Follow God's teachings and examples

 When our Father was in this earth, He did everything personally though He could command His angels or children to do it. At that time, I didn't understand and wondered, ‘Why did Father do it personally?' Now I know that Father Himself set us an example that we should do as He had done for us.

 As our Father taught us and gave us examples, we shall forgive, love and serve our brothers and sisters. Like the tax collector, who would not even look up to heaven but beat his breast, we should repent from the bottom of our hearts: ‘Father, I am a sinner. I am a sinner.' Then we will get commended by our Father, "You are far more righteous than the Pharisees."

 Mt 5:20 "For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven."

 What does this word mean? This implies that when we realize we are sinners, we can surpass the Pharisees in righteousness.

 Now we are just sinners, not qualified yet as the heavenly princes or princesses. If we forget that, we will fail to follow God's teachings; no matter how hard we try to love, it will be like flowers without fragrance and before long we will grow sick of it.
 "Lord! I am a sinful man." When we thus put ourselves in a sinner's place every day, we can do everything; if it is God's will and command, though unpleasant and difficult, we will do it with joy and thanks. "To obey is better than sacrifice and the fat of thousand of rams." When we fully understand this word, acknowledging ourselves as sinners, our obedience will be complete.

 Whatever title or position we have, we must not forget that we are sinners expelled from heaven. If we forget it, we come to commit the same sin as we did in heaven. When we acknowledge that we are sinners, we come to repentance. If we don't, we come to sin again.

 1 Th 5:16-18 "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. "

 We keep this word in mind and meditate on it day and night. According to the word, we should rejoice always, pray at all times and give thanks in everything. However, if we try from a mere sense of duty-‘I must rejoice and give thanks because it is God's command,' without realizing that we are sinners, we will give up in less than a week.

 If we do recognize ourselves as sinners, there is nothing for which we cannot give thanks; whatever may trouble us, we shall think, ‘There's nothing more serious than my sin committed in heaven,' and we shall bow down to God who has saved us and sing of His love and grace with joy and thanksgiving; before God tells us to be joyful, our hearts shall rejoice. Though we are now troubled under somewhat inferior circumstances, our present sufferings are not worthy to be compared with the happiness of the forgiveness of our sins.

 Our sin is forgiven only through repentance. God has offered us an opportunity to completely repent of all our sins. That is saving other souls by making them realize that they are sinners. Never give up the opportunity of preaching which is God's sacred command and the way to receive the forgiveness of sins. All the days of our life, let's get rid of our sinful nature: stubbornness, self-centeredness . . . Keeping in mind that we are sinners, not the righteous, let's follow the way of sacrifice and service.

 How dare we, sinners, look up to heaven and see the holy God with our own eyes? We might dare do that when we had no sense and lacked in understanding. ‘Lord! We are sinners. Take pity on us.' With this humble mind, let's obey God's will and put our heart and soul into the gospel work; when our Father comes, we will be found to be pure and faultless, as beautiful ornaments on our Mother's fine linen clean and bright.

 All of teachings have already been set an example by Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother.