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Date Posted: 09:49:11 10/11/04 Mon
Author: Brian Karcher
Subject: Re: UBF Doctrine
In reply to: Bong-jin Kang 's message, "Re: UBF Doctrine" on 09:23:57 10/11/04 Mon

>Yes, I meant that sentence of your post.

>>>By the way you said..
>>>Do you know what happened after this? Suddenly UBF
>>>was not so "hard". Suddenly the UBF meetins were no
>>>longer just meetings of an organization, but times of
>>>fellowship with God's people.

After a few years of Bible study, I was approaching my graduation from college. I noticed that I was attending a lot of meetings in UBF. I began to wonder why some people enjoying sitting on chairs so much. No other organization I knew of had so many meetings. So keeping up with these meetings seemed so hard, like a chore. Something was not settled in my heart.

So, as I said before, I put aside UBF and all religious ideas from my Catholic upbringing. I went to Russia to study the Russian language, the summer just before graduating. Since I had been praying for Russia, as many did in UBF, some people begain thinking that I was going to be a permanent missionary to Russia. In my heart I was going to study the language and to take some time off from so many meetings. Dr.Paul Hong and another shepherd noticed this conflict in my heart and prayed for me. My heart was still mixed when I left, but they continued to pray for me. I heard later that this shepherd (my best friend) organized a prayer meeting for me every night while I was in Russia--every night without fail even though they all had so many other busy things to do.

As I said, in I Russia, I met God very personally. I had no intention of meeting UBF missionaries in Russia-- I wanted to avoid them. But I was so moved by one missionary named Abraham (who is my greatest friend in Russia). I had traveled together with my Russian language class. Our class lined up to get tickets after going through the Russian customs office. While in this line a tall man, dressed in his best suit, holding a big red rose and a big sign with my name on it, welcomed me to Russia. He helped me carry my heavy bags to my dorm room. I was so moved by his serving me that I decided to visit him and the other missionaries in St.Petersburg.

The prayers and serving of those missionaries, the prayers of my brothers and sisters back in Toledo, opened my heart and mind. God lead me to realize that I had accepted only a "half gospel", that is, as I said earlier, I had only accepted Jesus' death for my sins, which is salvation. But I had not accepted the full gospel--Jesus death for my sins and Jesus' resurrection for my life.

Once I had the full gospel in my heart, God's Holy Spirit filled me and I decided to serve God wholeheartedly. When I came back, I realized why some people so gladly sat through so many meetings, even when they were boring at times. It was because they enjoyed the fellowship of believers so much! They loved the word of God and passionately served God.

Immanuel,
Brian.

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