Inheriting the Teachings of the True Parents

1. The question is not how to unify the world, but how to unify yourself. Within each of you, your mind and body are divided and are fighting every day. To resolve this problem, you need God's word.

Living by the word, you should resemble God's character and heart. You have to reach the point where God likes it when you love yourself, and where God would lift you and give you His recognition.

You have to arrive at the point where God recognizes the things you say as true. To become such people in reality, the most time-sensitive matter is to create a realm of unity with others in your daily life and to become a person who has mind-body unity within yourself.

How can you know whether you have become a person with mind-body unity? Go out and spread the word with utmost devotion. When you do so, you will realize that God is always with you through your connection to the Word.
(27-337, 1970.01.01)

The value of the Divine Principle and Father's words

2. We are connected to God through the Word. If the Word did not exist, we could not be connected to God. If it were not for the Word, we could not find a way to connect with Him.

Hence, unless there are people who spread the Word, nothing will happen. God's purpose in connecting to us as human beings is to enable us to connect to His love.

Those who convey the Word that connects people to God may be people on earth, but the Word they convey is from God. It is through that Word that people are made new. (27-337, 1970.01.01)

3. The Fall happened because of a failure to uphold God's Word. Therefore, as we seek to follow this path, which is centered on God's Word, we are to be a group that pledges to uphold God's Word. What kinds of people rely on God's Word? They are the most public, living for the sake of the world and all humankind, living for the sake of God.

When God looks at them, He wants them to stand with Him in an ideal relationship, not content to remain merely in their current relationship with Him. Moreover, God wants them to go beyond their present situation and move forward toward their place in God's ideal.

They are people who live for God's ideal, for God's tomorrow, and for the tomorrow of all humanity. Imagine how difficult that is! Nevertheless, I am saying that we should become a group of people who build the world of the future.

When we become such people, then whenever God thinks of the future, He will think of me and the Unification Church; and whenever people think of tomorrow, they will think about the Unification Church and think about me. We can arrive at this outcome. (88-304, 1976.10.03)

4. God is calling us with His Word. Therefore, we need to follow as His Word directs us. By what route can we meet each other as true parents and true children? It is through true words, the Word given by our Heavenly Parent.

You cannot become such children unless you know the Parent's word. If it is true that the Parent God's Word is absolute and true, you will not feel tired even if you listen to that same word for a thousand or ten thousand years. The Parent God's Word has no end. You have to search for that word.

It is not enough to find words that fit the constraints you impose with your logic.

The Parent's Word teaches not only the greatest principles but also gives life to those who listen. It gives you life, no matter how many times you hear it, even if you listen repeatedly for all eternity. (10-131, 1960.09.18)

5. The words of loving parents are eternal; they transcend time and space. It is even more so with God's Word; it transcends history, transcends ages and eras, transcends ideologies, and transcends philosophies.

It is more precious than the words of any human being. His Word, whether you listen to it or read it, at night or during the day, flows endlessly into your heart. (10-132, 1960.09.18)

6. The words that Jesus spoke to the Jewish people and all the things he showed them, were not based on his desire. They were related to the Will of Heaven. Jesus represented the providential Will of God.

However, within the realm of the Fall, a clash arose between Jesus and the people who were meant to relate to God's Will through him. When God's Word appears in the fallen world it can transform an individual when it appears to an individual; it can transform a people when it appears to a people; it can transform the world when it appears in the world.

The Jewish people did not know that Jesus was the manifestation of God's Word that could transform heaven and earth. (001-230, 1956.11.11)

7. I am the owner of the Word. I became the owner of the Word because I have lived according to the Word. The first human beings did not become the owners of the Word, and therefore they failed to become True Parents; hence someone else had to become the True Parents and embody the Word.

