“Because the congregation members, whom I loved, were always on my mind…”
The story of one pastor who willingly became a harvest sickle for his congregation
members that he loved dearly
I was born as a farmer’s son. I pursued the life of faith my mother led. Although I was
young at the time, I served and worked hard for God in many ways and later on even
had a vision to preach the word. And as time passed by, I became a pastor.
I started my life as a pastor by re-opening a closed church up in the mountains and
guided service from then on. As I continued to guide the services for a period of time,
the church was revived, soon regaining its stability.
With a grateful heart, I promised to make more of an effort as a pastor in front of God,
and when I did, I moved to a bigger church to carry out pastoral duties. Anyone could
see that I worked hard
However, the more effort I continued to make, the more I would reach my limits. I was
guilty about myself because it felt like I was only making an effort on the outside.
And then one day, I heard unfortunate news that a pastor, whom I knew personally,
passed away. So, I went to visit the pastor’s wife. This is how she and I became close.
After the pastor’s death, his wife was the first to encounter this word of truth, and she
would ask me if I wanted to learn it as well. She was my precious harvest worker.
Of course, I had no clue about any of this, so it raised suspicions for me and my wife.
We both kindly rejected her proposal. However, she was persistent and in the end,
we gave in and decided to study with a somewhat assurance that God would guide us
according to his will.
The instructor would make his way to teach us by personally coming to the woman’s
house.
The first thought I had in mind was, “Isn’t this the teaching of a cult?” I put up
my guard with the suspicions and disapproval towards the word, but as I began to
understand the word, I was assured that the word was true! All this time when I studied
and examined the Bible, my thirst for the word was never satisfied; it was like digging
into a spring that had no water. I didn’t understand myself, yet I was teaching people the
teachings of man. I was a frustrated blind but once the words opened up my eyes, I was
overjoyed.
I still can’t forget the deep impression I received when I had the assurance that only
through the promised pastor, promised tabernacle and promised theology school can
God’s and our hope of heaven be fulfilled.
From the basic knowledge of the Bible to gradually going deeper into the study, I
realized that all this time when I thought I was preaching God’s word as a pastor, I was
actually a wolf in a sheep’s clothing preaching things that were mine. And, the reality
that the Christian world was full of untruth really woke me up. It was heart-rending and
troubling to hear that besides Shinchonji, God was not with the any of the churches. I
was embarrassed at my pathetic and miserable self.
Of course, there were many troubles and difficulties along the way because I couldn’t
give up my belief system, a frame I was stuck in. However, I was able to perceive in
repentance, gratitude and happiness within God’s grace.
Now, I couldn’t stay still when I perceived the word of life!
I decided I could no longer preach the teachings of man in vain when I plainly knew the
truth.
The instructor guided me in the studies and with what I learned, I taught the
congregation members.
I could see the change in the congregation member after learning the word. They
were becoming a true believer. I was so happy as if I had become a priest inside the
Bible. My wife, who was learning the word as well, had many doubts, questions and
earthquakes, but the more she learned, the more she came to realize and believe that this
work was not the work of man but the work of God.
It has been already four months since I started the study, and now I finally began the
work of harvest at the church I was guiding. Regarding this, my wife would respond,
“If you get caught, that’s the end to your pastor duties there.” My wife was worried,
but that didn’t stop me from making a claim. This was because as I was watching the
congregation members change according to the word, I saw a form of heaven.
It was one day when the Bible study was slowly coming to an end. An elder, who
opposed the idea of Bible studying and held seminars at three times, spoke to me one
day with a look of suspicion in his eye, “Pastor, you seem to be preaching well, but one
might mistake it to be teachings of a cult.” The moment I heard this I became uneasy.
However, I couldn’t quit the harvest work that I had been doing so far.
The elder hasn’t exactly lived according to the word, which this impropriety was later
on revealed to the congregation members, resulting in a lost of trust. So, the elder
and assistant pastor was looking for a fault within me so they could replace me with
different pastor.
Thinking this was their chance, they spread a rumor saying that the pastor joined a cult
and was trying to destroy the church. They told me to hold responsibility for this, then
they suggested for me to retire. Once this incident struck, my wife and two daughters,
who have passed over in the center, would say multiple times, “It was an inevitable
matter. Let’s go to Zion.”
However, it wasn’t an easy decision to make due to the thought of leaving the
congregation members, who did not yet know this word and whom I loved very much,
behind. In addition, I had to admit that I was troubled, considering the responsibility to
take care of the family and the financial difficulties that I had to face.
In the end, I made a decision to leave all matters to God and retired.
My fellow pastors
and along with people I knew, who were unaware that I had met the word of light, heard
the retirement news. They worried by saying, “You’re a fool for not having a plan.How can you just come out like that without a guarantee?”
However, I had hope in the
promise and thinking how Abraham left his motherland, I answered, “I will show how
God will lead me.” I made this resolution over and over again.
