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Free will decision.... church organisation....

The human being's decision of will has to be made by himself, i.e. the human being's will cannot be directed by either good or evil forces but he can only be influenced by both sides to decide in one direction. And therefore the transmission of God’s word, of Christ's teaching, can only ever be regarded as an influence on a person, for it is up to him to decide whether to accept or reject it. And thus every ecclesiastical organisation can only ever be regarded as a means to guide the human will in the right direction; but it can never claim to be the aim of right thinking and will.... thus the purpose can certainly be achieved through membership of such an organisation but membership is never already evidence of a correctly directed will, which is why human striving has to start in every religious community itself to give the will the right direction. For the human being can fulfil all requirements imposed on him by an ecclesiastical organisation, but this can be education and habit where his own will is still switched off. It can be an outward observance of Christ's teaching, a fulfilment of duties which lack deep love, even though they are carried out out of obedience to the church. A right decision of the will demands a mental immersion in spiritual questions and only then a conscious opinion on them. Blind obedience, on the other hand, is not a decision of the will, it is rather a shutting out of free will and therefore cannot bring about any spiritual success. And therefore people are often forced to take a stand insofar as they are led into doubt by God's love as to the truth of what is presented to them. Again and again the word of God is brought to them so that they shall find contradictions between what Jesus Christ taught on earth and what an ecclesiastical organisation sometimes represents.... so that the contradictions will stimulate them to think and thus the activity of the will will lead to a free decision. For time on earth should not pass by unused, which, however, is the case when a person leaves spiritual knowledge unexamined, when he has been pushed into a school of thought and does not make any effort to examine it for its truth. No one can lay claim to unconditional attainment of aims by belonging to a church organization, his will must first have become active itself by mentally dealing with everything he is taught and again demanded of him.... And the word of God will always be his guide, he will learn to distinguish the voice of God from the voice of the world, he will be able to judge God's work and additional human work and then also decide correctly, as is his task on earth....

Amen

SLOBODNA ODLUKA VOLJE... CRKVENE ORGANIZACIJE...

Odluka volje čovjeka mora nastupiti sama od sebe, odnosno, volja čovjeka ne može biti usmjeravana niti od strane dobrih, niti od zlih sila, nego jedino može biti pod utjecajem obaju strana, kako bi se odlučila za jedan smjer. I zato prenošenje Božje Riječi, Kristovog učenja, uvijek treba smatrati jedino utjecajem na čovjeka, budući odluka leži na njemu samome da ga prihvati ili odbije. I tako svaka crkvena organizacija može uvijek biti smatrana jedino sredstvom da vodi ljudsku volju u ispravnom smjeru; ona međutim nikada ne može polagati pravo da bude cilj ispravnog razmišljanja i htijenja... tako kroz pripadnost nekoj takvoj organizaciji doduše može biti postignut cilj, ali pripadnost nikada nije već dokaz ispravno usmjerene volje, zbog čega se ljudsko nastojanje u svakoj religioznoj organizaciji treba samo odrediti da dade ispravan smjer volji. Jer, čovjek može ispuniti sve zahtjeve koji su mu postavljeni od strane neke crkvene organizacije, ali to može biti obrazovanje i navika, gdje je vlastita volja još isključena. To može biti izvanjsko slijeđenje Kristovog učenja, ispunjavanje dužnosti kojima nedostaje duboka Ljubav, iako će one iz poslušnosti naspram crkve biti izvršene. Ispravna odluka volje zahtijeva misaono uranjanje u duhovna pitanja, i tek onda svjesno zauzimanje stava o tome. Slijepa poslušnost, naprotiv, nije nikakva odluka volje, ona je daleko prije isključivanje slobodne volje, i otuda ne može donijeti nikakav duhovni rezultat. I zato su ljudi često prisiljeni na zauzimanje stava, utoliko što su kroz Božju Ljubav dovedeni u sumnju o istinitosti onoga što im je podastrto. Njima je uvijek iznova dovedena blizu Božja Riječ, tako da oni trebaju pronaći proturječja između onoga što je Isus Krist podučavao na Zemlji, i onoga što ponekad zastupa neka crkvena organizacija... tako da ih proturječja navedu na promišljanje, i tako da se aktiviranje volje iskoristi za slobodnu odluku. Jer, vrijeme na Zemlji ne treba proći neiskorišteno, što je pak slučaj kada čovjek ostavi duhovno znanje bez provjere, kada je gurnut u nekom duhovnom pravcu, a on sam ne poduzima ništa da provjeri o njegovoj istinitosti. Kroz pripadnost nekoj crkvenoj organizaciji nitko ne može polagati pravo na bezuvjetno postizanje cilja, njegova volja najprije mora sama postati aktivna, dok se on misaono zaokuplja svime čemu ga se podučava, i opet je od njega zahtijevano... A Božja Riječ će njemu stalno biti putokaz, on će naučiti razlikovati Božji glas od glasa svijeta, on će moći prosuditi Božje djelo i ljudski pridodano djelo, i onda će također ispravno odlučiti, što je njegov zadatak na Zemlji.

AMEN