so easy to be children of light. We can just carry the light to others, then this light can shine to the whole world. But if we disconnect ourselves from the source of light and try to attract people to ourselves saying, “I can also become light,” then we will be in darkness. So it is so easy to become righteous. It is so easy to be children of light. When the light is with us, we can just believe in Him, and accept Him. That’s why He said, “As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God.” So we can just believe in the light and follow Him. If you only believe and follow the Son of God, then you will become the children of light. John 12:44~45, 12:43.

Reader: Then Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, believes not in Me, but in Him who sent Me. And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.”

Speaker: John 12:43.

Reader: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Speaker: Why does our Father give us more and more power only when we exalt the Son of God, His Light? Jesus said, “If you believe in Me, you are not believing in Me alone but you believe in Him who sent Me. He who sees Me, sees Him who sent Me. He who believes in Me believes Him who sent Me.” So when we exalt the Son of God, our Daddy is exalted altogether. When we represent the source of light to others, we introduce our Father to them then they become connected to our Father so they also become children of light. That’s why Jesus said, “I have come not to seek the glory of men.” If Jesus wants to be glorified, He can just remain in heaven and be glorified by angels. Why does He have to come down to this rotten earth? He just came to make us children of light and take us to heaven.

All those chestnut trees, and all the crops of the world, only when they accept the light of the sun, only when they commit themselves wholly to the sun they are enabled to produce leaves and fruits. “Oh, how can a sunlight make us bear fruits?” If they say this, then it is their death. John 3:19.

Reader: And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Speaker: [And this is the condemnation that the light has come into the world.] Our Father sent the Light into the world -His Son- but all those apple trees, pear trees, refused to receive the light. This is the condemnation because they refused the light. Our Father sent His only Son to give light to all people but they refused this light. If they only accept and believe in Him, they are enabled to produce leaves of regeneration, flowers of sanctification and fruits of the Holy Spirit automatically. Because they refuse this light, that’s the very condemnation. Their heart is full of germs, bacteria, and all kinds of bad things. So to refuse this source of Light is the very condemnation. John 12:35.

Reader: Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.

Speaker: 1Thes. 5:5~6.

Reader: You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.

Speaker: Yes. [A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.] [You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do.]

Let us not sleep like those children of darkness. Let us not remain in darkness but come out of darkness and receive this light. Do not think that this grand meeting, or the small meetings will go on again and again. The time will come, soon, you will not receive this light anymore. So when you have this light, while this light is being given you, you must diligently receive this light and come out of darkness immediately.

People say, “Ah, I wish, we have a stronger light, something new.” If anybody says something different they say, “Ah, what did you say? Let’s go and listen.” And some people say, “Ah, I wish Teacher says something new.”

The unique sunlight, the unique sun in the sky, can there be anything else in it? Without light, if any plant goes near a very big lamp and says, “Ah, I do not want sunlight, I want this.” Can it bear fruit? “How come the grains don’t grow so fast, don’t bear fruits so quickly? I wish the sun gives double amount of light tomorrow,” then what will happen? They will all be burned to death. The sun does not give too much or too little. The sun gives enough light everyday. But still the plant, even though they feel they are not growing, actually they are growing everyday and they bear fruits of regeneration.

“How come out Teacher says the same things every meeting? I don’t seem to be changing?” But if you receive this light continuously, your soul will continue to produce leaves of regeneration, flowers of sanctification and fruits of the Holy Spirit. When harvest time comes, you will have a big fruit to be taken by our Daddy. If anybody wants to receive something new, something great, our Father cannot give anything stronger. The sun gives the same light from spring to autumn. Only those trees who receive the same light everyday can bear fruits. The apple trees receive sunlight diligently everyday from spring to autumn, but when autumn comes, if it says, “Ah, I don’t want to receive sunlight anymore. This is enough,” then can its apple fruits be ripened? From beginning to the end, he must receive the light without ceasing until it is ripened. Then when the apple is already ripened, it can be taken into the barn of the owner and sleep there comfortably.

That’s why people come to this meeting everytime. Even if they do not feel it, they are being changed more and more. Even if it is rainy days, even if it is so windy, if they continue to receive the light, they still grow continuously. In summer when the light is so strong, there also comes very strong wind. People say, “How come we have so much trouble in our house even though we attend the meeting? Let’s not go the meeting anymore. We don’t have to go. How come we have so much trouble?” Yes, when the sunlight is strongest in summer, there comes very strong wind, strong hurricane sometimes. That’s why we must receive the light continuously and without ceasing no matter what may come. Even if some or most of your family members are destroyed, you must continue to receive this light. As the sunlight is the same yesterday, today, and forever, the light of our heart is also the same. So if daytime passes by, night comes right away. If harvest time passes by, winter comes. So when there is light, we must diligently receive the light.

Everybody, as you come here, your countenance is filled with light. When people come here first, they look at me with sharp eyes. Then if a few days pass by, their eyes become triangle, a few days later, their eyes become oblong and after a few days, their eyes become so bright. They seem to be filled with the light of heaven. Then our Father sends people back home, but as soon as they go back home, they go back into darkness again. The light of their bulb goes out right away. Then they remain in darkness and struggle in darkness. The next meeting they come here, then they receive light again from our Father, then they say, “Ah, last time, my bulb was probably 500 watts. This time my light is 1000 watts.” But if he goes back home, the light goes away again. And he becomes completely dark again. Then he says, “I am hopeless. If I go to the meeting, I am revived but as I come back home, I die. Ah, I am hopeless. Our Teacher said that we must have firmness of heart but I am hopeless. If I only come back home, I become dark again.” But do not be distressed if your light goes out. Do not worry, you can just bring it back here. The owner in this factory will fix your light again. When you are so bright here, why does our Father send you back home? Why? Because it is our Father’s trials. He is trying us. He gives us test.

You know all those crops in the world, the apple trees, pear trees, when they receive light in the day time, they grow and they are so happy. But when day time passes by, what comes next? Night. If night comes, they stop growing, and all kinds of bacteria, fungus, and germs come upon them. And all the apples, all the fruits struggle to stand against them. “Oh, it is so miserable. I want to receive light.” When time passes by, morning comes and the sun gives light again. Then the sunlight kills all kinds of bacteria and germs. When they are completely cured, night comes to them again, then all the germs and bacteria come upon them again. If night comes, for about ten hours, they stop growing. Then all the germs and bacteria come upon them and try to destroy them. Then when the daytime comes, the sunlight cures them again. It is known that in the day time, all the plants and trees are cured, and at night time, they grow.

Although you are so bright, so happy here, it is when you are struggling in darkness that you grow. When you are in trial, struggling in the world, that is when you are growing. Please read Genesis 8:22.

Reader: While the earth remains, seed time and harvest time, and cold and heat, and winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.

Speaker: Yes. [While the earth remains,] as long as there is earth in our heart, there is sowing time and harvest time, there is cold and heat, summer and winter, there is day and night. In other words, sometimes we are full of light, but sometimes we are in darkness. There is sowing time and harvest time, cold season and hot season, winter and summer in our heart, in our heart’s world. If we come to this grand meeting, Ah, we seem to be righteous but if we go back home, we become dark right away. All the fungi of sin, all the germs of sin, overtake us, and try to destroy us. So we cry out, ‘Oh, Father, please help me. Help me. Where is my Daddy?” When we commit sin, our Daddy does not seem to be with us. Then if we are brought here again, our Daddy cures us completely, makes us repent, and makes us laugh again. That’s why when we are in darkness, struggling by ourselves, that’s when we grow. After healing us our Father sends us back home again and makes us struggle to make us grow. Then He brings us again here and cures us again. So when the harvest comes, our Daddy will raise us and take us to heaven.

Look at the stars in the sky, the moon and the sun, they are so bright, right? Sun is so bright in the daytime. In the beginning, the daytime was not as bright as this. It was pitch-like darkness. It was as dark as the cover of the black Bible. But because there is a sun, because the sun gives light, daytime becomes so bright. When there was no sun, there was only darkness, even in the day time. Also at night, because there is a moon and many stars, night is not so dark. Even if all those stars keep running thousands or millions of miles everyday, there is no light in front of them. Even if they keep running million of miles everyday, there is no light before them, there is only darkness before them. All those stars must give light in front of them and keep trekking on their own path.

Our Daddy said that we are stars, we are starlights and moonlights. So after this grand meeting or small meeting, you should never expect our Daddy to give you light saying, “You follow this light, follow this light.” You should never expect that. No matter how many times you attend this meeting, there is no light before you. Do you understand?

Into the thick darkness of the world, you must go as shining lights, giving light yourselves. You should never expect any light to lead you. You must give light and keep on going on your way. So this song, “I will follow only bright light,” this is a wrong song. We must change it like this, “I will follow only darkness, radiating light in front of me.” There is no light in our way.