But what was a relief was that even in a difficult situation that we were in, my wife was
steadfast and did not look back like Lot’s wife. I was very thankful for that.
The result of relying and fully believing in God was that me, my wife and two daughters
were able to at last pass over and enter God’s kingdom, Shinchonji Temple of the
Tabernacle of Testimony. And although there were many difficulties and persecutions
faced in the process, 22 of us have successfully graduated through God’s full guidance
in grace and truth.
Moreover, coming to heaven and seeing harvesters receiving training and working hard,
happiness and hope in me grew. I felt terrible that everyone could not be harvested, but I
told myself that I won’t give up until the end. I will harvest and pray so many souls can
be led to heaven.
Hired pastors become corrupt because they are unaware that they are being deceived
by Satan’s power. They only care about satisfying their own needs.
The nation knows
they are under the teachings of man and their ecclesiastically authority and that this is
the wrong path. Yet they are unable to come to an understanding.
Healing the nation
through the word of truth is the path to atone your sins. Remember that this is the path
to pay back for the grace God bestowed upon you. I will work hard to learn the new
song and become a leaf of the tree of life that diligently conveys the word.
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
The life I led without the word of truth as a priest was wrong!
This is a story about a priest who traded 27 years of his life as a priest with 27 years of
Shinchonji for the truth.
This content is on page 9 of “City of Truth Beautiful Shinchonji” advertising
newspaper.
I was born in an atheist family as the third son out of five children. Since I was little,
I dreamed of giving up my life to help the neglected people. Later on, I became a
Catholic before any of my family members and soon received a calling as a priest.
First of all, I wanted to evangelize my family, but it took about not 14 days but 14
years for my family to believe. After meeting the conditions the Theology school was
demanding, my family was able to begin their own life as a priest.
In this world, it’s not normal to find a guy in a skirt. A person having to restrain from
everything in the world, to be honest but poor, to be pure, to wear absolute clothes of
obedience, to entirely sacrifice one’s youth and passion and to promise to live alone
unmarried is a Catholic priest.
The path of a priest to me is a special and holy path pursuing the truth on the neglected
people’s part.
For 13 years, I was with the children on the streets and then returning to my homeland,
I finished my duty as a priest in the Parish Church. After, living with beggars for 6
years, I made plans for my new dream. I was awaiting good news that would help the
neglected people.
However, as much as to my surprise, it all started with my sister-in-law and youngest
brother.
One day, my sister-in-law said to me, “When you know the seed, greed for this world
will disappear. You see Heaven. You can meet the truth God! And when the leaf on the
branch prospers, the holy spirit will come flying to make a nest.”
As it went differently than expected, I could’ve have refused to listen to it, but this
interpretation of the Bible was new and fresh to me.
My sister-in-law told me that anyone was allowed to study being ecumenical, even a
Buddhist monk was studying for that matter. So, without any suspicions, I decided to
study.
However, I did not expect 27 years of my life as a priest to be traded for 27 years of
Shinchonji at all.
The day I made the choice to leave the parsonage to be born again through the word of
truth, and the day I also made a painful decision, coincidentally, it was the anniversary
of my father’s death.
Anyway, that’s how I started the study. Thinking back now, it was a miracle and I don’t
think I could go through with it again even if I tried. Reason being is that I met the
instructor at the parsonage. Every time the words were interpreted into their rightful
meaning, it was hard to keep my tears of shock and surprise in.
Until now, I have attended Mass everyday in sacrifice and service. I fervently hoped for
many souls to be saved as bread and wine became Jesus’ flesh and blood. There were
many believers who came to confess their deeds, so I gave them the sacraments and
recited the Scriptures of Absolution to remove their sins. And I believed this to be the
path of salvation, but I have now learned that it was merely a shadow, not the real thing.
No matter how true the word may be how could you make the ancient traditions of
Catholicism go up in smoke in just one moment? This regrettable incident forced only
an empty laughter out of me.
So, as there is a difference between God’s thoughts and man’s thoughts, God’s path and
man’s path differs as well. ‘
But it was a first to feel this hopeful as my spirit was being born again through the
word. I couldn’t help but admit that everything that I had possessed were merely the
teachings of man, and as I lowered myself being in front of the truth, I could get a taste
of real happiness which I couldn’t have tasted before.
Then one day studying at the parsonage, a nun must’ve suspected something. “Priest!
I heard Christian praying in the halls!” she said with suspicion. I hid my baffled mind
and covered up the awkward situation by telling her that I was studying Divinity
Psychology.
This is was because the Bible was needed to study Divinity Psychology; however, there
was no place to study in Catholic besides Rome, so the instructor who I learned from
was introduced to me as an exchange professor from Rome.
I was good at studying, so I went overseas to study at Rome, Italy. This place
was actually Zion Christian Center at Busan. The study at center deepened my
understanding day by day, and at last, it came to a point where I could no longer preach
the morning sermon using false truth.
