Tag: Forgiveness of Sins

  • [WMSCOG] CHRIST WHO CANNOT BE KNOWN THROUGH THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD

    2000 years ago, God himself came down to this earth in the flesh and dwelt among his people. Even though there were many wise men, scholars, and philosophers in those days, nobody could recognize the Christ and receive him. If they could, they would have received the salvation and eternal life in heaven. Rather they rejected him and persecuted him, calling him as a man who claimed to be God. Even though there were many rabbis, teachers of the laws, and religious leaders, they could not know the Christ with their own wisdom. That is why the Christ is called the mystery or secret which a man cannot know with his wisdom or understanding or knowledge.

    Colossians 2:2  ….. in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

    No man could know the Christ with his own wisdom and understanding.

    1 Corinthians 2:20  Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, 

    2 Corinthians 4:3   And even if our gospel is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

    Who is a wise-man? A man like a socrates? Even though there were many wise men in the time of Christ’s first coming, they rejected him. They could not know Christ through the wisdom of the world. It is the same now. Who would be able to recognize the Second Coming Christ when he appears?

    Even though there were many scholars who studied the bible many years, they could not know this mystery, Christ. It would be the same in the last days when the Second Coming Christ comes. There would be many scholars, wise men, and philosophers, but no one will recognize the Christ who comes as man in the flesh. They will stumble and fall down on him. Just as Jesus said, “Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me,” the same thing will happen when he comes for the second time. That much is it hard for people to know the true Christ. About his second coming Jesus already prophesied that he would be rejected when he comes.

    Luke 17:25   But first he (the Second Coming Christ) must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

    Just as he suffered many things in his first coming, he would suffer many things and be rejected by people in his second coming too. Why? It is because there would be nobody who can recognize the Christ when he comes. If we cannot have wisdom to know Christ through the wisdom of the world, then what kind of wisdom should we have?

    2 Corinthians 2:6   We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

    The bible teaches us we should have the wisdom of God to know and understand the mystery of God. Then how can we have the wisdom of God so that we can know the mystery of God, Christ?
     

    2 Corinthians 2:10   10 these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.

    Only those who have the Spirit of God in them can have the wisdom of God and understand the mystery of God. Then how can we have the Spirit of God in us? God says that our eyes are veiled or blinded by our sins and cannot understand the spiritual things, but once our sins are forgiven through the blood of Christ by keeping the Passover, then God puts his Spirit in us to give us the wisdom and understanding coming from God. Just as the temple could be purified through the blood of animals so that the Spirit of God can dwell in the temple, our body of temple can be purified through the blood of Christ and contain the Holy Spirit of God in us. And through the Spirit God gives us wisdom and understanding so that we can know the mystery of God, Christ.
     

    Ephesians 1:7  In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, 9 he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 

    About this Christ Ahnsahnghong taught in his book, The Mystery of God and the Spring of the Water of Life.

    Unless we become one body with Jesus through the Holy Supper of the new covenant, we cannot know His mysteries. If we become one body with Jesus, His Spirit will be in us and we will come to know the deep things [mysteries] of God. (p. 66)

    How clear it is!! Now God is inviting all the peoples of the world to come to God and keep the Passover and then God will lavish on them the Spirit of wisdom and understanding so that they may know the mystery of God, Christ. Therefore, God is teaching us if we think we are wise, now we must become foolish to get the wisdom of God. We should get rid of the worldly wisdom and fill ourselves with the wisdom of God because the foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of the world. When we become wise with the wisdom of God, we can know Christ.

    Ephesians 1:17   I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

    We should cleanse our body of the temple through the Passover so that God’s Spirit can dwell in us to give us wisdom and understanding to know Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother New Jerusalem. Give thanks to God Elohim!

  • [WMSCOG] GOD’S PROMISE IN THE NEW COVENANT

    What is the meaning of the new covenant? The new covenant Jesus established has profound meaning of “the forgiveness of sins” in it and let us take a look at some of the promises of God in the new covenant.

    Jeremiah 31:31-34

    31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
        “when I will make a new covenant
    with the people of Israel
        and with the people of Judah.
    32 It will not be like the covenant
        I made with their ancestors
    when I took them by the hand
        to lead them out of Egypt,
    because they broke my covenant,
        though I was a husband to them,”
    declares the Lord.
    33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
        after that time,” declares the Lord.
    “I will put my law in their minds
        and write it on their hearts.
    I will be their God,
        and they will be my people.
    34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
        or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
    because they will all know me,
        from the least of them to the greatest,”
    declares the Lord.
    “For I will forgive their wickedness
        and will remember their sins no more.”

