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Teaching of Christ.... fulfilling the ten commandments.... commandment of love....

Man can seldom be persuaded to accept a teaching which appears to him to be annoying, and therefore it must be offered to him in such a way that any discord is avoided. It must first be objectively justified and the human being must recognize that only God's love gives such a teaching for the sake of his ennoblement. Man is shown what he should do and how he should be in order to become perfect.... He must be instructed, commandments must be imparted to him and he must willingly submit to everything that is demanded. Then the teaching from above is successful, then it brings him what its purpose is.... the degree of maturity of the soul, which is a prerequisite for entering eternal life. The teaching of Christ now encompasses all the commandments, the fulfilment of which contributes to the shaping of the soul according to God's will. People are given guidelines to which they must adhere; they are taught by God what is right and what is wrong, what they should do and what they should not do. And if they now want to live in a way that is pleasing to God, if they want to serve Him and gain His love, they must adhere strictly to the fulfilment of these commandments, even if they do not particularly appeal to them. The fulfilment of God's commandments will always require self-control, it will demand renunciation or overcoming, and the human being will always have to give up something if he wants to fully comply with the divine commandments. Because fulfilling the commandments always means self-denial. God has issued these commandments because people strive for precisely the opposite of what God wants and expresses through His commandments. He must therefore impose a certain compulsion on people, they must, as it were, fight against a strong desire within them, which they would not do, however, if it were not demanded by God, and the consequence of this would be that they would give in to the inner desire and their state of maturity would be highly jeopardized. God has laid down in His commandments everything that is necessary for people to observe, and He has summarized these commandments in His commandment of love: to love God above all things and your neighbour as yourself. Whoever faithfully fulfils these two commandments will do everything that God tells people to do through the ten commandments. And so the divine teaching will only ever exhort us to love, and anyone who endeavours to live in love will also live entirely in accordance with the divine teaching. He will not need to be given any special commandments, for he will, out of himself, because he lives in love, also show his love to every person; he will shy away from everything that goes against the divine commandments, for since he has already moulded himself into love, he cannot do anything other than give love and will always live his life in accordance with the divine teaching....

Amen

KRISTOVO UČENJE... VRŠENJE DESET ZAPOVIJEDI... ZAPOVIJED LJUBAVI...

Čovjek rijetko može biti potaknut na prihvaćanje nekog učenja koje mu izgleda dosadno, i stoga mu ono treba biti ponuđeno tako da se izbjegne svaki nesporazum (nesklad). Ono najprije treba biti objektivno obrazloženo, i čovjek mora prepoznati da samo Božja Ljubav daje jedno takvo učenje zbog njegovog usavršavanja. Čovjeku je pokazano što on treba činiti i kakav on treba biti, kako bi postao savršen... On mora biti upućen, njemu moraju biti prenesene zapovijedi, i on se mora dobrovoljno podložiti svemu što je zahtijevano. Onda je učenje odozgor uspješno, onda mu ono donosi ono što je njegova svrha... stupanj duševne zrelosti koji je preduvjet za ulazak u vječni život. Kristovo učenje dakle, obuhvaća sve zapovijedi, čije ispunjanje doprinosi oblikovanju duše prema Božjoj volji. Ljudima su dane smjernice kojih se oni trebaju držati; oni su od Boga podučeni što je ispravno, a što neispravno, što oni trebaju činiti, a što propustiti (ne činiti). I žele li oni sad Bogu-ugodno živjeti, žele li Mu oni služiti, steći Njegovu Ljubav, onda se oni moraju strogo držati vršenja ovih zapovijedi, čak i ako im se one osobito ne sviđaju. Uvijek će vršenje Božjih zapovijedi tražiti samokontrolu, zahtijevat će odricanje ili prevladavanje, i čovjek će uvijek morati nešto napustiti (od nečega odustati), želi li on u potpunosti slijediti Božanske zapovijedi. Jer vršenje zapovijedi uvijek znači samoodricanje. Bog je donio ove zapovijedi, budući ljudi teže upravo suprotnom onome što Bog želi i izražava kroz Svoje zapovijedi. Stoga On mora postaviti ljudima izvjesno ograničenje, oni se takoreći moraju izboriti protiv snažne želje u njima, što oni međutim ne bi napravili da nije zahtijevano od Boga, a posljedica čega bi bila da bi oni popustili unutarnjoj želji (žudnji), i njihovo stanje zrelosti bi bilo izuzetno ugroženo. Bog je u Svojim zapovijedima utvrdio sve što je ljudima potrebno uvažiti, i On je ove zapovijedi sažeo u Svoju zapovijed Ljubavi: ljubiti Boga iznad svega, i bližnjega kao sebe samoga. Tko vjerno vrši ove obje zapovijedi, on će sam od sebe činiti sve što Bog kroz deset zapovijedi nalaže ljudima činiti. I tako će Božansko učenje uvijek opominjati jedino na Ljubav, i tko se trudi živjeti u Ljubavi, on također živi potpuno sukladno Božanskom učenju. Njemu neće biti potrebno dati nikakve posebne zapovijedi, jer će on sam od sebe, budući živi u Ljubavi, svakom čovjeku također u susret nositi svoju Ljubav; on će prije svega prezati (uzmicati) od onoga što ide protiv Božanskih zapovijedi, jer budući da se on već oblikovao u Ljubav, on ni ne može dati ništa drugo nego Ljubav, i njegov život će uvijek odgovarati Božanskom učenju.

AMEN