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'The wisdom of the wise will be destroyed....'

The weapon of the worldly scholar is the presentation of evidence, and by using this weapon he will always be able to assert himself in the world, that is, his wisdom will be irrefutable as soon as he can provide the evidence for the knowledge he has gained. By comparison, spiritual knowledge cannot be substantiated with proof, it cannot be scientifically gained nor systematically conveyed to people, for spiritual knowledge is not the product of a person's intellectual thought but the product of a loving heart. Spiritual knowledge has therefore nothing in common with earthly wisdom and can therefore not be judged by worldly scholars either, for spiritual knowledge is entirely alien to them; they are completely incapable of all criticism as long as they have not been accepted into the circle of knowledgeable people as a result of their wholehearted activity of love. And thus the worldly scholar will not be able to use his wisdom as evidence in order to disprove spiritual truths. For he will have to admit a shortcoming, he will have to admit that his worldly knowledge is not sufficient in order to penetrate spiritual areas. However, the spiritual knowledge gained through activity of love will revoke earthly wisdom as soon as this wisdom refers to areas which lie beyond the earth. Spiritual knowledge will yield different results than those gained by worldly scholars; consequently, the spiritually knowledgeable person will bypass and regard all presentation of evidence as unreliable and similarly regard people's reasoning power as untrustworthy; and thus people who have penetrated spiritual knowledge do not hold worldly knowledge in high esteem. They consider it unsound since it does not contribute in the slightest to leading people into realisation and because divine wisdom can never ever be gained through it. But, moreover, despite the presentation of evidence the wisdom of the worldly wise will turn out to be wrong. For people who have never paid attention to the divine spirit, whose thoughts were therefore never spiritually inclined, will have to realise that people without worldly education have superior knowledge to them, and thus they will also have to acknowledge the truth of what contradicts their researches and subsequent results.....

They will have to realise that intellectual activity alone is no guarantee for correct wisdom.... 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring the understanding of the prudent to nothing....' And this is in accordance with the worldly researcher's spiritual attitude towards God, since no person can know the truth without spiritual enlightenment; and without acknowledging and striving towards God a person cannot become enlightened, since the latter is a flow of strength from God, which can only happen to vessels which are open for this influx, otherwise the flow of strength cannot find a receptacle. All spiritual products for which the spiritual strength from God was not requested or used are worthless, and they will time and again be superseded or dismissed, for intellectual thought does not stop after one result because it is never completely convinced of its truth. In contrast, spiritual results developed in unison with the divine spirit always and forever remain unchangeable because they correspond to truth and are also recognised as such by people who sincerely struggle for truth. A purely intellectual person remains far from the truth, he neither desires it nor does he recognise it when it is offered to him, and thus he will become neither wise nor truth loving. Therefore his weapon, the presentation of evidence, will be taken out of his hand, for his presentation of evidence cannot prevail against spiritual results, which are God's direct emanation, since his opponents fight with a weapon he does not possess..... What has been announced through the working of the spirit will visibly manifest itself and thereby provide the evidence that truth only exists where the spirit of God is desired, and that this truth far surpasses the knowledge of the worldly wise, so that people realise that wisdom does not depend on human intellect but solely on the right attitude towards God and a corresponding way of life..... For only then will the strength from God, His spirit, be desired and also be able to take effect....

Amen

‘MUDROST ĆE MUDRIH BITI UNIŠTENA....’ - (Izaija 29:14; 1 Korinćanima 1:19)