Please repeat after me, “There is no light on our way. There is only darkness.”

So you must give light into the darkness even if you run million of miles in your orbit. In your own path, you must only give light. No light is in front of you, so you must give light. If you say, “Ah, after this meeting, I will follow only light,” but there will be only greater darkness waiting for you. So why does our Father put us into darkness after every meeting and bring us back here and heal us and put us into darkness again? It is because we must be put into trials. He must test us, so that we may not be blown away. In the world, if the bulb is blown away, what do they do? They just throw it away.

So after our Father makes us so bright electric bulbs, He hangs us here and there, in America, in the Philippines, in Japan, in Africa. And as soon as we come back home, then this factory owner brings them back here and cures them again, fixes them and hangs them here and there again. Our Father keeps doing this even over 96 times up to now. From now on, you must be bulbs which never go out anymore. This expert from heaven always fixes our bulbs. So when these bulbs will not wear out anymore, our Father will hang us in heaven. Then we will be everlasting stars. So after this grand meeting, I hope you will be bulbs who never flicker out anymore.

Amen!

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Thank you.

Will you please read 2 Tim.4:7?

(READER) “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness.”

            Yes. I have fought the good fight and kept the faith: since I have fought the good fight and kept my faith and gained victory, there only remains a golden crown for me. Throughout my entire lifetime I have fought the good fight of faith and gained full victory, and there only remains a golden crown for me, the reward of heaven. Isn’t that a beautiful end of life?

            And in John 19:30 Jesus said, “I gained a complete victory in all My conflicts, now I have finished. There only remains a heavenly throne for Me.” Was He a wonderful Victor?

            Now, then at the end of our entire lifetime, if we could also say, “I have finished all things on earth. I gained full victory in the good fight of faith without a shame before the heavens and the earth, there only remain a crown of righteousness and a throne for me in heaven,”: if we could finish our life with that satisfaction, how blessed people we would be! Don’t you want to be like that?

            As I went to church when 17 years old I learned about the life of Apostle Paul and Jesus.  I envied them so much and said to myself, “O how can I also gain such a full victory like Paul without a single failure? How will I be able to say like Paul and Jesus, ‘I have finished the race and gained victory in the good fight of faith? There only remains a golden crown and a heavenly throne for me.’?” I envied them so much. That became my earnest wish.

            But after finishing the 70^th meeting, I found that I also have become able to say like Paul and Jesus – “I have fought the good fight and kept my faith and gained complete victory. Therefore there only remain a golden crown and a heavenly throne for me.”

            I never said that by 70^th meeting. This is the type of gospel which has to start with fight and end with fight. Since I had to plunder souls from Satan taken captives by him, every step should be a fight. True gospel is supposed to go through unceasing fight. Therefore at the beginning of this work I used to pray like this, “O Father, You have helped me so far to live a perfect life without regret and gain victory without a shame. But I’m afraid I might bring disgrace to Your name like Hezekiah by living any longer. So please let me sleep now. There appeared so many Elijah’s today here now.” I prayed like this so many times. But my Daddy did not answer to my prayer by 70^th meeting but kept on dragging me so far. Step by step I was very watchful not to misstep, and I finally became a warrior who gained full victory in all battles.

            I had envied so much the life of Apostle Paul and of Jesus when young, but now I don’t envy them anymore. In the presence of my Father who helped me gain full victory without a regret in all battles of my life I became able to say, “I have finished the race, fought the good fight, and gained a perfect victory; therefore there only remain a golden crown and a throne for me in heaven.”

            Now then, how can we gain such a full victory in all battles? I am going to tell you how to do that this hour.

            I hope you, in this battle, do not make up your mind not to fail even once but gain a full victory through the rest of my life until Jesus comes. I hope you don’t try to gain a full victory through the rest of your lives, or say to yourselves, “I will make up my mind and gain full victory for 10 years from now on,” or “I will gain victory for 3 years,” or on the New Year’s Day, “I will gain a full victory for this year.”

            I hope you don’t do that. Just make a decision and say to you, “I will gain a full victory only today. I’ll be a perfect conqueror only today.” “Please don’t try to gain victory for 2 days. Make up your mind before God to gain a full victory only today. Will you do so? Then let’s look up the Bible. Ex. 34:11.

            (READER) “Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I am driving out from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.”

            Yes, observe what I command you this day. Behold, today I will drive out from before you all the enemies that has surrounded you. Lev.9:4.

            (READER) “Today the LORD will appear to you.”

            When will the Lord appear to us? He will appear tomorrow? He will appear for 1 year? He said He would appear to us only today.

            Hebrew 3:13 tells us to advise one another and be conquerors while it is called today. Only today. In other words, we are not to add yesterday nor tomorrow; He told us to be conquerors only today. Ps. 118:24.

            (READER) “This is the day which the LORD has made.”

            When is the day the Lord has made? Tomorrow is the day which the Lord has made? What is this day? Only today is the day the Lord has made for me. God has given me neither yesterday nor tomorrow; only today is the day He gave to me as my entire lifetime. This is the day which the Lord has made.

            (READER) “We will rejoice and be glad in it.”

            Yes, let us gain victory, be happy and rejoice today. To say again, it’s my day today. It’s my day. Because the Lord God my real Father has given this day to me, it’s my world today. And he said he would appear to me today. He also assured that He would destroy all enemies that surrounded me through many layers. And can there be any enemy who can overcome me today? Not one.

            That’s why Jesus said in Matt. 6:34, “Worry about tomorrow; today’s labor is sufficient for today.” Please never think about tomorrow’s fight today nor think about yesterday’s failure or victory, but be victors only today which the Lord has given us. I hope you don’t forget that the whole lifetime God has given us is only today. Don’t try to gain victory for 2 days or for 1 year or for the rest of your life, but try to gain victory only today.

            If somebody says to you, “You must be a perfect victor in all battles until Jesus comes,” can you say “Sure, I can”? If anybody says, “Be a perfect victor for 10 years,” can you say yes? If anybody says, “Be a victor for 1 year,” can you confidently say yes? We have no idea as to what will happen during the year.

            But if anybody says, “Be a perfect and holy victor only today without committing sin even in the thought,” you can confidently say yes, can’t you? Yes, you can. Only today! That’s the problem.

            Once there were some Christians in a prison in Rumania; and one of them was a young man who had been beaten up so bad on the back and couldn’t move the whole body. Being a young man, he was lying down all the time being fed by other prisoners because he couldn’t move anything but his mouth.

            But all the other prisoners, in spite of being healthy themselves, keeps complaining, “Before coming here I used to be well treated. When I came in here, my wife was sick…. But now I am in such a stuffy place as this.” They all keep complaining as if there were no God. Then this young man says,

            “Brethren, look up the sky. The sky is always blue yesterday, today and eternally; it never changes. Our God never changes either. Why do you complain? Be of good cheer. Be happy.”

            Then due to this one paralyzed young man all the prisoners become victors.

            Brethren, even if you may be a patient on the verge of death, if you are told to be perfectly pure and holy and a victor only today, that’s no problem. In this journey of life on earth nobody can excuse, “Oh because I was too weak, I was defeated by Satan. Because I was sick, because I was a woman, because I was too old, I became a loser.” This kind of excuse cannot be accepted in the judgment of heaven. It can never be tolerated. Our Daddy is a God of so great love and so tender character that He never gives us any too heavy burden knowing that we became totally degenerated for 6,000 years and became so weak and diseased.

            Parent may say to a big son, “Bring that big sac of salt”; but to a little son he won’t say that. What if he is crushed to death?! He will say, “Bring a bowl of salt; bring a shoe from over there.” Because  we became so weakened, diseased, and degenerated for 6,000 ears, our Daddy never tells us to gain victory for 1 year or for a decade or for 2 days; He wants us to gain victory only today. I hope you be perfect victors only today.

            Don’t listen to anybody around you who complains all the time. I walk around your tents quite often at night and in the daytime. Then there are a lot of losers sitting in the tents. Of course there are some beautiful brethren who yielded their seat to others since it’s so compact in here and are listening through radio outside or in the mountain. But there are some who are snoring so badly in tent when everybody is being transformed and receiving all the treasures of heaven inhere. And some others are complaining together about this place, about this and that. Walking around the tents, I hear them. What a loser’s!           

            Brethren, your today’s victory are recorded in heaven in golden letters not to be erased forever. It will remain there as an eternal victory. And your today’s failure is recorded in heaven as an eternal loser. This today will never come again. Therefore our whole lifetime is only today. So if you gain victory only today, tomorrow will come as another new today and the next day too. If you be victors only today everyday, your whole life will be adorned with pearls victory after victory. Do you understand?