Mother and I did that, and then we offered its fruit before God. This is why we can all advance into the era of liberation and complete freedom and realize the ideal of God's purpose of creation. (524-252, 2006.04.15)

8. No one can erase the words I have spoken. When I listen again to the words that I spoke fifty years ago, I bow down honoring those words. When I spoke in those days, I did so with such seriousness. I had the urgent determination that even though I could die that day, I would leave my words for future generations. Even though I might be dead and gone, I knew that my words were so profound and significant that with them people in the future would be able to lead the world.

When you read the volumes of my sermons, you should be moved to the degree that you come to that realization. You should have spiritual experiences. You may enjoy playing and dancing and such, but to be enraptured by my words and grow spiritually through them is a blessing among all blessings for you, your ancestors in the spirit world, and your descendants in the earthly world.
(309-190, 1999.05.01)

9. If the content of many newspapers is saved on a computer drive, you will be able to read it even a thousand or ten thousand years from now. Likewise, if we store all my words on CDs, billions of people in every corner of the globe will be able to use computers to listen to them. We are now living in such an era.

Therefore, you cannot hide falsehoods. There is no longer anywhere to hide them. As the words of Heaven and the words of Heaven's love shine brightly throughout the world, the forces of darkness will eventually self-destruct. They will have to flee further and further away. Once the light begins to shine, darkness can no longer rule in the realms bathed in that light. (342-022, 2001.01.09)

10. A thousand years from now, will the words that I spoke as the founder of the Unification Church have disappeared? Whenever I think about it, I realize that tins is a serious matter.

My words must not remain only within your hearts； they must flow and become medicinal waters – not just spring water so that everyone can drink those waters, even one thousand years from now.

I want people to be able to point to my words with pride, recognizing that they are a universal remedy, a medicine that can cure all ailments. For this, I am offering sincere devotion in the hope that my words will last forever as life-giving words. (340-064, 2000.12.23)

11. The truth of the Unification Church is not only a truth that was revealed through struggles in its history. It is the truth that existed even before the Creation. It is God's ideal of creation to establish a true family, a true tribe, a true people, a true nation, and a true world based on the relationship with True Parents.

This truth revealed in the Divine Principle also contains the details of what was done in the history of God's providence of restoration to realize God's ideal. (30-318, 1970.04.06)

12. The True Parents are the ancestors of absolute faith, absolute love, and absolute wisdom. It was with absolute faith, absolute love, and absolute wisdom that I discovered the words of the Divine Principle.

Therefore, whether we stand in front of God, Satan, or history, no one can deny their validity; all must affirm it. The Divine Principle is indeed a strong shield; it has such power (277-152, 1996.04.07)

13. The Unification Principle connects everything by the laws of nature. That is why it is called the Principle. It is Heaven's Principle. That is to say, it is the eternally unchanging Principle. The Principle is not a doctrine. It is not a doctrine of the Unification Church. It is not a doctrine taught by True Parents.

A doctrine is something by which fallen people seek Heaven, but what do people who live together with God have to do with a doctrine? The Principle is Heaven's law. (301-034, 1999.04.16)

14. My words are such that you will not understand them right away. However, if you read the books that contain my words many times, you will come to understand them without fail.

I have a mind that can see the whole picture. By distinguishing, comparing, and contrasting everything in this wide world, I have rearranged all knowledge based on the standard of a new tradition, which is called the Divine Principle.

With it, I have established a philosophical system that completely restructures the entire spectrum of knowledge in all major fields. It will require thousands or even tens of thousands of scholars to recognize the full value of the Divine Principle. In the Divine Principle, the Unification Church possesses a formidable weapon.
(228-149, 1992.03.27)

15. My teachings embody an understanding that will forever remain at the top as the central teaching, even if in the course of history the Unification Church disappears. Even if you fail to fulfill it, others will do so at some point. A time will come when many nations will compete to fulfill my teachings.

When that happens, your situation will be the opposite of what it is today. Those who were first will be last, and those who were last will be first. Everything will be turned upside down. Those of you who miss this opportunity will not be remembered in history. (390-314, 2002.08.16)

16. In the course of seeking the True Parents, have you felt the value of True Parents' words?

They are the teachings that enable you to connect with eternal value. If you have never felt their value, it would not matter if the True Father came and told you personally how truly valuable his words are, still, you would not be able to recognize their value.

