1) The Meaning of Holy Sons and Daughters

There are saints in history. Who are the saints? They are all founders of religions. There are people at an even higher level than that of a saint, however. The Unification Church calls them holy sons and daughters of God. The Christian churches also talk about holy sons and daughters.

Then who are the holy sons and daughters? Saints themselves do not clearly comprehend God. They do not understand in detail that God is a personality who represents the ideal of daily living. Who, then, are the holy sons and daughters? God is the head of all sovereigns and the center of the whole. Wherever He is, there is the law of the Kingdom and the law of the palace. Palace law has to be obeyed. Without it, one cannot live as a prince in the palace with the king. Holy sons and daughters are the ones who desire to live with the king eternally, while keeping the law and then transcending it. The king cannot live without the son; nor can the son live without the king, his father. They want to live together eternally. Such a person is called a holy son or daughter. (148-259)

Do you know what it means to be holy sons and daughters? They are different from saints. There are four greatest saints, but it is much more difficult to be holy sons and daughters. They are the ones who can keep the law of the heavenly palace. God is the king who lives in the heavenly palace. In order to be His son, you must know palace law. What do you want to know? Do you want to know the way of being heavenly children, holy sons and daughters, patriots, or filial children? (Heavenly children.) You are quite greedy! (Laughter.)

What does it mean to say that Jesus is the only begotten son? He is the only son because he stands as a representative whom God cannot help loving when it comes to handling the law of love, which is most precious to God. Holy sons and daughters are the ones who know how to keep not only human laws but the laws of the heavenly palace. The way of patriots directly connects to the way of filial children; the way of saints directly connects to the way of patriots; the way of holy sons and daughters directly connects to the way of saints. The essence flows on a vertical line. It is the only one. (175-214)

2) The Words "Holy Sons and Daughters" are Words of Great Blessing

A saint is a holy person who can stand before God. From among saints, holy sons and daughters must come. There have to be ones who can be people of God's kingdom, and among those, there have to be ones who can be God's children. Holy sons and daughters are above saints. This historical background cannot be understood without knowing the spiritual world and God's providence. No matter how much knowledge one may have, he cannot reach his destiny without understanding God's providence. In following the road of love, what comes after being a saint? Saints are God's people, who can go to God, but when such people become numerous, holy sons and daughters should emerge. The words "holy sons and daughters," which means that One is God's child, are words of great blessing in the history of the fallen world. They can be considered gospel. (136-206)

Thus, there are filial children, patriots, and saints. What is next? Just because one is a saint, it does not mean that he will become a holy son. We should become holy sons and daughters. However intensely a saint loves people, he has to understand the law of the heavenly palace in order to become a holy son or daughter. He should follow the palace law and find another law that can keep rhythm with it.

3) Becoming Holy Sons and Daughters

Saints are on a global level, although patriots cannot go beyond national boundaries. The saints have a loving heart, such that they desire for the world to become better and are willing to take responsibility for all the bad things of the world; with this heart, they sacrifice themselves throughout their entire lives. Thoughts of filial children, patriots, and saints are all centered on the world and on the earth.

When you are centered on God, who is the center of the universe, then you will want to embrace heaven and earth with love, and desire that all the beings in the universe become eligible to receive God's love.

Since I love God from this position, I transcend history and worry about the spiritual world. If someone can transcend time and space and worry about affairs of the spiritual world, of the earth, and of God with love, he would be the kind of person God desires. Our Unification Church gives the name holy sons and daughters to this kind of person.

Then what do you want to become? Filial children, patriots, or saints? (Saints.) All kinds of people want to be saints. Those who want to become holy sons and daughters, raise your hands. Is this easy or difficult? (Difficult.) What do you call those who love and serve parents at home? (Filial children.) How about those who love the country? (Patriots.) How about those who love the world? (Saints.) What is it that I am teaching? It is to become holy sons and daughters who love God, the world, and the cosmos. Which do you want to become? (Holy sons and daughters.) Then you should have love that is like God's. (129-99)

In becoming holy sons and daughters, what do we have to know first? Who should be the master? It is God. So pray for God. You should act according to God's desire and not your own. You should know that God is the master. Next, what is the purpose? The purpose is God's thought; we should act according to God's thought. This is God's Will. We should live according to God's Will and God's thought. This is the purpose. Do you understand? There should be the master and purpose. This is important. (161-141)