            Our Daddy is so tender and mercy that He never requires us to gain victory for 2 days. He asked us to gain victory only 1 day; and if we still can’t do that but become losers, how can we excuse in the Heavenly Court before Jesus, saying, “I was too weak, I was too old”? He will say, “Have I asked you to gain victory for 10 years or for to days? I asked you to gain victory only for 1 day.” We won’t be able to excuse. Brethren, I hope you make a decision fight now to gain victory only today

You don’t have to envy the life of Apostle Paul or of Jesus. You don’t have to envy my life at all. You are well able to be greater victors than me or them. Only if you obey our Daddy’s call to gain victory only today, you will be able to be even greater victors sufficiently.

Brethren, I compare to you, probably I am much weaker than all of you. Since I started this work I have had this meeting over 70 times. Then totally I stood on this pulpit for 700 days. And 10 hours a days comes to 7,000 times of battle so far. But through 700 days, 7,000 of battle with Satan I never knelt down to him even once but gained full victory in every battle.

Then let’s think about Adam. His wisdom was 20 times greater than ours. The fact that he had wisdom 20 times greater than ours means that he was as good as a god compared to us. Do you understand? Even in a small school they say, “Your IQ is 80, yours is 130.” In spite of such a little difference, one becomes valedictorian and the other becomes the last. But Adam had wisdom even 20 times greater than ours; that is, he was not an equal human being with us but a god compare to us. Isn’t that right? Adam was a god. He was a complete god.

But even that Adam god was complete, overthrown by Satan just like a leaf being blown by the wind. What about Jesus the second God the Creator God? Satan even carried Him to a top of a mountain and tried to throw Him down. Such a tremendous person as dam was so helplessly overthrown by him, the greatest giant Samson was over thrown by him, Elijah was overthrown, and Moses was overthrown by him.

And how could this man gain such a perfect victory in every battle in spite of having been most degenerated for 6,000 years? There was a key. Brethren, as for Jesus of 2,000 years ago compared to me, He was a giant. It is said that old man’s health is just like fine weather in autumn. No matter how strong and healthy an old man may be, once he gets collapsed he gets collapsed so quickly and dies just as it suddenly rains sometimes on a fine day in autumn.

When this earth became degenerated for 4,000 years, 5,000 years, and 6,000 years, the difference was as great as between heaven and earth.

Nowadays the earth is on the verge of death. Jesus of 2,000 years ago; since He was 2,000 years less degenerated than us, He couldn’t be compared with me, to say nothing of Adam and Samson. Such great giants as Samson, Elijah, Moses, and Adam were completely overthrown by Satan, but being 2000 years more degenerated than Jesus as I am, how I could gain such a full victory in every battle without a single failure despite of my birth from a farmers’ home. Would you like to know how?

The only key is to gain victory only today as our Daddy and Jesus required of us. Throughout my public life so far I fought in battle over 7,000 times for 700 days.

When I am invited for a meeting sometimes I am in bad shape. In the beginning I used to hold 2 meetings a month. At that time we didn’t even have video machines and used to hold meetings twice a month or 3 times in 2 months. I could have only week, 10 days,, 15 days, or 20 days of rest in between. After 1 or 2 weeks of rest I started again; later I became too exhausted.

In my home town there was a huge walnut tree. One year it bore walnuts tremendously a lot, but after bearing them it died next year, He over-exhausted himself. He produced too many of them and exhausted himself completely and died.

Likewise, I with my finite human body exhausted myself and became so weak that I couldn’t even walk. Just then I used to receive invitations to hold meeting. What is more, lots of enemies kept coming to interrupt the meeting. And in that situation if I say to myself, “o I have to speak for the whole 10 day period, from early morning till late evening everyday,” if I think like this, I can’t even leave home. I might collapse being crushed by the burden.

I never think that way. I just leave home saying, “The battle I have to fight is only today.” But I feel very tired on the way here and talk to my driver, “Let’s stop here. I want to have a short time to pray and rest.” Being a speaker who is to preach for 10 days, I feel so tired on the way to the meeting and take rest on the mountain on the way. And how can somebody like that carry out the meeting and gain victory?

I just go up the mountain and pray, and start the meeting from that night. Then I never say, “O how can I do this for 10 days?” I never say that. I have only today which my Daddy has given me, who also said, “This is the day God gave to you; therefore gain victory only today. Do not worry about tomorrow; gain victory only today.”

As Jesus spoke to us, I only finish the first lecture – “Summary of the Congregation.” I try to do only that hour with my best and do it for a little bit less than 2 hours. After that I cry out to myself, “I am a victor today,” and go to bed. And I don’t have tomorrow. My entire lifetime is only today. Brethren, please don’t think you have tomorrow. Tomorrow, our future is in our Father’s hand. Those who worry about future are depriving God of His authority. And you should not think about yesterday either that has flowed away like cloud and water. No matter whether you failed or gained victory yesterday, you have to forget it.

The Bible says that God is a God of the living, not of the dead. Do you remember? It means that He is a God who appears only to those who are living. Since yesterday passed away already, my spirit and body of yesterday is no longer alive; they have gone away with yesterday. Isn’t that right?

Tomorrow is the same: my body and soul is not alive tomorrow yet. It’s not my day yet. Only today my soul and body are living. Only today is mine and I am living only today. Therefore the living God appears to me today since I am living only today. That’s why He said, “The Lord will appear to you this day, and drive out all your enemies: Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.” The living God declared that He would appear to me today and give me power to destroy all of them.

So, after finishing the first lecture splendidly I say to myself, “Wow! I gained victory today.” I go up to my room and say to my wife, “I finished today with perfect victory.” It is said, “To start is to finish half.” If I only finish the first lecture, that’s the same thing as I already finished the whole meeting with perfect victory. After finishing the first lecture with full confidence I say to my wife, “I gained perfect victory this meeting,” and I never think about tomorrow. I just go to bed in peace. If a new today comes again, the living God who promised to appear to me who is living appears to me again. Then I finish splendidly again. After that, I go to bed in peace.

Then people say, “Lots of enemies are coming tomorrow, in order to interrupt this meeting, break down this temple, they say they are coming tomorrow. But since I have nothing to do with tomorrow, I just gain perfect victory today.

I like this saying: “If I am pure and clean today, I am a holy saint today.” That means, “I can live a holy life only today.” Do you understand? If you live a clean and pure life today, you are a holy saint today. So you can live only today day after day.

The Bible emphasized only today. That’s our Daddy’s request towards us that we should be victors only today without adding yesterday or tomorrow. We can interpret this the other way, “One day’s victory is eternal victory.” Therefore if we gain victory only today, we are accounted as eternal victors. Your one day’s failure is recorded in heaven as eternal loser. I hope you don’t make that humiliating record in heaven but be recorded as the most glorious victors, never to be erased forever. So if you gain victory today and another today and the other today and so on, you will be perfect victors throughout your whole lifetime.

Therefore in spite of being no better than Adam, Samson, Elijah, Moses, and Jesus I gained such complete victory in all battles as this without a single failure. All I did was only to obey the request of my Daddy and Jesus perfectly. While fighting I looked back my past and found I gained complete victory so far without a single failure. How thankful!

Therefore those who worry about tomorrow are those who have no God. To say again, their God is dead. Those who fully trust and take strong hold on God, who is living today, will never worry about tomorrow. Do you understand? Those who worry about tomorrow are the ones who betrayed God and whose God is dead. Those who departed from God worry about tomorrow and regret about yesterday.

Those who take strong hold of God and gain splendid victory in today’s battle can never worry about tomorrow. Do you worry about tomorrow? Those who are defeated by Satan and serve him today say, “Oh I’m gong to overcome Satan tomorrow.” In spite of being defeated by Satan and serving him today, they say they are going to overcome tomorrow! How funny!

After finishing the 70^th meeting I wrote this: -- “THE PRINCE WAITING FOR THE DAY OF TRIUMPHAL CELEBRATION”

After gaining victory after victory through ceaseless battles,

The Warrior, waiting for the day of triumphal celebration…

Let me tell you one more thing before reading this.

Now, Satan was always defeated by me everyday since I was determined to gain perfect victory over him every single day by putting my whole trust in God my living Father and taking strong hold of Him. Running away from me, he always says, “You Park Myung-Ho! Let’s see tomorrow. I’m going to bring numerous soldiers of mine and destroy you completely tomorrow.” Then do you know how I say to him, “All right. Let’s see tomorrow. But today I’m going to kill you.” I run after him and destroy his head right away.

