Gregg Noll: Grateful Hyung Jin Nim is Standing Up

I often get asked the question “Why does Hyung Jin Nim have to be so mean? Can’t he just be nice?” God’s chosen central figure are called to speak out against evil. Prophets in the Old Testament were relentless in their attempts to bring people back to the one God (Exodus: 32, Deuteronomy 6:14, Judges 2:13, Ezra 8:22 ) Jesus was anything but mild mannered. Jesus spoke harshly to those who were desecrating God and the Word. Mathew 23: 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? John 2:15 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.” Jesus was so serious about sin that told people in Mathew 5:29 29 So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body thrown into hell.[z] 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body go into hell.” The wages of sin are death (Rom 6:23). The reality is that Hyung Jin Nim understands the precious position that True Father held as Messiah. The anointed successor understands that True Father shed his blood, his sweat and tears for our salvation…just as Jesus did 2,000 years ago. When anyone undermines that, even his own mother, a true man of God cannot “tolerate” and go along and be nice. Even Jesus rebuked his mother by saying in Mathew 12:48: Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.” Hyung Jin Nim, as True Father’s successor and the King of CIG, does not have the luxury to compromise. I for one am grateful that Hyung Jin Nim is standing up and protecting everything that True Father held dear and sacred.