There's a reason for life and death - World Mission Society Church of God

Life that never ends

In the morning, I read an article that really touched me.

An Australian woman delivered twins after 27 weeks. The daughter was born relatively healthy, but the son weighing 2.2lbs, was having difficulty in breathing.

Though the medical team quickly gave first aid, but the child lost its breath and died.

However, the mother and the father didn't give up and asked the doctor for a last chance.

She embraced her child and while touching the child’s cheek with hers, the mother breastfed. Two hours passed and something unbelievable happened.

The child, who was supposed to be dead, started moving its fingers.

“Something happened that we can just express it as a miracle. When my son slightly held on my finger, at an instinct I knew that our relationship didn't end.”

The child’s breathe became normal and eventually became healthy. He is growing up healthily like normal children.

Mother’s burning love that revived a heart is truly amazing.

I give thanks to God the Mother who never gives up on us, running towards the way of death. 

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Death of my old filthy self - Resembling God the Mother

Teachings of Mother

For me, 「Teachings of Mother」 was just words hung up on a frame, and words that was just pasted at the very first page of my Bible.

And I thought that I was keeping the Teachings of Mother..

Nevertheless, when I faced the Teachings of Mother in reality, only then, looking at myself who was forgetting the Teachings of Mother, shed tears of repentance.

What if I still put on practice, the Teachings of Mother, even though the person didn’t know how to give love, but took it as if it was a natural thing to receive?

When someone praises me, what if I didn’t receive that praise but returned the glory to God?

In that way, I would have had the habit of returning glory to God, every moment, even on smallest things.

What if I have had put on effort to see brothers and sisters beautifully, even if I had grudge against them and saw their faults.

When a brother or sister wanted something that I also wanted, what if I had yield, not wanting them to yield, and not complaining but understanding?

When I was sad because a brother or sister didn’t understand me, for the second time, what if I thought of myself that I am a sinner and didn’t feel disappointed?

When a brother or sister didn’t work together but wanted to find something easy, what if I didn’t think ‘why is he or she thinking that way?” and just firmly worked on my job with a heart of joy?

What if I had always thought of God’s grace; loving this sinner, if I had thanked with positive mind even though I had something unfair.

If I had timely praised even though there weren’t anything to be praised, and loved each other.

Remembering that humans are all sinners, prophets or the followers must have faults, if I didn’t think negatively but embraced them even if I saw some faults.

If I have thought of God’s example being humble and lived wanting to be more humble.

If I had sacrificed for the things that I couldn’t do, or sacrificed for works that were difficult for me.

If I had patiently thought of Heavenly Kingdom instead of wanting even the smallest pain to go away.

If I had served with a broad mind, the brother or sister who wanted to be served, thinking of God who came to this earth to serve.

If only I had lived in the teachings of Mother…

If they want to be loved and recognized, I just need to love. If they want to be served, I just need to serve. If others don’t work, I just need to work without question.

The Teachings of Mother was the solution for the things happening everyday in my life.

The solution for hardships, the guidebook for changing a person to a heavenly being, the preparation to go to heaven... that is the Teachings of Mother.

I also make a resolution for today:

To live every hours and seconds in the Teachings of Mother….

When the reality and the Teachings of Mother go against each other, may the Teachings of Mother inside me win.

So I make a resolution again, to be a child resembling Mother. 

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Welcome to the truth that will give you joy - Ahnsahnghong is God

A  lush’s enlightenment

Before I received the truth, I was a lush and a heavy smoker, being trapped in pleasure-seeking. When it comes to going on the racket, I was second to none for sure. Whenever something happened to get me angry, I always tried to drown my angers in drink.  Whenever I felt happy, I used to go on a binge like I own the world.

I don’t remember when exactly, but i twas sometime in the evening when it rained dizzyingly. After parting from my friends, while I was wandering around the train station from place to place, I could secure my place in the corner of the waiting room and stare at lots of people coming and going.

Watching some families hand in hand with shopping bags, suddenly I felt something was missing in the corner of my heart.  ‘Why am I wandering so much in my life? At that moment, with bitter tears of remorse, I became desperate to visit my hometown where I was born and grownup.

