God’s Will and Christmas

T oday is Christmas, 1976, and people get out of the fallen state and into the original ideal around the world are celebrating the birth of creation. That is the providence of God’s of Jesus Christ. In the history of the salvation, or restoration. Throughout history men Unification Church the year of 1976 was a have not been in a position to save themselves; most critical and extraordinary year and today we salvation comes instead from a higher place. This is have ample reason to be grateful, especially as we why a savior must come to save mankind. As yet gather together for the first service in this holy no individual has successfully showed God’s place, our Manhattan Center. original ideal of creation to the world. We are not an ordinary group. There are many Without having individual perfection or salvation Christians in the world but the Unification Church there can be no family salvation, no social, national and this particular gathering have a special or world salvation. God has been thinking about meaning and purpose in God’s dispensation. It is how to establish one central champion who will most important in celebrating this day of Christmas give mankind His clear message and show the way to know the purpose of the coming of Jesus Christ to salvation. In the mind and heart of God that one 2,000 years ago. Without knowing that purpose man is the key because that one man’s victory will clearly this celebration is meaningless, so this bring not only his own individual perfection, ‘out morning I would like to deliver a message on the will open the way for family perfection, social, topic, “God’s Will and Christmas.” national and world perfection. When we ask if God’s original intention for this God knows this world is evil, and He cannot world has been completely fulfilled, the obvious abruptly send His champion without having answer is no. The will of God was thwarted prepared some foundation. God’s first task is to because of the fall of man. Through history fallen prepare the foundation on the individual level by mankind has been searching for the ultimate working through central individuals, and then to fulfillment of the will of God and the purpose of prepare the family, social and national levels. This creation. As this providence has been advancing on is how God came to prepare the nation of Israel. many different levels of the individual, family, The chosen nation of Israel had the mission of society, nation and world, God’s original will or receiving the Messiah and had been expecting his blueprint has never| changed. All the while that coming for 2,000 years before Jesus came. unchanging goal has been there for man to Jesus Christ came for the will of God, to transmit accomplish, waiting for man to catch up. God’s will to the chosen nation of Israel. God was God is eternal, unchanging, absolute and unique; moving in a certain direction and Jesus Christ was therefore, the will of God is also eternal, moving parallel to that direction, so certainly the unchanging, absolute and unique. God cannot yield people of Israel were supposed to move in a way His original standard or give up His principle parallel to Jesus. If all three had been moving because of the failure of men. He cannot parallel in one direction, God’s ultimate will could compromise or deviate from His original goal no have been fulfilled in that nation. God and Jesus matter how much sacrifice we men have to pay. He were united and all that was needed was to have the cannot come down to the level of men; men must people of Israel unite with Jesus. After man’s go up to the level of God. having fulfilled on the national level, expansion of that fulfillment to the worldwide level would have been assured. Realization of the ideal hinges upon the perfection of one man As you know from the Principle of Creation, the perfection of Adam would not only have been the As soon as the fall of man took place, God’s will perfection of an individual but would have brought focused on the goal of restoration. God Himself is the perfection of the family. That would have destined to save mankind, to show people how to expanded into the perfection of the clan, society, 1

nation and the world. Therefore, one man of the mind of God, the original plan that always has perfection could have brought world perfection. been and will always remain perfect, even though Then there would be only one ism necessary for all the physical realization of these plans has never yet mankind — Adamism. Under Adamism the been seen. Jesus prayed, “Thy will be done here on individual would prosper, the family would earth as it is in heaven.” Jesus knew the perfection prosper, and the society, nation and world would of God’s will in Heaven and he brought that will to prosper. earth, coming to establish perfection here so that The true forefather of mankind is that individual mankind would bring the kingdom into heaven. whose perfection represents not only his own That was God’s plan. success, but the perfection of the family, nation, God has not yet seen the perfection of His original world and cosmos. Today’s world would be entirely plan here on earth, however, even after the coming different if Adam had accomplished that. We of Jesus Christ. Because of the crucifixion