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Self-overcoming.... strengthened will.... Christ's act of salvation....

A way of life according to the will of God requires great overcoming of oneself, thus a strong will. However, man cannot muster the strength of will on his own, since the will is often weakened to the point of complete lack of will due to the original sin through the former apostasy from God [here the sentence is changed in the manuscript as follows (sin of the former apostasy)]. Nevertheless, man can acquire the strength of will through heartfelt prayer to Jesus Christ, the divine redeemer.... This is the simplest yet surest means to defy all dangers, to be able to resist and to overcome oneself. And the weakest will will become strong, for this is what Jesus Christ died for on the cross.... With His death He bought people a strengthened will, and everyone may request this strengthened will who believes in Him and His act of salvation. The former sin bore man's weakened will.... Jesus Christ took upon Himself the sins of the world and thus also the consequence of sin.... the weak will. He redeemed the guilt of those who acknowledge His sacrifice, and thus He restores to them the strengthened will by virtue of which they can now lead a way of life according to God's will. It is a grace which He acquired for people on the cross which people are unable to grasp, for what lies helpless and weak on the ground can rise up and now work on itself full of strength and power; His will is strong, and a strong will is able to do anything.... However, free will remains untouched, for the grace of the act of salvation is only granted to it if it expresses its will to ascend through heartfelt prayer to Jesus Christ. Weakness of will need not prevent him from striving towards God, it is just that the human being cannot muster the perseverance to do so. And therefore he should appeal for a strong will for the sake of Jesus Christ, and his appeal will be heard as soon as he acknowledges Jesus Christ. And then he will be able to wage the battle against the world, which is expressed in the overcoming of himself. He has to renounce everything that belongs to the world, what his body desires, he has to sacrifice, i.e. give to his neighbour, what makes him happy, he has to put himself aside and do kindness to his fellow human beings, and all this requires overcoming, it requires a strong will which puts all good intentions into action. But this strong will can be requested at any time, and this prayer will never go unanswered....

Amen

SAMONADVLADAVANJE.... OSNAŽENA VOLJA.... KRISTOV ČIN SPASENJA....

Promjena života prema Božjoj volji zahtijeva veliko nadvladavanje sebe samih, stoga snažnu volju. Ali, sam od sebe čovjek neće namaknuti ovu snagu volje, jer je zbog izvornog grijeha kroz nekadašnje otpadništvo od Boga [ovdje je rečenica u rukopisu promijenjena kako slijedi (grijeh nekadašnjeg otpadništva)] volja oslabljena, često do potpunog odsustva volje. No, čovjek ipak može prisvojiti snagu volje kroz iskrenu molitvu Isusu Kristu, Božanskom Spasitelju.... Ovo je najjednostavnije, ali ipak najsigurnije sredstvo da se odoli svim opasnostima, da se pruži otpor, i da se može nadvladati sebe samoga. I najslabija volja će postati snažna, budući je za to Isus Krist umro na Križu.... On je Svojom smrću ljudima kupio osnaženu volju, i svatko tko vjeruje u Njega i Njegov Čin Spasenja, smije zatražiti ovu osnaženu volju. Nekadašnji grijeh je ljudima donio oslabljenu volju.... Isus Krist je uzeo grijehe svijeta na Sebe, a tako također i posljedicu grijeha.... slabu volju. On je otkupio i izbrisao krivnju onih koji priznaju Njegovu Žrtvu, i na taj način On njima sada daje nazad osnaženu volju, zahvaljujući kojoj oni sada mogu izvesti promjenu života prema Božjoj volji. To je milost, koju je On za ljude stekao na Križu, a koju ljudi nisu u stanju shvatiti, jer se ono što bespomoćno i slabo leži na tlu može podići, i sada puno sile i snage raditi na sebi; njegova volja je snažna, a snažna volja može sve.... Ali, sloboda volje ostaje netaknuta, budući će mu milost Djela Otkupljenja biti dodijeljena samo ako kroz iskrenu molitvu Isusu Kristu on Njemu izrazi svoju volju, da dođe u visinu. Slabost volje ga ne treba spriječiti da teži k Bogu, samo on nema ustrajnost za to. A otuda, on treba moliti za snažnu volju poradi Isusa Krista, i njegova molitva će biti uslišana, čim on prizna Isusa Krista. A onda će on uspjeti voditi borbu protiv svijeta, što će doći do izražaja u nadvladavanju sebe samoga. On se mora odreći svega što pripada svijetu, što njegovo tijelo žudi, on mora žrtvovati, odnosno predati bližnjemu ono što njega samoga usrećuje, on sebe samoga mora staviti u pozadinu, i činiti Ljubav bližnjima, a sve ovo zahtijeva nadvladavanje, zahtijeva snažnu volju, koja sve dobre namjere pretvara u djelo. Ali, ova snažna volja može biti u svakom trenutku zatražena, i ta molitva neće nikada ostati neuslišana.

AMEN