I listened to the sermon on the return of the prodigal son in the Gospel of Luke, and I felt the heart of my father who had been waiting for me for a long time.
I started studying the Bible because I was curious about my father.
I studied the Word for almost three and a half years, practically abstaining from food and drink.
I really wanted to know what kind of being I was and how I should live.

---From the "Prologue"

Even while studying the Word, you can live a life that opposes God without actually experiencing the Word.
On the other hand, like the Magi, you can live a glorious life of seeing the Messiah by considering the Word as your lifeline and risking your life to follow the Word.
We must always remember that God gives clear direction to those who believe.

---p.48

The miracle of the five loaves and two fish is not just a story from the Bible.
If we build our house on the rock and are willing to enter through the narrow gate, this great miracle will always happen in our lives.
We are ordinary, but the God who accompanies us is great.
Jesus' words are surprising and astonishing to those who lived in the first century, and to us who live in the 21st century.

---p.113

If there is something you don't know, you should ask Jesus.
Then, please be sure to tell us at our eye level.
Not just once, but until you understand.
That's why the content of the Bible keeps repeating itself.
Please tell me again in many different ways through many different people.
Can't you feel God's great love?
---p.205

We must live with a focus on the Second Coming.
All the difficulties, sorrows, and pains you experience now will be compensated for then.
Hebrews 13:12-13 says, “Let us therefore go out to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach, since Jesus suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy.”
We too must follow Jesus' path.
His way is not a worldly path of flowers, but it is a blessed path filled with peace and joy.
---pp.328,329

We can build the kingdom of God by acting in a way that is beautiful in the eyes of God, like Mary did when she broke the alabaster jar of perfume, or we can build the kingdom of God by acting in the role of a wicked person, like Judas.
John 12:3 says, “The whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume” (New Translation).
I hope that our lives will be filled with the beautiful scent of this perfume.

---pp.388,389

The women who appear in the text went forward only with a heart that loved the Lord.
They did not go there hoping for the grand title of 'witness of the resurrection'.
I ran that dawn simply because I loved the Lord, and with that love I earned a great title.
True love for the Lord makes everything possible.
Through them, we can also see the direction in which the gospel will be spread to all people, transcending social conventions.
---p.429

Do you know the secret to my ability to avoid being swept away by this rapid current and start a new endeavor? It's the resolve I made every morning in the spiritual wilderness to never go out into the world without receiving God's approval for the day.
I earnestly pray that the readers of this book will become a heavenly family that holds on to the lifeline of the gospel and supports and encourages one another.
Let's enjoy surfing together on this land and create a heavenly culture.

---From the "Epilogue"