5) Church Activities Are More Important than Social Life

The public church is more important than our own home. We should organize our life in every aspect, but we are not doing it. If you do not give back even after receiving, you will perish. (15-271)

You should become parents who can influence your children. This is your first mission. In order to do it, you should lead a public life thoroughly and should be exemplary in your personal life. This is indispensable in educating your children to lead the way of the Will in the future. Do you understand? (31-277)

Concerning your life in the church and the society, what is internal is the church life. Then, what is the standard of your internal life? Some say that they are going the way of the Will, but they interpret the way the Will according to their personal views. Can God be present at such a place? (27-38)

In what position are you standing now? When you look at yourself as an individual of the Unification Church, if you think, "Ah, I am a follower," you will not be harvested by a good master who is looking for the best seeds. On the contrary, such a person will be removed. If you want to stand before the only master as the only seed with true value that is needed only for one place, you should not just become a follower. You should excel in everything. You should prepare yourself both internally and externally.

Someone whose life does not help the church, but only the society, cannot bear the fruit mentioned above. Then, who are better, the people whose life is good for the church or the people whose life is good only for the society? The correct answer is the former. People who have elements of bearing fruit have a hope for the harvest, but the ones without those elements have nothing to do with harvesting the fruits. (36-20)

In terms of internal church life, the one who is not standing in the position of being authorized by God cannot lead a life representing God in the life of the society. Therefore the question is whether or not we can be people who can be authorized by God. As far as the Unification Church members' attitude towards the church is concerned, they are not serious about the importance of the time for church meetings. Because your views about the public meetings of the church are vague, your views as to the direction of the Will that continues to proceed are also vague. This is because you do not clearly understand what position you should stand in, nor do you have a clear external standard . (22-36)

First, you should be thorough about leading the right church life. For this, you should be punctual about public worship time. You should be exemplary for being on time for the meetings. (31-262)

If you look at the triangular relationships among the family, the church and the society, where do you think your focal point should be? For your own success should it be it the church, the family, or the society? For which person would God have more compassion and understanding? Thinking of the church is loving a representative of God. It is also bringing more people to God. (42-169)