Looking back on it now, just like we miss our earthly hometown when in pain or sorrow, I must have had a great longing for a heavenly home where my soul should return. Later, I could realize this was truly enabled by the earnest prayer of my wife and the grace of God who guided this sinful child into the truth.

On the day I got baptized, I could regret many things in the past, watching my wife crying over next to me.  While I went to church from a sense of obligation with my wife just like going to school in the beginning, I could finally realize that I have an eternal hometown I could go back as I started the Bible studying and my eyes and ears gradually opened.

In the past, I was the one who cannot stand others win the game but through grace of God, I was given the virtue of yielding and the mind of giving thanks and being patience. Comparing to my former self in the past, now I am living with the feeling of being born again into a totally different self.

I sincerely give thanks to Elohim God for letting me realize our physical life on this earth as a stranger and a visitor is meaningless and for giving me a hope to go back to our eternal hometown. Now, the most favorite time for me is when our whole families (including my parents who were recently baptized) come to Zion and worship God all together.

I truly give eternal thanks to Elohim God for taking care of my every move today too, without hating me of many shortcomings and faults. Now, I pledge my word to play a part in saving dying souls to return the favor of Elohim God.

Making sure of carrying out my mission to glorify our Elohim God as a messenger, I got on a bus after finishing work safely. On my way home, I am mediating the great sacrifice and love of Elohim God, listening to a new song playing from earphones.

I would like to give thanks to Elohim God who brought this prodigal sinner into the truth and gave the salvation.

Father and Mother, I love you.

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Mother’s Prayer- Christ Ahnshanghong who let us realize the truth of the Bible.

Mother’s Prayer

Whenever I listen to thefragrance of Zion, I always recall my mom.

I truly wanted my mom to receive the truth, who has been leading her life by the sweat of the browalone; it was so much tiring with doing a farming work all through herlife.  However, she didn’t even want tolisten to the words of the truth, while accepting all others.   Even if I tried to preach to her many times,she rather scolded me.

Feeling depressed, I gotmad at her and even appealed to her, but then she just threw doubt on me askingif I go to a strange church.  In spite ofhaving no religion, she rather tried to stop my belief, insisting that I shouldnot go to any other churches except Methodist or Presbyterian ones where myrelatives go to.  Whenever she did that,I felt hopeless and regrettable wondering how she could not trust her child atall.  I felt so envious of spiritual brothersand sisters leading their physical families to Zion.

One day, when shevisited a hospital not feeling well, she was advised to undergo an operation byher doctor.  She seemed to feel weakenand have many thoughts about the operation. Since she was long way past seventy, other families got worried abouther so much.

To meet my mom stayingin sister’s house to get an operation, I got on the bus and prayed to HeavenlyMother.  When I arrived there, shewelcomed me so much but I felt uncomfortable in mind.  My sister staying home went to church but didn’ttry to reject my religion nor listen to the truth.

My mind was so much troubled wishing mom to receive the truth and worrying if she refuses it at all. Heavenly Mother was the only one I could trust so I prayed to Her with earnest mind. At that moment, my sister said she had an appointment to make and left home.  Feeling this must be the great chance to preach from Heavenly Mother for sure, I preached about Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother to my mom and my mind was shaking with an excitingmind.  Watching mom who was hesitating, I felt like the heaven was about to destroy but I tried to persuade her again by praying for Heavenly Mother.

Finally, she said she wantedto be baptized and at this, tears came to my eyes.

All of these were trulythe grace of Heavenly Mother.

When I was about to leave home, I could not find a key.  She kind of hesitated to go, saying she could not go with the door opened so I asked her to come with me and finally brought the cab.

Her body was not healthy with several times of operations and farming work for all her life, so she almost crawled on the steps to the church on the 5^thfloor.  
However, she didn’t say it washard at all and finally got baptized just like a lamb.

Suddenly, I felt urgent with the fact that I left home with the door open. 
When I was about to come out of the Zion quickly, I couldn’t see mom but there found her praying for God.  From that scene, I got shocked because then I realized I myself had no belief at all.  Even though Heavenly Mother prepared all given conditions, I had no belief.

