What kind or
romanticism do you think that our church and some people
will think about?
What is romanticism? What do you
want to die for? You want to die for love right? Tell me; what
is your romanticism? Romance means that you’ll give up everything for
the sake of love. That’s what romance is all about. It doesn’t
matter if romance is momentary? If it overwhelms you, it will last forever.
It has consequences, serious consequences. What are you willing to
throw the rest of your life away for; for the sake of love. That’s
pretty serious isn’t it?
So, having put that aside, let’s say that
you only had two choices: to be a prince or to be a warrior. Which would you
choose? What is a prince? In European culture there a lot more
aristocrats. Maybe you need to hold on to something. Don’t get
offended; it’s just a fact. Who cares? What is a warrior? Let’s talk
about the nitty-gritty.
Let’s just think about how we’re
conditioned to think about changing the world. How are you going to
change the world? Who are you? What kind of stuff do you need to
change the world? You need all the extremes. You need to learn how to
be both a prince and a warrior. OK? In what sense? To what degree?
Because things happen in moments. It doesn’t happen all the time. When
changes happen it happens in moments.
When you try to understand God, you’d
better give your life for it and know everything about it because it will
not happen otherwise. If you want to die and live in happiness
forever, then you have to pay the price. It’s that simple. Why am I
here? If you’re true to yourself and you’re willing to die for it, that’s
all you can do.
I had a choice to be a warrior. What is a
warrior anyway? You have to understand this to understand
Christianity. Warriors are actually glorified. All the rich
nobility of the past with all their servants and wealth could only achieve
the convenient things that anyone can have today through modern technology.
Modern technology gives you a bunch of servants, but what about becoming a
warrior?
What are you fighting for? You tell me. I
don’t know you that well. I know what I’m fighting for. If you think
that you’re a warrior; then tell me what you’re fighting for. You have
to start from that and you have to build on it. This is a good life a good
birth a new beginning. To make things perfect, it deserves perfection. It
deserves the best. You do that for what? For yourself? I’ll keep
coming here just to show you…
(Hyo-Jin-nim is very emotional, weeping.)
I want to tell you something; you listen.
Don’t ever question me. You can judge me all you want about what I do,
but don’t question me. I don’t think you people understand me.
(Hyo-Jin-nim is weeping and one sister is
sobbing aloud.)
Life is short and it can be good.
When you have to change the world you can’t look at everything (just
optimistically)… I like to look at things like the glass is half-full
all the time, but it doesn’t always work like that. There are all
sorts of reason’s why. Look, it’s (the Kingdom of Heaven that is)
going to happen. Just think about dying. That’s the smartest way in my mind.
You can’t wake up and see your children
running around and say, "YOU’RE GONA DIE!" (Laughter). Time will take
care of it right. If you are so arrogant and selfish that you can
fulfill the responsibilities of your course then whose problem is that,
God’s problem or your problem? It’s your problem.
After all, I’m the preacher here OK. Take
it or leave it. I’m doing my best. I’m trying to keep it simple.
I hope that I’m interesting to you sometimes. If I give you my word on
it, I’ll stick to it, unless powers beyond my control intervene. I
will protect my family. I will protect my kind. I will die for what I
believe, absolutely.
We all die, but you still have to win.
There are rules and you have to win. We all still go by the rules that
are beyond us. It is not that simple when you have to win like this. War
might be easier in that sense. It takes more to win that -- it's just
a killer. That’s the truth.
It will not happen over night. It will not
happen just because you believe in something. You have to make it happen.
We can do it. I know we can do it. I give every glory to my Folks.
(Hyo-Jin-nim is weeping.)
That’s why you come to hear me right?
Do you think I change that easily? People like me don’t change that easily.
I’ll change in many things, but there are things that I know that I won’t
change. You have to be willing to die for what you believe and I want
to prove that more than anyone else. Otherwise get out of here. I don’t care
what you think. It’s going to take a long time to change this world.
There are princes and princesses but it
will take time to make them genuine in the eyes of God in terms of the
ideals we believe in. That’s why I think it’s going to take a little
longer than what people are saying. I hope it can happen, but some one will
suffer more that others. Guess who? Don’t kid yourself. If you want to
look at the reality that is real then look at what is real and treat it as
such and do something about it.
Otherwise it’s pointless; what ever you
think in your head doesn’t mean anything. Okay.
I have to see you next week.
That’s my miserable life. (Laughter)