To clearly understand the value of these words of truth, you need to pray. People on earth must seek the True Father's teachings, for they are words of truth.

They are words that move the heart of Jesus and words that move the heart of God, who has carried out His providence for six thousand years. Moreover, when those words appear on the earth, they will reveal the ups and downs of that six thousand-year history.

They will reveal God's anger, ill-treatment, and bitterness. For these reasons, the True Father's words cannot help but move God's heart. (10-133, 1960.09.18)

17. God's Word does not establish rules; its purpose is to give us life and fulfill His plan. There are many religious doctrines and ideologies on the earth today that advocate truth, but there are no teachings that truly bring peace to our mind and body, even when we practice them, nor are there teachings in which we can be deeply immersed for eternity.

If God's Word enables the love of God, the source of life in the universe, to move within our mind and body, then surely with God's true Word we can fundamentally resolve the claims of all ideologies and doctrines. (3-327, 1958.02.02)

18. You need to establish a tradition based on the Word and develop a character that will enable you to attain oneness with the Word. In the Last Days, there are three judgments: the first is judgment by the Word, the second is judgment of character, and the third is judgment of heart.

This is the absolute standard; it is already established. The Fall occurred when the first human beings could not unite with God's Word. Adam and Eve should have taken God's commandment not to eat the fruit as absolute and thus established the right tradition.

But they did not do so and consequently fell. Therefore, those people who walked the course of restoration had to establish the tradition of uniting with the Word, which prefigured the ultimate truth that appears in the end times. In heaven, such a tradition has been already established, but it has not yet been established for people on earth.

If this tradition is not established, then there is a possibility that, like Christianity, the Unification Church will split into many denominations. (21-326, 1969.01.01)

19. The critical issue is to establish the tradition that brings us into oneness with the Word. You should not be separate from the Word. You should be people who cultivate yourselves based on the Word and move forward based on the Word.

You have to establish a tradition based on the Word by taking it as the absolute standard. For this, you need to be tuned to my mind and heart as it was when I introduced the Word. You study the Word so that you can believe in the Word, yet your standard of understanding is not yet perfect.

There is a time-honored standard in the background of the Word, and you have to meet that standard. For this, you need to establish a tradition of deeply penetrating the Word. (21-327, 1969.01.01)

True Parents' sermons are a treasure

20. How many volumes of my sermons have been published? Up to now, you have not been interested in the books of my sermons. From God's viewpoint, no matter how many books you may find in a library, they are of little use compared to the books of my sermons.

Think about the fact that there are a huge number of volumes of my sermons. The contents of these books are to save the sons and daughters of this world. The volumes of my sermons are still first editions. If you buy them, they will become your pride from generation to generation.

If you think about this from God's viewpoint, they are the most valuable of all books. There will never be a second set of True Parents. For eternity, and absolutely, there will be only one set of True Parents. You need to learn what kind of person I am. I do not think you know how deep, high, and broad I am. Yet, you can know my character through the volumes of my sermons.

These books are like a lighthouse giving out light in the darkness of night. (309-167, 1999.05.01)

21. Many volumes of my sermons have been published. I read them every morning during Hoon Dok Hae. Now we do not need any more large-scale rallies. I have already taught you everything you need to do. I have even spoken in detail about tribal messiahship.

These are not ideas I came up with as I developed the church. I had already made a detailed plan for teaching them in advance, and I have been teaching you on that basis. That is one thing that is to my credit. Many things I have said may have sounded like idle fancy, but I have already substantiated them in my life.

Once you own the volumes of my sermons, preparing your sermons and similar talks will be no problem. Those books are a vast treasure. All the money in the world cannot compare with the value of those words. (192-110, 1989.07.03)

22. I usually rise at 3:30 in the morning. When I get up, I read from the books of my sermons that I delivered in the past. Their content is awe-inspiring. Since it was I who spoke those words, I know all the content; yet when I read them, I still become tearful.

