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Spiritual rebirth.... grace....

The act of grace of spiritual rebirth is evidence of the rightly utilized free will.... For this spiritual rebirth is not accomplished by divine will, otherwise no human being would remain in spiritual darkness, because God loves every one of His living creations and this love never grows cold. But the spiritual rebirth is a sign of progress, it is a step towards perfection, and this can only be achieved in free will. Nevertheless, the spiritual rebirth is an act of grace, i.e. divine grace has brought it about, for without grace the human being is incapable of progressing even one step further on the path of perfection. So free will has evaluated the divine grace available to the human being in the right way, he has let it work on him, free will has desired it and received it, and the effect of divine grace is spiritual rebirth. Hence, only someone who has consciously turned his will towards God, who strives towards Him and enters into contact with Him through heartfelt prayer and who therefore opens himself to receive His gift of grace.... His word and with the word of His power.... And thus the awakening of the spirit in man is an act of grace.... a manifestation of divine love, which now reveals itself to the human being through His spirit. Without the human being's will the awakening of the spirit does not come about unless the soul is bound by the strong power of satan, who controls it against its will.... In that case God can break satan’s power and liberate the spirit in the human being without his conscious intervention, since in such a possessed state he is deprived of his free will. Nevertheless, the soul then already has a certain maturity and is no longer resistant to God, thus as soon as the human being can dispose of his will again, he also turns to God. Then God's grace appears even more obviously, because at the same time the revival of the spirit is connected with a healing of the sick, which must always be considered (evaluated?) as a gift of grace from God. But once the spiritual rebirth has taken place the human being's will has to remain constantly active, the human being has to constantly ask for the influx of grace, he has to constantly open himself to this grace and make use of it, because the awakening of the spirit actually means a constant receipt of that which God's love bestows upon people for the attainment of perfection.... And all this is grace.... but it can only ever be received by the human being if he opens himself to it of his own free will. Free will requests grace, free will accepts it, grace again awakens the spirit to life, and the spirit's activity is again the imparting of gifts of grace.... For everything divine, if it is made accessible to the human being, is grace, because the human being in his lower state of maturity is not worthy to come into contact with divine gifts. Yet God's love overlooks the human being's unworthiness and grants him divine gifts as soon as the human being is willing to accept them. The will is manifested through prayer and through loving activity, for the latter is the direct connection with God which increasingly earns the human being grace.

(23.9.1944) If the human being is spiritually reborn, God's grace has therefore become effective in him, and then the human being will also remain in His grace, for the spirit now guides and leads him and stimulates him into constant activity of love, as a result of which God's grace constantly flows to him. And therefore a spiritually reborn person can no longer fall, he can no longer distance himself from God because this is prevented by divine grace, by God's love, which keeps and constantly cares for the human being. The human being truly does not deserve the abundance of grace which is at his disposal, for as long as he lives on earth he is not so good and perfect that he would be entitled to claim it, yet he can become so if he uses grace, for it is the means at the human being's disposal to become perfect. Everything that helps the human being to develop upwards can be called grace. And so suffering is also a grace which, if used properly, can bring infinite blessings and ensure spiritual progress for the soul. Suffering must also be accepted by a person whose spirit has awakened to life, who is therefore spiritually reborn, for suffering is meant to mature him, it is meant to purify him, because no soul, not even the spiritually reborn, is already so clear and pure that it no longer needs a purification process. And that is why suffering is also to be regarded as grace, like everything else that helps the spiritually awakened to higher development. For to attain the highest possible maturity on earth should be the aim of the one who is spiritually reborn. But without God's grace he cannot reach the aim, but with His grace he is able to do everything. God, however, leaves it up to him which measure of grace he wants to acquire, which measure of grace he requests and wants to receive by opening himself. The spiritually reborn person, however, will not slacken in prayer for the granting of grace, and therefore he will constantly strive towards God and be seized by His love, which will never ever let him fall but constantly help his soul to ascend....

Amen

DUHOVNI PREPOROD.... MILOST....