Jesus would not see all the disgusting sights that we could not accomplish the full purpose of his witness every day. Neither would we see the coming, the perfection of Adam’s level. It was not language barriers and the national barriers at all God’s original plan to fulfill the ideal by separating people. Furthermore, every individual killing the Messiah. If that was indeed God’s would understand the perfection of man and would method then just sending him to a nation that was also live in complete unity between spirit world unprepared to understand him would have been and this world. Every individual could clearly map sufficient. Sacrifice is sometimes necessary, but out his own way of life to reach the ultimate God did not intend the sacrifice of human life as Kingdom of Heaven. The problem today is that the key to complete salvation. Because of the man does not possess the living God and no one crucifixion Jesus Christ was not allowed to reach has given him true direction. Mankind lives the fullest degree of perfection and no family, random, wandering lives. In the original ideal this social or national perfection was obtained. would never be; everyone would be guided into Therefore, it is most logical that the Messiah must perfection in a way perfectly parallel with the will come a second time. of God and no one could live outside that will. What will Jesus do when he comes? Will he come The realization of the Kingdom of God hinges to wipe out the world? The word “judgment” is upon the perfection of one man. That one man will frequently misunderstood to mean that God will bring the perfection of the Kingdom of God here on wipe out everything in anger. That is not the earth, and thereafter will erect the Kingdom of God purpose of the Messiah’s coming a second time. in Heaven. The citizens of the Kingdom of God The whole purpose is to fulfill the mission that was will start their lives here on earth and after they left undone 2,000 years ago, to work for individual, consummate their lives here will automatically be family, social, national and world perfection. elevated into the Kingdom of God in Heaven, Judgment is the constructive work of God to see where they will continue as families. the fulfillment of the Kingdom of God here on earth. God’s work begins here on earth Because the work of God is realistic and physical, the Messiah’s coming on the clouds in the sky does If there had been no fall the situations here on earth not make sense. By interpreting the Bible literally and in heaven would have been perfectly parallel. many Christians anticipate Jesus’ appearance in the On earth there would be the individual, family, sky, but that could not be so. People perceive God society, nation and world under God and the same as being supernatural, someone who could perform would be seen in the spirit world. One united world even the miracle of bringing Jesus on the clouds. would have occurred. It is God’s will to see Why would Christianity be necessary in that case? perfection come first here on earth; God never Why would faith be necessary? Why didn’t God intended to have His Kingdom established in spirit use supernatural power to build up the Kingdom of world and then copied here on earth. Christians God in the first place? Why has He had to wait for commonly think that the heavenly kingdom in 6,000 years to accomplish this? spirit world is the perfected kingdom but that is not true. I want you to know that God’s will in sending Jesus Christ 2,000 years ago perfectly parallels the Without perfection here on earth no perfection can coming of Adam in the garden of Eden. The Lord be obtained there. There was always a blueprint in of the Second Advent will come for the same 2

purpose. In other words, God’s will, Adam’s year or so and then see what happens? Would a purpose, Jesus’ purpose and the purpose of the true member of the Unification Church give up or Second Coming are all the same. Truth is change? unchanging, being the beginning and the end. The I want you to know that God is straightforward. He will of God cannot be changed or tarnished by time will not detour but will go ahead regardless of what but will be the same forever. God has a formula happens. When God moves and there is an enemy and when it is fulfilled God will seal it. That roadblock, God knows that His advance will particular formula is still there, unfulfilled; God is ultimately smash all opposition. God knows that it waiting for man to fulfill that pure, unadulterated is the other side which will be shattered. Therefore, standard. the true man and the true member is fearless, having the courage to clash with opposition and God never detours knowing the other side will eventually fall away. He will always take the adventurous way, not God has been working tirelessly for 6,000 years to avoiding anything in order to seize the advantage. accomplish one thing: the perfected Adam. God You must live that way every day. God is eternal; has been working to see that man as a model for therefore, I am an eternal being. God is unique; mankind. Out of all the multitudes of men, the therefore, I am unique. God is unchanging; world has still not met that one man who is perfect therefore, I will never change. God is absolute so I in the sight of God. Yet no matter