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I was born to parents who were going to a Presbyterian church and I grew up in an environment that all my relatives participated in the church life. Relatively late, I received the Lord and I was interested in the word of the Lord while I was going to a university. Being interested in the Bible, I realized unexpectedly that there are many aspects that I could not understand such as apparent contradictions of truth. But in the Lord’s presence by reading the Bible, I realized that we are foolish and we cannot understand, but when I read the Bible with my spirit and my mind then I see that the word of the Lord is really accurate and correct. There were the items in the Bible I was curious about such as the Church, a virgin and the bridegroom, and the New Jerusalem. I wondered what are these things. Also I thought about what it means to say that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit indeed (1 Corinthians 6:19). So I eventually felt that the more I knew the Bible, the harder it became to read it. What I felt was most troublesome to me that as I participated in the local church, I knew many commandments of the Bible that controlled my behavior. Then if I could not fulfill them, my conscience bothered me within. In theses difficulties, in the spring of 1993, I met an elder from the church in Seoul through my relative’s leading. From this elder I received truths that opened my heart. The Bible study that started from that time was transforming; the Word, itself, was alive and it became my food (John 1:1; 6:35). The more I knew the truth; it really made me free (John 8:32). I found out that from Genesis to Revelation we can see that God wants to be mans food and that His Word is mainly for our nourishment. I should not just receive it as knowledge or rules that condemns me and judges me. I should mainly take the Word as my nourishment. Then the Lord in me controls me and causes me to fulfill the commandments spontaneously in joy. Knowing this, has changes me; it has set me free from condemnation. Now I take the Word in as my daily food. As time goes on, I realize in the precious local church, the more I know the truth, the more I become free. Hearing the Word of God in the local church quenches my thirst.
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