The person who has a strong concept of time spends the time of worship as a time of respect. Therefore, a person who cannot spend that time of respect properly would be ashamed in front of someone who spends that time meritoriously. If there were 3,000 or 30,000 people who kept that time properly, the more there were, the more ashamed he would be. Have you ever felt that way? That is far from the standard of going forth to find Heaven. No matter where one goes, and no matter what one does, one must remember the time for worship. You must become a person who attends Sunday's distinguished gathering. Married couples should please come attend Sunday Service lovingly - such that their children will follow along jealously. Come to church before 10 o'clock and prepare for the sabbath. Blessed families must absolutely bear witness to the sabbath. They must come to church before 10 o'clock in the morning to prepare for the service. No matter where they are or what they're doing, they must remember Sunday Service. Every Sunday, you must wake up at five o'clock in the morning and attend the service. The leader must do this and give the sermon. You must spend Sunday Service worthily. Do you understand? Then without fail, you will prosper. Well, if you promise to come by 8 o'clock, and you arrive at 8:10 saying, "It's only 8:10, what's your problem?" then you are wrong. If you arrive at 8 o'clock and one second, is that good or bad? [Bad] "People arrive ten minutes late and I'm only one second late." That is wrong. It is unacceptable throughout the world. That is because 8:00 is exactly the ordered time. So, if we agree on 8:00, what is the difference between the people who arrive at 6:00, 7:00 and 7:59:59? If you look at it from the view of order, they are the same. This person is frugal about time, he is always punctual. Because he comes here two hours early, how much better it would be if he worked part time, even at only five dollars an hour--that's ten dollars he can earn. That assertion is one no one can make. One no one has made. So here, the 7:59:59 person says, "I am the best at punctuality." At that time, both people are good. You can't complain about that. You can't say one's wrong. You must know the importance of the laws of order. Do you understand what I'm saying? From this viewpoint, you must understand how everything has become more developed from the past to today.
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