People who hear such precious words and then just drift away will have a hard time forgiving themselves. These sermons are more precious than your homes, more precious than your land. (269-318, 1995.05.01)

23. How many books of my sermons have you read thus far? This is a serious matter. The more you read, the more you will shine and the greater your value will become. You have to know everything I have taught.

Even a king who makes his nation great, understands the world, and knows the truth, will find the books of my sermons to be a treasure. Even now, I am reading and studying my words. I have to straighten out every point before I die. If there are any mistakes, I must correct them. It will be a problem if there are any errors. (228-148, 1992.03.27)

24. How many books of my sermons have been published so far? If you have the opportunity to share some sermons from these books, you will find many parts that move people to weep rivers of tears.

Even now, I read the books of my sermons for two hours every day. While reading one of the prayers that I gave several decades ago, I found a part where I mentioned the fulfillment of the Completed Testament Age even then! This is something that I have been talking about recently, so when I came to that point in the prayer I felt something that resonated to my bones.

How amazing these prayers are. This is not a matter of personal pride. These prayers are full of inspirations, which when I reflect upon them, are stimulating to me even now. They are like a huge chest full of treasure. (260-220, 1994.05.19)

25. Now you do not need to give sermons of your own. Rather than making your sermon to preach, find a title from among my sermons that is appropriate to the occasion and use that sermon in a manner that fits your circumstances.

Create a separate book of your own with sermon titles and three-line summaries of each sermon. Then, whenever you need to speak, all you need to do is decide the title that you would like to give your sermon on and find a portion of your sermon that matches what you want to say in your sermon.

When you feel that you need to speak about some specific topic, read from the books of my sermons those that are relevant to that topic and then give your sermon. Furthermore, even for your prayer, use the words that I prayed. There is nothing Heaven likes more than that. This is how you should always give sermons.
(212-119, 1991.01.02)

Disseminate and practice the Word

26. My words have a substance that will last for eternity. They are teachings that can enable us to transcend life's circumstances. Evil circumstances in your life cannot devour true teachings. True teachings cannot be restrained by anything in the evil world.

Through these words, people should constantly motivate themselves to overcome their evil environment. But because people these days are not doing this, Christianity worldwide has entered a state of confusion. True Father comes with a loving heart for his children. Since that is so, should there not be a place where he can convey his true words to his beloved children?

You have to find that place – the Unification Church – where he speaks those true words. When you find that place and listen to him, even if you listen to him a thousand times, you will still find his words refreshing.

Those words have meaning that is linked to eternity, with the true value of goodness. Unless you connect to those words, which have such true value, you cannot become his true children. (10-132, 1960.09.18)

27. The flavor of True Father's words will never become bland, even if you hear them repeatedly for a thousand years. The same words will comfort you when you are sad and delight you when you are happy.

My words can be your wonderful object partners; you can relate to them according to your state of mind and the emotions that you are experiencing in your life. Such is their value. (10-141, 1960.09.18)

28. The number of church members will increase proportionally to how often you convey the words of the Divine Principle. Another issue is how sincere you are in conveying the Divine Principle.

You must share it with your utmost sincerity； there is no other way. Human beings were created through the Word. Since they lost the Word, they must be re-created through the Word. The Word has three main elements： the Word of God's love, the Word of God's life, and the world of God's lineage.

Simply, they are love, life, and lineage. When you convey the Word to others, they should feel love well in their hearts, life surging in their hearts, and lineage changing in their hearts.

People need to shed their skin three times, at the formation, growth, and completion levels, to reach maturity. (198-030, 1990.01.20)

29. You must convey my teachings throughout the world. With the arrival of the Completed Testament Age, I am conveying a new message. When I made the new proclamation of the Completed Testament Age to the entire world, I also bestowed my words in the form of the scripture of the Completed Testament. That is why I am telling you to read and study it. You must unite with these words.