    God gave the old covenant to his people in the time of Moses, but they disobeyed and could not receive salvation. That is why God said He himself would make another covenant or a new covenant to give complete salvation. What are the promises given to this new covenant? First, through the new covenant people can be considered as God’s people. Only those who are under the new covenant can be considered as God’s people. Second, through the new covenant, people can have the knowledge of God. In other words those who do not keep the new covenant cannot have any knowledge of God. Third, through the new covenant the sins of people can be forgiven and they can be set free from sin and death and receive the complete salvation which could not be granted through the old covenant.

    Then who fulfilled this prophecy?

    Luke 22:19   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.”

    2000 years ago, in the upper room of Mark Jesus and his disciples kept the Passover with bread and wine. On that night, Jesus gave the bread and wine which represent his flesh and blood. Concerning the Passover, Jesus said, “this is the new covenant,” which was written in the book of Jeremiah. In Jeremiah God said that he himself would make a new covenant and the promise was fulfilled by Jesus (God) by establishing the new covenant through the Passover. Then why did Jesus establish the new covenant? To fulfill all the promises of God given in the time of Jeremiah. Through the new covenant of the Passover, Jesus fulfilled the promise of the forgiveness of sins. (Mt 26:28) Also through the new covenant of the Passover, God fulfilled the promise of the children of God. Those who keep the new covenant receives flesh and blood of God and through the flesh and blood of God they can become the children of God. (John 6:56) And through the new covenant we can have spiritual wisdom and knowledge to know who God is. (Eph 1:7-8)

    All the God’s promises were fulfilled through the new covenant of the Passover. Even though the Passover was once abolished by the work of Satan, Christ Ahnsahnghong restored the truth of the new covenant through his flesh and blood. And He let us know the true reality of the new covenant, Our Mother Heavenly Jerusalem. Let us give thanks to God Ahnsahnghong and Heaven Mother New Jerusalem for giving us all the promises of God through the new covenant Passover.

  • [WMSCOG] God And Eternal Life

    Why was it necessary for God to come down to this earth in the form of human being? He could have simply stayed in heaven, worshiped and honored by all the heavenly beings, rather than being mocked and ridiculed on this earth without visible glory and might and power. But even though he knew he would suffer many things, he came down to this earth in the name of Christ Jesus 2000 years ago.

    John 3: 16  16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

    The reason God came down to this earth was to give us eternal life. God has pity and compassion on the people of the earth who are living under the slavery of death. He wanted to give us eternal life. Then why did he come down to this earth in the human form? As the bible says, God is the only one who has eternal life.
     

    1 Timothy 6:15  which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.

    To receive eternal life we must meet God, but nobody can go up to heaven alive to meet God and receive eternal life. Since we cannot do anything to have eternal life with our own method, it was necessary for God to come down to this earth among human beings as one of them to give them eternal life. Then couldn’t he come down in his full glory and power, rather than coming as man in the flesh? He could and he did in the time of Moses. He appeared with the glory of God among his chosen people, but this time his people shunned him and refused to get near him because they were afraid. That is why God set up Moses as a mediator to teach his people of the way of eternal life and gave them the old covenant. But people did not obey the covenant because they just saw Moses, a mere man like one of them and rebelled against him without thinking he was working for the Almighty God. Because of the disobedience many died in the desert and could not enter into the rest prepared for them in the land of Canaan.

    That is why God decided to come down to this earth as man in the flesh just like one of them so that he could live among his people and teach them the way of eternal life. This time he wanted to teach his people not through a mediator, but he himself wanted to teach them. So instead of sending a man as mediator, he himself came as mediator in human form and gave his people the new covenant so that they can receive eternal life.

    Hebrews 9:15  For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

    Ahnsahnghong and eternal life through Passover
    What is happening in this picture? This scene is called “The Last Supper,” but did you know that it was recorded as the Passover?
     He came as mediator of the new covenant and gave us the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. That is why it was necessary for him to come down as man in the flesh. Christ is the true power and glory of God, who God prepared for the perfect salvation for all human beings so that they all can receive eternal life. Even though Christ is the last and ultimate fruition God planned for the salvation, when he appeared as man, people rejected him calling him a man, not God and they lost their chance for salvation.
     
    According to the bible he will appear for the second time as man in the flesh. At that time only those who accept him can have eternal life. If it was possible for us to receive eternal life by our own plan, it would not have been necessary for God to come as man. Without his coming as man, nobody could be saved and that is why he comes as man. Now let us know him. Truly let us press on to know him so that we would not miss him when he appears.
     
    Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heaven Mother Jerusalem came as man in the flesh for the salvation of the soul, eternal life. They are the last plan of God he prepared for us. Let us accept them and acknowledge them, and then they will give us eternal life in heaven.
     
