Social agenda overriding doctrine focus will cause mission to falter

Learning Point No 261

The following sentences are taken from Historical version of Bo Tien Chor Choo's 1978 Anniversary Message...

 

In another illustration, He (Lord Bo Tien) likened His task as a plant where its stems were attacked or infested by pests. Constant nurturing and watering of the diseased plant would bring forth new shoots and new life to the plant. In the same way, if the stems of the plant were completely destroyed by the pests, but the roots still remained intact, a new plant would emerge, if there was constantly sufficient rainwater to nurture the roots.

   

The plant refers to the Mission to spread the Doctrine - Four Pillar Doctrine that all religions in the four cardinal directions are the pillars of the universal temple of God with the sky or Heaven as the roof.

 

All reach out to men in their own ways and with their own rules and teachings to bring men to God. Though the conventional teachings may appear different, the basic or inner truth is still the same - to save souls and bring them to God in ways more than one.  

 

In the 1978 message, it is stated thus. LORD BO TIEN said that His Image, His Doctrine of Four Pillars and His shrine would spread far and wide.

 

The mission machinery be it a mission related temple or the mission movement may be so very overwhelmed or bogged down by human problems due to pursuit of social or personal agenda and the lack of interest, grasp and conviction of doctrine. If these grow and dominate, they will cause the plant (temple / mission movement) to be diseased.

 

The pests that cause the disease are the social or personal agenda and the absence of doctrine focus. 

 

Then there must be conscientious attempt to rid off the pests and nurture the  diseased plant (temple or movement) to bring forth healthy shoots - people who are reborn to doctrine understanding and mission.

 

The latter can be the same people reborn to doctrine or new people who are doctrine inclined. 

 

However in worse scenario despite attempts to do so, the temple or movement is beyond hope, it (the stems) will be destroyed.

 

But so long as the pioneers and significant others had done their part for pushing the doctrine mission, the roots will still be intact and a new plant of a temple or mission movement will emerge.

 

Social agenda overriding doctrine focus will cause doctrine mission of the lord saint to falter.