what, God’s will am going to be absolute. That is the way you must is marching on. God promised a Messiah when think every day. Adam failed and if that Messiah cannot fulfill in the fullest degree then God will send another How do we know Jesus was a true man? He didn’t Messiah. That is the messianic concept. The write a big sign on his forehead or get a Ph.D. He Messiah’s ideal is perfectly parallel with the ideal didn’t have any extraordinary size or power. Why of God and therefore we can say that God and the do we know him to be a true man? We know Jesus Messiah are one. was a true man because his way of life was parallel with the will of God and fit perfectly the For God and the Messiah to become one, what description of God’s way of life. We know that must the Messiah do? To answer that you must Jesus Christ was born solely for the will of God, know why God created man. Was man created for that he lived solely for the will of God and that he himself or for someone else-for woman? If any died solely for the will of God. At the critical man thinks he was born for self-glory, he is moment of Jesus’ death on the cross he died as a absolutely wrong. God created man for the sake of Messiah and with the dignity of a Messiah, not as woman. an ordinary man, a sad man or a man taking cover. What kind of man was Jesus? Was he man or He deeply felt, “Even though the Roman Empire woman or in between? What is a true man? Is the opposes me now, it shall receive my mercy. Even President of the United States automatically a true though the Israelites oppose me, they shall receive man? The true man is one who perfectly fits God’s my mercy.” Therefore, Jesus had room to forgive framework, meaning that if God is round, that true them, room to pray for them and to embrace them. man is perfectly round and if God is square, that Jesus could not give up the will of God by true man is perfectly square. From day to night, resenting their adamant opposition to his efforts to from eternity to eternity he will not deviate from save them. Jesus certainly could not abandon his that standard. mission at that moment by hating the people. He Once he becomes a true man in the sight of God, was a true man because he perfectly lived the life will he waver and change or will he stick to God’s of God. He was a walking God. There was no one principle goal? Will the true man say, “Well, I separation between God and Jesus, and because no will try this for ten years and if it doesn’t work I one can destroy God no one can destroy Jesus will change”? Or will that man not change for ten Christ. The crucifixion was not his destruction; years or one hundred years or for eternity? When God manifested the power of resurrection so that there is danger to his life will he exclaim, “I the world could see that Jesus was never destroyed. definitely don’t want to be in this situation. I must take cover”? Why not? If he deviates in any way then he is no longer like God because God never What attitude is needed in order to receive the changes. Paralleling this, will you try first for a Messiah?

Since the fulfillment of perfection was not obtained in between men, even if this may mean the sacrifice Israel, God prepared the second Israel as the of the churches. foundation upon which the second Messiah could I have seen what the Kingdom of God is like in the come. That foundation is the work of Christianity. spirit world and ultimately you too will see that We must know that Christianity is the second Israel in God’s Kingdom is not organized in the same the sight of God. The ultimate goal of Christians the divided way that religions are here. Such separation world over is to receive the Messiah. They talk about is truly contrary to the will of God. The conflict this, but the most critical question for them is how and division between religious people has been they are going to meet the Messiah. Many Christians carried over into spirit world and brings grief to think that the Messiah will command extraordinary God. Yet that has been conventional faith. miracles to happen which will solve all the world’s problems in one moment, instantly making the world the Kingdom of God. This is their ambiguous How can you become true sons and daughters of understanding but this could not possibly be so. Christ? When the Messiah comes the second time he will We believe in Jesus Christ as the savior and start from the very bottom of man’s situation and Messiah simply because we want to become the advance step by step to the height of the Kingdom. son or daughter who can fulfill the will of God. He brings the pattern which the rest of the world Jesus died for the sake of his mission, not just to should follow and he will not compromise with the acquire his own chunk of heaven. Don’t ever worry world. He will initiate the final showdown between about your own heaven, but worry about bringing good and evil. According to that standard, are down the Kingdom of God to your society and to modern day Christians ready to be lifted up to the this world. If you are like that, when you say to Kingdom of God in heaven as perfected men and God, “I don’t want to go to the Kingdom of God,” women? Not at all. They must transform God will chase after you and personally install you themselves and change to fit into