However, after 87 nuns and 800 students listened to the new sermon, they began to
offensively ask questions. “Priest! Where did this doctrine come from?” “Please, just
continue with your previous divinity sermon’s!” they said as their faces turned red.
There was a time when I toured the nation preaching Divinity sermons, but now, in the
mornings I was studying at the Center, in the afternoon I was listening to the lecture
tapes, and at night I was memorizing verses. Therefore, I was confused to which one
was my Divinity sermon but couldn’t find it as a result.
I prayed, “God, please!” Please allow me to preach my Divinity sermons at the Morning
Mass like I did before!” However, God would steal my lips and every time he did, the
nuns came our more aggressive. Leaving my body to the floor, I would lie down the
whole day feeling horrible.
Amidst this confusion, I was browsing through the internet until I came coincidentally
came across a Shinchonji slandering video by a person who once belonged to
Shinchonji but left. His logic on slandering Shinchonji seemed reasonable. And the
style of the instructor’s interpreting of the parables were exactly the same as it was in
the video.
What is happening? Are you telling me I have fallen into a cult?
In a baffled state, I called my youngest sibling right away. “Hey, you! Are you and
sister-in-law trying to ruin my life? I said. My brother would tell me that the person was
speaking lies, that there was a reason behind God’s calling of a fervent priest. So, he’d
tell me to bear with it a littler longer and I will soon find out when I continue the study.
However, I was in such a baffled state, I would look up Shinchonji, which was so new
to me, on the internet every single day. My guidance leader would have compassion on
me, and prayed in tears for me everyday.
Fortunately, like me, my guidance counselor used to be a Catholic, so she understood
what I was going through and we were able to work it out. Slowly, I was able to recover
my state of mind.
‘Yes, the word is the truth! The word is healing us!
The life I pursued without the word of truth as a priest was all wrong!
It was a life I wanted to life even if I had to shave my bones? But the answers I could
not find there I was able to find here!
In a situation like so, the word of truth nourished my soul making it healthy, and I have
never evangelized anyone but with the help of the heavens, I was able to guide a couple
from Busan and one from Seoul. Currently, they are diligently learning the word of
truth.
While working hard to save a soul, there were times where I’d experience pain as if
my body was crumbling, but thinking the suffering the promised pastor, who walked
this path first, had to go through, the pain I was feeling became nothing and I was just
grateful.
I will work harder to fully understand the words of life of the promised pastor, and
inscribe each verse in my heart and mind.
Concluding, I want to thank my sister-in-law, my youngest brother, instructor and
guidance leaders who anxiously walked with me until I was able to graduate with
honors, the seniors who prayed for me, tribe leader and especially my fellow graduates,
I love you!
Even if I had all the words in the word, I wouldn’t be able to express how I feel right
now. But there is one thing that I want to say. “Everyone! We were destined to live
forever!” I thank and glorify God, our father, and Jesus who helped me meet the true
teacher who is putting his life down to work hard. I end my graduation speech here.
Thank you.
Shinchonji for the truth.
This content is on page 9 of “City of Truth Beautiful Shinchonji” advertising
newspaper.
I was born in an atheist family as the third son out of five children. Since I was little,
I dreamed of giving up my life to help the neglected people. Later on, I became a
Catholic before any of my family members and soon received a calling as a priest.
First of all, I wanted to evangelize my family, but it took about not 14 days but 14
years for my family to believe. After meeting the conditions the Theology school was
demanding, my family was able to begin their own life as a priest.
In this world, it’s not normal to find a guy in a skirt. A person having to restrain from
everything in the world, to be honest but poor, to be pure, to wear absolute clothes of
obedience, to entirely sacrifice one’s youth and passion and to promise to live alone
unmarried is a Catholic priest.
The path of a priest to me is a special and holy path pursuing the truth on the neglected
people’s part.
For 13 years, I was with the children on the streets and then returning to my homeland,
I finished my duty as a priest in the Parish Church. After, living with beggars for 6
years, I made plans for my new dream. I was awaiting good news that would help the
neglected people.
However, as much as to my surprise, it all started with my sister-in-law and youngest
brother.
One day, my sister-in-law said to me, “When you know the seed, greed for this world
will disappear. You see Heaven. You can meet the truth God! And when the leaf on the
branch prospers, the holy spirit will come flying to make a nest.”
As it went differently than expected, I could’ve have refused to listen to it, but this
interpretation of the Bible was new and fresh to me.
My sister-in-law told me that anyone was allowed to study being ecumenical, even a
Buddhist monk was studying for that matter. So, without any suspicions, I decided to
study.
However, I did not expect 27 years of my life as a priest to be traded for 27 years of
Shinchonji at all.
The day I made the choice to leave the parsonage to be born again through the word of
truth, and the day I also made a painful decision, coincidentally, it was the anniversary
of my father’s death.
Anyway, that’s how I started the study. Thinking back now, it was a miracle and I don’t
think I could go through with it again even if I tried. Reason being is that I met the
instructor at the parsonage. Every time the words were interpreted into their rightful
meaning, it was hard to keep my tears of shock and surprise in.
