God Loves All Beings

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C onfucius said, ‘. . . He who loves his parents does not dare to do evil unto others; he who respects his parents does not dare to be arrogant to others. ’


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C onfucius said, ‘ . . . Filial piety (the Way of Xiao) is taught so that all who are fathers will be respected. Fraternal duties (the Way of Ti) is taught so that all who are elder brothers will be respected.’


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C onfucius said, ‘Filial piety (Xiao) is the foundation of (all) virtue, and out of which grows all teachings and (moral and religious) education.’


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A sage considers the whole world as one family and a whole country as one person. This is not their own idea, but arises from their profound understanding of the source of the feelings of all beings, and the associated principles, benefits and detriments. Such understanding enables them to do so.


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T he benevolent regard heaven, earth and all beings as one. Everything is a part of oneself.


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A ll beings arise from the interaction between heaven and earth. The instruction of sages touches people and helps them recover to their innate goodness, and thereby world peace is realised. Observing how heaven and earth interacts enables one to understand the interrelationships between heaven, earth and all beings.


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T he virtue of sages corresponds to that of heaven and earth, it illuminates everything like the sun and the moon, adapts to the changes of the four seasons, and understands the transformation between good and bad, good fortune and misfortune.


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O nly when we treat all with utmost sincerity can we fully restore our self-nature. Once we have restored our self-nature, we will be able to help other human beings to do the same. Able to help other human beings to restore their self-nature, we will be able to assist all beings to do the same. Able to help all beings to restore their self-nature, we will be able to assist heaven and earth in educating and nurturing all and to attain the state of no birth or death.


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T he original state of the universe is called self-nature. To practise according to self-nature is known as the Dao. To practise the Dao, namely, to correct our bad thoughts, speech and behaviour, is called education. The Dao is ubiquitous and it has never left us. Anything that arises and can be destroyed and that comes and goes is not the Dao. . . . The Mean is the essence of the universe, and harmony is the universal Dao in the universe.


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T hese things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.


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G od is light; there is no darkness in him at all. . . . if we live our lives in the light, as he is in the light, we are in union with one another . . .


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A nd because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.


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W e have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.


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B e kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.


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J ust as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. . . . If your whole body was just one eye, how would you hear anything? If it was just one ear, how would you smell anything? . . . If one part is hurt, all parts are hurt with it. If one part is given special honour, all parts enjoy it. Now you together are Christ’s body; but each of you is a different part of it.


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N obody should be looking for his own advantage, but everybody for the other man’s. . . . Never do anything offensive to anyone — to Jews or Greeks or to the Church of God; just as I try to be helpful to everyone at all times, not anxious for my own advantage but for the advantage of everybody else, so that they may be saved.


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N ow there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.


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F or both he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying: I will declare thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the church will I praise thee.


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cf.‘This is because the one who makes people holy and the people who are being made holy all come from one source. That is why Jesus isn’t ashamed to call them brothers and sisters when he says, I will publicly announce your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you in the middle of the assembly. ’ Hebrews 2:11-12 (CEB)

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E ach of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift. . . . The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.


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T herefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.


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K eep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.


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A s God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another . . . forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body.


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W e who are many are one body . . .


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Bear ye one another’s burdens; and so you shall fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 (Douay-Rheims Version)

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I n that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!


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A nd the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, as we also are one: I in them, and thou in me; that they may be made perfect in one: and the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast also loved me.


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