Čin milosti duhovnog preporoda je dokaz ispravno korištene slobodne volje.... Jer, nije Božja volja ta koja ostvaruje ovaj duhovni preporod, inače zasigurno nijedan čovjek ne bi ostao u tami duha, jer Bog Ljubi svako Svoje stvorenje, i ova Ljubav se nikada ne hladi. Ali, duhovni preporod je znak napretka, on je stepenica prema savršenstvu, a on može biti ostvaren jedino u slobodnoj volji. Duhovni preporod je ipak čin milosti, odnosno, njega je postigla Božanska milost, budući je bez milosti čovjek nesposoban napredovati i jedan jedini korak na putu usavršavanja. Stoga je slobodna volja čovjeka ispravno procijenila i iskoristila Božansku milost njoj na raspolaganju, ona ju je pustila djelovati na sebi, slobodna volja ju je žudila i prihvatila, a učinak Božanske milosti je duhovni preporod. Preporođen u duhu, stoga može biti jedino onaj koji je svjesno svoju volju okrenuo Bogu, koji Njemu stremi, i s Njim stupa u vezu kroz iskrenu (prisnu, duboku) molitvu, i koji se stoga otvara za primanje Njegovog dara milosti.... Njegove Riječi, i sa Riječju, Njegove snage.... I tako je buđenje duha u čovjeku čin milosti.... očitovanje Božanske Ljubavi, koja se sada čovjeku otkriva (objavljuje) kroz Njegov Duh. Bez volje čovjeka, ne dolazi do buđenja duha, osim ako je duša vezana snažnom moći Sotone, koja ju svladava protiv njene volje.... Onda Bog može slomiti moć Sotone, i osloboditi duh u čovjeku bez njegove svjesne potpore, budući je u jednom takvom opsjednutom stanju on lišen svoje slobodne volje. Usprkos svemu, duša onda već ima jednu određenu zrelost, i više nije Bogu-protivna, stoga čim čovjek može iznova raspolagati svojom slobodnom voljom, on se također okreće Bogu. Onda se Božja milost još očiglednije očituje jer, istovremeno sa buđenjem duha, povezano je iscjeljenje od bolesti, koje uvijek mora biti smatrano darom Božje milosti. Ali, ako se dogodio duhovni preporod, onda volja čovjeka mora biti stalno aktivna, čovjek treba stalno moliti za dostavu milosti, on se mora uvijek otvarati ovoj milosti i koristiti ju, budući buđenje duha zapravo znači stalno primanje onoga što Božja Ljubav upućuje čovjeku za postizanje savršenstva.... A sve ovo je milost.... no uvijek od čovjeka treba biti primljena tek onda, kada joj se on otvori u potpuno slobodnoj volji. Slobodna volja traži (zahtjeva) milost, slobodna volja ju prima, milost iznova budi duh u život, a aktivnost duha je iznova prijenos darova milosti.... Jer, sve Božansko, kada je postalo dostupno čovjeku, je milost, jer čovjek u svom niskom stanju zrelosti nije dostojan doći u kontakt sa Božanskim darom. Ali Božja Ljubav gleda preko nedostojnosti čovjeka, i daruje mu Božanski dar, čim je čovjek voljan prihvatiti ga. Volja je izražena kroz molitvu i kroz Ljubavno djelovanje, budući je ovo posljednje neposredna veza s Bogom, koja čovjeku pojačano donosi milost.

(23 Rujan 1944) Ako je čovjek duhovno preporođen, onda je Božja milost postala učinkovita na njemu, a onda čovjek i ostaje u Njegovoj milosti, budući ga sada Duh usmjerava i vodi, te potiče na stalnu Ljubavnu aktivnost, zbog čega mu stalno pritječe Božja milost. I zato duhovno preporođen čovjek više ne može pasti, on se više ne može udaljiti od Boga, budući to sprječava Božja milost, Božja Ljubav, Koja čovjeka čuva i stalno zbrinjava. Čovjek zaista ne zaslužuje izobilje milosti koja mu stoji na raspolaganju, budući on, dok god boravi na Zemlji, nije tako dobar i savršen da ju može s pravom zahtijevati, ali on to može postati ako koristi milost, budući je ona pomoćno sredstvo koje čovjeku stoji na raspolaganju kako bi postao savršen. Sve što doprinosi tome da se čovjek razvije naviše, može biti nazvano milošću. A tako je i patnja milost, koja ispravnim iskorištavanjem može donijeti beskrajni blagoslov, i duši osigurati duhovni napredak. Čovjek čiji je duh probuđen u život, mora također uzeti na sebe i patnju, koji je stoga duhovno preporođen, budući ga patnja treba učiniti zrelim, treba ga pročistiti, budući nijedna duša, čak ni ona od duhovno preporođenoga, nije već tako jasna i čista, da više ne treba nikakav proces pročišćavanja. Pa stoga i patnju treba promatrati kao milost, kao i sve ono što i duhovno-probuđenom pomaže u razvoju naviše. Jer, postizanje najviše moguće zrelosti na Zemlji treba biti cilj onoga koji je preporođen. Ipak, bez Božje milosti on ne može postići cilj, ali sa Njegovom milosti može sve. Bog mu međutim ostavlja slobodnim koju mjeru milosti on želi sebi steći, koju mjeru milosti on traži i želi primiti otvaranjem sebe. Ali, duhovno preporođeni neće nikada popustiti u molitvi za potporu milosti, i zato će on stalno težiti k Bogu, i biti dohvaćen od Njegove Ljubavi, koja ga sada više baš nikada ne pušta pasti, nego njegovoj duši neprekidno pomaže naviše.

AMEN