the pattern that in the highest position in His Kingdom. the Messiah will bring; as the second Israel, Jesus never complained to God about the Christians are to be the first people to change rebelliousness of the very people he had been sent themselves into that model. to save and never ceased caring about them. That Even today there are people who think that the fall was not Jesus’ heart. Jesus knew clearly that his of man was in the plan of God. How ridiculous! If mission was not just the salvation of Israel but of God had planned for evil and sin, He could never the world. God would be most pleased to hear be a good God. God never intended the work of Jesus pray, “God, Your goal is world salvation. salvation to be needed; He originally intended only Please use me and Your chosen nation as Your the garden of Eden, with Adam and Eve becoming sacrifice to fulfill Your work.” Jesus became a son the embodiment of perfection. A man of perfection of God simply because he was perfectly united does not require salvation. God would far more with God in will and in heart. Because of that prefer to have man without any need for the oneness Jesus Christ could willingly die for the rest dispensation of salvation. of the world. How well do you know the will of God? Many How can you become the true sons and daughters Christians are convinced that God’s will for them is of Christ? By becoming perfectly one with Christ, to seek only their own chunk of heaven, and they one with his spirit and one with his heart. If you are could care less about the fate of the rest of the world. perfectly united with Jesus Christ you can be a Meanwhile the nation and the world are crumbling willing sacrifice for-the salvation of the rest of the and instead of feeling responsible, they expect God world. The true Christians are those who are to handle everything. That is not true Christianity. willing to sacrifice themselves, their own church After the fall of man God’s efforts focused on the and their denomination for the fulfillment of the work of salvation. I want you to know clearly that will of God for world salvation. His target is the world, not just one man, one race, A true Christian could not pray for God’s help and one people or one nation. God intended the blessing for only his family. After knowing the Messiah to accomplish the fulfillment of truth of God’s situation we can only pray, “God, I perfection, not to create a multitude of am ready to be Your sacrifice. Use me as Your denominations. He still is determined to achieve instrument; fulfill Your will for world salvation that one ultimate goal of perfection and unity through me. If necessary please sacrifice my 4

family, church and nation.” Such people will create the conclusion that he had no power over him. If the Kingdom of God. even a little bit of selfishness, a little bit of ego, Those who pray only for their own chunk of God’s remained in Jesus’ heart, Satan could have hooked blessing will end up in hell. If you search closely it and pulled Jesus down to his dungeon. you will discover that this is true. If God’s sole concern is world salvation, do you think He would Satan cannot grab any nation or person who support the person who was interested only in serves the world himself, his family and his church, or would He side with the people who were most involved in Which is the majority in the Unification Church, world salvation? those who have graduated from the temptation of Satan, or those who are still susceptible? That is the Put yourself in God’s position for a moment and key question of our Church. There are many ways look at the American churches. Not only are there a for you to be tempted, but you must remember that great many churches, but they are pursuing very while I certainly push you and send you out, I am different purposes and goals. White people having you do it not for me or for yourself, but for organize together, black people organize their the sake of God, humanity and the world. I have churches and yellow people organize their never asked you to earn money for me. Wait and churches. Do you think this is a very beautiful see who will be the winner in the sight of God, the thing for God to behold? Unification Church or our opposition. Absolutely not! If any Christian leader would call I know very well that there are terrorist groups who for his people to unite with other races then he think that by eliminating me they can destroy the could be considered a true Christian leader among Unification Church. How wrong and ridiculous their his people. thinking is! If I were killed, God would raise up Since we know the overall will of God, we can millions more like me to continue in His work. How understand the world, which can meet that are you members different from conventional standard. Could Satan influence a perfected man? Christians? Why are you here? God handpicks you Even if Satan is standing right next to that man he and you joined this church to give yourself for the is completely powerless to influence him. Satan sake of God and humanity. The Unification Church could sneakily flip him over in his sleep, but upon sign at the door is insignificant and unnecessary. awakening that man would realize what had The significant thing is our purpose for being here. happened