I felt so shameful and regrettable.   Returning home, nothing seemed wrong and it was before my sister came back home. Once again, I gave thanks to heavenly Mother and felt so sorry.   I sincerely give thanks to Heavenly Mother who prays with tears for this sinful child to get the belief firmly into the mind.

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Black-tailed gull’s hatchling

 

 

“Squack, Squack.”

 

You would have once seen a bunch of gulls crying noisily, covering a whole island.

I have seen a documentary which was about a black-tailed gull’s life. 

This black-tailed gull lays its 4 to 5 eggs in the bushes of a deserted island during May to August, and incubates them.

With an effort, the hatchlings try to survive by remembering their mother’s voice.

Those noisy cries were made by the hatchlings,voices calling for their mother.

 

Since multiple numbers of black-tailed gulls live in a small space, their turf war is intense.

 

The bushes are a threatening place for the hatchlings, who cannot distinguish what they see. The young hatchling isn’t an exception as a target of attack.

 

If one of the gulls crosses over its territory, the hatchlings’ life is in danger. 

That is why by nature, the hatchlings rely on their mother’s voice.

 

When the mother alerts, the hatchlings come together in haste, drop their heads down, and wait until their mother’s warning to be canceled.

 

After listening to their mother’s approval that it’s alright, they then loosen up their bodies and move here and there.

 

The black-tailed gull cannot distinguish the voice of its own hatchlings.

 

That is because it cannot catch the change of their hatchlings’ voice, since the hatchlings grow too quickly.

 

So when the hatchlings shrink with alert and do not snuggle into their mother, the mother gull; deluding itself that they are hatchlings of another gull, attacks them.

 

The other gulls also distinguish their hatchlings with the hatchlings’ behavior.

 

It is pitiful to watch young hatchlings being attacked by another mother gull. When a hatchling of another violates a territory, the mother gull of that territory attacks them until they die.

 

The poor hatchling struggles to survive,but most of them die because they have left their mother.

 

On the island, you can see dead hatchlings here and there.

  

When I noticed the hatchling can only survive from the enemies by remembering its mother’s voice, following what the mother had told it to do, and seeing the mother trying to protect its hatchling, it made me think of the heavenly world.

 

Though we cannot see the invisible world, it brought me to attention thinking that the battle with the evil spirits would be also intense. Heavenly Mother, protects us from many attacks of the evil spirits, and teaches us that we must obey God’s words in order to return to the heavenly home.

 

I truly give thanks to Heavenly Mother,for even today, She protects these weak children’s souls under Her wings, and leads us with love to Heaven.

 

Until the day, when we go back to our home, I will become a faithful child who listens attentively to our Heavenly Mother’s voice, and a child who obeys. 

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That information was always there - Ahnsahnghong is God

With the words and will of God rather than the experience

 

A doctor talked about the experience of one of his patients on TV. He was a physician and worked for more than 40 years.

 

When a woman visited for checkup, it was the time after she was already diagnosed with terminal cancer in a highly prestigious hospital. After being diagnosed, she suffered from severe depression and even got ruined with a traumatization as well as a distress.

 

Afterwards, she was grasping at straws when she went to see a doctor. Through a diagnostic workup and checkup, i twas found it was not a cancer but a disease that can be easily cured. When he was about to finish his talking, I couldn't help but concentrating at what he said.

 

Normally, this kind of mistakes can be often found not from a novice doctor but from a master one. While novice doctors do not make many mistakes since they check more carefully and look through with their lack of experiences,expert doctors make this huge mistakes as they check patients only trusting their long time of experiences even when their needs some diagnostic workup.

 

The story of a gray-haired old doctor gave me a great lesson, which motivated to examine myself to see if I, fancying myself as a spiritual doctor ever judged others thoughtlessly. When I looked back on what I have made wrong decisions, I felt very ashamed.

  

I judged like, ‘Well,that brother must have a little belief since he has a low attendance rate.’ But now he is preaching overseas. Also, I thought, ‘that student may have a hard time to be a gospel worker since he is difficult to get along with.’ However, he is working as a gospel helper at the moment.

