May 14th 2009 Sunday Message
Message by Joshua Jung Myung Seok
Summary by Shaun McMillan and Will Yeh

Scriptures: Matthew 13:39-42

People go to hell because of the unlawful things that they’ve done and said. People do this because they’ve agreed to do it. Everything that we’ve done wrong is the same, because they all send us to hell. We do these things because we agree to do them. We must really know that we can’t consent and do the things that will send us to hell.

Most people think you have to disobey a special law in order to go to hell. But Jesus is letting us know, that there are so many unlawful things that we do every day in our lives. We must clearly realize and we must not do anything that is immoral. This is the only way we can completely keep ourselves from hell.

First reason why people agree to do things that will send them to hell, because they like doing certain things, and they can’t control themselves. Such people are called Cain’s. If you control sin, you will not sin. If you don’t control sin, you will be a slave to sin and a slave to the devil.

Second reason why people consent to doing things that will send them to hell is because they are ignorant about the fact that they shouldn’t do it. We easily sin when we don’t know, so we need to know about what is sin.

People who complain about God’s laws are those who don’t obey it. Only those who love God’s laws are people who follow God’s laws. Jesus obeyed God’s laws no matter what. Even when death was right in front of Jesus, he still obeyed God’s laws. God’s laws are so amazing. If we want to go to heaven, we have to obey God’s laws.

Even before people die, you can see who’s going to heaven or hell. Just look at the ways they live and the things that they consent to.

Another word for God’s laws is God’s Will. It is the path of salvation, the path that God planned. Sometimes the path of suffering is also God’s Will.

If someone comes with the mission from the Lord, he has to carry the cross for the time period. He has to repent for the sins of the time period. He sets a condition to redeem that time period. But even though he does that, those who do not repent will pay for their sins. You still need to do your responsibilities.

There are people who believe in God, but they do so superficially and they are not born again through the HS and water. People who do whatever they want to do even though they believe in God, these people will ultimately end up in hell. If the time period makes the people who were sent by God suffer because they don’t know, then misfortune will befall that time period.

As today’s scripture says, the angels will throw everyone who does unlawful things into the fiery furnace. Right now, we are standing right next to the time of the Lord’s Second Coming. We must make sure we don’t do things that are unlawful and repent for our sins.