Pastors in son’s position

Leaders and Jeong Seong

Pastors in son’s position vs. Pastors in servant’s position

If you are going to work as a pastor, you must completely discard the sense of self.

Everyone in the ministerial position is like a fetus in its mother’s womb. Devoid of freedom. When I see someone who becomes a regional head and becomes full of pride, it really worries me. That is not a position where one can became like that. Father gave me the title of ‘the vice president’ of the church, ‘the president or the WFWP, and ‘the president’ of house of World Peace and Unification, but I know that these positions are not mine because that is what Father taught me.

These positions are Mother positions. Mother is the vice president and Father is the president. In other words, I am mere a representative of Father and Mother. Mother is the chairman of WFWP in reality, but the position of president exists because normal people cannot see the chairman. Therefore, that position of president also belong to Mother. It feels very good when I begin to think that way.

So what Father explains that there are two types of pastors or lecturers: those who are in the position of son and those who are in the position of servant.

First, a pastor who is in the position of a son does not become full of pride but is rather busy boasting about their father. They talk about the things that their father said, explain about father’s will, and just say father, father a lot. However, who does that son resemble? He resemble his father. So he boasts about his father but his Shimjeong and Jeonseong that he devotes for his father are all destined to come back to him in the end. He boasts about his father and that father bequeathed everything to his son who devoted so much Jeonseong.

However, a pastor or a lecturer who is in the position of a servant boasts about himself. He forgets about his father and only boasts about himself, saying ‘I did such and such.’

Then what kind of relationship is master and servant? The relationship between a master and his servant is that the servant gets paid to do the master’s works. The servant is the one who is being paid. Therefore, a servant does not have any right to inherit and the relationship between the two ends once the payment is made.

When we hears our lecturers or what pastors do, Father can quickly see. ‘OH, this person has a potential for development. This person does his ministerial work with the heart of a son.’ When Father see someone who report in a manner that boasts about himself, Father became sad, saying that this person does not have much potential for greatness.

Therefore, if you ever find yourself in a ministerial position, do not go for the popularity strategy. Father says that ministers should not use such tactics to become to close to the members on the human level. Some ministers focus on becoming popular with the members by playing cards, playing chess, or going somewhere fun after Sunday services in the name of becoming close with members. However, you should never do such things. Loving your members is a good things but you must not lean too much towards members on the human level. If such a minister gets appointed to another place, the members who were close to that minister will follow him, that should not happen.

Then what kind of standard should pastors have while they do their work? They should be able to hear from their members. ‘Our pastor was a pastor who tried hard, night and day, to teach to us about God and True Parents.’ Then even when such a pastor leaves and goes somewhere else to work, the members will long remember the Jeonseong for God and True Parents which that pastor invested into them. The members’ root of faith will spread down to the ground firmly.

However, members who were under a pastor, who was in the position of servant, does not have much of a root of faith. If a pastor, who only sought to become popular with members, leaves the church, then nothing remain for the remaining members. Everything disappears with the pastor and there will be a big hole in the heart of each members. These members will miss their pastor for a while but their heart will completely disappear over time. They will then become strangers in the end.

On the other hand, a pastor who is in the position of a son does not boasts about himself but only teaches about God and True Parents. Therefore, that pastors will forever remain in the hearts of his members along with God and True Parents.

What our pastors must do is boasts about God and Father. You will one day become a head of a church, a regional head, or even the church president. When you come to take such a position, you must not reveal your own identity. If you think, eat, and do everything that you do in order to reveal God and True Parents, you will be able to become true pastors and pastors who are in the position of son.

Pastors must refrain from committing actions that are of arrogance, pride, greed, anger, and self-centeredness. Why do some church fail to grow? It is because their leaders are self-centered. Self-centered mind sets are the problem.

Father says that he becomes inspired at times and sad at times when he listens to the reports of church regional heads. Father’s heart is moved and inspired when he hears reports like ‘We were able to bring results thanks to True Parents.’ Father says that he feels that those who yield the glory to God and True Parents have infinite potential for growth.

However, there are some who report in a way, ‘I did such and such things well.’ Father says that he becomes saddened when he hears reports from these types of people. Father then thinks ‘You will not be able to develop more.’

When we do ministerial work, how is the success and failure determined? It is determined by whether you reveal God and True Parents or you reveal yourself. Therefore, in order for you to become successful in your ministerial work, you must not reveal yourself. Father is that kind of person.