So far, my spiritual diagnosis and God’s one differed toto caelo. From now on, I will not judge brothers and sisters in my glimpse any more.

 

Rather, I would like to become children of God who love brothers and sisters, praying for God with all my heart and soul. 

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We were formerly in Heaven with Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother

Look Upon the Spiritual Wrld

We live as pilgrims on earth, longing for the heavenly home. Being clothed in flesh in this visible and finite world, our hearts become easily absorbed in outward things, so that we cannot think of the spiritual world. When we indulge in physical things, we can not understand God's providence; we can't grow in faith, and even the faith we have will gradually cool down.

Our forefathers in faith tell us that the invisible world exists and it is the eternal world.

 

2 Co 4:18 "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

 

Most people believe the things that occur in the visible world, but they can hardly believe the invisible world. There are not many who live in the hope for heaven, because it is the spiritual and invisible world.

 

God's promise of eternal life

 

Just as the dragonfly nymphs could hardly understand the existence of that other world until it was transformed into a dragonfly, so can we hardly believe and acknowledge what we've not experienced in this earth. We often fail to understand Jesus' teachings on heaven and hell.

 

The Bible describes the transformation we will undergo to enter heaven.

 

1 Co 15:50-54 "I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. ..."

 

"The mortal must clothe itself with immortality." This shows that we shall be changed into immortal beings. Therefore, we need to deeply study what the Bible says about eternal life which God has promised us.

 

Jn 6:53-54 "Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

 

How can we eat Jesus' flesh and drink His blood then?

 

Mt 26:17-28 "On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?" ... So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.... While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."

 

God sealed the Passover bread with Jesus' flesh and the Passover wine with His blood. He promised eternal life to those celebrating the Passover.

When will the people, who have become one with Christ by eating the Passover bread and drinking the Passover wine, be transformed into glorious beings? 

It is at the last day when the Christ comes down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call. On that day, we will all be changed in a flash; our bodies will be like Jesus' glorious body (1 Th 4:13-18).

 

We are blessed, for we have received all God's promises described in the Bible. Imagine the moment when we will be changed in a flash, putting on the glorious robe, the angelic robe. 

Though we now live in this visible world like the dragonfly nymphs, we will soon live in a world of unimaginable beauty, the kingdom of heaven, as newly-changed beings, as the glorious ones.

Let's find out who has taught us the way of life, the Passover, so that we can be born again into a new world.

 

1 Ti 6:15-16 "which God will bring about in his own time-God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal ..."

 

It is only God who can change our mortal bodies into immortal ones. For He alone is immortal. Nobody knows the way of eternal life except God. Only God Himself can tell us the way.

God Himself has taught us the truth of the Passover and given us eternal life to lead us into the spiritual world, the kingdom of heaven. Let's cling not to this visible world but to the spiritual world where we are going, preparing ourselves to go there. Glory and praise be to the Spirit and the Bride for ever and ever, who have taught us the truth of eternal life so that we may look forward to entering the kingdom of heaven, our eternal home.

 

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Do you know how to return to our?former?home? --- Christ Ahnsahnghong

Heavenly citizenship for those doing the Father's will

 

When the eternal kingdom comes, the most valuable thing is the citizenship of heaven. Even though tens of thousands of people give us their American citizenship cards, we will never exchange our heavenly citizenship for theirs. We are envied by all the spiritual beings in the universe. God tells us how to acquire the citizenship of heaven.

 

Mt 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'"

 

Nobody can enter the kingdom of heaven without the citizenship of heaven. Then, who can acquire the heavenly citizenship? Only those who do the will of the heavenly Father can acquire it. The Bible clearly shows us the way to obtain the citizenship of heaven and also the reason to be rejected.

 

He who belongs to God is to hear what God says. God clearly commands us to keep the Sabbath, but some insist on keeping Sunday. God commands us to celebrate the Passover, nevertheless some insist on celebrating Christmas. This is an expression of their strong will not to hear what God says. God sternly says that such people do not belong to Him: "The reason you do not hear what I say is that you do not belong to Me." What a dreadful word! Through this word, God shows us the way to distinguish between those who can acquire the heavenly citizenship and those who can't.