and just flip back to his right position. It If there were no church at all under the sun but every is a waste of Satan’s energy to meddle with a person was eager to live for God and humanity then perfected man. the Kingdom of Heaven would quickly come. No Can Satan test God? God never told Satan that he churches would be needed. That is the kind of world could not try to test God, but Satan is not that God wanted to build in the beginning. Adam failed dumb. He knows very well that no matter how so the coming of the Messiah became necessary. much effort he makes, testing God is a waste of his Jesus was not given a chance to succeed so the time and energy. A man of perfection is just like Second Coming became necessary. No one else in God and Satan knows that testing him is a waste of the world accepted the job so God raised the time. When you become a man of perfection, Satan Unification Church to take up the task. is powerless to influence you. You stand aloof of If you find something good, don’t put it in your Satan’s temptations. own pocket but think of God and humanity. Go to Are you Unification Church members such men school to become champions for God and and women? How can you become that kind of humanity. Go out and even fight for that purpose; person? The solution is simple: don’t worry about that is the fight of righteousness. You do not have yourself but think 100% of God. Decide that you to know all 66 books of the Bible to know that God will be as unchanging as God and cultivate that wanted to erect such a world and that you are quality. Then you will graduate from temptation chosen to help do that. If you give yourself for the and Satan will have to testify that you have sake of God and humanity then you already know graduated out his sphere of influence. Satan will the Bible to the fullest extent. You know more of grudgingly acknowledge you. God than anybody else. Satan even tried to tempt Jesus Christ. After If you become that kind of person you have already offering three temptations to Jesus, Satan came to transcended the Old and New Testaments and

Satan will not find any handle to grab you. There is for 2,000 years, but in less than two decades world only one way Satan could hook you; he must say, Christianity has declined. Do you know why? “1 love God more than you do. I love humanity Because of you; because of the Unification Church. more than you do and you must follow me.” If that God is now raising this group up as His new were the case then Satan would no longer be Satan champion, and in order to minimize opposition but would already be working for God. When you God is withdrawing His spiritual power from other worry about a thousand things before you groups. No matter how glorious the external church concentrate on God, Satan has many hooks to building is, with stained glass windows, plush manipulate you with on every level. How foolish to carpets and a beautiful organ, the very important expose yourself in such a way to Satan’s spiritual element is missing. No matter how great a manipulation! theologian or evangelist emerges to revitalize the The nation will also be tested. For example, at one spirit of Christianity, it is not there because God time America was trying to serve the world, but has already shifted to another dispensation, America has again become isolationist, giving its centering on a new ideology and revelation. Any own domestic interests priority. Can Satan hook movement or church or individual who opposes this nation or not? If America’s 220 million people this ideology will decline. were united together to give themselves for the Before arriving at this particular level of sake of the world, how great America would be. achievement I had to go through certain courses to God has poured down the power and material indemnify history. I am certainly an individual with blessing America needs to do just that. All this my own will and naturally have the human desire country lacks is the determination to do the job. to take care of myself. By understanding that kind America is in a position to lead, like a locomotive of human tendency I evaluated all the many kinds pulling a train, but if the locomotive is damaged of human desires and interests surrounding me. then all the cars behind will be helpless. If one Then when I must make a decision about how to do passenger foresees the danger to the locomotive, the will of God, there is no kind of situation, which should he pull the emergency brake, even over the I am unfamiliar with. I have evaluated every protests of other passengers? As long as the others possible situation. do not know about the problem they will oppose and persecute him. With all that experience I came to one ultimate truth; the more you seek after your own benefit, the That is the job I have been doing in America. I know more your future will be blocked and will finally that danger is coming to America and that this crumble. No matter how difficult it seems, when locomotive should be kept intact at any cost. Even if you are absolutely centered upon God and there are repercussions locally from stopping the humanity nothing can block you. Any opponent train so abruptly, such as disruption or fire, the will be shattered in any confrontation. I know this greater tragedy still