Mao Tse Tung
Quotations from Mao Tse Tung
Quotations from Mao Tse Tung
5. War and Peace
"War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states, or political groups, and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes."
"Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War" (December 1936), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 180.
"Our country and all the other socialist countries want peace; so do the peoples of all the countries of the world. The only ones who crave war and do not want peace are certain monopoly capitalist groups in a handful of imperialist countries that depend on aggression for their profits."
"Opening Address at the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China" (September 15, 1956).
[Reading these quotes and others from this website is challenging. The complaints of Mao are alluring. It is easy to be bitter against those who prosper, especially those who prosper at one's own expense. China and the USA are adversarial. It is too true that many westerners, in particular, the greater european powers and the USA have exploited the third world nations for their natural resources. The North American continent has been exploited for it's natural resources. But the evil exploits of man are as old as Cain who murdered his brother Abel being simply envious of God's blessing given Abel.
But is it possible to live and prosper without evilly exploiting others?
China is not a third world nation. It nearly became one by the application of marxist communism in 1949. When it nearly failed, it turned to a limited form of capitalism and the people responded and prospered. Satan is not interested in making us poor or rich. Satan is interested in keeping one and all separated from God by ignorance or by the rejection of Cod in the Messiah. Communism in China still does the bidding of Satan by repressing Christian faith and the church. Communism and atheism are synonymous. But capitalism is acceptable to communism if it advances the overarching agenda, the destruction of human souls.
China identifies its enemies as imperialists, capitalists and those who aggressively seek profits through the acquisition of private property. Sadly the rejection of God, His people and His Word by their rulers has denied the Chinese people of the only power that can effectively mitigate against the greed of men. And men are greedy. And how is it that China has come to own a huge amount of the debt of the USA? Have the Chinese beaten the Imperialist monopoly capitalists of America at their own game? It does seem so ! There has always been enough sin to corrupt the market place, the public square, the palace and the courthouse. What has happened in America, what has happened to America?
Atheism has become more popular now in America than Christ. Christians who have lawfully gained wealth are under attack. And the mega rich of the world are driving the conflict by a very large and well funded propaganda machine. Again we are faced with the thief and liar satan working through those he has deceived.
The REAL war is against the REAL PEACE. The real peace is the peace of God in the Messiah Jesus. Peace is simply the ABSENCE OF WAR, the absence of strife. Those who think that peace is to be gained by striving violently in war to defeat and dominate other human beings are deceived. The way to peace is to stop striving against your neighbors, even against your neighbor nations, and instead love them as God loves them. What we all find is this: that at some point we have been or are now at war with God and we need to make peace with Him. The Bible is the History of man's interaction with God, and God's providence for man. It is the Instruction Book, the true teaching manual for students AND for teachers!
Is it possible to live and prosper without evilly exploiting others?
The Bible and the Words of Jesus can guide one into peace and prosperity. BUT:
The Bible and the Words of Jesus can guide one into peace and prosperity. BUT:
Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Luke 9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Luke 9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Hebrews 13:5-6 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times. So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?
Beware of those who strive to be rich, those who war to be rich... and DO NOT become like them, for some (too many):
"take the faith to be a way of making profit. But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit: For we came into the world with nothing, and we are not able to take anything out; But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough. But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows." - 1Timothy 6:5b-10
One does not have to rob a bank to be at war striving for riches. Covetousness, greed, avarice reside in the human heart and can and do rot the soul even silently within.]
Hebrews 13:5-6 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times. So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?]
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