 

Heavenly citizenship is given to the people of Zion, the city of God's appointed feasts

 

Now, we need to find out where God our King reigns in order to know where we are now, examining the requirements we must meet in order to qualify for heavenly citizenship.

 

Isa 33:20-22 Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved ... There the LORD will be our Mighty One. ... the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.

 

Here, us' mean those celebrating God's feasts in Zion. God is called their King; He is the King of Zion, the city of His appointed feasts. We, the people of Zion, celebrate the feasts. So it is clear that we have a heavenly citizenship.

 

Isa 51:15-16 "For I am the LORD your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves roar-the LORD Almighty is his name. I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand-I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who say to Zion, You are my people.'"

 

The people who dwell in Zion are the ones who have obtained the heavenly citizenship, though they live in this sinful world now. We must feel proud that we have acquired the heavenly citizenship even though we are cast down to a small planet called earth.

If we have the citizenship of heaven, we ought to hear what God says. Now, let's see if we obey God's word as heavenly citizens, considering what are the requirements for the heavenly citizenship.

 

Ex 20:8 "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy."

 

First, citizens of heaven ought to keep the Sabbath day. Those who do not keep the Sabbath cannot acquire the citizenship of heaven. When they stand before Jesus at the last day, they will beg Him to let them into heaven, saying, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name pray and drive out demons, and help the poor?" However, Jesus will turn His face away from them, saying, "I never knew you."

"Show Me your citizenship of heaven. Do you know the reason why I have not granted you heavenly citizenship? Have you ever kept the Sabbath holy?" 

If God asks them such stern questions, what will they answer?

God said, "My sheep listen to my voice" (Jn 10:27). How can they acquire the heavenly citizenship without obeying even a single command of God-"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy"?

So Jesus told them plainly, "I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!"

 

Second, heavenly citizens ought to celebrate the Passover.

 

Lk 22:14-20 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you."

 

The Bible teaches us that we can receive the forgiveness of our sins only by celebrating the Passover.

 So God has established the Passover, saying,

 "This [Passover] is for you." It is a qualification for the citizenship of heaven to celebrate the Passover.

 

The citizenship of heaven can be acquired when we always live in Zion, know God and obey everything He has commanded us. We have the heavenly citizenship granted by God. Let us take pride in our citizenship in heaven. God has given us the Passover and let us know what the Savior's name is; and He clearly said to us, "You are My people."

 

When we go back to the glorious kingdom of heaven, we will enjoy the powerful privileges of heavenly citizenship. Many people, who have not obeyed God's commands, will entreat God to let them in before the heaven's gate. However, Christ will sternly say to them, "I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!" What about us all in Zion? 

We shall all enter heaven's gate safely. 

For heaven is our home and our country.

Giving thanks to God who has given us such a great blessing, let us help numerous people who are longing for the heavenly citizenship.

 

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A Stumbling Block to Jews and Foolishness to Gentiles

 

 

At the time of the early Church, there was a stumbling block to Jews. 

Every day they gathered together to plot how to stop the crowd of people who were doing what was a stumbling block to them, how to slander and hinder them from attracting people's attention. 

What was the stumbling block to the Jews?the thing that they hated the most? 

It was the preaching of Jesus Christ. God is light, so darkness hates the light (Jn 1:1-14). It is because darkness retreats even when a tiny bit of light shines. 

What Satan hates the most is revealing God, our Savior in each age: Jehovah in the age of the Father, Jesus Christ in the age of the Son, and the Spirit and the Bride?

our Heavenly Father and Jerusalem our Heavenly Mother?in the age of the Holy Spirit. 

The preaching of Christ is a stumbling block and foolishness to people in the world, but it is most pleasing to God. 

We, who are children of light, should shine the light of the glory of Jerusalem on the whole world, so that we can defeat darkness and lead all people into life. 

The world does not know God through its wisdom The preaching of God who has come in the flesh is a stumbling block to Jews who claim to believe in God, and foolishness to Gentiles who do not know God.

 However, God's point of view is completely different. The Bible says that God is pleased through the foolishness of what is preached to save those who believe. 

1 Co 1:21-24 『For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.』