has to be averted. We are the through my own experience. champions to apply the brakes to stop the train and prevent the tragedy. If someone on the train pulled Some people think, “Oh, Reverend Moon is a out a pistol and shot you, would you still pursue that successful man; he has lots of money and lots of mission or would you give up? If you were literally young people follow him. He receives tremendous dying, what would your last words be? Would you respect so he must be very happy.” Whoever says just feel miserable, or would you shout, “Brother, that truly does not know me at all. Every day I sister, take my mission and go on”? receive reports from all over the world. Do you think most of the reports are happy reports of success or are most of them heartbreaking? Every By inheriting the heart of Jesus you can do day I hear about someone who was arrested or who anything was tortured by communists, or about some In this world there are so many churches which are extraordinary persecution, some church which has celebrating the birth of Christ right at this moment. fallen apart or some nation or some missionary They are having services and celebrations, and we who is in trouble. If I were an ordinary man I just are the only group representing the true heart of couldn’t take the burden. I would have run away a Jesus, which was filled with grief. This is the only long time ago. group dedicating itself to go on with the mission of Even America is not friendly. The press scrutinizes Jesus until it is fulfilled. I want you to know that me with a biased outlook and parents are under God’s grace Christianity has been prospering suspicious. We are in a fish bowl with everyone 6

staring. If I were an ordinary man who had my Church. I am sure that in prayer many of you see temper-and I am a man of temper, no question visions and hear voices and receive special about it-I would have lashed out at them long ago, inspiration in your hearts. That is because God is or else shriveled into nothing. But that is not the directly reaching you as He reaches me. kind of person I am. Primarily the Protestant movement created the You seem to be doing a most difficult job, going nation of America. We’re closely watching the out fund raising and witnessing, but at least you direction in which America is moving. I will give have no overwhelming responsibility there. If other you this prophecy about the Papacy and the people respond then you have achieved something gigantic nation of America: As long as they are for God. If they don’t respond, however, it’s still all parallel with God’s will they will prosper, but as right and you can go on to another person. But I soon as they separate themselves from the will of cannot take that position. God they will be shattered. If they don’t understand Ten years ago I was known as being penniless and the will of God but oppose it out of ignorance then today I am called a millionaire. But honestly a great tragedy will come to this country and all the speaking, I personally have no more money than I Christian communities of the world. had ten years ago. Ten years ago the scope of the God is a living God and His goal is world movement was smaller than today and so the scale salvation. Certainly God must be doing something of concern and worry was smaller. Today I can’t to gather a group of people whose hearts can be put off critical work for lack of money because our ignited, who can become God’s new champions and movement has come to the stage where unless we undertake the mission to save the world. take emergency measures a whole nation might crumble or Asia might disintegrate. I can’t avoid tackling problems just because I don’t think I have God’s three headaches the physical, mental or financial capability. The evil power of communism is creeping into the Regardless of what my capability is, once the churches. The communists’ most vicious tactic is to problem comes I will never avoid it. I will grab it infiltrate in the disguise of priests, pastors and and solve it! That’s why God needs me and that’s ministers. The propaganda of the communist why the world and America need me. ideology is being spoken in many churches today. These priests are proclaiming that Jesus Christ was the first communist because he blessed the poor My secret comfort and chastised the rich. The communists are wolves I always have one secret comfort in any adverse in sheep’s clothing. If this is the world of reality and difficult position. I always remember that my then God needs you and the movement of the Father in heaven has felt much greater suffering Unification Church in order to liberate all the than I do and His is a much greater burden than churches of America and to eventually liberate the mine. He has been weeping as he has faced a communists themselves. The living God and the thousand times more emergencies than I have had. living Jesus want to see this. He is my Father and I must be like my Father. That Many Roman Catholics misunderstand me so much is my secret and comfort. that they want to destroy me and many church God has come to me many times, saying, “You are leaders have called me a heretic. But at the same my son. I thank you.” God’s comfort is sweet and time I desire to reach out and embrace them, not nothing in