Shincheonji church teaches to love family

Shincheonji church teaches to love family 

“I was told that Shincheonji church separates people from their families because they are told to do so”


The statement above is commonly circulated among people who may not understand or have properly heard what is taught within Shincheonji church.

In fact, Shincheonji church does not teach for the congregation members to leave their families, but to embrace them and show them the upmost care and love.

What does Jesus teach about our families?
Did Jesus tell us to embrace our families or to leave them?
Let us take a look in the Bible.


In Matthew 10:34-37, the verse states “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn “’a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law – a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ “Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worth of me; anyone who love his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Furthermore, Jesus sates in Mark 10:29-30, “I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “No one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or field for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields – and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life.


These are the very words Jesus spoke when He was on this very earth. If anyone were to hear these words during the present time, would Jesus not be considered a cult? In fact many called Jesus a cult. In Acts 28:22, it states “But we want hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect.” Furthermore Acts 24:5 states, “We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleaders of the Nazarene sect” (NIV 1984). The Jews who believed in God did not believe that Jesus the truth, but instead they called him a sect or as in other words, a cult.


Then the question is, if we all say we are Christians, does this not mean that we must follow Jesus and turn against our families as Jesus commanded?
I must not be so, and if we truly search in the scriptures, surely we can understand. Someone who just takes what Jesus said and understands it literally, will most definitely see Jesus as a cult. However, those who understand what He truly meant will be able to see what Jesus’ heart was trying to convey.


In Mark 3:31-35, Jesus’ physical mother and brothers come to find him and he is told by the crowd his mother and brothers are looking for him. However Jesus does not respond in a typical way. He replies with a question. “Who are my mother and my brothers?” Despite his physical mother and brothers being his physical family, Jesus saw “family” in a deeper way. He explains himself stating that the crowd who were listening to his words were his mother and his brothers. Finally He explains who He truly considers His family which are those who do God’s will.


Then we must ask ourselves, who are these fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and relatives that we must leave? In fact Jesus even spoke in Matthew 15:3-4, “Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition> For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death” (NIV 1984) which is completely opposite of what Jesus speaks in Matthew 10:34-37 and Mark 10:29-30.
We truly have to ask what Jesus meant by these things and the answer is written within scriptures. Before we call anyone a cult or make false accusations, it is important to see what Jesus said himself and even understanding Jesus’ very words properly.


Then, just as Jesus commanded, will you leave your family?
I hope you do not as that is not what Jesus meant.
To truly understand what this meant, I hope you can ask God first to give you understanding and I hope God will lead you to someone who can help you know what Jesus meant.


Mark 10:29~30
"I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel
will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields--and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life.