Until now, I have attended Mass everyday in sacrifice and service. I fervently hoped for
many souls to be saved as bread and wine became Jesus’ flesh and blood. There were
many believers who came to confess their deeds, so I gave them the sacraments and
recited the Scriptures of Absolution to remove their sins. And I believed this to be the
path of salvation, but I have now learned that it was merely a shadow, not the real thing.
No matter how true the word may be how could you make the ancient traditions of
Catholicism go up in smoke in just one moment? This regrettable incident forced only
an empty laughter out of me.
So, as there is a difference between God’s thoughts and man’s thoughts, God’s path and
man’s path differs as well. ‘
But it was a first to feel this hopeful as my spirit was being born again through the
word. I couldn’t help but admit that everything that I had possessed were merely the
teachings of man, and as I lowered myself being in front of the truth, I could get a taste
of real happiness which I couldn’t have tasted before.
Then one day studying at the parsonage, a nun must’ve suspected something. “Priest!
I heard Christian praying in the halls!” she said with suspicion. I hid my baffled mind
and covered up the awkward situation by telling her that I was studying Divinity
Psychology.
This is was because the Bible was needed to study Divinity Psychology; however, there
was no place to study in Catholic besides Rome, so the instructor who I learned from
was introduced to me as an exchange professor from Rome.
I was good at studying, so I went overseas to study at Rome, Italy. This place
was actually Zion Christian Center at Busan. The study at center deepened my
understanding day by day, and at last, it came to a point where I could no longer preach
the morning sermon using false truth.
However, after 87 nuns and 800 students listened to the new sermon, they began to
offensively ask questions. “Priest! Where did this doctrine come from?” “Please, just
continue with your previous divinity sermon’s!” they said as their faces turned red.
There was a time when I toured the nation preaching Divinity sermons, but now, in the
mornings I was studying at the Center, in the afternoon I was listening to the lecture
tapes, and at night I was memorizing verses. Therefore, I was confused to which one
was my Divinity sermon but couldn’t find it as a result.
I prayed, “God, please!” Please allow me to preach my Divinity sermons at the Morning
Mass like I did before!” However, God would steal my lips and every time he did, the
nuns came our more aggressive. Leaving my body to the floor, I would lie down the
whole day feeling horrible.
Amidst this confusion, I was browsing through the internet until I came coincidentally
came across a Shinchonji slandering video by a person who once belonged to
Shinchonji but left. His logic on slandering Shinchonji seemed reasonable. And the
style of the instructor’s interpreting of the parables were exactly the same as it was in
the video.
What is happening? Are you telling me I have fallen into a cult?
In a baffled state, I called my youngest sibling right away. “Hey, you! Are you and
sister-in-law trying to ruin my life? I said. My brother would tell me that the person was
speaking lies, that there was a reason behind God’s calling of a fervent priest. So, he’d
tell me to bear with it a littler longer and I will soon find out when I continue the study.
However, I was in such a baffled state, I would look up Shinchonji, which was so new
to me, on the internet every single day. My guidance leader would have compassion on
me, and prayed in tears for me everyday.
Fortunately, like me, my guidance counselor used to be a Catholic, so she understood
what I was going through and we were able to work it out. Slowly, I was able to recover
my state of mind.
‘Yes, the word is the truth! The word is healing us!
The life I pursued without the word of truth as a priest was all wrong!
It was a life I wanted to life even if I had to shave my bones? But the answers I could
not find there I was able to find here!
In a situation like so, the word of truth nourished my soul making it healthy, and I have
never evangelized anyone but with the help of the heavens, I was able to guide a couple
from Busan and one from Seoul. Currently, they are diligently learning the word of
truth.
While working hard to save a soul, there were times where I’d experience pain as if
my body was crumbling, but thinking the suffering the promised pastor, who walked
this path first, had to go through, the pain I was feeling became nothing and I was just
grateful.
I will work harder to fully understand the words of life of the promised pastor, and
inscribe each verse in my heart and mind.
Concluding, I want to thank my sister-in-law, my youngest brother, instructor and
guidance leaders who anxiously walked with me until I was able to graduate with
honors, the seniors who prayed for me, tribe leader and especially my fellow graduates,
I love you!
Even if I had all the words in the word, I wouldn’t be able to express how I feel right
now. But there is one thing that I want to say. “Everyone! We were destined to live
forever!” I thank and glorify God, our father, and Jesus who helped me meet the true
teacher who is putting his life down to work hard. I end my graduation speech here.
Thank you.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Graduation Speech
God’s voice telling me to go to Berlin
And there meeting the promised pastor
This is a confession of a member overseas who has graduated from Zion Church Center
I am OO OOO from Congo, Africa. I became a Catholic devotee due to my parent’s influence since I was little, but later on I converted to Protestantism as I became an adult. After, in the city of Bremen, Germany, I would participate in Bible study meetings almost every day, and without a doubt, never missed a Sunday service. Despite all this, I cried and prayed to God day by day at the fact that I didn’t know what God’s will and righteousness was.