    Revelation 22:17   The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
     
    Thanks to Father and Mother for coming down to this sinful world to the ignorant and stiff-necked people to give us forgiveness and eternal life. Let all the peoples of the world accept you and give glory to you, saying “Hosanna, the Savior has come again!”
  • [WMSCOG] The Tree of Life and the Passover

    Revelation 22:1  Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

    This photo of Disney’s Animal Kingdom is courtesy of TripAdvisor

    According to the bible there is a tree which bears twelve crops a year and it produces leaves that heals the nations. What is this tree? How can we eat from the tree? Even from the beginning God already taught us about the tree of life so that we might understand the meaning of the tree.

    Genesis 3:22  And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

    According to the bible, the tree of life is a tree which gives the eternal life when we eat from it. Adam and Eve were given the opportunity to eat from the tree and live forever, but they disobeyed the commands of God and ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They could not eat from the tree of life anymore and they could not have eternal life. Then what is the tree of life we must eat from to live forever? Is there any place with a secret garden with the tree of life planted in the middle? With the help of satellites and all the scientific tools, we now know there is no such place in this world. Then what is the tree of life? If it is meaningless to us, God would not have written this story in the bible. Everything was given to us to teach us about our salvation. Jesus let us know how we should read this book of Genesis.

    Matthew 13:34  34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:
    “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”

    Just as Jesus spoke in parable which contains hidden message in it, the book which speaks about the creation of the world, that is, Genesis also contains hidden messages in it. It means the creation of the world itself is a huge parable. Therefore, the tree of life in the book of Genesis is also a figurative language, not a reality itself. Then how can we find the reality of the tree of life? Who came to teach us the hidden things in the creation of the world? Jesus came to “utter things hidden since the creation of the world.” Therefore, we must take a look at Jesus teaching to find the reality of the tree of life. Then according to Jesus’ teaching what should we eat to live forever?

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

    According to Jesus’ teaching what should we eat to live forever? His flesh and his blood. Then what is the true reality of the tree of life? His flesh and blood. Just as Adam and Eve were forfeited of the tree of life (eternal life) because of their disobedience to the words of God, who said, “You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of Godd and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die,” we too disobeyed the words of God and the eternal life was taken away from us. However, Christ came and opened the way to the tree of life again so that we can eat and live forever through his flesh and blood.

    Mt 26:26  While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” 27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

    Through the Passover of the new covenant, our sins can be forgiven and we can receive eternal life back again. Just as we sinned and death came to all men (Rom 5:12) because of our disobedience to the words of God, we can receive eternal life and salvation by obeying the words of God in the Passover.

    Even though the truth of Passover, the true reality of the tree of life was taken away from us, but to fulfill the prophecy Christ Ahnsahnghong appeared for the second time to give salvation to those who are waiting for him and restored the Passover for our salvation. And in the Church of God, we keep the Passover out of obedience to the words of God. Do you also want to eat from the tree of life?

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  • [WMSCOG] The Gift of God

    The 11.5-kilogram (25.35-pound) oval gemstone named “Teodora” or “God’s Gift,” figures out to 57,000 carats and was appraised Monday at $1.15 million, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. It goes up for sale Jan. 28.
    ELOWNA, British Columbia, Jan. 17, 2012 (UPI)

    Gift of God eternal life
    Gift of God

    A huge emerald stone was found and it was so huge and rare and people named it “the Gift of God.” Even though it was appraised at $1.15 million, a dealer gave real appraisal by saying, “Really the sky is the limit.” There are people who will pay anything to get this biggest and rarest gem stone. Spiritually Jesus taught the same thing and he taught us that there is a true gift of God that we must seek and get even though we might have to sacrifice everything we have.

    Matthew 13:44  “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. 45“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

    Then what is the teasure or pearl which worth more than anything we have? What is the treasure which we should get even though we have to pay with everything we have? What is the gift of God?

    Romans 6:23  For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    The bible teaches us that the true gift of God we must seek is “eternal life.” That is why Jesus also taught, “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” (Mt 16:26) The life for the soul, or the eternal life is the most important thing we must seek.

    And to give us this gift of God, he also let us know how to receive this gift of God, eternal life. He said, “Whoever eats my flesh and and drinks my blood has eternal life,” (Jn 6:54) and again he said, “This bread is my flesh and this cup of wine is my blood.” (Mt 26:26) He sacrificed even his own life to give us this precious gift of God, eternal life.

    But is there any who has wisdom to recognize the true value of the gift of God? We are acting like animals which have no wisdom trampling the precious gift of God down and denying the value of it. Even though once we might have rejected the gift of God out of our ignorance, but now we must have wisdom and understanding to know the spiritual things and its value.

    Christ Ahnsahnghong brought this precious truth of the Passover back to us, which was trampled down by the work of Satan in 325 AD and let us know the truth of the Passover. We should give thanks to God Elohm, Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother Jerusalem for giving us this true gift of God, eternal life.

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