It is said, “Don’t be afraid of one who says, ‘Let’s see tomorrow.’” Being defeated by me in every day’s battle, Satan keeps saying, “You Park Myung-Ho! Let’s see tomorrow. I’m going to bring many trucks of my soldiers and kill you.” I hear people say that they are going to come with guns or knives. But even if they come up to the pulpit and do whatever against me, I have never yielded a single inch to them but gained full victory in every battle. I never yield a single inch in today’s battle: I am not a bit concerned about tomorrow or yesterday. I gain perfect victory only in today’s battle. I can never yield a single inch to him in today’s battle only.

No matter whether they rush up to the pulpit with knives or with guns, I am not shaken at all. Therefore in front of this warrior who never yields in today’s battle, Satan was always defeated and only ran away, cursing, “Let’s see tomorrow.” Then I say, “All right! Let’s see tomorrow.” However, he has been totally defeated by me so far; he could never gain victory over me at all.

Then the next day he truly comes with his numerous soldiers. But since I put my whole trust in my Almighty Father who appeared to me today, he can’t overcome me at all. So, after gaining 70 times of victory in 70 times of battle, 7000 times of victory in 7000 times of battle, I wrote like this. In fact, 7000 times of battle is merely on the pulpit. There have been a lot of even more furious battles away from the pulpit in the world. Jesus spent in public ministry merely for 3 and half years, but this final battle has lasted over 7 years so far, and that, with such a weak and most degenerated body as this for such a long period of time. Jesus of 2000 years ago didn’t do so hard as this, for 10 days. Do you know why I am doing so hard today? We all became totally degenerated and mentally retarded children; that’s why He confines us here and teaches us so hard, painstakingly. Throughout 6000 years nobody, Even Moses didn’t bother to do this kind of 10 day period meetings. 10 day meetings!

THE PRINCE WAITING FOR THE DAY OF THE FINAL TRIUMPHAL CELEBRATION

            After completing all the missions and numerous battles,

            Having achieved victory after victory in all battles,

            The Warrior of heaven waits for the final triumphal celebration.

            Abandoning His life like mist in the ceaseless battles of the past,

            Fighting ceaselessly over and over with overflowing courage,

            He finally adorned all His past with never-ending victory.

            Without being coward at all, without tolerating a single retreat,

            Only for the honor of the heavenly kingdom, only for the glory of the King of the Universe His Father,

            The Prince of heaven, Park Myung-Ho, carried out all battles with honor and glory.

            When the entire universe deplored and the whole earth trembled before the army of Satan the most wicked devil under heaven,

            When the pitiful beings of the earth were helplessly conquered and trampled by him under feet and killed by him with no one to help,

            He broke to pieces the head of this Satan the king of devil with a rod of iron that breaks earthen vessels,

            And cleared off the revenge of all the heavens and the earth which has been kept for 6000 years.

            O what a glorious and splendid honor His past declares!

            Now, putting His sword of truth into the sheath which has sparkled with a terrifying air,

            Michael the great Prince is waiting for the declaration from heaven to enter the gate.

            Where has His majestic appearance disappeared which represented His fear battle?

            Has He been such a naïve child? How innocent and pure He is!

            How come He is so weak against love! How come He is so shy!

O who can believe that He is the warrior who destroyed all devils of the universe?

            But His name is to fill the whole universe and His honor shine eternally in the heavens.

            The King of the heaven will love Him alone and let all innumerable beings kneel down before Him,

            May thanks and praise is rendered to His Father and Him for ever and ever.

            Amen. Hallelujah!

            March 25, 1988   after the 70^th congregation.

            In spite of having received such a tremendous truth as this you have been defeated this way and that way and become losers. Why is that? I pondered deeply during my rest at home. And I found why; everybody says, “I’m going to be a victor this year.” “I’m going to be a victor by the next meeting.” You were doing this way, as I peeped at you. That’s why you became loser everyday.

            Who told you to worry about tomorrow? Who told you to worry about tomorrow? Tomorrow is in our Father’s hand. Our future belongs to our Father. Don’t infringe Him of His power. Those who worry about tomorrow are the ones who departed from God and whose God is dead. Our God is living. Just take strong hold of Him who appeared to you today. He said, “This is the day which the Lord has given us; let us be happy and rejoice TODAY.” I hope you be happy and rejoice TODAY.

            Therefore when Jesus said, “Things of tomorrow, worry about them tomorrow; today’s worry is enough for today,” He pointed at His own life. That’s how He gained perfect victory in all battles. He never thought to Himself, “O I’m going to gain splendid victory for 3 and half years. I’m going to gain splendid victory for 33 years.” He never made that sort of decision. “I will gain a perfect victory only today. Just today.” That’s why He could be a perfect Victor throughout 33 years of His life.

            Brethren and sisters! Please don’t infringe into God’s authority, nor waste time in regretting your past failures cowardly, nor think about yesterday’s victory either. You don’t have to do that. Forget about yesterday completely like water which flowed away already, like clouds which passed away already. Don’t worry about tomorrow which has not come yet, in which neither your soul nor your body is alive. God promised to appear to you today in whom you’re alive right now; be victors only today. Therefore one day’s victory is eternal victory.

               I have been leading this sort of life. Some of you, due to religious problem, came out from home or abandoned jobs. No where to go! Going through so much trouble without homes! Well, I am also wandering here and there without house of my own. Of course our brethren made me a house; but I don’t live in there all the time. I spend most of my time for visiting churches here and there sleeping in this church today and in that church tomorrow.

            So, if I slept in this church today, that’s my home. If you were driven out from home and slept here last night, this is your home. This is your house. Who else is the owner? One who slept in there, he is the owner. Not the one who built that house or the one who bought it for some million dollars, but the one who sleeps in there, he is the owner.

            Since I had sound sleep here last night after being driven out from home, and since I am receiving God’s word here right now, how happy I am! I have such a nice house as this, I ate such nice foods, and I’m sitting here together with such lovely brothers as these! Don’t worry about tomorrow. If I go somewhere tomorrow for missionary activities and sleep there, then how happy I am! Since, God gave me such a nice place where I can sleep without getting rain. Only if you do not think about tomorrow you can never be defeated. You will gain victory continuously.

            But if you say, “Oh when am I going to have this kind of house?” due to a greed for tomorrow you become a loser. Even a popular song of the world says, “Who is the president but one sitting there?” Isn’t that right? One who is sitting there is the owner. Not the one who bought the house but the one who live in there; he is the owner of that house. One who ate the food, he is the owner: not the one who bought it.

            Since you slept in such a beautiful place as this here and are eating the bread of eternal life and also ate lunch today, how happy we are! Did you starve today? We had lunch here! How happy we are! Don’t worry about tomorrow. “Things of tomorrow, you can worry tomorrow. Today’s worry is enough for today.” If tomorrow comes, our Daddy who promised to appear to us today will appear to us tomorrow again for sure, in order to feed us and take care of us.

            “I see! Live only today? All right, I’m going to sell everything and give out to others. I can be fed in one of our brethren’s house. Just live today!” I am not saying that. If you earned $10 today from even junk selling, you can use $8 for yourself and save $2. You have to do what you have to do today faithfully. Why save $2 then? In order to aid your brethren who are in worse situation than you are.

            Even if we save millions of dollars, it’s all right. That’s not sin. However, if worldly people save even $1, it’s sin. Why? Because they save it just for their own sake, that’s selfishness. But since we save it for the sake of needy brethren, that’s not sin no matter how much money we may save. You can save as much as you can just in order to help your brethren who are in worse situation than you and also to aid God’s work. That’s how you can do faithfully what you have to do today.

            And if any of you are planning to go abroad for international missionary work, you don’t have to think, “Well, I can live only today. I don’t need to do foreign missionary work. I can just live here by myself.” You can go to the embassy and go through necessary procedures you can do today. Whether it will work well or not tomorrow, you don’t have to care. You can do just what you can do today and go to bed in peace.

            And God said, “Do not commit sin even in your imagination.” How can we not commit sin in our imagination through the whole lifetime? However, only today you can get rid of all evil thoughts from your brain and try to live a holy life with holy heart. Can you live just today without committing sin even in your thought? Anybody can do that. Then your whole lifetime will be a perfect, holy, impeccable life. Therefore by being holy every single day, your continual life becomes molded firmly into a holy life and you can receive the seal of God.

So, if you are a farmer, you can sow seeds faithfully today. “Since God told us not to worry about tomorrow, I don’t have to sow anything. I can’t just eat up what I have.” I am not saying that. Just to do what you have to do today faithfully. Whether the seeds will sprout or not tomorrow, you don’t have to care. Just do what you have to do today faithfully. This is what I mean. And as for tomorrow Daddy will be responsible.

