Satan's strategy is the strategy that attacks first and then perishes. It is the strategy to sacrifice other people for the sake of his own gains and success. God's strategy is to sacrifice yourself for the sake of others and offer yourself to be beaten first and then to succeed. They are fundamentally different.
01How about Satan's strategy or the evil people's strategy?
An evil person stomps on others to gain success. A good person serves others to get along. Then, naturally, other people want to come to him. Such a person will be elevated as the central person. Therefore, through this method, they can occupy others without fighting. This is God's method—He tries to serve first to get along well. He has never been defeated.
Look at the past lives of saints. They walked a history of being beaten; however, the descendants of the nation that persecuted them eventually came around to becoming the servants of the saints as a result. This is how progress has been made. This is the real fact of history. This is a fundamental principle. This is why the Unification Church adopts this strategy.
For example, there are two brothers. They are elder and younger brothers. The elder is 20 years old; the younger one is 10 years old. Their parents discuss things with the older brother every day.
However, if the older brother hits his younger brother for no reason—the younger one did not do anything wrong—the trust and everything that their parents had in the older brother will be lost. The parents must take the side of the younger brother. This is absolutely true.
They will ask, Why did you bully your brother?
What did he do wrong? If the older brother rejects his parents in this situation, he will be cut off from his parents forever.
02Then, where did good and evil originate?
Evil harms others first. No matter how much one discusses good ideas, if he harms other people first, he is considered evil. You must know this point clearly.
If a nation is invaded without committing any wrongdoing, the nation invaded first will be occupied by the invading nation in the end. You must know this principle clearly. Within the Unification Church, some members are good people. There are Cain and Abel within the church. A person causing any harm is Cain.
In the Garden of Eden, the archangel caused harm to Adam and Eve. Someone causing harm to others is evil. The law is intended to control evil. Is causing harm good or evil in this society? It is evil in this society as well as in Satan's world.
Looking at people, you will be drawn to a person whose smile gives a pleasant feeling to you, right?
Physiognomically speaking, if someone's face is hard-looking, he is considered evil. Because of this reason, when you meet someone face-to-face, you should bow while smiling at them. This is a very wonderful strategy. This divides good and evil.
When you speak to each other, you can see if someone is humble or arrogant. One person speaks like a bird singing on a spring day and gives an impression of pleasant feelings. The other person speaks with a posture of arrogance and a critical tone. You feel bad just looking at him. It is human nature that you always want to sing when you are smiling. When you open your mouth, you want to sing. Whoever has such feelings and an attitude can never be evil.
A person who causes harm is evil. On the other hand, if you are harmed first, you are good. If the person who was unjustly harmed continues the path without saying a word, he will inherit all the good fortune from all the people who harmed him without ever fighting back. Jesus knew this path very well. This is the logical conclusion, observing all facts in life.
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