Reflections on The Forty Fifth Year of The Mission

Learning Point No 420

    

The mission of the lord saint has indeed reached 45 year mark on 17th Oct 2013 - the 13th day of the ninth lunar month. 

A temple is the people and not the building. This the lord saint said. 

Forty five years on, there should be concrete temple of people with men not lacking at all in doctrine. 

The men should be solidly grounded and substantial in doctrine. 

It is the concrete men that matter and not the concrete building. The success of a temple and mission depends on the quality of people. 

Success is not reflected by the type of building or the societal trappings. 

Success is not in the numbers or quantity of people gathering for the celebration of the mission day. This the lord saint said before. 

Lord Bo Tien said that what is needed is just a handful of good men. If there are such men in the crowd, then the mission day is indeed a joyous occasion for the lord saint and for Heaven.

The men of the mission should be men of God and saints and not just mere men of the world of men.

The agenda of men are secondary, of less concern and often incidental. Men of God go for wholesome divine calling of Heaven to save souls and are not detracted by any worldly distractions. 

There must be focus on doctrine and not on worldly material physical needs. Welfare activities are just the beginning. To save souls, more need to be done. 

Only when all these are there, only when they are factored, instituted and operational, the mission could then be considered truly to have arrived as is indeed the case... 

The Mission has fared well but much more must be done. Do not rest on past laurels....