Let me share with you the essence of a sentence I just realized: "How can you know what is good if you haven’t seen it? If you have not seen evil, how can you know what evil is?" This sentence tells us: The environment is very important! This can also explain why there are "Three moves of Mencius' mother"! Let’s think about the “Tree of Good and Evil” in the Garden of Eden again! Do you think the "Tree of Good and Evil" is special? The "Tree of Good and Evil" is not special! Why did Adam and Eve never want to eat from the tree of good and evil, but then they disobeyed God's command, when the snake appeared? Adam and Eve had not met a "snake", so they did not know what "evil" was. Therefore, when the snake tempted them with words, they believed in "evil"! If we grow up in a kind place, we will naturally not do evil! Just like if a person lives in an environment where drugs and prostitution are rampant, their future destiny will also be "drug trafficking and prostitution"! "Environment" can create "destiny", but "education" can change "destiny"!
Why are Christians and Catholicism in European and American countries so corrupt? We must understand: "Education" is not "knowledge", we regard "education" as "textbook knowledge"! When a teacher educates children, it means teaching them all the knowledge in the textbook. Is this fulfilling teachers responsibility? Just like we see a common phenomenon among Judaism, Catholicism and Christianity: They are all "reading the Bible"! They did not transmit biblical "thoughts" to the congregations at all! Let me give a more specific example: If the Jews followed Abraham as an example, would they be "seeking profits first"? Will Jews become "drug dealers" and "arms dealers"? If Catholic and Christian leaders and preachers followed the example of Jesus, would Catholicism and Christianity be where they are today? Regardless of Judaism, Catholicism, or Christianity, all focus "fame and fortune" as their goals. This is the reason why the world is truly corrupt. You religious leaders ask yourselves: Are you truly communicating “the Truth and love of God”? You have not conveyed "God's Truth and love", and all you have pursued throughout your life is "fake reputation"! If you have a "false reputation", you have "Power"! If you have a "false reputation", you will have "Profits"! If you value the changes in the lives of your congregations, you will not spend your whole life pursuing "fake reputation"!
As the old saying goes: When the people are strong, the country is strong! If the people are rich, the country will be rich! America should have reached its end! People in the United States are now "drug addicts" and "sickness". How long do you think the United States can remain strong? The American people are very poor now, and each of us has been exploited very poor by the national government. How long do you think the United States can sustain it? The United States has a good hand cards but wastes a good hand cards! America’s national destiny has come to an end! The evil in America is "the anger of both men and God"! Jesus keeps reminding us: Don’t worship mammon, but these religious leaders cannot do without mammon! These religions are inseparable from their "golden calf"! Do you think the “golden calf” is the golden bull of Wall Street? The golden calf is in everyone's heart! Do you think that because you have not carved a golden calf, God does not know that you worship the golden calf? You really underestimate God’s wisdom! If God cannot monitor people's hearts, how can He be God? If God cannot know people’s thoughts and minds, why does He judge the people? Like why did God know snakes were evil? God must know the snake's mind, and He can determine the snake's evil!
Why was the snake in the Garden of Eden evil? Very simple! The serpent wanted Adam and Eve to disobey God's law! What is "evil"? "Evil" means quarrels, provocations, disputes, and lies. All evil will inevitably lead to "bloodshed and death"! We already know this in Genesis in the Bible, but why do humans continue to follow evil paths? Have we ever thought about: What benefits does "evil" bring to us? Just like those religious leaders who have been pursuing "false fame"! Your eyes only see the attractive appearance of the "fruit of good and evil" on the tree of good and evil. This is why you have been enjoying the "vanity" brought to you by "False Reputation". You have forgotten that the ultimate destination of human beings is "death"! "Vanity" and "false reputation" are both temporary. When you face death, you can take nothing with you! Repent while your flesh working can still repent! When your physical bodies are destroyed, you won’t even have a chance to repent!
