The Good Samaritan
In
reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he
fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and
went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same
road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a
Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But
a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he
took pity on him.
He
went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the
man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he
took out two silver coins and gave then to the innkeeper: 'Look after him,' he
said, 'and when t return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may
have.'
"Which
of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands
of robbers?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on
him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise." Luke 10:30-37
Which
people are most likely to go to heaven those who are at the top of human
society, such as the rulers and people in power, or those at the bottom, who
are at the lowest rung of society? Which group is more likely to go to heaven,
the first or the second? Do you like the bottom of society? You have to go
through the bottom of hell in order to reach heaven.
From
the speech of Sun Myung Moon: Living in the Highest Historical Age April
9, 1989
Evil
is self-centeredness. The person who makes himself the center of everything is
an evil person. What is good? A good person exists solely for the sake of
others. A good man is always trying to give of himself to make others happy,
trying to bring benefit to them.
I
want you to know that there is a universal law and principle created by God
that declares that anyone who builds his life on absolute love and the absolute
ideal of service to others will have the rest of creation respond to him as his
object. This is a universal law that no one can bend. It is true simply because
God is such a person. God exists in that ideology and it is God's own way of
life. God controls this world through the philosophy of giving himself for the
sake of others.
From
the speech of Sun Myung Moon: Our Family in Light of the Dispensation,
Part II March 6, 1977
Jesus
went beyond the limited concept of law when he lived love; he went beyond the
concept of race because he wanted to belong to the world. He also went beyond
his own religion, transcending the detailed tenets of Jewish law because he was
faithful to broader principles. He loved not only the Jews but also even the
enemies of his people, as well as the rest of the world. Jesus could even
embrace the people who crucified him.
If
Jesus lived in today's America, would he advocate segregation of white and
black people? White people may feel most comfortable with their own kind
because they can digest that situation, but God would warn them that as long as
they had to follow their Christian ideals by failing to accommodate black
people and bring unity, then white people themselves risk their own survival.
From
the speech of Sun Myung Moon: The Way of Prosperity and Defeat March 11,
1979
Our
homeland is the earth as God originally intended it to be. a place where
parents, siblings, and children who did not commit the Fall would live
together. This was to be a place where black people, yellow people, and white
people could live together in harmony. Who is the parent of all these different
races? There is only one parent. The God who is with us wherever we go in the
universe is the Father of humankind. Thus, it would be a mistake for anyone to
think that white people, black people, or yellow people are the masters of
America. God is the master of America.
Differences
in skin color are nothing more than the result of our ancestors having had to
adapt to different climates and environments in different parts of the globe.
In areas with large amounts of snowfall, we find mainly white people living. In
places such as Africa where the rays of the sun are particularly bright, we
find mainly black people. Fundamentally, though, people are the same. The color
of our blood is the same. Our flesh and bones look the same. We all have the
capacity to love. Thus, there should be no discrimination based on race
From
the speech of Sun Myung Moon: The Cosmos Is Our Hometown and Our
Fatherland February 2, 2000
Jesus
said, "Love your enemies", but Jesus also said, "Love your
neighbor." Who is a Christian's nearest neighbor? Certainly, it is another
Christian. But are they doing it? Do Catholics love Mormons? Do Jehovah's
Witnesses love Methodists? It doesn't matter who calls us heretics, whoever
practices this principle of loving one's enemy is closer to God and is the true
orthodox Christian. That is my belief. Love can unite. If Christians practice
true love, then Christians can unite among themselves, and Christians can unite
all the religions of the world.
From
the speech of Sun Myung Moon: Jesus' Standard of Goodness January 1985
The adulterous woman
The
teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery.
They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this
woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone
such women. Now what do you say?" They were using this question as a trap,
in order to have a basis for accusing him. John 8:3-7. But Jesus bent down and
started to write on the ground with his finger: When they kept on questioning
him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without
sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her:"
You
know the story in the Bible where Jesus spoke to the people who almost stoned
the woman who had committed adultery. Do you know on whose side God stood? God
stood on the side of the sinful woman. Jesus felt toward her as he would feel
toward his own sister or his own aunt. To Jesus, all women were related to him
as sisters, mothers, or aunts. This spirit, this ideology was what God wanted
Jesus to bring to this world so that everyone could live in the center. God did
not intend to have Jesus be a pastor or religious leader who only spoke in
glowing terms from a big pulpit. The true religious leader is crying out to the
multitudes of people who are miserably defeated in this world.