During a prayer, I received an answer telling me to leave Bremen. I was helpless, not knowing where to go, so I prayed desperately to God. And then, at last, I received another answer telling me to go to Berlin. Despite the many complications, I obeyed by moving to Berlin. However, I was again unable to hear God’s words. During service, I would go to the restroom and confine myself there until it ended. “God, I do not want to go to a church where there is no word. But since you sent me here, I cannot leave. Please, save me,” as I said with an empty heart, I desperately held onto praying.
Obeying God’s word by moving to Berlin from Bremen, Germany.
then one day, near the end of year 2010, I met a woman, who turned my life 180 degrees. The first time I met her, she asked me three questions. The first question was ‘Do you understand Mat 24:29,’ and I answered, “I don’t know.” The second question was ‘Do you want to know the answer,’ and the third question was, ‘Do you want to learn God’s word.’ As if I was drowning in water and caught a hold of a straw, I told her, “I really want to learn.”
away, I started a one-on-one Bible study with the woman, which then did I discover God’s will in sending me to Berlin. I was extremely hungry for God’s word, so God showed compassion on me and bestowed a gift of grace upon me. In May 2011, I entered Zion Church Center and met a wonderful instructor, whom I’ve began to learn the word of Revelation from.
I was one to never catch a cold in his life, but as soon as I entered, I started to become very sick. I had doubts about making it through; however, with the help of the prayers of the instructor and member’s and the word that was food from the center, I was able to overcome the illness. I completed the Introductory Test that I worried about, and then my prayer request changed. ‘God, please help me to meet the promised pastor just once.”
May 12, the unforgettable day I met the promised pastor in Berlin
But what is this? The promised pastor I have been longing to meet was coming to Europe! I couldn’t sleep! I wasn’t hungry even if I didn’t eat. I prayed with joy and waited eagerly until the day the promised pastor came. As if it was a coincidence, just 10 days before the Chairman Lee Man Hee’s arrival, I was able to give my first service at Shinchonji Church. The bright look Shinchonji family had on while greeting me was like that of an angel.
May 12, 2012, the most precious day to me that will be remembered forever.
And there meeting the promised pastor
This is a confession of a member overseas who has graduated from Zion Church Center
I am OO OOO from Congo, Africa. I became a Catholic devotee due to my parent’s influence since I was little, but later on I converted to Protestantism as I became an adult. After, in the city of Bremen, Germany, I would participate in Bible study meetings almost every day, and without a doubt, never missed a Sunday service. Despite all this, I cried and prayed to God day by day at the fact that I didn’t know what God’s will and righteousness was.
During a prayer, I received an answer telling me to leave Bremen. I was helpless, not knowing where to go, so I prayed desperately to God. And then, at last, I received another answer telling me to go to Berlin. Despite the many complications, I obeyed by moving to Berlin. However, I was again unable to hear God’s words. During service, I would go to the restroom and confine myself there until it ended. “God, I do not want to go to a church where there is no word. But since you sent me here, I cannot leave. Please, save me,” as I said with an empty heart, I desperately held onto praying.
Obeying God’s word by moving to Berlin from Bremen, Germany.
then one day, near the end of year 2010, I met a woman, who turned my life 180 degrees. The first time I met her, she asked me three questions. The first question was ‘Do you understand Mat 24:29,’ and I answered, “I don’t know.” The second question was ‘Do you want to know the answer,’ and the third question was, ‘Do you want to learn God’s word.’ As if I was drowning in water and caught a hold of a straw, I told her, “I really want to learn.”
away, I started a one-on-one Bible study with the woman, which then did I discover God’s will in sending me to Berlin. I was extremely hungry for God’s word, so God showed compassion on me and bestowed a gift of grace upon me. In May 2011, I entered Zion Church Center and met a wonderful instructor, whom I’ve began to learn the word of Revelation from.
I was one to never catch a cold in his life, but as soon as I entered, I started to become very sick. I had doubts about making it through; however, with the help of the prayers of the instructor and member’s and the word that was food from the center, I was able to overcome the illness. I completed the Introductory Test that I worried about, and then my prayer request changed. ‘God, please help me to meet the promised pastor just once.”
May 12, the unforgettable day I met the promised pastor in Berlin
But what is this? The promised pastor I have been longing to meet was coming to Europe! I couldn’t sleep! I wasn’t hungry even if I didn’t eat. I prayed with joy and waited eagerly until the day the promised pastor came. As if it was a coincidence, just 10 days before the Chairman Lee Man Hee’s arrival, I was able to give my first service at Shinchonji Church. The bright look Shinchonji family had on while greeting me was like that of an angel.
May 12, 2012, the most precious day to me that will be remembered forever.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Famous Lecturer of Revival, Who Could Cure Even Cancer, Follows the Word to Shinchonji
(This is a story sent by a member of John Tribe.)