Before you can become one with me, you must become one with my words. (291-217, 1998.03.13)

30. A person who cannot understand my words as they should be understood will be judged by them. Even though our earthly lives will end, I have to leave behind my words for the unending line of our descendants.

As long as our destiny to complete God's providence of restoration remains unaccomplished, our descendants will have to work based on my words. We must observe and protect these precious words.

God has been anticipating the day when all the peoples of the world will bow before these words. God has been enduring a history of great suffering and hardship until now to bring all people to surrender to these words of truth. (64-256, 1972.11.12)

31. God gives His words of love to Satan's world. Then, out of Satan's world, people should come forth who have absolute faith in God's Word. This means there should be a group of people who believe in God's Word absolutely, unlike Adam, who did not.

They need to do things that will bring God to trust them more than He trusted the archangel, who betrayed God when he caused Adam and Eve to lose their faith in the Word.

On the condition that they listen to God's Word, He can snatch their bodies from Satan's realm. He has to recover their bodies so they can come to Him.
(53-040, 1972.02.06)

32. After joining the Unification Church, it is not enough for you to know the words of truth you learned from the Divine Principle merely in your head. Even as you know these teachings intellectually, you must also feel them in your heart.

Once you truly know the teachings with both your mind and your heart, you will not hesitate to take action and fight Satan because you will want to fulfill the purpose of those teachings.

Moreover, you will never be able to speak ill of True Father or reverse your thinking and take a position that could betray Heaven. (3-099, 1957.10.04)

33. You eat every day and the food still tastes delicious. Likewise, you can eat spiritual food that connects you to the truth every day, and it will still taste delicious. I am saying that words of life are satisfying, even if you hear them every day.

People who enjoy listening to the words of the Divine Principle until the day they die will certainly not go to hell. You may think, “I already know all these things!”

But you know them only in your head, which has nothing to do with the realm of the heart. The more you listen to these words, the more Heaven's realm of life will come and help you. (239-145, 1992.11.24)

34. The word is the substance that nurtures our life. It is a grave mistake to think that just because you attended a twenty-one-day workshop and a forty-day workshop, you are now a member in good standing of the Unification Church. You have to continue studying the Divine Principle book.

The experiences and insights that come to you when you treasure the Divine Principle in your heart will become your testimony, which later you can share at any time. At those times, you will be able to convey the grace that you received from the Divine Principle. (261-257, 1994.06.20)

35. All of you now living in the Last Days are to become the ancestors of the Third Israel. You need to understand: that the final teaching will be God's words of love. Therefore, you should not keep God's Word as God's Word and yourselves as yourselves, having nothing to do with each other.

You are to become the visible, substantial embodiments of God's Word of love. God's innermost heart has to become your innermost heart. In other words, you need to become the embodiment of the original heart of God.

All of you need to carry out the mission of a second creator who can disseminate the Word of God. That is to say, you must become propagators of the Word, propagators of life, and propagators of the substance of God. In this way, you will become one with God centering on love; then can you attend God eternally?

This is the standard of the Third Israel Only in this manner can you plant the Word, the substance, and the life. (3-331, 1958.02.02)

36. You should not become people who follow my teachings blindly. First, you should study my teachings, and next, you should become their embodiment with the character of a subject partner.

This means you have to become a subject partner who is imbued with the Word and who has attained the character to create spiritual children. However, when I look at people in the Unification Church who are studying the Divine Principle, I see many who have not attained that standard of heart and character, but who only work and act based on their knowledge of the Divine Principle.

This will not do. Having studied my words, you should be able to express them in your words. You should speak about the Divine Principle, but not as something that you were taught by some teacher.

Rather, you should speak from the perspective of having a living relationship with it in your flesh and bones. Although people may initially connect to you through your teaching of the Divine Principle, unless you can speak with the authority of an original subject partner, you will have no relationship with them.

Thus, you have to perfect your character and become the substance of the Word yourself. (19-133, 1968.01.01)