Oružje svjetovnog učenjaka je iznošenje dokaza, i koristeći se ovim oružjem on će uvijek biti sposoban sebe braniti u svijetu, to jest, njegova mudrost će biti neosporna čim on može osigurati dokaz za znanje koje je stekao. Poredbeno, duhovno znanje ne može biti potkrijepljeno sa dokazom, ono ne može biti naučno stečeno niti sistematski saopćeno [[(prenešeno)]] ljudima, jer duhovno znanje nije proizvod čovjekove razumske misli nego proizvod srca punog Ljubavi. Duhovno znanje prema tome nema ništa zajedničko sa zemaljskom mudrošću i prema tome isto tako ne može biti prosuđivano od strane svjetovnih učenjaka, jer duhovno je znanje njima sasvim strano; oni su kompletno nesposobni za sav kriticizam sve dok nisu bili prihvaćeni u krug upućenih ljudi kao rezultat njihove srdačne i iskrene aktivnosti Ljubavi. I time svjetovni učenjak neće biti sposoban koristiti njegovu mudrost kao dokaz kako bi opovrgnuo duhovne Istine. Jer on će morati priznati nedostatke, on će morati priznati da njegovo svjetovno znanje nije dovoljno kako bi prodr[[(l)]]o u duhovna područja. Međutim, duhovno znanje stečeno kroz aktivnost Ljubavi će poništiti zemaljsku mudrost čim se ova mudrost odnosi na područja koja leže izvan Zemlje. Duhovno znanje će polučiti drugačije rezultate od onih stečenih od strane svjetovnih učenjaka; posljedično tome, duhovno upućena osoba će zaobići te smatrati svako iznošenje dokaza kao nepouzdano i slično smatrati ljudsku razumsku moć kao nedostojnu povjerenja; i time ljudi koji su prodrli u duhovno znanje nemaju visoko mišljenje o svjetovnom znanju. Oni ga smatraju neosnovanim pošto ono ne doprinosi ni najmanje tome da uvodi ljude u shvaćanje i budući se kroz njega Božanska mudrost nikada ne može steći. Ali, povrh toga, unatoč iznošenju dokaza mudrost će se svjetovno mudrih pokazati pogrešnom. Jer ljudi koji nikada nisu obraćali pažnju na Božanskog Duha, čije misli prema tome nisu nikada bile duhovno naklonjene, će morati shvatiti da ljudi bez svjetovnog obrazovanja imaju znanje nadmoćno njihovom, i time će oni također morati priznati Istinu onog što proturječi njihovim istraživanjima i naknadnim rezultatima....

Oni će morati shvatiti da razumska aktivnost jedina nije jamstvo za ispravnu mudrost.... ‘Ja ću uništiti mudrost mudrih, i Ja ću obezvrijediti razumijevanje pametnih....’ I ovo je u skladu sa duhovnim stavom svjetovnog istraživača spram Boga, pošto ni jedna osoba ne može biti upućena u Istinu bez duhovnog prosvjetljenja; a bez priznavanja i stremljenja spram Boga osoba ne može postati prosvijetljena, pošto je potonje pritjecanje snage od Boga, što se može jedino dogoditi posudama koje su otvorene za ovaj upliv, inače pritjecanje snage ne može pronaći prijemni spremnik. Svi duhovni proizvodi za koje duhovna snaga od Boga nije bila zatražena su beskorisni, i oni će opet i iznova biti nadomješteni ili odbačeni [[(neuvaženi)]], jer razumska misao ne staje nakon jednog rezultata budući nije nikada kompletno uvjerena u njezinu Istinu. Tome nasuprot, duhovni rezultati razvijeni u sjedinjenju sa Božanskim Duhom uvijek i zauvijek ostaju nepromjenjivi budući se oni podudaraju sa Istinom i također su prepoznati kao takvi od strane ljudi koji se iskreno naprežu za Istinu. Čisto razumska osoba ostaje daleko od Istine, on nju niti žudi niti ju prepoznaje kada mu je ponuđena, i time on neće postati niti mudar niti ljubitelj Istine. Prema tome njegovo će mu oružje, iznošenje dokaza, biti oduzeto iz ruke, pošto se njegovi suparnici bore sa oružjem kojeg on ne posjeduje.... Što je bilo proglašeno kroz djelovanje Duha će vidljivo sebe očitovati i pri tom osigurati dokaz da Istina jedino postoji gdje se žudi za Duhom Božjim, i da ova Istina daleko nadmašuje znanje svjetovno mudrih, tako da ljudi shvate da mudrost ne zavisi o ljudskom razumu nego jedino o ispravnom stavu spram Boga i podudarnom načinu života.... Jer jedino će se onda za snagom od Boga, Njegovim Duhom, žudjeti i [[(On, tj. Duh Božji)]] će također biti sposoban ostvariti učinak.

AMEN