At the age of 7, I started a life of faith and despite the persecution I received from my parents and mother-in-law along the way, I remained faithful. I married into a family who believed in Buddhism and raised four children. I am at the age of 43 with a husband who has become unconscious due to an accident. Then a year later, as I was praying at the OOO Praying Center, I heard a voice saying, “You are a servant of God.”
Then one day, a woman deacon I knew, carrying $500 in cash and a gold necklace in her hands, said,
“I came because I received your heart during a prayer.” I was going to OOO Church at the time, but I
decided to study Theology at OO University because the church didn’t allow woman to be ordained as a pastor.
I would study the Bible so hard that I slept no more than two hours a day, and everyday, I would give
service. I completed four years of high school and two years of college, a total of six years of studying. Even when I just graduated, it didn’t take long for me to establish a church in the city of Seoul.
Then one day, I saw a vision during a prayer at OOO Praying Center and since then, I received a gift of divine healing. When a revival service was held, there was a miracle where a cripple stood up and walked. Rumors spread and at once, the church became chaos. After that, I went to Cheong-ryangri OO Church as a revival pastor.
The rumor about the gift of divine healing spread like so fast that it caused a revival.
When I prayed for those suffering from cancer, blood was shed and they were completely cured.
Conscientiously, I didn’t accept payment from patients I treated and compensation from churches that
were under poor circumstances.
One day, as I went down from the podium and put my shoes on after finishing a revival service, suddenly, “God, did I teach according to the Bible? I don’t think I did. I’m not sure if I’m saving souls or killing them,” popped in my head. To be honest, I was a mute and a blind pastor. I was just carrying out my role in breathing air into rubber balloons, but that’s just the end of the balloon when they go flat. I was suddenly filled with the guiltiness of not providing proper food for the spirits of the congregation members.
Since then, a year has passed and a member, who was enjoyed my lectures, suggested that I join a Bible study. I was one who read the Bible at least 33 times, but because of the unexplainable stinging of my conscience and the need to know God more, I decided to do the study.
I started the Shinchonji Biblle study in the middle of preparing an essay for a Doctor’s Degree.
My instructor would always take things that were not from the Bible, so I had to write down each word; however, Shinchonji Zion Christian Center was a place that taught only according to the Bible.
The Book of Prophecy was something that could not be understood no matter how many times you read it, but I was overjoyed that they could explain it to me so I could understand easily.
‘Apostle Paul considered everything he had as garbage, so I must to the same. If I carried out a life of faith of a child before, from now on, I will carry out a life of faith as a mature believer.
It didn’t bother me that they were accused of being a cult. At first, what I had in mind was, “I will go back to my church with the words that I have learned and become a pastor that is best at lectures.’ However, as I continued to learn, I thought, ‘Whether I live or die, I must stay here’ and decided to study harder.
My instructor who has a Doctor’s Degree was famous throughout the nation. I asked him to explain to me what the 666 in Revelation 13 was, but then he answered, “It’s a human clone.” I would look everywhere for human clone in the Bible but could never find it.
From then on, I considered everything, such as the gift of divine
healing as garbage, and decided to put my trust only in the 66 book of the Bible.
I was wealthy when I was a pastor. I received many offerings and compensations, thus was financially abundant. However, I never received compensation while studying at Shinchonji.
However, I thought to myself that hardships such as these were the path of a true believer. During my
pastoral duties, I would fast as if I ate and worry too much that I was later on diagnosed with diabetes. I was even told that I had only 6 months to live. But after 6 months since the notification, my body became healthier. I had to get treatments 3 times a week, but instead, I would work harder for God. Even my daughter, who persecuted me for ‘falling into a cult,’ acknowledged that God had saved me.
My life now truly belongs to God.
It’s been 59 years since I believed in Jesus and 6 years since I started a life of faith at Shinchonji.
I listened to Shinchonji’s words and thought, “How can such in-depth truth come out of here when we’re looking at the same Bible?’ I had the assurance that other churches did not have the word.
Members of the churches today offer all their fortune to their pastors even if it meant making a debt. There is no other place that is clean and pure like Shinchonji. To my fellow pastors, I would like to say, “Come, feel it, look at it, and see for yourself if it really is the cult that everyone says it is.”
This is the place where the word of truth, Revelation has been opened according to God’s will.
At this time when the word of Revelation has opened in 6,000 years, if you don’t know and understand it, it’s a one-way ticket to eternal hell. Those who’ve accused Shinchonji of being a cult are all sinners. Please, I ask you to come and not commit any more sin. This is the place of eternal heaven and life. The place of salvation, New Heaven and New Earth (Rev 21:1), Temple of the Tabernacle of Testimony (Rev 15:5) is Shinchonji.
At the age of 7, I started a life of faith and despite the persecution I received from my parents and mother-in-law along the way, I remained faithful. I married into a family who believed in Buddhism and raised four children. I am at the age of 43 with a husband who has become unconscious due to an accident. Then a year later, as I was praying at the OOO Praying Center, I heard a voice saying, “You are a servant of God.”
