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Sacrifice

• ¶ 24He had to sacrifice to save those who persecuted him. Noah had to stand in the position of unfallen brother, Abel, and ask God to forgive…
• ¶ 28This path of sacrifice was the path Moses followed. Moses lived for 40 years in the splendor of Pharaoh's palace, but remaining loyal to the…
• ¶ 41This idea of sacrifice is familiar to us from everyday life. If on the job, one employee is willing to do more work, the boss will…

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Living Sacrifice

• ¶ 4The sacrifice offered on the altar of God must be separated or cut in two. The altar represents the entire universe, upon which the sacrifice is…
• ¶ 19An offering and sacrifice are presented to God for the sake of man, but if there is no man there to benefit, then how can the…
• ¶ 9The true meaning of offering a sacrifice is to enable man to come closer to God. On each level of restoration—individual, family, society, nation, and…

Sacrifice Is The Shortest Way To Heaven

• ¶ 13…Cain, a sacrifice should be prepared. A sacrifice means finding a victim. He who leads history for God is the victim, the sacrifice to subjugate Cain…
• ¶ 12…unification is indispensable. We must strive for unification. Sacrifice centering on God for unification between individuals. For that purpose, we should get rid of any hindrance…
• ¶ 14When 120 countries appear, who lives centered on God, making sacrifices to bring Cain to his knees, our paradise on earth will appear. In our heavenly…

To Become A Living Sacrifice

• ¶ 23He is a sacrifice for the whole who will climb on the altar. President Kuboki is a sacrifice that is offered on the altar representing Japan…
• ¶ 61He is a sacrifice for the whole who will climb on the altar. President Kuboki is a sacrifice that is offered on the altar representing Japan…
• ¶ 57Leaders are such sacrifices! I hope that you will fulfill your mission, so I give this talk today. Please keep this in your heart.

Let Us Step Beyond This World That Has Become a Sacrifice

• ¶ 52It is because material sacrifice does not bring completion to salvation, but Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the one who brings completion to salvation…
• ¶ 26…is the pass of sacrifice that we must cross. Most faithful believers of today do not realize that when we advance through this pass of sacrifice…
• ¶ 87If you can climb over the pass of sacrifice by purifying the material things and offering them, as well as yourself, to Heaven, then you will…

Self-Sacrifice

• ¶ 1Self-sacrifice is to offer one’s entire self—body, mind, and spirit—to the service of God and the fulfillment of His will. In times…
• ¶ 18We sacrifice our self-centeredness, and in proportion to that sacrifice, God restores our original nature. This course is necessary because we are products of the…
• ¶ 6To Thee as a sacrifice Zarathustra offers the very life and being of his self; He dedicates the first fruits of his loving thoughts to Ahura…

Parental Love Sacrifices Everything

• ¶ 4Parents want to sacrifice everything for the sake of their children. This is like God. What does this mean? God does not invest Himself for His…

Please Let Us Be Able to Sacrifice for Something Bigger

Beloved Father! Today we are looking for families not so that we ourselves can live comfortably in our families; it is in order to take our families as offerings in order to find tribes.

Please Let Us Inherit Your Path of Sacrifice

• ¶ 2Prayer: Please Let Us Inherit Your Path Of Sacrifice
• ¶ 7…we will have to sacrifice everything we have, and we will have to inherit completely the path of the sacrifice of the pioneer which you have…

Please Allow Us to Become Living Sacrifices of Goodness Alone

• ¶ 1…with evil, and to be able to offer ourselves through one center before the majesty of our Father as living sacrifices of goodness alone.Oh, Father…

Why Your Daily Life Is Now a Greater Offering Than Any Sacrifice

• ¶ 123We have liberated all the countless collateral religions that so sacrificed themselves. How greatly have the angels toiled until now in the work of recreating Adam…
• ¶ 32…that sphere of love and living a life that can establish authority as a person who receives that love is better than sacrifice. Better than sacrifice…
• ¶ 56…think of that. To come seeking after several thousand years, countless good forebears paid the price of sacrifice, and countless worlds perished until now, and countless…

Our Leader on Suffering, Sacrifice, Obedience, and the Kingdom of Heaven

• ¶ 13…is fulfilled through obedience. Sacrifice is a token of obedience and loyalty. Therefore, the sacrifice does not have any thought of property, nor does it resist…
• ¶ 6Man suffers when his mind's standard differs from the standard of God's Will. So man has trained himself to persevere, sacrificing himself through religion.

Please Let Us Realize That on the Path of Faith Our Own Selves Are Our Enemies

• ¶ 1When we think about how very much you have sacrificed in the course of history and how very much you have toiled, in the ages of…
• ¶ 5…our inadequate selves, and not only that due to the great favor of your establishing and sacrificing your many servants and many descendants, we can bow…

We Will Go the Way of the Will Gratefully

• ¶ 1…but even though you cut off all the things around us, we could not go over the peak of sacrifice, and we are disappointed in ourselves…
• ¶ 2…beyond while being grateful alone even if you scold and strike us.By even going over peak after peak of sacrifice which the enemy is blocking…

Please Keep Us and Take Dominion Over Us

• ¶ 2Since we know that heaven is lamenting because there is no one to become a sacrifice representing the anguish of heaven and earth, please allow us…
• ¶ 1…will be able to unite, and as a unified sacrifice be able to bow before you in joy together with the many saints, and that you…

How do I repent to God?

…demands turning the body away from its self-centered patterns so the mind and conscience can lead, and it is completed by walking a path of indemnity — concrete actions of service, sacrifice, and restored love that reverse what sin broke.

Persecution

• ¶ 1Sacrifice is often thrust upon a man or woman in the form of persecution. Few desire to be mistreated, misunderstood, slandered, ostracized, and harassed. Yet persecution…
• ¶ 4In view of the beatification which comes through sacrifice, it is not surprising that people who are persecuted in faith often lose any negative feelings of…
• ¶ 3Persecution can be a blessing because it pushes us into the realm of total self-sacrifice and self-denial. Its circumstances allow us to attain an…

How Will The Unified World Be Established On Earth?

• ¶ 42Because God sacrificed those whom He loved most for the world, God is the greatest love. And the ideal nation that loves others is entirely different…
• ¶ 52We have to sacrifice our bodies for the sake of our spirits. And when our body and spirit become one, then we must sacrifice for our…
• ¶ 56If a son dedicated himself and sacrificed himself for his family, the family, including his father, would ask him to be the center of the family…

True Parents and the Nation

• ¶ 1Why have we sacrificed until now? It was to become the parents of the tribe. How splendid this is! What do we do after the nation…