this world can deter the power that only to liberate them but to give salvation to all. comes from such comfort. Since Heavenly Father God’s greatest headache today is communism and is comforting me I can go on. Anyone among you God is looking for the people who will be who can follow this way with 100% public-minded responsible for defeating communism. Who is dedication shall also be comforted and I shall going to rebuild the Christian churches? After all, always stand side by side with you in spirit. God has chosen them to be the foundation, the Since I cannot know everyone’s situation I am champions of the Kingdom. Who is going to re- praying to God, “Heavenly Father, please listen to ignite them? them and help them. You must comfort them as A third headache of God is the moral degradation much as you have comforted me. Father, you must of the youth of the world, particularly the youth of do this for me!” This is why many extraordinary America. Many of them are dependent on drugs spiritual situations develop in the Unification and have become morally degraded by their 7

practice of free sex. Who is going to rededicate begun the march toward the goal. The only these young people to the righteous cause? Do you remaining question is how far you can march. Can think the Carter administration can be responsible you march from the east coast of the United States for God’s three headaches? No! The communists to the west coast toward Asia, the Middle East, may very well deceive the present government and Europe, across the Atlantic Ocean and back to the certainly they have no determination to stop United States? Can you march around the world? communism. The American government cannot As members of the Unification Church, you must elevate American Christianity to heightened pray, “Heavenly Father, give me longer arms so I prosperity. The entire free world, the Papacy and can embrace the world, so I can lift up the world to all the churches together cannot unite to bring the Your throne. I know that Your goal is world necessary spiritual prosperity. Unless some salvation and my arms are reaching out to the champion can solve the three headaches of God, world, but they are not long enough, Father. Please this world is facing doomsday. lengthen my arms and strengthen my feet so I can You and I are here to tackle the three major lift up the world. I am taking Your responsibility.” headaches of God. The will of God is the liberation Anyone who tells God, “You know that I have of the world. Our God given solution to these given myself; I cannot reserve anything. problems has been working, and all we have to do Everything is for You. Please accept it and do Your is reach the rest of the world. The communist will” knows that God’s eyes will fill with tears and elements are focusing their attack on me and that God will come down and embrace such a churchgoers who want to enjoy the prosperity and person. luxury of their churches don’t like me either. Those I am trying to live up to that every day. I know the who want to see the young people corrupted also embrace of God, but how much will I feel closer to don’t like me. Him when I’ve completed my mission! How much No matter how strong our opposition may be, God’s delight God will take after the world is His again. determination is stronger. As long as that is true This is my goal and direction and you are here to you have nothing to worry about. We members of join me in that pursuit. If you die in such a struggle the Unification Church solemnly declare that we then your death is never in vain because you are will tackle this mission of being champions of God. not living for your own sake. We are joining in the spiritual revolution and will As long as the Unification Church has that goal we heal the corrupted youth; we will bring the will never be destroyed. Rest assured, no power solutions to the Christian community. We certainly can destroy you. If you are always busy with your have the answer to communism. We join together mission then God is always behind you, pushing for the liberation of the world and the liberation of like a tailwind. Don’t turn around to face God mankind, but that’s not all. We are gathered because He will not want to see your face until the together to liberate the heart of Jesus and of God final victory. This is the true Christmas. Himself. No Christian churches today are In the name of God and in the name of Jesus Christ proclaiming this goal. Nobody outside our church we are celebrating the true Christmas. The year of is teaching this purpose. As long as we continue on 1976 is over and our determination is that the true our march, we are the only hope of the world, the spirit of Christmas will go on through the third hope of Jesus and the hope of God, and no one can century of America, from 1977 to the ultimate destroy this movement. We can only win and fulfillment of the glory of God. Let us join together prosper in due course. on this Christmas day to pledge ourselves to God We are gathered together to participate in the by raising both hands. historic mission in which Jesus and God will take delight. That is truly the spirit of Christmas and we are celebrating in that spirit. We are not in Thank you. Let us pray. darkness. We know the truth and we have already