Then one day, a woman deacon I knew, carrying $500 in cash and a gold necklace in her hands, said,
“I came because I received your heart during a prayer.” I was going to OOO Church at the time, but I
decided to study Theology at OO University because the church didn’t allow woman to be ordained as a pastor.
I would study the Bible so hard that I slept no more than two hours a day, and everyday, I would give
service. I completed four years of high school and two years of college, a total of six years of studying. Even when I just graduated, it didn’t take long for me to establish a church in the city of Seoul.
Then one day, I saw a vision during a prayer at OOO Praying Center and since then, I received a gift of divine healing. When a revival service was held, there was a miracle where a cripple stood up and walked. Rumors spread and at once, the church became chaos. After that, I went to Cheong-ryangri OO Church as a revival pastor.
The rumor about the gift of divine healing spread like so fast that it caused a revival.
When I prayed for those suffering from cancer, blood was shed and they were completely cured.
Conscientiously, I didn’t accept payment from patients I treated and compensation from churches that
were under poor circumstances.
One day, as I went down from the podium and put my shoes on after finishing a revival service, suddenly, “God, did I teach according to the Bible? I don’t think I did. I’m not sure if I’m saving souls or killing them,” popped in my head. To be honest, I was a mute and a blind pastor. I was just carrying out my role in breathing air into rubber balloons, but that’s just the end of the balloon when they go flat. I was suddenly filled with the guiltiness of not providing proper food for the spirits of the congregation members.
Since then, a year has passed and a member, who was enjoyed my lectures, suggested that I join a Bible study. I was one who read the Bible at least 33 times, but because of the unexplainable stinging of my conscience and the need to know God more, I decided to do the study.
I started the Shinchonji Biblle study in the middle of preparing an essay for a Doctor’s Degree.
My instructor would always take things that were not from the Bible, so I had to write down each word; however, Shinchonji Zion Christian Center was a place that taught only according to the Bible.
The Book of Prophecy was something that could not be understood no matter how many times you read it, but I was overjoyed that they could explain it to me so I could understand easily.
‘Apostle Paul considered everything he had as garbage, so I must to the same. If I carried out a life of faith of a child before, from now on, I will carry out a life of faith as a mature believer.
It didn’t bother me that they were accused of being a cult. At first, what I had in mind was, “I will go back to my church with the words that I have learned and become a pastor that is best at lectures.’ However, as I continued to learn, I thought, ‘Whether I live or die, I must stay here’ and decided to study harder.
My instructor who has a Doctor’s Degree was famous throughout the nation. I asked him to explain to me what the 666 in Revelation 13 was, but then he answered, “It’s a human clone.” I would look everywhere for human clone in the Bible but could never find it.
From then on, I considered everything, such as the gift of divine
healing as garbage, and decided to put my trust only in the 66 book of the Bible.
I was wealthy when I was a pastor. I received many offerings and compensations, thus was financially abundant. However, I never received compensation while studying at Shinchonji.
However, I thought to myself that hardships such as these were the path of a true believer. During my
pastoral duties, I would fast as if I ate and worry too much that I was later on diagnosed with diabetes. I was even told that I had only 6 months to live. But after 6 months since the notification, my body became healthier. I had to get treatments 3 times a week, but instead, I would work harder for God. Even my daughter, who persecuted me for ‘falling into a cult,’ acknowledged that God had saved me.
My life now truly belongs to God.
It’s been 59 years since I believed in Jesus and 6 years since I started a life of faith at Shinchonji.
I listened to Shinchonji’s words and thought, “How can such in-depth truth come out of here when we’re looking at the same Bible?’ I had the assurance that other churches did not have the word.
Members of the churches today offer all their fortune to their pastors even if it meant making a debt. There is no other place that is clean and pure like Shinchonji. To my fellow pastors, I would like to say, “Come, feel it, look at it, and see for yourself if it really is the cult that everyone says it is.”
This is the place where the word of truth, Revelation has been opened according to God’s will.
At this time when the word of Revelation has opened in 6,000 years, if you don’t know and understand it, it’s a one-way ticket to eternal hell. Those who’ve accused Shinchonji of being a cult are all sinners. Please, I ask you to come and not commit any more sin. This is the place of eternal heaven and life. The place of salvation, New Heaven and New Earth (Rev 21:1), Temple of the Tabernacle of Testimony (Rev 15:5) is Shinchonji.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Testimony Of Shinchonji
Goodbye!! I'm off to Heaven School~!!
(This was written by a husband, whose wife is a member of Shinchonji Church in Cheonju.)
It's a Sunday morning, and my wife is busy as usual. She gets breakfast ready and goes out into the garden, picking lettuces while humming to a song. What is it that makes her excited all the time? After I finish my breakfast, as if my wife was waiting for me to be done, she asks me, "Please drive me to the bus stop so I can go to Heaven School."
