Let us refer to a paragraph from the year 1984 anniversary day message of Lord Bo Tien. "He says that His
descent tonight is like representing that of a flower because of its purity and
as it is created by nature. A beautiful flower is created by nature and ants
will break on the flower for its nicer nectar for food and not because of the
wrong doing of the flower. This is nature's way of survival and existence." Historical version of 1984 birthday eve
message of Lord Bo Tien...
Lord Bo Tien like any heavenly saint will not blame men from coming to his temple for nectar for personal gains as this is to be expected of all men and comes naturally to all men.
This is nature's way of survival and existence, of which all men are part of. This enables a heavenly saint to have such men around him, men who otherwise have no affinity or liking for doctrine, let alone want to learn, know and practise the doctrine (tou-li).
If after having worldly gains as result of divine nectar, the doctrine still makes no impact on them, the saint should not be blamed for this. On the contrary, we should realise the benevolence of the saint for giving blessings without strings attached but out of goodwill for all beings.
The divine nectar dear readers is not for the goody two shoes but for all. Therefore do not be taken aback if there are wolves in sheeps clothings in a temple or church.
They can even take on roles of leaders and be pastors or monks. Though, they have done wrong, the good that they have done would never be possible if they have not been the pastor or monks.
But of course, God and saints would have wished they fared better. God and saints do not seem to pass judgement on them. These men have done wrong but so have they done right in other ways.
Judge not lest ye be judged. Didn't the lord Jesus Christ said that. The fallacy of men often is to be myopic and to see things from the high moral ground and to say that all good men however good are corrupt and bring them to their knees.
If this is carried too far and if men are blinded by their egos and adopt the high moral ground, lo and behold they see not the dust in their eyes but only the dust in others eyes. Isn't this a well known biblical quote attributed to Lord Jesus.
The men in the street of ethnic Chinese cultural background would say that if we point one finger at others, at least three fingers will point back at ourselves. The divine nectar is not just for the goody two shoes.
In fact, the goody two shoes do not exist. All are not perfect and have erred in some way and all have fallen short of the glory of God and saints.
If divinity are like those who adopt the high moral ground and pass judgement on the weakness of otherwise good men, all will not be worthy of Heaven and all will be destined for Hell.
Related posts in Series 1 and 2
When will men wake up and learn?
Men and not God and saints create religions
When will men wake up and learn?
Men and not God and saints create religions
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