Founder of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity
Spiritual Messages — page 13
Beloved Heavenly Father! Here stands high Cheon Jeong Gung, the palace of the heavenly kingdom, where representatives of pure heart, whose minds and bodies are immaculately united within the realm of the cosmic Sabbath and who are victorious representatives that
It is said that God is the Alpha and the Omega, the cause and the result. However, the center of that Alpha and Omega is true love.
We are celebrating a truly special occasion in this absolute providential era.
COEX Convention and Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea Commemoration of the Publication of True Father’s Autobiography Beloved families that have recently received the new lineage of the absolute, unique, unchanging, and eternal God through the Blessing, citizens of God’s
I would like to begin by offering my heartfelt gratitude to God who protected my wife and me, and all who were accompanying us.
There are now some two hundred nations in the world. Yet, aren’t many of these nations engaged in fierce conflicts, directly or indirectly?
Philosophers have ever pondered this question; some offering proofs while others are skeptical that any such knowledge can be had.
The unity and uniqueness of God comprise the theme of the passages collected in this section.
It came from Heaven as a gift to all humanity on May 1, 1994, the day when the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) was inaugurated.
God is formless and invisible. He is beyond any human concept, hidden and inscrutable: “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.”
God’s glory fills the world, but the world cannot exhaust God.
God is sovereign over the universe. He rules over the affairs of men and women;
Nothing is hidden from God, because He sees everything.
Abiding within the heart, God is near at hand to each of us, if only we would notice.
Unchanging and eternal, the Absolute Being in all religions is depicted as having these qualities.
The First Cause of all existence did not merely create the world long ago and let it run on its own steam ever since.
Of all God’s attributes, love is the most attractive and compelling.
This section on God as the Creator includes classic accounts of the creation of the universe and the creation of human beings.
Growth a fact of nature nothing springs forth fully formed but passes through a process of growth from inception to completion. The same principle that applies to the growth of the body also applies to the growth of the spirit—
Most religions anticipate a time beyond the present, when human history will be consummated by a decisive act of God. Evil will be destroyed and goodness will triumph. Millenarian teachings are most characteristic of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic scriptures. Christianity
God operates His providence to save humankind through establishing religions; the religions in turn elevate human morality and ethics, leading to the creation of civilizations. Each of the major religions begins with its founder. Father Moon terms these founders “saints,
All religions share certain purposes in common, though with different emphases.
Due to humanity’s fallen and degraded condition, it is difficult, if not impossible, for people to attain the goal and purpose of life unaided.
The Abrahamic faiths teach that humanity fell from a primordial state of unity with God, and similar beliefs are found the world over.
Invisible to earthly eyes, it is not easily fathomed, yet it is a vital part of our existence and a place to which we will all journey one day.
Nature is sacred; all creatures great and small are endowed with God’s life and a modicum of God’s spirit. This insight, shared by all religious traditions, is the basis of reverence and respect for all living things. In
As creatures, human beings are created with a purpose determined by their Creator.
The Absolute Being relates to human beings as parent to child.
Life has its seasons: youth, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. Youth is a time to learn, when one is malleable and most open to instruction; adolescence is a time of exploration that requires self-discipline; the twenties are the time to
People have viewed the prospect of Judgment Day with a mixture of hope and fear. It is a day of hope to the downtrodden, who will finally see vindication as the dominion of evil is overthrown and the guilty are
Noah is the first biblical father of faith. His remarkable work to build an ark, believing God’s command that a flood was about to destroy humanity, showed faith far beyond the ordinary. Father Moon emphasizes the incredible faith of
Passages from diverse scriptures affirm that religions that do not share the faith of that scripture nevertheless contain elements of Truth.
Soiled by sin and unworthy to enter the presence of God, or corrupted by evil deeds and hence unable to realize our true inner nature, we cry out to God for forgiveness of sins.
The first murder in human history followed close on the heels of the human fall; indeed, the tension between the brothers can be attributed to the situation they inherited from their parents.
Religions do not expound on the reality of a future life merely as a comfort to the bereaved or as an opiate to the oppressed in this life
Originating in the eternal God, it returns to God in the end.
Passages in this section prescribe the ethic proper to reverence for life.