Since it took about 30 minutes to walk from our house to the bus stop, my wife moves more busily on days she goes to church. To be honest, I don't understand her. I scolded her saying, "Why take time to go all the way to Cheongju when you can just go to the Catholic Church right next to us?" My wife just smiles and retorts, “I am still a child, so I must go to Heaven School no matter how far it is." Our family has been going to Catholic Church since a long time ago. So, there was no way that I was going to be happy about my wife going to a church far away which I had no knowledge about. But what can I do when she persists on going. When I drive her to the bus stop so she can go to Heaven School, in a moment with a happy look on her face, she waves goodbye saying, "Goodbye. I’m off to Heaven School."
But where is this Heaven School? Is it called Heaven School because it's really in heaven? Then one day, I found out that my wife was going to a place called Shinchonji Church of Jesus. Some people came to the store early in the morning leaving a newspaper behind that said, "City of Truth, Beautiful Shinchonji." It was the church's newspaper. Without opening it up to take a look at it, I crumbled it up and threw it away in the trash can. My wife, who was watching from afar, jumped up surprised and rebuked me saying, "Why are you throwing this away? This is the advertising newspaper that our church members left!"
I have heard unpleasant rumors regarding Shinchonj around me, so I was uncomfortable knowing that my wife was going to such a place. My wife sensed my uneasiness, and thoroughly explained to me what place Shinchonji Church and who the Chairman Lee Man Hee exactly was. She also bragged saying that only those whom God loved could go to Shinchonji. My wife was actually one hotheaded woman. She became easily angered and yelled a lot as well. She was the type of person who didn't listen to other people’s words but was busy displaying her own.
However, my wife is now gentle and listens to other people. She has changed into a person with composure. Even for me, as her husband, I would have to admit that there was a big change to an extent where I would sometimes suspect her to be the right person.
The change in my wife definitely began when she started to go to Shinchonji. So, it seems right to me that my wife was going to Heaven School, as she greeted me every morning. I mean, look at the way it’s changed a person. Today as well, my wife is sitting at her desk with the Bible open, reviewing the things she's learned at Heaven School. Regardless, my wife is just as lovable and far more trustworthy than ever. **The place where God’s family, whose beauty is beyond that of angels, has gathered, we are the City of Truth, Beautiful Shinchonji.**
(This was written by a husband, whose wife is a member of Shinchonji Church in Cheonju.)
It's a Sunday morning, and my wife is busy as usual. She gets breakfast ready and goes out into the garden, picking lettuces while humming to a song. What is it that makes her excited all the time? After I finish my breakfast, as if my wife was waiting for me to be done, she asks me, "Please drive me to the bus stop so I can go to Heaven School."
Since it took about 30 minutes to walk from our house to the bus stop, my wife moves more busily on days she goes to church. To be honest, I don't understand her. I scolded her saying, "Why take time to go all the way to Cheongju when you can just go to the Catholic Church right next to us?" My wife just smiles and retorts, “I am still a child, so I must go to Heaven School no matter how far it is." Our family has been going to Catholic Church since a long time ago. So, there was no way that I was going to be happy about my wife going to a church far away which I had no knowledge about. But what can I do when she persists on going. When I drive her to the bus stop so she can go to Heaven School, in a moment with a happy look on her face, she waves goodbye saying, "Goodbye. I’m off to Heaven School."
But where is this Heaven School? Is it called Heaven School because it's really in heaven? Then one day, I found out that my wife was going to a place called Shinchonji Church of Jesus. Some people came to the store early in the morning leaving a newspaper behind that said, "City of Truth, Beautiful Shinchonji." It was the church's newspaper. Without opening it up to take a look at it, I crumbled it up and threw it away in the trash can. My wife, who was watching from afar, jumped up surprised and rebuked me saying, "Why are you throwing this away? This is the advertising newspaper that our church members left!"
I have heard unpleasant rumors regarding Shinchonj around me, so I was uncomfortable knowing that my wife was going to such a place. My wife sensed my uneasiness, and thoroughly explained to me what place Shinchonji Church and who the Chairman Lee Man Hee exactly was. She also bragged saying that only those whom God loved could go to Shinchonji. My wife was actually one hotheaded woman. She became easily angered and yelled a lot as well. She was the type of person who didn't listen to other people’s words but was busy displaying her own.
However, my wife is now gentle and listens to other people. She has changed into a person with composure. Even for me, as her husband, I would have to admit that there was a big change to an extent where I would sometimes suspect her to be the right person.
The change in my wife definitely began when she started to go to Shinchonji. So, it seems right to me that my wife was going to Heaven School, as she greeted me every morning. I mean, look at the way it’s changed a person. Today as well, my wife is sitting at her desk with the Bible open, reviewing the things she's learned at Heaven School. Regardless, my wife is just as lovable and far more trustworthy than ever. **The place where God’s family, whose beauty is beyond that of angels, has gathered, we are the City of Truth, Beautiful Shinchonji.**
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