Jung Myung Seok was born on March 16, 1945 and was the third eldest of seven children. He was born in the mountain valley of Wolmyeongdong. It was a dreadful place for him. Even though he wanted to farm, there was not enough land. Even though he worked to the point his body felt like collapsing, he could not fill his empty stomach. He grew up suffering.
Suffering from hunger in the midst of a dreadful poverty, Jung Myung Seok began his life of faith and started to believe in God at the beckoning of his eldest brother. As a result, he has become a world renown pastor who delivers messages to over 50 nations across the world.
In this archives, you can read his messages, particularly in relation to Wolmyeongdong and its backstory. Although he used to hate Wolmyeongdong because of how barren it was, Wolmyeongdong is now a place God uses to give inspiration to him and many people.
While thinking about how fast radio and television waves were, faster than the whole animal kingdom and human beings, I asked the Lord, “Why did God create the lords of all creation to be inferior to beasts and nature?”
Since I believed that God had already determined every human being’s fate, I thought that humans had no other choice but to live as predestined. No one taught me about this, but as I observed how things were, this was the conclusion that I reached through my own realizations.
Really, it was my own realization.
God’s Word is a revelation. During the Sunday, Wednesday, and morning services, revelations from God and the Holy Son are proclaimed in abundance. So you should listen well, realize that they are revelations from the Trinity, and then put them into practice. If you do, then you will gain tremendous things.
A person who begins early and a person who begins late are as different as the distance between heaven and earth.
Isn’t it unsatisfying when the truth is not thoroughly embedded into you?
When a tree is planted, it is unsatisfying if the roots are weak. Even if you replant the tree, new leaves will only grow if the roots are anchored into the ground. However, if the roots are weak, then leaves will never grow.
Just as a tree can die from being squeezed by a python, this big tree died because it was squeezed by arrowroot. You see it, right? All of you too will die if you are squeezed by satans and weeds, so I can’t help but be anxious. While taking time to reflect on this, let’s cut down all of the arrowroot in the area.
If the owner doesn’t put his hands on it, the mountain he owns will become full of weeds. In the same way, if the Lord doesn’t put his hands on you, you will also become a part of the wilderness.
When God works on something, He works in a very different way than humans. When He orders a task to be done, He actually already has a design in mind and has already made plans to finish the task well in advance.
Wolmyeongdong Church expresses their thanks to the Holy Trinity who created nature in all its beauty by observing service outdoors on the lawn sanctuary in Wolmyeongdong.