Here say, “The Lord will appear to you this day and drive out from before you Amorites, Hivites, Perizzites, Hittites,” and so on. These people represent enemies who besiege God’s people with six fold on their way to the heavenly Canaan. The last people of God who journey toward heaven today are the same. All religious denominations, politics of the world, the entire world of Satan has besieged as with 6 or 7 fold besieging and are trying to get rid of us. They are making plans for themselves saying, “Let’s get rid of all of them who attend that meeting in Korea.” And make a constitution of a nation, just as the enemies made a Law in order to kill a single person Daniel. Likewise, people in all countries will make an extra law in order to destroy us.

Brethren and sisters, when they assemble and make a law to destroy us, please be happy today. Just be happy today and gain victory only today. Don’t worry about tomorrow’s battle. If I had worried about the whole ten day meeting or about just 2 days, I could have never gained a single victory, not to mention of 7000 victories. Well, people say enemies are coming tomorrow with guns or knives and they exactly rush up to the pulpit. People say many trucks of people are going to come tomorrow in order to interrupt the meeting. And if I worry about tomorrow, do you think I can sleep at night? “Oh if so many people come tomorrow, how can I fight with them?” Probably I can never sleep at all.

But to obey My Father’s word was even better than offering sacrifice to Him. That’s why I am exceedingly happy. Since I gained victory today, I could sleep with  a smile and peace without a bit of shame before God and before the heavens and the earth. If tomorrow is given Me again and a new day comes again, I believe My Father will appear to Me again. Therefore, I can sleep in perfect peace. If I think to Myself at night, “Oh what if a lot of enemies come tomorrow! What if hundreds of them come tomorrow!” if I think that way, how can I continue speaking for 10 or 12 hours the next day?

I am fully satisfied with today’s victory. “This is the day which the Lord has given you; therefore rejoice and be happy today.” I hope you don’t worry about tomorrow but live a holy only today and gain splendid victory today. This is how you can live a perfect life without committing sin even in your imagination. Then I’m going to read you one thing before closing this hour. That’s why the title of this hour is “Gain Victory Only Today.” Now let Me read you one thing:

“Today is Mine, Tomorrow is Satan’s.”

Please repeat after Me: “Today is Mine, Tomorrow is Satan’s.”

Therefore, in conclusion, anybody who worries about tomorrow is the one who got into the hand of Satan. Even if you are deadly sick and are on the verge of death, you can gain victory only today. Any serious patient can be a victor.

TODAY IS MINE, TOMORROW IS SATAN’S

“I gained the greatest victory today,” I exclaim to the entire universe.

Since I gained such a glorious victory today,

I have nothing to do with Satan who plans on bringing Me evil tomorrow.

My Daddy has given Me only today,

And I have nothing to do with tomorrow which He has not given Me.

Only today’s victory will be My eternal victory,

This will remain forever in the record of heaven.

Satan who was completely defeated by Me in today’s battle

Runs away dreaming vaguely of tomorrow’s victory,

But I gained a clear victory in today’s battle.

At night upon the bed Daddy provided for Me I fall asleep captured by immeasurable happiness.

Oh I give thanks to My Real Daddy who gave Me only today,

Who gave Me a sufficient power and strength to overcome Satan today,

To whom also I present wholeheartedly the crown of victory I gained to today. Hallelujah!

Therefore I became the most glorious victor throughout 6000 years of history despite of  Myself being the most degenerated and weakened in history. If you also do just as I did, you will be greater victors than Moses, Elijah, and Jesus who was 2000 years less degenerated than us.

I hope you therefore be able to finish your life with full confidence and declare without shame before the platform of heaven, “There only remains for Me a crown.”

What song would you like to sing? 455? 457? After singing hymn no. 457, whoever wishes to pray may do so, please.

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DO NOT SELL YOUR BIRTHRIGHT

Thank you very much. In this hour we will learn about, “Do not sell you Birthright in Heaven.” Psalms 78:43-53.

[Reader: How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods that they could not drink. He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labor unto the locust. He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost. He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

Speaker: Verse 42. “They did not remember His power: the day when He redeemed them from the enemy.”

Yes. When the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, making bricks, beaten by the Egyptians, without hope of escape, but to die hopelessly, our Father saved them. He brought them out of Egypt by fighting with Pharaoh. Even if our Father fights with angels, it would be such a disgrace to Him. When He fought with Pharaoh, the wicked king of Egypt, in order to save His children, the disgrace that was poured upon Him cannot be expressed in words. He sent plagues, like locust, flies, and others numbering to ten, just to take out His children from Egypt. But His children did not even appreciate His love. They never gave thanks to God. Psalms 78:12-17.

Reader: Marvelous things he did in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

Speaker: Even though our Father performed miracles for them to make them happy, to win their hearts, and prove His value to His children, to fascinate them with all His heart, yet they never valued them. Have you ever seen parents who tried to fascinate children just to win their heart? Our Father did His best to fascinate His children by showing and performing all kinds of miracles yet the Israelites whom our Daddy loved so much did not even appreciate His love. Without receiving any word of praise and thanks from His children our Father continually poured His love for them to win their heart. He gave water out of the rock, He made the stream to flow from a rock. He divided the Red Sea, for them to cross without using a boat, and so many proofs of His love, yet they just left our Daddy. They rejected God in their heart. Yet our Father, like a child, did His best to attract their heart but He failed to fascinate them. He was only disgraced and rejected and betrayed by His children. What a disgrace that cannot be expressed in words. Psalms 78:18-20.

Reader: And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. Yes, they spoke against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? Behold He struck the rock, so that the water goes out, and the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?

Speaker: In spite of being the King of the universe, our Daddy losing His prestige, came down to this earth and did His best to win the heart of His children. Despite giving food to the Israelites, they murmured saying, “Is there a God? Can God prepare a table for us.” After eating the manna from heaven they said, “Is there a God? How come He doesn’t give us water?” Then God gave water from the rock, but after satisfying their thirst, they said again, “Is there a God? How come He does not give us meat?” They always found way to complain to God, and never tried to appreciate His love. But our Daddy did not care, He just did His best to win their hearts. Verse 22.

Reader: Because they did not believe in God and did not trust in His salvation.

Speaker: They did not believe in His love and did not trust in His salvation. They were only concerned about things they could put into their mouth. Verse 23-24.

Reader: Yet He had commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven. He had rained down manna on them to eat and gave them the bread of heaven.

Speaker: Our Daddy was doing His best as their real Father. Because they were His children, He just opened the windows of heaven and rained on them manna. Verse 25-27.

Reader: Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full. He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. He rained meat on them like the dust and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

Speaker: Yes, because He is their Real Father, He did His best to win their hearts, in spite of being disgraced, in spite of being mistreated and rejected by them, He kept on sending the precious manna, and foods of their desire. As they shouted for meat our Father sent them thousands of quails like the dust of the air just to prove His being a Father to them. Psalm 78: 56-57.

Reader: Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, and did not keep His testimonies, but turned back, and acted unfaithfully like their fathers, they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Speaker: Even though He was so disgraced, mistreated and rejected by His children, our Father did the best for them, but they continued testing God saying, “Is there a God?” They rebelled against God, like their fathers and went astray. They turned away from Him. Instead of giving love and thanks to Him, they betrayed Him. Psalm 106:8-14.

Reader: Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake that He might make His mighty power known. He rebuked the Red Sea also and dried it up; so He led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hands of the enemies. The waters covered the enemies, there was not one of them left. Then they believed His words and they sang His praise. They soon forgot His works, they did not wait for His counsel, but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness. And tested God in the dessert.

Speaker: Yes, our Father saved them for His name’s sake although they were just like serpents, vipers, who never appreciated our Daddy’s love. Our Father guided them and saved them for His name’s sake. Mistreated and betrayed, He still rebuked the Red sea, divided up the water and made them cross just like a dry land. He saved them from the enemies by destroying the Egyptian armies in the water. So they started believing God’s words and praised Him saying, “Ah, now we see and found that Moses is the very servant of God. He was really sent from God, now we believe in God.” After crossing the Red Sea, they believed in God but what does the next verse say? “They soon forgot His works, they did not wait for His counsel, but lost exceedingly in the wilderness and tested God in the dessert.” Next Psalm 106:24.

Reader: Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They believed not His word; but murmured in the tents, and hear not unto the voice of the Lord.

Speaker: In every time of age, when God’s children saw God’s miracle performed on their behalf, nobody praised or thanked God. Do you see and believe our Daddy’s love as you came here? Do you praise our Daddy? In every time of age all people do the same, as you did here. All people, everybody who saw our Daddy’s miracles praised Him and believed Him. Nobody who saw our Daddy’s miracle performed for them failed to believe in Him, but the next verse says, “they soon forgot His works.” When that moment passed by, they soon forgot His works.

