The 1978 message of Lord Bo Tien sets the direction for the mission

Mission History and News No 13

Reference Historical version of Bo Tien Chor Choo's 1978 Anniversary Message...

There are some historical significance of the 1978 message (the tenth anniversary or mission day message) and this post no 13 of series 3 transcribes verbatim passages from what was on pages 25 and 26 of Lord Bo Tien's Guidance published by Bo Tien mission related temple at Singapore on 6th Sept 2000. Brother Peter Kong wrote the forward for the book.

The paraphrased versions were already posted by inner truth netizen 1 some time earlier but were not the verbatim transcripts and omitted some sentences that applies more to the followers at Singapore.

This is due to oversight of the blogger. Many like the blogger sometimes have eyes but do not see or read* and many who have the anniversary messages and doctrine of Lord Bo Tien often put them on the shelf to gather dust. No wonder the lord saint did say that the far may be near and the near may be far. Blogger admitted that he is not near to the lord after all and Elder Ling would likely concur to the admission. But it is better late than never.

These omitted sentences are now reproduced below in this post:-

He remarked that His image was at the Temple altar throughout 365 days and yet His presence was not being felt at all. 'His Doctrine', He said, 'is my image  and my image is my doctrine.' He urged them to look closer at His Doctrine and they would understand Him better. He affirmed that God Almighty personally sanctioned the setting up of the Temple and His Doctrine. Should this generation fail to fulfill His Mission, His image would be lifted up to heaven. The next generation of people or perhaps many generations to come would fulfill it. The cycle of this task would go on until a day when it would succeed.

Touching on another aspect of His responsibilities, Lord Bo Tien said that His image, His Doctrine of Four Pillars*and His shrine would spread far and wide. He emphasized, 'I am a CHOR CHOO (which in ordinary sense means Deity entrusted by God Almighty to carry out His present mission) and I represent Heaven.' He urged them to do their part to spread His Doctrine without fear of any obstacles for it was His responsibility to undo them.

The Aged Home was a good charitable deed, which they had accomplished and it was in line with His wish to have it built. Now that the Aged Home had been established, it was the time to put forward His Doctrine. He said, 'Good deeds are in many forms.' At the present place (407A Woodlands Road, Singapore), it was known that every effort put in had brought forth fruits for all to see and yet many are ignorant of His Doctrine. *The setting up of the Aged Home had seen people with many ulterior motives: some for self interest; others to gain higher status in the society while there were some not expecting any returns. He added that good deeds done in this life would be repaid instantly in the present or in future.

 Do also read,  The divine resolve , The human shortcoming in a church or temple , Did the lord saint decree that his image be burnt if there is no doctrine mission?  , The Spirit of 42nd anniversary at Bo Tien Temple Singapore , Will newer people be better at the mission job? and also Social agenda overriding doctrine focus will cause mission to falter..