From
the speech of Sun Myung Moon: Men Are Destined to Go the Road of
Restoration March 14, 1965
Marriage
"Haven't
you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator `made them
male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and
mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they
are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together; let man not
separate." Matthew 19:4-6
Have
you thought about absolute love? Do you think about it all by yourself or with
your ideal spouse? Is your ideal spouse eternal or temporal? When you refer to
your ideal spouse, are you referring to the one who can freely touch you and
embrace you anytime of the day or night without a time limit? Is that what you mean?
Or, do you mean that this ideal spouse can only embrace you between certain
hours and when you are eating they should not even talk to you? What kind of
ideal spouse are you talking about here? You don't have confidence in your
answer; that is why you are all laughing too much. But this is a serious issue.
We
can only receive love from our partner. Therefore, if you want to find absolute
love, you need an absolute partner. Then you can give your absolute faith,
absolute love, absolute trust, and absolute life to your spouse. Otherwise you
cannot receive absolute love from your spouse. Do you imagine that your eyes
would prefer absoluteness or changeability? Your five senses like absolute
love.
Have
you ever turned your five senses against your spouse? Only when you have an
absolute relationship between husband and wife can you expect to receive
absolute love. This is the prerequisite. Do you understand me?
Where
can we find absolute love? In kissing? Where then? Our absolute sexual love
organ, which brings man and woman into unity, is the place where absolute love
can be found. The place of sexual intercourse. People do not know this truth.
Those of you who are without sexual organs, raise your hands. Your sexual organ
exists for the sake of absolute love. This is your unique, eternal purpose.
Eternal love is found through your spouse. People have been unaware that the
owner of the woman's sexual organ is her spouse. Likewise, the owner of the
man's sexual organ is his ideal spouse. When this ideal husband and wife become
one through their sexual organs, then the owner of their unity is God. We need
to know that our sexual organ does not belong to our self but rather to our
partner. And our combined sexual organs belong to God. We need our sexual
organs in an absolute way because we have to find absolute love. They are that
valuable, that important. They cannot be exchanged for anything in this world.
From
the speech of Sun Myung Moon: The Time of Liberation for the Family of
World Peace September 8, 1996
What
is the most important thing? It is not money, power, or knowledge. It is true
love. True love is more precious than life itself and more important to us than
air or water. Why is it so precious and important? It is because it is the
means by which we can meet God. Just as human beings desire to meet God, God
also wants to meet true human beings because of love. The love by which God can
see, touch, and share with men and women at the same time is the love by which
men and women love each other.
From
the speech of Sun Myung Moon: Everybody Wants True Love November 20, 1999
Now,
let us discover the dividing line between heaven and hell. Is it up in the air?
Where is it? It is in your sexual organ. This is a serious matter. When the
sexual organ is used as a blind person wandering aimlessly and without
direction, it will, undoubtedly, lead you as its owner to hell. By the same
token, you will be led high up into heaven when you use the sexual organ
according to the standard of God's absolute love.
Today
we face a serious youth problem, because in the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve in
their youth planted the seed of free sex in the shade through the fall. In the
Last Days, the time of harvest, there is thus the worldwide phenomenon of
rampant free sex among youth. Through free sex, Satan wants to stop every last
person from returning to God; he wants to destroy all humanity and create hell
on earth. Is not the world in which we live today hell on earth?
The
family sets the cornerstone on the road to peace. The family can also destroy
that road. It was Adam's family in which the destruction of the foundation of
human hope and happiness took place. Therefore, when we establish the road
going 180 degrees opposite from the direction of the satanic world, giving thanks
to God, we can find freedom, happiness, and the ideal.
If
all men and women admit that their sexual organs belong to their spouse, we
would all bow our heads and become humble when we receive our spouse's love.
Love comes to you only from your partner. There is no love other than love for
the sake of others.
From
the speech of Sun Myung Moon: In Search of the Origin of the Universe
August I, 1996
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