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1895 Duty to disseminate the truth....

April 23, 1941: Book 28

The pure truth will always be recognized by those who are hungry for truth. But man must also earnestly endeavour to profess it when he has recognized it, for the truth is to break through. As soon as a person affirms God, he must also affirm the truth, for God is the truth. If God now reveals Himself through the truth, it is not enough for the human being to silence the doubts within himself; it is not enough for him to affirm it, but he must now defend what has been given to him to his fellow human beings. And this is often not easy if he previously held a view that was generally accepted and now has to admit that he was wrong and must first renounce this wrong view. This takes effort, and yet God requires him to pass on what he has received. The state of complete ignorance is most suitable for a person to be instructed in the truth.... Blessed are the poor in spirit.... However, anyone who has previously received knowledge that does not fully correspond to the truth has far more to give if he wants to receive eternal wisdom. He must make a distinction between the fact that he has previously received the work of men and that God's gift is now imparted to him.... he must give away without resistance what people have previously taught him and leave it to God Himself what He wants to give back to him. And the person will receive far more than he gives. And on closer inspection he will receive the same back, only purified and without the ballast that people have added to the pure truth. What he gives away in terms of doctrines of faith will lose significance for him, but what he receives and now recognizes as purest truth will be immensely meaningful. For it is truly not important to pass on unchanged a traditional teaching that does not fully correspond to the truth, but it is of the utmost importance to take care of the dissemination of a teaching that is recognized as truth. And as long as disputes arise about it, the human being has not yet fully penetrated the truth and therefore also has the duty to ask God Himself for the truth. God's love withholds the truth from no-one, yet it is difficult to give an explanation corresponding to the truth to those people who believe themselves to be in the truth. And so there will still be uncertainty because they themselves create the unclear state through a certain spiritual arrogance. They see themselves as the bearers of truth and this is completely unfounded. Man can deceive himself as long as he lives on earth.... he only has to have the courage to admit a recognized deception. But he must make this sacrifice in gratitude for the grace of being given the purest truth. This is the demand God makes of man and therefore also a measure of the love man has for his creator and father....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers