The activity of love is a prerequisite for the knowledge of God's infinite love, for man only becomes knowledgeable when he lives in love, because love and wisdom cannot be thought of without each other. So love leads to knowledge, consequently the loving person will be able to understand both the idea of redemption and Jesus Christ as the saviour of the world. For as soon as the human being recognizes, he also knows about the appalling plight in which all beings find themselves as they walk through life on earth. He realizes the great distance of the being from God as well as its weakness without divine help. And therefore he also recognizes the blessing of the work of redemption.... He knows that only love has redeeming power and that Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself out of love for humanity, that He therefore averted eternal death from the beings through His death on the cross and thus redeemed them. And even if the human being is completely distant from the christian faith.... his activity in love brings him the knowledge of Jesus Christ's work of redemption. Anyone who lives in love also knows that Jesus Christ embodied love Himself, and he will never ever oppose Him, he will affirm Him in his heart and also before the world, for the love in his heart decides in His favour. Christian teaching will therefore only ever be the teaching of love, and no teaching will ever preach love that opposes Jesus Christ. A person's love should be unselfish, it should give and not demand.... To live as a follower of Jesus means to give everything that a person deems worthy of love and to demand nothing for oneself.... Anyone who observes this commandment of love follows Jesus and his walk on earth earns him redemption from spiritual bondage, his spirit recognizes the divinity of Jesus and he does not doubt for a moment, even if the whole world wants to rise up against him and rob him of his faith in the redeemer. Recognizing the truth does not depend on how it is presented to him, but only the person who lets his heart speak more becomes knowledgeable, and this is expressed in works of unselfish neighbourly love. God is love, and Jesus moulded Himself into love, consequently the deity was in Him in all its fullness. The divine teaching of love should now likewise mould man in such a way that the human heart can become the dwelling place of Him Who is love Himself. Jesus first imparted this teaching to people and confirmed it through His death on the cross. And even if people have now become completely loveless, the divine teaching of love can never be completely eradicated, for it is from God and everything divine is imperishable. And even if the divine saviour is denied, as long as a spark of love still glows in the human being's heart he will stand up for the divine saviour, and this will earn him increased love, and he will learn to believe ever more deeply and unshakably that God descended to earth and embodied Himself in Jesus in order to redeem humanity, in order to acquire eternal life for those who shape themselves into love....
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TranslatorAktivnost Ljubavi je preduvjet za znanje o beskrajnoj Božjoj Ljubavi, budući će čovjek biti mudar tek ako on živi u Ljubavi, jer Ljubav i mudrost jedna bez druge nisu zamislive. Tako Ljubav vodi u spoznaju, posljedično će čovjeku koji ljubi biti isto tako pojmljiva misao Otkupljenja, kao i Isus Krist kao Otkupitelj svijeta. Jer, čim čovjek stoji u spoznaji, on također poznaje užasno jadnu situaciju u kojoj se nalazi sve suštinsko (postojanje, bivstvovanje) na svom putu kroz zemaljski život. Njemu će biti jasna velika udaljenost bića od Boga, kao i njihova slabost bez Božanske pomoći. A otuda on također prepoznaje i blagoslov Djela Otkupljenja... On zna da jedino Ljubav ima otkupljujuću moć (snagu), i da je Isus Krist Sebe Samoga žrtvovao iz Ljubavi za čovječanstvo, da je On tako Svojom smrću na Križu odvratio vječnu smrt od bića, stoga ih je izbavio (otkupio). Pa čak i ukoliko čovjek stoji sasvim daleko od kršćanske vjere... njegovo djelovanje u Ljubavi mu donosi spoznaju o Otkupljujućem Djelu Isusa Krista. Tko živi u Ljubavi, također zna da je Isus Krist Osobno utjelovio Ljubav, i on se neće baš nikada postaviti protiv Njega, on će Ga potvrđivati u srcu i također pred svijetom, jer se Ljubav u njegovu srcu odlučuje za Njega. Kršćansko učenje će otuda uvijek biti jedino učenje Ljubavi, a učenje koje stoji protiv Isusa Krista, nikada neće propovijedati Ljubav. Čovjekova Ljubav treba biti nesebična, ona treba davati, a ne zahtijevati... Živjeti u nasljedovanju Isusa znači žrtvovati (razdati) sve što čovjek drži vrijednim ljubiti, i ne zahtijevati ništa za sebe samoga... Tko poštuje ovu zapovijed Ljubavi, tko slijedi Isusa, i njegov zemaljski put mu donosi izbavljenje iz duhovnih lanaca, njegov duh prepoznaje Isusovu Božanstvenost (Božanstvo), te on neće ni trenutka sumnjati, ni kada cijeli svijet želi ustati protiv njega i ukrasti mu vjeru u Otkupitelja. Prepoznavanje Istine ne ovisi o tome kako je ona njemu ponuđena, nego će mudar biti jedino čovjek koji više pušta svoje srce da govori, a ovo se izražava u djelima nesebične Ljubavi za bližnjega. Bog je Ljubav, a Isus je Sebe oblikovao u Ljubav, posljedično je u Njemu bilo Božanstvo u svoj punini. Božansko učenje Ljubavi sada također treba oblikovati čovjeka, tako da ljudsko srce može postati prebivalište Onoga Koji je Sama Ljubav. Isus je najprije posredovao ovo učenje ljudima, i potvrdio ga kroz Svoju smrt na Križu. A, čak i ukoliko su ljudi sada postali potpuno ne-Ljubavni (nemilosrdni, neljubazni), Božansko učenje Ljubavi ipak neće nikada moći biti u potpunosti iskorijenjeno, budući je ono od Boga, a sve Božansko je nepropadljivo (vječno). Pa, čak i ako Božanski Otkupitelj nije priznat, dok god još sja iskrica Ljubavi u srcu čovjeka, on će istupati za Božanskog Spasitelja, a ovo će mu donijeti povećanu Ljubav, i on će naučiti sve dublje i sve nepokolebljivije vjerovati da je Bog sišao na Zemlju i utjelovio Sebe u Isusu, kako bi izbavio (iskupio) čovječanstvo, kako bi stekao vječni život onima koji sebe oblikuju u Ljubav.
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