[And they did not seek counsel of God.] They started testing God again saying, “Is there a God?” As they went back to their tent they started murmuring again; “Is there a God? Ah, Moses, from God? Why does he not protect us fully?” That’s why a prophet said that unless they see God’s miracles performed for them unceasingly they would not believe in His love. Unless they see God’s miracle continuously they would not believe in God’s love. As they see God’s miracle performed for them today they say, “Ah, now we believe in His love, now we believe in God.” But if tomorrow comes, they completely forgot everything.

Until now, 95 meetings so far, everybody who came here said, “Now we can believe in my Daddy Now we can follow Him.” But if they go back home, they start complaining again, fighting with one another, fighting with wife, and fighting with children. Always fighting with one another saying, “Ah! Elijah Gospel Missionary Institute? It was so cold and I had a hard time there. The leaders and their sleeping place also were so awful.” Seeing God performing miracles on their behalf, they believed in Him, but as that moment passed by they started murmuring again. This was the behavior of the Israelites and also people of today.

There was a person, as she went back home after the meeting, she was overwhelmed with joy, having received our Daddy’s love, “Oh! My Daddy saved me. Now I will love Him and follow Him even at the risk of my life.” As she went back home, she found out that a thief broke into her house and all her diamond ring, gold ring, and necklaces were stolen. The thief took away everything.  She bought all those things for her marriage. Then she said, “Ah! If there is God, how come He did not protect my diamond rings and gold rings and everything? How come He let the thief enter my house? Is there really God? I will not go to the meeting anymore.”

As somebody went back home after the meeting, Ah! His farm was completely covered with weeds. He could not even see the cabbages. It was completely covered with weeds. So he said to himself, “Ah, how come the meeting is for ten days? Is seven days not enough?” He started complaining, pulling all the weeds in anger, throwing here and there, while murmuring, “How come the meeting lasts for ten days?” So people around him thought, “Probably something wrong happened to him. How come he is doing like that?”

After the meeting, as I went back home, I found out that a thief broke into my house. Somebody walked around the house and opened all the chests, the desks and everything but there was nothing to be taken so the thief just went away. “If there is God, how come He did not keep my house?” But somebody who broke into the house even defecated in the room and went away. “Ah, if there is God how come He let the thief defecate in my room? Why did He not kick away the back of the thief while he was defecating in my room?” As people go back home and something happened, they start complaining again. When people come here, they say, “Oh, I attended a meeting. Now, I realized who my Daddy is. Now I know who the Son of God is.” But after going back home, they remain the same.

Last time from a village next here, a deacon attended this meeting. Before coming here, only his wife regularly attends church. Although he didn’t want to go to church, he was just dragged by his wife to attend the Adventist church. But after attending this meeting, he even became much better Christian than his wife. Now, he is the one dragging his wife. In the past although he went to church, he was not a Christian at all. To avoid fighting, he was just dragged by his wife to church. But after receiving this message, he became so beautifully changed. Every time he gives testimony, I am so much moved. I heard him giving this testimony.

When he went back home after the meeting, all his vegetable garden was fully covered with weeds. If this happened in the past he might have been filled with complaints. But after attending the meeting as he saw this, he thought to himself, “When I did not take care of my garden for only ten days, it was covered with weeds. What if my Daddy does not take care of the garden in my heart for ten days? My heart will be completely covered with weeds of sin. Oh, how thankful am I because my Daddy took care of me for ten days. Now I became clean.” Then he said to all the weeds in the garden, “You weeds, after this Sabbath, I am going to pull you out.” With peace of mind he entered the Sabbath. This is the token of being regenerated.

What is the true regeneration? No matter what kind of tribulation, no matter what kind of trial may come upon us, if we do not doubt the Son of God, but always praise Him in whatever situation, this is true regeneration. Always praise God whatever situation you may be in. So, if you go back home even if all your vegetable garden may be completely flooded and washed away, even if your house be completely destroyed or totally burned, I hope you can still say, “Oh, how thankful I am that although I lost my house, I gained my heavenly mansion.” This is a truly regenerated person. But if you say, “Oh, I have brought this house through all kinds of hardships, how come my Daddy let this house be burned? How come Daddy let my vegetable garden be flooded?” Then you are not regenerated person. Then if somebody invites him,

“Oh, let us go to the meeting”

“No! I don’t want to go the meeting anymore. However being dragged by a friend he comes again and after the seminar he says, “Oh, I was so stupid, how come I was so stupid, Now I realized my Daddy loves me.” As he went back home again, he remains the same.

But now, if you go back home, even if your vegetable gardens are flooded away, even if your room is defecated by a thief, will you be thankful to God? If you do so, then you are truly a regenerated person who are ready to go to heaven.

When the Israelites were making bricks, God sent Moses and gave them a message: “My children, My children, I am not forsaking you forever. I am going to lead you to the land of Canaan. If you only enter that land, you are going to eat delicious fruits, like sweet grapes and all fruits of its kind, and you will live in a beautiful house there.” So the Israelites were overjoyed. “Now, we will be free. Now, we are going to be set free from the Egyptians. Now we will go to that beautiful land of Canaan, which our Father promised to give us. Our Father is going to give us such beautiful houses. There will be no more trumpet sound in the morning. We can now sleep as long as we want. Now we can have time to fold our blanket and we can keep the Sabbath holy.” So they followed Moses overwhelmed with joy.

Following Moses they journeyed out of Egypt. Then came the Red Sea fronting them, and all of a sudden, here came the Egyptian Army running after them, ready to destroy them all. Then they started complaining, “Moses, what are you doing now? You have brought us out from Egypt, to take us to the land of Canaan, how come you will let the Egyptian armies kill and destroy us?” So, our Father divided the Red Sea and destroyed all the Egyptian Armies. So they praised God saying, “Now we can believe Moses, He is truly sent by God. Now can believe in God. He is the true God.”

But as they continued to follow Moses, they were brought into the wilderness where there was no water. They said, “Hey, Moses, we don’t need the land of Canaan, just give us water, plain water.” Then the little babies began to cry out “water, water Mommy, water.” Oh they got into big trouble. So they said, “Hey Moses, we don’t need the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey, we just need plain water.” But Moses didn’t care, he just kept on saying, “just follow, and just follow.” So they continued complaining here and there. Everybody was full of murmurs and complain. Then they come to a huge lake, and shouted, “Hey, there is water here. Here is water” They quickly jumped into the water to drink, but the water was extremely bitter. If anybody would drink the water he would die. Nobody could take the water into their mouth and stomach. They soon forgot God’s works, they did not wait for His counsel. Why did they ask Moses? Why shouldn’t they pray to God. They just did as they pleased. They just jumped into the water, drank it and then spewed it out. They started cursing Moses, as they shouted, “You deceiver Moses, you said that you are going to take us to the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey. But you brought us to this bitter water.” So, Moses turned the bitter water into sweet water. After drinking sweet water they said, “Ah, now we can believe in God. He is the true God.”

As they followed Moses again, the food that they brought out of Egypt was running out. There just remained a little so they started complaining again. “Hey! Moses, our food is running out, what are we going to do? Now, please give us food.” They said, “How can we live by eating only manna everyday?” Then they started eating their cattle and their animals.

As they continued their journey, there came a barren desert. There was nothing ahead of them but a barren desert. There was starvation, fatigue, and exhaustion. Moses, continued leading them to different barren deserts, so they started saying, “Ah! I wish I died in Egypt after eating a lot of meat there.” “Moses, is he a man from God? We are completely deceived by him. Is there a land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey and lots of grapes so sweet? We are all became deceived.”

As Moses kept leading them into deeper and deeper desert the way became narrower and narrower. Because the way was so narrow, they were forced to throw some of their big luggage to pass through it. Since they already followed Moses a very long way, they had no more chance to go back to Egypt. They had no other choice, but to follow Moses against their will. They said, “Alright let’s throw away some of our baggage. We cannot go back to Egypt anymore, we cannot stay here either, and we have to follow Moses against our will.” They followed Moses against their will filled with indignation. After throwing away their luggage, as they followed Moses, there came again to a huge cleft, and so they had no where to go. They could not go anywhere anymore.

This is exactly the way we are going now. Are you happy after meeting our Daddy here? Of course you are so happy, and you burst into laughing, dancing, and even singing joyful songs. Ah, you seem to be able to save the whole world here. But as soon as you go back home, your wife or your husband suddenly becomes like a devil and tries to kill you. Or your lovely wife suddenly joins the pastors in the world in trying to destroy you. The elders, deacons, deaconess who used to care and love you so much, suddenly become your enemies. As you try to persuade them to listen to you, “Please listen. Oh, please listen to me.” But they say, “No we don’t want to listen to you. You are completely deceived by the demon.” Then you must drink the bitter water, bitter trial and test. But as you try to drink it, because you have the love of Daddy in your heart, together with Daddy it becomes sweet water of experience. I hope you do not drink that bitter water by yourself.

