Reverend Sun Myung Moon
Throughout history, humanity has not truly known the definition of what is good and what is evil. We weren't sure when to act, where to commit ourselves or what to serve. This has been the source of the greatest confusion in humanity.
We shouldn't be like the Christians that live solely for their own well-being. We must live the life of Jesus and give ourselves totally for the benefit of others so they might have eternal life. This is God's way.
But, the present world deserves God's uncompromising judgment. But, God is love and long-suffering. He suppresses His anger and has compassion on humanity's situation because He ultimately wants to save us. He gives us a chance to change.
Western culture is characterized by individualism. We are living in the age where there is a new surge of revolution that is coming to America. It will not come by fire, nor by bullets, but through a truth, God's truth that will revolutionize the human heart.
The ultimate answer to World Peace is not through demonstrations or legal battles and wars. The answer lies in the hearts of men and women. This quiet spiritual revolution is changing hearts from selfishness to unselfishness.
Can you imagine what a wonderful society it would be if individuals belong to their families, the family belongs to the society, the society to the nation and the nation belongs to the world, then the world will belong to God. Ultimately, God will belong to you.
The person who gives the most will know God most deeply.
This is not from theory, but from life.
Some people will say that it is an interesting theory and the content must be examined more closely.
We are here to live the truth just as Jesus lived the truth. This is not a theory or philosophy or theological doctrine, but he ultimate truth of God. This is not some theory to be talked about but to be lived.
When there are a people that can make this truth come alive, this will bring about a complete change upon the face of the earth which no other war or revolution could ever deem.
Even though you may know in some sense the truth of these things, still nobody deeply believes them in their spirit. If one does not believe,t hen they cannot live the truth. This may sound like breaking news and revolutionary to say, but this truth is as old as God, yet as new as the 21st century.
You must live the truth, God's truth.
If the revelation of the Unification Principle has made this age-old truth real in your heart, then you have in effect discovered a new truth.
The Unification teaching is touching the hearts of millions of people. This new truth shows people the way to our very real God and Jesus Christ on a more personal level. Many religions speak about Jesus as untouchable, as a theory or something only done in the past and no human can be a part of only to glorify and worship.
In our age, people throughout the world are are coming to the realization that God is an absolute and perfect God and He demands to have perfect human beings as His objects. Jesus even said, "You, therefore, must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matt. 5:48)
He is indicating to the people that Heavenly Father's perfection should be our standard and value otherwise we cannot be God's object and He cannot accept us. Whether we realize it or not, every human wants to be perfect. All of us want heaven on earth. But we all are skeptical and think that it is impossible to be done.
We wonder if it is even possible for a human being to be perfect. We think that this thinking is an error when we look at the sin and suffering that is inherent in all things, even in the things that are most holy.
We may say that, "Only God is perfect." However, when we fully understand God's design of men and women in the concept of creation then we will be able to understand that perfection is within our grasp no matter how far humanity has fallen.
In God's ideal of creation we were designed as temples of God, temples of the spirit of God, where God is master.
"Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's spirit dwells in you?" (I Cor. 3:16)
We we attain the status of perfection, we will cease to possess a desire that is corruptible. Therefore, in a society here there are people who live with such a standard, just as Jesus, then boundaries, and laws will no longer be necessary. God's will, is our will.
God's spirit will dwell within each human completely and we will move only as He guides us. We will be perfect beings because who is a perfect force will be guiding and directing our every move.
Once this is achieved, this ultimate goal of humanity, then we are in perfect union with God. We will then surpass living only on the human level alone and live on the divine level.
If we become a perfect temple where God can dwell, we will reflect God's virtue and power. Thus we can be perfect as the heavenly Father is perfect.
This was the original pattern for humankind which God intended through Adam and Eve.
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This post was rewritten and derived from the speech
God's Warning to the World Message from Prison - Jesus' Standard of Goodness
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