The Holy Spirit
Again, Jesus said, "Peace be with
you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." And with that he
breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." John 20:21-22
By what means can we unite Christianity
throughout the world? By the Holy Spirit -- hence the name "Holy Spirit
Association." Not by fists or bayonets, but by the Holy Spirit. We cannot
unite by human power, but by the Holy Spirit.
From the speech of Sun Myung Moon: The
Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity May 1, 1981
Without receiving the Holy Spirit, we
cannot understand or receive salvation. Why should we need the Holy Spirit to
come upon us? The Holy Spirit moves our mind to a relationship with Christ and
eventually God, but why specifically do we need the Holy Spirit? What steps
should take place as she helps to bring us to heaven and God? The first thing
the Holy Spirit helps us to do is repent.
From the speech of Sun Myung
Moon: The Age of Repentance September 1, 1978
The Holy Spirit is in charge of obtaining
pardon from heaven for our sinfulness. This is because humankind does not have
a direct relationship with either God or Jesus, who are in heaven. Therefore,
we need to receive the cooperation of the Holy Spirit who is working on the
earth. The way to redemption has been opened because of the crucifixion of
Jesus, but the one who actually toils to take charge of our sins is the Holy
Spirit, the Holy Spirit stands in the position of a mediator for our sake,
representing us miserable sinners.
What kinds of ordeals is the Holy Spirit
going through? The exertion of Jesus, who passed away on the cross while
responsible for our sins, and the ordeals of the Holy Spirit, crying with us
when we cry and are hung on the cross, are very much with us.
Even today, Jesus is undergoing the crisis
of crucifixion for your sake. You should understand this deeply. When the toils
of Jesus and the exertion of the Holy Spirit are joined as one with us in the
center, and we reach the standard that God requires, then all the sins that we
have committed on the earth will be redeemed.
Consequently when we face evil and go
forward, we should recognize that because of our sins, the Holy Spirit has
labored on the earth on our behalf, and Jesus died on the cross on our behalf.
Wherever we go, we should realize that we are sinners who cannot be unshackled
from the grievances of heaven. Therefore, by offering all of our minds and
bodies to take the burden of heaven's toil, we should rely on the Holy Spirit
and assist Jesus in his work.
From the speech of Sun Myung
Moon: Why Did Jesus Become the Lamb Who Bore All the Sins of This World?
July 11, 1956
When Jesus came, the male element or
essence was given to him as the male Word of God. But there was no woman on
earth to whom the female element could be given. So when Jesus was working in
spirit after his crucifixion, this female element of God worked with him as the
Holy Spirit.
From the speech of Sun Myung Moon: On
Prayer and the Spirit World March and April 1965
We study about the Holy Trinity -- God,
the Holy Son, and Holy Ghost. What exactly does that mean? We say God, Holy
Son, and Holy Ghost, but there is something lacking -- the holy Christian,
making the family So the Holy Ghost must he the spouse to the Holy Son, and
with those two united in divine love, multiplication can come about, giving
birth to children in the Holy Family.
From the speech of Sun Myung
Moon: Our Present Mission August 4, 1974
In the Garden of Gethsemane
Then Jesus went with his disciples to a
place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over
there and pray." He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him,
and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, "My soul
is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with
me." Going a little farther; he fell with his face to the ground and
prayed, "My Father; if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet
not as I will, but as you will."
Then he returned to his disciples and
found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for one
hour?" he asked Peter: Watch and pray so that you will not fall into
temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."
He went away a second time and prayed,
"My Father; if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I
drink it, may your will be done." When he came back, he again found them
sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. So he left them and went away once
more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing. Then he returned to the
disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the
hour is near; and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise,
let us go! Here comes my betrayer!" Matthew 26:36-46
Jesus prayed at Gethsemane: "Father,
let this cup pass from me. Not as I will, but as thou wilt." When he
prayed that, his attitude was that of a Son who loved only his Father. On the
cross he loved even his enemy and prayed for him. There had never been such a
man in all history previous to him and there has never been such a man after
him. That is the sign of his having loved the whole of mankind. That is what
made Jesus the greatest.
From the speech of Sun Myung
Moon: The Formula for God's Providence December 14, 1971
We should be aware of the lonely situation
in which Jesus prayed alone at Gethsemane, "My Father, if it is possible,
may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will." (Matt.
26:39) This situation is not confined to Jesus. Furthermore, the situation in
which Jesus was crucified, embracing sorrow, also is not restricted to Jesus
alone. His situation is our situation and one in which humankind has to
participate today. The reason Jesus prayed and felt sorrowful was not because
he was to die; nor was it because of his fate of having to cross the hill of
lamentation. Worried about his responsibility to successfully achieve the
destiny of history he embraced the heartbreak of heavenly love. Jesus looked at
his followers, who were to usher in God's love upon the earth, and considered:
how could he, who was sent representing God's love, transform them into the
substantial beings of God's love? He also knew the fact that should he die,
umankind would be fated to cross a hill of grief. We should understand that
Jesus was not a man who felt sorrowful only for his own sake or experienced
heartbreak only on his own behalf.
From the speech of Sun Myung
Moon: Jesus Who Is to Establish Heaven's Love February 24, 1977
The deepest sorrow in God's heart in all
of history was Adam's becoming a fallen man. Next to it was the death of Jesus.
Jesus' subsequent resurrection made it possible for the Christian faith to
bring salvation, but even this was in the spiritual area only. Jesus prayed
three times in the deepest anguish, almost on the verge of death. He said.
"Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; but not as l will
but as thou wilt." Many theologians explain this by saying that this was
an expression of human weakness because, though he was predestined to die on
the cross, Jesus was still a human being. If that is true, he should have
courageously and joyfully faced the situation.
From the speech of Sun Myung
Moon: The New Messiah and You March 20, 1972
Jesus appealed alone before God in tears
in the Garden of Gethsemane, without being accompanied by even his own
disciples. He was totally sinless, without any wrongfulness, and he only hoped
to live as the Son of God. We should feel the heart of Jesus, who walked the
path of bloody tears.
Today at the point when we hasten to bring
a victory to heaven, we should reflect upon whether we are truly ready to climb
the same hill of universal tears with Jesus, which he has already climbed. Ever
since humans left the bosom of God due to the Fall, human history continued in
tears. To be freed from this, we should walk a path of tears. This does not
apply only to the course of God's providence, but also to a people or a nation.
We call someone who sheds tears for a
nation or its people a prophet. A nation does not come about automatically. It
comes about through a history of tearful, trouble-filled stories made by such
prophets. Similarly, unless you too climb the historical hill of tears, you can
never receive a day of victory. Jesus shed bloody tears while walking on the
path of Golgotha, the path of a pioneer, after having climbed hills of tears
for 30 years. Today, if you are to be the ones who would take responsibility to
fulfill the will of God and liberate Jesus, you should shed bloody tears that no
one recognizes, springing from the bottom of your heart.
If there are disciples who are shedding
tears for brothers and sisters and the world, and further, if they are
unceasingly shedding tears for heaven without being able to stop, a condition
for victory will he made. Once Jesus looked down at Jerusalem and could not
help but shed tears, yet no one understood his heart. Because he did not have
even one friend who could cry with him when he wept in sadness, Jesus had to
die on the cross.
Do you love your family? If so, you should
sweat for the family. If you love your people, you should sweat for the people.
If you love the world, you should sweat for the world. We should also take
after the example of Jesus, who prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane for all of
humankind, building an altar alone while others did not know about it. We
should become a second Jesus who can shed sweat and tears for all of humankind.
From the speech of Sun Myung
Moon: Let Us Be a Victor for God June 30, 1957
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