Now, your food is running out. In the past, you could preach to people with what you have leaned from theological school. But now after this meeting, you forgot everything even those what you have learned here. While you were still here you seem to be able to preach to all the people all your lifetime. But if you go back home, you forget everything you have learned here for ten days even those which you have learned from theological school. There is nothing in your heart. You have forgotten everything. You run out of food. When you were staying here, you said to one another, “Hey, when we go back home let’s save all our church members.” But as you reached your home, you are left alone. All your friends leave you and go away from you. They become one with the world. Those friends who said, “Let us go back home and save everybody.” They become one with the world and you are left alone by yourself. Now you have nothing to preach to others, you have no more power, you became exhausted and tired, and you even forgot what you have learned in the world. It is so hard. Then our Daddy opened a small seminar on Sabbath day, and you said, “Oh, I have no strength to go to small seminar. I don’t want to go.” But someone persuaded you, “Let’s go; let’s go.” Then you attended the meeting. After the meeting, you said, “Ah, I am so thankful to my Daddy. Only for my sake He opened a small meeting.” You start dancing again.

But if you go back home you are again left alone. Now our Daddy is leading and guiding you into the barren dessert, where there is no resting place, no shade. Our Daddy keeps leading you into deeper and deeper wilderness. You are now fully exhausted: betrayed by a husband, betrayed by a wife, forsaken by church, and left by friends. Ah, this way is too hard. You are too exhausted. “Let everybody be a foot. No, I can’t, I don’t want.” Our Daddy keeps dragging you into deeper, deeper wilderness. He keeps on saying, “forsake everything, and abandon the world. Be a Foot, not only foot but be a dirt, be a water.” But you say, “No, I don’t care. Let everybody be foot, be water, be salt, be whatever. Let everybody be tail or whatever, I don’t care.” But you have already been forsaken by your church members, by your wife, by your husband, by your friends. You have no other choice but to follow this way. So, you have to throw away your luggage, everything you have in the world. As you keep on following our Daddy, you reached a huge cleft. Now you have no where to go anymore. Now, you find yourself to be completely deceived by God. “What? The way to heaven is as easy as riding in the cable car? No, I have been completely deceived by God.”

If you persistently believe in our Daddy’s love, if you only believe our Daddy until the end, then the huge cleft would become a vast plain and the huge ocean will dry up, then there will be a road going to heaven. This is the very way we are supposed to go to heaven. Even if you may have to drink bitter water, even if your spiritual food dries up, even if you are surrounded by a barren dessert, walking by yourself, even if there is a huge cleft, will you believe our Daddy’s love completely? You must believe our Daddy’s love fully. Even if your house is completely burned, even if your children are all taken away, even if nothing remains in your house, I hope you only follow Daddy with thankfulness.

A German reformer called Vendeon, fought against the Roman Catholic Church who devoured the whole world. When he was being chased by the Roman Catholic soldiers, he fled to the mountain with his two children. He made a little shack to live there. One night, as they were sleeping, enemy’s soldiers came and burned the whole house. His two sons were burned to death and he was half burned, about to die soon.

He was only following Jesus and living according to His will, but he lost his wife, his family, his position, and he was persecuted by his church. There remained only two sons, so he fled to the mountain, but one day his shack was burned with his children. Half burned he, was only living against his will. Dying while leaning against the wall, he sang a song like this: “Whether I live or die, let Your will be done.” This is the song he composed. “Oh Lord whether I live or die let Your will be done.”

In whatever situation, like Job, like Vendeon, will you praise God? Then our Father will give back you all your lost possessions, all your children, everything you lost. Then our Daddy will take you to heaven with Him. He will make you the happiest child in the universe, and give you eternal life.

So, we must pass through all the tribulations on this earth. Just because you are scolded once, and your wife says, “you get away” then you now carry a crooked neck. How funny it is. You know swans, they have so beautiful neck. Even if they bend they look so beautiful, but you if you bend your neck, it looks so terrible.

People complained so much about this ten days meeting. Yes, ten days is a very long period. This is a big sacrifice. I understand you. I also experienced poverty. I also experienced running a business and I experienced everything you do. Ten days period is one third of a month. Since I confine people for ten days, keep people for one third of a month here, how can anyone run his business? How can anybody make money for a living? Many people ask me, “Teacher, if we go to the new temple, is our meeting going to be only seven days? No, not at all. If we go to the new temple we will have probably fifteen days meeting there. This ten-day period cannot be shortened, nor lessened.” I received so much curse from the worldly people because of this ten day meeting. I have become the target of all curses of Koreans and people of the world because of this ten day meeting. They say that I am making trouble and destroying families of the world. I am receiving too much curse from them. But even at the risk of my life, I will go on with this ten-day meetings. Why? Because this is the only way you can live.

Our Daddy at first says, “Why don’t you give Me one tenth of your possessions?”

“One tenth? If I earn three thousand dollars a month, how can I give three hundred dollars to God?” But if we obey and barely give it then He says again,

“Hey, my son why don’t you give me one seventh of your week?”

“One seventh? Oh how can I give my one seventh of the week? Even I keep working everyday the whole week, I can hardly support myself. But if you obey and give it to Him, He says again,

“Why don’t you give Me one third of your month?”

“One third? I already gave you one seventh.”

But our Daddy keeps on pleading, “Give Me one third of your time.”

“How could I ever make my living without one third of the month?” But as you came here and obeyed, was it so hard? No! It was not so hard, anyhow we obeyed.

Then He says again, “Why don’t you give me one half?” He keeps on asking us, first 1/10, then 1/7, next 1/3, 1/2, and then, the whole thing. Now, if we give our whole life to Him, what do we become? We become one with Him. So, if we give to our Daddy one third of our month and become one with Him then we will go to heaven.

Without knowing this, how come you keep on asking me to shorten the period? Do you want to be separated from God? If you want, then don’t come anymore. Did I tell you to come here by any means? I even told people that if they want to, then they can go away. They themselves came here, then why are they complaining to me? Don’t care whatever I do. Just do whatever you want. But for me, I am going to stay with my Daddy and give one third of a month, one half of a month, and whole month, and all months, and I am going to be one with God to go to heaven. So if you give yourself wholly to Him, you will go to heaven.

Our Daddy asks us little by little. If He asks us to give the whole thing right away then nobody would be able to do this. That is why He starts asking us 1/10, 1/7, 1/3, 1/2. So, if we give ourselves wholly to Him then we will go to heaven. Seeing all the miracles they say, “Ah now we believe in God. We will follow Him.” If that moment just pass by they start complaining and murmuring again against God. Psalms 78: 40.

Reader: How often they rebelled against Him in the desert; how many times they made Him sad. ”

Speaker: Yes, how often they provoked Him in the wilderness? Yes, thousand of times, scores of times, they tested God. Psalms 78:37,39

Reader: For their heart was not right with Him, neither were they steadfast in His covenant. For He remembered that they were but flesh, a breath that passes away and does not come again. Verses 32-33.

In spite of this they still sinned and did not believe in His wondrous works. Therefore their days, He consumed in futility and their years in fear.

Speaker: Yes. Even though our Father performed so many miracles in front of them in order to win their heart but they still betrayed Him. Unless they see our Father’s miracles unceasingly, continuously, they would not believe in Him. Only as they see miracles, their eyes are opened, but after that moment passed, their eyes close again. Haven’t your life been like that?

They had no strength of heart, no chastity, and they were not faithful to our Daddy’s covenant. They were nothing but all flesh. There was no spirit of God in their heart. They were just nothing but flesh. That is why God let them all be blown like a wind. They were supposed to receive the spirit of God in their heart but they always complained to God. So God let them be alone and let them be blown away like a wind.

God lets them be alone and lets them be blown away like a wind. Yet they say, “Ah, I am living with the blessing of God.” They don’t know that God has already forsaken them. Unless they see our Father’s unceasing miracles they would not believe in God. If we are like these people, our Father would say to us, “You are just a flesh, you have no spirit of my Son in your heart.” Without knowing that our Father already forsook them, they just say, “Ah, I am living so happily because of God’s grace.”

