Title: Fundamentals of Ethics
Contents
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).
The development of modern transportation and communication facilities has made human interactions so close. Therefore, no one is allowed any space in time and space to live alone. Therefore, since the future society is inevitably destined for human beings to live in close harmony with each other, the foundation on which human interactions are built is the guideline for judging the future existence of society.
In today's communist society, human interactions are forced into the communist dictatorship structure, and capitalist society is forming human relationships that collide as mutual economic interests. and the latter is in the anxiety of consolidation. It's both the most childish idea of trying to maintain a relationship on materialism.
As long as human beings are discussing the interrelationships between humans, it is necessary to build them on an ethical basis, that is, on a spiritual basis, even for their own personal dignity. Then we need to think about what kind of ethical basis our relationships should be built on.
However, what we often call this human spiritual relationship is expressed as love. Therefore, in any human relationship, there is no relationship between it and love. To paraphrase this, it means on what kind of ethic of love we should have human relationships.
The human relationship in which the love of agape, that is, the love of self-sacrifice, is formed through the love of the cross is not a relationship in which humans live separately, such as you and I, but enter into a relationship of responsibility that cannot be shared. In other words, it is for you and for us to live together. It is a way to live for the prosperity of the whole by taking responsibility for history, the nation, and humanity, and it is a way to sacrifice ourselves in order to fulfill that responsibility. Here, God had to love the world, and in order to show that love, he had to give up his own life, and even in this way, it was Jesus’ message that man and God and man and man would reestablish a normal and peaceful relationship with each other. We can clearly understand that it is the fact of the cross.
Viewers across the country, and members of the congregation, our society is now floating in the air without an ethical foundation. In doing so, it creates a mental chaos. At this time, the only ethical foundation that can be the basis of a really new unity, spiritual and ideological, is none other than the love ethic of the cross of Jesus Christ. By accepting such love, we must take the foundation of this ethic, build our society on it, and stand strong on our own, as well as take great responsibility for its freedom, prosperity, peace and security in Asia and all mankind, that is, the international community. Let's make a promise together that we can handle it.