Sun Myung Moon
February 21, 1980
Excerpts from Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Speeches
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Excerpt from "The Restoration of the True God's Homeland"
If you want to inherit God's Will, what must be your resolution to declare to the world? You can never claim to be following the direction where the secular world loves to go. Rather, you must declare to the world that you will go the opposite direction.
The declaration is represented in the following phrase, "Love your enemy with your loving heart." God's Words, "love your enemy" can restore the wrong history to the right like an anchor holding a ship tossed and swayed by the sea during a hurricane. Jesus thought, "Oh Rome! You tried to conquer me with your great military might; however, I will conquer you with my love." Because of this thought, he prayed for his enemy even though he was crucified by that enemy.
Excerpt from "God's Fatherland," February 21, 1980 at World Mission Center, NY
In order to regain God's Fatherland by your own hands, you must love your enemy. To love your enemy, you must love your personal enemy, then love your family's enemy, love your tribal enemy, then your national enemy, and the world level enemy. Unless you go through these principled steps, the ideal world will never appear on earth. You must understand this.
I never condemned my enemies who opposed and persecuted me on the pathway. Some Americans were not friendly to me. However, I never uttered even one word cursing them. I never complained about it. I never took revenge nor brought accusation against them.
I learned the secret -- how sweet the persecution was. It is because when you endure the persecution with the right heart, you will gain so many like-minded brethren without fighting for them.
"Simple Principle of loving Your Enemy," an excerpt from God's Fatherland, February 21, 1980 at World Mission Center, NY
From this one point where you love your enemies, the Kingdom of Heaven shall prosper. Rev. Moon's philosophy is very simple. The principle is very simple. If you have the attitude to love your enemy and practice this principle, then you can overcome any situations. And no obstacle can block you.
My topic today is the "Fatherland of God." God needs a nation – a Fatherland here on earth. We don't have the nation. God's Fatherland begins from practicing one simple principle, "Love Your Enemies."
Excerpt from Future of Korea, Future of the World, Chapter Seven, "As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen" (Page 294)
The most important wisdom needed by humankind comes from knowing God's heart and His ideal. For this reason, the role of religion continues to be important, especially in the twenty-first century, when science and technology seem to be replacing the role of religion in understanding how the universe operates. Religions around the world must understand the destination of the human journey and immediately cease all major and minor struggles. They should not be fighting for the purpose of protecting their own honor. Religions must pool their wisdom and combine their energies and work diligently to build the ideal world. They must forget the past struggles filled with hatred and work out peaceful solutions. No matter how much we have done for world peace, there is always more to be done. Religious people, whose mission is to lead humanity into the ideal world, must not forget for a moment that truly their only mission is to be apostles of peace.