From now on, as you go back home, even if your house is completely burned, or your rice paddies are all swept away, even if all your children are dead, no matter what happens will you praise our Daddy? Then you will be a perfect person. You are the Job of today. So, our Father gave Job twice as much as he had before. Our Father restored double everything he had lost. He lost 1,000 cows, our Father gave him 2,000 cows, he lost 2,000 sheep, our Daddy gave him 4,000. To everything he lost except his children, our Father gave him double. But he will also receive double of his children. Why? Because all of the dead children will be resurrected.

So, those who fully trust in our Daddy and give thanks to Him in whatever situation, they are truly prepared people ready to go to heaven and live with Daddy forever. Anybody who comes to our Daddy and sees His miracles praises and gives thanks to Him. But when we go back home, that’s when the problems start yet this is when we have to overcome and gain victory. Only when people go back home from here they become like that. If that happens to you then you must destroy your home and stay in this mountain. As they go to their room they start nagging their wife or husband. I hope you break down your room and stay here. What about staying here until next meeting? There is no strength in their body, no chastity in their heart. Because they always become like the Israelites our Father forsakes them and leaves them alone. I hope you won’t be like that but trust Him and believe in His love forever. 1Corinthians 10:11.

Reader: Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition on whom the ends of the ages have come.

Speaker: Now, will you make their history as your example? Their history was written in the Bible in order to give us admonition, lessons. So, I hope you will not be like them but keep your chastity to God forever. I hope you will not follow their examples of disobedience. We can also learn from people in these days who are unstable, and they flee away from God. Hebrews 3:12-14.

Reader: Beware brethren, lest there be any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end.

Speaker: Amen. [Beware] lovely [brethren, lest there be any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.] Be careful not to depart from the living God. But advise and [exhort one another] so that you may become partakers of Christ. If you only hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, we will be partakers of Christ. I hope you will do this. Next Hebrews 12:15-29.

Reader: Look diligently lest any one fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, like Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For you know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched, and that burned with fire, nor to blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore: (For they could not endure what was commanded, and if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with an arrow: And so terrifying was the sight, that Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and trembling:) But you have come to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, who are registered in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel. See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they escape not who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.” And this word, yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.”

Speaker: Yes. Here it says, [look diligently, lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you.] If any root of rebellion comes out among us, that root of rebellion spreads so rapidly among people. So, He told us to be careful and to be aware not to be affected by it. For by this, many become defiled lest there be any fornicator, or profane person like Esau. Here it mentions about Esau who sold his birthright just for a morsel of porridge. Who is the first born of the universe? Jesus. Birthright means all the blessings and inheritance of heaven. So, the birthright of heaven which was Jesus was to be given to Esau, but did he receive the birthright? No, he sold it to his brother for just a bowl of porridge. We may think that Esau was very diligent and honest but Jacob was a very tricky person who deceived his father. Esau was working in the mountain by himself, but Jacob only helped his mother and didn’t do anything for the birthright. Esau was so honest while Jacob was tricky. Then, why did God give this birthright of heaven to Jacob who was such a tricky person? Why? Because heaven gives the birthright only to those who appreciate the value of heaven, the value of this blessing. He gives it only to those who are seeking to receive it. Have you also received the birthright of heaven like Jacob? Can you now sit on the heavenly throne with Jesus? This is the very birthright of heaven in the universe. People today say, “Ah! Esau sold his birthright just for a bowl of porridge.” But they are worse than Esau, selling their birthright for nothing. Esau regretted saying, “Ah! How come I sold my birthright?” When he tried to get it back, he could not get it back anymore. Why? Because Jacob would not give it back to him anymore. Because Isaac already gave the birthright to Jacob, it could not be given to Esau again.

Many people today are losing the birthright of heaven. As they cried so bitterly they cannot get it back. As Judas, was given the birthright, he rejected it, so it was given to Matthias. It cannot be given to Judas again. If you also reject or sell your birthright of heaven then it will be given to somebody else. Even if you regret, it cannot be given to you anymore for the person who receives it will not give it back. Once our Father gives the birthright to somebody He never takes it back again. Since you received the birthright of heaven, I hope you never lose it. Amen! Hebrews 12:18-21.

(Reader) “For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness or tempest, and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of the words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. For they could not endure what was commanded: And if as much as beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or trust through with an arrow. And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”

Speaker: Okay, let’s digest first. [For you have not come to the mountain.] Who is this ‘you’ which may be touched and burned with fire? This ‘you’ refers to us. Here it says, [You have not come to the Mount Sinai that may be touched] by fire and blackness and darkness and tempest and sound of trumpets and the voice of words. Mount Sinai was completely covered with darkness and blackness and loud noise of trumpets, and the eardrums of the Israelites were about to be broken into pieces. They shouted to God, “Oh Father, please do not speak to us directly, please speak to Moses so that we may listen to him.” So, here it says, [they begged so that the words may not be spoken to them anymore, for they could not endure what was commanded. As a beast touches the mountain it should be stoned or crushed.] The Israelites were trembling in the sight of God at the feet of Mt. Sinai. He said, “You have not come to the Mount Sinai like that.” Hebrews 12:22-24.

Reader: But you have come to Mt. Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the judge of all, to the spirit of just men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

Speaker: Yes, you have not come to Mt. Sinai which was surrounded by blackness and darkness and tempest due to God’s presence that if anybody came to that mountain would be consumed. We have not come to that kind of place but you have come to mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven. This is the very general assembly of all the firstborn of heaven. And God, the judge of all has come to this place. And the spirit of judgment made perfect. And Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant. Jesus, the mediator, has come upon this mount Zion and the blood of His sacrifice is here. Do you now know what mountain you have come to? No! Not at all. For after this hour you will forget everything completely. As you go back home again, if your rice paddies are completely swept away, will you complain to God again?  Hebrews 12:25-29.

Reader: See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven. Now, this, yet once more, indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken let us have grace by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence, and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.

Speaker: Yes, when I interpret the Bible you don’t have to say, “Ah, since our Teacher is interpreting the Bible let’s just say, Amen.” You should not say like that. You must listen carefully and use your own judgment. If you think that this is wrong, then you should not accept it.

Have you now accepted the birthright of heaven like Esau? Is there any place in the world except here where the birthright of heaven is being given bestowed upon God’s children? Since you already received the birthright of heaven, I hope you will grasp it and firmly hold on it to the end. Amen! Do you now know that this is the only place where the birthright of heaven is bestowed upon us?

Our Daddy said, “You have not come to Mount Sinai which was covered with God’s presence, which was so terrifying and darkening to them but you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. When they came to Mount Sinai, they all trembled even Moses trembled before God. You have not come to that kind of place but you have come to Mount Zion in the East, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.

We have learned that Jerusalem does not merely mean a temple or building. The heavenly Jerusalem is the very place where the heavenly Father’s real children are living. You now have come to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, who are registered in heaven. And to God, the judge of all, and to the Holy Spirit, and you have come to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant. Jesus, the mediator has truly appeared. Now you have come to the true Jesus, to the blood of His sacrifice.

So, although we do not see the blackness and darkness and tempest and trumpets sound which shook Mt. Sinai, you came to such a place like this. Those who disobeyed Moses were all destroyed then how can you expect the Spirit if you reject and despise Him? When God came to Moses, His presence shook the area of Mt. Sinai.  But here it says, “Yet once again, I will shake not only earth but also the whole heaven.” Are you sure that this is the very message that will shake not only this earth but the entire universe? Have you heard any message as this in history? Because of this message of God’s love, the entire universe will become stable, which will never be corrupted nor be destroyed anymore. There will be no battle anymore.

That’s why He said, “Yet once more I shake not only this earth but also the heaven.” Yet once more means the removal of those things that are being shaken. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken let us have His grace, let us believe in His love from now on. Let us keep His promise and grant Him our love, and serve Him with reverence and godliness, for God is a consuming fire. God is the same today, yesterday and forever. He is a consuming fire today also.

Those people who forsake this birthright, and say that God’s people and the Son of God are fanatics, even if they call the name of Jesus, or name of God in their churches for thousand of years, they can never live a life of sanctification and regeneration. Why? Because God already consumed them. Anybody who rejects this message from heaven, rejects the son of God, and say that this is a heresy can never be sanctified. Those people who go to church and say “Please regenerate us, please sanctify us.” Even if they go to church for thousand of years, they can never produce from their soul the leaves of regeneration and fruits of sanctification even until they die.

Our Father gives us the Man of Truth, Oil of the Holy Spirit, give us His only Son as a fertilizer for the tree of our soul. So only when we come to our Daddy He gives us the water of the Holy Spirit and sanctify us with the life of Jesus. Then that is the only way that we can produce fruits of regeneration and sanctification.

So, I hope you fully grasp the birthright you already received. As you go back home, even everything is washed away, will you praise our Daddy? I hope you will only praise and thank our Daddy. I hope you do keep this birthright with you forever.

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